freeallnovels Chapter 1105 The Law of Crystal
Chapter 1105 The Law of Crystal
In the distance, deep within the tide of destruction.
The Ape of Destruction leaned forward slightly, its massive body, as large as a small mountain, its enormous eyes, burning with chaotic purple flames, fixed intently on the earth-shattering collision in the distance.
The enormous crystal-covered chin opened and closed slightly, emitting a deep, muffled hum that seemed to carry a sense of sudden realization.
“I see… ‘King of Resistance,’ I’m starting to understand what you meant earlier.”
His voice, as clear as a rolling stone, rang out, tinged with a hint of amazement and amusement.
"This 'alchemy dragon's' body... is basically a 'gray area' of the rules! It has the foundation of a god, but it keeps its power firmly below the legendary level... It's a very normal idea, but it can actually do it."
His enormous hands slapped excitedly against his crystal-covered knees, producing a dull thud.
"Using the rules of the world themselves to bear divine power, thus avoiding judgment of direct intervention; using alchemical creations to endow legendary peaks with an indestructible 'divine body,' yet keeping the power output within a certain limit..."
"Tsk tsk, the leader of this world is not only a knowledgeable god, but also a guy who understands the void very well. It's no wonder he threw the five of us here."
The massive head of the Destruction Ape turned to the silent, iceberg-like, four-armed figure beside it, whose bone-spiked crown emitted a deep purple light—the King of Resistance.
What are you thinking?
His tone carried an almost excited curiosity: "You haven't crushed many worlds with your team, but I'm a regular at the Vanguard."
"Twenty-one times! The cries of twenty-one worlds are etched into my broken soul! But tell me, which world is as powerful as this one, with its endless tricks?"
"A top-tier alchemical civilization, an unyielding will to resist, unprecedented new 'data-driven' rules, plus a cunning god capable of exploiting loopholes in the rules of the void..."
His enormous eyes, burning with chaotic purple flames, were fixed on the smooth, crystal face of the King of Resistance. His voice suddenly deepened, yet contained a complex emotion that even caused the void energy to tremble slightly:
"If even a world like this...can't withstand the devouring of the void in the end...then what kind of world...can be spared? Those legendary 'exceptions'...are probably nothing more than this, aren't they?"
The King of Resistance's smooth, crystal-like face still reflected the intense energy flashes of the distant battlefield, like an unchanging, icy mirror.
The bone spur crown shimmered with an eerie light amidst the surging purple tide.
He showed no mental fluctuation or movement in response to the Ape of Destruction's almost declarative and weighty question.
Only that invisible will, like ancient ice, seemed to pierce through the boiling battlefield and the heavy barrier of sighs, reaching the deepest part of the continent.
That city, standing majestically in the silvery glow of order—the City of the Ring Tower.
Silence itself is an answer.
……
The vast ice plains before the second Wailing Barrier have now been completely transformed into a boiling inferno of energy.
The massive, golden, half-dragon, half-machine dragon-man battle body of Bugret and the elegant, gray-purple, cracked figure of the Rift Queen collided like two destructive stars.
"Clang—Boom!!!"
A giant light blade, condensed from pure energy, wielded by Bugret and accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through space, slashed fiercely at the Rift Queen.
The latter's claw, covered in amethyst veins, seemingly made a casual slash, and five deep, purplish-black spatial rifts appeared out of thin air, biting at the trajectory of the light blade like venomous snakes.
The golden-white and deep-purple energies exploded at the point of impact, and the shockwave transformed into a visible ring-shaped giant wave, instantly crushing everything within hundreds of meters below, whether it was solid ice frozen for thousands of years or surging void creatures, into dust.
A dust storm, mixed with purple blood and metal fragments, rose into the sky.
The battlefield has been reduced to ruins.
The earth was covered with bottomless, scorched craters and crisscrossing energy marks, and the spatial structure became extremely unstable under the rule-based confrontation between two level-15 beings.
Sometimes it twists and turns, sometimes it groans as if it is overwhelmed.
However, this terrifying forbidden zone of death is nothing more than another path to destruction for the Void creatures Tide, who have no concept of fear.
They remained like a turbid purple tsunami, ignoring the violent energy turbulence that could tear legendary powerhouses apart, surging forward relentlessly from the edge of the battlefield and even through the gaps in the core of the collision.
