Chapter 392: Place of Right and Wrong (22)

"Plop~"

Luosen dismounted from the thin horse, then took the rein and walked to a spot about 20 meters away from the strange woman.

Just as before when detecting the bard, he carefully detected the spacetime fluctuation on the woman's body.

The fluctuation was equally obscure and extremely fine.

In terms of fineness, it is slightly higher than the Dawn Crown.

The fineness of true divine artifacts is always over 23 orders of magnitude, exceeding the limit of mortal perception.

But not being able to perceive fineness does not mean one cannot tell strength from weakness.

Luosen has already seen quite a few true divine artifacts.

After comparing them, he found that the Time Light Pearl should have the highest fineness, followed by the Dawn Crown, and then the Blood Scepter of Blood Drinker Weikade.

The true divine artifact on this woman has fineness comparable to the Blood Scepter, but its fluctuation characteristics are completely unfamiliar.

"Could it be that this is also an apostle of some otherworldly true god?"

The information is too scarce to judge.

After thinking, Luosen also used a Time-Space Condensing Pearl on her.

While casting the spell, he worried the other party might notice, so he was very careful.

Fortunately, the woman was happily watching the circus and noticed none of Luosen's actions.

After confirming he had not been discovered, Luosen began gathering information fragments from her soul.

"A dim room, a damp warm dark passage, mournful groans, a smell of blood filling the nose."

"Go on~ Liv, go to another world to join the expedition and spread my faith!"

"Beauty is an excellent tool for women to control men, and once they control men, they essentially control the world without bearing any risk."

"Wear this, and it will protect you from misfortune's interference."

In the information fragments, Luosen also saw the image of an unfamiliar woman.

This woman possessed an unforgettable, outstanding demeanor at a glance, and she had a name: "The Joyful One Talayana."

Luosen clicked his tongue in amazement: "Is this a true god from another world? She's really beautiful~"

Of course, beautiful as she may be, her essence is nevertheless a poisonous rose.

The young woman watching the circus before him must be Liv.

She is clearly an apostle of the Joyful One, her status roughly equivalent to that of Akaman, the apostle of Blood Drinker Kawede.

"Souls enter this half-plane through a spacetime tunnel, secretly parasitizing prostitutes' bodies, then gaining control of the body by consuming the prostitutes' bodies. Isn't this just the ghost story the warrior told me?"

He originally wanted to go to Blue Stone City's brothel for an on-site investigation, but he never expected to obtain the answer unexpectedly from the circus troupe.

It can also be inferred that the brothel inside Blue Stone City is the headquarters of the Joyful One Talanya.

But now, an apostle of the Joyful One has appeared in the eastern suburbs, certainly not just to watch the circus.

"Why have they come?"

The information fragments yielded no relevant details, but Luosen guessed it was most likely related to the Dawn Crown.

Considering the opponent's protection by a true divine artifact, to avoid startling the snake, Luosen gave up further investigation.

He led the thin horse to the circus troupe's backyard, cast a strong sleep spell and a weakness spell on the giant bear to ensure it wouldn't cause trouble, then led the horse to wander aimlessly near the arena.

While wandering, Luosen actually discovered another five true divine apostles, and even Blood Mage Akaman had come!

"Hiss~ Not right~ Very not right!"

"With so many true divine apostles gathering near the bard, they surely have a means to detect true divine artifacts. It's very likely they have already roughly located the Dawn Crown."

In other words, the eastern suburbs arena has already become a place of right and wrong, where a terrible conflict could break out at any moment.

"Since this is a trap laid by the Dawn Emperor with great effort, once triggered it will absolutely be extremely dangerous; I had better retreat quickly."

He indeed possesses mortal peak time talent, but his strength is still mortal.

Dealing with a single true divine apostle is already taxing, but he lacks the ability to face so many of them.

Moreover, he still has to face the creator of this half-plane.

As the saying goes, a gentleman does not stand beneath a collapsing wall; if he does not retreat now, once the trap is triggered he might not be able to withdraw.

Thinking this, Luosen immediately mounted his horse, whipped it, and without hesitation fled the eastern suburbs arena.

While withdrawing, he naturally did not forget to contact Adela: "The situation in the eastern suburbs is extremely tense; I have already found the traitorous nobility you mentioned, and also discovered that multiple forces are coveting the Dawn Crown, each side carrying true divine artifacts."

"For safety's sake, have your people quickly withdraw from the eastern suburbs."

Adela initially did not quite understand, but upon hearing the three words "true divine artifact," she was startled and all extraneous thoughts vanished.

"I'll arrange it right away."

After saying that, Luosen still felt the speed insufficient; he simply jumped off his horse's back, used magic, and rushed toward Blue Stone City at top speed.

At the same time, he contacted Tiralin.

"Tiralin, come immediately to the East City Gate to meet me; we must leave Blue Stone City quickly."

"Ah, what's happening?"

Although she asked that, without waiting for Luosen's reply, she immediately added: "I'll be there in three minutes."

Luosen had already arrived at the entrance of the East City Gate, but he did not go in; he just waited at the doorway.

After a few minutes, the invisible Tiralin arrived.

Luosen took the lead heading north: "Let's go, head north."

The north of Blue Stone City is a steep mountain forest.

The two sprinted all the way, soon entering the depths of the mountain forest.

