“The crystal blooms.” (6400)

"Crack! Snap!"

Cracking sounds rang out one after another.

Every time a Dragon Crystal shattered, it was as if a dragon's heart had been blasted apart; as it turned into a pile of shards, it would also erupt with dark purple mist.

These purple mists looked more like a dragon's blood mist.

Because too many crystals were shattered in a short time.

A thick, dark purple fog rose in the center of the Crystal Continent.

It completely enveloped the main crystal area and also blocked everyone's line of sight.

Now, apart from Cao Xing, no one knew what was happening inside.

Cao Xing also noticed the changes in the surrounding environment, but instead of feeling troubled, a smile appeared on his face.

"Excellent, this dark purple mist blocks the enemy's vision, but it won't affect me at all!"

As the controller of the Crystal Continent.

Cao Xing closed his eyes and could clearly sense the movements of all the enemies.

"And this way, those Survivors can't see inside either, so I can let my Masters fight with all their might."

During this period, Cao Xing's core combat personnel had basically all broken through to the Master level.

But so far, he had only exposed three or four Master-level powerhouses!

The reason was simple: first, he didn't want to expose too much strength.

Second, it was to guard against people like the Seed of Light.

And now, with the mist obscuring everything, he could let go and fight with all his might!

Cao Xing immediately ordered: "All combat personnel, listen up!"

"Now show your most powerful strength, do your best, and hold on until the very last moment!"

The moment they heard the order, a strong fighting spirit surged in everyone's hearts!

Assam responded first.

He gripped the lady of the lake sword in his hand, rode on the Frost Wolf, and shouted loudly.

"We will use our lives to carry out the will of Great Lord Cao Xing to the end!"

"Winter, follow me and kill!"

The moment he received the order, the Frost Wolf erupted with terrifying speed, turning into a white shadow and rushing out!

It is worth mentioning that Winter had also reached level 50 two days ago.

Then, after consuming one of Cao Xing's [Master-level Heart of Power], it successfully became a Tier 6 Boss-level creature!

Combined with its permanent state [Wolf Soul Awakening].

On the field, besides Sarah and Dragon Speaker, no one could keep up with the speed of this Frost Wolf.

It was simply terrifyingly strong.

Plus, with an additional 100% healing bonus.

So, the healing numbers of the Frost Wolf Winter had reached 22,000 per second!

This was a quite terrifying number, and it could even be used as an alternative meat shield.

Assam rode ahead, leading the Frost Wolf in a courageous charge!

"Swish! Swish, swish!"

The battle blades in the hands of the large number of Divine Guards hacked at the Frost Wolf, causing its HP to drop continuously.

However, after a while, its HP recovered at a very fast speed.

Assam also counterattacked with his most powerful strength, every sword strike carrying boundless momentum, sweeping away enemies one by one, and then killing them instantly!

Breaking through like bamboo, Assam charged in and out of the Divine Guard legion, frantically destroying their formation.

Even that group of Divine Guards couldn't help but admire the bravery of this knight!

"What a powerful knight!"

"Clearly only with Tier 6 combat power, but the strength erupted is almost approaching the Hero level!"

A Divine Guard captain's eyes showed a strong fighting spirit.

"Let me test you!"

After these words, he raised his greatsword and charged directly at Assam!

And Assam also chose to face this powerful enemy head-on.

The surrounding Divine Guard legion automatically cleared a battlefield for them.

Two powerful existences launched the most violent attacks at this moment!

At the same time, others also erupted with their most powerful strength!

The Dragon Blood Warrior's ultimate move, [Dragon Blood Whirlwind Stab], was released one after another.

[Ice Dragon Spear Break!] froze a large area at once.

A large number of Divine Guard legions had their formations scattered under the impact of these warriors!

Andrew switched to Owl Beast form to conduct carpet bombing.

On the other side, Hilda, Sarah, and Isabelle threw out various skills as if they cost nothing.

Including long-range units like Elisa and Renice, the bowstrings in their hands were pulled into afterimages!

At this moment, everyone had gone crazy with killing!

Under the fearless charge of more than thirty Master-level creatures with various permanent buffs.

Even the Hero-level Divine Guard captain was beaten back step by step.

Then, with the cooperation of the massive army of Branded Monsters, they were killed instantly on the spot!

