Chapter 279: Aisha Is a Despicable Woman!

"Hmm, about that, haven't you noticed that the magic power here is problematic?" Haiou Yihau asked in an obvious tone.

Naimi Xisi furrowed his brow, contemplated for a moment, and finally discovered the anomaly.

"The magic power here has stagnated?!" Naimi Xisi exclaimed.

Juan Ce Long possesses an ability called 【Arcane Vision】, which lets him see situations ordinary people cannot.

He saw the magic power throughout the pocket space as if frozen by some force, permeating the entire area.

"Could the Magic Net here have fallen into dead silence? No, that's not right." Naimi Xisi closed his eyes, sensed for a moment, and denied it.

Haiou Yihau said helplessly, "The maze lock constantly draws magic from the external Magic Net to sustain itself; the pocket space's internal magic is abundant, so the Magic Net cannot be dead. Yet the magic still stagnates, because—"

"Because magic power is a subsidiary of the Magic Net!" Naimi Xisi's eyes lit up.

"Magic is part of the Magic Net, and the Magic Net is a great entity that spans the Multiverse. The Magic Net within this pocket space is one with the external Magic Net, yet this spell has frozen the active state of the Magic Net in this region."

"From the perspective of the external Magic Net, the Magic Net here has already fallen into dead silence, even though everything inside the pocket space remains active."

"Thus, the magic is generated by the Magic Net within the pocket space, but the overall Magic Net refuses to acknowledge it, leaving it in the stagnant state that only a dead‑silent Magic Net can cause." Naimi Xisi muttered to himself.

"So I cannot break through the age tier, because in these 52 years I haven't absorbed a single strand of magic here, and my body naturally cannot grow."

Realizing this, Naimi Xisi felt a tinge of regret. He had thought that by exploiting the differing flow of time here, he could slumber for millennia, transform into an ancient dragon, then reemerge; by then the outside world might have experienced only a few hundred seconds, and he would be invincible among mortals!

However, that does not mean he cannot use this place to save his own time.

Naimi Xisi glanced left and right at the top level of the Time Observation Tower, finding the space immensely wide, nothing like the cramped view from outside the tower; it was clearly expanded by spellcraft.

This deepened his admiration for the Quasi‑God Lich's spell mastery. With only Divination spells, he achieved effects that normally require Transformation, Conjuration, and other schools.

The expanded vast space before him, in his eyes, was a perfect place to slumber.

Although his growing self needs to absorb magic day and night, his sleeping self no longer has such a great need.

When he first transitioned from a young dragon to an adult dragon's sleep, it took three years; this breakthrough might take considerably longer, perhaps five years or more, he sensed.

As long as he can find a way to gather some absorbable magic—doesn't need much, just enough to sustain his vital signs during sleep—

he can return here each time he sleeps, saving a huge amount of time required for slumber.

Moreover, any time‑consuming tasks like researching spells or studying knowledge can be shifted to this tower.

As long as it doesn't involve magic, here he gains the greatest benefit—no time cost!

This tower is a heaven‑sent gift for a Spell‑Mania giant dragon like Naimi Xisi!

It perfectly resolves the time conflict between a dragon spending time researching Arcane Power and needing sufficient sleep to break through age tiers.

Although this semi‑plane hub also allows arbitrary opening of portals to various locations within the Am Realm and capturing creatures without resistance into the semi‑plane,

such features are insignificant compared to the Golden Finger 【Momentary Eternity】.

Naimi Xisi felt this pocket space was just like the portable spaces in online cultivation novels where protagonists obtain time‑accelerating spirit‑herb plots.

Such a Golden Finger‑like artifact, however, was crafted by the Quasi‑God Lich themselves.

Naimi Xisi once again intuitively sensed the gulf as deep as a chasm between a Quasi‑God and the Legendary.

Whether it's mighty divine power or a Quasi‑God, once the character "God" is attached, it signifies a world‑apart distance from mortals, even from the Legendary.

"Alright, send me out." After learning everything about this place, Naimi Xisi had the tower spirit return him to the temple.

Youying Long Alvarez, upon seeing Naimi Xisi, instantly knew the other had successfully seized the semi‑plane hub.

Because, according to that skeleton's disposition, any intruder who fails his test has no chance of surviving.

"Ah," he sighed, squinting and winking as he scrambled to Naimi Xisi's side. In a hoarse voice he said, "Master."

Naimi Xisi, satisfied, patted his gleaming gray‑silver horn, while Xia Nai and the others hurriedly gathered around.

"How about it, can we go out?" Xia Nai asked eagerly.

Naimi Xisi smiled and nodded.

Beside them, Kai De anxiously asked, "Excuse me, did you see Aisha inside?"

Naimi Xisi raised an eyebrow, "Regarding that, I do indeed know where your Aisha went."

Kai De and Mo Lei Nuo's eyes lit up with anticipation toward Naimi Xisi. Only E Bi Si stared at Mo Lei Nuo with a dim look.

Naimi Xisi curled his lips; having mastered the semi‑plane hub, he knew everything that happened here, including the past.

He waved his hand, and a Light Screen materialized in the air.

A woman with golden long hair and almost bone‑white skin fell onto the wasteland, wrapped in a shadow cage.

And she lingered there for a long time.

!

Until a mysterious figure cloaked entirely in black robes appeared near a black octahedron.

The mysterious person brandished two curved blades, revealing a scarred face—it was the already‑dead Ma Luo Fu!

In just a few strokes, he shattered the shadow cage's restraints.

A woman with a pale, fragile visage, yet an undeniable stunning aura, rose—Aisha.

Kai De and Mo Lei Nuo stared at Aisha's pitiable little face, their hearts tightening, especially when they saw the man wielding twin blades approach her, his eyes blood‑red.

They seemed to foresee what was about to happen; Mo Lei Nuo even subtly turned his head away, unable to watch.

But they did not expect that the two on screen would actually start conversing.

Although they could not hear what was said, the two seemed to know each other, and Aisha showed no sign of fear.

Kai De and Mo Lei Nuo exchanged shocked glances, unable to believe that the fragile girl they treasured like a jewel had any contact with such a vicious criminal.

E Bi Si sneered; she had long thought this despicable woman was no good, and only those two fools had believed her.

As the two chatted merrily, a blue portal suddenly appeared beside them, and a dwarf wielding a hammer rolled out.

"Ah, it's Chui Li Er!" E Bi Si shouted, her face alight with excitement.

Unfortunately, the next moment her excitement was overtaken by anger and sorrow.

Seeing his long‑absent teammate's sister, Chui Li Er, after a brief daze, happily ran toward Aisha.

But what awaited him was not Ai Sha's embrace, but Ma Luofu's sharp twin blades!

Fresh blood splattered the ground, and falling together with the crimson blood droplets was Chui Li Er's head.

"No!!!" Mo Lei Nuo cried in grief and anger.

Because his eyes seemed about to split as he realized that his dear little sister had only given a faint glance at Chui Li Er's corpse, then stepped on the other's head, entered the portal that appeared because of the other, and left this place.

"Looks like your dear Ai Sha and that head‑cutting maniac have a good relationship," Naimi Xisi said.

(End of Chapter)