Chapter 211: Master Anxi

Ao Xiliya quickly completed the spell and waited silently.

Lei En asked, "Xiliya, are you sending a message to Master Anxi?"

"Yes, the teacher should arrive any moment," Ao Xiliya replied. She looked at Lei En, a hint of hesitation on her face, and finally couldn't help asking, "How can you see through my invisibility? Moreover, you don't seem at all surprised by my identity."

Lei En immediately shook his head, denying with a calm face, "Actually I'm quite shocked; I just didn't have time to ask you during the battle."

"It's still my first time seeing a true dragon!"

"Is that so?" Ao Xiliya seemed skeptical, her rainbow eyes fixed on Lei En as she pressed, "Then how did you see through the invisibility?"

"Um…" Lei En scratched his head; this matter was hard to bluff away.

If she denied everything, Ao Xiliya certainly wouldn't believe her; half‑truth might be better, perhaps she could slip through.

"I possess a Legend Grade Element called the Will of Truth," Lei En explained half‑heartedly, a smug grin on his face. "Hehe, so you understand…"

"Will of Truth!"

Ao Xiliya shouted out, then realized her slip and quickly covered her mouth.

The currently known Legend Grade Elements are only a handful; every transcendent being has at least heard of them. As a rainbow dragon with an insatiable thirst for knowledge, she naturally knows the power of the Will of Truth.

Before the Will of Truth, all disguises and invisibility are useless.

Even a rainbow dragon's Rainbow Light Cloak is no exception.

Ao Xiliya's cheeks flushed as she recalled boasting before Lei En that her invisibility could never be uncovered, only to find he possessed the Will of Truth.

He must have been mocking me then…

Thinking of that, Ao Xiliya gave Lei En a slightly embarrassed glare; the guy is such a pretender—she'd been invisible beside him for almost a month and he never noticed her feigning blindness.

Fortunately she hadn't done anything shameful while invisible, or she'd have lost face.

Lei En, puzzled by her stare, quickly changed the subject, "Before today, was Master Anxi the only one who knew your identity?"

"Hmm." Ao Xiliya nodded with a cold expression. "Please keep it secret for me."

"Of course. I'm always tight‑lipped. Xiliya, you can rest assured," Lei En pounded his chest in assurance.

But his secrecy alone won't suffice; two others also saw.

"Master Luyin used to be close to me; I often consulted him on Arcane knowledge. Though he's left Fu Kong Cheng, he isn't a scheming type, so he shouldn't leak it," Ao Xiliya said, trusting Luyin's character. "That shadow assassin Yisu…"

Lei En sighed, "I'll go find him and ask him to keep it secret, provided he's still alive."

"Thank you." Ao Xiliya whispered gratefully.

"No need to be so formal." Lei En smiled, sincerity evident, "You saved my life just now; it's only natural."

"You saved me too."

Ao Xiliya's expression softened.

She hadn't forgotten that Lei En's desperate assault on Luyin interrupted his casting, forcing Luyin to release his spatial bind, lest she have perished in the cavern.

The two exchanged a grateful smile.

Having fought side by side, sharing life‑and‑death trials and each learning the other's secrets, they suddenly felt much closer.

Lei En was about to chat a bit more to liven the mood when the dark sea surface suddenly lit up.

He looked up; a hundred meters above the ice, a massive fireball over three meters in diameter erupted, like a sun, illuminating the cold night sky.

Boom—!

A shrill blast roared, louder than a thunderclap, flames boiling outward in all directions; the terrifying heat seemed to scorch the very space, carving a pitch‑black hole.

The hole expanded, its center glowing, eventually forming a bright passage.

A few seconds later, a figure emerged from the fiery tunnel.

"Holy Soul Wizard, known as the Great Anxiwodasi, leader of Weizelan's Fu Kong Cheng, founder of the Mo Du doctrine, one of the Empire's three great heads!"

Lei En's breath caught; the entrance was dazzling, shocking, and utterly cool!

Indeed, a Holy Soul Wizard!

Master Anxi's appearance matched the rumors down to the last detail.

He was very tall; Lei En estimated him a bit taller than himself, yet his build was slender and graceful, clad in a purple robe.

The magical robe's design was odd: the back‑neck collar rose above his head in three panels like a backdrop, attached to thick cloth shoulder guards, with purple ribbons hanging from both shoulders, fluttering in the wind, giving a very ethereal look.

Lei En recognized it as an epic‑level enchanted robe called the Violet Robe.

Master Anxi's hair was all white, neatly combed back; his eyebrows and beard were also white.

His upper‑lip and chin beard were long and dense, clearly meticulously groomed, hanging down to cover half his torso, both elegant and imposing.

