“Boom boom boom!” the array formed by the chanting virtuous monks and nine enchanted swords chained up to the long metal spike in the hospital building started raining down small droplets of energy from the sky. These energy droplets did nothing to the uncontaminated ground or any other thing that was not affected by the dark energy, but they instantly exploded when they got into contact with the mutated humanoid creatures and other monsters of malice coming out from the hospital, as well as the hospital building itself.

These explosions were not big in terms of scale of impact, yet the energy released was weirdly concentrated, and nothing of malice that was touched by them could endure more than a couple of hits without falling apart.

Some of the creatures of malice were able to get closer to the edge of the array and were almost able to reach the chanting monks. But the air around them just became thicker and thicker the closer they got to the edge, thus their movements were more and more impeded and eventually completely halted due to the almost solidified air. Not only that, the cleansing energy in the air also became more and more intense, the creatures and monsters of malice that were not destroyed by the energy droplets started burning away when they approached the edge. By the time the rest of the creatures and monsters of malice got to their respective places just a few meters away from the chanting monks, all of them had lost their power to do any damage and fell on the ground, slowly melting or crumbling from the outside.

“Pei, we have suspected hostiles coming from the sky.” Robinson and Simmons reported to Pei through the comms.

“Suspected hostiles on the ground approaching as well.” Alexander also reported to Pei.

“Nameless, go and see if you can help with them.” Pei said to Nameless through the comms: “I’ll be managing the array. Agent Hall, Agent Jill, ready the artillery and cover the air and ground.”

“This monk understood.” “Roger.” “Roger”

A faint and low pitched roar came from the distant sky, and a long winding shadow was approaching in a wiggly fashion as if it was swimming in the clouds. 

“Fuck, is that a dragon? A fucking dragon?” Agent Jill was keeping an eye out on the sky, and she almost completely lost her temper and mind when she saw the long and winding shadow in the sky in the clouds.

“It’s indeed a dragon.” Robinson said to everyone on the ground through the comms: “Pei, I’m afraid we’re gonna have to engage.”

“Pei, ground hostiles approaching. Seems to be some mutated insects. I think they’re scavengers trying to pick up escaped malice to fuel their growth and mutation.” Alexander said: “Ground team, ground team, be on alert.”

“Scavengers are cowardly, don’t waste your firepower on eliminating them. Just thwart them.” Pei said as she infused her power into the sword with a wooden blade and a metal handle. The chains now lit up in a yellow and green color, and the entire array started converting the energy from the continuous thunder bolts into some kind of low pitched concussive energy waves. This new form of energy attack was less explosive than the droplets, but it was reaching deeper into the ground below and the inside of the hospital building. These energy waves seemed to be dealing less damage to the creatures and monsters, which led to the situation that more and more creatures and monsters were flooding to the edge of the array.

But, the thick wall of air and the intense cleansing energy was able to hold these creatures and monsters at bay, as their fallen bodies piled up more and more near the edge, yet none of them was able to pose any threat to the monks, not to mention agents of the Division far away from the area of the array.

“Boom!” something exploded in the clouds - it was Robinson and Simmons being casually attacked by a long-bodied dragon with a blind eye, dark scales and countless gruesome looking scars on its body.

“Mortals! You will not touch the core that was buried beneath.” the Dragon glanced at everyone underneath with a scornful look, its voice seemed to even make the clouds shake and the ground tremble: “This turf belongs to me!”

“No it doesn’t.” a portal opened up in the sky and Josephine Wong stepped outside of it with a dark purple orb floating around her left hand: “You will leave this be, or you will help us quell the evil inside of this place. You have nothing to gain here.”

“Josephine Wong… ” the dragon narrowed his only working eye: “I know you are too slow and out of tune with the signs and omens of presence of the most arcane nature. But don’t you try to stop me.”

“There’s great evil here. I know you are not one with the passion for doing good. But this is a kind of evil that is way beyond your control. You will not and cannot master it.” Josephine Wong said with a warning tone.

“Boom boom boom!” some of the ground forces already opened fire on the approaching hostiles on the ground and low air - these were mutated insects, crabs, centipedes, frogs and toads of astonishing sizes, sharp fangs and claws and dangerous colors.

“Your friend is not here.” the dark dragon sneered at Josephine Wong and asked with contempt: “What makes you think you can stop me?”

Just when Josephine Wong was about to answer, the entire West Wing of the Clearwater Municipal Hospital went up in some kind of dark flames. The metal spike at the center of the building was instantly softened and melted. The chains connecting the metal spike and the enchanted swords were in turn melted and broken. What was worse, was that those dark flames started spreading through the ground, swallowing up all the creatures and monsters of malice as its fuel.

The explosion of dark flames also emitted a shockwave from its center of explosion, which not only leveled the entire West Wing and broke down more than half of the North Wing, but also shattered the piece of cloud that was shooting down lightning bolts, conjured by Blue.

“Robinson, Simmons, Blue, are you okay?!” Pei did not expect that the array would take such a hit and sustain this kind of damage, and all she could do now was ask.