Chapter 783 - 783: Scheming 3

The rumbling thunder continually reverberated through the sky.

Three days later.

Eye of the Earth location.

Lux, Fen, Ounan, the Three Evil Kings, and a figure draped in a gray cloak, quietly floating in mid-air — Long.

All the leaders of various factions had gathered here.

Not only that, but behind them, on the vast ground, were densely packed crowds of at least hundreds of thousands gathered to watch the event.

Among them were humans, some were Spirit People. But more prominently, there were numerous demons controlling Evil Spirits.

Yet, regardless of origin or race, at this moment, everyone was surrounding the Eye of the Earth, gazing at the central portal.

There was where all hope lay.

The purple sky blocked the light from above.

On the Eye of the Earth, circles of white light bands continuously lit up, illuminating everything around them.

"Now, just one last step remains: input the coordinates, activate the key, and open the portal." Lux calmly watched the activation tower in front of them.

Next to the core of the Eye of the Earth, a white activation tower over ten meters high was constructed.

The entire tower resembled a standard obelisk, its surface covered with countless complex patterns and unknown symbols.

"Then, let's begin." Long instructed, and even the others could hear the clear tension and caution in his voice.

Lux nodded, glanced at the others. Stepping forward, she pulled out a translucent, square metal block shimmering with countless blue arcs from her sleeve.

The metal block was the key to opening the portal.

With the metal block in hand, Lux slowly extended her arm forward.

All she needed was to touch the white tower before her, and everything would instantly activate; the coordinates would be input into the portal, and the energy core would ignite directly.

Click.

Finally, the metal block lightly touched the surface of the white tower.

No response.

"What's happening?" Long frowned slightly. He had many expectations, yet the sudden silence left him somewhat disappointed.

The others felt a slight tightness in their hearts but remained motionless.

"There might be some transmission delay; I'll try again." Lux answered steadily.

"Okay," Long replied, seemingly believing her explanation.

But in actuality, that touch just now had sent no problems; instead, Lux secretly input her hidden system into the portal's mainframe.

At this very moment, the coordinates had already been entered into the portal, and with Lux's touch...

During that moment, the internal coordinates had completely changed.

Click.

This time, Lux touched the white tower successfully; countless purple patterns on the tower lit up, indicating the successful input of the fake coordinates.

"Done!" Lux exhaled, executing her sly maneuver right under Long's nose, definitely thrilling.

"Not bad. We don't have much time; since the coordinates have been entered, go ahead and open it." Long's lips curled into a slight smile from the back.

"Alright!" Lux turned back to look at Ounan, Fen, and the Three Evil Kings.

Everyone nodded slightly at her.

Once the portal opened, they would proceed to the coordinates they had pre-designed, heading to another unknown destination.

And these coordinates, in fact, were where the Blood King initially intended to go.

When initially searching for a safe coordinate, they had thought for a long time but eventually settled on the coordinates once chosen by the Blood King.

After long-term calculations, Lux found the mysterious world that had almost been forgotten.

And now...

Lux gripped the key in her hand, stepping past the white tower towards the edge of the Eye of the Earth's center.

Looking at the enormous crystal below that had turned brown, she took a deep breath.

She raised her hand.

Once activated, Long would surely notice something's wrong, then take action.

At that point, everyone would fend for themselves, those who could escape should escape on their own.

That was their prior agreement.

After all, as long as they didn't enter the portal, no one knew what lay on the other side or which world it led to, not even Long.

Holding the key in hand, Lux took a deep breath, confirming that Long truly hadn't noticed the coordinate swap.

Then, she closed her eyes, gently letting her fingers slip open one by one.

Crack.

Suddenly, a clap of thunder rang out in the sky above.

Startled, Lux's highly strung nerves caused her hand to clench tightly, gripping the key once again.

Something's wrong!

A strange foreboding surged in her heart.

She quickly connected her mind to the portal's mainframe to verify once more.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes wide, her entire body tensing instantly.

The coordinates that had been secretly changed, those later inputted into the system, had inexplicably vanished!

The current coordinates had reverted to the ones Long had provided!!

"What's wrong?" Long's voice echoed again, "Continue, we have waited for years, and now we are about to get what we want, don't keep everyone waiting..."

Lux remained silent, her body slightly trembling.

She knew very well that the portal's energy core had almost depleted the planet's core.

And this long-distance portal offered only one chance.

Neither time nor energy allowed them to prepare a second attempt.

Hence, this portal was the only hope for everyone, the only shot at escaping.

If something went wrong... everyone would be doomed!

But... now...

As Lux looked at the coordinates in her mind, which had eerily reverted, she suddenly understood.

Long might have already seen through everything.

He was too powerful, too terrifying.

