A white beam of light enveloped Bethanos and the strange device. Lily waved her Frostfire Claws at the light beam without a second thought. However, her claws only scratched the light beam and sparks flew. The light beam did not budge at all.
"Don't waste your energy." Bethanos looked mockingly at the people outside. "This is a powerful divine artifact from the Land of Origin. Its power was enough to tear the barrier between the two worlds! An individual's power is insignificant in the face of such a miracle. "
Hao Ren's eyes widened in anger. He did not expect things to turn out this way. The cunning shadelord named Bethanos was only one step away from him, but the strange light film was as indestructible as his Steel Membrane Shield. Lily scratched and scratched for a long time but to no avail. Y 'zaks even rushed up and released an extra-large Pyroblast. After the smoke from the explosion dissipated, the ground outside the light beam was shaved off a whole layer, but the light film was not damaged at all.
"Bethanos!" Hessiana waved her whip and jumped up and down. "You coward! Old bastard! You bastard! What the hell are you doing? Do you know you've destroyed the entire sanctuary? "
"That's why I say you're all short-sighted." Bethanos looked at the people outside with pity. "That's why I never intended to cooperate with you. A sanctuary? A peaceful life in a corner of the world? A few thousand years of peace? I didn't expect someone to be satisfied with this kind of life. But I'm different. I know more than you do. What I'm after is eternal and powerful power. I want to uproot the demon hunters and humans from this world. To achieve this goal … it's a reasonable sacrifice to reduce the number of idiots. "
It seemed that the strange device behind Bethanos would take some time to fully activate. Hao Ren secretly asked the MDT to crack the protective principle of the light film as he distracted Bethanos with another topic. "What the hell is that thing behind you?"
Bethanos ignored Hao Ren and looked at Vivian. "Vivian Ancestor... The Ancient, I have to address you as my senior. It's a pity that your memory is a mess. Otherwise, you could have been my best partner. It's a pity that you don't know anything."
Vivian frowned. "What do you mean? What should I know? "
Bethanos turned back to look at the device behind him. It seemed to be operating much slower than he expected. He looked impatient, but then he began to enjoy the waiting process with the attitude of a victor. With his hands behind his back and his body slightly hunched, he looked like a kind old man as he slowly spoke to Vivian outside the light beam. "You know, actually, we... all of us, including werewolves, vampires, shadelings, demons, wraiths, sirens, and all the other races that are called otherworldlings, are from another world. We are not from this planet, not even from this universe..."
Hessiana scratched her head. "Old man, you've lived too long. Is your brain damaged?"
However, Hao Ren and the others were struck by a thought: the old shadelord really knew something!
"I knew some people wouldn't believe it." Bethanos was not angry. He only glanced at Hessiana. "Even those whimsical humans don't believe in the existence of parallel universes and otherworlds. How many of the otherworldlings have such foresight? The first few thousand years were spent in luxury and luxury, and the next few thousand years were spent fleeing for their lives, dragging out an ignoble existence. The Fool is a sad creature. In this world, only the shadelings would pay attention to these ancient truths. It's a pity that you people still call these truths' taboo knowledge '. Tsk tsk. "
"Then what is that thing behind you?" Hao Ren asked without batting an eyelid.
"This is the gateway to the Land of Genesis!" Bethanos seemed to feel that the situation was under his control. He felt like he was facing a group of prisoners who were about to be executed. He did not care what they said. "The shadelings have spent thousands of years deducing this amazing fact from various broken scrolls and mysterious relics. We were sent to this world by this mysterious thing. It has the power to connect two worlds. If this power is released, it can rival the sun and the moon! I call it the Sacred Relic of Origins. It suits it, doesn't it? "
He then turned around and looked at the crystal panel in front of the device that was getting brighter and brighter. He shook his head with slight regret. "It's a pity that something happened during the transmission more than 10,000 years ago. The Ancients' memories were erased, and some of the oldest Ancients even had some memories …"
As Bethanos spoke, he glanced at Vivian. "... flaws."
Vivian was speechless.
Bethanos ignored the silent crowd. He rubbed his chin and muttered to himself with a fanatical gaze. "What was the purpose of that teleportation 10,000 years ago? Was it for exploration or for conquest? What is our world of origin like? Just how powerful was it? What kind of knowledge and power can I find there? Ah, these questions are really delightful, and some of them even make me a little scared … I haven't experienced the thrill of exploring something new for thousands of years. But no matter what's on the other side of the gate, it can't be worse than this side. And you, you poor, short-sighted wretches, you can slowly regret it here. "
Hao Ren frowned. He was surprised. He did not expect that Bethanos, despite his craziness, would secretly investigate the truth of history to such an extent. His interpretation was closely linked and basically matched all the information that Hao Ren knew. It made people wonder if what he said was the truth.
A low humming sound came from the strange device. When Bethanos heard the sound, his face lit up. "Aha, the energy seems to be full. Although I still want to share some pleasant truths with you ignorant people, it seems like it's time to say goodbye. Perhaps I will return to this world soon. I hope that some of you will be alive to witness my arrival. "
He then turned around and stared at the series of panels on the surface of the device with a fanatical gaze.
The strange device known as the Sacred Relic of Origins let out a sharp screech. Complex operating symbols appeared on every panel on its surface. A light flashed at the top of the device, and the sturdy beam of light began to shrink rhythmically. Obviously, the door that Bethanos had pointed out was about to open. He was about to tear the dimension apart and enter The Plane of Dreams!
"Stop him!" The MDT jumped. "We can't let anything from the Surface World to The Plane of Dreams!"
Hao Ren immediately raised the gun in his hand and aimed at the device behind Bethanos. Not only did he want to stop Bethanos, but he also wanted to stop the gateway from opening because it was very likely that the gateway would deal the final blow to the crumbling Wall of Reality. The powerful force of the psionic gun could undoubtedly penetrate the protective membrane of light, but there was no doubt that the precious device would be completely destroyed as well.
He was hesitating, but it seemed that there was no other way to stop the gateway from opening other than destroying the entire system.
Bethanos sneered as he looked at the people outside the beam of light. He felt that all their efforts were in vain. Hao Ren's finger was already on the trigger. In the next second, the divine psionic flame would destroy the Sacred Relic of Origins, which was most likely the last sample in the world.
However, a second before the trigger was pulled, the sharp sound of the device suddenly disappeared. At the same time, the protective light beam dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The smile on Bethanos' face froze. Before he could speak, he heard an emotionless synthetic voice coming from the device. "Dust removal completed. Dust cover turned off."
Everyone was speechless.
Bethanos was speechless.
"Wait... wait!" Bethanos lunged at the device like a madman. "Wait a minute! It shouldn't be like this! It shouldn't be like this! Where's the gateway? Where's the world of origin? How did this happen? You can't just... "
A huge, flaming finger gently tapped on Bethanos' shoulder. Bethanos turned his head stiffly and saw Y'zaks' face, which was as tall as a human.
Y'zaks sat cross-legged on the ground as lava flowed beneath him (of course, he made sure that the lava did not reach where he was standing). He picked Bethanos up and placed him in front of him. "Little creature, we need to talk about the dialectical relationship between your spirit of exploration and your means of exploration..."
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