CHAPTER 1339: CHAPTER 216: DAD, SAVE ME!!!

——Damn it, clearly just to enhance Aina’s power, but now faced with this unexpected crisis!

At this very moment, how could Carlos not understand that this is the ’crisis’ Ian had prophesied for him?

It’s Yafada, yet it’s also not Yafada causing it... To kill a Fourth Energy Level without a struggle, it’s surely the attack of a Fifth Energy Level!

"Dad, don’t worry about me, go down and protect the others..."

Aina was sharp-minded; how could he not know the reason for his slowed Phototransformation speed? Previously, when using Carlos’s Heart Light Body, it was due to Mahdi holding the front line that he had time to slowly gather strength.

But now, vaguely sensing the terrifying crisis above the Firmament, he quickly made up his mind: "Protect me, and we both will die! But if you, Dad, go deeper down, at least Yisen and Ian can still survive..."

"They’re much smarter than you! Are you still worried about a Prophet?" Carlos shouted, "I’ve told you a thousand times, follow Ian! Follow the Prophet and you won’t die, understand?"

"And stop yelling! I’m your father; even if everyone else dies, even if I die, I have to protect you!"

Phototransformation had been completed, and Carlos, taking Aina, flew deeper down—at the speed of light; in an instant, he arrived near the Third Layer Crimson Courtyard, where the Imperial Exploration Team had established a camp for defense against Exobeast attacks.

Without any hesitation, upon arrival, Carlos immediately summoned his Aether True Body ’Mirror Light Bird’, as layer upon layer of mirror shields surged forth like torrents without needing Aether, stacking hundreds of layers; amidst countless stacked mirrors, it seemed to vaguely form a huge field, constructing an ’Ether Domain’ that surrounded him...

But it was too late.

Above the Firmament, a gray point of light descended straight down, transforming into a towering pillar of light upon entering the atmosphere, falling directly above the Heterogeneous Research Institute Relics.

The soil, rocks, and trees instantly turned to ash, and this was not just simple heat and explosion, but rather the ’phase resonance’ formed by rapidly vibrating Subspace fragments rubbing against reality.

Within this resonance, all matter would change its form and essence; an iron rod might transform into a copper ball after phase resonance, even the fundamental components of matter, atomic nuclei, would split and fuse...

Thus releasing irresistible energy.

A series of miniature artificial suns were born beside the gray light pillar, bringing forth earth-shattering shockwaves.

Energy, shorter-lived but more violent than the artificial stars above World Tree City, tore apart all defenses; the earth and rocks almost instantly transformed into lava, then into golden-red steam shockwaves, spreading and expanding in all directions—and the violent earthquake shattered nearby rock layers, causing a tidal wave to surge on the ground.

This scene was like someone had tossed a giant rock into the sea, hundreds of meters high waves of lava and thousands of meters high blazing clouds spurted up, altering the terrain around Half Moon Lake in a blink, as a giant ring-shaped mountain slowly formed amidst the tumult, with lightning and storms blowing towards the surroundings.

Pure light from underground began to spread towards the camp.

"Oh my god..."

"This is the power of a Fifth Energy Level..."

"Like a god... We’re doomed."

Almost all members of the Exploration Team closed their eyes, feeling they were about to die—even if they did not, they were sure to suffer.

Some even laughed neurotically, "Hey, dying under a Fifth Energy Level attack feels quite worthwhile!"

Aside from this despair, Aina was filled with immense self-recrimination.

"It’s all because of me that Father arrived a step late, failing to construct a complete Ether Domain shelter... It’s all my fault..."

Slowly closing his eyes, Aina lowered his head—deeply regretting, profoundly disheartened; under his leadership, the Imperial Exploration Team had not obtained any valuable gains.

Dragon Crystal, Divine Marrow, Source of Dragon Blood... He hadn’t gotten any, and even the strength he prided himself on lay in Mahdi’s hand; even using the Heart Light Body gifted by his father, he hadn’t defeated the opponent and was instead guarded by them, barely escaping with his life from the Labyrinth Master.

Right now, did Mahdi win? Is he still alive? Yisen and Ian haven’t returned to the team, and the Empire’s two prodigies were about to die in this exploration because of his mistake...

Am I really a qualified Imperial Grandson?

But just then, Aina suddenly heard his father’s soul transmission.

[Aina, stop blindly blaming yourself here! You fool, have you forgotten one thing?!]

[Our Setar Empire, there’s a crucial difference compared to all other forces on this continent!]

With the attack already coming, the dazzling explosive brilliance pressed against the domain constructed by Carlos, but almost instantly, all these defenses were penetrated by the aftershock of the gray light pillar.

Silently, hundreds of mirror shields shattered, and the light splattered from them, like rain, evaporated in the intense light and silent phase resonance, ceasing to exist.

Without a fully unfolded ’domain’, Carlos couldn’t withstand a full blow from a Fifth Energy Level expert, only able to postpone the time until he was severely injured and everyone else dead... At most three seconds later, the doomed conclusion would arrive.

[Aina, remember]

But at this moment, Carlos instead revealed a relaxed smile, his voice continuing to echo in Aina’s heart: [We are the strong of the Setar Empire, Princes, possessing the bloodline of the royal Sunbird!]

[Hey, now, I’m going to do something your second uncle would never do!]

"Father, what are you trying to say?!"

As the light gradually approached, the mirror domain broke piece by piece, death was imminent, and Aina was already completely unable to think; nearly shouting, he responded, "What exactly are you going to do?!"

[Something you can also do] Carlos laughed heartily, followed by his expression quickly transforming to seriousness.

This Grand Prince of the Empire, in the moment of crisis for himself and his son, shouted loudly with his soul, shaking the Domain of Void: [Dad!!!!!]

[Save me!!!!!!!]

Buzz——————

Northwest of Half Moon Lake, where the Imperial Capital is located.

A sun rose.