Within the silence, the voice outside the door was exceptionally clear.
"That's … the voice of a pixie" Little Dusk said in surprise.
Hearing her say that, everyone felt that it was a bit similar.
Scarlet hesitantly said: "But the door seemed to have been attacked just now, I still feel a bit scared"
Little Dusk said: "You're right, let us take a look — –"
She reached her hand into the void of space and drew a Card.
This Card depicted a Divinity that was parting the clouds to look down at the prosperous mortal world below.
"Truthfully, the entire Isle is under my observation, so as long as we take a look, we'll know what's happening outside" Little Dusk explained.
Gu Qing Shan lightly nodded.
— — Little Dusk had indeed done a good job, and it had only been a bit over a dozen years since she was born.
Little Dusk tossed the Card out.
Right away, the Card turned into a screen of light that appeared in front of everyone.
Within the screen, the situation of the Isle of Protection could be clearly seen, every single location was clearly displayed in front of everyone.
Little Dusk muttered: "Show the situation at the entrance of the secret room"
The screen moved and displayed the situation at the entrance of the Protection Deity's secret room.
Only to see 7-8 pixies blocking the entrance, smirking while swinging the short staves in their hands.
Following their movements, faint images of sharp claws occasionally manifested on the staves.
Little Dusk sighed in relief and muttered: "So it was them playing tricks, I knew it was a prank just now"
She walked up to the door and pulled it open.
The door didn't budge.
"Ah? Why can't it open? "Little Dusk asked in surprise.
The door let out a 'wu' sound: [This time, the Causality Law is especially restrictive, the content is: Without Rhode's permission, no one is allowed to enter or leave]
Little Dusk turned to Gu Qing Shan and said: "Open the door, there should be no problems for now"
Gu Qing Shan pondered for a bit, then walked up to the door and asked: "Sacred Gate, tell me, who's standing outside the door"
The Sacred Gate replied: [It really is a few pixies, wait a minute — –]
A second later, another voice came from outside: "Shroud, are you inside?"
This was Reneedol's voice!
Boss's eyes lit up. He forced himself to stand up and walked to the door. He said loudly, "We are all inside. How are you?"
"I'm fine … It's just a small injury," Reneedol said faintly.
The four people inside the door looked up and saw Reneedol standing in front of the door with a pale face and half covered in blood. She was missing an arm.
Boss couldn't hold it in any longer and urged, "Rhode, open the door."
Gu Qing Shan looked at the image and asked the Sacred Gate again: "Is it really her outside?"
The Sacred Gate confirmed: 「 That's right, it's the woman on the screen 」
Gu Qing Shan nodded and muttered: "Seems like there really isn't any danger, Scarlet, what do you think?"
Scarlet was a bit confused, then looked at the screen and said: "There should be no issues … but …"
"But what?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"… But I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable" Scarlet scowled.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly chuckled and said: "You're thinking too much"
As she spoke, a sword abruptly manifested behind Boss's back.
The Earth sword.
The Earth sword lightly touched Boss's neck.
"Don't move, there'll be problems if you do" Gu Qing Shan said.
Boss looked at her with a doubtful expression.
"What exactly is going on?" Boss asked in a low voice.
"Little Dusk, you also don't move" Gu Qing Shan said.
The Heaven sword was lightly touching Little Dusk's neck.
Little Dusk doubtfully asked: "If you want to take my life, you can do so at any time. After all, you were the one who saved my life, but can you at least tell me what exactly is going on?"
She pointed at the screen: "She's clearly outside, and she's heavily injured and in need of treatment. Even the Sacred Gate said so, but you're not opening the door, and you're doing this, there has to be a reason!"
Gu Qing Shan sighed.
At this point, he had no choice but to use his sword to display his true Profession.
After a bit of silence, Gu Qing Shan lightly put his hand on the door.
"Sacred Gate, can you show us the scene outside?" he asked.
「 Of course, who doesn't have a peephole on their door 」 the Sacred Gate replied.
A screen was projected from the door to show the scene outside.
— — -a group of pixies.
— – Reneedol.
It was exactly the same as what Little Dusk had projected.
Reneedol's arm was still bleeding, looking extremely weak and about to collapse at any moment.
Boss felt a bit pained and was about to say something.
"Boss, don't worry, she won't die"
Gu Qing Shan told him to shut up right away.
Gu Qing Shan reached his hand out, grabbed the Six Paths Great Mountain sword, and pointed it straight at the Sacred Gate.
