Puchi puchi.
The Blood Fairy flapped its wings, resembling a large moth, slowly floating inside the room.
"I want to go out! I want to go out!!" it shouted again.
"You can go out, but you must not attack those of the same aura as us or humans. Do you agree?" Zhang Rongfang said solemnly.
"Father, I agree, I agree!!" the Blood Fairy quickly responded.
"We agree too, Father, please let us out!"
At this moment, all the other Blood Fairies nearby emitted a noisy and sharp sound.
The Celestial Maiden following behind only felt dizzy, her forehead sweating, barely able to withstand it.
This was the negative effect of the super sonic, even though the Blood Fairies did not use it strangely, it still caused a very unpleasant impact.
"If that’s the case, then go."
Zhang Rongfang pondered for a moment, then waved his large sleeve.
Immediately, streams of blood mist burst from outside, opening the windows where the Blood Fairies resided.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!!
One by one, giant grey-faced moths rushed out of the room, flying towards the far outskirts of the city.
Forty-nine Blood Fairies lined up in two formations, flying at full speed away from Yuan City.
They soared like jubilant wild geese, not shying away from any heavenly light beam, charging straight into the vast world outside.
Watching the group of departing Blood Fairies, the Celestial Maiden slowly approached Zhang Rongfang from behind.
"Aren’t you worried?"
"Worried about what?"
"Worried they’ll cause trouble." Tong Zhang thought for a moment before replying.
"Compared to them, I’m more worried about Zhenhai." Zhang Rongfang frowned.
Tong Zhang said no more, a nameless emotion suddenly rising in her heart.
At first, she was used by the Reverse Time Association as a temptation to provoke Zhang Rongfang’s Human Immortal Temple, and she actually understood that.
And now, she understands a bit about Zhang Rongfang’s feelings towards her.
But... she still couldn’t kindle that kind of romantic feeling for him.
To her, Zhang Rongfang was always just a highly talented junior, nothing more.
There was no other intention beyond that.
Now, the thought of her lying in his arms, playfully soft, made her feel goosebumps just by imagining it.
Zhang Rongfang also sensed her thoughts, so he never forced her.
Ultimately, he was gentle, someone who treated others kindly, enduring and hurting himself instead.
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While Yuan City of the Blood Alliance was still immersed in the joy of the Tao marriage and the horror of the Blood Fairies’ birth.
Far away in the underground palace of Chana Tower.
Giant Evil Spirit Elephants were trudging along, circling a multicolored pyramid-shaped high platform, continually moving in circles.
They bowed their heads, arms hanging down, like pilgrims, stepping with utmost sincerity.
At the center of the silver-purple high platform.
Long sat cross-legged, moving his hands in front of him constantly, although he had no eyes, he could spread his senses to any place through the vast Evil Spirits.
The battle between the Netherworld King and the King of the Falgara Secret Keepers continued.
Both sides experienced victories and defeats, but the Netherworld King was rapidly adapting to the tactics of the Peacemaker Herudira.
The balance of victory was gradually tilting toward Chana Tower.
His main focus was now entirely on the Secret Keepers. As for the Blood Alliance’s Tao marriage, or the Blood Fairies, those were minor issues.
Long’s continuously moving hand in the void suddenly paused.
He slightly raised his head, looking at the emptiness above.
"Closer... even closer now..." he could feel his connection with the White Eye Tribe had strengthened a little.
He thought for a moment, opened his mouth, and spat out a slender black tongue.
With a tearing sound, the tip of his tongue split open like a flower, and a point of silver micro-light flew out from the center.
The silver light exploded automatically ten meters in front of him, transforming into a silver circular vortex.
As the vortex appeared, a series of faint murmurs continuously emanated from it.
The sound seemed like phlegm-filled groans, like the wails of countless people, more like various unclear and bizarre utterances.
All sounds mixed together, rendering the inherent meaning completely inaudible.
"Can you feel it? Soon... very soon..." Long reached out, attempting to touch the silver surface of the vortex.
But an invisible barrier stopped his clawed hand.
That barrier was composed of three layers, designed by the Spirit Eye Race as the Three Great Secret Locks.
These were meant to block the final seal of the long-distance gateway’s opening.
’Unlock the Three Great Secret Locks, then use the Eternal Palace and Blood Alliance to gather enough energy, and the method to stabilize the gateway. Very soon... very soon we will meet again.....’
Long anticipated eagerly.
Coming to this world, his only hope was to observe the gradually approaching White Eye every day, waiting for that final distance to draw nearer.
Poof!
Suddenly, a large beast claw made entirely of white flame shot out from the vortex, aiming directly at Long’s head.
But the grasp completely missed.
Long hadn’t dodged, still standing in place. The beast’s claw passed through him as if he were an illusion.
"It seems you all can hardly wait any longer...." Long chuckled softly.
