Drawing Trouble Elsewhere, Back in a Moment

Yi Wei's heart sank.

She knew that voice all too well.

That was Constant Lord Dislan, the person in charge of this fortress at the moment, a Tenth-Order Constant Source Realm expert, who was said to be only one step away from the Constant Source Realm Completion.

A Level 1 emergency response plan means that the entire fortress is in danger of collapsing.

"What's going on? Level 1 emergency plan? This... this is impossible!"

Near Yi Wei, a female True Source Realm warrior was clutching a crystal core used to control a defensive weapon, her face filled with terror.

"What's the panic!"

Beside her, an Veteran Platform with tattered armor cursed and berated her while his hands worked tirelessly, replacing yet another set of burned inscription nodes.

The entire fortress was thrown into turmoil by this sudden warning.

Yi Wei ignored all of this.

She almost instinctively reached out to question Constant Lord Dislan using Soul Transmission, but her movement abruptly stopped.

Because there's no need to ask anymore.

She sensed it herself.

Behind the beast tide, three auras belonging to the Constant Source Realm entered the range of her Soul Power's perception.

Those three auras were all at the Late Constant Source Realm.

These three Origin Law True Body were all wounded, broken, and in a sorry state.

Almost instantly upon sensing the three auras, Yi Wei recognized their identities.

The Lightless Ones on the wanted poster.

Three Late Constant Source Realm, Lightless Constant Lord.

But that's not the most important thing.

Most dangerously, behind the three Lightless Constant Lord, a massive, overwhelming horde of beasts was surging forward.

Among that beast tide, there were as many as sixty or seventy Third-Order Black Silence Beast.

Yi Wei's pupils suddenly contracted.

She understood instantly.

It turns out that the three Lightless Constant Lord were actually chased all the way here by this Black Silence Beast Tide.

Those three Lightless Constant Lord, once powerful, no longer possessed the demeanor expected of the Late Constant Source Realm experts.

The one at the very front had almost half of Origin Law True Body torn off, while the one in the middle had an arm severed clean off at the elbow, with black mist continuously leaking out from the cut.

The last one fared slightly better, but was still in a sorry state.

Just as the Black Silence Beast, which had been besieging the fortress, turned back to try and stop the three Lightless Constant Lord, the three Lightless Constant Lord suddenly changed direction and continued to flee madly to the other side.

Yi Wei instantly understood the intentions of these three Lightless Constant Lord.

Clearly, they intended to use the fortress as a target to draw the attention of the Black Silence Beast Tide that was hunting them, so that they could escape.

As expected, after hesitating for a while, the Black Silence Beast that had returned to blockade the fortress did not continue to pursue the three Lightless Constant Lord. Instead, they turned back and continued to attack the fortress.

That's not all.

The beast horde that had been chasing the three Lightless Constant Lord abandoned their pursuit after discovering the massive life force emanating from the fortress, and instead joined the tail end of the horde besieging the fortress.

The two waves of beasts then merged.

Just as the beast tide merged and completely abandoned the pursuit, a wild laugh suddenly pierced through the layers of black mist from the direction in which the three Lightless Constant Lord had fled, clearly reaching the ears of everyone in the fortress.

"You bastards of the Empire, thank you, enjoy yourselves!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Yi Wei's face instantly turned ashen.

"Those damned beasts..."

Yi Wei gritted her teeth, her eyes fixed on the newly arrived horde of beasts.

She saw something different in it.

Deep within that newly arrived beast tide, there were seven or Third-Order Black Silence Beast with exceptionally bizarre forms.

They were entirely black and enormous, with their torsos, limbs, and even their massive heads covered with countless eyeballs.

Each of those eyes was moving and opening and closing eerily.

"This is... one of those newly appeared Baleful-Eye Beast? Wasn't it supposed to be a fourth-tier beast? There's even a third-tier one?"

At the same time, the number of Third-Order Black Silence Beast in the beast tide also surged.

The number of animals has increased from nearly a hundred to almost two hundred.

"Nearly two hundred Tier Third-Order Black Silence Beast..."

Yi Wei murmured the number repeatedly, a chilling cold rising from the depths of her heart.

She didn't even need to ask Dislan Constant Lord anymore.

She now fully understood why the person in charge had suddenly issued the warning.

Although the range of Soul Power perception is greatly compressed within the Black Mist Sea, Constant Lord Dislan is ultimately a Tenth-Order Constant Source Realm expert, and his perception is naturally much stronger than theirs, which is why he was the first to discover this special situation.

