The heavy and ancient metal door was slowly pushed open. The rumbling sound of the door moving seemed to come from the ancient abyss of time and space. When the door opened, the scene in the ceremonial hall fell into Hao Ren's eyes.
There were no hideous "monsters" or dozens of crazy sages. But the thing in the hall was more dangerous than all of them.
A huge runic circle was still running in the ceremonial hall. Countless shining mysterious symbols moved slowly on the ground and in the air. The energy in it was about to burst out at any time. At the center of the energy of the runic circle, a dark sword was suspended in the air. The material of the sword was as dark and deep as the universe itself, and the blade was inlaid with bright spots like stars.
The black sword was suspended in the air by the runic circle as if it was a crack leading to the depths of the universe. A few meters above the sword, a huge mass of dark energy was developing and growing. It was as black as ink and looked like a black water mass with countless ripples on its surface. It was already more than ten meters wide and still growing. This liquid-like object kept twisting and changing its shape. When it was surging, it looked like a heart. Something terrifying was about to break out of this heart. It was pulsating powerfully — — Thump, thump …
"… MDT, call the battleship. We may need some technical support."
"Nolan has been connected and is being transferred to this space through hyperspace displacement. But this may cause instability in Coldpath …"
"We are already in front of the most unstable thing in the world. Let her in immediately!"
"Hyperspace displacement in progress. The battleship will enter in five minutes." The surface of the MDT glowed blue as various symbols and lines quickly slid on its hull. "But the battleship's main cannon can't solve this problem. Rashly attacking may cause the balance to collapse, and the energy in this hall will be released."
"But we at least need the power of the Petrachelys. Whether it is the battleship's shield or destructive weapons, they are more powerful than what we have now," Hao Ren said quickly. While he was speaking, the magic in the ceremonial hall was still going on. A slight prickling sensation spread on everyone's skin. Hao Ren found that there were tiny sparks jumping on his skin. At the same time, he began to hear some chaotic noise, which sounded like it was directly in his brain. Even if he covered his ears, it would not affect him. "Everyone, put on life-support collars! Electromagnetic and radiation barriers can mitigate the impact of the energy field! "
Everyone at the scene immediately put on the life-support collars. After many adventures with Hao Ren in all kinds of extreme environments, the life-support collars had become a daily item in the family. Hao Ren took out a few spare collars from his dimensional pocket and quickly buckled them on the necks of Claude, White Flame, and Teuton.
These life-support collars were not special devices to block mental interference, but their protective function against strong electromagnetic and radiation environments in the universe had a certain psychic effect. The energy entrenched in the hall was not a real psychic attack, but a powerful energy field that could affect the minds of people within its range. So after the life-support collars were activated, everyone's condition was immediately alleviated, and the hallucinations quickly faded.
White Flame subconsciously touched the collar that was suddenly buckled on her neck. She did not have time to ask what it was, but she knew that the metal hoop helped her block the terrifying atmosphere in the hall. She looked at the black sword floating not far away in shock. "What the hell is that?"
"It's a weapon, the worst and most troublesome weapon in this universe!" Hao Ren said quickly as he let the MDT check the surrounding energy readings. "I had hoped to recover this terrible thing in a more stable situation, but your sages have not only activated it, but also extracted energy from it! They have no idea what they have extracted! "
"Pitter-patter …"
The black energy mass floating above the longsword suddenly let out a disturbing crackling sound. Purplish-black electricity leaked out of the energy mass and bounced around in the air. All the metal objects in the hall suddenly got rid of the shackles of gravity and slowly floated in the air. They were pulled by some invisible force and floated towards the energy mass. Metal ceremonial objects, enchanted swords, silver utensils, and candlesticks, all these things floated and turned into powder in the air, mercilessly devoured by the energy mass. Even though these ceremonial objects may have great power, even though the enchanted swords may have hurt the powerful gods like Odin and Zeus in the Twilight of the Gods thousands of years ago, in the face of this powerful energy mass, they were as fragile as sand!
And between the black energy mass and the Godslayer, there were traces of dark lines visible to the naked eye.
"Its reaction speed has increased!" The MDT shouted. "I have detected a catalytic reaction … Something here is catalyzing the entire charging process! It must have been brought in by us! "
"Something is stimulating the sword?" Hao Ren was shocked. "Find the source!"
The MDT quickly processed all the data it could collect. Countless dazzling data and symbols refreshed around it. Finally, it suddenly rushed to Vivian and said, "Vivian is the catalyst!"
All eyes were immediately focused on Vivian, who was stunned for a moment. Then, she suddenly came to her senses. "The mission of this sword is to kill the gods …"
Before her voice trailed off, she had already disintegrated into a large swarm of small bats and rushed out of the hall like a whirlwind.
Hao Ren first looked at his right hand. "Will the divine blood in my body produce the same effect?"
The MDT quickly re-calculated the data. "… The reaction speed has returned to normal. It seems that the divine blood you carry is not enough to activate this sword. It only responds to the more primitive divine blood carried by Vivian. But the progress of the reaction cannot be reversed. The balance will be broken in 30 minutes. "
At this time, Vivian's voice came through the comm. "I'm now in the passage outside the hall. What's the situation over there?"
"The good news is that it has stabilized. The bad news is that we only have 30 minutes to stop this thing from blowing up the Netherrealm Clock Tower."
"Correction, it's blowing up the entire Coldpath." The MDT suddenly plugged into the comm channel and opened a new set of holographic projections, which showed the connection map of the Netherrealm Clock Tower and the various floating temples in the Coldpath dimension. A huge energy field was forming between all these buildings and surging at a certain frequency like a heart. "I want to correct one thing: the black mass in the air is not extracted from the Godslayer. The sages did not extract anything from the sword."
Hao Ren was stunned. "Not the power of the sword? Then what is it? "
"The source of the energy is the Netherrealm Clock Tower itself. It is the mysterious power that Claude mentioned before," the MDT said with a loud whistle. "But it is contaminated. The source of the contamination is the Godslayer, and now the contamination is spreading throughout the dimension. This sword is an unprecedented 'virus carrier.' It not only erodes the will of the demon hunters, but it is also contaminating the ancient energy system of the entire Coldpath. "
Almost as soon as the MDT's voice trailed off, Y 'zaks suddenly frowned. "Lanina just sent a message. The frontline soldiers reported that the energy nodes that had been blown up before are reigniting one by one. The runestones in those nodes must have been destroyed, but their energy cores are reactivating out of thin air, "he said.
Teuton was still a little confused, but he knew very well about the energy nodes. "The runestones are just something we set up later on. Those energy nodes can operate on their own. It's just that they have never been activated in the past thousands of years, so we have to use external forces to activate them. "
"That is to say …" Hao Ren looked at the Godslayer. "Because of this sword, all the ruins of Coldpath are really waking up."
Cold sweat broke out on Lily's forehead. "And they are being contaminated as soon as they wake up. No wonder the temple of the goddess of creation was destroyed by a group of mortals!"
White Flame's eyes wandered around the ceremonial hall. Even under such circumstances, she remained calm and suddenly asked, "Where are the sages?"
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