Death... and me

*Boom, boom, boom...*

Rean and Roan could already hear the sounds of explosions coming from far ahead of them. Not too long after, they finally arrived where Frin and Duran were located.

"Fuck me! This thing doesn't even budge!" Duran cursed as he launched another attack.

Frin, on the other hand, just gave up and laid on the ground, saying, "We aren't at our peak to start with. We've accrued too many injuries, especially myself. Let's sit down and recover first. We can start attacking it after Rean comes back to heal us."

Duran couldn't help but say in response, "Are you crazy?! What if the enemy uses that opportunity to recover from whatever happened to him? We'll be fucked if that happens!"

"Don't worry, it won't happen," Rean said as he approached the location with the others. "We've already destroyed his source of energy, so he won't be able to get anything else anymore."

Duran finally noticed the newcomers before processing the words Rean told them. "I see...but we can't let him stay inside like that. I don't think this energy source you talked about is the only way he can use to heal himself."

Roan agreed with Duran, replying, "I know. Let Rean heal both your injuries first, though. Once the two of you are uninjured, I'll open this formation."

Frin found it strange, asking, "But how do you know how to open it?"

"I don't," Roan replied as he pointed at Rean. "He does."

"I do?" Rean was taken aback to hear that. "How come I don't know?"

Roan glanced at him and asked, "Didn't you just solve our problem back then with another formation?"

Rean scratched the back of his head as he explained, "That thing was different. The first point is that the guy who built that formation probably never thought I could use the spatial runes like that. This protection formation is different, though. I'm not very familiar with its runes. I can only tell that it's an energy barrier that can heal itself. Perhaps, the only way to open it is to use an attack with enough power capable of exceeding the threshold of its protection."

Rean then looked at Roan and continued, "Naturally, your Dark Element would be useless since any damage caused by it would be healed much faster. Also, I doubt we could drain out the Spiritual Energy he has available for him by simply attacking the formation. Otherwise, he wouldn't use this method to start with."

Rean then sat beside Frin, who returned to his human form.

'Life Style, Second Form, Instant Recovery!'

Frin, who was being healed, couldn't help but ask, "Then, is there no other way to get inside? I don't think Duran and I combined would be enough to launch an attack with enough strength to break the barrier."

Duran agreed with Frin on that. "I think the same. Even though we aren't at our peak performance at the moment, our attacks still carry a lot of power. Nevertheless, the barrier didn't even budge."

Rean pondered in silence for a bit before saying, "Perhaps...we can overcharge it."

"Overcharge?" Naturally, everyone did not know of the term.

Rean nodded and continued, "Yes. The things feeding this formation are definitely high-level Spirit Stones. I believe no less than Rank Seven Spirit Stones are being used. If we get a lot of them, I can try to redirect the energy to the barrier, making it store more energy than it usually needs. It should break on its own when it can't control the energy anymore."

Frin and Duran bitterly smiled after hearing the requirements. "Rank Seven Spirit Stones..."

"I don't think our Demon Beast Alliance has any of those. The highest level ones I've seen so far were Rank Six, and we had no more than ten or so of that," Frin explained.

Duran also added his piece, saying, "If I'm not wrong, we have two Rank Seven Spirit Stones in the Soul Rulers headquarters, but that's all."

Rean quickly shook his head after hearing that. "Not even close to being enough."

Frin and Duran couldn't help but wonder after that, with Frin saying, "Then again, if this formation is being charged by Rank Seven Spirit Stones, where did this guy get them? Our planet almost has none of them."

"Well, he most likely isn't from our planet to start with." Kentucky pointed out.

Indeed, neither Frin nor Duran thought this guy was from their planet.

"On the other hand, if we can get inside, we can get ahold of Rank Seven Spirit Stones. That's also a good thing, no?" Celis also thought about this possibility. After all, all he needed was more energy to cultivate.

It was then that Gulan gave the group an idea. "Errr...you said that you wanted to overcharge it, right? Can't we just drain the energy?"

Rean was confused why Gulan would bring something up that he thought was unfeasible. "Didn't I tell you that waiting for the energy to run out would be useless?"

Gulan shook his head in response, clarifying himself, "That's not what I meant. What I wanted to say is, can't we use the formation's energy to feed something else? For example, connect so many formations that would need that amount of Spiritual Energy. Something that Duran and Frin's attack would pale in comparison. Surely there should be a limit as to how much energy that formation can offer, right?"

Everyone looked at Gulan with a hint of surprise on their faces. Soon after, they looked back at Rean and asked, "Is it possible?"

Rean had to admit that Gulan's idea made sense. "I would need to give it a try. However, the materials necessary to build formations capable of using all that energy would be..."

Roan shook his head and said, "Who says we need to build new formations? Don't we already have a certain formation we need to activate? Surely that thing would need that amount of Spiritual Energy, no?"

Everyone's eyes lit up after that. "That's right! The formation to open the portal to the Realm of Gods!"

At the same time, Roan sent Rean a message through their Soul Connection, telling him, 'We can fully activate the World Beast Formation with it as well. Perhaps the World Beast Formation and the portal are part of the same thing.'

Rean immediately nodded after hearing that. "Great idea, Gulan! If all I need is to transfer the Spiritual Energy, that will make things a lot easier."

Rean immediately turned around and headed back to the building with the core. "All of you, leave one to watch over the chamber. The rest will tag along and help me."