Chapter 2653: The Fragile Barrier
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“The individual strength of the dimensional monsters is quite strange. We’ve noticed that their vitality has been gradually increasing, and they’ve become more and more difficult to kill. It’s becoming increasingly harder for us to deal with these anomalous dimensional monsters.”

Stuart’s eyes showed a hint of helplessness as he said, “I suspect it’s those sealing scholars again, throwing something into the alternate dimension that triggered the anomaly.”

“Until three months ago, the dimensional ripples surged again, causing even more trouble for us. We’ve asked the Archbishop for help many times, but each time they refuse, using the war between the frontlines and the undead as an excuse. We’ve been stuck here, engaging in futile battles with these dimensional monsters!”

“Our warriors gave their lives to fill this hole, but what have they done for the Holy Court?”

Fang Heng couldn’t help but glance at Yan Xinyue.

Stuart realized that he had lost his composure. He took a deep breath, calmed himself, and continued, “If you want to help, you can go to the sealed land to reinforce the seal, or deal with the dimensional monsters leaking out from the dimensional space. By the way, they are very dangerous, so make sure to protect yourselves. I don’t want to waste more time sending people to rescue you later.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a list of mission queries appeared on Fang Heng’s retina.

The missions were generally divided into four categories.

There were patrol domains, to protect the seal, defeat dimensional monsters, and reinforce the dimensional wall.

The missions only needed to be accepted once and could be completed repeatedly, with exchangeable rewards being limited to Holy Court contribution points and Holy Court prayer collections (experience points manuals).

The Holy Court prayer collection could raise sacred studies to the master level, but Fang Heng had no use for it at the moment.

At least, at first glance, the difficulty of the missions didn’t seem too high.

Fang Heng casually clicked and accepted all four missions.

“Alright, let’s go.”

The missions had to be done in teams, otherwise, Fang Heng would prefer to work alone.

Fang Heng and the accompanying Holy Court team left the fortress through another exit. At the exit, they registered the time of departure and their designated exploration domain.

The internal regions of the fortress were extremely dangerous and had been divided by the Holy Court into several grid-like domains.

Each domain had its own corresponding risk level.

The Central Restricted Zone was a protected domain, and access to it was strictly prohibited. The remaining domains were categorized into five levels—S, A, B, C, and D—based on their danger level.

Each exploration was limited to a duration of 12 hours.

If a squad failed to return after the 12-hour time limit, the fortresses would dispatch personnel to search the pre-registered exploration domain.

Even so, during the period of spatial fluctuations, fatalities among Holy Court guard squads occurred frequently.

After a brief discussion, Fang Heng and his team decided to explore an A-level difficulty domain.

They planned to assess the situation first.

If they could withstand the conditions, they would venture deeper into the area to observe further.

Passing through the fortress, they entered the inner region of the sealed land. Before long, a sandstorm gradually rose ahead, obscuring the squad’s vision.

Fang Heng attempted to release his perception ability.

Unfortunately, the spatial flow here was too chaotic. Most spatial abilities were rendered unusable, and even perception was disrupted by the spatial turbulence.

To reach their designated Area A, they first needed to pass through Area D and Area B.

Following the map, the squad gradually moved into the sandstorm.

Soon, they entered Area D.

The temperature around them dropped by more than ten degrees instantly.

The flying sand continued to envelop the surroundings, creating a hazy veil of dust ahead.

“Be careful!”

Suddenly, a shadow of a towering creature emerged from the flying sand.

It was the Ice Snow Beast.

In the advanced game world, beast races included high-tier creatures with exceptional attributes and attacks imbued with frost effects.

The Ice Snow Beast before them was an elite monster!

Fang Heng stared at the Ice Snow Beast as it emerged from the swirling sand.

How strange. Ice Snow Beasts were typically found in tundra domains.

Why had one appeared here?

Moreover, it seemed that the Ice Snow Beast had suffered significant injuries. Blood seeped from beneath the twisted, torn fur on the right side of its abdomen.

“Protect Sir!”

The chief guard shouted loudly and, along with several Holy Court guards, immediately positioned themselves in front of Fang Heng.

“Roar!!”

The elite Ice Snow Beast, upon spotting Fang Heng’s group, let out an enraged roar. It charged at the Holy Court guards with incredible speed.

“Engage!”

The elite guards of the Holy Court stepped forward, raising their shields to block the attack.

The two sides clashed swiftly.

Already heavily injured, the Ice Snow Beast’s strength was severely diminished. Surrounded and attacked by the Holy Court guards, its HP was quickly depleted.

[Hint: The player has completed the mission of clearing the dimensional monster that escaped from the dimensional rift. The player has earned 90 seal fortress contribution points and 20 seal fortress reputation points. The player may continue with the mission.]

Fang Heng glanced at the game notification.

So, the Ice Snow Beast had escaped from a spatial rift.

That explained it.

As expected, along the way, many strange high-level creatures appeared.

Without exception, they were all dimensional monsters that had escaped from the dimensional space.

The number was generally not large, and their strength seemed fairly average in Fang Heng’s view, mostly consisting of elite-level high-tier creatures.

Fang Heng did not make a move; the accompanying Holy Court guards were more than capable of handling them with ease.

They proceeded, stopping and starting along the way.

Suddenly, Fang Heng stopped in his tracks and raised his head to look at a high place not far away.

Sealing runes!

High above, the space appeared to be torn open, revealing a fissure roughly ten centimeters long, with several sealing runes affixed to it.

For some unknown reason, the sealing runes had sustained damage.

High-strength spatial turbulence continuously leaked out from beneath the damaged runes.

“Spatial rift…”

Fang Heng could not help but mutter to himself.

It was precisely because of the large number of spatial rifts that caused the area to become extremely unstable.

Fang Heng flipped his wrist, and a rune suddenly appeared in his hand with a whoosh.

“Whoosh!”

With a sharp flick of his right hand, the rune paper shot swiftly toward the rift in the air, sticking to it with a crisp pa sound.

Buzz…

A dim light began to emerge.

[Hint: The player has completed sealing a micro spatial rift. The player gains 350 seal fortress contribution points and 120 seal fortress reputation points, and can continue the mission.]

Fang Heng glanced at the game hint and thought to himself that technical skills really paid off.

Previously, defeating an elite monster barely earned 100 contribution points, but sealing a broken spatial rift brought in 350 points with ease.

Effortless.

“You’ve studied sealing arts?”

Fang Heng’s move shocked Yan Xinyue.

In her view, the difficulty of this series of tasks in the fortress’s sealed area was simply sky-high!

The sealing art abilities of ordinary players were practically at a beginner’s level.

Seal a spatial rift?

Wasn’t that a pipe dream?

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