The Key

All they needed to do to reach the Exploration Bureau was pass through the Vortex Teleportation Array on campus, but this time was slightly different.

Just as the vortex formation beneath their feet activated, Luo Di caught sight of Wu Wen's fingers turning as well, though at a slightly different frequency.

Buzz!

The teleportation had indeed deviated from its predetermined route.

They arrived in a shallow uninhabited zone several districts away from the Exploration Bureau, corresponding to an abandoned street. The entire area space was only about a hundred meters wide.

"Teacher Wu, can you interfere with spatial teleportation now?"

Wu Wen shot Luo Di a glare. "Just address me by my title when we're working. Otherwise, keep doing what you usually do."

"Why did we come here?"

"Before heading to the Exploration Bureau, I wanted to take a look at your current condition and your relic."

"My condition?"

"Yes... try slashing me."

"Huh?"

Wu Wen stepped forward and poked Luo Di's forehead with a finger. "You're not stupid, are you? You should know what that means."

"Take out your strongest form and slash me."

"I wanted to see exactly how you killed Old Master Jiang. No matter how weakened he was, no matter how badly his body had been destroyed, the pituitary gland as his essence was still intact."

"There was no way he could have been that weak."

"I wanted to see what level you had reached... after all, I was already here. I needed to keep planning what came next."

"Fine."

Luo Di immediately drew Black Spine, opened its spine on the spot, and brought it down in a slash!

Buzz!

A crack dozens of meters long was carved through the street behind Wu Wen, shattering every window in the buildings on both sides.

Strangely enough,

Although