Endless Debt-Chapter 869 - 19: Silence and Prohibition

As Bologue took action, the crimson scar that tore through space projected a blood-red glow, akin to a screaming alarm light, staining everything around it blood red.

Hundreds of Ether reactions emerged within the crimson scar, followed by the silent, oppressive legion descending from the sky, clad in pitch-black iron armor, like dark clouds falling to earth.

The heavy crashing sounds were continuous, the friction of armor was incessant, Bologue had seen this silent legion before, the roar echoed in the Heart Core Net.

"Silent Legion!"

No one had expected this mysterious and eerie mercenary army to get involved, and at the moment Bologue called their name, the battle erupted.

With the enhancement of Ether Perception, Bologue could clearly detect countless Ether reactions rising like stars, every Condenser exerting all their might to summon the surrounding Ether, making it surge into the battlefield.

If there were Spirit Vision Liquid now, Bologue would see an Ether storm rising in the industrial region, constantly absorbing Ether from the surrounding areas to increase the Ether concentration within, almost transforming the place into an artificial Ethereal Vortex Point by the call of numerous Condensers.

The Silent Legion struck the first blade, unlike when seen at the Wind Source Highlands, besides the iconic silent black armor, the current Silent Legion was equipped with new arms like the utterly familiar Fire-Calling Staff to Bologue.

Quantitative change led to qualitative change, at the instant of large-scale legion landing, a sea of fire spread like a rapidly expanding gas wave across the ground, the solid frost evaporated in an instant, and the cold air turned hot.

Bologue waved his hand, the Flame of the Cauldron quickly burned, and a towering earth wall rose, resisting the first wave of flame’s impact, fiery flames brushed past, and the high temperature surged into the respiratory tract, bringing a burning pain.

Another wave of Ether quickly assembled, the members of the Sixth Group gathered, the Origin School Condensers united and effortlessly constructed a nearly unbreakable Ethereal Barrier.

The milky white transparent barrier completely enveloped them, the raging flame waves shattered against the barrier, densely packed arcs flickered incessantly.

More intense Ether reactions rapidly ascended, that was the power of the Negative Power Tier, the leaders took action, waves of Ether streams cleaved through the flames, knocking down numerous black-armored soldiers.

Yas found himself within the raging flames, without needing the team’s unity, he himself constructed a nearly unbreakable Ethereal Barrier, hands gripping Ethereal Blades jumping like lightning, he growled as he cleaved through the bodies of the Silent Ones.

Armor shattered, flesh flew everywhere, vast amounts of information were transmitted within the Heart Core Net.

"Under attack! Negotiation halt!"

Someone shouted concernedly, "Where’s the negotiation team?"

Besides the Condensers, there was a large negotiation team composed of ordinary people, under extraordinary conflict, mere mortals could not be spared.

"The negotiation team is retreating!"

That was Hart’s voice, before the Silent Ones unleashed the flames, he raised a large shield, protecting the negotiation team for a safe retreat.

"Counterattack! Counterattack!"

The first wave of flames gradually extinguished, Bologue decisively leaped over the earth wall, Ethereal Amplification constantly infused power into his limbs, fast like a wolf sprinting across the wilderness.

The Silent Ones relied on the Blood Transfer Sword’s split path breakthrough, directly arriving at the enclosed buildings, completely surrounding the negotiation site.

These mysterious mercenaries seemed to be Origin School Condensers, high concentrations of Ether lingered among them, after the brief impact, the Silent Ones regrouped, temporarily stalling Yas’s furious offensive.

More and more Silent Ones surrounded him, unable to inflict any effective damage on Yas, while Yas’s Ethereal Blade increasingly struggled to cleave the bodies of these people, another Ethereal Barrier protected the Silent Ones.

Two different Ethers clashed against each other, arcs and sparks flying, piercing clamor was endless, like a miniature thunderstorm.

"Leader!"

Shouts rang out, after protecting the negotiation team, the heavy shield wall began its charge, Hart relying on his brute strength and Ethereal Amplification, toppled several Silent Ones in one go, forcibly breaking open a path, assisting Yas’s breakout.

"You charged too deep!"

Hart slammed the large shield into the ground, withstanding the follow-up attacks from the Silent Ones, Yas nodded, calming down after the rage, other members also advanced towards here.

Although the Sixth Group had enough people, they were still no match for the scaled Silent Legion, they did not feel fear, as another action group’s offensive had already begun.

Explosions rang one after another, flames soaring to the sky, several Silent Ones thrown high into the air, then slammed to the ground, blood streaming from beneath the armor.

The Tenth Group joined the battlefield, various Secret Energies fully unleashed, Ether wildly twisted the real world, in no time the stern industrial area twisted into a frenzy of a surreal dream connected to reality.

