Chapter 165: Temporal Exile, New World

The raging spacetime turbulence surged wildly, bearing an aura of total annihilation, and swept over in an instant.

Facing Mantis Girl Leila Bolante in such a desperate situation, with urgency and a genuine expression, Fulade bit down, and also had to use a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

Seeing the spacetime turbulence like a torrent that selects its victims, surging forward, Fulade no longer hesitated and swiftly flew to the Mantis Girl's side.

Even so, Fulade did not drop his vigilance.

When the Mantis Girl saw Fulade finally willing to come to her side, she felt a joy in her heart, and the previously anxious face showed a smile as if a burden had been lifted.

She produced a relic bearing intricate patterns; the terrifying energy it contained far exceeded the Level Three scope.

Could it be… the treasure that a Level Four strongman from the Mantis Plane gave the Mantis Girl for survival?

Thinking of this, a glimmer of hope flashed in Fulade's eyes.

As Mantis Girl Leila Bolante crushed the relic in her hand, a massive energy wave rippled outward, and a surge of spatial force descended instantly.

Just as the two breathed a sigh of relief, the spatial force that had offered them a glimmer of hope was instantly disturbed by the surrounding raging spacetime force and vanished in an instant under their stunned gazes.

"No! How can this be!?"

Mantis Girl Leila Bolante screamed in a voiceless shout, clearly not expecting such a turn of events.

It should be noted that this was forged by her father himself, a powerful life‑saving tool for critical moments, how could—! Looking at the terrifying turbulence that instantly swept toward them, the faint composure that had remained on Leila's face vanished, replaced by a deep despair flashing from her eyes.

Just as Leila, having lost her last support, turned pale and fell into despair, Fulade suddenly said, "Max out the defensive skill, follow me, let's make one final fight!"

Before the words finished, he charged straight into the side‑positioned spacetime turbulence.

"You're crazy!" Leila blinked in surprise, mouth slightly open, eyes wide, and shouted instinctively.

However, under the threat of the surrounding raging spacetime turbulence, instinct drove her body to follow behind Fulade.

Fulade was naturally not insane; according to Luo Si's instructions, due to the chaos of spacetime force, an unknown spacetime portal suddenly appeared within the southeastern corner of the spacetime turbulence.

That would be the only hope of escape for the two.

While astonished, Fulade couldn't help but be overjoyed; as long as there was a sliver of hope, he would risk his life to fight for it.

Thus, under the guidance of Spider Queen Luo Si, the two continuously darted through the spacetime turbulence; even sprinting along its edge was an extremely dangerous act for Fulade and Leila.

Streams of blood spurted continuously; the sturdy Magic Rune armor on his body had already been battered by the spacetime turbulence into tatters, leaving only a few broken fragments clinging to him.

Blood drenched him, flesh peeled, and even his entire skeleton had cracked, rendering his form unrecognizable as human.

The Mantis Girl following closely fared no better; the simple armor on her body had long vanished, her pure white body now starkly exposed.

Unfortunately, the allure was long gone, replaced by dense scars covering her body.

Had Fulade not constantly supporting her, she would likely have died long ago.

In truth, Fulade had considered abandoning her, walking away. Yet thinking that she, in crisis, still wanted to bring him along—though he didn't know why the Mantis Girl acted so—he could not betray her.

Under the wash of the spatial turbulence, their energy plummeted to the abyss, about to give up, when a narrow spacetime portal finally appeared before them.

It was a deep‑blue spacetime portal barely a meter across.

Overjoyed, the two had no time for careful observation; under the eroding spacetime turbulence, they glanced briefly and leapt into the portal without hesitation.

Meanwhile, several fierce spacetime currents continuously converged and collided, forming a terrifying spacetime energy storm that instantly coalesced.

The moment the two entered the portal, the dreadful spacetime energy storm surged like a mountain‑roaring tsunami toward them, and the spacetime anomaly born in the turbulence was instantly extinguished!

……

It is an azure‑colored plane world strikingly similar to Earth.

Overall composed of seventy percent ocean and thirty percent land, it appears from afar like a giant blue water sphere.

At this moment, Fulade, who had burst into another space, was in poor condition, plummeting at high speed.

"Micro Plane?" Fulade muttered, transforming into a massive blazing fireball that fell toward some point in the center of this world.

His energy was already depleted, leaving Fulade unable to summon an energy shield; at this rate, he might become the first to evade the spacetime turbulence only to be burned alive by atmospheric friction! "Poison Sting! Come out!" Fulade strained to activate the law arm ring, transmitting his will telepathically.

The portal opened, and a black fluid creature lunged at Fulade, enveloping him, shielding him within a large sphere that continued its descent.

That black fluid was the Level Three creature Poison Sting that had entered the Dark World, seeking to parasitize the Green Blade Bug Race's Laisi, a variant civilization!

Through the subtle influence of the law arm ring, Fulade subdued it and turned it into his slave creature.

Immediately upon emerging, the Poison Sting, understanding its master's predicament, instantly transformed into a sphere, enveloping Fulade within its body.

From a distance it resembled a black meteor sliding down from the sky.

Fulade's surface flames were extinguished, but the Poison Sting, in his place, began to blaze gradually under atmospheric friction.

Such a rapid descent, combined with atmospheric friction, in an instant generated heat surpassing that of magma!

Fortunately, as a Level Three creature, the Poison Sting, though severely wounded, could still barely sustain itself.

The flames grew fiercer, and as it passed through the plane barrier 【ps: i. e., the atmosphere】, the Poison Sting's body visibly shivered.

The pressure from the plane barrier caused the Poison Sting's aura to wane a few points within mere minutes.

As they neared the ground, Fulade could see, amid a sea of metallic ruins, a somewhat dilapidated steel city standing tall, populated by many humanoid beings bearing a striking resemblance to humans, moving through its streets and alleys.

What surprised Fulade most, however, was the steel city floating mid‑air! "Boom!!" A flaming meteor crashed instantly into a corner of the ruins.

Accompanied by the clanging and rumbling of collapsing metal, a crater exhaling thick black smoke appeared within the massive metallic wasteland.

(End of Chapter)