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"Be careful!" Lin Yu reached out almost instinctively, grabbed Huang Quan's waist from behind, and pulled her back suddenly.

At the same time, the shield that protected his life suddenly expanded, like a giant umbrella that was opened, blocking the giant hand.

"boom!"

The moment the giant hand of the stone statue hit the light shield, a deafening sound exploded in the universe. Lin Yu felt as if his arm was filled with lead, and he was shocked back several meters.

The seal on his wrist began to heat up, and the resonance that had been stabilized with great difficulty was almost broken.

Huang Quan was pulled behind him and immediately stabilized his body, slashing out in an arc with his sword.

The knife light precisely struck the joints of the giant hand, like cutting on hard rock, sending out tiny sparks.

But the energy of nothingness seeped in along the knife marks, corroding tiny holes on the surface of the stone statue. The silver-white chain shook instantly, and the movement of the giant hand became noticeably sluggish.

"It's following our scent!" she shouted, swinging her sword again. Three ethereal blades slashed out side by side, heading straight for the gaps between the giant fingers. "The joints are the weak points of the link! Use patrol!"

Lin Yu nodded, a sharp light flashed in his palm, and he slammed it hard along the gap between the joints of the giant hand.

The moment the sharp light hit the chain, a harsh metal friction sound exploded, and a tiny gap appeared on the chain.

But before he could make a follow-up attack, the giant hand suddenly clenched into a fist, and a faint energy of nothingness seeped out from between its fingers.

Apparently, the Judge had captured the characteristics of nothingness from the previous attack, and used the rules to forcibly simulate the "dissolution" effect, and the force of the attack was even more violent than before.

"He is imitating my power!" Huang Quan's face turned pale. Without the protection of the Star God, she had to rely on herself to explore her strength. Once the rules were copied, her disadvantage would instantly widen.

She looked up and glanced into the distance. There was a faint blue light in the meteor belt, which was the direction of the anchor point.

"The anchor point is in the meteor shower ahead! Hold on a little longer, and when we get there we can use the energy of the old dimension to counter it!"

Lin Yu followed her gaze and saw the pale blue light of the anchor point looming among the meteorites, but the giant hand was like a moving mountain, blocking the middle.

He gritted his teeth, mobilizing abundant energy to repair his damaged meridians. At the same time, he condensed the Path of Development under his feet. "I'll use the energy of development to tear a path through. You help me block the giant hand's attack! Let's charge!"

"Okay!" The Yomiuri sword was held horizontally in front of him, and the dark purple void energy condensed into a thick shield on the blade, which took the next blow from the giant hand.

At the moment of energy collision, her arms trembled slightly and sweat oozed from her forehead.

Without the blessing of the Star God, the energy of nothingness was consumed very quickly, and the continuous slashing just now had already consumed most of his strength.

But she did not retreat. Instead, she took half a step forward, and her sword drew a circular ripple of nothingness, temporarily forcing back the giant hand's chain.

Lin Yu seized the opportunity, opened up the stardust in front of him and condensed it into a blade of light, slashing fiercely at the side of the giant hand.

The moment the light blade tore through the stardust, it forcibly created a passage leading directly to the meteorite cluster.

"Let's go!" He grabbed Huang Quan's hand again, and the two of them stepped on the light belt and rushed towards the pale blue light of the anchor point.

The giant hand behind him was chasing closely, and every time it fell, it raised stardust all over the sky, and wherever the chain swept through, the meteorites were crushed into dust.

"We're almost there!" Huang Quan's voice was urgent, and the pale blue light of the anchor point became brighter and brighter.

The seal on Lin Yu's wrist emitted a stronger blue light, and the resonance with the anchor point became stronger and stronger. Even the movements of the giant hand showed subtle pauses. It was obvious that the energy of the old space was interfering with the stability of the rules.

Just as they were about to rush into the meteor shower, the giant hand suddenly stretched out its fingers, trying to cover them in its palm.

Huang Quan immediately injected the void energy into Lin Yu's seal. The dark purple energy intertwined with the star core, forming a temporary barrier around the two of them.

As soon as the barrier was formed, it blocked the gap between the giant fingers, buying them the last second.

"Come in!"

Lin Yu pulled Huang Quan and finally rushed into the meteorite group.

The pale blue light of the anchor point instantly enveloped them, and the energy of the old space surged like a tide, not only dispersing the regular energy behind them, but also making the star core completely stable.

The two men leaned against a piece of wreckage, gasping for breath, watching the giant hand wandering outside the meteorite cluster, but they never dared to step into the pale blue light range of the anchor point.

The spatial energy is like an invisible barrier, firmly blocking the power of the judge's rules outside.

Huang Quan's hand holding the sword was still shaking slightly, but he couldn't help but smile.

"What are you laughing at? I don't think now is the time to laugh. We can't get out."

