Catastrophe Containment Facility
Chapter 741 - 731: Folding

Chapter 741: Chapter 731: Folding

After the Barrier Master had set up the barrier, the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy’s attack began.

Its Speed was even more formidable than before, leaving countless blue afterimages in the air, with the Barrier Master’s purple Barrier being assaulted over ten times every second from various angles.

The force of these attacks was immense, causing the Barrier Sphere to bounce about like a huge basketball, blurring everything in its vicinity.

Even under such circumstances, the Barrier Master managed to remain right at the center of the Barrier Sphere, always keeping his head up and wearing a smile.

If he hadn’t lacked a whisker of a beard, Wen Wen would have even considered applauding him, maintaining such grace even when taking hits—truly befitting a True-order Master.

But Wen Wen wasn’t exactly in a position to rest easy, either. As the manipulator of the barrier, the Barrier Master naturally maintained his composure, but Wen Wen didn’t have that luxury.

Imagine a bouncy ball inside a basketball, and then playing basketball as usual.

Wen Wen was now in the same state as that bouncy ball inside the basketball...

Such violent shaking would be unbearable even for a person of steel. It took a tremendous amount of willpower for Wen Wen to keep from vomiting or soiling himself.

Superpower users are humans, too. They need to eat and drink, go to the bathroom, get dirty without bathing, and require surgery for appendicitis—while these very down-to-earth issues may diminish the grand image of superpower users, they are problems every superpower user must face.

"It’s all that stupid monk’s fault. If he hadn’t made eating meat look so delicious, I wouldn’t have doubled my food intake..."

Wen Wen suddenly missed Gu Daoqing’s ability, wishing he could purify the filth and spare him this trouble.

To avoid the situation becoming too embarrassing, Wen Wen began searching through his library of abilities for one that could alleviate the current predicament.

Eventually, he managed to figure something out using the abilities he’d acquired from Mr. X, which were perfect for this situation.

Mr. X’s powers were Suction Force and Repulsion Force. Wen Wen used Repulsion Force to keep himself fixed behind the Barrier Master, and then used his feet to release Suction Force, targeting the ground for adhesion.

No matter how much the sphere bounced or spun, Wen Wen could maintain his balance, and in the process of this delicate manipulation, his understanding of these two powers deepened.

Even the powers’ original owner, Mr. X, had never had the opportunity to train his abilities in such an environment.

Seeing Wen Wen was no longer bouncing around like a bouncy ball, the Barrier Master nodded approvingly, then his eyes shone fiercely—it was time for a counterattack.

Small barriers started appearing around the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy, significantly limiting its high-speed movements.

However, these hastily arranged small barriers were not enough to decide the course of the battle and served only to cause delays. The Blue Cicada Holy Envoy could simply wave its arms to shatter them.

But Wen Wen, with his sharp perception, noticed that not every barrier was destroyed by the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy. Some seemingly pointless yet orderly barriers appeared for just an instant before disappearing on the spot.

No, they didn’t disappear, they turned transparent.

If Wen Wen had been in the midst of battle rather than observing, he probably would have missed these barriers, let alone the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy, who was likely not the sharpest and constantly engaged in high-speed combat.

After being hit for a while, the Barrier Master suddenly laughed and relaxedly said to Wen Wen, "Don’t be fooled by the insect’s Speed. In the end, it’s just fast, that’s all."

"With no great wisdom or Cataclysmic Trait, as long as a single fundamental quality doesn’t surpass a certain threshold, it stands no chance against me!"

Wen Wen politely chimed in agreement; a low threat level was relative to a True-order Master. To those below True Sequence, someone like the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy, with Speed so fast it was hard to react to, posed the greatest danger.

"The trap has been set; all that’s left is for the prey to bite."

They endured the beating a while longer, and although the Barrier Sphere continued to crash about, Wen Wen noticed that the direction of the impacts was somewhat off, as the Barrier Master had begun to guide its movements.

As the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy passed by the previously concealed Barriers, the Barrier Master suddenly clapped his hands together.

All the previously hidden mini barriers appeared at once, forming ten massive Runes that slowly revolved around the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy, who found his Speed progressively slowing.

Then, those Runes emitted purple Barriers that interlinked with each other, enveloping the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy in a complex circular Barrier twenty meters in diameter.

The Blue Cicada Holy Envoy’s compound eyes flickered continuously, not understanding why it was suddenly wrapped up.

But such a thing couldn’t contain it.

It began crashing against the complex Barrier at high Speed, growing faster and its blue light intensifying. In just a dozen seconds, the Barrier painstakingly set up by the Barrier Master already showed cracks.

Wen Wen looked worriedly at the Barrier Master; the guy had been getting hammered since he showed up. Could he really handle it?

If not, Wen Wen would have to hide inside the Sanctuary.

The Barrier Master, however, seemed not at all flustered and said to Wen Wen with a smile, "No need to worry, victory is about to be revealed."

He raised his arms, and between his hands, it seemed as if he was grasping something in thin air. Then Wen Wen saw streaks of purple lines appearing out of nowhere between his hands, as if outlining something.

The blue lines grew more and more complete, and upon closer inspection, they turned out to be a miniature representation of the Barrier enveloping the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy!

Even the cracks formed by the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy’s impacts had been perfectly replicated by the Barrier Master.

Just as Wen Wen anticipated some astonishing technique from the Barrier Master, he shockingly flattened the replicated miniature image like a two-dimensional diagram.

And at the same moment, the massive Barrier surrounding the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy also flattened!

Inside the Barrier, the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy was squashed flat, its eyeballs protruding, and blue blood seeped from the gaps in its armor.

"This... this..."

Wen Wen glanced at the Barrier Master’s hand, then back at the flattened Blue Cicada Holy Envoy, feeling slightly chilled.

Because he completely did not understand the Barrier Master’s ability.

The Barrier Master slowly and meticulously began folding the paper-like Barrier, with the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy folded within it, its hard bones and tough muscles utterly useless.

After several folds, the original form of the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy could no longer be discerned, nothing but a blurry mass of broken flesh.

It looked both absurd and somewhat terrifying.

Suddenly, a halo of blue light flew out from the body of the Blue Cicada Holy Envoy, piercing through the unsightly folded Barrier and flying eastward until it vanished from sight.

The Barrier Master sighed and ceased his folding motions, watching the direction the light had fled in silence.