Are You Here to Play Cards or Fight?
Qiao Wenxi frowned slightly, interrupting his impatience, and ordered in a deep voice:
"Put aside all distractions and release all your Vassals to thoroughly investigate the entire island, its Mana strongholds, and any hidden threats. We must gain full control of the information across the entire region as soon as possible."
"That's true." [Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and waved it. Countless rays of light fell from his body, and various Deep Sea Vassals appeared one after another.
A seashell with crystalline, thin wings on its back floats in mid-air, its entire body shimmering with pearly light, defying the Innate form of the Deep Sea creatures; a clump of translucent gel Slime rolls to the ground, its form soft and agile; and a dense mass of fleshy light, Aggregation of countless tiny fish, floats heavily...
"Wait! Where did those wings come from on this seashell? Isn't it Deep Sea creature?"
Qiao Wenxi looked at one of the creatures with some surprise. She had been wandering the Deep Sea for so long, but she had never seen a Deep Sea creature with wings.
"Ha, long hair and short brains, then why don't you do what a long-handed dorm is for?" [Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] wasn't happy about Qiao Wenxi's questioning.
"..."
Because she still needed her Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero on a business trip, Qiao Wenxi didn't argue with him, but just watched the Pokémon go into action speechlessly.
The winged seashell flapped its wings twice, and then a bunch of high-speed yellow liquid spewed out from its rear end, shooting into the sky like a rocket, carrying a foul stench.
The moment it ascended to the highest altitude, the Bubble wings burst open with a roar, turning into countless tiny sparks of light that drifted across the entire airspace, silently completing the panoramic high-altitude survey.
The Slime- like creature landed directly on the nearby mobile terminal, burrowed inside, and began to roam freely in the information world of the network.
The fish, a mass of flesh and blood, is the most domineering. Upon landing, it sinks into the ground with a thud and then multiplies and expands wildly along the rocks and soil.
Within minutes, a deep rumble came from underground, and a Titan fish with a body length of over 100 meters broke through the soil. Its massive body coiled on the ground, its scales gleaming and its aura imposing, causing the earth to tremble slightly.
"Get in the car." [Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] He waved casually.
"Titan Fish, interesting. Titans can even go for a Legion build." Qiao Wenxi's eyes lit up slightly as she got into the car.
The two arrived at the Ritual site, and as the Ritual was underway, they suddenly looked up sharply—
Above the boundless sky, a pitch-black phantom spanning tens of thousands of miles suddenly appeared, obscuring the sea of clouds and traversing the Floating Continent, its size so vast that it exceeded the comprehension of living beings.
What is that?!
Qiao Wenxi simply looked up and couldn't tell what it was.
It didn't release any pressure, nor did it cause the slightest fluctuation; it was eerily quiet and terrifyingly still.
Bubble flew into the body of [the Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero], making his face turn ugly.
From the vast perspective of the entire floating island, that phantom that spans worlds is still so enormous that it is difficult to measure.
But he made out the outline of that terrifying behemoth.
One eye.
An unknown eye, the size of the world, a fleeting moment!
In the blink of an eye, this illusory figure that filled the heavens and earth shattered inch by inch and vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
[Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] and Qiao Wenxi exchanged a glance, instantly guessing it was the work of a certain Survivor.
"It's most likely some kind of detection method."
While waiting for Qiao Wenxi's Ritual, [Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] fidgeted nervously with the [Molting Sea-Octopus Queen] in her hand, sending him a message.
"Fire... black... fire, it's uncomfortable..."
A simple thought sent chills down [Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero]'s spine, and a wave of fear instantly swept through his body.
His pupils slowly contracted, and his mind instantly Rewind the tragic memories of the previous era: the sky filled with scorching Black Flames, and the desperate scene of countless lives being wiped out.
A profound sense of disorientation swept over him, and layers upon layers of fiery phantoms appeared before his eyes. The entire world was covered in pitch-black flames, and he hallucinated the figure that seemed to burn the heavens and boil the seas.
Wait, this doesn't seem like a hallucination.
The flames coalesced into a shape, and a tall, ethereal figure emerged slowly from the raging black flames, glancing down at him through the Ethereal.
[My Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero.] Her eyes became serious.
At this moment, the dozens of Magic Seals floating and swirling around suddenly trembled and exploded, and a dazzling torrent of Mana surged and raged in Four Directions. The Berserk energy turbulence forcefully locked down the magic in the world.
The Mana around the two of them stagnated and solidified, and Spells they were about to unleash were stuck, leaving no one able to cast a Spell for a moment.
Bubble returned from the Ethereal once more, bringing back a massive amount of information and a terrifying mental amplification. This forcefully eliminated the influence of the Heartfire on [her Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero], allowing her to see clearly what was truly before her eyes.
In sight, there was no true form of the Jinli Dao Lord of the previous era who held the power of law; only a thin, ordinary, transparent soul body floated in the center of the dark domain, its basic Attributes barely reaching sixteen.
Yet this seemingly frail soul was holding dozens of strangely shaped cards.
Are you here to play cards or to fight?
[Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] did not underestimate the enemy because of their seemingly weak appearance, because if it weren't for Bubble's mental support, he would have been completely overwhelmed by the black flames!
With a thought, a giant, supple, jet-black tentacle covered in glowing patterns was firmly grasped in his palm.
This is one of his newly Unsealing Origin cards, a top-tier item even among Legendary quality items—[Ethereal Touch]!
The next second, his outline blurred and alternated between reality and illusion, transforming into an almost transparent form of Ethereal.
The pitch-black domain that devoured everything swept across, and the moment it touched his body, it pierced through the Void without leaving the slightest trace of damage.
Instead, Qiao Wenxi, who was undergoing the [Demon's Advent Ritual], was affected by the Dark Domain. She frowned, struggled for a moment, and then decisively abandoned her physical body, her soul fleeing to an unknown place.
[My Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] I glanced at it and understood immediately.
He knew that Qiao Wenxi was a master of Dreamscape, an extremely rare Dreamscape ability user among Survivors, who was best at using the Dreamscape dimension to avoid crises, delay battles, and find alternative ways to survive.
At this moment, they must be immersed in Deep Dream, using time and space displacement to delay time and wait for the Demon's Advent Ritual to be fully completed.
"Attach your Dreamscape Anchor to me, and I'll take you away."
[Husband Away on Business, Being Someone's Zero] immediately activated the pre-preserved spiritual bond to send a telepathic message to Qiao Wenxi, but the message sank into Ethereal, like a stone sinking into the sea, without any response.
At the same time, the Bubble's message was transmitted back again, showing that the Dark Domain on [Soren Xingjia] had been obscured in some form before, and was only now Penetration.