Re: Evolution Online

Liam's muscles and bones that were only just now repaired and regenerated once again cracked and moaned as he squeezed out all of the juice he had.

Luna's tail glowed brighter than ever as she also burst forth with immense speed. 

However, their combined efforts were still nothing in front of the power-packed attack conjured by the Level 205 Hive Queen.

The spear crashed against the layers and layers of mana barriers and shattered everything into nothingness. 

The mana barriers couldn't hold out even for a second against the attack. The corrosive energy decimated everything it touched.

The spear then crashed against the very last layer that was in between it and its target, the soul barrier. 

As the spear and the soul barrier collided, it was the soul barrier that shuddered in the impact.

Liam hoped that it would buy them the last second that they needed, but the soul barrier simply couldn't withstand the attack. It did not have enough power.

If he did not do anything, it was going to collapse just like the mana barriers.

No! He grunted in defiance and tried to forcibly hold the soul barrier together, actively manipulating the soul energy from being dissipated because of the spear.

As the hive queen's attack bore through the last layer of the soul barrier, Liam held on, not letting it explode. 

His body felt the full impact of the attack. The excruciating pain sent his thoughts spiraling into chaos. He felt as if his very soul was tearing apart. 

Even when he had forcefully forged the draconian souls or faced the numerous souls trapped in the black dragon sword, he hadn't suffered this much. The aftermath of the [Soul Splice] combined with this [Soul Shield] left him utterly depleted.

Luna could feel her master suffering. Tears leaked out of her eyes. She growled loudly and commanded the energy in her body to obey her. She blurred one last time to reach the magic shop.

She hoped that this would give Liam the fraction of a second that he needed, but unfortunately, the attack seemed to have gathered as much momentum as they did. 

The spear as well crossed that same distance in the instant and continued to grind down the soul barrier.

"Just one more second!" Liam shouted, reminding himself that he needed to hold on. He was stretched like a rubber band and so close to snapping altogether.

In this single collision, every single entity was at its breaking point. The last fraction of a second was going to determine everything. 

If Luna broke down first, then Liam and Luna were going to die. If Liam broke down first, then again, Liam and Luna were going to perish. Even if the spear gathered a bit more power, then it was once again going to be all over for the duo.

However, in the end, Liam was barely holding on to the soul barrier. It almost looked like they were going to make it—just a bit more.

At this time, unexpectedly, another loud sound reverberated. It was the Hive Queen! 

How could the Hive Queen remain idle while these two fought for their lives? 

Liam had been so focused on the last attack that he simply did not have the energy to observe that the damned ison had launched another attack.

This one was not nearly as powerful as the last one, but it was enough to topple the balance.

Just as the duo was about to reach the magic shop, several arrows appeared from the sides and started blasting waves and waves of corrosive putrid energy.

"Damn it." Liam howled in pain, stretching himself some more as he extended the soul energy barrier, but this time, Luna couldn't react in time.

The attack sent the white fox off balance, and the two of them were blown away from the impact. They landed on the hard ground with the spear right at their doorstep.

Liam stared at the death that was on the cusp of claiming his life. He made a vain attempt to take out the black dragon sword and block the attack, but he already knew that this was the end.

BOOOOOM!

The spear collided, and there was nothing more to stop it.

There was only… death.

Unable to bear the burden on his body and the pain any longer, Liam closed his eyes.

This was not the first time he was experiencing death. He had already made his peace with it once before, but that did not mean that it was any easier this time around.

Or at least that was the last thought that crossed Liam's mind before he realized that something was amiss.

He flashed his eyes open and saw a bright golden barrier blinking in front of him. The spear that was about to crush him was on the other side of this barrier, still trying to burrow its way through.

However, that seemed to be a lost cause as the barrier did not even flinch because of the attack. Liam didn't have to think to know what barrier this was.

There was only one thing right now that was capable of blocking the Level 205 creature's attack, and it was the inherent barrier of the magic shop.

But they did not reach it yet?

Liam's gaze shifted as he noticed that he indeed had missed the magic shop by a mere inch but not all of him. His hand was planted on the ground, and a single finger had made it to the steps in front of the magic shop building.

"So even this counts?" Liam let out a burst of agonized laughter. He then froze as he realized something. Luna???

Even in his almost dead tired state, he jolted to turn left and right to find the white fox. What if she did not make it?

Kyuuu. Immediately a small sound came from his back where the white fox lay lifelessly on the ground, her full body well within the barrier. 

She looked as worse as him, but both of them were still alive, and that was all that mattered.

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