novelnext Chapter 712: Power Sphere
Chapter 712: Power Sphere
He instantly felt himself choking. Pain spread across his entire body.
For a brief moment, Silas genuinely felt death approaching.
The combined attacks from so many superior beings were simply overwhelming.
Without hesitation, Silas immediately pulled out the final protective barrier sphere Ivy had given him earlier.
He did not know whether it could truly withstand attacks from so many superior beings simultaneously.
But at this point... he had no other choice left.
The instant he threw the sphere... Buzz!
A massive pink barrier instantly expanded around Silas.
The translucent protective dome radiated soft pink light throughout the room.
Every attack that touched it vanished completely.
Inside the barrier, Silas immediately took several deep breaths.
By now, his entire body was covered in bruises and blood. Several stab wounds still remained partially open despite his healing abilities constantly working overtime.
Meanwhile... the superior beings froze completely.
Their eyes widened in utter disbelief while staring at the barrier surrounding Silas.
For several moments, absolute silence filled the room.
They could not believe what they were seeing.
They had clearly watched Silas throw an ordinary-looking ball moments earlier.
Jerry immediately narrowed his eyes intensely while staring at the barrier carefully.
Nanami also focused deeply on the aura radiating from it.
Then suddenly Coco’s expression changed drastically.
"Impossible..."
Her voice trembled faintly. "How does he possess a power sphere like this?"
The moment she spoke, Nanami gritted his teeth slightly.
"Do you not recognize the aura?"
Hearing those words, everyone immediately concentrated carefully once more.
Then realization struck them simultaneously.
This aura... belonged to Ivy.
At that moment, their shock deepened tremendously.
So Ivy had actually learned how to compress her powers into stable energy spheres.
But how was that even possible?
According to everything the superior beings knew, creating power spheres required terrifyingly precise control over one’s abilities.
Even on their own planet, only superior beings who cultivated for over three hundred years could barely accomplish such a feat.
And even then, only true geniuses succeeded consistently.
Yet now... someone was telling them that a young woman from this insignificant planet had achieved it already.
A girl barely twenty-three years old.
The sheer absurdity of it made their minds tremble.
As these thoughts filled the room, Nanami’s eyes slowly flickered.
Then, for the first time... a strange light appeared inside them.
Previously, he had still debated internally whether Ivy should simply be killed.
But now... he no longer wanted her dead. He wanted her alive.
A talent capable of creating power spheres this early possessed unimaginable potential.
If properly controlled, she could become an incredibly valuable pawn.
Meanwhile, Tammy reached the exact opposite conclusion.
The more terrifying Ivy appeared, the more dangerous she became.
Tammy instantly understood one thing clearly.
A woman like Ivy absolutely could not be allowed to continue growing.
Especially after what happened tonight.
If Ivy survived and became stronger in the future, she would never forgive them for attacking Silas.
And once someone with her terrifying talent held hatred toward them...
The consequences would become disastrous.
Therefore, there was only one solution.
Destroy her completely.
And the first step... was destroying Silas.
Tammy’s eyes instantly turned cold.
"As long as he dies, she will lose control eventually."
Her lips curled upward slightly.
"And once someone becomes emotionally unstable, they always make mistakes."
The moment that thought settled in her mind, Tammy immediately shouted,
"Attack together! Break the barrier!"
Hearing her command, Jerry and Nanami hesitated briefly.
However, Haku, Coco, and Barrett immediately attacked without hesitation.
Seeing that, Jerry and Nanami exchanged glances before finally joining as well.
The next second, five superior beings attacked the pink barrier simultaneously.
The protective barrier did not last much longer.
Thin cracks had already started spreading across its surface .
Every vibration echoed around Silas like the ticking of a death clock, and inside his mind, he could almost hear each second slipping away.
Only four minutes remained.
The barrier would collapse soon, and even if he focused entirely on defense, even if he somehow managed to fend these monsters off for another minute, he would still end up cornered.
For the first time since entering this mission, fear genuinely crawled into his heart.
’I should abandon this mission... I need to escape...’
That desperate thought flashed through his mind, but it vanished just as quickly. He understood his current situation better than anyone.
He was far too weak to forcefully break out against this many superior beings. Right now, the only thing he could rely on was the system itself.
Hence, while watching the barrier continue cracking apart, Silas gritted his teeth and hurriedly spoke inside his mind.
"System, is there any prepared exit route left?"
The system answered.
[Unless the host completes the survival challenge within the next three minutes, the host must independently find a method to escape.]
The moment those words ended, Silas no longer hesitated.
He turned around and ran.
The instant the superior beings saw him fleeing, their expressions twisted.
Jerry was the first to react. His emotions had already spiraled into madness long ago, and the sight of Silas running only made him burst into laughter.
"What happened? Have you become a scared little cat now?!"
The next second, Jerry shot forward at terrifying speed. Among all of them, he was the fastest.
Nanami frowned deeply after noticing Jerry recklessly charging ahead.
"Jerry, stop acting impulsively."
Unfortunately, Jerry ignored him completely.
Jerry’s eyes darkened slightly. Perhaps he belonged to the neutral faction, but even he had felt threatened after witnessing that strange power sphere earlier.
Deep within his heart, jealousy had quietly started festering.
’That kind of power should not exist in human hands.’
Hence, even he decided to completely destroy Silas.
The moment Silas appeared within range, Jerry raised his hand without hesitation and punched directly toward the barrier protecting him.
The already unstable shield shattered completely. Crack!
The deafening sound echoed through the battlefield.
That single moment gave every superior being the opportunity they had been waiting for.
Immediately, all of them attacked together.
The first assault was a terrifying mental wave attack that slammed directly into Silas’s consciousness.
Still, he endured it.