At the source of the Northern Void River, by the Former Alliance Fortress!
A gigantic circular Array Disc, a million meters in diameter, continuously radiated two kinds of power—black and white—from the side of the fortress.
The black and white forces were like ink dripping into clear water, disrupting the balance of the entire Northern Void River.
However, the five Top Alchemists who had originally maintained the entire Array Disc had vanished from atop it. In their place, a large group of Senior Alchemists continued to sustain the energy flow.
The Senior Alchemists were far weaker than the Top Alchemists, and they were clearly struggling. Beads of sweat the size of beans kept dripping from their faces.
As for why the Top Alchemists had disappeared?
It was, of course, because the situation on the front lines had rapidly deteriorated!
The worsening situation at the front had forced the Alchemy Civilization's higher-ups to leave the Array Disc and hold a high-level meeting.
As for why they didn't use Avatars, the shielding measures that came with high-level status could easily sever the connection between one's main body and Avatar.
Deep within the fortress, the Alchemy Empire's high-ranking officials responsible for conquering the north had gathered.
Compared with the Northern Civilization Alliance's meetings, the Alchemy Empire's meeting was even more somber—so much so that it could be called dead silent.
Around the huge stone table, Alchemists dressed in robes of various colors all kept their heads lowered, confusion and fear showing in their eyes.
The sudden and dramatic turn in the situation at the front had left them struggling to take it in.
Even though they had experienced countless events over the past tens of millions of years, they had never before faced such a massive and shocking change.
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