Today was the day the 300 babies were born in the Perpetual Sanctuary.
However, due to the Sanctuary's situation being too dangerous, the breeders had set up a hibernation program remotely to delay their birth.
Nancy, however, was not by her baby's side as usual. Instead, she was participating in a special operation organized by Rosh.
The objective of the operation was to destroy the Perpetual Sanctuary's teleportation lock.
In three days, half of the Perpetual Sanctuary's elite personnel and Hunters had been teleported away by the Holy Spirits, falling into the arms of Alma's faction.
This caused the defenses of the Perpetual Sanctuary to be abnormally weak.
If it was still a normal Perpetual Sanctuary, Rosh would never have taken such a rash action.
Cutting off the teleportation lock and closing the teleportation barrier was equivalent to exposing the Perpetual Sanctuary to the star map.
This would cause all evil beings on the star map to have the ability to invade the Sanctuary.
But now, Rosh had organized this plan without any hesitation.
Since the civilians in the Sanctum had been rescued by the Holy Spirit, the remaining ones were basically hunters and supervisors … Most of them were truly loyal to Gray Pupil, while a small portion of them were still unwilling to believe in the Holy Spirit and were still dutiful people who stuck to their positions.
Rosh admired the latter, while the former were enemies she had to get rid of.
"It's up ahead."
Rosh was leading a small team of Hunters, as well as most of the Holy Spirits active in the Perpetual Sanctuary.
They were now in the core energy zone of the Perpetual Sanctuary, a place that Rosh had rated as Hell-difficulty. Under normal circumstances, even a thousand-strong team of the Holy Spirits wouldn't be able to invade it.
But today was different … because the Annihilation Army had arrived.
When Rose and the players barged into the space made of pale silver metal, the entire Sanctum shook violently. The magnitude of the tremors was so great that it was difficult for everyone present to maintain their balance.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it … It really is the Annihilation Army."
One of the Hunters loyal to Rosh seemed to have heard a report from his comrade who was at the frontlines defending against the Annihilation Army's invasion.
"It's not a small team, but an entire army. They really have someone who has obtained the qualifications of a Commander, Supervisor, and Captain …"
The Hunter waved his hand gently, and a holographic projection screen appeared in front of everyone. The holographic projection showed the most prosperous port area of the Perpetual Sanctuary.
But now, the port area had turned into a sea of fire, and the Annihilation Army soldiers and their colossi in pitch-black heavy armor were wantonly slaughtering the people in the port.
Originally, the Perpetual Sanctum's most capable assistants, the combat machines based on the Extinction Unit, were just a pile of scrap metal in front of the Annihilation Army, who had the qualifications to rule them.
But the most frustrating thing was that … some of the hunters couldn't even resist the soldiers of the Annihilation Army.
"This used to be a cage, but now it's a slaughterhouse." Sprite didn't hold back as he described the situation in the Perpetual Sanctuary.
The hunters in the Sanctum were not afraid of death because their consciousness and souls were stored in the terminal of the Sanctum. They could be resurrected no matter how many times they died.
That was why the Perpetual Sanctuary had now become a slaughterhouse, one where livestock would constantly be resurrected.
The instant Sprite finished her conclusion, she seemed to have sensed something. Frigid icicles suddenly appeared on her hands, and she poured them into the silver-white space.
However, Xue Bi's attack was completely absorbed by a space-time rift. Not long after, an old friend of the Holy Spirits walked out of the space-time rift.
"The dimensional coordinates that Master Thorne gave me are still useful."
Dyris, the commander of the Annihilation Army, walked out of the dimensional rift. He seemed a little surprised to see a group of Holy Spirits and Hunters standing guard here.
"Thorne …" The moment Rose heard this name, she immediately entered a battle-ready state.
Caramel silently drew his sword. He had no grudge against the Annihilation Army, but the Players had to prepare their weapons when they entered the dungeon to farm Bosses.
"Wait, Holy Spirits. We're on the same side now. I'm also here for the Perpetual Sanctuary's dimensional seal. There's no need to fight each other."
Dyris raised his hand again and chose to show weakness. It wasn't that he was afraid of the Holy Spirits, but that there was no need to fight.
The Holy Spirits' goal was to destroy the old Perpetual Sanctuary. In that case, they were the same as the Annihilation Army … a natural disaster that wreaked havoc in the Sanctum. Wouldn't it be better if everyone worked together?
But as soon as he said that, a star-shaped magic missile suddenly hit him in the face and shattered, causing the number -212 to appear above his head.
For a moment, the scene was a little silent. Everyone looked at Coffee who had just thrown the star-shaped missile.
"Huh?
Isn't the pig-headed commander going to form a team? "
Coffee was a little confused by the stares. Her usual role in the team was to form a team.
"Indeed … we're going to form a team."
Caramel had already unsheathed the Moonlight Sword in his hand. He looked at Dyris in the distance and said, "We have no reason to believe that the name above his head is a monster with a red name."
