Chapter 1759 - 1759. Defenses

The almost clear images of the separate dimension and traps filled the sky and gave targets to the massive army. All the experts were ready to join the third wave of attacks, but Noah suddenly raised his arm to stop their actions.

"Let Sword Saint, Elbas, and I handle the traps," Noah ordered, and the other experts stepped down to give the trio some space.

The separate dimension had many traps that seemed to contain dangerous energy. Noah couldn't understand the exact nature of those spherical and oval areas, but he planned to destroy them before approaching the Crystal City.

"This reminds me of the Mortal Lands," King Elbas snorted while drawing a fiery spear in the upper tier from his space-ring.

"We actually kept you outside of the separate dimension for centuries," Noah laughed. "You had to reach the seventh rank to enter it."

"Remember that I've chosen to spare you back then," King Elbas scoffed.

"Was it a good or a bad decision?" Noah asked while showing an elated smirk toward his companions.

King Elbas snorted, and Noah laughed again while drawing the Demonic Sword. His free hand then pointed at the various traps and made sure that his two companions followed it.

"Sword Saint will take the central ones," Noah explained. "Elbas and I will handle the sides."

The trio exchanged a nod before precise attacks escaped from their weapons and flew toward the ethereal figures floating above the plain.

King Elbas placed his spear on his forearm and released fiery beams made of golden light that burnt everything on their path. His flames pierced the ethereal traps and burnt their insides, but some of their effects still spread into the environment.

Sword Saint materialized a silver sword that released slashes on its own. The expert didn't even need to wave it to launch attacks that hit the traps, pierced them, and shattered their insides.

Noah pointed the Demonic Sword at his targets, and a tiny sword-shaped slash escaped his weapon whenever it pointed at one of the traps. The attacks would land on the small areas around the separate dimension and enhance their flaws before forcing them to shatter.

The barrage of attacks destroyed the traps in mere instants, but some inevitably activated after the shattering of their edges. Toxic fumes, swarms of strange insects, and explosions of various nature spread around the separate dimension and tried to expand toward the mountain chain.

"Fend them off," Noah growled while keeping his voice down.

Wilfred and the other experts behind him stepped forward and unleashed their abilities to take care of the expanding traps. Their role was to clear the area until only the separate dimension remained above the plain.

The experts didn't take long to complete their tasks. The traps were quite threatening, especially when it came to the insects, but the various and powerful abilities in the army made the experts find the perfect counters for those creatures.

Noah raised his arm again once the area was clear. The army waited for his orders, but he remained silent. The separate dimension wasn't reacting to the offensive. It remained still and silent even after losing all its protections.

"Let's go with the disposable army first," Noah announced as the dark world expanded around him and covered a large chunk of the plain.

Noah was letting the army see the other side of the plain, but the experts couldn't understand what was happening inside the dense black sea. Still, six-armed dragons soon started to fly out of the technique and amass right before the separate dimension.

Noah didn't bother to fill that army with fake cores. The dragons were disposable middle tier magical beasts that the workshop never stopped producing. They were perfect for testing the mysterious separate dimension.

Noah added a few modifications to his dragons before sending them toward the separate dimension. He made his ambition flow inside their dark matter to give it an additional effect.

'You can go now,' Noah ordered through his mind, and the dragons gave voice to roars while flying toward the separate dimension.

The workshop had made those creatures able to affect space through Noah's understanding. The dragons stabbed their long claws inside the separate dimension and opened a series of cracks through its surface.

Nothing strange seemed to happen until a blinding wave of light seeped out of the cracks and engulfed the entire pack of dragons. Part of that glow tried to stretch toward the army, but Noah promptly moved the dark world forward and used it as a shield for his allies.

The dark world and the army of dragons shattered when they touched the light, but Noah and the others remained safe behind those techniques. The weaker asset even had the time to retreat in front of such a massive discharge of power.

"They had something else then," King Elbas snorted.

"I also have that," Noah announced before the dark world reformed and covered the entire piece of sky above the region.

The plain and separate dimension went dark as the dark world expanded. Hordes of dragons quickly came out of the dense waves of dark matter and fell toward the cracked ethereal structure. The creatures spat flames that filled the area and burnt every lingering trace of light.

Noah watched the scene coldly. He inspected every blinding flare that shot out of the cracked separate dimension whenever his dragons fell on its surface. Its entire structure seemed to have a few defensive layers stacked on top of the actual occupied area.

'How much energy does it even contain?' Noah wondered before gesturing to Sword Saint to get close.

"Make a hole inside the separate dimension," Noah ordered, "But not on this side. I suspect the separate dimension has enough energy to level the entire mountain chain."

Sword Saint would never refuse to cut things. He directly flew to the left side of the separate dimension and pointed his silver sword toward one of the cracks.

The sharpness in the area became so intense that some dragons shattered before even reaching the separate dimension. Their coreless structures were too frail for that fierce law, but Noah didn't care about those losses. Instead, he moved his offensive away from Sword Saint to hide his presence from the Crystal City.

Sword Saint eventually released an incredible lunge that made the mountains around the plain shatter due to the sheer intensity of its shockwaves. Meanwhile, the actual attack dug a hole inside the separate dimension before piercing it from the other side and continuing its flight through the ground.

The expert felt quite satisfied with that result, but a dangerous sensation suddenly reached his mind and forced him to perform an evasive maneuver.

"It's a ball full of energy!" Noah roared with cries that both humans and magical beasts could hear. "They covered themselves in power. Every damage to the structure will come back at us. Deflate it through smart openings."

King Elbas, Wilfred, Divine Demon, June, Daniel, Faith, and many other experts decided to step forward and join the offensive. The requirement for that role was to be faster than the flare, and many rank 8 experts found themselves suitable for the task.

Countless attacks and a similar number of flares shone in the dark area created by Noah's dark world. Every hole that appeared on the surface of the separate dimension destabilized its overall structure and made it lose part of its light.

The separate dimension soon lost its ethereal features and white light. It started to gain different shades and forms that the army couldn't help but recognize as buildings.

Noah controlled the dragons to help experts in need or enhance the destruction unleashed on the separate dimension. His violent thoughts filled his mind, eyes, and actions as he waved his hands to managed his endless pack.

The separate dimension slowly shrunk until its entire area completely vanished. The army remained speechless at that sight, but part of the sky on that spot twisted to give birth to a second zone hidden deeper into space.

The second separate dimension was as big as the plain. It featured the buildings seen among the whiteness and many more. That relatively small region seemed to contain multiple cities inhabited by countless experts.

Noah didn't need to expand his consciousness to understand that he was in front of his target. The separate dimension wasn't trying to hide anything anymore, so he could see the iconic castles of the Crystal City. He wouldn't forget their purple and white color.

"It had to end with you," Noah growled, and multiple rank 8 presences in the solid stage appeared around him.

"It had to begin with you," The experts repeated at the same time.

Six solid stage cultivators who wore the white robes of the Crystal City had appeared around Noah, but he only showed an insolent smirk at their power.

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Author's notes: I woke up with 38, but the fever eventually vanished in the afternoon. It has yet to reappear, so I can only hope for the best. Anyway, I will still stick to this schedule for another day to make sure that my body is fully healed. I hope you understand that I don't want to jump back on the 5chapters/day train before making sure that I'm fine.