Night of Despair-Chapter 503 - 501 Attempt One

Inside the Oyster.

Uelman sighed as he stood in the spacecraft’s cockpit, gazing at the accelerating stars outside, his expression not particularly joyful.

"Si Ha, how long have you been with mother?" he asked softly.

"About four hundred years, I guess. Why?" The water element Si Ha appeared female, with long blue ponytail hair, carefully sewing the fallen pages of the Arcane Book back together at the moment.

With one hand, she released a blue-purple mana thread, and with the other, she held onto the pages of the Arcane Book, fully focused. Answering the question required only a slight diversion of attention.

"Four hundred years, Si Ha, you’ve reached Level Three, and Mei Lan is even a Level Four Arcanist... perhaps there’s hope to reach Level Five in the future... Unlike me..." Uelman sighed again.

"You’re not doing badly either, though slower than us, you should be able to reach Level Three soon. Speaking of which, what spells did you solidify for the first two levels?" Si Ha asked casually.

"Protection from Range and Protection from Sharp." Uelman answered honestly.

"...No attack spells?" Si Ha’s mouth twitched.

"No, mother said I just need to ensure my absolute safety; the rest doesn’t need consideration." Uelman nodded.

"...That’s too one-sided... What about Level Three then? What do you plan to solidify? You can only solidify one spell per level, so choose carefully." Si Ha was speechless.

"Mother said it’s still Protection Against Blunt Objects. At Level Four, continue to enhance Protection from Range. In space battles or Source Disasters battles, most attacks are ranged, so strengthening this protection is absolutely correct." Uelman replied seriously.

"It’s true, but..." Si Ha wanted to persuade him. With such a one-sided focus, in case of any unforeseen changes, purely defensive arcane couldn’t survive independently in danger.

But when she thought of the teacher’s disposition, if she found out that she had influenced her son’s spell solidification...

After thinking it over, she gave up.

"What’s wrong?" Uelman asked, puzzled.

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"Nothing. This is great. Certainly a teacher’s arrangement." Si Ha nodded repeatedly, brushing it off.

The Oyster continued its voyage, its speed increasing rapidly, accelerating.

At this moment, the main control intelligent system’s prompt sounded inside the cabin.

"Space jump is about to begin, target—Remote Interstellar Gate. All personnel, please return to your resting positions and fasten your seatbelts to avoid injury from excessive motion."

This massive sky-blue spacecraft quickly distanced itself from the Floating City, gradually merging into the vast surrounding starlight, becoming one with the darkness.

The blue light on its body swiftly disappeared under the concealment of the Illusion Array, completely vanishing in the starry sky.

Click.

Yu Hong carefully clutched the outer shell of the spacecraft, releasing a gray light from his Chaotic God Sky Eye Skill on his hands.

Silently, he cut open a small opening on the spacecraft’s shell, just enough for him to enter alone.

At this moment, his face was covered, and his whole body was enveloped in an indistinct white, simulated by the Spirit Light Secret Skill, which resembled Light Disaster Radiation, making it impossible to see what he actually looked like.

His aura was also completely scrambled by the radiation.

Tumbling into the opened hole, Yu Hong closed it back with a reverse hand maneuver to prevent pressure leakage that could cause imbalance.

But even though he was exceptionally speedy, a piercing alarm sounded instantly inside the spacecraft.

"Outer wall breached, enemy intrusion detected, jump halted, please eliminate the intruder immediately."

A red glimmer suddenly ignited on Yu Hong’s body, its origin unknown.

"Interesting." Yu Hong tried to erase this red flame with his hand, but it seemed non-existent, continuing to burn on his shoulder, untouchable.

Yu Hong’s Tai Ling Skill flowed out in large quantities, persistently flooding that small area completely.

The Source Disaster’s power proved absolute, extinguishing the little flame on the spot.

Yet...

Yu Hong stood in the passageway of the spacecraft, already faced by a water-blue humanoid figure, entirely composed of elements.

Astonishingly, it was the accompanying Level Four Arcanist Mei Lan.

Behind her, numerous strong water elements, clad in black protective armor and wielding silver firearms, charged forward.

They aimed their guns.

Click.

Over a dozen silver firearm barrels simultaneously targeted Yu Hong in the ten-meter-wide passageway.

Simultaneously, at the other end of the passage, Mei Lan and Uelman arrived in time, the water elements beside them raising large riot shields, surrounding and protecting them completely.

"Who are you?!" Uelman asked in a deep voice, staring at Yu Hong.

"Quick response...." Yu Hong nodded approvingly.

"It seems with the intelligent system, the speed indeed far exceeds without." He directed his attention to Mei Lan standing in front, raising the magic wand.

"Oh well, originally intended to sneak in quietly, but now that I’ve been discovered, I’ll just have to eliminate you all...."

Before the last word fell, Yu Hong had already darted forward, transforming into a white phantom, appearing before Mei Lan in the blink of an eye.

Only then did gunfire start echoing around him.

However, it was too late, too slow.

Yu Hong flashed a smile as he reached out, clawing at Mei Lan’s translucent neck.

In the next moment, a thin blue barrier appeared in front of his hand.

Boom!

Blue light splattered.