Luosen continued without stopping, one side sprinting up the steep mountain road while explaining the situation. About an hour later, the two had run fifty kilometers and reached the summit of a towering mountain that pierces the clouds.

"This should be about right."

Luosen sat on a flat rock on the mountain summit, then condensed a water mirror before him, and observed the situation at the eastern suburb arena of Blue Stone City from afar.

Tira Lilin sat beside him: "In other words, the Abyss has actually been invaded by true gods from another world higher than the 23rd ring."

As she spoke, her face was already filled with horror.

Luosen slightly nodded: "More accurately, the true gods haven't come over; at least they haven't come to this demiplane; those who came are merely the true gods' apostles."

"Of course, even so, that's still troublesome enough."

In the water mirror, the eastern suburb arena remained very lively, even livelier than before.

Luosen stared at the six true god apostles he had marked earlier, observed their movement trajectories, and clearly felt that they must already have known about the "Traitor Nobles."

The reason they haven't acted yet is probably also due to a similar wariness of Luosen.

"Lilin, do you know the secret of the Dawn Crown?"

Tira Lilin shook her head: "The secret of the Dawn Three Imperial Artifacts is known only to the royal family."

After a pause, she continued: "However, I understand the specific manifestations of the Three Imperial Artifacts' power."

Luosen listened happily: "That's enough."

In the following time, Tira Lilin carefully explained to Luosen the power of the Three Imperial Artifacts.

Luosen listened attentively.

At the mountain peak, the wind howled, clouds rolled and unfolded, time flowed by second by second.

Suddenly, Luosen's mind shuddered slightly, and he saw a clear spatiotemporal illusion.

In the illusion, the prosperous Blue Stone City turned into an expanse of ruins choked with black smoke, with countless corpses piled among the wreckage.

The lively eastern suburb arena directly became a boiling lava pool, incandescent lava bubbling and gurgling, while in the lava shallows, white bones piled up like small hills.

It was a scene of apocalyptic destruction! Moreover, the reach of this doomsday vision extended a full 100 kilometers outward from Blue Stone City as its center.

Luosen jumped up in shock: "Lilin, this place isn't safe enough; we haven't run far enough."

After saying that, he fiercely cast various supportive spells on himself and Tira Lilin, then sprinted north at full speed.

While running, he didn't forget to contact Ade La: "Aolaites's trap is utterly mad; it could very well destroy the whole Blue Stone City; you must flee immediately—get beyond 100 kilometers? No—flee as far as you can!"

Ade La exclaimed in shock: "How could I be completely unaware of something this huge?"

She, too, is a time adept; for something concerning her own safety, she ought to have sensed it.

Luosen immediately said: "Don't forget, Aolaites is the ruler of this demiplane; he also wields the strongest temporal-spatial artifact of the Dawn Empire, fully capable of masking your sense of danger."

Ade La believed him: "I'm withdrawing now."

After saying that, she again felt curious: "But how could Your Majesty perceive it?"

"Hurry up and run north to meet me; I'll explain after we join forces."

With the aid of temporal-spatial magic and ordinary spells, he and Tira Lilin simply employed Flight Spell, their speed directly exceeding 400 kilometers per hour.

Soon they had gone another 90-plus kilometers, putting them roughly 150 kilometers from Blue Stone City.

But Luosen's sense of warning remained strong; it not only didn't weaken, it actually grew considerably.

His heart twitched slightly: "I'm definitely being singled out by Aolaites."

Thinking that, he immediately said: "Lilin, we're about far enough; stop the high-speed advance and hide."

As he spoke, he stopped his steps, ceased all spells, and simultaneously activated Undercurrent Surge, enveloping both himself and Tira Lilin within it.

Given his current temporal aptitude, the concealment effect of the spell is nearly flawless.

Once the spell was cast, Luosen's sense of danger immediately diminished greatly; and as time passed and the distance from the original hiding point increased, the sense of danger grew weaker.

This suffices to show that even the plane's master, Aolaites, is not omniscient and omnipotent.

He may command the vast power of the Dawn Empire, but in temporal aptitude he falls far short of Luosen now, so naturally he cannot see through Luosen's spell.

Only then did Tira Lilin notice Luosen's change, and she too was greatly startled.

"Your Majesty, your temporal aptitude"

"Before, although you were stronger than her, you could still see her silhouette; now you can't even see her shadow."

Luosen chuckled: "I've used some curious means. Once this crisis is over, I can enhance your heavenly aptitude for you."

"But for now, we continue on our way."

Even without magical aid, the divine body's speed is quite fast.

The farther we go, the safer we are.

Tira Lilin had long trusted Luosen's abilities without doubt, and her heart instantly filled with many expectations.

A smile appeared on her face, she was about to speak, but suddenly her heart jolted violently, and she turned her head toward the southern direction.

"Oh no, it's a gigantic temporal-spatial prison, with a diameter exceeding 280 kilometers!"

Luosen naturally felt it as well.

In fact, it can be seen directly with the naked eye.

Just about one li to the south, a strange black wall appeared in the sky.

This is 80 kilometers larger than the range seen in the illusion!

Luosen's heart secretly shuddered: "Phew, that was close!"

Aolaites adjusted the prison's range at any moment; if he hadn't run fast enough and hidden well enough, he would surely have been trapped inside.

(End of chapter)