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Qi Zhongdao glanced at the leaders of the six major sects behind him and asked, "Is there any fellow Cultivator who wants to have a life-and-death battle with Han Baling, Qi Changsheng, and Wan Mingzhu right now?"
The leaders and elders of the six major sects looked at each other in bewilderment and shook their heads hard.
"Then, let's just retract our flying swords and magical equipment."
Qi Zhongdao pondered for a moment and said, "The situation is getting more and more chaotic. This Divine Palace does not look like a place where the deities live. Wang Xi, His Majesty, and Master Spiritual Vulture are still there. Let's not act recklessly until we find them."
"Yes. Where is Zhu Zongyou?"
Inside the bridge of the Nuwa warship, Li Yao and Long Yangjun were both anxious. They examined the Grand Illusionary Land with their bloodshot eyes, but they failed to find any trace of Emperor Phoenix at all.
Even the ten or so personal guards of the Fiery Phoenix Camp that Li Yao had paid attention to in advance and had been following Zhu Zongyou closely were nowhere to be found. There was no sign of them, dead or alive.
"This is truly uncanny."
Li Yao scratched his head hard. "Have they crawled into a certain corner and become dark hunters?"
It was a pity that most of the surveillance cameras had been damaged and corroded after such a long time. Some of the intact surveillance cameras could not be activated due to insufficient computational ability.
The hundred or so pictures could only capture one percent of the space on the entire Nuwa warship.
In a place like the temple of the Colossi, surveillance cameras had been deployed in the four corners and at the center of the dome. But right now, only the one in the northeast corner could be activated. Reflecting the entire temple from there, the picture in the nearby area was rather clear, but the picture in the distance was rather blurry, as if it were covered in mist.
"Wait. What's that?"
Long Yangjun manipulated the light threads and adjusted the angle and sharpness of the picture. She suddenly pointed at the dome deep inside the Half-step Grand Illusionary Land and shouted.
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and shaped his spiritual energy into translucent membranes of light. He covered his retina layer by layer and improved his vision to the maximum as he looked into the hazy fog.
For the convenience of the maintenance of the Colossi, the large-scale maintenance magical equipment had to be moved all the time. Therefore, a thousand movable rails were distributed on the dome of the temple of the Colossi. A lot of bizarre-shaped maintenance magical equipment was also dangling down from the rails, like vines dangling from the branches in a dense forest.
On the tracks of the dome that were almost hidden in the darkness, there was nothing at first glance. Only when one observed carefully could one notice the feeble air waves that were slowly spreading out, like ripples in a pond that was wrinkled by the wind.
"It's dust."
Li Yao mumbled, his eyelids twitching. "A bit of dust was blown off from quite a few rails and drifted in the air, as if something invisible was crawling on the rails and moving slowly."
"As for their target …"
Li Yao marked the few rails that were covered in dust and looked along their extension lines. Stopping at the intersection, he looked all the way down, and his heart was immediately frozen.
Below the intersection of the rails was the Colossus with a black skeleton and red nerves.
"What's that? What's that exactly?"
Li Yao suddenly grew anxious. He was very certain that some weird existences that had entered the stealth state had quietly approached the black-skeleton-like Colossus, which seemed to have been fully repaired and should be fully charged with spiritual energy with dozens of thick crystal tubes connected to it, while the Cultivators on the Great Qian Dynasty and Ghost Qin's side were arguing down below.
Li Yao and Long Yangjun looked at each other and saw the anxiety in each other's eyes.
"Is there any way?"
Li Yao gnashed his teeth and asked.
"It's very difficult. If we activate the automatic defense rune arrays in the warehouse of the Colossi, it will be very likely that somebody will discover us."
Thinking quickly, Long Yangjun bit her lips softly and curled her lips. "However, there is an approach that is worth a try. This Nuwa warship has been in disrepair for a long time. Many magical equipment has aged and malfunctioned, or sometimes not. For example, some of the fire-extinguishing and restorative magical equipment …"
She had an unattractive face, but she had a pair of soul-stirringly beautiful hands. Her fingers moved slightly, as if they were dancing a glamorous dance on the threads of light.
As she curled the little finger of her left hand, a light ball no larger than a grain of rice rushed out of her fingertip and was inputted into the pillar-shaped crystal processor along the threads of light like a nerve current.
On the surveillance picture, a cluster of deep blue, thick gas suddenly spurted out from one of the rails where feeble ripples were spreading out.
The gas was supposed to be used to extinguish the fire and should have been spurting out incessantly.
However, as a piece of magical equipment that had been in disrepair for a long time and whose rune arrays had aged, it was quite reasonable that it only synthesized a cluster of inert gas when it was stimulated by the spiritual waves of the outside world.
When the Cultivators on both sides were highly vigilant and anxious, the sound that sounded like a fart was no different from a bolt of lightning on a sunny day.
Qi Zhongdao, Han Baling, Yan Liren, Qi Changsheng, Ba Xiaoyu, Master Bitter Cicada, and Wan Mingzhu all fixed their keen eyes on the rails in midair.
