Wizard: Stronger through Marriage

Chapter 1422: Chapter 666: Shadow Interception_2

Providing critical support to amplify its effect, letting those fine black-violet Energy links directly generate rending interference ripples!

That outpost was hidden deep within the Crystal Song Plain, a desolate ruin shrouded in heavy void Mist.

Barren and dim, like a corner forgotten by time itself. Fractured information fragments floated in the air, exuding a suffocating aura of data corrosion.

Ruined Runes glimmered faintly on the stone walls, as though recounting an ancient and mysterious past.

The "Zero Ray" was like a blade tearing through the void, piercing the Mist and striking straight at the heart of the outpost.

Explosive Energy fluctuations made the entire space quake violently in an instant, a chain of fragments and data afterimages turning to ash and scattering in all directions.

This sudden destruction was by no means silent; it stirred every latent alert buried within the Eternal Night remnants.

The leader of the Eternal Night remnants appeared abruptly—draped in a tattered purple robe, his mask half-covering his face, revealing sharp, icy eyes.

His expression was dark, yet faintly tinged with fanaticism. "So it’s them... That girl of Sofia can actually influence the ’Zero Ray’—what an unexpected delight."

He slowly walked toward an ancient slab embedded in the center of the altar, its surface exuding a dusky black sheen.

The surface of the slab was engraved with complex, unfathomable data Runes; it was the Contract artifact of the mysterious power of the bygone Annihilation Fleet—the "Observer," a crucial medium linking their will to Abyssal Power.

The leader chanted in a low voice words so unsettling they made one’s heart tremble; that ancient Decree seemed to awaken a beast that had slumbered for millennia.

He pressed both hands upon the surface of the slab, and a confinement of information from the void Abyss began to wriggle and spread.

A jet-black Shadow gradually emerged from the slab, like the distorted silhouette of the most terrifying being cast from a primordial Abyss.

The projection was like a soul-devouring wraith, its outline vague and indistinct, yet the pressure it radiated was enough to freeze the very air, sending a chill of dread into every heart.

It slowly stretched out its arms, as though to draw the entire Multiverse into its grasp.

"The Observer grants us power; I shall seize this opportunity to detonate these ruins and utterly shatter order!"

The leader’s狂笑 thundered like a roar, his figure suddenly swelling as he fused with the Abyss projection; his body rapidly grew huge and twisted, like a living core of Chaos, spreading destructive Energy Waves like a plague.

Meanwhile, in the command hall of the Northern Fortress,

Annie’s face suddenly changed; she rapidly scanned the data streams, screens flipping in quick succession. "Commander! The ’Zero Ray’ has undergone anomalous trajectory deviation!

And the attack target has left the designated coordinates!"

David gripped his dagger tightly, crimson-gold and ghostly-blue Flames engulfing his entire body. His brows furrowed deeply. "It’s a trap...

The enemy must have set an ambush, waiting to seize control!"

Hilvia’s ice-blue eyes shone with resolve. "All personnel on full alert! The area in close proximity may contain high-density information traps and mental interference devices!"

Orders rolled continuously through the command hall, and the various legions immediately adjusted their Defense strategies to counter possible surprise assaults.

Sofia, in turn, received the message with utmost swiftness; her gaze grew grave, yet held not a trace of hesitation. "I must withdraw and bring the intelligence back."

She used her Shadow Divine Body to sweep past layer upon layer of spatial anomalies, darting swiftly through the narrow seams between intricate Chaos Decrees.

Along the way, countless decayed tendrils tried to coil around her, but the sacred seed-Flame radiance from her blade severed the rotting corruption, paving a safe passage ahead for her.

On the other side,

The Eternal Night remnant outpost, battered by the "Zero Ray," looked all the more bleak and tragic; countless spores turned to dust and drifted away, while the Abyss projection grew ever stronger, its oppressive might nearly shaking the very foundation of this dimension’s Laws.

Within the cold aura spreading from it, a surge of violent information corrosion rose like a tidal wave in the minds of all present, stirring terror in their consciousness, forcing even the most steadfast to raise their Mental Barriers in self-defense.

Just when the situation was on the verge of collapse,

A sudden ribbon of luminous data slit through the darkness—it was the life-rhythm protection signal carried by Liya’s Holy Song.

