Chapter 1785 - 158: Center

Fisher listened to Valentina’s somewhat downcast question and couldn’t help wanting to comfort her. So he reached out to touch the pink twig in the snow, activating the usurping life power within his body, trying to find a possible solution.

But what he felt was the same cold sensation as with Alicia. The usurping life power within Master Tao was very intense, residing in every inch of her body that continuously regenerated at the moment. Unlike Alicia, changing her body’s nature would mean her death.

Master Tao was serving as the base for the power of the Outer Gods’ descent.

As Fisher withdrew his hand, he realized this, meaning this process was difficult to change.

In the depths of his mind, there seemed to be some corresponding inspiration, but he couldn’t grasp it and let it dissipate.

"...There might be a way, Valentina... I need to think about it."

Because of this little bit of inspiration, Fisher hesitated slightly and didn’t speak definitively.

But Valentina felt these were just words of comfort. She shook her head, forcing herself to become strong. After slowly standing up, she finally spoke,

"Okay, let’s go back first and discuss after Master Tao awakens..."

After speaking, she spread the wings behind her, took Fisher’s hand, and lifted him into flight towards the Wutong tree below the peak.

At this moment, the sunset had completely darkened. As the night descended, the illusory crimson in the sky also turned somber with the darkness, looking quite frightening.

Fisher clung to Valentina’s back; sitting on the phoenix’s back felt rather novel. Unlike the feathered wings of the Grey Bird Species’ arms, the phoenix wings on the sides of the spine were even sturdier due to rank changes. When flapped with full force, they could even produce sonic booms, maximizing Valentina’s speed.

The only downside was that when flying, the phoenix wings would constantly generate frost, making Fisher, who was on her back, particularly cold. He didn’t know the principle and curiously pried open one or two swaying blue feathers, causing Valentina’s entire body to sway.

"Fisher!"

She turned back with a blushing face and admonished coquettishly, making the curious Fisher apologize and withdraw his hand,

"Sorry, I was just a bit curious why there would be frost within the phoenix’s feathers."

"Really... at least wait until we get back to look..."

Valentina didn’t finish the rest of the sentence and turned her head, leaving Fisher who was sitting on her back to swallow nervously.

"Miss Valentina!"

At this moment, a call came from the distant snow below them. Looking intently, they saw Isabella, clad in heavy fur, waving at them from the snowy terrain, seemingly signaling them to come down.

Beside Isabella were three Mouse Ladies, and at the rear of the Mouse Lady group was the youngest and most needing care, Little Alicia.

"Wasn’t Alicia going to eat, how did she end up with Isabella?"

Valentina flapped her wings, descending gradually, and soon arrived above Isabella. Previously, she hadn’t seen Fisher, but now she noticed he was by Valentina’s side,

"Mr. Fisher?! You’re here too! Just in time, I wanted to ask you about something..."

"Big brother!"

Alicia bounced over energetically, looking like she’d been playing with the group of Mouse Ladies... Oh, and the smug Emhardt was following her too.

"Miss Valentina, I’ve already inspected the area around the Wutong tree as you instructed earlier..."

"Not just Isabella, but us too!"

"Yes, and also Dian Dian and Holly!"

Isabella smiled slightly, slung the curved bow she’d been using to play hunt with the little ones over her back, and tried her best to stop the little girls pushing and shoving on her, struggling to say,

"We’ve checked around the Wutong tree, and the guarding forces found no record of Miss Heidlin entering or exiting the gate. We’ve also inspected some of the more perilous and secluded spatial paths... we didn’t find anything there either... Miss Heidlin seems to have vanished into thin air."

Valentina was slightly stunned upon hearing this, her expression growing even more melancholic and lost,

"I see..."

In one day, the Heidlin she trusted disappeared, and Master Tao whom she relied on was also about to leave her. She felt like a child being forced to grow up overnight, bewildered and helpless, able only to force herself to face it calmly.

"Stop worrying about Heidlin already, your Heidlin is a disguise of Paimon! I told you when we came up earlier... she’s not to be trusted, take my advice and keep as far from her as possible!"

Emhardt flew up to Valentina, snorted lightly, and said spitefully. It seemed he mentioned this to Valentina when instructing Isabella to inspect after leaving Alagina’s lab, but she was still not resigned.

Fisher sighed, just about to say something, when suddenly he heard Alicia playing in the snow suddenly exclaim loudly,

"Wow, everyone look! It’s a meteor!"

"A meteor, what meteor?! Let me see!"

The little ones were the most excited upon hearing this, quickly raising their heads. Fisher and Valentina reacted more slowly, but when they looked up, the scene in the sky instantly stunned them.