Entwined branches madly grew on the ground, branches as tough as steel, like projected spears and guns, clanging as they collided with the Ethereal Barrier constructed by the Silent Ones.

After a dazzling flash of light, cracks appeared on the barrier, and some areas already showed fragments, like a cracking glass dome, deafening gunshots sounded, a blessed bullet precisely hitting the crack.

When the bullet was about to completely destroy the ethereal barrier, several Silent Ones appeared behind the gap, injecting a large amount of ether into the barrier, causing the broken cracks to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Damn it!"

Kemp cursed angrily, thinking if he had fired earlier, the alchemy warhead should have been able to cooperate with the Iron Branch to penetrate the ethereal barrier of the Silent Ones in one go.

As he complained, more dark figures surrounded the Sixth Group, increasing Kemp’s pressure abruptly, followed by a palpably unsettling ripple rapidly spreading out.

Yas raised his hand high, condensing scorching white light, tightly grasping it in his palm.

"Silence!"

First came silence.

In an instant, everyone felt a suffocating sensation, not physiological, but a discomfort from losing contact with the ether in the environment.

Under Yas’s power, all ether within the current area fell into silence, no longer resonating with the Condensers; the turbulent Sea of Ether became a dead water.

"Retreat!"

Yas shouted angrily again.

Prohibition!

The silent ether spread rapidly to the surrounding areas like frightened fish, the local ether concentration dropped sharply, even the ethereal barrier protecting the Silent Ones began to become transparent.

"I can’t hold on for much longer."

A hoarse voice echoed in the Heart Core Net, Yas wearing a mask, outsiders couldn’t see his expression, but from his voice, one could read his current difficulty and pain.

This place gathers too many Condensers, each calling for ether resonance, with a massive amount of ether pouring into this place, the ether concentration is terrifyingly high.

Since the secret war, Yas rarely encounters such large-scale extraordinary conflicts, even for him, facing such a huge amount of ether in the environment, the silence and prohibition he can maintain don’t last long, after all, he is just a Negative Power User.

Yas parted the sea, soon the sea will surge back.

As for the Silent Ones, the Order Bureau has always been unable to understand the nature of this mysterious mercenary force, each of their ether reactions are not strong, at most only First-Stage Condensers, but when they form groups, the power linked together is strange and terrifying.

Under silence and prohibition, the power of the Silent Ones is greatly weakened, likewise weakened are the Condensers on the frontline of battle.

Kemp forcefully endured the discomfort of his senses, continuously pulling the trigger, firing a series of alchemy warheads, but this time before the warheads hit, the Silent Ones he confronted actively lifted the ethereal barrier.

The warhead pierced through the armor of the Silent Ones, blossoms of blood exploded on their chests, bodies didn’t fall, instead they were lifted by the Silent Ones behind, like sandbags as shields, abandoning defense, they launched a charge at Kemp.

Sharp long swords slashed against Kemp’s ethereal barrier, cracks appeared, one more hit and the blade would completely penetrate Kemp’s defenses.

Kemp continued to pull the trigger, shooting the Silent Ones in front, then swung a short knife, cutting open the throat of another Silent One, but more Silent Ones were getting closer.

Usually the Sixth Group members cooperated flawlessly, their defense impenetrable, but now they faced too many enemies, and these guys were not afraid of death, the charge became extremely deadly.

The members’ teamwork showed a slight lapse, and this lapse was seized by the Silent Ones.

Another blade swung, Kemp knew, when it fell, his fragile ethereal barrier would be completely shattered, besides there were more blades heading toward Kemp.

These Silent Ones cooperated exceedingly intricately, to know that Field Staff members, after long-term training and timely communication by the Heart Core Net, could barely achieve perfect cooperation, and these Silent Ones even possessed this ability, perhaps doing even better.

The killing move connected one by one, in a trance Kemp even felt, they were not facing a legion, but a person, just split into countless individuals.

The blade fell, as expected, Kemp’s ethereal barrier shattered on impact, more blades fell like Death God’s message.

Suddenly, the falling blades all stopped, Kemp was stunned, he didn’t think he himself had warded off the Death God.

Then Kemp saw a dark trajectory slicing through the heads of the Silent Ones, the next second the heads shattered, blood filling the broken helmets.

Bologue darted through the Silent Ones like lightning, resentful bolts paving the way, Deceitful Snake Scale Liquid extended numerous slender blades dragging on the body, dividing the fallen bodies into fragments.

"Second time!"

Bologue shouted at Kemp, swinging numerous blades, they rubbed against each other, the Red Mercury mixed in the Deceitful Snake Scale Liquid detonated, splashing onto the ground, becoming lines of fire separating the crowd.