"Barrier."
Duan Mingyuan steadied his mind; he had not wished to battle the Judge, but now the colossal construct submerged at the bottom of the lake seemed to have malfunctioned, looking as if it intended to kill them.
It was inconvenient to negotiate at the lake's bottom, and impossible to employ sword techniques, so he had to resolve the issue by force.
At first, there was a thin crack which then connected with other parts to form a net, causing the palmtop to disintegrate and fall at a visible rate at the bottom of the lake.
"Executing, exec, executing——"
The synthetic mechanical voice grew increasingly noisy until the crack spread over its entire body.
The broken construct cleared a new path for the two men—its huge body connected to the part at the lake's bottom, and when its torso also shattered, a passage leading deeper unfolded before them.
Duan Mingyuan had a hunch about what lay further down the passage.
