"The power he unleashed at the end was his Way of Civilization."
"Damn it, we lost our best chance to capture him."
"We should have gone all out from the start."
"Now that he's escaped, finding him again will be harder than climbing to Heaven."
The Three-Part Daoist's incarnation watched the furious incarnation of the Mysterious Unknown, his own expression grim. "We were fools."
"We should have realized it the moment he fought his way out. With Li Qing's methods, if there really was a treasure, he would have taken it. There's no way he would have let someone else have it."
"And did you notice? The instant he broke out, over a hundred Great Daos came rushing out behind him."
"They were obviously chasing him."
"And their timing was perfect. Just as we poured in more power, that force arrived and helped him escape instead."
"That has Li Qing written all over it—borrowing another's force to strike."
"He played both us and the people chasing him."
The Mysterious Unknown's incarnation frowned. "There's something else strange."
"Those hundred-odd pursuers suddenly vanished."
"A fluctuation came from inside the black hole that made my hair stand on end."
"It lasted only an instant, but I sensed a power beyond the Infinite Mechanism."
"Could there be a Supreme Mechanism inside that black hole? But that's impossible. There should only be seven Supreme Mechanisms in this world."
Both of them looked toward the dark vortex in the depths, their faces filled with doubt.
The matter had gone completely beyond common sense.
The Three-Part Daoist's incarnation frowned as information flashed through his mind at lightning speed, searching for the secret behind it.
"Whatever is inside that black hole, it's clearly dangerous."
"Those hundred-odd Dao-propagating experts all died in there."
"I recognize some of those Great