Death... and me
chapter-2539

?"Impossible!" The entity screamed, not believing what it was seeing. "How can the Chasm's power continue to attack the City's Barrier without anyone controlling it? Fuhiro, check it again! There must be another Shadow Feral somewhere controlling the Chasm's power."

Fuhiro quickly nodded, even though he had a pale expression. His Bloodline was a lot weaker compared to the Shadow Ferals, so using his Bloodline to disrupt pure Shadow Ferals, even if for a fraction of a second, put a great burden on him.

Fuhiro's Bloodline power entered the earth again, finding the Crystals in a moment. It entered the Crystals with the intention of disrupting the Shadwo Ferals again. Yet, to his shock, there was absolutely no Shadow Feral Bloodline connection there. The Spatial Manipulation Crystals were just like they should be, completely clean. "This... There is no one controlling the Crystals."

"Don't fuck with me!" The entity grew angry. "Look again! There has to be something keeping the Chasm's power converging against my formation!"

Fuhiro concentrated even more, and finally, he noticed something different engraved on the crystals. His perception went as far as it could within the crystals, and every single one of the crystals had the same kind of engraving.

It was a rune, a circuitry formation rune! Every crystal was covered in those runes deep in the Chasm, going as far as hundreds of kilometers of distance.

Rean had been living close to a very powerful bloodline all these years, Kentucky's. That said, he also worked on formations related to the power of Bloodlines before. They were rare, mostly used in the Demon Beasts' Territories. Yet, the Circuitry Formation Repository had the simulation area, and Rean had lived in the Dragon Races' Territory before.

When he heard from Lotar that these Crystals could be controlled with the power of Bloodline and that they could be disrupted by anyone else with it, he had an idea. He didn't draw runes to prevent the intervention of other Shadow Feral Bloodlines, like Fuhiro's one. Instead, he drew runes that could stabilize within a certain pattern and stay like that.

Simply put, the runes 'remembered' how the crystals acted while being controlled by the Shadow Ferals and kept that state. That said, after the Shadow Ferals suffered the backlash, the runes took their place and kept the Crystals State, which was manipulating the Chasm's Chaotic Spatial Power in the direction of the City.

For that to work, the Shadow Ferals needed to keep the attack for at least a few minutes. However, Fuhiro and that entity would definitely intervene if they did that, so the Runes wouldn't record the Crystals' stake, and it wouldn't work.

So, Rean's crazy plan came into play. To give the Runes enough time to record and stabilize the crystals in that specific state, they needed to give the entity a reason to not intervene with the Crystals for at least a few minutes. What better reason was there than bringing Iolanda inside the City.

So, they gathered a lot of Shadow Ferals and invaded the City as soon as the City's Barrier was attacked by the Chasm's Chaotic Spatial Power. They wanted to make it look like they were trying to win with numbers. Yet, the number of Shadow Ferals was just an excuse to keep even more attention on them.

Above all, the entity would definitely wait for them to advance quite deep into Kanlas City so that they couldn't escape. If he intervened with the crystals too early, Lotar could use his enormous cultivation and strength to bring Iolanda out before they could capture her. Thus, the few minutes for the runes to record the correct state were bought.

Now that the runes preserved the crystals' states, the crystals would keep redirecting the Chasm's Chaotic Spatial Power against the City for several hours nonstop until the runes themselves broke due to overuse.

Rean didn't have that many Formations Materials within his Spatial Rings. Most of them were in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, which couldn't be accessed at the moment. He didn't expect to use formations, after all, so those were only spares he kept outside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, just in case. If he had access to the Materials in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, he could have drawn runes that would work for weeks or even months.

The other way to stop it was to enter the Chasm and destroy the runes directly... but that would mean throwing oneself into a sea of Shadow Ferals. That was absolutely out of the question.

"It... It worked?" Lotar could feel the power of the City Barrier waving, showing that something happened to the Shadow Ferals and the Crystals. Yet, the City Barrier's Power didn't come after them and seemed to still be used somewhere else.

Rean smiled. If he had failed, they would truly be in a dire spot since the City Barrier's Power was truly beyond what they could contend against. "Well then, shall we keep going?"

Lotar's worried expression changed into one of excitement. "Hehe... Hahahaha! Everyone, charge! The entity is in that direction!"

Iolanda momentarily stopped on Rean's side, smiling at him in her angel form. "Not bad, not bad at all. No wonder the fake Aelrie's memories thought so highly of you. Say, the Shadow Feral Bloodline is quite good. I can make an exception for you and mate until we birth a hybrid of human and Shadow Feral. Trust me, I can make it worth your while, especially during our enjoying-each-other's-body moments. What do you think?"

Rean quickly took a few steps away. "Ahem... I thank you for your offer, but I'm fine. I'm already a father, and one kid is enough trouble for me." Well, Rean hasn't seen his daughter for many years, not that he would tell Iolanda that, though.

"Hahaha!" Iolanda enjoyed Rean's expression. "It's a pity. Anyway, let's go. Are you sure they are in that direction?"

Rean nodded with a smile. "Yes. My runes had two functions. One was to record and keep the state of the Crystals... the other... hehe... was to find the exact location of the Bloodlines trying to intervene with the Crystals. Since Fuhiro is there, we can be pretty sure the so-called entity is too."

Iolanda was more than satisfied. "Good. Then let's finish this. Oh, and by the way, the hybrid idea is still up in case you change your mind in the future. Hahaha!"

Iolanda then darted into the distance, going after Lotar. Rean just shrugged his shoulders and followed. Good thing Qia wasn't there to hear it, or he would be in quite a lot of trouble.