The red chains vibrated continuously, making the entire dimension tremble with them, producing uncomfortable sounds of metal scraping.
The broken chains seemed to possess life—each time Jared severed them, they instantly reconnected, becoming even thicker and more resilient than before. “This won’t work. We’ll exhaust ourselves first!” Jared panted heavily, fine beads of sweat covering his forehead.
He had already attacked nearly a hundred times consecutively, but the strange chains seemed endless. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t destroy them completely. Flaxseed was still cowering behind Jared.
“Jared, this array is too sinister. Our attacks have no effect at all!” he said with trembling lips, his face white as a sheet.
Jared clenched his teeth. The Dragonslayer Sword in his hand erupted with dazzling light again. He knew now wasn’t the time to retreat. Once the chains were to entangle them, the consequences would be unthinkable.
“Let’s try again!” Jared roared, channeling all his remaining celestial energy into the Dragonslayer Sword.
The blade hummed like a dragon’s cry. A massive dragon-shaped sword shadow flew from it, sweeping toward the chains ahead.
Boom! With a tremendous sound, the dragon-shaped sword shadow collided with the chains, exploding in blinding light.
This time, Jared’s attack did have some effect. Several chains ahead shattered completely, transforming into countless crimson light particles. But before Jared and Flaxseed could celebrate, the scattered crimson light particles reconverged in mid-air, forming even more, finer chains that descended like an enormous crimson fishing net toward them.
“No!” Jared’s eyes widened. He hastily held the Dragonslayer Sword before him, trying to block the chains’ attack.
However, there were far too many chains this time. Dense and compact, they were impossible to block completely. Several chains broke through Jared’s defense, wrapping around his arms.
Jared let out a pained groan. The chains seemed alive. Once wrapped around him, they began madly absorbing the celestial energy and life force within his body.
At that sight, Flaxseed couldn’t care about his fear. He rapidly formed seals with his hands, sending a yellow charm flying toward the chains wrapped around Jared’s arm.
“Break!” Flaxseed shouted. The charm erupted in brilliant light. However, the charm’s effect was negligible. The chains merely paused briefly before continuing to madly absorb Jared’s power.
“It’s useless. Your attacks are like drops in the bucket against my Blood God Soul-Trapping Array!” Stebarin’s voice echoed from all directions again, tinged with smugness and cruelty.
Jared’s and Flaxseed’s expressions grew increasingly grim. They could feel their internal power draining at an alarming rate. Their stamina was rapidly depleting as well. If this continued, they would collapse from exhaustion even without Stebarin’s subsequent attack.
“Jared, what… What should we do?” Flaxseed’s voice carried a trace of despair. Jared clenched his teeth, enduring the pain of his power draining.
“Don’t give up. We’ll definitely find a way out!” he said. However, despite his words, Jared was beginning to despair. He could feel that the array’s power far exceeded his imagination, and it seemed to be strengthening continuously.
Time passed moment by moment. Jared’s and Flaxseed’s stamina and celestial energy were rapidly depleting.
Their movements grew increasingly sluggish, and their breathing too became labored. Finally, after persisting for nearly two hours, both Jared and Flaxseed were completely exhausted.