The most striking feature was the massive staff in his hand, long and thick, taller than him by a head. Its shaft was split into two sections, covered in runes; the top resembled a blooming flower, four petals encircling a huge purple crystal larger than an adult's fist, surrounded by six condensed rune rings that rotated continuously.

"Akus Holy Staff!"

Lei En's eyes lit up; it was a Legend Grade staff that had accompanied Master Anxi for nearly a millennium, renowned throughout Ai Lun E Si!

Anxiwodasi stepped out of midair, and the fiery passage behind him closed instantly.

In a flash, he appeared on the ice surface.

"Master." Ao Xiliya quickly bowed.

Lei En also greeted, "GrandSpeaker." He didn't risk a misstep, using his Soul Eye to covertly observe, yet still felt an indescribable terrifying pressure, as if the elder before him were not human but a deity of unfathomable heavenly might, making his heart tremble.

The feeling was many times stronger than when he first met the Duke of Silver Star.

Clearly, Anxiwodasi's power far surpassed the Duke of Silver Star.

"Ao Xiliya, Lei En." Master Anxi nodded, his expression calm and unhurried, even showing a gentle smile that dispelled the Holy Soul Wizard's inherent pressure, soothing their spirits.

"What have you discovered?"

"Master, we encountered Master Luyin." Ao Xiliya briefly recounted what they had just discovered.

Master Anxi gave a gentle nod after listening.

He stroked the white long beard on his chest, a thoughtful look in his eyes, and said, "The ultra‑long‑range teleportation array built with Star Realm Pillars… Ao Xiliya, can you discern the direction? I wish to go to that island and see it with my own eyes."

Ao Xiliya, a mage specialized in Arcane, has an excellent sense of direction.

Ao Xiliya points the direction without hesitation and provides an approximate distance.

"I understand." Master Anxiwodasi raised his hand and pushed forward; with a boom, flames glittered, a flame passage formed within a few seconds, and he stepped in first.

Lei En and Ao Xiliya hurriedly followed.

The scenery shifted before their eyes; when Lei En emerged from the other end of the passage, he found himself above the sea, standing on a semi‑transparent force‑field ladder, with the barren island a few kilometers ahead.

"What a precise portal!"

Lei En couldn't help but exclaim in amazement; Master Anxiwodasi, relying only on Ao Xiliya's few descriptions, cast a spell once and found the exact location—truly a divine skill.

Immediately another roar sounded, and the flame passage opened again.

This time the three were directly teleported to the island's dock; the cargo ship had already fled, the workers were missing, and the rune array that had obscured vision had become ineffective.

Lei En shook his head inwardly; he heard not the slightest sound on the island.

Master Anxiwodasi entered the cave; unsurprisingly, it had been completely cleared, hundreds of large crates had been taken away, and even the corpses were nowhere to be found.

The vast dark cavern was empty.

The stone slab floor that bore the teleportation rune array was first shattered by Ao Xiliya's rainbow‑light dragon breath, then flipped over by someone's spell, leaving not a trace.

Anxiwodasi flashed to the center of the array, his eyes gathering soul‑energy, and after scanning the surroundings discovered nothing.

"Lu Yin's movements are still that swift."

He gave a brief remark, raised the Akus Holy Staff, and struck the ground.

Thud!

A crisp sound rang, the crystal on the staff burst into light, instantly illuminating the whole cavern, the light spreading like a flowing stream.

Gradually, human silhouettes emerged in the light, revealing the illusion from moments earlier.

The whole cavern seemed to run backward in time, replaying the past direction once, but at many times the speed.

In the illusion, the cavern's passage entrance opened a portal, and the crowd—workers and ship's sailors—were driven through it, with large wooden crates floating beside them.

Lu Yin*Anseram's figure appeared swiftly, using a spell to completely erase the array.

And before departing, he cast an unknown spell that generated a blocking interference, rendering the illusion's array indistinct, as if covered with a thick mosaic.

Evidently, Lu Yin had already anticipated Anxiwodasi's methods and was prepared.

Lei En stared in astonishment.

This Legendary High-rank Arcane master is truly formidable; not only can he escape from a Holy Soul Wizard, his handling of affairs is flawless, leaving even the Holy Soul Wizard somewhat helpless.

The illusion vanished, and darkness returned to the cavern.

Anxiwodasi shook his head and asked, "You two both saw that rune array with your own eyes; how much can you remember?"

"Master, we were too rushed then, time was insufficient; I only recall a small portion."

Ao Xiliya showed a troubled expression; the teleportation rune array is a complex magical technique, and even a slight error can cause the outcome to deviate vastly, even become entirely different.

Such a massive array—don't even talk about a few minutes; even an hour might not be enough to remember.

Master Anxiwodasi was well aware of this, originally held no hope, and merely asked casually; Ao Xiliya's answer was as expected, not putting her in a difficult spot.

While he was considering another approach, he heard Lei En respond, "I remember."

(End of chapter)