The barrier shattered, but Mei Lan seized the opportunity to flicker and shift several meters away, raising her magic wand to unleash a second spell.

Unfortunately.

The second spell hadn’t even fully formed, with the blue light just burgeoning at the tip of the wand.

With a thundering bang, it abruptly interrupted her casting.

She saw the intruder’s missed claw wasn’t withdrawn; instead, it clenched in mid-air.

It seemed a high-explosive grenade detonated in his palm.

With a deafening boom.

A massive surge of white energy exploded from the intruder’s hand, instantly engulfing the surrounding water elements.

The entire passage filled up with white light, the screeching of metal distortions and tearing sounds fully filling Mei Lan’s hearing.

Her heart sank instantly.

’To break my mana barrier so swiftly, it’s definitely a Level Four or even stronger expert!! Trouble!’

She rapidly released layer upon layer of Arcane Barriers, protecting herself, while slapping a necklace hanging on her chest.

’Detection initiated.’

’Sample collection completed, hostile target identified, searching large database spell library, confirmed as Light Disaster Radiation-derived destruction entity, corresponding spell selection completed.’

’Spell model activation, mana fill-in ready?’

"Yes!" Mei Lan internally shouted, her mana washing through like waves, rapidly infusing into the necklace.

This was the Arcane Intelligence, a basic spell-casting aid platform possessed by every Arcanist.

Though the preceding chain of processes seemed complex, it actually only took less than a tenth of a second thanks to the exceptionally fast chip speed.

Next moment, exceedingly dark deep light emanated from Mei Lan’s magic wand.

Darkness shouldn’t have light, but at this moment, the energy released from her magic wand indeed continuously emitted an illumination blackening the surroundings.

"Level Four Ghost Energy Arrow, charging complete."

Swish!!

In the blink of an eye, the dark light twisted into a massive black arrow, bursting forth, instantly appearing less than five centimeters before Yu Hong’s face.

The arrow traversed the white Light Disaster Radiation energy in-between, directly materializing before Yu Hong’s face.

Then.

BOOM!!!

A massive explosion.

Yu Hong was entirely engulfed in black light.

All the Light Disaster Radiation energy on him was effectively compressed and neutralized, leaving the surroundings silent, as the radiance dissipated, revealing the previous scene anew.

The black light encapsulated him, forming a massive elliptical sphere, incessantly contracting and expanding.

But at this moment, Mei Lan’s expression suddenly changed.

"Wrong!!" She decisively retreated.

But she was already a step too late.

In the next instant, the black light exploded like a popped balloon, releasing a frenzy of endless red-purple misty energy from within.

Through the red-purple mist, a towering silhouette steadily approached her.

At the silhouette’s back, a hint of a colossal ice-blue sphere burned silently.

"An energy well... Do you think you’re the only one who has it?!" A flash of determination twinkled in Mei Lan’s eyes.

She tossed her wand, arms spread wide.

A vague deep blue vortex appeared behind her.

The voice of the Arcane Intelligence rapidly echoed.

’Water element energy well activated.’

’Full power spell-casting mode enabled.’

’Maximum simultaneous spell-casting enabled.’

’Annihilation mode engaged.’

Within a flash, copious amounts of blue light gushed from behind Mei Lan, all converging into a unified mass of Ghost Energy Arrows, densely firing like artillery shells at Yu Hong.

Likewise, before Yu Hong, vast quantities of Light Disaster Radiation energy bodies materialized, recklessly surging forth as if sparing no cost.

Immensely multiplying quantities of red-purple Tai Ling Skill Inner Strength, under the Light Disaster’s support, rapidly formed a red-purple tide in an instant, practically filling the entire passage, confronting masses of Ghost Energy Arrows head-on.

On one side, blue-black mixed with infinite arrows.

On the other, red-purple, gathered into a sea of Inner Strength.

Upon collision, terrifying annihilation effects erupted immediately.

Numerous black holes emerged like bubbles at the midpoint of the two forces’ expansion.

The surrounding space started becoming unstable.

Both Yu Hong and Uelman, Mei Lan, and others perceived something wrong, observing how the originally straight walls inside the spacecraft bizarrely twisted, bending.

Yet there were no signs of breaking.

The two combatting limitless forces also experienced distortion.

"Indeed, one must not underestimate, even a mere cargo ship harbors individuals possessing limitless power." Yu Hong’s mind stirred slightly, knowing persistence might lead to complications.

He immediately increased the output.

"Too bad, the difference remains even among limitless!"

He instantly exerted full power, releasing Tai Ling Skill.

The Seventh Layer of Tai Ling Skill fully unleashed, unable to handle the high pressure, the spacecraft passage shattered and fragmented in various directions.

Boom!!

Individuals scattered, floating in the weightless interior of the spacecraft.

All around were distorted and shattered black metal walls.

The immense energy compression squeezed and compacted all surrounding compartments and passages like a compressed box, forming a deformed massive spherical space.

At this moment, the red-purple on Yu Hong’s body swiftly suppressed Mei Lan’s blue-black.

"Uelman, you must leave quickly!! I’ll cover you!" Mei Lan whispered, blood spilling from her mouth and nose, enduring the strain to send the message across.