Legend of the Embroiderer

Chapter 733 A Critical Situation of Life and Death (2)

As the Ark was about to enter the teleportation array, a sudden, violent energy fluctuation came from behind it.

A black beam of energy erupted from the direction of the life universe, completely shattering the seal of life. The figure of the Lord of Reset appeared at the edge of the teleportation array, his silver-gray energy carrying an aura of madness.

"Do you think you can escape from me time and time again? So what if the universe is in a state of spacetime equilibrium? Even if there's spacetime turbulence, I will still find you!"

He channeled his energy and launched an attack towards the Ark. The fusion entity immediately activated the teleportation array, and the emerald green energy intertwined with spacetime energy, causing the Ark to rapidly disappear into the teleportation array.

Just as the Ark was about to be completely teleported, a black energy from the Lord of Reset struck the tail of the Ark, and the silver-gray void energy spread along the energy channels of the Ark into the consciousness stream of the fused entity.

"Ah!" The fused entity let out a painful roar. A black crack appeared in the stream of consciousness light, and void energy began to erode her core consciousness. "My consciousness... is being distorted..."

The new consciousness immediately released neutralizing energy, which was injected into the light stream of the merged entity:

"Hold on! The spacetime energy of the universe might be able to suppress the void energy! We'll get there soon!"

The Ark finally completed its teleportation and appeared at the edge of the spacetime-balanced universe.

The universe here exhibits a peculiar "distorted" state, with fragmented pieces of spacetime floating in the sky, and the scenery on the ground sometimes clear and sometimes blurry, with even the flow of energy showing irregular trajectories.

The fused entity, enduring the distortion of its consciousness, mobilized its initial balance energy to suppress the erosion of the void:

"We... must find the spacetime core as soon as possible... My consciousness... can't hold on much longer..."

Just then, a figure composed of spacetime energy suddenly appeared in front of the ark. Half of his body was golden time energy, and the other half was blue space energy, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

"Outsiders, the void energy you carry has polluted the balance of spacetime. Now, you must either purify the corrosive energy yourselves, or be expelled from this universe by me!"

It is the spacetime core, the guardian of the spacetime balance universe.

Just as the fused entity was about to explain, the void energy in her consciousness suddenly erupted, the black cracks widened, and her body uncontrollably launched an attack on the spacetime core. The void energy was actually controlling her consciousness!

"Fusion entity! Wake up!"

Canglan and Yanjin immediately stepped forward, their ocean and fire energies intertwining to form an energy net that entangled the fused entity's light stream, attempting to stop her attack.

Seeing this, the spacetime core's eyes flashed with cold indifference, and spacetime energy transformed into a blade of light, striking towards the fused entity's stream of light:

"Outsiders controlled by void energy have no right to remain in the spacetime balance universe!"

The new consciousness hurriedly stepped in front of the fused entity, and the black and white energy collided with the spacetime light blade:

"The spacetime core, she's being controlled! Please give us some time, we'll definitely be able to purify the void energy within her!"

The light blade at the core of spacetime paused in mid-air, and spacetime energy rippled with hesitation.

“I can give you half an hour. If she cannot regain consciousness after half an hour, I will banish all of you from the space-time universe. At that time, you will face the pursuers behind you and the corrosive energy within your bodies alone.”

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye for the fused entity, which was being corrupted by the void energy, and its anxious companions. Canglan and Yanjin used their energy to suppress the fused entity's attacks, while the initial void remnant mobilized its memory energy to try to awaken its consciousness. The new consciousness entity, meanwhile, quickly searched through memory fragments, looking for a way to purify the void energy.

Deep within the consciousness of the merged entity, black void energy is constructing a barrier, isolating her from the outside world.

She could hear her companions calling her, but she couldn't respond. She could only watch helplessly as her consciousness was gradually swallowed up.

Just as she was about to completely lose consciousness, the fragment of the Ultimate Balance Key in her hand suddenly burst forth with five-colored light, which pierced through the void barrier and illuminated the core of her consciousness.

The ultimate balancing energy within the fragments is resonating with her initial balancing source core!

“Fragments… Ultimate Balanced Energy…”

A faint light appeared in the consciousness stream of the merged entity. She mobilized this light and intertwined it with the energy of the initial balance source core to form a five-colored light stream, launching a counterattack against the void energy.

"I will not... be controlled by you... I am the guardian of balance!"

A battle erupted from the depths of consciousness, with five-colored light streams colliding violently with black void energy.

Outside, the light stream of the fused entity suddenly stopped struggling, five-colored light emanated from the golden energy, the black cracks began to heal rapidly, and the void energy was gradually purified.

"She is purifying herself!"

Excitement surged within the merging light stream of the initial ethereal remnants: "Give it your all, fused entity! You will definitely defeat the ethereal energy!"

