496: Chapter 496 The Burning Sea and Eclipse Formation

Under the constant attacks of the natives, the barrier was swaying, seemingly on the verge of collapse at any moment.

Seeing this, Nie Ning maintained the formation while beginning to think about how to slack off next.

Admittedly, most of the otherworldly creatures were no match for him, but if more than two Tier 6 Transcendents appeared, he would likely only have the fate of being chased around.

Of course, it was mostly just watching the show, because...

Nie Ning looked toward the other logistics personnel in the distance; they had already begun preparing defensive spells.

Because once the barrier was broken, the intense backlash would affect those maintaining the formation.

'Crack～'

A crack appeared on the barrier, and immediately after, the fissure began to spread to the surrounding areas.

At the moment before the barrier shattered, Nie Ning activated the Death-Speech Curse Binding, and his entire body was enveloped in black crystal armor.

'Bang!'

As the barrier exploded, the energy backlash blew the group of logistics personnel away.

One unlucky fellow was clearly half a beat too slow, and his entire arm was blown apart by the energy; the others fared relatively better, having only sustained minor injuries.

When the barrier shattered, the otherworldly creatures began their human-wave tactic, and dense swarms of them flooded into the camp.

Nie Ning couldn't help but sigh; these otherworldly creatures were truly brave.

"Bronk, hurry up, if we're late, there won't be any good spots left."

At this moment, Lovsky waved at Nie Ning and shouted loudly.

Hearing this, Nie Ning did not delay and flew toward the center of the camp.

Perhaps because the aura of Corruption on his body was too thick, no one in the crowded castle corridor went to compete with Nie Ning for a spot.

"Put it away, be careful not to contaminate us all."

Lovsky pointed at the black crystal armor on Nie Ning and urged him hurriedly.

Although they had studied the Power of Corruption for many years and had many countermeasures, it was naturally better to avoid touching this stuff if possible.

Especially that solidified Power of Corruption; it was more dangerous and more corrosive than the Power of Corruption floating in the air.

Nie Ning nodded and then put away the Death-Speech Curse Binding.

"Everyone get ready, activate the Burning Sea Eclipse Sun Formation!"

Looking at the otherworldly creatures continuously swarming over from the distance, a Tier 6 Transcendent waved his arm and shouted loudly.

Everyone understood and immediately began to form hand seals, preparing to cast the Tier 8 Burning Sea Eclipse Sun Formation.

In an instant, the temperature began to rise sharply, and a massive red formation shrouded the sky.

The otherworldly creatures also seemed to sense the active fire element, and began to emit uneasy, restless chattering sounds.

However, world invasions are different from conventional wars. In conventional wars, if you can't win, you can surrender, but in a world war, if you lose, you lose the entire world.

After a brief period of restlessness, the otherworldly creatures began to crazily assault the camp, wanting to stop the large-scale formation before it was released.

But the Transcendents of Belvis World were not weaklings; even when suppressed by the world, they could still erupt with formidable strength, forcefully holding back nearly ten thousand otherworldly creatures with only a thousand people.

Nie Ning looked at the dying, struggling otherworldly creatures and shook his head slightly.

In a way, this was truly an unequal battle.

This time, neither the Extreme Phase Demon Palace nor the Yin-Yang Sect had actually sent their main forces; the Extreme Phase Demon Palace had even just drawn lots to pick some people at random.

Only a few from the strongest, the Extreme Academy, had come, and only Garcia was ranked at the top of the Extreme Academy.

And since this was the Yin-Yang Sect's first time cooperating with the Extreme Phase Demon Palace, even though they had temporarily changed the portal location, it was still impossible for the Yin-Yang Sect to send their main force to take risks.

Let alone those truly top-tier powerhouses.

Just such a loose lineup, which didn't even count as a fraction of the entire Belvis World, was able to push a world to this point; from beginning to end, this was an unfair war.

...

At this time, the Transcendents of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace had gathered at the center of the camp.

As the commander waved his hand, Nie Ning and the others directly activated the Burning Sea Eclipse Sun Formation.

In an instant, the formation above spewed out pillars of fire that shot straight to the ground.

Except for the center, where there were no flames, the boiling fire surged like a tide toward the incoming otherworldly creatures.

Many high-level otherworldly creatures saw this and raised barriers covered in strange patterns, trying to block it.

But what they were facing was a large-scale Tier 8 formation; even a Tier 9 powerhouse would be injured if hit head-on, so these otherworldly creatures below Tier 7 had absolutely no possibility of blocking it.

In just a moment, a large number of otherworldly creatures were burned to ashes, and a few otherworldly creatures barely withstood the fire impact by casting spells together.

However, this was only temporary; the intensity of the formation had far exceeded the limit of what they could withstand.

Soon, the otherworldly creatures discovered a flaw in the formation, or rather, a gap intentionally left by the Extreme Phase Demon Palace.

The Yin-Yang Sect!

For the sake of this friendly exchange, the Extreme Phase Demon Palace naturally could not attack the people of the Yin-Yang Sect, so the flames surging from the Burning Sea Eclipse Sun Formation bypassed the Yin-Yang Sect ruins.

Seeing a place to hide, the otherworldly creatures began to rush toward the territory of the Yin-Yang Sect regardless of their lives.

But as a top-tier faction known for its mystery, its strength was the key to standing at the pinnacle of Belvis World.

Nie Ning suddenly looked up at the sky, where a massive crack suddenly appeared, as if tearing the entire sky apart, and the beautiful stars were revealed in that moment.

Immediately following this, the stars within the crack lit up, and countless meteors fell at an extremely high speed.

Wherever the meteors passed, the otherworldly creatures were directly pierced through.

"Not Stellar Power?"

Nie Ning blinked.

Because he had swallowed star marrow last time, he was quite sensitive to Stellar Power.

Although it looked like stars appearing in the sky, in reality, this was just an anomaly caused by the activation of a formation.

The energy required to truly invoke Stellar Power was incalculable; just the operation of drawing in Stellar Power across vast space was more difficult than controlling the world beneath one's feet.

It was also not something a group of Transcendents below Tier 7 could accomplish.

As for novels where they casually invoke Stellar Power, it's actually just boasting.

Just imagining how vast the scale of a galaxy is, and how far away the nearest planet is, shows how difficult it is; to achieve this step, one would need at least the energy intensity of a deity-level.

And among the Transcendents present, there were only two Tier 8s, and they had already fought elsewhere.

The remaining Transcendents could not condense such massive energy, and the hastily arranged formation could not achieve this level.

...

Watching the Transcendents who had mostly died or been injured, Nie Ning felt moved by the fragility of life.

And this was only the first wave; the number of deaths of living beings would only increase exponentially, after all, once defeated, the entire world would be enslaved.

Just when everyone thought the battle was about to end, Nie Ning suddenly felt something and looked up at the Burning Sea Eclipse Sun Formation above.

Suddenly, a pitch-black crack appeared in the middle of the formation.

Because the formation was no longer complete, the power of the flames released plummeted.