The moment that batch of Divine Guard captains resurrected, for the first time, an unprecedented solemn look appeared in their eyes.

"What a powerful batch of warriors!"

"The power on them far exceeds that of ordinary Masters, and their combat consciousness is not inferior to ours at all!"

"Not only that, they all have a mysterious power on them, infinitely restoring their vitality!"

"Incredible, simply incredible!"

Although the tone of those Divine Guard captains was full of exclamation.

But on their faces appeared unprecedented fighting spirit!

"Everyone, it's rare to encounter such powerful and evenly matched enemies!"

"For such opponents, we need to lead the Divine Guard legion to defeat them."

"Kill!"

Although Cao Xing's blessing was quite powerful, it still had not reached the level of true immortality!

This group of Divine Guards were also existences who had experienced many battles.

As they adjusted their tactics, they began to specifically target this batch of powerhouses under Cao Xing!

Soon, Assam was the first to fall under the siege of many Divine Guards.

However, even before falling, he rushed to the very center of the Divine Guard army and killed a Hero-level Divine Guard captain on the spot!

Then came Bjorn, Andrew, Jonard, Josent, and other melee units…

Before these Master-level powerhouses fell, they all took away the lives of a large number of Divine Guards!

Even Cao Xing himself had participated in the battle personally.

He kept throwing out various large skills!

Thousand Mile Ice Seal!

Ice Tornado Storm!

Extreme Ice Bloom and other skills were thrown out frantically, as if they cost nothing.

Under the state of 90% skill cooldown reduction, Cao Xing had completely turned into a bomber on the battlefield!

Under such terrifying attacks, he could take away the lives of a large number of Divine Guards every second!

However, compared to the endless number of these Divine Guards, it was insignificant.

At this moment, Cao Xing seemed to have experienced the feeling of these Divine Guards being surrounded by Branded Monsters.

It was that no matter how many enemies you killed, there were even more enemies waiting for you.

A deep sense of powerlessness emerged.

Following the fall of the melee units under Cao Xing.

Next were those long-range units.

Sarah, Victoria, Renice, Hilda, and so on…

One by one, they were submerged by the massive Divine Guard legion.

Then, at the very last moment, they all erupted with the most terrifying power!

Then came his own pets.

Mammoth Dabai, Frost Moose Little Blue, Light Feather Chicken Buoyancy, including the four Great Griffins, each contributed their final strength!

Even the Ascalon legion, Silver Hand legion, and those mages had all been wiped out!

Fortunately, this was the Oracle Battlefield, and these warriors of his were not truly dead.

Otherwise, Cao Xing would be heartbroken to death.

Under their fearless persistence, time soon reached 23:55…

Now, only Liu Muxue, Francesca, and Dragon Speaker were left guarding Cao Xing's side.

Besides that, there were about one million Branded Monsters!

And all around, a massive Divine Guard legion had completely surrounded them!

Cao Xing said with a solemn expression: "There are only five minutes left…"

"With these Branded Monsters, plus Dragon Speaker and Francesca, we should be able to hold on until the very last moment."

And just at this moment.

From those four beams of light, four existences wearing holy battle armor, with auras as vast as volcanoes, appeared again!

The moment he felt this aura.

Cao Xing couldn't help but curse.

"Damn! Are they sending Legends at a time like this?"

Although he knew that the existences behind the four major factions would definitely not let Cao Xing succeed easily.

After all, the things involved behind this were too big!

It related to the life and death of a true god-level dragon!

However, for these existences behind the scenes to teleport Legendary-level creatures to this plane, they also needed to spend a huge price!

As a result, he didn't expect that Cao Xing had just wiped out one wave!

Now four more had come!

They were simply spending all their capital!

Even the Survivors of the four major factions looked at the distant sky in shock.

"My God… four more such powerful Divine Guard Commanders have come."

"I remember, it was because of the appearance of these four Commanders last time that Great Lord Cao Xing's formation directly collapsed, and he was even killed all the way to the main crystal."

"Great Lord Cao Xing had no choice but to launch that Dragon Cleanup Magic."

"Now, does he still have the chance to use this kind of Dragon Magic again?"

Hearing this, others shook their heads and said.

"Probably not anymore…"

"After all, this kind of magic can last a long time, if he had it, Great Lord Cao Xing would have used it long ago."

