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Chapter 323 - 323 301 The Restarted Ruins 33 updated 111 asking for monthly votes again~_2

323: Chapter 301: The Restarted Ruins (3/3, updated 111, asking for monthly votes again~)_2 323: Chapter 301: The Restarted Ruins (3/3, updated 111, asking for monthly votes again~)_2 However, neither the White Mist Bishop nor the Aether Crystal would allow it to do so.

“Fall back.”

The Elder Bishop’s eyes shimmered with blue Spirit Energy Halo as he barked out an order, beard and hair bristling.

At the same moment, the old man stepped forward, hands thrusting out as if pushing open a massive gate.

From the point of his action, a layer of pure white radiance converged with a blue Spirit Energy Radiance, forming a deep blue halo that pressed straight towards the Brain-Eater Matron—the halo’s path kicked up mist and displaced rocks, as an immense telekinetic force directly blasted the insect’s midsection.

The Matron had been pressing forward, but the next moment it was held firmly in place by an unseen giant hand, even steadily retreating backward.

This stalemate gave the Aether Crystal Dragon its opportunity.

Despite being a behemoth on the verge of advancing but failing due to the celestial event triggered by the opening of the Labyrinth, the Aether Crystal Dragon was not in great shape.

Enraged by the theft of its egg, it activated the ‘Spark module’ within its body, burning its own life to battle an adversary of a higher tier.

The power conferred by the Spark allowed it to temporarily stand a chance in combat, but the result was mutual destruction—the Matron lost the guidance of the Nest Will and fell into frenzy due to its obstruction, while the dragon itself burned a huge hole in its lower body with its own breath.

Now was the chance for the final strike to completely destroy the Matron!

At this moment, everyone present saw the pale crystals within the body of the Aether Crystal Dragon light up, intensifying the Origin Substance Reaction on its body by more than a dozen folds.

Pale and crimson particles visible to the naked eye swirled around it, even drawing small arcs of electricity.

Opening its mouth, the Aether Crystal Dragon aimed at the Brain-Eater Matron who was still wrestling with the White Mist Bishop.

Hum!

Hum!

Hum!

Hum!

Charging again and again, power from the Spark module surged ceaselessly along the dorsal spikes, converging in the dragon’s maw.

What followed was a white bolt of lightning!

Boom!

The Matron, held in a deadlock, had its carapace shattered instantly by the Aether Crystal Dragon’s full-force strike and, like trash, was launched by the Bishop’s telekinetic force and the dragon’s blow.

The enormous body heavily crashed into the bottom of the Worm Nest, sprawling pitifully among murky waters and crystal fragments.

The Giant Insect seemed to sense its impending death; the luminescence on its body started to dim, flickering erratically as if in sorrow.

The Flesh and Blood marked by the glowing light moved slightly, as if weeping.

—They had failed.

—They could no longer leave this place, this underground cage.

—They…

could no longer…

no longer…

Boom!!!!

At that moment, the explosives set by Ian within the Worm Nest detonated, pulverizing the most vital support structures of the two-hundred-meter-tall hive.

Whoosh—Whoosh—!

Amidst the violent winds, the upper half of the Worm Nest tilted within billowing black smoke, bending, and then…

collapsed thunderously!

Falling upon the Matron which had already lost the ability to resist, its life force nearly snuffed out!

The Worm Nest collapsed, crushing the Matron beneath it completely.

Whirr—!

At the same time, the sound of rushing water intensified abruptly.

“Hurry, get ready to leave this place!”

Now, aided by Yisen Gard at Master Gossay’s side, Ian, having taken a Stamina Potion, suddenly rose.

Bracing his weary body, he solemnly said to the two men, “The Worm Nest has been shattered, and the bug in the cooling interchange mouth is about to disappear…”

“All functions of the cooling mouth will be fully restarted soon!”

“We must leave this place as quickly as possible!”

Boom!

Hum hum—

Right then, an earth-shattering tremor spread throughout the entire Rift Valley Zone.

A silver metallic column burst forth abruptly from the rocky shell above everyone’s heads, followed by a second, and a third…

Until at last, in the entire Rift Valley Zone, encompassing the Worm Nest and all the waterfall, stream, and Crystal regions’ edges, a circle of countless metallic pillars formed.

In the blink of an eye, all the geological structures that seemed to support the heavy rock strata crumbled, and those seemingly indestructible rock layers, now like clods of dirt on a massive beast, fell to the ground as easily as meteors upon striking the earth.

As the rock layers gradually peeled away, one could vaguely discern an immense and towering, unparalleled metallic pipeline slowly descending from above to meet another metallic structure rising from below.

Undoubtedly, that was the true form of the cooling interchange mouth…

an emergency cooling channel large enough to funnel the waters of a sea!

Previously, due to no need for emergency channels, this place had only trickling streams, serving as a source for aesthetic water features.

But now, with the Furnace Core’s excessive heat in dire need of relief, urgent cooling was essential!

But the Worm Nest had been blocking it, and The Great Elder, by providing false biological signals, prevented Redwood Base from proceeding to the next step, leaving it stuck.

But now, everything was beginning to function anew.

“Let’s go!”

Seeing this, there was no need for Ian to say more; Master Gossay and Yisen Gard were already shocked.

They lifted Ian, grabbed their gear, and were ready to evacuate immediately.