readytorunbook Chapter 1161 Rhythm of the Rock Vein
Chapter 1161 Rhythm of the Rock Vein
Endless, gloomy sand and dust, carrying an aura of annihilation, appeared out of nowhere and instantly filled every inch of space!
That wasn't ordinary sand; it was earth element, imbued with divine power and purer than the finest dust! The sand swirled and roared violently, like billions of miniature grinding wheels, frantically rubbing against the air, metal, and rock, producing a teeth-grinding "shh-shh" sound. Vision was completely stripped away; all that remained was a churning, roaring, yellowish-brown expanse!
Those demi-human scientists quickly revealed expressions of indescribable pain!
Their eyes bulged out and were bloodshot. They were scratching their necks with their hands, their fingernails leaving bloody marks on their skin. They couldn't even speak.
Their faces were contorted into a horrifying purplish-red from extreme suffocation and pain, and desperate gasps, like broken bellows, emanated from their throats...
Within seconds, one after another, their eyes rolled back, their faces contorted in unspeakable agony, as they convulsed and collapsed to the ground, dying with their eyes wide open...
The fifty-odd cold AI mech soldiers also emitted a teeth-grinding "creaking" sound from their sturdy alloy joints.
Tiny, nano-sized particles of supernatural dust can penetrate into even the most intricate gears and energy circuits.
Blinding sparks, like dying fireworks, crackled and spewed wildly from the joint gaps and armor seams! Then, as if their core energy had been drained, their movements instantly stiffened and twisted, and with a series of malfunctioning sparks, they crashed to the ground, turning into piles of cold scrap metal!
'This skill is...'
Ye Ge's heart skipped a beat, as if she had realized something.
He immediately put his hands together in prayer.
"Copy Ability - Magic Light Shield!"
Several semi-transparent light shields, swirling with dark purple energy runes, instantly formed, like a sturdy energy fortress, firmly protecting him and Gao Shenxue, Ye Bing, Xia Xiyao, and others in the distance, while the light shields isolated them from the deadly sandstorm.
Meanwhile, Karl and Adam, who were in the center of the sandstorm, also looked rather disheveled!
Adam knelt on one knee, his right hand, covered by a mechanical exoskeleton, tightly covering his mouth and nose.
His pupils gleamed with a silvery-gray light as he scanned his surroundings.
This yellow sand can no longer be considered sand or gravel!
The air was filled with yellow sand, finer than dust, down to the molecular level.
Like ubiquitous dust, it ignores all defenses, rushing in through the mouth, nose, ear canals, and even skin pores, like billions of tiny insects burrowing into the body, blocking the trachea, sticking to the alveoli, and causing direct suffocation...
That's how those demi-human scientists were killed.
“Every living being needs to breathe.” The Earth Spirit Priest stood in the center of the swirling yellow sand and said coldly, “In my domain, no living being can survive!”
"..." Although Adam's expression was somewhat unpleasant at this moment, he still revealed a contemptuous sneer: "Hmph... a boring ability!"
[Highly reactive alien energy has been detected invading the life support system...]
[Nanometer-level particle removal program initiated... Removing... Removal complete!]
[Internal circulation oxygen supply system activated... Oxygen supply stable!]
[Activate a full-body plasma nano-protective force field!]
Adam released the mechanical hand covering his face and slowly stood up.
"Buzz!"
A plasma shield composed of countless hexagonal honeycomb-shaped energy cells, shimmering with a ghostly blue light, instantly covered Adam's entire body, tightly enveloping him and isolating him from the outside world!
He gently twisted his thick neck, making a "crackling" sound, then looked at the Earth Spirit Priest with a sneer and said, "My body's automatic oxygen supply device is enough to last for seven whole days. You think you can kill me with such a boring trick? Is this the only ability of the Five Elements Priest that can only clear out mobs?"
On the other side, Karl also slowly stood up.
He appeared calm and composed, seemingly unaffected by anything.
The Earth Spirit Priest narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Cyborgs..."
"Humph!"
He clasped his hands together, and his divine power erupted once more!
"Divine Art - Rhythm of the Rock Vein!"
Rumble rumble rumble rumble...!!
The earthquake had just subsided when the earth began to shake violently again!
Moreover, this tremor was more than a hundred times stronger than the one before! It was no longer just shaking, but a devastating tearing apart! The entire underground structure emitted a wail, like an ancient behemoth on the verge of death, as it could not bear the strain!
Even Adam and Carl were struggling to stay upright.
"I go......"
Nangong Qiuyue's body had already collapsed to the ground.
"Damn it!" Bai Xueling's face darkened. "An earthquake of this magnitude, so deep inside this underground palace, would probably kill us instantly..."
Before the word "bury" could be uttered, the ground beneath the girls' feet suddenly cracked open!
"Click—click—click!!!"
A deafening roar, like the earth's bones shattering, suddenly erupted! The ground beneath their feet, like fragile glass, instantly cracked open, revealing countless bottomless, terrifying ravines!
Deep ravines rapidly expanded across the ground, and Xia Xiyao, Nangong Qiuyue, Bai Xueling and the others quickly dodged.
A massive, abyssal rift, like the jaws of hell, suddenly split open in front of Gao Shenxue and Ye Bing. The billowing dust and debris instantly separated them from Xia Xiyao and the others by more than ten meters.
"Xue'er!"
Xia Xiyao looked down at the bottomless abyss below, wondering whether she should jump over to find Xue'er herself or have Xue'er and the others come over...
boom--! ! ! !
The floor of the entire underground hall was like a spider web struck by a giant hammer, with countless hideous cracks spreading to their limit in an instant!
Then, with a deafening roar, the entire ground collapsed and shattered completely!
"Wow—!" Xia Xiyao's exclamation was instantly drowned out by the deafening sound of the collapse!
Adam, Karl, Gao Shenxue, Ye Bing, Xia Xiyao, Nangong Qiuyue, Bai Xueling... everyone, along with the equipment wreckage and mecha fragments, instantly lost all support and plummeted wildly as if falling into a bottomless abyss!
"Holy crap..."
Ye Ge muttered a curse under his breath.
The body fell downwards at an uncontrollable speed.
Looking up, the dome above was already riddled with deadly cracks! Countless house-sized boulders, accompanied by a deafening roar and an aura of annihilation, crashed down like a meteor shower!