"Yeah…"

Hearing the analysis, everyone's mood became even heavier.

The battle situation in the center of the Crystal Continent was too intense.

The remaining Survivors of the four major factions couldn't see what was happening at all.

And at this moment, a large number of Survivors stood on the city walls, watching the central area of the Crystal Continent.

Ji Xinyue, Yao Yiming, and his sister Yao Ying were all there.

They tightly gripped the weapons in their hands, their eyes full of worry.

"Cao Xing, you must hold on!"

Bai Zhi, who was on the side, also looked forward with a solemn expression.

"Cao Xing, can you create a miracle?"

…

…

At this moment, Cao Xing took a deep breath.

"Come on, it's the last moment!"

"No matter if you are Legendary or Demigod-level, I'm going to take you on!"

Then, he looked at the two women beside him.

"Bing Lan, Francesca, I have a task for you two now."

"Find a way to make these guys all chase after you, can you do it?"

Hearing this, the two women didn't answer but proved themselves with their actual actions.

They each flew towards the four Legendary creatures!

At the same time.

The four Legendary-level creatures rushed over at an eerie speed, advancing several kilometers almost every second.

It only took thirty-something seconds to arrive next to the main crystal!

They had indifferent looks in their eyes,

"Ants, this time, let's see how you block us!"

Just when they were about to launch an attack.

The spiritual energy on Francesca's body erupted suddenly.

"Hum!"

As an invisible spiritual energy spread out with the air.

Instantly, the terrifying attacks of the four Legendary powerhouses were directly interrupted.

These Divine Guard Commanders stared blankly at the scene before them, feeling very hard to understand.

The ability to cause this effect was precisely because of Francesca's Commander-level skill — Witch Domain effect.

This skill was just too useful.

Even the skills of these Legendary creatures would be sealed.

Cao Xing had also been reluctant to use it.

Now, taking them by surprise, it had achieved unexpected results!

The four Legendary Grand Commanders had exceptionally ugly expressions on their faces.

They had just said that Great Lord Cao Xing no longer had any means to block their attacks, yet in the blink of an eye, their own attack was interrupted once again.

A wave of shame and anger surged into their hearts.

"Damn blasphemer!"

"Do you think that by sealing our abilities, you can stop us from destroying the Main Crystal?"

"Wishful thinking!"

Just as they were preparing to launch another attack.

On the other side, Dragon Speaker Bing Lan suddenly brandished her long sword and slashed toward the sky.

"Swish! Swish, swish!"

The moment the spatial rift appeared, a rain of swords fell from the sky.

Completely shrouding the four Legendaries.

However, Dragon Speaker Bing Lan's attacks landed on these Legendary creatures, only to be covered by a faint light screen, causing no damage at all.

Those four Divine Attendant Grand Commanders simply ignored her attacks.

With indifference in their eyes, they relied on their physical strength to rush toward the Main Crystal.

Even if they could no longer teleport, their movement speed reached an inconceivable level.

Nothing could stop their determination to destroy the Main Crystal.

Seeing this, Dragon Speaker Bing Lan frowned.

Thinking of Great Lord Cao Xing's instructions, she seemed to have made a certain decision.

In an instant.

Dragon Speaker Bing Lan gathered her strength and pulled four statues from her backpack.

They were the statues of the four True Gods, radiating an extremely faint divine power.

Upon sensing the aura of these statues, those Divine Attendant Grand Commanders shifted their gazes over simultaneously.

And then they watched with their own eyes as Dragon Speaker Bing Lan shattered all these statues with a single sword strike!

"Crack!"

As the statues crumbled into a pile of stone debris.

At this moment, the eyes of these Divine Attendant Grand Commanders instantly turned red.

A surge of rage rose to the heavens.

They said angrily, "Damn you, how dare you destroy the Goddess's statues!"

"To blaspheme against the Goddess like this, I will have you die!!!"

Instantly, they rushed toward Dragon Speaker Bing Lan regardless of anything else, intent on killing her immediately!

Seeing this from below, Great Lord Cao Xing was amazed.

"Wow, I didn't expect Dragon Speaker Bing Lan to use such a method, it's truly an eye-opener!"

Clearly, the four True Gods were the faith of these Divine Attendant Grand Commanders.