As the half-hour was about to end, the fused entity's stream of consciousness finally calmed down, the black cracks completely healed, and the void energy was thoroughly purified.

She slowly opened her eyes, a determined light shining within them: "I... I succeeded..."

The figure of the spacetime core slowly approached, and a trace of recognition emanated from the spacetime energy: "You have passed the test of spacetime balance."

Maintaining one's integrity amidst chaos. Now, I can tell you that the fragments of the ultimate key to balance reside in the 'spacetime nexus' of the spacetime universe, but that is the epicenter of spacetime turbulence, fraught with unknown dangers, a place even I rarely venture into.

The fused entity stood up, gripping the fragment tightly in its hand: "No matter how dangerous it is, we must go. The Spacetime Core, we need your help to lead us to the Spacetime Nexus."

The spacetime core nodded, turned, and flew into the depths of the spacetime universe:

"Follow me. But remember, once we enter the spacetime nexus, you must stay close to me and not touch any spacetime fragments, or you will be swept into unknown spacetime turbulence and never be able to return."

The team followed the spacetime core, flying towards the spacetime hub. The spacetime turbulence along the way grew increasingly violent, and fragments of spacetime grazed past them, emitting a piercing sound of energy friction.

As they approached the Nexus, a massive rift suddenly appeared in spacetime behind them, and the figure of the Reset Lord emerged from it, his silver-gray energy carrying distorted spacetime energy.

He actually managed to force his way into a spacetime-balanced universe by devouring spacetime fragments!

"Spacetime Core, you actually helped them!"

The Lord of Reset's voice was filled with anger, and the energy of Void Reset intertwined with the energy of spacetime, forming a black spacetime vortex.

"Today, I will make you all lose yourselves in the turbulent flow of time and space, so that you will never be able to gather the fragments!"

The spacetime core immediately mobilized spacetime energy to construct a spacetime barrier in front of it:

"Lord of Reset, you have disrupted the balance of spacetime, and I will not let you succeed! Fusion beings, quickly enter the spacetime nexus, obtain the fragments, and leave immediately. I will hold him off!"

The fused entity looked at the spacetime core blocking its way, then at the spacetime nexus radiating fragmented energy in the distance, its heart filled with gratitude and determination.

This time, they must obtain the fragments to live up to the sacrifices made for them by allies.

The team rushed into the nexus, and the sight before them shocked them.

Countless strands of spacetime energy intertwined at the center to form a massive pillar of spacetime light, and at the top of the pillar lay the fragment of the ultimate balance key they were searching for.

Just as the fused entity reached for the fragment, the spacetime nexus suddenly trembled violently. The black spacetime vortex of the Reset Lord broke through the barrier of the spacetime core and attacked the nexus. The spacetime structure of the entire spacetime balanced universe began to show signs of collapse.

"Fragments! Quick, get the fragments!"

The flames of Yan Jin blocked the oncoming spatial turbulence. "The spacetime universe is collapsing! We must leave immediately!"

The fused entity grasped the fragment, and five-colored light erupted once more.

A larger spacetime rift suddenly appeared in the center of the spacetime nexus, and a wave of energy more terrifying than the void reset energy emanated from the rift.

That is energy from the “origin of spacetime”, awakened by the collapse of the spacetime structure. It does not distinguish between friend and foe, and will drag all intruders into the endless spacetime turbulence.

"Oh no! It's the primordial energy of spacetime!"

The voice from the spacetime core was filled with terror, "Activate the teleportation and leave immediately! Otherwise, we will all be swept into the spacetime turbulence!"

The fused entity immediately mobilized the energy of the fragments and connected with the Ark's teleportation energy.

However, the speed of the primordial energy of spacetime was even faster, and a huge energy wave swept towards the team.

At this critical moment, the spacetime core suddenly rushed forward and used its own body to block the energy wave:

"Hurry! This is my mission as the guardian of time and space!"

The spacetime core's body gradually dissipated in the energy waves, but it bought the team precious time.

The Ark finally activated its teleportation, disappearing into the temporal turbulence with its team before the spacetime universe completely collapsed.

When everyone opened their eyes again, they were back in the passageway of the cosmic sea. They had another fragment in their hands, but their hearts were heavy—yet another guardian of the universe had sacrificed himself to help them.

The fused entity looked at the two fragments in its hands, a resolute expression emanating from the golden light:

“We have collected two fragments, and we only need three more to piece together the complete key. From now on, we must be even more careful and not let any more guardians sacrifice themselves for us.”

A strong energy fluctuation suddenly came from the depths of the cosmic sea. The five energies of the ultimate balance core began to be violently disordered. The bubbles in the cosmic sea that had been seen before burst one after another. The millennium deadline had been brought forward!

The ultimate balance core is about to erupt, but they are still missing three fragments. An ultimate crisis concerning the survival of all universes has already arrived ahead of schedule.