Chapter 950: 950. Dome
The blue light expanded, only to stop at the beginning of the inscriptions on the ground. The heroic assets of the three invading forces had already escaped from the central regions of the Empire and were staring at the sudden event with curious expressions.
As the experts of the Elbas family had predicted, that formation didn't have offensive properties. It was different from the blue pillars in the new continent. That blue light was denser, and it didn't seem able to harm the attackers even when they tried to touch it.
The blue light worked as a barrier, but it didn't have only a simple protective layer. It was a large dome that covered the entirety of the central regions and the floating structure and its insides. It was as if a solid substance had enveloped that area of the world.
The retreating troops of the Empire eventually reached that area and crossed the blue dome without any problem. Yet, the human cultivators of the invading forces slammed into that protection.
The cultivators of the Empire appeared able to move freely inside that blue world. The dome didn't even block the passage of "Breath", which meant that those regions wouldn't be affected by the formation.
The invaders weren't interested in the nature of that defensive method. After all, the formation was relatively simple, and Andrew Elbas even described some of the features that he could understand with an inspection of his consciousness.
The problem was in its power. The blue light radiated an aura that seemed to surpass the world of the heroic cultivators and stepped inside the divine ranks, even if only by a little.
'A quasi-rank 7 barrier,' Noah thought as he suppressed a curse from escaping his mouth. He didn't expect the Empire to have something like that, and he could predict how troublesome it would be in their strategy.
Andrew Elbas and the other experts of the Royal family started to launch attacks and use inscribed items to study the blue dome. The more tests they performed, the uglier their expressions became.
The mood of the invaders dropped when they saw the changes in the faces of the Royals. The other organizations wouldn't have any chance against that defensive method if they could worry even the most advanced force in the inscription field.
After a series of long and extensive tests, Andrew Elbas made a summary of the properties of the dome. "This light has no offensive features, but it's different from most barriers. Its insides are filled with light too. Every part of the dome has the same sturdiness as the external layer."
Andrew's last words confirmed the fears of his allies. The fact that even the insides of the dome were part of the defenses made the formation far more challenging to handle. It meant that they would have to slowly dig through the light if they wanted to reach the regions inside it.
However, the dome radiated a quasi-rank 7 aura. Even making a crack on its external layer would require the help of the powerhouses. Digging through it in a short period would require an actual god.
"The Empire has triggered the formation with the lives of powerful cultivators too," Andrew Elbas continued. "This makes it far harder to find a countermeasure. Unorthodox techniques usually have other unorthodox techniques as a weakness. We would need to sacrifice lives to create something capable of destroying this blue light."
At those words, the mood of the invaders plummeted. They had enough assets to match those sacrificed by the Empire during the activation of the formation, but none of them would be willing to give their life for the task.
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