Everything was transparent before his eyes, and all their preparations seemed like a joke to him.

He understood everything, knew everything... but just wouldn't expose it.

"I....." La bit down hard, feeling the multitude of scrutinizing gazes around her. The hand holding the key seemed to bear an extraordinary weight.

Let it go now, and hundreds of years of their efforts would be wasted.

Let it go now, and all hopes they had for their lives would vanish.

In the entire world, only Long might survive. Whether it be Evil Spirits or humans. Spirit People or any other living beings, all would turn to ashes once the passageway opened.

"I....." La gently spoke.

Splat!!

Suddenly, her body twisted, and in the blink of an eye, both she and the key disappeared.

The speed at which the space twisted was so fast that even Long couldn't react.

It wasn't La's own power, but using a tiny amount of energy from the passageway itself, she twisted the space and used it to teleport away.

Because of the interference and cover of the massive energy source's radiation, even Long couldn't detect what happened.

The smile on his lips froze.

"How dare you!!?!"

He suppressed the nearly explosive power in his body and rushed to the spot where La had been.

At this distance, even a slight energy fluctuation could trigger an explosion, making him lose all hope of survival.

So he dared not, and could not randomly make a move.

But unexpectedly, the opponent used this characteristic, and at the crucial moment, ran away with the key!!?

With a swoosh, suddenly, Long also bolted toward the distance.

He dared not casually manipulate space here for fear of causing an explosion.

But as long as he got a bit further away, La wouldn't be able to escape!

"What the heck is La doing!!?" Ophelia looked grim. "The key is still in her hands, we must find her immediately!! Everyone! Disperse at once, go to the Chana Tower, there's a mainstay machine there that can contact her!!"

"We'll chase her separately; there are only a few places she frequently visits!" Ming spoke in a deep voice, his mood equally somber.

Fen and Ounan exchanged a glance, swiftly rallied their men to track her down.

Very soon, hordes of demons and Evil Spirits stirred first, spreading out a large number of personnel heading towards Chana Tower.

Followed closely by humans, Spirit People...

In their hearts, they sensed something was off. La must have discovered some clue, prompting her sudden escape.

Everyone left the vicinity of the White Tower with heavy hearts.

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Great Spirit.

The sky gradually darkened, another storm was about to hit.

On a remote island far from Great Spirit's mainland.

A beam of red light descended abruptly, and from it emerged Zhang Rongfang's tall figure.

"This spot will do." He looked around, nodding in satisfaction.

Then, with a wave of his hand forward.

Instantly, all the stones on the island floated into the air, starting to construct a spatial passageway just like the one La demonstrated for him.

Fifteen minutes later.

An almost identical base of a space passageway like the one in Eternal Palace appeared perfectly in front of Zhang Rongfang.

"Basic structure, the short-distance passageway is simple enough, doesn't require many plans or facilities.

Next is to activate the energy...." He pondered briefly.

Although the energy required for a short-distance passageway is far less than a long one, it's still an astronomical number.

How to quickly complete charging?

Zhang Rongfang glanced up at the false sun in mid-air.

Quickly he had an idea.

He raised his hand.

With a motion, an array of purple irregular crystals appeared in the air.

These he found in Taoyuan, belonging to the Spirit Eye Race's energy mines.

A high-energy crystal known as Luminous Stone.

Swallowing half of Taoyuan brought a lot of benefits.

"Let's see if this is enough, if not, I'll gather more myself."

He crushed the purple crystals continuously, turning them into powder and stuffing them beneath the base.

As time passed, quickly, the entire space inside the base, spanning over a hundred meters, was filled with this purple crystal powder.

Snap.

Zhang Rongfang snapped his fingers.

Everything around quieted down suddenly. The air seemed to stop flowing.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

Whoosh!

In an instant, the entire base lit up with purple light, sketching out an arched purple portal above.

Inside the door swirled a purple-black vortex of energy.

"That was simple, wasn't it done now?" Zhang Rongfang smiled. Now, having entered the molecular level of Entering the Microcosm, his control had greatly surpassed before.

Nonetheless, if it weren't for his clone continuously helping with research in Eternal Palace, it wouldn't have been easy to reconstruct the short-distance passageway.

But now wasn't the time to dwell on such matters. Immediately, Zhang Rongfang floated up and swiftly dove into the vortex, disappearing.

The reason short-distance passageways are simple is due to the large gravitational pull of the White Eye, where energy scarcity only results in teleportation to similarly doomed nearby planets, regardless of the coordinates he inputs.

Since Zhang Rongfang's targets were these worlds anyway, a lot of steps were saved.

Inside the rainbow-colored space channel.

He vaulted forward, speeding toward the white light at the end of the path.