By doing this, Dragon Speaker Bing Lan could be said to have thoroughly enraged them.

The four Legendary creatures charged straight toward Dragon Speaker Bing Lan, braving the rain of swords!

Meanwhile.

Francesca and Dragon Speaker Bing Lan exchanged a look.

Then, without hesitation, the two turned and flew rapidly toward each other's direction!

The four Legendary creatures followed behind them, seemingly wanting to kill the two women at the first opportunity!

Dazzling light erupted from the weapons in the hands of these four Legendary creatures!

Sword energy capable of instantly killing Master-level creatures descended, about to strike Francesca and Dragon Speaker Bing Lan.

And just at this moment.

Great Lord Cao Xing had flown into mid-air without anyone noticing.

And he pulled a mysterious statue from his backpack.

The moment the [Lizardman Ancestor Statue] appeared.

An aura that seemed to come from ancient times was released…

Those four Divine Attendant Grand Commanders, clad in holy light armor and radiating divine brilliance, simultaneously turned their heads and looked at the Lizardman statue.

And then, looks of horror appeared in their eyes!

"This is… the aura of a Demigod-level!"

"Damn it! This brat actually still has such a method, dodge quickly!"

The moment the words fell, these four Divine Attendant Grand Commanders were about to use teleportation to leave this place.

However, they discovered that their own teleportation skills could not be used either.

They were still under the blockade of the Witch's domain, and were immediately furious!

They had just wanted to rely on their physical strength to leave this area.

However, just at this moment.

Dragon Speaker Bing Lan instantly transformed into a tornado and spun at high speed, the lethal airflow carrying destructive sword energy.

It was—Dragon Pact Sword · Dance!

The intense hurricane swept through, causing the four Legendary-level Divine Attendant Grand Commanders to involuntarily gather toward Dragon Speaker Bing Lan's direction!

Although this skill could only delay them for a brief moment.

But this moment was enough!

Great Lord Cao Xing directly used the [Wrath of the Ancient Lizard Emperor] from the Lizardman statue!

At this moment.

A gigantic lizard suddenly appeared in mid-air.

It lay there like a massive mountain range; even just a phantom projection made people feel a chill down their spines!

On the field, countless Divine Attendant soldiers were stunned by its aura and froze in place!

No sooner said than done.

The moment this terrifying monster was summoned by Great Lord Cao Xing, it suddenly opened its mouth.

A vast amount of energy gathered within its mouth, and even the surrounding space seemed to be twisted by this energy!

As the energy continued to condense, the ground beneath everyone's feet began to tremble violently.

Then, a brilliant pillar of light erupted from its mouth!

That light was like a sharp sword piercing through heaven and earth, instantly tearing through the void.

Wherever the pillar of light passed, space twisted and deformed, emitting rumbles as if it were unable to bear the burden!

"Crash!!!"

The massive pillar of light directly engulfed the four Divine Attendant Grand Commanders, as well as Francesca and Dragon Speaker Bing Lan!

Then, terrifying damage numbers appeared above their heads.

[ – 138636731 ] [ – 149773423 ] [ – 158745225 ] [ – 168342263 ] [ – 176367325 ] [ – 191364576 ] …

One damage number after another, each more terrifying than the last, appeared.

In just an instant, Francesca and Dragon Speaker Bing Lan were killed on the spot and then disappeared from where they were.

Following them were the four Legendary creatures!

Their eyes were filled with unwillingness as they roared in anger.

"Damn it!"

"I, a dignified Divine Attendant Grand Commander, have actually fallen here twice in a row!"

"Hateful!"

They had just emerged and hadn't even displayed their divine might before being taken out by the Ancient Dragon magic released by Great Lord Cao Xing.

And now, having resurrected for the second time, they were preparing to wash away their shame!

Yet they didn't expect that this human would pull out something even more terrifying, actually unleashing an attack of Demigod-level.

A Demigod's strike!

What kind of concept is that?

It simply destroys everything!

The power contained in this pillar of light was simply too terrifying!

It pierced directly through the thick fog like a sword of light!

Everyone on the entire Crystal Continent felt a strong sense of heart palpitations!

As the light gradually dissipated.

Within the ten-thousand-meter area ahead, all enemies were gone!

Including the four Legendaries, Dragon Speaker Bing Lan, Francesca, and countless Divine Attendant legions, all evaporated without a trace!

