Lin Mu tried again, this time using Blink, then Meld, but both failed. The space warped unpredictably, each attempt rejected by the corruption in the air.
Only Phase and Flicker, which affected his own body directly, still worked. But those would not help him bypass a barrier this vast.
He clenched his fists. The situation was worse than he thought.
"We cannot pierce it," said Elder Ice Drake, his voice grave. "Even the flow of Qi inside it bends unpredictably. It absorbs and nullifies everything."
Lin Mu frowned. "It's not just absorption... it's conversion. The Baleful Qi is consuming our attacks as nourishment."
The realization struck everyone hard. A permanent, self-sustaining barrier. Unless the source was destroyed, it would never collapse.
They could only keep fighting and buy time for the rest of the army to hold their lines.
But the Ancestor had no intention of letting them wait.