"Shannu, do something right now — — - if any spell is used on the door, directly cut it off, but definitely don't cut off the Causality Law on the door" he said.
"Alright, I'll try" Shannu's voice came from the sword.
Gu Qing Shan swung the sword, unleashing a cold sword phantom.
Clang!
The sword phantom struck the Sacred Gate and left a shallow mark on it.
A few moments later, something happened — — -
The images projected by the Sacred Gate underwent a tremendous change.
There was only endless darkness around them.
There was no underground river.
There was no Isle of Protection.
There were no pixies.
There was no Reneedol.
There was nothing at all.
The entire secret room stood alone in the endless darkness.
— — -only a long and thin tentacle reached out from the darkness below the secret room, circling around the room a few dozen times before completely restraining it.
This tentacle was filled with eyes of various sizes, occasionally opening and closing to reveal a black vertical pupil.
Within the endless darkness, there was only this tentacle.
"What is this!?" Little Dusk exclaimed in shock.
Boss looked at this scene, then at the scene projected by Little Dusk's Card.
— — in the scene projected by the Card, the pixies and Reneedol were still standing in front of the door.
But the scene projected by the Sacred Gate was a completely different and terrifying scene.
When the two scenes were placed side by side, they formed a stark contrast.
"We've probably been caught by something" Gu Qing Shan pondered.
"No wonder … I was wondering why I had a strange feeling just now" Scarlet muttered.
She looked at Boss and Little Dusk with a more cautious gaze.
Gu Qing Shan patted her shoulder and said: "It's ok, Shroud and Little Dusk — — - this isn't actually their problem, but that thing is probably very troublesome"
Gu Qing Shan held the Six Paths Great Mountain sword tightly, walked up to Boss, and slowly told him: "You're willing to give up everything for your girlfriend, I fully believe that"
"But I don't believe that you would still be able to notice Reneedol leaving with an elf among the countless living beings in the secret room after losing all of your powers"
"Even if you noticed, you would first calm down and think of a solution"
Boss appeared contemplative and replied: "I had a feeling that something might have happened to Reneedol, so I left the secret room. Not too long after I left, I saw her leaving the Isle of Protection"
"Let me make another guess, there were three paths outside the secret room. When you left the secret room, were there any obstacles on two of the paths, or did something happen that forced you to choose the path where you found Reneedol?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Boss recalled briefly and replied: "At the time, there were indeed two paths where elves were gathering, so I chose the path on the left"
Gu Qing Shan nodded, raised her sword, and unleashed a cold gleam.
[Law Breaker]!
A bloody cut appeared on Boss's arm.
Boss frowned slightly, then immediately showed a look of surprise.
"Ah? Ah? What's going on!? "
He shouted.
Gu Qing Shan silently observed him and asked: "What's the matter?"
Boss asked in confusion: "I clearly didn't have any strength left, why did I still try to find Reneedol?"
Gu Qing Shan looked at him.
Scarlet covered her mouth and began to tremble.
Little Dusk was also stunned.
They weren't idiots, so they naturally understood what this meant.
"There was something that was controlling your thoughts, it was able to transmit certain things to you through space" Gu Qing Shan emphasized each word.
Boss carefully thought about it and replied: "No, it wasn't completely controlled, I at least had self-awareness, but at certain times, I — — - would — -"
He didn't know how to describe it.
"Would be guided" Gu Qing Shan replied.
"Yes, that's exactly it!" Boss confirmed.
Gu Qing Shan scowled.
This is going to be troublesome.
The only ones I've ever seen who were able to do this were the Earth Creator and the Lady of Time.
But that wasn't the same.
The Earth Creator was able to control 'Earth', which was the body of living beings; while the Lady of Time was able to freely travel back and forth in the River of Time, influencing the development of all things at the source of their occurrence.
But this thing in front of me was able to influence a person's thoughts, even the changes in the environment.
What kind of entity could achieve this?
Gu Qing Shan's expression was grim as she looked at Little Dusk: "What, you still don't want to come out and greet us?"
Little Dusk looked at Gu Qing Shan at a loss and muttered: "Rhode, you're my savior, I've never wanted to do anything to you"
Gu Qing Shan replied with a gentle voice: "It's not you, Little Dusk, I'm talking to something else, if it has the courage to come out"
Little Dusk looked at her, not knowing what to say.
All of a sudden, her body lightly hovered in the air, unable to move at all.
A resounding voice resounded from the void of space around her:
「 Visitor from outside the Reality Gate, I had wanted to let you live a bit longer, but unfortunately, you sought death yourself 」
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