Chapter 593 568: He Is Still Alive

As time went on, the three reconnaissance teams returned one by one, handing their survey data over to Gu Ming.

He crouched on a flat rock, comparing dozens of sets of Array Point Spiritual Pressure parameters one by one. In his mind, he quickly sketched out an ever-expanding gradient map of the spatial distortion.

The spatial folds to the north of Lanqi City gradually took shape on this makeshift map.

The appearance and disappearance cycle of each Blood Supply Array Point, the decay rate of the Spiritual Pressure after the dark red ripples spread, the residual coordinates of the City Defense Array Foundation behind each segment of the spherical wall's surface—

all this data merged to form a real-time operational model of the Blood-Attracting Coffin Sealing Array.

He cross-referenced it with the technical paper on the Blood-Attracting Coffin Sealing Array that Elder Huo had sent, using his intuition to find several of the most critical Array Points.

"I'll be right back."

With that thought, he summoned Cyan Treasure.

"What about us?" the team members asked.

"Wait for my signal. We'll break the Array together," Gu Ming said, looking back.

The tendrils of the Rootless Wood silently extended from the void, swallowing him and Cyan Treasure into the other side of Space.

In the void, there were none of Lanqi City's familiar streets and buildings, only a boundless, chaotic undercurrent and the projections of the Array Foundation, suspended in the emptiness like clots of solidified blood.

Compared to the smooth, black-blooded spherical wall in reality,

the structure here was far more twisted and terrifying.

Some areas of the void were violently folded into unnatural angles; when his Divine Sense swept over them, it felt like hitting a wall, unable to advance an inch.

But with the coordinate data he had just calculated, Gu Ming quickly locked onto a high-speed target amidst the Chaos.

It was a black, blood-like fluid, leaving a long trail in the void.

Each of its pulsations corresponded to the red, fluid-like pattern that flashed across the spherical wall in the real world.

It was the projection of a Blood Supply Array Point in the void.

While directing the Rootless Wood to track the flowing Blood Supply Array Point, he split off a tendril to break through the void and back into the real world, sending a signal to the waiting group.

When Lu You and the others saw the familiar tendril suddenly emerge from thin air, they immediately turned and gestured to those behind them.

The entire squad quickly gathered, stepping one by one onto the Rootless Wood's root base in the direction the tendril indicated, assembling within the void.

Meanwhile, in the Southwest corner of the real world, a preset interference beacon was activated.

A blinding spiritual light exploded on the other side of the hill, followed by a chain reaction.

The vine traps set by the Grass Element team detonated in sequence, and the air vortexes created by the Wind Element Pet Beasts kicked up massive clouds of dust.

Far from Gu Ming's breach point, the team created a commotion that made it seem like reinforcements had just arrived to support Lanqi.

A commotion erupted among the Demon Fiends. Several patrolling Black Feathered Birds shrieked and dived toward the source of the disturbance.

More Four-Star Demon Lizards and Ice Cone Birds also changed direction, converging on the dust-choked area.

The Demon Fiends' outer forces were all mobilized at this moment, with no one paying attention to the exposed Blood Supply Array Point in the void.

Now was the time.

In the void, Gu Ming gave the order.

The Power of every primary combat Pet Beast on the team simultaneously bombarded the flowing Blood Supply Array Point.

The brilliant light of various Skills erupted in a silent, intense flash within the void—

the Crimson Flame Wolf's Flame Bombs, the Storm Eagle's Wind Blades, the Iron-Backed Lizard's Earth-Shattering Impact.

Added to that were Ah Kun's Wave-Swallowing Impact and Ah Ji's Blazing Light Mountain-Breaking Fist.

All the attacks converged on a single point in the same instant.

The high-speed, black-blooded node suddenly froze, like an artery being clamped shut, then violently exploded.

Back in the real world, the corresponding area on the surface of the black spherical wall boomed as spiderweb-like cracks suddenly appeared.

The cracks spread outward at a visible rate, accompanied by the crisp sound of shattering glass.

The blood within the shell was instantly vaporized by the explosive energy, turning into a dark red mist.

Immediately, an irregular passage dripping with viscous plasma was exposed.

Before the passage could contract, the tendrils of the Rootless Wood began to move.

Gu Ming carried the entire team out of the Void Rift at high speed, plunging into the interior of the black sphere before the Array's self-repair function could close the opening.

The light before them suddenly dimmed, then brightened again the next second.

It was the dim yellow glow of the city's remaining emergency lights cast along the sides of the streets.

The group landed on one of Lanqi City's main roads.

Overhead was a flow of black blood like the lid of a pot, its dark red veins still writhing slowly, shrouding the entire city in a suffocating, dim light.

A HISSING sound came from behind them; the opening they had blasted was being rewoven by the Array's self-repair mechanism.

Blood-red fibers extended from the edges of the opening, rapidly closing like sutures on a wound. In moments, it had sealed shut again, not leaving even the slightest gap.

The surrounding streets were a complete wreck.

Several overturned cars lay in the middle of the road, their windows shattered and their bodies scarred with claw marks and dried bloodstains.

The roll-up doors of roadside shops were torn open, lampposts were bent at bizarre angles, and all sorts of debris littered the ground.

They saw no bodies for now, but there were faint, huge noises in the distance.

Gu Ming estimated that the survivors must have all retreated to a core area.

Lu You tugged at his sleeve, her expression a little anxious.

Loud roars from Demon Fiends echoed in the distance, and several waves of Perception mixed with Demon Qi swept toward them from different directions.

The Array's recent disturbance had been noticed after all.

Ah Ji glanced at Gu Ming and saw him nod.

It let out a meow, its shadowy fur bristling as a fine, black ripple spread across its surface.

A Shadow Cloak, as thin as a cicada's wing, rapidly expanded to cover every member of the team.

The Shadow Mimicry Skill activated in sync. The silhouettes of the twenty-plus people quickly blurred in the dim light, their auras suppressed until they were nearly non-existent.

The entire team was like a drop of water dissolving into the already deep shadows of the street.

Just as the group left the area, several Demon Fiends of various shapes and sizes rounded the street corner.

A Demon Lizard covered in a bony carapace sniffed along the ground, while another, larger, six-legged monster with a twisted human face walked over shattered glass, making a CRUNCHING sound.

Their Perception waves swept over the empty street again and again, but ultimately found nothing, and they departed in frustration.

Gu Ming led the team swiftly through the familiar streets and alleys.

He had walked these roads since he was a child; he could navigate them blindfolded.

Without much trouble, he found an abandoned commercial building.

The team climbed silently up the fire escape to the rooftop terrace.

The view from the rooftop opened up, the entire city spreading out beneath the blood-red sky.

He saw it.

In the direction of the city's central plaza, vast flashes of light from Skills were flickering intensely.

Flames and frost bloomed in alternation, and occasionally a thick bolt of lightning would cleave through the bloody darkness, illuminating the silhouettes of the surrounding buildings.

The faint sounds of explosions and the rising and falling screeches of Pet Beasts carried from the distance.

That was the direction of the Lanqi City Beastmaster Association—the area where the city's defensive Power was most concentrated.

The local Beastmasters had not been wiped out.

They had retreated to the city center and were still fighting back.

Behind them, inside the buildings, Gu Ming could sense the auras of a large number of living people.

'They're still alive!'