Chapter 174: Anticipated
Niara and Darian came out of the hole. They looked around and found themselves just five meters from the entrance of the building. Suddenly...
*BOOM!*
The ground exploded, and Niara got blasted ten meters back after another close dodge.
Now, they were fifteen meters away. When Darian looked up, he saw the red sky filled with spatial portals. A chill ran down his spine. Those were links to distant places in the galaxy. The Risen Lords had been summoned...
They had, at most, three minutes. That’s how long it would take for the channels to stabilize and allow them through. Meanwhile, the rain of scarlet light kept falling.
The skies were crashing down on Niara.
She moved like lightning, dodging left and right, avoiding the beams of light that looked like divine spears.
The attack power had ramped up several times. Just the shockwaves from the blasts hitting the ground after each dodge were enough to push them farther and farther from the building. She advanced, but also got knocked back.
Thirty seconds went by, and they’d barely gained five meters. If this kept up, their chances of failing were huge.
’Not yet...’
Darian murmured mentally, staring ahead and calculating. At this pace, they’d reach the core with, at most, thirty seconds left before the Risen Lords landed on the planet.