Chapter 154: Opening of the Time‑Space Passage

Two years passed in the blink of an eye.

Half a year before the Dark World prepared its invasion, Fulade's daughter Anna was born.

A plump little body, a cute baby voice, and a head of red hair.

The newborn Anna not only learned quickly, she could speak after two months and walk after three.

It truly left Fulade and the others stunned.

This also made the women dote on Anna.

Unfortunately, even after two years, no matter how diligent Fulade was, the women longing for children—Malina, Sibyl, Mina and the others—still showed no sign.

Thus, probability theory is like mysticism—its uncertainty is too great.

Since Anna's birth, everyone gradually shifted their attention to little Anna.

Looking at the figure in the distance, dressed in a blue dress and brown leather boots.

Little Elsa, her platinum hair braided into a fluffy plait, cheerfully led her sister Anna, constantly piling up snowmen, and her happy laughter rang across the whole courtyard.

In that moment, happiness seemed to materialize before Fulade's eyes.

"I can see the two sisters get along well," Fulade said to Freya standing nearby.

Freya wasn't the only one here at that moment.

Malina, Sibyl, Mina, Wailali and her mother, the little fairy Sainren, Isabelle, Ailisi, Sonia, and Amelia were all present.

Today is the day Fulade and the others set out.

Behind Fulade stood a Blood Race Elite Squad of twenty, led by the three Vampire Brides—Weiluona, Ailina, and Malisika.

And a ten-person Spellcaster Squad headed by Ravenna and Angelique.

This invasion is a small-scale covert infiltration, and with the limited number of Insect Puppet Clones, the total personnel won't be large.

While bidding farewell to everyone, Fulade noticed that Annie was also hanging at the back of the squad.

This discovery left Fulade feeling helpless.

The chosen infiltrators were selected primarily for their superb stealth skills, with strength being secondary, so Annie's name didn't appear on the list.

Staring at the petite girl before him—childlike face, golden twin tails, stubbornness evident in her eyes—Fulade let out a silent sigh.

He knew well that Annie had lived a lonely, destitute life, constantly bullied, rejected, and despised by her own kind.

As a girl whose purpose was to be recognized and needed by her own race, she grew up slowly.

When Fulade, treading on the morning dew under the dawn's light, walked up to her and promised, "From now on you will be my sister," the girl found her own goal.

All these years, wherever Fulade went, Annie always chased after him without exception.

Fulade knew that beneath Annie's seemingly strong exterior lay an extremely sensitive heart.

"Alright, but remember to stay safe!"

In the end, Fulade still agreed to it.

Regarding Fulade's concession, Annie finally let a brilliant smile break through her usually indifferent expression.

She rarely smiles, so when Fulade saw it, he couldn't help but be startled.

Without further words, after the women exchanged greetings, the group headed toward the Space Rift in Canyon Forest.

That place, once a source of Space Rifts, not only had unusually active spatial particles but also a weaker Space Barrier.

Back then, before sealing the Space Rift, they had pre-installed a Space Positioning Generator onto the Mantis Plane.

Precisely because of that, the Dark Plane could carry out intelligence gathering, invasion, and infiltration plans.

Canyon Forest.

With Fulade's Dark Faction arriving, all infiltrators were present.

The valley was now shrouded by a massive multicolored energy shield.

Complex array patterns were etched throughout the valley, and a dozen Magic Towers stood in its center.

Here you can see the numerous personnel of various factions stationed, closely monitoring and protecting everything.

As the Floating Ship carrying Fulade and dozens of others slowly entered the Temporary Command Base that linked to the Mantis Plane, the other factions had already arrived.

"Lord Dracula."

"Prince Dracula..."

Many leaders of minor factions, upon seeing Fulade's Dark Faction arrive, offered their respects.

Fulade nodded in response to each.

"Everyone's here, right?" Fulade looked around, confirming with the major factions.

Seeing the major factions all nod, Fulade said no more and led the way toward the valley's center. There, where the Space Rift had originally appeared, a sizable Altar now loomed.

Complex magical sigils swirled above the Altar, emitting a faint magical aura.

Everyone halted.

This infiltration involved fewer than three hundred people in total.

Among them, the seven major powers did not all enter; the Northern Ice Plains, led by the Beak Giant Owl Tribe, would guard the Space Rift as a precaution.

