The genius who counterattacked the mainland

The attacks surged like surging waves, piercing the shield's nodes. Xu Tiancai's starlight sword, gleaming with brilliant starlight, pierced the nodes with pinpoint precision. Each thrust unleashed a violent ripple of energy, like a boulder dropped into a tranquil lake. Ah Gang's battle axe, brimming with powerful fighting spirit, shone with golden light as it struck the nodes. The powerful impact caused visible ripples on the shield's surface, like cracks in a solid city wall.

Lin's wind blades, like countless razor-sharp flying knives, whistled and sliced ​​through the energy surrounding the node. Under her control, the blades darted swiftly, the elemental force disrupting the shield's energy, like a strong wind disrupting a neatly aligned formation. The Ice Princess's icy spikes, piercing with a biting cold, penetrated the node, and frost spread rapidly, climbing along the node like white vines. The cold magic caused the surrounding temperature to plummet, and the moisture in the air instantly condensed into ice crystals, surrounding the shield.

The mysterious figure's energy chains, like nimble snakes, tightly coiled around the node, continuously unleashing a fusion of dark and light forces. The energy radiating from the chains flickered, impacting the shield's internal structure. Each flicker was like a miniature energy explosion, shaking the shield from within. The white-clad figure's light beasts, their powerful bodies and radiance, blasted the node, their forms illuminated by the power of the stars, amplifying their splendor. They charged toward the node with fearless momentum, each impact causing the shield to flicker, like stars obscured by dark clouds in the night sky.

However, the shield's defenses were incredibly tenacious. Despite the ferocious attacks, it still stubbornly protected the Heart of the Star. While enduring the attacks, the shield began to launch an even more powerful counterattack. The energy beams it released became denser and more powerful, raining down upon the crowd. The colors of the beams also became more complex, containing a blend of various energies, greatly increasing their power.

"Everyone, be careful!" Xu Tiancai shouted, brandishing the Star Devil-Breaking Sword to block the beam while searching for a flaw in his shield. Star power flowed through the sword, forming a curtain of light, but the impact of the beam still made his arm numb.

A Gang swung his axe under the onslaught of beams, his golden fighting spirit blazing like flames, shattering each approaching beam. But some beams pierced his defenses, glancing across his body, leaving scorch marks. He gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and continued to fight.

Lin concentrated her mind, manipulating wind magic. She thickened the wind shield and simultaneously created more wind blades to interfere with the shield's energy output. The wind shield trembled under the impact of the beam, and the wind blades dissipated upon collision with the beam, but she did not retreat.

The Ice Princess waved her wand, increasing the ice shield's magical output. More ice runes appeared on the shield, emitting a chilling aura that enhanced its defensive power. At the same time, she summoned ice spikes, shooting them at the beam, attempting to destroy its source.

The mysterious figure and the man in white were also responding with all their might. The mysterious figure rapidly formed hand seals, veins bulging on his forehead as he fused the forces of darkness and light to a higher level. The energy shield he unleashed became even stronger. He also attempted to use energy chains to redirect the beams. The man in white played his flute at breakneck speed, the sound transforming into a swarm of even larger light beasts. These light beasts surrounded the crowd, shielding them with their bodies. Their light shimmered under the attack, and some even dissipated after being struck by the beams, only for new ones to emerge.

During the fierce battle, Xu Tiancai discovered that after the shield's nodes were attacked, there would be a brief energy backflow phenomenon. This energy backflow seemed to be the shield's self-repair process, but at the moment of backflow, the energy around the node would become extremely slightly unbalanced.

"Pay attention to the imbalance when the node energy flows back. We can take advantage of that time to increase the attack!" Xu Tiancai shouted.

Everyone's attention snapped to attention upon hearing his cry. As the node came under attack again and began to recirculate energy, they keenly sensed the momentary imbalance. Xu Tiancai unleashed the exquisite techniques of the Star Sword Technique. The stellar power of the Star Demon-Breaking Sword poured out like a galaxy, striking the unbalanced node. Ah Gang concentrated his fighting spirit to its utmost, his battle axe ablaze with blazing golden flames, coordinating Xu Tiancai's attack. Lin unleashed a forbidden spell of wind elemental magic, gathering all the surrounding air and compressing it into a massive air bomb, which she hurled at the node at the crucial moment of energy recirculation. The Ice Princess waved her wand, summoning a massive ice giant. The ice giant advanced toward the node, its temperature plummeting with each step. The ice giant swung its massive fist, smashing into the node as energy recirculated. The mysterious figure formed seals with his hands, and the forces of darkness and light merged in his grasp, forming a massive ball of energy, imbued with the powerful force of the Law. He hurled the ball of light at the node, triggering a violent explosion precisely at the moment of greatest energy imbalance. The figure in white played a flute, and the sound transformed into a gigantic luminous beast, resembling a Qilin, radiating a rainbow of light. The Qilin charged at the node, using its immense power to deliver a fatal blow when the energy flow back into the node became unbalanced.

Under the combined efforts of everyone, the shield's nodes finally gave way. With a dazzling flash of light, the nodes were successfully destroyed. After losing a node, the shield's energy fluctuated noticeably, the light flickered, and the attack beams became sparse.

"Continue to attack other nodes!" Xu Tiancai shouted, his eyes full of determination.

The group pressed on, attacking the remaining nodes. They repeated their tactics, exploiting the imbalance in the energy return flow through the nodes, launching fierce attacks again and again. Each attack weakened the shield further, and as the last node was breached, the shield shattered with a loud bang like glass.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but before they could celebrate, the space of star power began to violently turbulent. The energy surrounding the Star Heart began to spiral out of control, forming powerful energy storms. These storms were like giant tornadoes, sweeping across the entire space, and wherever they passed, the star power was thrown into chaos.

