Chapter 418: Intense Struggle (2/2), Conclusion
[Barak: Focus on the tasks. If you want to kill them, it'll take more than just killing them since they are on their Blessed Island. Their souls will remain there for revival.]
[Kristy: Once we stop them, we will give them true death.]
Not just Cheetah, but all ten subordinates knew the importance of getting slaves for Axis realm participation and they were just as mad as Rani and Bill.
Rani went back to the ship because she wanted to surveil the surface to see if the island teleported somewhere on the surface.
Meanwhile, Bill and the rest were searching underground.
30 seconds passed by in the blink of an eye.
[Rani: They are not on the surface, but they couldn't have gone deeper than 2000 kilometers so keep the search range the same as before.]
Indeed. Going much deeper into the Earth was not wise since the planet had evolved after Atlantis and it was changing constantly with its upgraded core, so deeper than 2000 kilometers was a danger zone for the Island's barrier as it would receive constant damage from the underground atmosphere, which would make a free entry into the island for enemies.
'FIND IT FAST! It's been a fucking minute!'
Bill was also traveling with his range extended.
The others wanted to find, but since they had exhausted themselves, they were slower than when they first started searching. Still, someone finally found their location after five seconds.
It was Barak. He floated above the Island's barrier that reflected outside scenery and hid everything happening inside.
In just a few seconds, Bill and Rani arrived beside him with their full power.
They popped a pill each to recover their spirit force and soul energy to the max and started hitting the barrier.
Meanwhile, everyone inside was pouring their Prana, spirit force, and soul energy into Blessed Island's Barrier Pool feature to strengthen the barrier.
"Do it without stopping! If they enter inside, we will all die!" Rin shouted, her eyes red as she was also constantly pouring her energies into the barrier pool while it recovered.
The Island constantly shook and everyone could see colorful blasts and powerful projectiles hitting the barrier.
21 minutes passed by.
3 more minutes until the Integration finished but Royal-order powerhouses had already lost consciousness by exerting themselves.
Those in Empyrean-order ranks were holding on, but they were also dropping one by one with exhaustion.
'Bill, what if they teleport again?' Rani frowned.
Bill's eyes shook. 'How long does it take for planet integration?'
No idea. Our kingdom's Blessed Island was already integrated with an S-tier planet and heavily upgraded when I joined.'
'Same.'
Inside, half of the empyrean had dropped and only around fifty remained, including the Pillars.
The fifteen Pillars were doing the most work of providing Barrier Pool.
"It's time to move," Lilith said as she used the Anti-matter barrier and thrust the island upward. "Hopefully, a Sanctuary Area can give us the remaining safe time."
"They did say Sanctuary Area can't save us but even if that's the case, they'll still take time to break it," Lily said and turned to Maleina, "Right?"
"They did break ours with multiple means, but they will surely use their fastest way this time," Maleina frowned. "If they use their ship's full power for an attack, it would break."
22 minutes passed while Bill and Rani gritted their teeth and followed the barrier while still continuing the attack.
Half of their subordinates had arrived at this location and were also attacking the barrier while the remaining ones and the slaves were on the way.
[Bill: Maze, tell others to return to the surface from this point of location. They are going upward.]
[Maze: Understood.]
Rani's eyes flashed. 'Bill, if they go to the surface, a Sanctuary Area will cover them.'
Bill gritted his teeth and said, 'No other choice. Use a Voidmite crystal and release the big gun. Even if we encountered an Eldrich Varmint on our way back by chance, we have a spare one to use on it.'
Rani was already moving up towards the ship.
Anti-matter barrier was allowing the Blessed Island to pass through Earth as if nothing was an obstacle. It was swiftly flying up towards the surface and once that happened, given the area and population of the Island, Mystic Root would produce a Sanctuary Area around it.
22 minutes, 30 seconds.
The Island arrived on the surface and a Sanctuary Area swiftly covered the Island's barrier.
'Recover your energies!' Bill instructed everyone.
It was no use attacking Sanctuary Area because to break it, they had to break its threshold of defense at once.
If Bill and Rani had time, they could create an offensive-formation attack to break it, but there was no time. They were forced to use one of the most valuable materials they had, Voidmite crystal, to break it instantly.
Seconds passed while Rin, Isabella, Lilith, Aria, Sameira, Kenshin, fifteen top-ranked guild leaders, and the Empyrean-order of various clans took this short break and sat in meditation to recover.
All five pill containers were almost empty!
At the 24th-minute mark, the Integration would be completed so they only had to hold on for one minute and thirty seconds.
Nobody was speaking anything or thinking. They had a task and knew what to do so they put their entire focus on them.
Twenty seconds later, Rani prepared the big gun and released it without batting an eye.
A pitch-black laser shot towards the Blessed Island from the sky. It struck the Sanctuary Area, making it glow brightly as if this area was resisting.
However, merely five seconds later, cracks appeared all over it and it broke.
Another five seconds later, the Sanctuary Area completely broke.
Everyone conscious on the Island immediately started pouring their energies into the Island as Isabella directed them into the Barrier pool like before.
1 minute left!
Bill floated outside, his entire body shining and his hair lengthened while he used Domain Burst.
"Attack!"
The subordinates and slaves who had gathered released their attack and Bill also released his attacks while Rani quickly returned.
Bill and Rani didn't know how much time they had, but they still wanted to finish it the fastest.
40 seconds passed, 10 seconds remaining.
The barrier….broke.
*Crack…Boom!*
'You know what to do! Eject your soul right when a fatal attack hits you!' Lilith shouted with utmost importance stressed in her voice.
At the moment, time seemed to slow considerably in Aria's eyes. Her senses were spread throughout the island and she could observe everything.
She first sensed a potent presence of a Reverend-order powerhouse drilling into the Blessed Island, finding its core and Erix who had gone there.
Then she sensed a barrage of power descending from Bill with many people losing their lives at once. Their souls wandered within the Blessed Island while their bodies were obliterated.
Those who were conscious and lasted until now found themselves frozen, their mind blank.
"Die!"
Five seconds passed.
Bill and others released a bigger barrage of attacks, killing thousands at once.
Lilith's bloodshot eyes glowed, and she released a silent scream, using her full power and erecting a barrier connected with her life.
Bill's attack struck and destroyed it, along with obliterating her body. Lily's figure was obliterated next before Aria felt death touching her, and then things went blank.
Her soul remained inside the Blessed Island and still observed everything as people died one by one, with Rin barely hanging on the death's doors and Isabella too.
Four seconds passed, one second remaining.
Kenshin, Sameira, all clan leaders, and all guild leaders died as their souls were sucked by the Blessed Island protection while their bodies were obliterated.
This killing was for the pure sake of venting. The main task was interrupting the Integration and Rani was at it.
But the final second passed by and Erix's eyes shot open, bloodshot and wrathful.
"GET OUT!"
The Blessed Island shone majestically before a golden force swept across the Island that forcefully teleported every enemy, including Bill and Rani, outside.
Right after that, the same golden force swept across the Earth, striking all pirates and their Empyrean-order slaves as they were forcefully ejected out of Earth.
Bill and Rani's eyes turned blank. They saw as the planet was enveloped by a golden barrier, the signature feature after a Blessed Island integrated with a planet.
It destroyed their entire mission as they could no longer enter inside no matter what they did. Not even if they used another Voidmite crystal.
"We are fucked."