Edwood held a silver-gray staff, with a blood-red gem embedded at the top. The staff was carved with bats, giant eyes, and the Divine Tomb.
His face was hidden in the black hood.
Edwood seemed unaware of the giant eye's gaze from the space rift. He tapped the staff lightly on the ground, and the dark gray mist transformed into a swarm of bats, enveloping the Blade Ant.
The Blade Ant sensed the breath of death. Its sharp outer arms flailed wildly, but the bat corpses it killed quickly dissolved back into the dark gray mist, re-forming into bats within seconds.
These bats gnawed at the Blade Ant's metallic body, slowly but unstoppably.
The Blade Ant watched its arms being half-devoured, let out an angry roar, merged its arms into two giant scythes, teleported in front of Edwood, and swung the scythes down at his neck.
Cross kill.
In the moment of crisis, Edwood's body turned ethereal, dissolving into the mist, then coalesced into human form behind the Blade Ant.
He tapped his staff on the Blade Ant's scythe, and the dark gray mist surged out as if sensing a delicious meal, frantically coiling around the scythes.
Crunch, crunch.
The Blade Ant's scythes were devoured bit by bit.
Seeing this, Lei Jianguo seized the opportunity and poured his remaining Spiritual Power into the Cyan Long Spear. The spear traced a circle in the air, lightning coalescing into a dragon that roared toward the Venomous Wasp with the fury of thunder, carrying an earth-shattering momentum.
The Venomous Wasp frowned, unwilling to clash head-on, but as it tried to retreat, a staff struck its body, making it stumble forward and collide directly with the lightning dragon.
With a boom, the lightning dragon exploded, the lightning illuminating the entire night sky like daylight.
Chu Ran had already petrified into a cocoon, and though she should have been a focus of attention, she suddenly faded into obscurity.
Just as the A-class Zerg Venomous Wasp and Blade Ant were about to die, the giant eye in the space rift began to shed pale golden powder.
The soldiers and Spiritists in the battlefield tensed and quickly retreated to avoid the powder's range.
However, the powder seemed to be merely a manifestation of energy. Soon, everyone felt their Spiritual Power and life force being drained.
Edwood's dark gray mist blocked the powder, but as the powder increased, the mist grew thinner.
Lei Jianguo had used too much Spiritual Power; his previous attack had nearly depleted it, so he was the most severely affected by the powder.
His hair grew shorter and thinner, the thunder and lightning around him gradually faded, and the waves beneath his feet were barely visible.
For the strong, so it was. For the gunners with lower Spiritual Power, it was even more painful. They had already retreated to the outskirts of the battlefield, but the moment the powder fell, many collapsed.
If Spiritual Power could be visualized, one would see the Spiritual Power and life force drawn from the crowd continuously feeding into the A-class Zerg Venomous Wasp and Blade Ant.
To make matters worse, the space rift suddenly enlarged, and low-class Zerg and Zerg Beasts kept falling from the sky.
Lei Jianguo tried to invoke the God of Thunder again, but Chang Han knocked him unconscious and threw him out of the battlefield center.
Chang Han mobilized all his Spiritual Power. The Cross Angel icon on his chest blazed with light. His skin turned snow white, a pair of wings spread from his back, and a huge holy light enveloped the battlefield.
An A-class god, the Holy Mother.
The holy light temporarily blocked the golden powder, giving everyone a moment to breathe. Taking this chance, Edwood waved his staff again. A giant bone dragon flew out from underground, spewing dark hellfire, sweeping through the invading low-class Zerg.
The gunners gritted their teeth and furiously bombarded the Zerg Beasts.
The giant eye seemed a little unhappy. It blinked, and the rate of golden powder falling accelerated.
The A-class Zerg Venomous Wasp and Blade Ant slowly got up.
"Bad luck," Old Master Chu sighed, standing before the space transfer gate. "An S-class Zerg, the Life Cicada."
In terms of pure attack power, the Life Cicada couldn't even compare to a B-class Zerg, but its talent skill was too special. Within its domain, it could control the Spiritual Power and life force of all living beings.
The Life Cicada was the strongest support among S-class Zerg.
"You stay here. I'll go in alone," Chu Zhi said, grabbing Old Master Chu's arm to dissuade him.
Old Master Chu waved him off and stepped directly into the space transfer gate. "No need. I, Chu Dao, am no coward."
He had already arranged the Chu family's retreat, enough to preserve their glory.
The moment Chu Dao entered Old Street, he felt the Life Cicada draining his Spiritual Power and life force.
The situation was extremely dire.
Chang Han knelt on one knee, the aura of the A-class god Holy Mother completely gone.
The gunners lay scattered, most with no visible chest movement. Less than half of the remaining Spiritists and soldiers held on with their last breath, fighting the newly invading Zerg Beasts.
Lei Jianguo lay unconscious, unknown if alive or dead. Edwood barely had the strength to fight, his dark gray mist continuously devouring the life force of low-class Zerg.
But the A-class Venomous Wasp and Blade Ant had fully recovered.
Old Master Chu raised his pistol. The moment his Spiritual Power surged, a giant metal gear appeared behind him. With a click-clack, metal armor covered his body.
An A-class god, the Mech King.
He decisively pulled the trigger. Two metal bullets infused with the god's aura flew toward the A-class Zerg.
The Venomous Wasp spat out a mouthful of black mist, corroding most of the bullets.
The Blade Ant didn't even dodge. The metal bullets lodged in its body, and the Spiritual Power it continuously absorbed eroded the god's aura, eventually fusing with the bullets.
Edwood's body trembled, and those nearest to him seemed to hear him curse in frustration.
"Chu Dao, you idiot! Are you here to deliver Spiritual Power and life force to them?!"