Although he couldn’t open the passage, he could use special methods, leveraging the Spirit Eye Race’s technological methods, to briefly communicate with the powerful aura emanating from the white pupil.
Each of those auras had an intimidating size comparable to a mountain, each with terrifying power far beyond that of the three kings.
Any one of them, coming to this planet, could easily destroy everything in this world.
After all, before he came here, he was just an ordinary member among those beings.
So about this, Long was very clear.
’It’s close.... The First Secret Lock is about to end, soon.... very soon, when the three great Secret Locks are unlocked, I will be able to initially immerse in the aura of my homeland, further strengthening my power....’
Looking at the rotating silver vortex, as terrifying auras kept radiating from it, he couldn’t suppress a low laugh.
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Lingtu State.
The golden giant kept swinging his arms and legs, lacking the clumsiness and bulk of a massive creature, instead moving with extreme speed and agility.
His body was terrifyingly resilient, just a bit weaker than Ophelia.
His strength also possessed adaptability and evolvability, having developed a strong Toxin Resistance and Radiation Resistance against the purple crystals thrown by the Netherworld King.
Over the golden desert.
The peacemaker, Herudira, soared through the air, continuously colliding in a fierce battle with the Netherworld King, whose huge purple crystal wings grew from his back.
Neither side showed any sign of retreat.
Below them, in the golden desert, a large army of Evil Spirits clashed in a life-and-death battle with the Secret Keeper troops.
The black robes on the Secret Keepers had been mostly torn and lifted, revealing their tough bodies made entirely of grey stone beneath.
Their bodies feared no pollution, wielding various bizarre weapons and armor, like ancient gladiators, charging at the Evil Spirits.
Every attack they launched scattered tiny golden sparks, with high temperature, that seemed to perfectly counter the Evil Spirits, inflicting extremely severe damage with just a light touch.
Sol, Ounan, Gongsun Yi, and others did not join the battlefield.
Instead, they watched the situation from afar.
"The Netherworld King’s power is continuously increasing.... the restraining energy we developed is starting to lose effectiveness," a Secret Keeper next to Sol said gravely.
"It seems the First Secret Lock is ultimately about to be breached...." Sol sighed. "But no need to worry, the Second Secret Lock is much stronger than the first. The second King of Secret Keepers is also far more powerful than Lord Herudira. So...."
Boom!!
At that moment, a deafening crash exploded in mid-air.
Herudira and the Netherworld King.
The two massive creatures collided head-on.
The tremendous force compressed the air, turning into a gust of wind blowing in all directions.
The wind stirred up ripples in the sand on the ground, forming waves.
Some nearby Evil Spirits and Secret Keepers were swept up by the wind, flung far away.
The Netherworld King resisted Herudira’s enormous fist with one hand, and at this moment, the purple crystals covering his hand began transforming into spikes, slowly widening the tiny cracks in Herudira’s fist, making them even wider.
"It’s over. I’ve mastered everything about you...."
As his words fell, his body began to rapidly change, swelling and growing.
In just a blink of an eye, he grew to almost the same size as Herudira.
Countless purple crystals continuously fractured and shattered into smaller pieces, then recombined.
Soon, a purple crystal version of Herudira appeared in everyone’s view.
The purple Herudira’s face was also covered with numerous black cracks, which quickly lit up with purple light.
"Farewell."
"Don’t you dare!!"
Herudira roared, his face similarly lighting up with golden light.
Amid the rumbling, beams of purple and gold light collided head-on, but only after a few seconds, the purple forcefully suppressed the gold, rapidly pressing towards the other side.
"It’s over, before they figure out your identities, I’ll send you all away first!" The leader of the Secret Keepers, Sol, suddenly reached out, crushing a black round bead in his palm.
Instantly, arcs of black lightning-like cracks appeared in thin air around everyone.
With a snap.
The arcs multiplied and thickened, then instantly flashed.
Everyone suddenly disappeared, leaving a huge chunk of dust on the ground also missing.
At that moment, Herudira in the sky was completely engulfed and covered by the purple light, emitting a miserable scream, gradually dissolving into countless new purple crystals.
The First Secret Lock was declared breached.
Herudira was the First Secret Lock, the First Secret Lock was Herudira.
The Falgara Lock’s location was within him, and as long as Herudira was utterly destroyed, the lock would naturally be broken.
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The battle in Lingtu State concluded with Chana Tower’s victory.
However, the Secret Keepers were not utterly defeated; the corpses they left behind were all lifeless stone people.
Their soul consciousness was nowhere to be found. Or perhaps they had no soul at all.
Chana Tower continued to deploy a large number of Evil Spirits to Lingtu State, conducting a sweeping search.
They began a comprehensive search for the location of the Second Secret Lock.
In the aftermath of the defeat, Sol temporarily disbanded the bloodline teams, taking advantage of not having their identities confirmed, so he ordered everyone to conceal their identities and return to their original places, waiting for further instructions.