Chapter 2161: Fear and Conquest

Meanwhile, on the ground.

An endless, intense light radiated outward from the original location of Tuokesente. Even in the daytime, anyone in the entire Xilu of the Main Plane looking in this direction had their attention drawn by this dazzling light, which was brighter than the sun.

The process of annihilation goes from matter to energy, and then from energy to the Void. These lights were essentially the parts of matter that had been disintegrated into energy form but had not yet had time to be completely annihilated; the rapidly expanding energy was released violently, manifesting as light.

In reality, it was a massive elemental shock so pure that even the Magic Net could not channel it, and the impact brought about by this massive elemental shock, which was enough to paralyze the Magic Net, was far more than just an eye-catching brightness.

Southeast of Tuokesente City, near the sister city of Huolinsi, separated by a river.

More than a dozen purple giants appeared out of thin air. The leader looked toward the northwest with a gloomy expression, and none of the surrounding giants dared to make a sound. Immediately after, more than a dozen more purple giants appeared out of thin air, but there were still more fully armed normal humans.

Only then did a purple giant let out a terrified cry: "Tuokesente no longer exists? Lord Zhalanmonai! Tuokesente no longer exists?"

"Stop shouting, I already know!"

Zhalanmonai glared fiercely at the person, as if to soothe the fear in his heart. Just a moment ago, he was still communicating with the city lord Bujifu in the Mental Image World of Tuokesente City.

But soon, all of that was like a phantasm, instantly turning into a bubble at the slightest touch of reality, dissipating into nothingness.

If only Bujifu's avatar in the Mental Image World had disappeared, that would not mean much, but the Mental Image World of Tuokesente had also disappeared. What did this mean?

Zhalanmonai would rather not know; that way he could continue to deceive himself that Tuokesente still existed somewhere in this world, but the fact was—

Just a moment ago, Tuokesente, along with the Artifact stored within it, had been instantly destroyed by some powerful force!

And the teleportation they had been guiding toward the Mental Image World of Tuokesente was also instantly interrupted, appearing in reality. However, at this moment, Zhalanmonai even felt a trace of relief.

If they had arrived at Tuokesente just now, given the strength they had brought to support it, they probably would not have escaped the fate of being destroyed in an instant.

"My Lord, what should we do now?" the subordinate asked again.

By this time, the intense light in the northwest had dissipated. What appeared before everyone was not the Tuokesente City they had hoped would still be struggling to resist, nor was it even the ruins of Tuokesente City.

It was a colorful, dazzling land of Gemstone!

In the very center was a bowl-shaped deep pit with a radius of ten miles, nearly a standard circle. From the center outward was a smooth, curved ring belt slightly concave inward.

Only at the outermost periphery could Zhalanmonai and the others who had come to support Tuokesente discover some familiar environments, such as Gemstone-ized buildings, trees, rocks, and so on.

If they had seen such a land of Gemstone in the past, even a Psionic Spellcaster with little need for Gemstone would have felt overjoyed; after all, even if they didn't use them themselves, they could trade them for things they needed with those who did.

But now, with such a large land of Gemstone placed before them, not a single Scholar or Warrior dared to step forward, and even observing it became cautious, for fear that they would follow in the footsteps of Tuokesente.

"Hmph—"

It was not until the Floating Fortress above their heads disappeared that Zhalanmonai let out a cold snort and said to the people behind him: "Go to Huolinsi City first, and notify Suolinkala that I am preparing to connect the Mental Image Worlds of all Artifacts, and tell them in the Anti School to prepare Psionic Energy in advance!"

"Would that be too rushed? We just lost an Artifact; if we forcibly connect the Mental Image Worlds, there will likely be a huge gap in Psionic Energy!"

"Others have already attacked our doorstep, is it not urgent yet?"

Zhalanmonai wanted to sternly rebuke the dissenter, but after seeing the face of the other's Psionic Avatar, he held back. The other party was his staunch supporter, so there was no need to rebuke, but he still needed to make his attitude clear:

"If there is not enough Psionic Energy, then go conquer! To the south, to the west! Wherever there are intelligent beings, there must be the presence of the conquerors of Zhamu Dasi!"

"At the same time, we are at war with Kaitemier and Calimshan, and the pressure on the various Blade Lords is already great. If we open another southern front, I fear—"

The follower's words made Zhalanmonai's expression stiffen. In the heat of the moment, he had almost forgotten that the western front plan led by the Zeqi School had recently suffered a major change, and Kaitemier had already launched a war against Zhamu Dasi.

However, as the school leader and head of state for nearly ten years, Zhalanmonai also had many unknown intelligence channels. "Calimshan already has the intention to cease fire; we can just promise them for now!"

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"Without Calimshan holding us back, those long-eared ones who only know how to eat their ancestors' legacy are nothing to fear. Conquering the south is imperative!"

Not looking at the land of Gemstone in the northwest, Zhalanmonai's eyes were full of ambition. In fact, conquering the south was not just his own idea; the Zeqi School had long had a complete series of plans, but recent changes had made the hearts of those within the school somewhat unstable.

After slightly boosting morale, Zhalanmonai took his subordinates, followers, and many support troops to the nearby Huolinsi City.

And on the other side.

After waiting for the confirmation message from 【Wide-Area Detection】 regarding the disappearance of Tuokesente City, Xia Duo paused for a while at high altitude before activating the Jump System of the Floating City.

Afterward, until he appeared above his own Territory, he did not wait for any counterattack from Zhamu Dasi. Although he knew that the grievances between the two sides could not be resolved so easily, for now, it seemed that Zhamu Dasi would not take any action.

Another thing was that returning to Netheril did not mean everything was fine; at least the hidden dangers at the consciousness level still needed good news from Yinaole.

However, when he received the application for a visit to the Tower of Time from Bulundesi, relayed by Niya, Xia Duo felt that there should be no problem on Yinaole's side.

Besides Bulundesi, there were many other Elf Envoys within the Northland Alliance who, as if they had agreed upon it, had all submitted visit applications to the Tower of Time.

The Seven Towers were easy to deal with; after all, Yinaole already intended to hand over the 【Mythallar】 technology to the Seven Towers. With the foundation of the Seven Towers, even if they could not get the Annihilation Light, they could still come up with other War Spells. By then, they would know what he had just done and the true meaning represented by the Floating City.

As for the Elves, it would probably take a lot of effort to make them believe that he had no intention of dominating. However, Xia Duo had long had the idea of restricting the abuse of War Spells in the Northland.

It was just that in the past, his one-sided words had no weight, and since he did not have War Spells himself, if he wanted to restrict them, wouldn't he be stifling his own potential?

But now, he already possessed War Spells, and just a moment ago, he had demonstrated the true power of the War Spells he possessed to all parties. This was a suitable opportunity to propose restricting War Spells.