Caramel didn't quite understand the background story of the Annihilation Army. In his impression, the Annihilation Army was a type of monster that often spawned in the Inner World. They would also drop many useful items and special equipment.
Red name and good items. These two reasons were enough for Caramel to kill the soldier of the Annihilation Army in front of him.
"Has the negotiation failed again?"
Dyris sighed helplessly. The fifty-three Holy Spirits led by Sprite were ready for battle. While sighing, Dyris could only make an attack gesture to the soldiers behind him. "Let's go, everyone."
The battle in the core area of the Perpetual Sanctuary started in an instant, but as the final Boss, Dyris's fighting style was very smart.
He knew that the body of a Holy Spirit would not suffer any damage, nor would it feel any pain, but psychological attacks were always useful!
Dyris found Nancy in the midst of the battle. Nancy had already entered the state of the Incarnation of Sin, but she was still no match for Dyris.
He directly grabbed Nancy's neck …
"Did you know?
Holy Spirit, I have a very interesting piece of information. This Sanctuary hides something that some of you value very much. "
Dyris began his heart-breaking moment. When Nancy heard Dyris's words, she somewhat uncontrollably released her Original Sin Barbs!
The angry Original Sin Barbs all stabbed at Dyris, but they were all absorbed by Dyris's Banishment Domain.
"It seems that I was right. There are too many things in this world that you don't care about. Your own life is just a number. But you are creatures with feelings, and having feelings means that there will eventually be people and things that you care about in this world."
When Dyris said this, the expression on his face did not change at all, but the expression of the Original Sin Barbs became particularly fierce …
"Let's talk about a condition. Let's work together to destroy the Perpetual Sanctuary. The things that you care about will also be safe. You should have a high position among the Holy Spirits, right?"
"Hey!"
At this moment, Caramel had already drawn her sword and was looking for Dyris, but Dyris used Nancy as a shield and sent Nancy to Caramel's blade.
"Let me tell you something else!"
The Moonlight Sword in Caramel's hand flashed in an arc so fast that Dyris could not see it clearly. It directly pierced through Nancy's body and into the gap in Dyris's armor. "We Holy Spirits can't hurt our allies!"
"But I can kill you …" Dyris's other hand took out the Annihilation Army's black sword and stabbed it at Caramel. Caramel had also suffered from the black sword's Banishment Force before.
But this time, Caramel did not dodge. He stretched out his arm, and the black sword pierced through Caramel's palm. But Caramel still managed to use this method to grab Dyris's arm that was holding the sword.
At the same time, a dark purple wave appeared on Dyris's body. Bai Di had quietly sneaked behind Dyris.
But it was useless … Caramel's power could not stop Dyris at all. Dyris's black sword directly Banished Caramel's left arm, and at the same time, he threw out a ball of sword energy to force Bai Di back.
"Holy Spirits, your original souls are still too weak, so weak that even the power of the God of Devourers can only be used to this extent." As Dyris said this, his left pupil was suddenly filled with a dark gray color.
"What's going on?"
Dyris covered his left pupil. A consciousness that did not belong to him or the Lord of Annihilation was trying to invade his body, trying to take control of it.
"Monsters should go back to where they belong!" Gray Eye's voice came out of Dyris's mouth.
Gray Eye realized that the Annihilation Army was trying to destroy the protective mechanism of the Perpetual Sanctum. He could not wait any longer, and chose to act at this moment!
The soldiers of the Annihilation Army also had a consciousness network similar to that of the Spell Stealers. When Dyris realized that his space of consciousness was invaded by Gray Eye, it was already too late.
"Does this scene look familiar?"
Caramel felt the restless sword energy in her body. At this time, the ID above Dyris's head kept switching between Gray Eye and his own name.
Soon, Caramel understood what was happening … He shouted at Bai Di.
"Bai Di!
Is your mermaid girl here? "
"She's here!" Bai Di said.
"Call her over!"
Following Caramel's words, the God of Sirens, Ayula, was pulled over by Bai Di.
"What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Didn't you say I was only responsible for healing this operation? "
Ayula was stunned. She was doing well in the back row, and suddenly she was pulled to the final Boss.
"Invade his consciousness," Caramel said, pointing at Dyris, who was struggling with Gray Eye.
"Him?
The … leader of the Annihilation Army?
Impossible!
Holy Spirit, don't even think about it … "
"Eula, please … help my friend with this."
Bai Di saw that this was the best time to defeat Dyris, as long as he could enter Dyris's space of consciousness.
"That's the leader of the Annihilation Army!
Holy Spirit, this isn't the supervisor or hunter from before. "
"I'll help you if you encounter any problems in the future!
Is this enough as an exchange? "Bai Di's sentence was the highest probability given by the system.
"You really don't know what's good for you!
If anything happens, it's none of my business! "
Ayula knew that it was impossible to refuse, so she helped the Holy Spirits open the door to Dyris's space of consciousness.