The countless distorted monsters burst silently like fragile bubbles the moment they stepped into the energy storm, turning into an even thicker purple mist that spread outwards.
Then, swept along by the subsequent tidal wave, it continued forward, crashing against the scarred foundations of the Wailing Walls.
Life here is so cheap it's suffocating. Their only purpose seems to be to use their endless purple flesh and blood to consume and wear down the steel will that stands in the face of destruction.
The Rift Queen was completely indifferent to the deaths of the void creatures, so she didn't care at all.
It's important to understand that although they have become the Apocalypse, it doesn't mean they lack their own will.
They naturally wouldn't be friendly to the culprit who destroyed their world; they'd rather be drained a little more.
But Bugret was already used to how to prevent high-intensity battles from affecting friendly forces, and instead create a better environment for them.
Therefore, during the battle, both sides gradually moved away from the direction of the city wall.
The aftermath of the battle between the two sides also relieved a lot of pressure on the defense of the city walls.
Moreover, it seems that the battle between the two sides will not stop anytime soon.
Based on the timeline, they may not stop until the boundary of the engulfment approaches their retreat.
The gaze shifts to the sunset over the sea and the surrounding waters.
This place is no longer a shimmering blue expanse, but a filthy battlefield churning with ominous purple waves.
The World Alliance's massive fleet, like silver stars scattered on a purple festering sore, is waging a sophisticated yet brutal annihilation around several key nodes.
These nodes, the core structures the Night Watchers built in advance in the sea, radiate a resilient yet unwavering silvery glow of order, attracting monsters emerging from the void rifts in the sea like lighthouses.
The fleet's tactical core is clear and efficient.
Using attraction nodes as bait, scattered void creatures are drawn in and gathered together, and then concentrated devastating firepower is used for a sweeping attack.
There are no city walls on the sea.
The battle zone formed by attraction is the best line of defense.
"Hard port! 'Siren' and 'Reef', cover sector C7 with fire! Don't let those 'Crystal Cannon Crawlers' fire in unison!"
Within the amplification array of the fleet flagship, the commander's voice was hoarse yet full of power.
"Understood! Alchemy Depth Charge Array, launch!" The response was accompanied by a muffled roar of launch.
Several heavily armed cruisers opened their sides, and rows of alchemical bombs, flashing with dangerous red light, were launched into the sea.
After sinking to their predetermined depth, they explode with a roar, not producing huge water columns, but creating instantaneous "vacuum annihilation spheres" in the deep sea.
The dense swarm of fish-shaped void creatures drawn here, along with a large expanse of seawater, was silently and completely wiped out, leaving only a brief, violently boiling void in the seawater.
In the sky, light frigates equipped with "phase-shifting arrays" nimbly darted about, driving away the flying aberration swarms that were trying to bypass the nodes and directly attack the fleet's main formation like sheepdogs.
They were forced into the crossfire of the battleship's main guns. Thick beams of energy and solid shells wove a web of death, each salvo creating a brief "blank space" against the purplish-black sky. However, the void itself adapted.
Some newly emerged deep-sea behemoths with thick shells and energy resistance are braving fierce fire, stubbornly attacking the energy shield of the divine kingdom node with their massive bodies and corrosive energy breath.
The shield fluctuated violently under the continuous attack, emitting a piercing overload hum.
Repair ships approached at the risk of being hit, and engineering components clung to the shield generator like worker ants for emergency repairs, with the intense welding light flashing in the smoke.
This sea area has become a battlefield of slaughter.
The intensity of the battle even surpassed that of the defensive battles on land, because there were more and more creatures gathered on the sea.
And these warships used their firepower with even greater impunity.
Coupled with the turbulent weather in the surrounding area, this region appears extremely unusual.
Far from the hustle and bustle of the land and the bloodshed of the sea, deep within the thick, surging clouds filled with purple energy vortexes.
A huge, irregularly shaped cluster of purple crystals floated silently.
Its surface shimmered with a restrained nebulous radiance, and countless tiny, synaptic-like purple glands floated around it slowly.
Furthermore, tiny, shimmering fragments of amethyst form a miniature star belt.
This is one of the revelations, codenamed "The Law of Crystal".