This signal was like a warm oasis, pouring tenacious vitality into the mire of despair, allowing the Guards to once more condense a Spiritual Power field, resonating into an unbreakable wall of unified will!

Liya murmured softly yet firmly, "No matter how perilous, we are the hope of all beings; though the Observer is insidious and cunning, justice shall ultimately prevail."

The thick stench of information corrosion, laced with the chill force of the Abyss, surged like a flood over every nerve and will of the resisters.

The cracks in the Earth spewed forth Entropy-increasing Energy that grew ever more intense as the projection spread, a pressure that hastened the decay of life’s rhythm and shattered mental defenses, driving all to the brink of despair.

Yet, at this very brink of life and death, a cold yet unwavering figure emerged at the center of the ruins.

She was the Shuili Emissary bearing the inheritance of the Endless Sea, the one who carried the "Endless Sea" itself—Reina.

At this moment, She wore a robe of flowing blue-silver light, her twin pupils as deep and lucid as the ocean, shining with resilience and compassion like stars swallowed and released by the sea.

She slowly raised both hands, and a single drop of crystalline, translucent blue water—brilliant as a solidified tear of the stars—hovered above her palm.

This was the legendary "Tear of the Sea God," inherited from the ancient Abyss of the Endless worlds, an immortal Holy Artifact that purifies all corruption and suppresses storms of Chaos.

The air froze in an instant. The droplet released faint, dim-blue ripples, like waves over an endless sea, instantly gathering the surrounding chaotic information torrents into strands of binding shackles.

Under Reina’s low, gentle yet power-laden chant:

"Endless firmament, endless surges, boundless sacred tears, now shield all living beings!"

A vast Ice Crystal Barrier, reflecting the heavens, gradually appeared, like a mighty mantle of Ice sealing the heart of a storm, tightly sealing within it that ominous portent which corroded the void and devoured the Laws.

This Barrier was like winter’s descent upon a polar tundra—cold to the extreme, yet bearing delicate rhythms of life, preventing the fallen Energy from further rampaging outward.

Time seemed to freeze and stand still; within those three hours, this Ice Crystal Barrier firmly anchored the storm’s eye, allowing all Guards a chance to breathe and regroup.

Witnessing this scene, everyone felt an unprecedented light of hope surge within their chests; even in the ultimate ruin of the apocalypse, unyielding resolve could still be ignited!

Reina’s features were solemn, yet a faint, serene smile touched her lips. She closed her eyes, feeling the resonance between her own Holy Song and the "Tear of the Sea God"—a warm, steadfast power like a gentle stream flowing into every Soul cell, infusing long-lost vitality into multidimensional order.

In the hall, Annie remained bent over her desk, the holo-screens reflecting beads of sweat upon her delicate yet focused face. Every dance of her fingertips was the firmest oath against the unknown catastrophe.

"Core stability up by 5%. The backlash index has eased slightly, but continuous monitoring is still required." Her words were soft, yet each syllable rang with iron resolve.

Crimson-gold and ghostly-blue Flames blazed in David’s eyes; the dagger in his hand was like a Heaven’s Punishment blade forged from fused order and Chaos, carving flaming trajectories through the air.

"We don’t have much time. We must use this three-hour window to accelerate the ascension process, to shake the shackles of the old world with the foundations of a new era!"

Hilvia sat poised beside the altar, her clear ice-blue pupils flickering like frigid stars, guarding the stability of the hall with ancient Decrees.

"Everyone, increase your Spiritual Power field by ten percent. All units, give it your all—we shall overcome this trial together."

On the outer battlefield,

The Sofia Knight Order continued severing the corrosive tendrils with lightning speed; the golden-blue sparks on their sword edges grew ever more dazzling, as they cooperated with the Elemental Masters to form a Defense Barrier where Flame and thunder interwove with Ice and Frost.

Under the empowerment of the Shadow Suction Power, they roamed between the realities and illusions of the battlefield, countless tendrils being cut apart and reduced to dust of data, yet the enemy’s desperate counterattacks remained ferocious beyond measure.

Liya presided over the altar’s center, using the rhythms of her Holy Song to stabilize the Mental Barrier; a wave of emerald light spread from her fingertips, gathering morale and faith into an unshakable fortress.