That Flash of Deep Blue!

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"How could it be that?"

Er Dongsheng was so shocked he could not help crying out.

What had he seen?

The other half of the Scarlet Key!

So this was what the Abyssal Will had been searching for all along!

A deep chill swept through him. At that moment, Er Dongsheng unexpectedly recalled a scene he had once witnessed.

Several locked portals lay hidden in the innermost reaches of the Abyss's space-time layer. Amid the chaotic energies of time and space, one door stood half-closed, neither fully open nor fully shut, revealing only a narrow crack.

Endless energy surged from within, dark and unfathomable.

The phantom outline of a key floated before the door, seemingly waiting for the real key to arrive and open the portal.

"Portal... key..." A tingling dread ran through Er Dongsheng. He had a nagging feeling that the thing he possessed might be tied to the Abyss's deepest secrets.

"What exactly is it...?"

The excitement radiating from the Abyssal Will grew stronger in his mind. His whole body seemed steeped in an inexplicable joy.

The Abyssal Will's influence was terrifying. Even while keeping its presence tightly restrained, it could still affect him. It was almost unbelievable.

"But speaking of the key..."

Er Dongsheng frowned and looked for the other half of the key in his mind, only to discover that it had vanished without his noticing.

"It's gone? How is that possible?"

His heart tightened with profound unease.

But when he tried to remember where