"Oh no, the energy of the Heart of Stars is out of control! We have to get it quickly!" Xu Tiancai shouted, rushing towards the Heart of Stars against the energy storm.

A-Gang, Lin, the Ice Princess, the mysterious figure, and the man in white followed suit. They struggled forward through the energy storm, each step requiring immense effort. The energy in the storm sliced ​​through their bodies like knives, leaving wounds one after another, but they didn't retreat.

Xu Tiancai drew closer and closer to the Star Heart. He reached out, attempting to grasp it. Just as his hand was about to touch it, a powerful surge of energy erupted from it, sending him flying. He fell heavily to the ground, feeling his blood surge.

"This force is so strong, we can't force it." Xu Tiancai said as he struggled to stand up from the ground.

Everyone gathered around the Star Heart, pondering a countermeasure. Lin carefully observed the energy flow around the Star Heart. "Although this energy is chaotic, it seems to have some patterns. We can try to follow the direction of the energy flow to approach it."

A Gang looked at the Heart of the Stars and clenched his axe. "No matter how difficult it is, we must get it."

The Ice Princess waved her wand, sensing the energy fluctuations around her. "These energies interact with ice magic in some way. We can use this to our advantage."

The mysterious figure and the man in white were also observing the energy of the Star Heart, trying to find a way to break through. The mysterious figure formed hand seals, sensing the dark and light forces within the energy. "The energy balance here is very delicate. We need to find a suitable entry point." The man in white played the flute, the sound echoing in the energy storm, trying to resonate with the energy of the Star Heart.

After some research, they discovered that the energy flow around the Star Heart formed a huge vortex, with the Star Heart at its center. The energy flow in the vortex varied, with some flowing faster and some slower. At certain locations, the energy flow was relatively slow, suggesting these locations were likely the gateway to the Star Heart.

"If we move forward along the path where energy flows slowly, we may be able to get closer to the heart of the star," said Xu Tiancai.

Everyone moved cautiously toward the area where the energy flow slowed. They moved through the energy storm, constantly paying attention to the changes in the energy. When they entered the area with slow energy flow, they felt a significant reduction in pressure.

"It's here. Everyone, be careful." Xu Tiancai said softly as he led everyone slowly towards the Heart of the Stars.

However, as they approached the Heart of the Stars, they encountered a new challenge. Surrounding the Heart of the Stars was an invisible energy barrier. This barrier appeared transparent, but it possessed a powerful defensive capability. Their attacks, like hitting cotton, had no effect on the barrier.

"This barrier is very strange. Our attacks are ineffective against it." Agang said with a frown.

Lin cast wind magic, attempting to penetrate the barrier, but it vanished upon contact. The Ice Princess summoned a spike of ice, piercing the barrier, but it too elicited no response. The mysterious figure and the man in white also tried various methods, but none could break through the barrier.

Xu Tiancai observed the barrier carefully and found some tiny energy fluctuations on the barrier. These fluctuations seemed to echo with the energy in the space of star power.

"This barrier may be connected to the space of star power. We have to find the connection point between it and the space energy in order to break through it." Xu Tiancai said.

Everyone began searching for the connection point between the barrier and the spatial energy. They carefully searched around the barrier, observing every subtle energy fluctuation. After a long search, they finally found some clues. There were some special energy nodes on the barrier, and the energy fluctuations at these nodes were closely connected to the energy vortexes in the star power space.

"These nodes may be the key to breaking through the barrier. We must attack these nodes at the same time." Xu Tiancai said.

Everyone prepared and launched an attack towards the barrier's nodes. Xu Tiancai wielded the Star Devil-Breaking Sword, and the power of the stars surged towards the nodes. Agang's battle axe, Lin's wind blade, the Ice Princess's ice spike, the mysterious figure's energy chains, and the white-clothed man's light beast also attacked the nodes.

As everyone's attacks landed simultaneously on the nodes, a powerful energy surge erupted from the barrier. The nodes began to flicker under the attack, and the barrier's color shifted. As the attacks continued, cracks began to appear in the barrier. These cracks gradually widened, and finally, with a resounding bang, the barrier shattered.

Finally, they broke through the barrier and arrived before the Heart of the Stars. The Heart of the Stars radiated a dazzling light, as blazing as the sun and as gentle as moonlight. It contained endless stellar power, a vast and mysterious power that emanated from it.

Xu Tiancai reached out and gently grasped the Star Heart. The moment his hand touched the Star Heart, a powerful force surged into his body. He felt as if he had merged with the entire space of star power, and every cell in his body was filled with strength.

"We succeeded!" Xu Tiancai said excitedly.

However, at this moment, the space of star power changed again. The originally chaotic energy storm became even more violent, and the space began to show signs of distortion and collapse.

"Oh no, this space is about to collapse, we have to leave quickly!" shouted the Ice Princess.

Carrying the Star Heart, everyone swam towards the exit of space. However, the distortion of space made their movement extremely difficult, and the surrounding energy constantly impacted them, trying to pull them towards the center of collapse.

Agang wielded his battle axe, clearing the way, his immense strength repelling the approaching energy blasts. Lin cast wind magic, creating a passage of wind, attempting to guide everyone towards the exit. The Ice Princess waved her wand, conjuring an ice shield to protect everyone from the energy blasts. A mysterious figure and a man in white assisted from behind, stabilizing the group's movement.