Her "vision," which is not a physical entity but can perceive energy and rules, is simultaneously overlooking both battlefields.
She was observing, and not just in this one place.
As a crystal being, her vision is extremely broad.
Therefore, she was able to observe the battle situation on the land defense line while also monitoring the battlefield at sea.
If she simply fights alongside the Void, then she becomes the best means of reconnaissance.
Unfortunately, that's not the case; she is free.
On land, each collision between Burget and the Rift Queen caused a slight ripple deep within her crystal core.
The alchemical dragon's incredible strength and versatility, surpassing the limits of ordinary materials, along with its near-perfect energy utilization efficiency, surprised her.
This is no ordinary alchemical creation; its core rules and the way it combines with divine power are so exquisite that they are almost art.
The terrifying resilience and collaborative efficiency demonstrated by the World Alliance defense line far exceeded her previous understanding.
The soldiers seemed to share a single will; the repairs were completed at an unbelievable speed, and despite heavy casualties, the front line remained as solid as a rock.
This level of organizational ability and deep application of "data-driven" rules is unprecedented since she destroyed several worlds.
On the sea, the fleet's tactics of relying on the nodes of the divine kingdom caused a slight fluctuation called "admiration" to appear in her cold core.
Treating void creatures as predictable energy aggregates, using nodes as "bait," and then "harvesting" them with high-efficiency firepower...
This is not just courage, but a ruthless and efficient war wisdom built on a profound understanding.
Watching the purple tide being annihilated in swathes under precise firepower, she seemed to see another "possibility" in fighting against the void.
A possibility that does not rely solely on individual power, but is built upon a well-organized system of rules and regulations.
"So...it can be done like this..."
An almost nonexistent fluctuation of consciousness echoed within the crystal.
This scene stands in stark contrast to the three futile interventions she recalled.
The first time, she tried to help a collapsing magical civilization build its last spiritual barrier, but the barrier crumbled instantly under the impact of the Void Legend.
The second time, she went into hiding and assassinated a key "commander" Apocalypse within the Void faction, but this triggered an even more violent and indiscriminate attack, accelerating the destruction of the world.
The third time, she expended enormous power to protect the flame of civilization of a race, which was then transferred after the world was destroyed.
Ultimately, it was discovered that the spark, under the absolute pollution of the void, could not escape its distorted fate; it could not escape before the world was destroyed, nor could it survive after the world was destroyed.
Every attempt is like futilely building a sandcastle in a raging, apocalyptic torrent.
The waves of emptiness crashed down, and any form of resistance seemed so fragile and...meaningless.
Just like her own world, which was once so bright and full of hope, it eventually returned to eternal silence amidst the lamentations of despair.
She had long since learned to use eternal indifference to conceal her deep sorrow.
But at this moment, the world of Aegira presents a different scene.
On land, the Sighing Barrier stands tall, scarred yet resilient.
On the sea, the fleet was engaged in a fierce battle, operating like a precision instrument.
And through the battlefield, one could vaguely sense the resilient and vibrant world will emanating from the city of the ring tower deep within the continent.
All of this points to a fact that overturns her previous understanding.
This world seems to be truly turning "resistance" into an actionable and sustainable "state".
The boundaries of the void's devouring power were firmly pinned outside the pre-set area, and the invading torrent was dragged into a quagmire of attrition warfare.
"potential……"
Deep within the crystal's core, that soft, ethereal voice carried an unprecedented hesitation and... a faint hope.
"Unprecedented potential... Perhaps... it really is worth a try?"
She decided to observe for a while longer to gain a deeper understanding of the core of this world—the source of divine power and rules that drives everything.
If this tenacity is not just a fleeting moment, if the will of life in this world is strong enough.
So perhaps, she could try to set aside her role as an observer and actively reach out to touch that faint but real glimmer of light.
For these beings who have become the embodiment of apocalypse, if they could save a world from the destruction of the void...
It was also something that could make them feel redeemed.
The massive form of the Crystal Law subtly adjusted its angle within the purple cloud vortex, directing more of its "attention" toward the depths of the Lebia continent.
An invisible sense, like the gentlest of tendrils, quietly reached out toward the city of the ring tower.
She was waiting, assessing the situation, preparing for a contact that could change everything. (End of Chapter)