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Although the intelligence officer managed to capture the vanishing Your Highness the Prince thanks to his exceptional reaction speed, he underestimated the pulling force and closing speed of the spatial vortex. Therefore, before his nerves could even send out a distress signal, the incredibly sharp spatial vortex severed his right hand at the root, and he disappeared from the world.

"Puff!"

"Ah!"

Amidst the sounds of splattering blood and screams, the pale-faced intelligence officer tumbled down from the high platform.

"Grown ups!"

"Grown ups!"

Fortunately, the soldiers he brought were loyal enough and reacted quickly enough that he was successfully rescued before a secondary accident occurred.

"My lord, how are you?"

Hearing the shouts beside him, the intelligence officer slowly opened his eyes and weakly said, "Quickly... the palace... His Majesty the King... report!"

After uttering the last word, the intelligence officer, whose body had reached its limit, tilted his head to one side and passed out.

"Buzz!"

Before the lead guard could relay the intelligence officer's instructions, a strange buzzing sound came from the center of the room.

"No... no good, that... that's going to explode!"

Upon hearing the scream, the other guards noticed that the platform where the teleportation mission had been completed was riddled with cracks, and at the same time, a frenzied blue-purple light emanated from the cracks.

Recalling what had just happened, the guards all ran outside.

"Buzz!"

Just as the guards left the room, the light on the platform reached its peak, and then a violent blast of wind burst forth.

"Boom!"

"Splash!"

With the explosion of this artificial supernova, the entire research institute was turned into a muddy mess, and the intelligence officers and others trapped inside naturally turned into mincemeat.

Gazing at the dazzling blue light that appeared not far away, His Majesty the King, who was waiting for the results in the council hall, shouted, "Guards! Quickly go and find out what happened!"

"Yes!"

The moment the response rang out from outside the hall, hurried footsteps sounded outside. Strangely, the footsteps were not one-way, but rather moving in both directions.

"Um?"

No sooner had His Majesty the King's surprised and doubtful voice fallen than a servant's report came from outside the palace.

"Your Majesty, Byro requests an audience!"

"Let him in quickly!"

"Yes!"

A moment later, the chief of staff, with a few beads of sweat on his forehead, hurried in.

"I've met you before..."

"No need!"

After stopping the chief of staff who was bowing, His Majesty the King asked impatiently, "Byro, how is the situation?"

"Your Majesty, I led the Magic Combat Unit to search all over Edolas, but we have not found any trace of the Prince."

Upon hearing the chief of staff's reply, His Majesty the King said nothing, but stared grimly out of the hall.

Just as the chief of staff was about to succumb to the oppressive atmosphere, the servant who had left earlier rushed into the hall.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!"

He glared at the waiter, then His Majesty the King shouted sternly, "What's the panic? The sky isn't going to fall!"

Upon hearing the king's words, the servant knelt down with a thud.

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

"Alright, hurry up and tell me what happened outside!"

"Yes... yes!"

After pulling himself out of his shock and organizing his thoughts carefully, the attendant said, "Your Majesty, not long ago, an explosion occurred at the Anima Research Base, and Lord Jess unfortunately perished."

Upon hearing this, His Majesty the King swayed slightly, then asked in a hoarse voice, "Where are the others? Where are the others in the research base?"

"Before the explosion at the research base, Lord Jess moved the researchers there to another location, so they were unharmed."

"Phew~"

His Majesty the King's expression improved considerably upon learning that the researchers were unharmed.

"Summon those researchers immediately; I have something to ask them."

"Yes!"

Just as the attendant was about to leave the palace, another attendant rushed in.

"Your Majesty, the Noya Lord of Exceedalia requests an audience outside the palace!"

Upon hearing this, His Majesty the King's brows, which had just relaxed somewhat, furrowed again.

"Your Majesty, it seems the recent explosion alerted Exceedalia, which is why Queen Shakart sent Noya to investigate. (Byro)"

Nodding to his chief of staff, His Majesty the King then asked, "So what should we do now?"

"Your Majesty, just now, we paid a heavy price to complete the task assigned by Queen Shakart. Don't you think we should report this truthfully to Lord Noya?"

After the chief of staff finished speaking, His Majesty the King laughed and said, "Yes, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten about it!"

"Guards, quickly invite Lord Noya in!"

Upon hearing His Majesty the King's instructions, the two attendants bowed and withdrew from the hall.

Just as Edolas was being disturbed by the Anima incident, the Black and White Palace in some unknown space also became lively because of someone.

"It's that guy again!"

"What exactly is this little rascal trying to do!"

"I'm so angry!"