Moor Forest was led by Malinfisen, a team primarily composed of the Night Flying Fairy Tribe and some Plant Elves.

The group was small, about twenty people; including Malinfisen, there were four Level 2 Lifeforms, and no Level 3 strongmen were stationed.

It's not that Moor Forest lacks Level 3 strongmen; a year ago a Plant Elf Tree Dragon had achieved Breakthrough Level Three, and now he is one of the guardians stationed at this Temporary Base.

The Night Flying Fairy Tribe is Malinfisen's native race; each member bears colorful wings and horns on their heads.

Among those Plant Elves, there was even a familiar of Fulade—a flower spirit named Diane who vowed to marry him once grown.

Two pairs of tiny translucent wings fluttered, emitting multicolored glints; seeing Fulade look toward them, they excitedly raised their hands to greet him.

Fulade gave a slight smile in response.

Regarding Lord Dracula's "approachability," many minor faction leaders shared a strong impression, rating Fulade as a very charismatic leader.

From this it can be seen that Fulade has maintained his outward image quite well.

Beside the Moor Forest is the Northern Witches, all witches, numbering about twenty, led by the Level 3 witch Vivian, the great leader of the Twelve Witches.

Among them, Fulade saw Cretia, one of the Twelve Witches who has already successfully advanced to Level One Life Tier.

The two exchanged a tacit glance and then looked away; it is better that the Northern Witches not notice the relationship between them, lest trouble arise.

After that.

Fulade then looked toward the Mermaid Tribe representing the eastern seas, also a group of over thirty, led by the Level 3 mermaid queen Avril.

However, among the many marine races, mermaids occupy only five slots.

But that makes sense; as the royal lineage of the sea, the Mermaid Tribe is already few in number and cannot send all its elite to venture.

Moreover, many marine races have submitted to its command, and internal balancing of interests is inevitable, which is understandable.

In contrast to the eastern sea peoples, the western Naga Tribe accounts for half of the infiltrating personnel, showing the differing approaches of the two top sea powers in the eastern and western seas.

Relatively, the Mermaid Tribe is more gentle, causing many lower‑rank sea races to willingly attach themselves under the mermaids.

The western Naga Tribe, however, tends to be far more assertive, possibly due to the larger number of their own kind.

The Bloodline Sorcerers faction of the central‑eastern region represented by Ma'erjin has, in recent years, surged to a peak again as Ma'erjin returned and attained Level 3 Dragon Vein Sorcerer.

The central‑eastern area of the Dark World especially produces many Bloodline Sorcerer families.

Bloodline Sorcerers differ from witches, elemental magicians, astrologers and other caster professions.

If other caster professions are linked by master‑apprentice transmission, inheriting predecessors' knowledge and truth.

Then Bloodline Sorcerers inherit through family bloodlines.

Thus, when Fulade looked, he could see many Bloodline Sorcerers with bizarre appearances or partial bodily mutations.

Such as the Black Mamba Bloodline Sorcerer with turquoise snake eyes and black scales.

Or the Korsin Giant Lizard Sorcerer bearing sharp claws or sprouting wings.

Among them, Ailisi's mother, White Dragon Bird Sorcerer Bonnie Liz, and Shadow Demon Leopard Sorcerer Sa'erjin also appear prominently!

Aside from the six major powers.

The remainder are loose groups formed by minor factions.

Altogether about a hundred people.

Among them, five minor factions account for nearly half of the loose forces.

Including Stardust Witch Miraya from Storm Territory.

With a single command from the major powers.

The Magic Runes on the Altar began to flash in succession.

Powerful magical currents instantly enveloped the whole valley, layers of ripples shimmering with multicolored aurora spreading outward.

With a burst of flashing light, a strong spacetime fluctuation suddenly appeared at the center of the Altar.

When everyone opened their eyes again, a mass whose edges glowed with multicolored aurora and whose core swirled with a white misty Spacetime Passage appeared at the Altar's center, rotating slowly.

As powerful spacetime particles continuously emitted from this passage, the white mist representing spatial force at the core gradually solidified and calmed.

This anomalous spacetime passage leading to the Mantis Plane suddenly formed!

(End of Chapter)