Chapter 065: The Second Crystal

Boom——!!!
The blood-colored monster, combined with tens of thousands of ordinary monsters, launched a joint attack. The force behind it was earth-shattering, causing the entire protective barrier to tremble violently.
Crack, crack…
Cracks slowly appeared on the barrier, but soon, a hazy purple glow flashed, and those cracks began to heal again.
The blood-colored monster seemed to realize something as well. It let out loud cries, and along with the other monsters, it intensified its attacks even more. Before the cracks could fully heal, another attack came.
“This can’t go on.”
Chen Xiao looked up at the barrier, thinking deeply. The blood-colored monster was quite intelligent, at least capable of leading and commanding other monsters.
Moreover, it was equivalent to a Level 7 supernatural being. Even if Shouhen and the others used all their strength by burning through time, they would still be at Level 7. Among tens of thousands of monsters, they would likely be at a disadvantage.
“The Association of Supernatural Beings has existed for who knows how long without ever being breached. Even with a Level 7 monster leading them this time, breaking through shouldn’t be that easy.”
After some thought, Chen Xiao gave up the idea of summoning Shouhen and sat quietly in a corner, studying these monsters.
…
In the headquarters of the Association, in the room where the supernatural crystals were kept, Su Lan looked grave. Around the crystals, there was a layer of misty light, similar to the huge barrier outside. However, this purple light was covered with numerous cracks, seemingly on the verge of collapsing at any moment.
Su Lan stretched out his hand, and over twenty purple star coins appeared in it. As his spiritual energy flowed, he drew a strange spiritual pattern in the air with his other hand. Instantly, the supernatural crystals glowed brightly. The star coins in his hand were illuminated by this light and turned into strands of purple energy, merging into the light outside the crystals.
Buzz…
After a faint sound, the cracks in the light began to heal slowly. But soon, the light seemed to suffer some impact and shattered again.
“This can’t continue. Why is this wave of monsters so fierce? How many years have passed since the appearance of those Level 7 blood-colored monsters? Weren’t they always deep in the world of supernatural beings? Why are they suddenly appearing at the periphery?”
Su Lan murmured to himself.
“Unfortunately, the energy from the star coins can only repair the barrier but cannot enhance its strength…”
Su Lan’s expression was extremely grim. He didn’t know how long this wave of monsters would last. If the star coins in his hand ran out before Mo Changli and the others returned, things would really get troublesome.
In previous waves of monsters, there had been no unified command like this. Usually, after failing to break through the barrier for a long time, these monsters would retreat on their own. But this time was different—the blood-colored monster wouldn’t give up so easily.
What worried Su Lan even more was that as time passed, more and more monsters gathered around, and their attacks grew stronger.
“Elder Su Lan, there’s no need to worry here. Go activate the second crystal,” a calm voice said at that moment.

Su Lan turned around, joy flashing across his face. Mo Changli, along with several elders from the association he had taken with him earlier, had already appeared behind him.
“President, esteemed elders, have you returned?” Su Lan said excitedly.
“This time, not only our association but also those from Huaxia Country and several other regions have been attacked by the wave of evil spirits. Moreover, blood-colored evil spirits have appeared as well. There must be some ulterior motive behind this.” Mo Changli said gravely.
“But the second crystal…?” Su Lan hesitated slightly.
“The power of the first crystal isn’t enough to withstand this wave of evil spirits,” Mo Changli shook his head.
Each regional association’s headquarters housed two supernatural crystals. Usually, only the first crystal was activated. The second crystal was of utmost importance and would never be used unless absolutely necessary.
Inside the association, there was another teleportation array that operated constantly, reserved exclusively for the higher-ups—no one else knew of its existence.
Of course, if they really couldn’t hold out and the barrier broke, Su Lan would activate this teleportation array to allow the supernatural beings here to escape.
…
Soon, Mo Changli led the several elders to the fourth floor of the association’s headquarters. This fourth floor contained only one space, as if it existed in another dimensional realm.
Inside, a two-meter-tall, completely black crystal lay quietly in that space. At that moment, the crystal was dim and covered in a thin layer of dust.
Mo Changli, along with six elders from the association, formed a strange formation, surrounding the crystal in the center.
Suddenly, the seven of them quickly waved their hands in the air, forming peculiar seals. Seven hazy auras of spiritual energy slowly rose from their bodies, gradually enveloping the black crystal.
Buzz…
It seemed that every inch of air in the entire building was vibrating. Even those with lower ranks among the supernatural beings on the first floor felt like they might vomit.
This vibration was different from that of the barrier outside—it seemed the space itself was shaking!
“Hm?”
Chen Xiao frowned. The black supernatural card he kept in the Main God’s space also began to emit a buzzing sound, as if responding to something in the distance.
The entire card seemed to be undergoing some changes—black, white, red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, purple, silver, gold, colorless… all changed once before returning to its original black color.
But this time, the black crystal card was different—its supernatural energy fluctuations had completely disappeared.
However, that wasn’t what Chen Xiao was concerned about. He noticed that the supernatural transmission array on it had started operating again!
“What’s going on? Could it be that the supernatural crystal has resumed functioning?” Chen Xiao glanced around and saw that nothing seemed abnormal with the others.
“Friend, can we leave here using the supernatural card now?” Chen Xiao’s face immediately showed an expression of fear and incompetence.

“Now the entire supernatural crystal has stopped its transformation, and the teleportation arrays in the supernatural cards are disabled. How are we supposed to leave?” That person gave Chen Xiao a disdainful look and said irritably.
Chen Xiao nodded sheepishly and left carefully.
“As expected. Is it only my card that has changed?” Chen Xiao lowered his head in deep thought.
Boom!!!!
Suddenly, there was a deafening explosion, and a black curtain, like an iron barrier, covered the sky, blocking all light.
“Waaahhh!!!!”
The fierce monsters outside let out pitiful howls. They were pushed dozens of meters away by the black iron curtain, suffering severe injuries; some were even completely shattered.
In just that one moment, the number of monsters outside was reduced by half.
And the three giant horns on top of those blood-red monsters were all broken.