Chapter Sixty: The Twins' Abilities
At the exit of a nameless valley, a group of demonized creatures emitting black smoke surrounded four girls.
"Sister Chen Qian… What should we do…" Qianqian tightly grasped Chen Qian's hand, the terrifying scene before her rendering her helpless.
Black giant boars with horns on their heads, flame-spewing rhinos, massive rabbit-shaped creatures the size of main battle tanks, and many more nameless monsters surrounded the valley's exit. The Abyss Power had caused them to lose their original thoughts, and these once peaceful animals were now filled with violence and combat. Eager to vent the pain caused by the Abyss Power burning within them, they were anxious to tear apart the fragile-looking creatures in front of them.
Surrounded by these monsters and overwhelmed by the killing intent, it was quite amazing that Qianqian could still speak.
Chen Qian's face was pale, but she managed to maintain her composure. She patted Qianqian's trembling hand and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, didn't those two sisters say they would protect us? Maybe they have a way."
A few meters in front of Qianqian and Chen Qian, Asida and Asidora floated in mid-air, strong energy waves emanating from them along with undisguised killing intent. It was their presence that kept the demonized creatures from acting rashly, as the monsters, though eroded by Abyss Power and not fully conscious, still knew to keep a distance from danger.
At this moment, Asida and Asidora were discussing countermeasures through their spiritual connection. They too were unsure of what to do in this situation.
Unlike other Xyrin Apostles, who could almost be considered strategic-level weapons, Asida and Asidora were not specialized in direct combat. As commanders of the Space Defense Forces and Space Attack Force, they were special troops with enhanced space control abilities. Through the unique connection between them, they could easily perform space transmission and often acted as Legion Transmitters, opening a stable and wide Space Gate through high-speed jumps between different planes. This allowed the Empire's legions to enter the battlefield in the shortest time possible. They could also perform many urgent support tasks that ordinary Xyrin Apostles could not, which is why they were able to arrive at Qianqian's side immediately after her Spirit Beacon activated, while Pandora needed a few minutes to prepare for a space jump.
A powerful ability, but unfortunately, not suitable for combat in this situation.
"Dual-Phase Shock can annihilate this area," suggested the younger sister, Asidora.
"Cannot guarantee the safety of both mistresses," the elder sister, Asida, dismissed the idea. Clearly, the Xyrin Apostle's interpersonal skills were still immature, as she also considered Chen Qian a "mistress"...
"Synchronized jump can ensure the mistresses are free from any external harm," Asidora proposed a second plan.
"Cannot confirm the enemy's continuous combat capability, proposal dismissed."
"I have no other ideas…" Asidora stopped her purely mechanical thought process, admitting she couldn't think of a better plan.
In truth, dealing with the monsters before them was not difficult for them. As Xyrin Apostles, Asida and Asidora naturally had means to handle various crises. Although they lacked direct combat skills, the proper use of space power had a destructive capability that ordinary carbon-based life could not withstand. For instance, a space chaotic transmission alone could tear apart any materialized life form. However, the presence of the fragile humans, Qianqian and Chen Qian, whose bodies couldn't withstand the powerful energy bursts occurring during space fracturing, left the sisters feeling constrained; their powerful moves couldn't be used, and the ordinary ones were ineffective.
"Prepare to activate Legion Transmission," Asida's voice suddenly rang out, startling Asidora.
"No way! Sis? The Emperor will strangle me!"
With her thoughts no longer purely mechanical, Asidora was much more lively, immediately thinking of the consequences of deploying a large-scale army against the Emperor's clear order forbidding it on Earth. The Xyrin Apostles' loyalty was unquestionable, but this loyalty brought them trouble. The Emperor had ordered them to ensure the girls' safety, but protecting them required using the army, and the Emperor had forbidden deploying troops upon their arrival on Earth…
This posed a more complex dilemma than the proverbial chicken-or-egg question, at least for two inflexible Xyrin Sisters, making it seemingly unsolvable.
Nevertheless, although inflexible, Asidora found a good reason to employ the army.
"Emperor Sandora has already deployed the Personal Guard. According to the Xyrin Law Code, the mobilization of the Personal Guard by an emperor signifies the highest state of war, automatically switching all nearby Xyrin Apostles to war thinking mode. Also, my sister, you must learn to control your enthusiasm for war; the Emperor won't like that about you."
Indeed, knowing they had a legitimate reason to use the army, Asidora's eyes sparkled like gold!
Unquestionably, every Xyrin Apostle harbored a deep-seated belligerent spirit, much like a certain loli…
Thus, Qianqian and Chen Qian were astonished to see the twin girls in front of them begin to flicker alternately.
Flicker, just like that, their bodies trembled, twisted, distorted, and flashed unstably as if disturbed image signals. Simultaneously, black, mirror-breaking-like lines began to spread in the air around them, gradually widening.
The process was rapid. The sisters alternated flickering; when one maintained stability, the other turned into a non-entity image, and vice versa. Merely five seconds later, the sisters had transformed into indistinguishable phantoms.
The monsters seemed to finally realize something terrifying was about to happen. They began to gather energy chaotically, attempting to interrupt the strange actions of the two girls. However, they were shocked to find that the energy they could normally manipulate easily was now difficult to control, akin to a Parkinson's patient trying to grasp an eel in water: visible, tangible, yet unattainable, posing an insurmountable challenge from any angle.
Asida and Asidora, in the midst of alternating jumps, exchanged smiles. As experienced Xyrin officers, how could they give the enemy a chance to attack them?
Ultimately, a massive oval black hole appeared among the demonized creatures, accompanied by powerful metallic clanking sounds and a booming voice shouting, "For the Empire! War is righteous! Wherever the blade points, there lies the Empire! Conquest, conquest, conquest!"
Qianqian and Chen Qian were dumbfounded by the exaggerated entrance and arrogant war declarations…
This was Asida and Asidora's ability: through rapid alternating jumps between two phases, they created space interference to open a sufficiently wide space channel. Although this transmission process seemed less efficient than other Xyrin commanders' instant warrior summoning methods, the comparison was irrelevant because—
The space channel formed by Asida and Asidora had no passage limits!
Other Xyrin commanders might instantaneously summon warriors, but their summonings had passage limits. Once the quantity or energy exceeded this value, the channel would forcibly close. Even top-level Xyrin Apostles like Sandora could only summon a thousand warriors at a time. However, the channel opened by Asida and Asidora was a real-plane channel with no upper limit; they could transport an entire planet's contents if they didn't close the channel!
By the time Dingdang and I hurriedly arrived, everything was over. The high-energy weapons of thousands of Xyrin Warriors left only scorched bodies of demonized creatures on the scene. Hard rocks were turned into soft sand under the ionic wind, then melted into glass or other molten substances under the wave energy cannon. A hulking Xyrin Warrior, wielding dual massive single-soldier phase cannons, was retracting his weapon into his personal space. Behind him, a small piece of dragon wing fragment, smoking black, slowly descended from the sky.
It seemed that Asida and Asidora had severely overestimated these demonized creatures' strength.
Beyond the ultimate battle line formed by these warriors, I saw several Xyrin Warriors in silver-white war robes floating in mid-air with open hands, maintaining a transparent shield like a soap bubble, inside which Qianqian and sister Qian embraced tightly.
It was clear these Xyrin Warriors had protected Qianqian and sister Qian well, but they had overlooked the fact that human spirits were fragile…
I grabbed the restless Dingdang off my head, holding her in my hand, and quickly walked toward Qianqian and her sister.