Both sides exchanged blows. With Qin Chuan and the woman, along with the dragon baby, Qin Chuan's side, once prepared, could essentially kill one person.
The opposing side wasn't to be outdone. Initially, when Qin Chuan and the woman attacked, they tried to defend, but found themselves defenseless.
However, when they attacked, Qin Chuan, the woman, and a magical little beast actually managed to defend, leaving them filled with regret.
After several attempts, when Qin Chuan attacked, they abandoned defense and attacked simultaneously, also killing one of Qin Chuan's side members.
The difference was that Qin Chuan and the woman killed the stronger members, while the opposing side killed the weaker ones.
Now, only three of the strongest members remained. These three were pale-faced, the shadow of death looming over them, the pressure immense; they didn't want to die.
Now, if Qin Chuan attacked, their mortality rate was over 30%, and next time, it would be a 50% chance of death.
Death itself isn't always frightening; what's frightening is the wait before death and the shadow of death—that's the most terrifying thing, the shadow of death that can drive someone mad.
Now, all they could do was hold on, hoping that Zhenfa's efforts would soon be effective and the giant meteorite would fall.
They had considered many possibilities, but they hadn't expected to be on the defensive in direct combat, mainly because the enemy had seized the initiative from the start.
That woman was too powerful. They knew she was the empress of this realm, but they hadn't expected her to be this powerful, far beyond the intelligence they had gathered.
This was truly baffling and incomprehensible to them.
But they didn't have time to consider these things now, and retreating was impossible. If they fled now, others wouldn't spare them either.
Now, they could only use their own abilities to see who would have the last laugh.
Qin Chuan wasn't in a hurry. He was currently contacting the Devouring Beast, instructing it to destroy the formation, while he watched the meteorite getting closer and closer in the sky.
The meteorite was enormous; it was now pitch black, but martial artists had excellent eyesight, so they only felt darkness, which didn't affect their vision.
The meteorite was moving incredibly fast, and the massive hand emanating from it exerted a powerful suction force, like the hand of a god. Even though the meteorite was enormous, it now seemed tiny in the face of this hand.
Qin Chuan glanced at the woman beside him, still composed. She had only shown panic when she mistakenly grabbed his hand and was pulled into his arms last time.
Otherwise, she had rarely panicked.
Qin Chuan slowly reached out and took her hand.
The woman trembled, instinctively pulling away . There were people all around, and although it was dark, everyone could still see things, just not very clearly.
Qin Chuan enjoyed seeing her flustered state; it was adorable. After all, a woman like her, even a little bit of cuteness, was visually striking.
"What time is it? Why are you still acting like this?" the woman scolded playfully.
Qin Chuan smiled. "I'm afraid something might happen, and I won't have the chance to hold your hand again."
"Alright, if we can resolve this crisis, we'll have time. Be good," the woman said softly.
"If we resolve this crisis, will you agree to anything I ask?" Qin Chuan asked with a smile.
The woman trembled but remained silent.
Qin Chuan knew that getting a definite answer from this woman would be incredibly difficult, but the current situation was different; perhaps it was possible.
"What are you afraid of?" Qin Chuan asked.
"I don't know!" the woman looked at him.
"Alright, I said I'd never force you to do anything. Don't worry, I'm very confident now. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they will undoubtedly lose."
"Really?" The woman was slightly surprised.
Qin Chuan had prepared three arrays. Even if one failed, or two failed, he couldn't afford three failures. His greatest confidence lay in his arrays.
A faint halo appeared around the opponent. Qin Chuan didn't act; it was a defensive ability, a very powerful one, but it had a time limit.
So Qin Chuan didn't intervene.
The opponent glanced at the sky, seemingly preparing something. Qin Chuan knew they had the ability to leave the instant they succeeded.
When the meteorite fell, they would leave, while Qin Chuan and his group, without special abilities to escape, would surely die.
In this situation, very few could escape; leaving this place instantly, leaving this world in a short time, was extremely difficult.
The requirements for the treasure and the individual's ability were extremely demanding.
As time passed, the other party's faces revealed smug expressions, while Qin Chuan used the Forbidden Bead at this moment.
The meteorite, like the end of the world, blotted out the sun and crashed down, the scene was exceptionally terrifying, indescribably horrifying.
The sky and earth were dark, the sun and moon lost their brilliance, the sky was gloomy, and the pressure from the airflow generated by the falling meteorite could pulverize a person to pieces.
However, Qin Chuan had already ordered the Array Devouring Beast to act, and it succeeded. The array was ineffective, though not obviously. Not only that, Qin Chuan had the Array Devouring Beast destroy all three locations.
Now was the critical moment; as long as the timing was precise, the meteorite's attraction could not exceed that moment. Once it exceeded that moment, it would fall even without the array.
The meteorite's trajectory could not be disrupted, so the array had to be destroyed before the trajectory, so that the invisible hand would lose its sense.
However, even array masters probably wouldn't know that it had already malfunctioned by now.
The meteorite was falling due to inertia; if it continued for a while, it would return to its trajectory.
Time was running out, and the smiling faces of these people instantly turned pale.
They tried to leave but found themselves imprisoned.
The treasure had malfunctioned.
With the treasure malfunctioning, there was only one outcome: they too would die here.
They assumed Qin Chuan and the others were doomed, so they wanted to take them down with them—which was perfectly normal. At this point, if given the ability, almost anyone would choose this option; after all, taking one's enemies down with them might be incredibly satisfying.
Hmm?
Suddenly, many sensed something was wrong. The powerful oppressive feeling seemed to have stopped increasing, and the still-falling meteorite seemed to have slowed down.
Hmm? It really slowed down.
Not only did it slow down, it stopped altogether. Then, to everyone's astonishment, the massive meteorite began to rise rapidly.
How could this be?
Many were utterly astonished, staring at the sky in disbelief.
Originally, the sky was completely obscured, blocking out the sun and moon. Now, a sliver of light appeared, like a beacon in the darkness.
This beacon grew brighter and larger until the sky cleared, cloudless, with only the wind still whistling in the air.