"This is infuriating!"

After channeling her pent-up anger into her right leg and venting it on the ground, the little girl in the black evening gown stormed off into the depths of the palace.

"Hmph! If I can't handle you this time, I'm not Ankhseram!"

After taking in every word that had vanished into the darkness, the Masked Woman leaning back in her seat shook her head and sighed, "Oh dear, the Iron Maiden is getting serious. That little guy is in for trouble now!"

"Fine, what can I do? We're destined to meet, so I'll help you one more time!"

After speaking, the blonde woman stood up, walked slowly to a bronze mirror, and then flicked a large ball of blue-purple light into the bronze mirror with her finger.

"Hehe! Little guy, I hope you won't disappoint me!"

"Buzz!"

Just as Old Suo was meditating with his eyes closed as usual, the black and white energies that had been scattered in different locations in the Source of Beginninglessness suddenly erupted.

Sensing the changes within his body, His Majesty the Emperor immediately abandoned meditation and focused all his energy on his internal organs, attempting to soothe the two mischievous fellows. However, the two, seemingly gaining power from nowhere, broke free from Old Suo's control and escaped towards the outside world.

"No!"

Just as the two guys were about to successfully escape, a large bluish-purple mass descended from the sky, driving them back down.

"Skinny Bamboo Pole, how dare you stop me? Aren't you afraid of being punished by your superiors?"

Hearing the voice coming from the black and white, the Masked Woman in the purple palace said softly, "Hehe! This little guy is already on my list, and it has been approved by the higher-ups, so I won't let you destroy him."

"Hmph! Do you think I'm an idiot, believing such nonsense!"

"Hehe! If you don't believe me, you can ask the higher-ups!"

"I'll ask, but only after I've finished this!"

As the voices from the black and white palace faded, the black and white light cluster expanded once more, and the intensity of its resistance increased dramatically.

"Alright! In that case, let's see who has the last laugh!"

After both sides declared their battle, they began to manipulate their respective colors and engage in a fierce battle within Old Suo's body.

Although Old Suo was a giant dragon, the battle took place inside his body, and the one controlling the battle... ptooey! The being controlling the battle was far stronger than him. Therefore, Old Suo was quickly exhausted, sweating profusely and with veins bulging.

Just as Old Suo's body was about to give out, a large amount of seven-colored light suddenly emerged from his dantian.

"Oh no, we've attracted that person's attention!"

The purple light cluster, which had been monitoring Old Suo's internal condition, immediately noticed this phenomenon. So she quickly withdrew her consciousness and quietly watched the black and white figures cheering in the bronze mirror.

"Buzz!"

Because they wasted time on other things, the black and white were unsurprisingly swallowed up by the rainbow.

Ah~~

Almost at the same moment the black and white were swallowed up, the little girl in the black dress in the black and white palace screamed, then began to roll back and forth on the palace floor, clutching her head. Um... it's the kind of rounded movement usually described, though some people prefer to simplify it and call it "Gowen."

"How is that possible?"

"How could that person's power be... Ah!!!"

"Damn it! That Skinny Bamboo Pole guy actually tricked me!" (PS: At this moment, the Masked Woman in the purple palace laughed rather unkindly... well, it should be said that she laughed wildly.)

Ah~~

Just as the blue-purple one was laughing wildly and the black-and-white one was screaming in agony, Old Suo was being thoroughly "disciplined" by the seven-colored energy emanating from his body... Pshaw! Slip of the tongue! Not "disciplined," but "reformed," yes! Reformed!

"Buzz!"

After the black, white, and blue-purple colors were dragged back to the Source of Beginninglessness by the Seven Colors, the vast majority of them were assimilated by the Seven Colors and transformed into new Power of the Beginningless. A small portion of them was expelled from the Source of Beginninglessness and merged into Old Suo's muscles and bones.

As these things were incorporated, the cells in Old Suo's body began to turn dark purple, and at the same time, the Source of Beginninglessness in his dantian began to expand outward.

"Buzz!"

About fifteen minutes later, the transformation within Old Suo's body stopped. However, before he could even catch his breath, a strange force pulled him out of his body.

"Holy crap! What's going on? How did I get out of my body?"

Despite Old Suo's best efforts to return to his body on the ground, the mysterious force was too powerful, dragging him to a terrifying height.

Just as Old Suo was standing there dumbfounded, a wave of voices rushed into his mind, and he followed in the footsteps of the black-clad loli. However, he was bound by a mysterious force and couldn't alleviate his pain with smooth movements like the black-clad loli. Fortunately, the pain came and went quickly, allowing Old Suo to survive and return to normal.