The surrounding energy began to surge, all flowing into the very top of the castle, even drawing some energy from the outer barrier.
"Duan Chen, I told you, a wise person knows when to bow to circumstances!"
"Boom!"
Outside the castle.
"What's going on?"
Jun Ci and the others were stunned. Before they could even comprehend the situation, a dark red barrier suddenly descended, trapping them inside.
"Another barrier?!"
Although this barrier was slightly weaker than the one above the beach, it was still beyond their ability to resist.
"Tsk..."
Wu Suowei reached out, about to break it, but found his strength strangely restricted, unable to exert its full power.
"No, that person is no longer an Apostle. I still can't intervene!"
"Didn't you say he used to be?"
"Even if he used to be, it's no use. My power can't be fully unleashed."
Wu Suowei shook his head and sighed. It seemed he could only protect himself.
Inside the castle.
Duan Chen's expression was grave. Ning Yuan and the others, whom he had just defeated, had stood up again, their bodies swaying, surrounded by a faint red glow.
Zhao Nan appeared leisurely.
"Duan Chen, and the little Apostles over there, this is your last chance to make a choice!"
"Nonsense!"
Galot roared.
"Paradise!" Nia's expression grew serious. He extended his hands, and the dolls behind him hopped towards the Seven Chiefs.
"Stubborn!"
At this moment, Zhao Nan's face completely darkened.
"Attack!"
"Yes!"
Ning Yuan and the others' eyes turned red as they charged towards Duan Chen.
"Sequence 012: Pseudo Railgun!"
"Sequence 021: Unity of Ten Thousand Fists!"
"Sequence 016: Law of the Fairy!"
Duan Chen did not hesitate, unleashing three ultimate moves in succession!
Previously, Chu Yue had depleted his psionic energy within a few minutes. It was then that Duan Chen fully understood the limit of his psionic energy. Since then, he had stopped being so cautious when using his psionic energy and gradually let himself go.
Indeed, after using the three ultimate moves, he had only consumed one-fifth of the psionic energy within his body.
Electric light, colossal fists, and golden streams of light streaked across, striking the Seven Chiefs fiercely.
"Form ranks!"
Ning Yuan's face was stern.
"Yes!"
Duan Chen saw that the Seven Chiefs, ignoring his ultimate moves, arranged themselves in a line with six behind and Ning Yuan at the front.
"Explode!"
The six Chiefs placed their palms together, and the woman in the center channeled all the energy into Ning Yuan.
In his palm, a fireball flew out.
"Boom!"
The shockwaves caused Duan Chen to stagger. He quickly grabbed Nia and pulled her to his side.
At the same time, Ning Yuan was not faring well either. His move was equivalent to a suicidal ultimate technique. He had collapsed in a pool of blood, with only a weak breath remaining.
The earth split open, and dust billowed, indicating the ferocity of the collision!
"Again!"
The remaining six Chiefs felt no sorrow for their fallen comrade, nor fear of Duan Chen's attacks. The woman replaced Ning Yuan's position, attempting to unleash another powerful move!
This time, Duan Chen did not blindly clash head-on but chose to use a tactic of using minimal force to counter maximum force.
The woman conjured a bow and arrow in her hand. She aimed at Duan Chen and released her fingers!
Whoosh!
"Sequence 030: Void Domain!"
Duan Chen grinned and enveloped himself and Nia within the Void Domain.
"What?!"
The woman was clearly taken aback by this unexpected turn of events.
"Swish!"
The arrow flew wide. Duan Chen had somehow activated the Shadow Clone Technique, and a clone appeared behind the woman.
"Careful!"
"Swish!"
A cold glint flashed from the dagger. The woman felt a chill at her neck, her vision went dark, and she fell to the ground.
"Again!"
Lu Yuan and Ye Sheng, the leaders of the Seven Chiefs, felt no concern for their comrades falling one by one.
Soon, only a few people remained on the battlefield.
Duan Chen, Nia, Lu Yuan, and Ye Sheng.
A few of them had been dealt with by Nia, reducing Duan Chen's psionic energy consumption.
"Ye Sheng!"
"I know!"
What were they trying to do?
Duan Chen frowned, and the next second, his eyes widened in shock.
On the ground, the corpses of the fallen Five Chiefs began to transform, eventually becoming various types of abominations. Some were insects, others were monstrous hybrids. They were a motley crew.
Lu Yuan and Ye Sheng, disregarding their appearance, crawled on the ground and began to devour these abominations' corpses!
With each bite they took, their bodies swelled slightly. Finally, under the astonished gazes of Duan Chen and Nia, the two men's bodies gradually fused together, resulting in an ugly-looking stitched monster.
"So ugly!" Galot commented critically.
"But powerful."
Nia frowned, finding it somewhat troublesome.
"Toys!"
He snapped his fingers, and the furniture in the palace seemed to come alive, transforming into human shapes and surrounding the stitched monster under Nia's control.
"Nightfall!"
"Star Bright!"
"Moon Descent!"
"Sun Rise!"
Facing this opponent, Duan Chen dared not be careless, expending half of his psionic energy to unleash Gusang's ultimate moves!
"These are... these moves?!"
Zhao Nan, observing from the sidelines, could no longer remain calm. He was not unfamiliar with these four ultimate moves, having been Apostle No. 03 under the Evil God. But after decades, he had not seen any Apostles use these moves, yet he was witnessing them on a Spirit Hunter Agent. The feeling was quite peculiar.
"Heh heh... Useless!"
Zhao Nan's expression turned sinister.
Night descended, the bright moon fell with the stars, and the fierce sun blazed in the sky, as if to bake everything within its reach into charcoal.
"Gurgle—"
The stitched monster advanced with its four legs, struggling. The falling stars only created dents on its body, leaving no trace of injury!
And when the moon struck it, the stitched monster let out a painful roar and smashed it into pieces with its giant palm!
"Damn it!"
Duan Chen's face grew solemn.
He decided to use that move.
As the stitched monster drew closer, and Nia struggled to impede its progress, Duan Chen slowly closed his eyes.
Soon, he opened them again.
And this time, whether it was Zhao Nan, the stitched monster, or Nia and Galot, they all felt an extremely dangerous aura emanating from Duan Chen.
It was the aura of absolute death!
Duan Chen's eyes snapped open.
"Mystic Eyes of Death Perception!"
The moment Duan Chen opened his eyes, even Zhao Nan couldn't help but step back, collapsing onto his throne, covered in cold sweat.
How could this guy be so terrifying!
Even Nia, on Duan Chen's side, dared not look into his eyes.