The smile on Huang Quan's face instantly faded, and his tone became serious. "I'm not laughing at our current situation. I'm laughing at the fact that we finally didn't get crushed by the giant hand."

She leaned against the wreckage, with her katana stuck beside her. The faint light from the blade flickered, and it was obvious that she had not yet recovered from the exhaustion just now.

"You're right. We are temporarily safe now, not completely. The spatial energy of the anchor point can block the power of rules, but it is also like a cage, trapping us in this meteorite cluster. If we get out, we will be surrounded by giant hands."

Lin Yu frowned and looked down at the seal on his wrist.

The star core is more stable than before. One can even feel that it is actively absorbing the spatial energy in the anchor point, as if replenishing nutrients.

"So what are we doing here?" he asked again, his eyes scanning the wreckage around him.

"If there's no passage to the Imaginary Tree here, even if we stabilize the star core, we're just waiting for the giant hand to smash the meteorites to pieces."

Huang Quan didn't answer in a hurry, but squatted down and placed his fingertips on the lines on the wreckage.

Nourished by the energy, those lines emit fragmented light.

"Have you forgotten the relationship between the star core and the anchor point?" She suddenly looked up, her tone filled with a hint of certainty. "The star core is the energy of the young branches of the Imaginary Tree, and the anchor point is the extension of the Imaginary Tree's roots. Their resonance means there must be a node here that connects to the Imaginary Tree. This isn't just creating a channel out of thin air, it's activating a pre-existing connection."

Lin Yu walked up to her and asked, "Where is the node?"

"In the core of this meteorite." Huang Quan stood up and pointed at the half-human-high transparent debris in front of him. "I just used energy to probe it. There is a ball of concentrated space energy hidden inside, revolving around a dead center."

"That dead point is the node where the root system connects, but the energy is too weak to support the channel." She paused, her eyes falling on Lin Yu's wrist, "and your star core can just replenish the energy of this node. They have the same origin, and the energy of the star core can directly activate the node without the help of any external force."

As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp "click" sound suddenly came from behind him.

The two turned around and saw a huge piece of debris not far away being hit by a giant hand.

“He is dismantling the meteorite cluster!” Lin Yu’s face changed instantly. He pressed the seal on his wrist and could clearly feel that the star core had become somewhat disordered due to the vibration.

"Can't wait any longer, try now!"

Huang Quan did not hesitate. She walked to the transparent wreckage and drew an arc in front of her with her sword. The dark purple void energy condensed into a thin blade, cutting a small hole in the surface of the wreckage.

The spatial energy inside immediately surged out like a cloud of mist, slowly rotating around the dark dead spot in the middle.

"I'll stabilize the spatial energy, and you slowly inject the energy of the star core into that dead point."

"Don't rush, and don't stop. The energy in the star core is too violent. If it gets out of control, not only will it fail to activate the node, it will also explode this piece of debris."

Lin Yu nodded, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into the seal.

The star core, which had been stabilized by the anchor energy before, now flowed slowly from the edge of the seal like a docile stream, following his will, and turned into a ray of light, exploring the dead point of the core.

The moment the light thread touched the dead point, a faint light suddenly lit up at the dead point, and the surrounding space energy also accelerated its rotation.

"Add a little more!" Huang Quan's voice came.

Lin Yu immediately increased the output of star core energy, and the light threads turned into light streams, which were continuously injected into the dead point.

The light at the dead point became brighter and brighter, from a faint point of light to a fist-sized ball of light.

The surrounding spatial energy also began to converge towards the light ball, gradually condensing into a twisted light gate, through which the root veins entangled inside could be vaguely seen.

But just when the light gate was about to take shape, the giant hand suddenly hit the piece of debris closest to them!

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, fragments of the wreckage flew towards them, and the barrier of the anchor point was completely cracked. The silver-white regular energy seeped in through the gap and headed straight for the light gate!

"Hurry! The light gate can hold on!" Huang Quan grabbed Lin Yu's wrist and pulled him towards the light gate. "If you delay any longer, he will be crushed by the rule energy!"

Lin Yu did not hesitate, took Huang Quan's hand, and rushed into the light gate together.

The moment he stepped into the light gate, a deafening roar came from the meteor shower behind him.

The last piece of debris supporting the anchor point was smashed by the giant hand, and the barrier of the anchor point completely collapsed. The rule energy surged like a tide, but dissipated instantly when it touched the inside of the light gate.

The light gate slowly closed behind them, completely isolating the roar of the giant hand and the collapse of the meteorites.

The scene before my eyes changed instantly.

Under his feet were the glowing roots of the Imaginary Tree, above his head were entwined branches, and the air was filled with gentle life energy, even the life energy previously consumed was rapidly recovering.

Lin Yu and Huang Quan stood on the roots and did not speak for a while. There was only the sound of each other's breathing and the subtle sound of energy flowing in the roots.

After a long while, Huang Quan finally let go of Lin Yu's hand, "It seems... our bet was right."

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