CXnovel Chapter 561 Clear the area first, then rescue people
Chapter 561 Clear the area first, then rescue people
The moment Lin Tian sensed that aura, he had already roughly judged the other party's situation:
A person has been trapped here for an unknown amount of time, only spared from being eaten by monsters thanks to the protection of the secondary barrier. However, the energy of the secondary barrier is also waning and will not last much longer.
However, he remained focused, keeping all his attention on the barrier in front of him and the hidden threat.
It wasn't out of indifference, but because he knew that rushing to save the person now would only attract more monsters to that person, thus hastening his death.
The correct order is: clear the area first, then rescue people.
The source of the North Wind Barrier's anomalies, the restless leader within, and the traces of human sabotage—all these mysteries will be gradually revealed within this frozen space.
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He raised his hand, palm up, fingers slightly spread.
The power of the stars began to gather above his palm, not forming a sphere, but rotating and rising along some ancient trajectory, like a miniature nebula awakening at his fingertips.
A deep and distant aura permeated the air, as if some power from beyond the heavens was responding to his call.
The guidance of 【Starry Storm】 did not require complicated chanting. Lin Tian simply closed his eyes slightly and locked his mind on the area in front of him where the most densely packed magical beasts were gathered—a dozen or so Ice Armor Rhinoceroses and Frost Claw Beasts were wandering aimlessly.
The next instant, he suddenly opened his eyes.
Above the target area, about thirty meters above the ground, space began to distort violently.
A narrow rift appeared as if it had been cleaved open by an invisible blade, its edges shimmering with a ghostly blue starlight. Inside the rift was a bottomless void, seemingly connected directly to a desolate star field in a distant astral realm.
The fissure expanded to both sides at a visible speed, extending to nearly a hundred meters in the blink of an eye, like a starry eye opening its eyes, coldly overlooking the ice field below.
The monsters on the icy plains finally noticed something was wrong.
The ice-armored rhinoceroses raised their heads, their eyes filled with instinctive fear beneath their thick ice armor. They sensed a destructive pressure far exceeding their own level—a power emanating from the depths of the astral plane, surpassing the laws of this continent.
The Frostclaws scattered in panic, their agile figures leaving messy trails on the ice. But no matter how fast they were, they couldn't outrun the destructive storm brewing in the cracks.
The astral rift finally expanded to its limit, and a deep rumble came from the depths of the rift. It was no ordinary sound, but a kind of infrasound that directly vibrated the soul, causing all the magical beasts below to freeze in their tracks.
Immediately afterwards, the first fragment of a star fell from the crack.
It was a rock about two meters in diameter, its surface burning with a ghostly blue flame, trailing a long tail of flame, crashing into the ground at supersonic speed.
boom--
The star fragments struck the back of an ice-armored rhinoceros with pinpoint accuracy. The terrifying impact shattered its ice armor into pieces, and starlight instantly engulfed its body. A damage number of several million floated above its head.
But this is only the beginning.
From within the rift, dozens, even hundreds, of star fragments poured down like a torrential rain. They varied in size, some only the size of a fist, others as large as a carriage, each carrying destructive energy from the astral plane.
They explode the moment they land, sending out sparks and fragments that cover a radius of several meters, igniting everything they touch.
The entire target area was completely transformed into an apocalyptic scene—the ice layer was smashed into countless deep craters, and starlight burned fiercely in the craters, vaporizing the solid ice and sending up large plumes of white mist.
The ice-armored rhinoceroses and frostclaws struggled frantically in the storm, but the damage per second (Intelligence x 800%) caused their health bars to drop at a visible rate, and the 30% slow effect made it impossible for them to escape the center of the storm.
An Ice Armor Rhinoceros tried to withstand the damage with its ice armor, but the attributes of the Star Shard included some true damage and spell penetration, rendering its ice resistance useless against the astral energy.
A Frostclaw beast dodged left and right with its agile movements, but the coverage of the star fragments was too dense. It was hit by three small fragments in succession, staggering. Then a large fragment smashed directly on its head, slamming its entire body into the depths of the ice.
The storm lasted for a full five seconds.
Every second, new star fragments fall from the rift, and every second, massive damage numbers explode above the monster's head.
After five seconds, the crack did not disappear immediately, but began to contract violently.
All the rift energy, all the starlight that had not yet completely dissipated, and all the fragments and remnants of stars scattered on the ice were pulled, compressed, and condensed towards the center by an invisible force.
Lin Tian knew that the real killing move was about to begin.
The final explosion of [Starstorm]—a massive amount of Star attribute spell damage (Intelligence × 2000%)—will wipe out the entire field in an instant.
boom!!!
A blindingly bright light burst forth from the center of the rift, a hundred times brighter than the midday sun. Wherever the light passed, the health bars of all the surviving Ice Armor Rhinos and Frostclaw Beasts simultaneously dropped to zero.
Their bodies disintegrated inch by inch in the light, turning into countless points of light that rose up and mixed with the energy of the astral rift, as if their life essence had been absorbed into the depths of the astral plane.
The light lasted for about two seconds, then suddenly disappeared.
The crack in the sky slowly closed, and space returned to calm, as if the devastating storm had never existed.
All that remains is a devastated ice field—within an area more than 200 meters in diameter, the ice layer has been eroded to a depth of at least three meters, and there are charred pits and still-burning embers everywhere. The air is filled with a strong smell of ozone and the stench of burning.
More than a dozen level 75 elite Ice Armor Rhinos and Frostclaw Beasts vanished, all turning into white light.
Scattered on the ground were numerous frost crystals, magic cores, and gold coins, shimmering with various colors under the starlight.
[System Notification: You have killed 7 level 75 elite Ice Armor Rhinos and 9 Frostclaw Beasts, gaining experience points, 32 Frost Crystals, 16 Ice Magic Cores, and 2100 Gold.]
Lin Tian remained completely unmoved by this.
He didn't even glance at the fallen debris; his gaze was already fixed on the distance—where a faint trace of human life was surrounded by layers of magical beasts.
Further down the icy cliff, the faint trace of human life was huddled behind a secondary barrier membrane, surrounded by layers of demonic beasts, barely clinging to life.
The aura was very faint, like a candle in the wind, which could be extinguished at any moment.
Lin Tian could sense the person's heartbeat—it was slow, but still rhythmic, indicating that the person was still alive, but extremely weak.