But why are these three Lightless Constant Lord being hunted down by the Black Silence Beast Tide?

Yi Wei couldn't figure it out for a moment.

But there was one thing she saw very clearly.

The three Lightless Constant Lord clearly intended to use this fortress to divert the pursuers' attention.

After all, in the eyes of the Black Silence Beast, the life force of the countless cultivators in this fortress was many times greater than that of the mere three Constant Lord.

And clearly, they succeeded.

"Hateful..

Yi Wei gritted her teeth.

With nearly two hundred Tier Third-Order Black Silence Beast, this number far exceeds the defense limits of Soka Fortress.

More importantly, most of the early warning detection devices along the route that the fortress relied on have been destroyed in the current wave of beast tide. There is simply no time to replace those destroyed devices.

Therefore, the fortress was completely unprepared for this second wave of beast horde brought by the Lightless Ones.

In other words, they didn't request support in advance at all.

Yi Wei felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

"This time... I'm probably going to die here."

Two hundred Third-Order Black Silence Beast —this is practically a dead end.

"If... someone could quickly provide support here..."

Almost involuntarily, a certain figure appeared in Yi Wei's mind.

Lin Yi.

In the current Chaos Cosmic Sea, he is probably the only one who can quickly provide support here under these circumstances.

But then, thinking of Lin Yi, Yi Wei shook her head and sighed.

Because communication is extremely difficult in the depths of the Black Mist Sea, unless it is an extremely important message, it is generally not transmitted intentionally.

The last time she heard news of Lin Yi was when Constant Lord, who was replacing her, came along with him.

The latest news at the time was that Lin Yi, with his cultivation at the First-Order Constant Lord Realm, had made a sensational breakthrough by passing the Fifth Stage of the Constant Source Tower.

Even so, so what?

"He's only First-Order Constant Lord Realm after all..." Yi Wei shook her head inwardly. "Even with the blessing of over two hundred strands of Dao Resonance, his combat strength is only equivalent to a High-Rank Constant Lord."

"Although two hundred thousand Epoch have passed, with his talent, he may have already broken through to the Second-Order Constant Lord Realm. But with nearly two hundred Third-Order Black Silence Beast, it is no longer something that one or two High-Rank Constant Lord can change the course of the battle."

Yi Wei sighed deeply.

She thought of her Snow Spirit Race, of her clansmen still waiting for her return in the Silent Cosmos Domain, and of her many unfulfilled wishes that she might never be able to fulfill.

"I hope that after I die, Lin Yi will take care of the Snow Spirit Race out of consideration for our past friendship."

Yi Wei sighed inwardly, then turned to look at Aoduo, who had also sensed what had happened.

At this moment, the obsequious smile on the face of the Star-Scale Race's Constant Lord had vanished without a trace.

Instead, an unprecedented solemnity prevailed.

Prepare for battle.

Yi Wei gave him a wry smile.

Looks like you won't have a chance to drink that wine.

Upon hearing this, Aoduo gave a wry smile.

He sighed deeply, then slowly shook his head.

"That's not necessarily true. That massive beast tide won't surge up immediately; it will take some time..."

As he spoke, Aoduo raised his hand and gently clapped it in the air.

A jar of fine wine, sealed entirely in dark green crystal, appeared out of thin air in his palm.

He raised his hand again, and hundreds of crystal-clear wine glasses flew out at once.

Aoduo poured Yi Wei a glass himself first.

The wine was Amber in color and had a rich aroma that permeated the battlefield, which was filled with the stench of blood and slaughter. Even so, it could not conceal its intoxicating fragrance.

Then he poured himself another glass.

Finally, the remaining empty cups seemed to have eyes and flew away on their own.

A drop of that Amber liquid flew into each cup and landed steadily in front of the nearby True Source Realm and Eternal Source Realm cultivators.

The soldiers, who had been burdened with heavy hearts, were all stunned when they saw the wine glass suddenly fly in front of them.

Aoduo didn't say much.

He didn't say anything grand or inspiring.

He simply picked up his glass of wine and said casually, "This wine of mine is something I specially exchanged with a friend for; it would be a real shame to waste it."

After saying that, Aoduo tilted his head back and drank the glass of wine in one gulp.

The nearby Veteran Platform stared blankly at the drop of wine before them, then suddenly grinned.

He grabbed the glass, tilted his head back, and downed it in one gulp.