The invisible ripple crouching on the rails had never dreamed that a cluster of deep blue gas would suddenly spurt out from above him. Although he reacted quickly and retreated immediately, part of his body was still outlined by the blue gas. It could be vaguely seen that it seemed to be a suit of armor.
"Somebody's in midair."
Although the target had only been exposed for 0.1 seconds, Qi Zhongdao, Han Baling, and the rest of the Super Yuanying experts were certainly not going to cover it up after it was exposed in front of them.
Shua!
The sword light flashed like a bolt of lightning, turning into dozens of sharp sword lights that shot towards the invisible man from dozens of tricky angles.
Yan Liren took action again.
"Who's sneaking around? Show yourself!"
Yan Liren sniffed. As the flames of spiritual energy soared, the sword auras turned into visible dragons that tied up the rails almost a hundred meters above the ground.
Ding! Ding!
Ding! Dazzling sparks burst out from the top of the rails. Surprisingly, the invisible man was not hurt at all. Instead, he turned into a feeble ripple and retreated quickly into the darkness.
"Huh?"
Yan Liren was slightly dazed. His smile was even more brilliant. He shook his thick and short right arm softly, and the dragons of lightning transformed by the sword auras expanded to almost ten times their original size in spluttering noises. The 'dragon's mouth' that was wide open also expanded into balls of lightning and exploded around the invisible ripples.
Zi! Zi! Zi!
Stimulated by the intense electric arcs, the invisible ripple finally let out dull screams. A clear body appeared in midair. It turned out to be a Cultivator wearing a fully-enclosed, weird armor. His entire face was covered by a spider helmet. There was no telling who he was exactly.
"This is …"
Inside the bridge, Li Yao and Long Yangjun jumped to their feet at the same time.
"Isn't this the armor that you were wearing just now? Do you have a partner?"
Long Yangjun blinked dozens of meters away in almost twenty phantoms. The red crystal armor was tied up and condensed on her arms again, while she eyed Li Yao covetously.
"He's not one of my men. His Crystal Suit is obviously different from mine. You'll know it if you observe carefully."
Li Yao smiled bitterly.
He had already seen the badge of black lightning in the shape of a trident on the chest of the enemy's Crystal Suit.
It was the emblem of the Imperium of True Human Beings.
The worst prediction had turned out to be a reality. There were indeed spies from the Imperium of True Human Beings in the Ancient Sages Sector. They appeared to be a tough tactical squad, and they had discovered the Nuwa warship, too.
"They're your enemies."
Long Yangjun thought quickly and immediately understood what was going on.
While the air in the bridge suddenly became intense, the atmosphere in the temple of the Colossi was even more intense than ever.
The Cultivators were confronting the mysterious person in the Crystal Suit anxiously. Mother White Lotus Wan Mingzhu, however, shrieked, "There are rats on the ceiling!"
Pu!
She raised her broken arm, and a piece of broken bone darted out of the flesh and exploded into an overwhelming cluster of white smoke in midair, covering the rail like a ferocious beast baring its fangs and claws.
This white smoke seemed to contain demonic ripples. Wherever the white smoke went, all concealment abilities were broken.
After a series of cracking noises, more than ten people wearing the Crystal Suit appeared on the rails one after another.
The Exos looked at each other in bewilderment. Realizing that their identities had been exposed, they simply jumped down from the sky and formed a well-trained battle formation next to their first companion who had been electrocuted.
Even the knowledgeable super Yuanying such as Qi Zhongdao and Han Baling were momentarily stunned when they saw the Crystal Suit made in the industrial system of the modern Cultivation civilization, just like Long Yangjun just now.
The fully-enclosed connection method of the armor, the streamlined design that minimized the wind resistance, the glimmer that was beaming out of the gaps of the armor, and the external rune arrays that were so neat that they could be carved to the smallest square inch made the locals of the Ancient Sages Sector feel uncomfortable no matter how they looked at it.
"Who are you exactly?"
Qi Zhongdao bellowed. Holding the Heaven Flipping Seal in midair, the silver ball and the rails revolved at a high speed, ready to be triggered at any moment.
Faced with the mysterious people, the Cultivators of the Great Qian Dynasty and the Cultivators of Ghost Qin were all at a loss. The distance between them was gradually shortened.
"Master Righteous One, don't attack. They are my imperial guards."
Surrounded by more than ten Exos, an Exo wearing a phoenix helmet with crimson stripes on it suddenly smiled.
As he touched his temples softly, the helmet of the Crystal Suit immediately split into hundreds of pieces and folded backward to his neck, revealing Emperor Phoenix Zhu Zongyou's slightly young face.
At this moment, a mysterious smile was popping up on the young emperor's face.
"Your Majesty."
Qi Zhongdao and the rest of them were greatly surprised. Looking at Emperor Phoenix and the 'imperial guards' in 'bizarre clothes' next to him, they were lost for words for a moment. "Well — well …"
My classmates are truly awesome today. Old Ox is so grateful that he almost shed tears.
I can't possibly repay your kindness. Let's make a better one for you.
Let's call it a day and continue tomorrow.
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