Chapter 1885: Chapter 18: Emperor’s Demise (2)
This time, they seized the chance and, before the Emperor’s injuries could recover, slammed a brutal hit straight into its core.
"Aaaang! Aaaang! Aaaang!!!"
The agonized roar that sounded like it was about to rip people’s souls apart echoed in everyone’s hearts. That scarlet core twisted and convulsed in a bizarre way, then started shriveling like a punctured balloon. Countless fleshy tentacles lashed about wildly, as if telling everyone just how excruciating the pain their master was enduring really was.
"Did we do it!?"
Everyone stared fixedly at what was happening in the field. They had already exhausted every method they had; even that Old God Orestox had completely fallen after unleashing all his Strength. If the Emperor didn’t die this time, then what awaited them in the end could only be annihilation.
"Aaang... aaang..."
The screams gradually faded, the struggle of the scarlet core slowly came to a halt, but what made everyone almost suffocate was that the core had not been completely shattered. It still retained less than one-twentieth of its original size.
"Even like this... it still isn’t dead...?"
With a thud, Chu He collapsed to the ground, his eyes now filled only with despair.
The Life Force of a Calamity God was truly far beyond their expectations. An attack like that still couldn’t take its life; it really made everyone feel utterly at a loss.
"Are we really going to die here... Damn it... We were just a tiny step away from victory!!"
The twin-tailed girl Lili clenched her fists in unwillingness. She no longer had the Strength to keep fighting; next, she would probably have to just watch helplessly as the enemy devoured them.
"No! Look! The Emperor’s Status is off! It’s... it’s going to self-destruct!?"
Vivian pointed at the scarlet core and shouted.
The others also realized that something was wrong. This time the core was no longer able to continue repairing itself. The fatal blow Black Soul had dealt just now had indeed taken effect, only that attack hadn’t killed it on the spot, but instead drove it to launch one last counterattack before death.
"The Emperor is going to self-destruct..."
Seeing this, Chu He couldn’t help showing a smile on his face, a smile carrying a hint of relief and release.
Given how things stood, there was absolutely no way they could survive this kind of self-destruction, but at least their deaths wouldn’t be meaningless. They had successfully killed an Extraordinary Level Alien Species; that was already a stroke of fortune within misfortune.
"Hahaha, never thought there’d be a day I’d go down together with a Level Seven Alien Species. I can say this life of mine was worth it."
The security captain Marklos let out a hearty laugh.
"Big sis Vivian, I’m really glad I got to meet you in this life. Let’s be together again in the next one, okay?"
The twin-tailed girl threw her arms around Vivian.
Black Soul stayed silent, just staring quietly at the scarlet Crystal Core in the distance that was twisting and swelling nonstop. A moment later, he suddenly let out something like a sigh, and a trace of release actually appeared on his face.
"Godslayer Team... At least I didn’t disgrace that name, right...?"
The scarlet Crystal Core swelled rapidly, the Strength contained within it reaching a limit. Everyone understood that in the next instant it would be completely unleashed, and at that time they would die in an instant without feeling any pain.
"Boom!!!"
The terrifying Strength erupted with no suspense at all, scarlet Spiritual Power flooding the entire space.
In that moment, everyone instinctively closed their eyes.
...
However...
A few breaths later, Lili opened her eyes in confusion. She touched her still-intact body, a hint of bewilderment flashing through her gaze.
The others also opened their eyes one after another. In that instant, they all had roughly the same thought—why weren’t they dead?
"Look... what are those!?"
But once their consciousness fully returned, once they saw clearly the environment around them, their mouths dropped open. They stared in shock at everything in front of them.
All around them, densely packed swarms of drones filled the area. These drones were clearly not the ones Li Zixuan had brought at the start, because they were far more numerous, and their quality also looked much higher.
At the core of this massive drone swarm, three Constant Star Level super-sized drones formed a triangular formation, surrounding the Emperor’s previous location. The Emperor inside had completely vanished; from the looks of it, it must have died in that self-destruction just now.
"Those are... those are... God Slayers!?"
Seeing those three gigantic drones, Vivian couldn’t help but have her expression change.
Compared to the title of their Godslayer Team, these three drones were the ones truly worthy of the name, because every one of them was an Extraordinary Level existence.
Using the Beller drones’ Level classification, these three could be called the apex of drones. No one expected three of them to show up all at once.
"Just now... it should’ve been them, right...?"
Lili muttered softly.
Her words sounded a bit out of nowhere, but everyone present knew what she meant.
The reason they hadn’t died just now was most likely because these three God Slayer drones in front of them had saved them.
"This is... reinforcements..."
Li Xiang let out a long breath, knowing that they were finally completely safe.
The main drone fleet had finally rushed back at the very moment they were about to be taken out by the Emperor’s self-destruction.
Now, they could finally lay down all their burdens and close their eyes to rest in peace for a while.
