In the blink of an eye, the originally brightly lit Golden Corridor was plunged into complete darkness. An invisible force instantly snuffed out every source of light.
Everyone felt as if they had fallen into a deep, lightless cosmic abyss.
All around was pure, viscous darkness—even breathing became heavy.
In this extreme silence and pitch-blackness, the senses lost their reference. The perception of time grew blurred, stretching endlessly, then abruptly shortening.
The sense of space also twisted. The directions of up, down, left, and right completely disappeared. The ground underfoot seemed to become soft and unreal.
The entire environment was filled with an almost magical distortion, making it impossible to tell whether it was reality or an illusion.
“Huff! Huff! Huff! Huff!”
The Demonized Human was instantly bewildered by the bizarre phenomenon before it. Its mind and senses fell into chaos, and it began spinning around uncontrollably in place.
The ghostly claw attacks that had been raining down like a violent storm could no longer land on the Void Shield Wall.
The pressure on Laige Fuling was suddenly reduced by more than half.
Soon, a strange humanoid figure emerged from the center of the slowly rotating magic circle.
It was a pitch-black strange bird, but it had long, human-like limbs. Its bird legs alone stood two meters tall, upright and steady, like a silent telephone pole.
“Deedoo~ deedoo~ deedoo~ deedoo~”
The raven opened its black beak and let out a series of weird, piercing cries from deep in its throat.
The sound was abnormally harsh, standing out sharply in the silent darkness. One could see the sound waves sliding through the air like solid rings, heading straight for the Demonized Human.
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
In the next instant, the Demonized Human fell into even deeper pain and confusion. It was as if bound by invisible shackles, it could only spin in place helplessly.
Its withered hands pressed tightly against its own head, trying to resist some tearing and roaring inside its brain.
Most importantly, the raging magic power on the Demonized Human’s body became extremely unstable. It flickered violently, like a short-circuited lightbulb.
“【Illusion – Brain Destruction】.”
At that very moment, some internal mechanism of the incompetent Second Sister, Yulian, was triggered.
She and the raven formed a perfect combo.
Her deep blue pupils suddenly burst into brilliant flashes, like the first rays of aurora refracted when an ice lake cracks.
Then, a crystal-blue Illusion Domain expanded around her in an instant. Its range spread rapidly, completely enveloping the ominous Demonized Human ahead.
Bang!
The back of the Demonized Human’s head suddenly exploded on its own. A rain of brain matter mixed with chaotic magic splattered in all directions.
This was because the raven’s special attack was a Sonic Magic specifically targeting the mind. It could effectively penetrate the Demonized Human’s Magic Body Shield, directly impacting and breaking down its Mental Defense Line.
Once a crack appeared in that line, Second Sister Yulian’s Illusion attack could take advantage and unleash its true power.
Though it sounds simple, in practice it was extremely difficult.
The Mental Defense Line is theoretically the hardest barrier to break.
Because the brain, as the startup core of a Mana Operator, has its defensive mechanism tightly linked to the foundation of life. If you managed to destroy the Mental Defense Line entirely, the target’s physical body would already be on the verge of collapse. By then, you wouldn’t need to destroy the brain—death would be near.
Sigh! That hit the nail on the head.
Originally, the Demonized Human’s body was already riddled with holes from overload. It was essentially a zombie forcibly driven by magic, with an extremely fragile Mental Defense Line.
Of course, even so, special means were still required to break through. Illusions alone could not directly attack the brain.
As it happened, Laige Lingxiang’s Divine Summoned Raven specialized in breaking mental defenses, complementing Yulian’s only damaging finishing move—Illusion.
Thump! Thump! Thump!
But taking a closer look, even with its back skull blown open, the Demonized Human still did not fall.
It managed to remain standing on its remaining half-crushed head, stubbornly maintaining its posture.
The raven’s Sonic Technique consumed a large amount of magic power, so it could only be used once. After that, its magic exhausted, it prepared to retreat back into the darkness.
Second Sister Yulian’s Brain Destruction Technique also could only be used once. Theoretically, after destroying the enemy’s brain, she could no longer lock onto the target—after all, there was only one brain.
“Roar!”
The Demonized Human raised its head and let out an earth-shattering roar, filled with rage.
It did not stop even after its back skull exploded. Instead, it launched a final charge, continuing to slam its claws, wrapped in black demonic energy, against the Void Shield Wall with frenzied, self-immolating magic.
Each impact was accompanied by a dull explosion and violent energy fluctuations. The light of the Void Shield Wall flickered uncertainly.
Laige Fuling said nothing. She continued to pour magic power into reinforcing the Void Shield Wall, resisting the Demonized Human’s attacks.
“Fuling, stop! Don’t use any more magic!”
“Third Sister… don’t hold on any longer…”
Both Laige Yulian and Laige Lingxiang could see that she was completely spent. Her magic power was as weak as a candle flickering in the wind, about to go out at any moment.
But Lingxiang summoned a group of Black Dogs to charge forward. Before they could even touch the Demonized Human, they were melted by the rampaging magic power, causing no damage at all.
And her own Magic Power Value was no longer enough to summon the raven again.
All plans exhausted…
Were the Moteffei Four Sisters about to be wiped out on their very first enemy?
Just as everyone fell into despair, a pure white magic power suddenly surged from the end of the corridor.
“You deserve to die, monster!”
Lu Xiya finally broke free from her depression and endless regret.
She clenched her teeth. Her gaze regained its fierce determination. She poured all the remaining magic power in her body, down to the last drop, without reservation into the Magic Mold clutched in her hand.
Buzzzz! Buzzzz! Buzzzz!
As the magic light roared and churned through the air, it quickly condensed and shaped itself. In an instant, it precisely assembled into an exaggerated giant hand cannon, pure white all over.
“Die!”
Lu Xiya pulled the trigger in fury. A huge Magic Bullet, glittering with strange light, shot out and flew precisely toward the target.
The Magic Bullet instantly sunk deep into the exploded back of the Demonized Human’s head, triggering a violent magical oscillation inside.
Bang!
One shot to the head. The remaining half of the Demonized Human’s skull exploded on the spot.
But even without a head, the headless body still squirmed forward, refusing to die.
At the same time, Laige Fuling squeezed out the last trace of magic power remaining in her body.
The Void Shield Wall could no longer be maintained. It shattered in an instant.