Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

The transparent giant dog’s aggressiveness is formidable, but its existence is extremely fragile. Seizing the moment the giant dog struck the shield, He Yi swiftly moved beside the giant dog, wielding the mechanical long saber, and killed the transparent giant dog with a single slash.

The transparent giant dogs were targeting the surface purification device, and in order to protect the equipment, He Yi and the others were unable to keep a distance. They could only engage in close combat, and due to concerns about accidentally damaging the device, they couldn’t utilize the firepower advantage of the mechas, resorting to hand-to-hand combat instead.

By the time He Yi dealt with one transparent giant dog, Wu Chang had already figured out what was happening. He gave Erin a look, signaling she could take action.

Erin slowly levitated, extending her hands forward. Countless golden chains emerged from the void, binding the bodies of the remaining transparent giant dogs, rendering them immobile.

Although the transparent giant dogs possessed divinity, the underground shelter was Erin’s Divine Kingdom. In her own Divine Kingdom, dealing with targets like the transparent giant dogs only required ordinary light magic for Erin to completely imprison them.

Immediately afterwards, the cold flames burning on the transparent giant dogs transformed into pure white undying sacred fire.

The transparent giant dogs let out screams within the undying sacred fire, struggling for a moment before being melted into pure divinity.

Erin waved her hand, absorbing the divine power left by the transparent giant dogs, offsetting the divine power she consumed using the undying sacred fire.

Just as He Yi was about to pounce on the second transparent giant dog, he halted his actions. Like the other mechas, he looked around blankly, as if wondering if the battle had ended just like that?

He sheathed the mechanical long saber in his hand, jumped out of the cockpit, returned to Wu Chang and the others, and looked at Erin with a gaze full of reverence.

Just because the mecha he operated possessed divinity, he could sense how terrifying Erin’s power was, especially the white undying sacred fire, from which he felt an irresistible mighty force.

Previously, faced with Erin’s harmless appearance, he had some doubts about her. But having witnessed the undying sacred fire, he was completely convinced, believing the opponent was absolutely a True God.

Wu Chang could read the shock in He Yi’s eyes, his lips curling uncontrollably. Usually, during sparring, he would be treated as a punching bag by He Yi, surprised by He Yi’s value. He never expected the day would come when He Yi would be shocked.

Pointing at the vanished transparent giant dogs, he asked, "What was up with those monsters just now?"

He Yun explained on behalf of He Yi:

"They are pure energy bodies, without consciousness and not controlled by anyone, acting entirely on instinct. Their attacks can penetrate ordinary mechas; only mechas carrying divinity can barely fend off their attacks."

"If injured by them, the victim’s consciousness will immediately disappear, followed by the body withering and decaying into grayish-white mud, just like the plants on the surface. Hence, we call them soul-devouring dogs."

"Ever since the surface purification device was constructed, soul-devouring dogs appear from time to time, especially on the third underground level. Every time the device is activated, they swarm in groups, attempting to destroy the surface purification device."

Initially, Wu Chang thought He Yun called him to the underground shelter to witness the surface purification moment, not expecting this situation. No wonder He Yun asked him to bring Erin along.

He asked, "Do you have any clues about why the soul-devouring dogs appear? Could it be related to the world’s past apocalypse?"

Mentioning the past apocalypse, He Yun squinted his eyes and slowly stated:

"In the records of the underground shelter, humans migrated underground due to deteriorating surface environments and increased extreme weather, with no mention of soil being strangely eroded."

"Before the surface purification, I too thought the soil’s death-inducing power on all plants was due to ongoing environmental degradation, but the appearance of soul-devouring dogs made me start questioning what happened on the surface."

"I retrieved the surface soil samples previously collected by the underground shelter and found they were just severely contaminated with pollutants, lacking the inexplicable force that requires divinity for purification."

As He Yun spoke, his tone turned icy.

"Then I remembered, during the initial management of the underground shelter by my brother and me, before the gates were closed due to roaming attackers, a survey team was sent to the surface."

"At that time, there were still plants on the surface, and the soil hadn’t turned into the current gray-white state."

Wu Chang understood He Yun’s implication. He asked, "You mean the soil’s gray-white transformation and the current appearance of soul-devouring dogs are related to Mercury?"

He Yun replied, "I believe our world couldn’t have transformed into what it is today so quickly without external interference."

number underground shelter was previously manipulated by Mercury, trapping the entire shelter in a time loop, where time froze.

The underground shelter was confined in a time prison, yet time outside continued to flow.

If Mercury did something to the underground shelter during this time, it’s not impossible.

Wu Chang asked, "Given this, what do you plan to do?"

He Yun looked at Erin and said, "I invited Erin here to leverage her power to seal the underground shelter’s space, preventing soul-devouring dogs from entering, and to forcefully activate the surface purification device."

"Facing forced surface purification, the entity causing the surface to grayscale will surely show itself."

Upon He Yun’s request, Erin didn’t hesitate. She raised her palms skyward, holding them in front, lifting them slowly. As her palms moved, the entire 88 number underground shelter was enveloped in a layer of golden light.

As the owner of the Divine Kingdom, Erin had already closed off her Divine Kingdom. Without her consent, unless one’s divine power’s realm and quantity overwhelm her, even soul-devouring dogs with divinity couldn’t enter her Divine Kingdom.

She said, "I’ve sealed the underground shelter, ensuring they can’t come in to disturb you."

He Yun replied, "Thank you very much."

She took out a tablet and reactivated the surface purification device.

If the previous activation was merely a test of the device’s function and a means to lure the soul-devouring dogs, now it was the official launch of the surface purification device.

As two pyramids and the energy center lit up, the entire underground shelter began to tremble, with purification-powered divine power rushing toward the surface.