Leaving only a massive ten-thousand-meter-long trench and a deathly silence, as if still telling the tale of that earth-shattering strike just now!

At this moment, a smile appeared on the corner of Great Lord Cao Xing's mouth!

Because, there was only one minute left now!

And near the Dragon Crystal, there were still millions of Branded Monsters left!

It was already enough to drag it out until the very last moment!

In other words, he had done it!

Under the attacks of the massive Divine Attendant legions and the siege of the world's top Survivors, he had persisted until the very last moment.

At this time, unless even more powerful creatures were summoned, there was no way to destroy the Main Crystal before midnight!

All Survivors widened their eyes.

Looking at the center of the Crystal Continent in shock.

They had also seen that destructive ray of light that pierced heaven and earth.

But they didn't know who had launched the attack, nor did they know what had happened inside.

And until now, no system notification had come, which meant the Main Crystal had still not been destroyed!

The Survivors were amazed!

"It's the last minute, oh my god, could Great Lord Cao Xing have really held on?"

"It's hard to imagine!"

And at this moment.

The existences behind the four major factions seemed even more anxious!

Unprecedented light erupted from those four pillars of light!

This light illuminated the entire Crystal Continent in an instant, even gradually dispelling the thick fog.

From within, a vast aura far exceeding the Legendary level was released, an aura as if an ancient behemoth had descended!

It seemed they wanted to teleport incredibly powerful creatures to descend once again!

Great Lord Cao Xing's expression sank once again.

"It couldn't be that outrageous, could it?"

"Could it be that they are really going to teleport a Demigod-level over?"

His heart was shrouded in a shadow.

If it were a Demigod-level creature, then Great Lord Cao Xing would have no chance at all!

One didn't even know how strong an enemy of this level was.

Perhaps in the snap of a finger, it could destroy Great Lord Cao Xing along with the Main Crystal from thousands of kilometers away.

And just at this moment, from within the Crystal Continent.

A mysterious power erupted.

This power was like a silent storm, instantly sweeping outward.

It contained the rage in the heart of some existence!

It made people feel an irresistible pressure.

Meanwhile, Great Lord Cao Xing faintly heard a vicissitudinous voice.

"You… have crossed the line!"

This power erupted instantly!

The four Oracle Teleportation Pillars began to tremble violently, as if resisting this powerful force.

However, under the impact of this vast power, even the light of the Oracle Teleportation Pillars gradually dimmed, and their range was suppressed bit by bit.

Finally, the light of the four Oracle Teleportation Pillars extinguished completely, and the teleportation was forcibly interrupted!

At this moment, Great Lord Cao Xing let out a heavy sigh of relief.

"Scared me to death…"

"I thought a Demigod-level creature was really going to appear!"

And after such a disturbance.

The time reached 23:59:55…

However, the power in the sky seemed unwilling to give up!

It was as if some terrifying existence was rapidly approaching this plane!

Great Lord Cao Xing's heart was in his throat again, and beads of sweat began to seep from his forehead.

Time passed slowly.

57 seconds… 58 seconds… 59 seconds…

A mere three seconds felt as agonizing as several centuries.

When the countdown reached 00:00.

Everyone immediately held their breath.

Time seemed to have frozen.

At this moment, the fog dispersed in an instant…

Everyone could see the scene in the very center of the Crystal Continent.

There, a huge dark purple Main Crystal was still standing.

This also meant that Great Lord Cao Xing had held on.

On the city walls, millions of eyes from the four major factions were staring intently at the changes happening to that Main Crystal.

On the surface of the huge dark purple crystal, thin, silk-like cracks appeared, and strong light faintly shone through the cracks.

In the blink of an eye, these cracks began to split apart, their shapes becoming clearer, faintly turning into the shape of petals.

Each crack was like the veins of a petal, delicate and exquisite.

Then, this dark purple crystal began to rotate slowly in an elegant and leisurely rhythm.

As it continued to rotate, those crystal petals gradually bloomed.

Petal after petal of crystalline petals unfolded.

As a mysterious and unfathomable aura erupted from this crystal flower.

Everyone couldn't help but murmur.

"The crystal… has bloomed!"

… … (PS: This dungeon has been cleared, tomorrow is the time for reward settlement!)