"Even if I die, it's worth it if my Constant Lord invites me for a drink!"

The female warrior picked up the glass of wine with trembling hands.

She glanced at the boundless tide of beasts, then at her comrades beside her, sniffed, and then tilted her head back and drank the wine.

Yi Wei stared blankly at the scene before her.

She had Aoduo, whom she had found annoying countless times, but now, this pursuer, whom she found bothersome, also showed a carefree and open-minded side.

"This guy..."

A slight smile suddenly appeared on Yi Wei's lips.

It was a smile that resembled both a bitter one and a look of relief.

She also picked up her glass of wine, then tilted her head back and drank it all in one gulp.

"Then let's have a good, good fight together."

At this moment, the terrifying torrent formed by the confluence of two beast tides outside the fortress, carrying the overwhelming momentum of nearly two hundred Third-Order Black Silence Beast, crashed into the isolated and helpless fortress like a world-destroying Black Tide.

Meanwhile, in the Central Plaza of Constant Island, Lin Yi's lecture was reaching a particularly exciting point.

On the dark golden jade platform, Lin Yi lightly tapped his fingertip, and an intricate Ancient Law Inscriptions was drawn in the air, explaining the key to how to alternate between the Wind-Command Inscription and the Lightness Inscription in close combat.

The students were completely captivated.

But at that very moment, a violent tremor suddenly erupted within Lin Yi's Divine Kingdom.

It's that Emergency Mission Badge.

Lin Yi's heart skipped a beat.

This emblem represents the most urgent and pressing request for assistance from the Black Mist Sea Frontline.

Whenever it vibrates, it means that something important has happened at the Frontline that requires his immediate deployment.

Lin Yi paused the lecture without making a sound.

The unfinished inscription paused slightly in mid-air before slowly dissipating.

Lin Yi probed a wisp of his Soul Power into the Divine Kingdom and touched the emblem.

Soon, a respectful voice entered his consciousness.

"Commander Lin Yi, I apologize for disturbing you."

Lin Yi recognized the voice; it belonged to the Constant Lord from the Constant Domain Office, who was specifically responsible for coordinating emergency dispatch matters with him.

"This time, the Soka Fortress on the Frontline of the Black Mist Sea in the Silent Cosmos Domain is in danger. Three Lightless Constant Lord, being chased by a beast horde, lured the pursuing beasts to the Soka Fortress, using Soka Fortress escape their pursuit. Now, the fortress is besieged by a beast horde led by nearly two hundred Tier 3 Black Silence Beast, and the situation is extremely critical. Based on comprehensive assessment, you should be able to handle this Tier 3 emergency mission with your current strength. Therefore, the Constant Domain Office hopes to request your assistance."

Lin Yi nodded slightly after listening.

With less than two hundred level 3 Black Silence Beast and the support of an entire fortress force, this mission seemed entirely within his capabilities, given his current strength.

However, in the past, when he received such a task, he would mostly only think about how to get there as quickly as possible and how to solve the problem efficiently.

But now that his status is different, his perspective on things has also changed.

"Lightless Constant Lord being hunted by a horde of beasts?"

"And what's more, it was three High-Rank Constant Lord being hunted down together?"

Lin Yi frowned slightly.

This detail stirred a strange sense of unease within him.

The Lightless Constant Lord, especially the high-ranking Lightless Constant Lord, have always hidden themselves in the Lightless City and rarely show themselves.

But now, three high-ranking Lords of the City of No Light are being chased so desperately by the beast horde that they can only resort to the risky tactic of leading the beast horde to the Imperial Fortress to divert the pursuers' attention... Clearly, something has happened in No Light City again.

Lin Yi made a judgment in his heart.

The thought flashed through his mind.

However, now is not the time to delve into these matters.

Soka Fortress is in imminent danger, as countless imperial cultivators are still trapped inside.

Saving lives is the top priority.

Then, Lin Yi looked at the students below the stage.

He smiled slightly and said, "There's been an emergency at the Black Mist Sea Frontline; I need to leave for a while."

"Please take your time to digest what I've just said. I'll be right back."

Before he could finish speaking, Lin Yi said no more.

With a thought, the Constant Fusion Pillar trembled violently deep within his Soul Origin.

A thick and dazzling golden cocoon of light rose up from beneath his feet with a roar, trembling slightly in the void.

The next instant, the cocoon of light, along with the person inside, transformed into a dazzling golden streak of light and shot away.