Chapter 1225 - 627: Methods to Turn the Tide (Part 2)

Chapter 1225: Chapter 627: Methods to Turn the Tide (Part 2)

Without hesitation, the hammer fell, enveloped in tremendous force, striking directly at the opponent’s head.

The moment the hammer face contacted the skull, a high-frequency shockwave erupted, causing the cranial cavity to crumple like tin foil under an invisible giant hand.

The eyeballs vaporized into blood fog-like crystals within the sockets, the top of the skull fractured radially, and the splattered blood pearls formed a blood-colored star ring around the hammer, which was violently smashed to the particle level, forming a luminous mist.

This X Level Life Form was imprisoned, unable to make any resistance, and the energy aftermath was suppressed by Li Ming before it could even dissipate.

By the time everyone reacted, the still-operating brainstem tissue was already bouncing on the ground, continuing to release bioelectric currents that induced muscle spasms, making the headless torso strike bizarre dance poses amid the convulsions.

Heins’s heart felt as if it were gripped by a pair of large hands, looking at the headless corpse, terror sweeping over him. Kill on a whim, just like that.

That was the Federation’s X Level Life Form, clearly a warning to him.

Heins dared not hesitate and immediately said, "I... I don’t know."

"Hmm?" Li Ming’s gaze swept over, making Heins’s scalp tingle. He hurriedly explained, "This is top secret, very few people know about it. We are not responsible for this area, just occasionally heard about it."

"I see." Li Ming seemed a bit disappointed, but Heins pointed at Heckler and said, "He, he must know. He and Costa are both Princes of the Empire; such secrets can’t be hidden from them."

This was due to the systemic reasons.

Feeling the gaze from the Azure Dragon, Heckler wished to kill Heins.

"Your Highness Prince, you are indeed very valuable. Are you interested in saying something?" Li Ming asked politely.

Heckler remained silent. Li Ming sighed and there was another muffled sound.

Heckler’s eyelid twitched violently as another headless corpse fell, this time someone from the Empire, an X Level Life Form of his own faction.

"You..." What Heckler was most surprised by was something else, "Isn’t this a mimicry body? How can it perform time pause?"

He hadn’t noticed the one who died before, but the one who just died was obviously in a strange state when the Azure Dragon attacked.

Heckler could see at a glance that it was a state of time pause.

But this body was clearly just mimicked by the Holy Castle for temporary use, how could it still use the power of the Eternal Silence Star?

Heckler couldn’t figure it out, nor did Li Ming respond, gently persuading:

"According to my estimation, I will probably face that method next, which means I know it’s only a matter of time. Why bother to hide it for such a short time and let so many people die?"

"Indeed, Prince Heckler, he will find out sooner or later, so what if you tell him in advance?" Heins chimed in from the side.

"Huh..." Heckler remained silent for a long time but sneered, "You... are afraid too?"

Heins’s face was extremely unsightly. This Heckler was truly insane, did he have no fear of death?

"Afraid? I prefer to be cautious all the time." Li Ming shook his head, his figure drifted behind another X Level Life Form of the Empire.

The remaining four X Level Life Forms were as quiet as cicadas in winter, finding it hard to stay calm in the face of life and death.

These great figures who can stir the winds and rain outside now seemed like chicks, randomly slaughtered.

"This Lord Schiller, is he your friend?" Li Ming was already quite familiar with the X Level Life Forms of the Empire.

He put a hand on Schiller’s shoulder. This X Level Life Form’s face was tight, but having been in a high position for years, he did not exhibit too much embarrassment.

Li Ming then said to Heckler: "You don’t want to see your old friend die for a secret that can only be kept for a little while, do you?"

Heckler’s expression changed, and he spat out a few words: "You will never imagine what kind of surprise you will face soon."

"Tsk..." Li Ming sighed, Schiller’s pupils contracted, and then suddenly exploded, a purple hammerhead smashed out from the back of his head.

He no longer cared about the ransom for one or two X Level Life Forms. He was more curious about what other means the Three Great Civilizations were hiding.

However, Heckler’s persistence surprised him.

"Your resilience amazes me." Li Ming stepped over the headless corpse on the ground.

Heins shivered slightly, wishing to choke Heckler to force him to speak.

"Lord Azure Dragon..." Heins cautiously opened his mouth, but before he could finish, a flash of purple light fell, traversing his body and blasting it brutally into a blood fog.

Heckler gazed at Heins’s corpse, feeling a desolate chill in his heart, but his mouth showed no mercy: "You just killed him like that, I’m afraid he was pretending not to know."

"It’s irrelevant now." Li Ming shrugged.

Heckler was astonished and uncertain, provoking, "What, are you planning to flee here now?"

"Your fearlessness befits a Prince of the Empire." Li Ming thought for a while and said, "Since that’s the case, I’ll let you witness it."

"Witness what?" Heckler asked.

Li Ming did not respond, but his gaze turned towards the distant Holy Castle Base.

...

"...How could this be... Azure Dragon he... why..."

In the command ship, Schmidt watched the screen in front of him, which was a remote surveillance scene of the Holy Castle. He couldn’t understand why the other side would be here.

"This is no time to marvel at Azure Dragon’s astounding methods." Holmes frowned.

"Indeed..." Schmidt realized and hurriedly said, "Lord Holmes, act quickly and rescue the few up there."

"No." Costate said solemnly, "We can’t act recklessly, be careful not to get trapped."

Schmidt held a different opinion, "This is just Azure Dragon’s mimicry body, which means he can’t use abilities that require his true body."

"Only in the case of his true body can Lord Holmes wield the Void Anchor; was he not almost exiled last time?"

"No..." Costate shook his head, staring at the screen, "I have a bad premonition, it shouldn’t be that simple."

"Then let’s try from a distance." Schmidt suggested further.

"It’s useless." This time it was Holmes who spoke, "If it’s just a simple space adjustment, Azure Dragon can sabotage it in advance."

"Neither works, and we can’t just sit here doing nothing." Schmidt said sternly.

Costate’s pupils narrowed slightly, seeing that on the Holy Castle, Azure Dragon had already started killing.

At first, he killed someone from the Federation, followed by someone from the Empire; execution-style killings, showing no mercy.

Schmidt’s face became anxious, and Holmes’s expression was also unpleasant.

"We can only... let that guy come now." Costate took a deep breath.

"That guy, who?" Schmidt inevitably asked.

Holmes’s expression was quite worried, "Letting him come and obtaining Diglas’s Crown may not necessarily be a good thing."

Schmidt was surprised. Judging by this, as long as that guy arrives, he can obtain Diglas’s Crown?

He quickly realized and hastily said, "Is it the method to kill Istanbul? Is he a life form? The Ultimate Life Form?"

Faced with his series of speculations, Costate didn’t answer, but just said, "Report it first. To bring him in, the three leaderships must agree."

...

"Failed again?"

Adam received an urgent report from Costate, learning that there had been a change at the Holy Castle, and Azure Dragon had trapped them again, making him deeply suspicious.

"But..." He was about to question, wasn’t the Holy Castle’s external communications already isolated, so why could Azure Dragon still descend in a mimicry body?

But thinking about the numerous unexplainable issues regarding the other party, probing further held no meaning.

Costate resignedly said, "Now I even suspect that Azure Dragon deliberately used our hands to destroy the outer barriers of the Holy Castle to facilitate his transfer."

"It no longer matters now." Adam sighed, shaking his head helplessly, "Now we can only send Morris over; only he can turn the tide."

Costate silently nodded.