"Hmm? This time seems to go more smoothly!"
A trace of surprise flickered across Leilin's face before settling into calm.
In his perception, the moment his spiritual power seed entered the spatial turbulence, it caught an eastward current. Instead of spinning in circles on the spot, it was quickly drifting off into the distance.
And in that direction, the terrifying aura of fire elemental particles was gradually intensifying.
Faintly, through his perception, Leilin seemed to see a vast world of enormous scale, surrounded by something resembling a world membrane.
"No way? Am I really this lucky?" Leilin found it hard to believe, but still directed his spiritual power seed forward.
"Who goes there? This is the territory of the Flame Throne — get lost!!!"
Thunderous words boomed out, and then Leilin felt a tremendous force surge forth. His spiritual power seed was instantly ground to dust.
Stagger! Stagger!
Leilin stumbled back several steps, two lines of blood flowing from his nose.
"What happened?" Robin immediately stepped forward to support him.
"I seemed to have discovered a world, but encountered resistance at the periphery from a force calling itself the Flame Throne!" Leilin waved his hand dismissively.
"Oh! That's the Flame World! It was already conquered by the Radiant Sun Wizard Aragon, the Flame King, and is under his protection!" Understanding flickered across Robin's face, tinged with a hint of indignation.
"Already conquered!" Leilin's eyes widened.
"That's right. The famous Radiant Sun Wizards on the Central Continent all have terrifying records of having conquered worlds. We even suspect that it was from those conquered worlds that they gained enormous benefits, enabling their advancement to the Radiant Sun rank…"
"And after conquering a world, the Radiant Sun Wizard and the forces behind him will instead shield that world, forbidding anyone else from eyeing it. Not only that — in some unconquered worlds, if there are powerful guardians of fifth rank or above, such as Radiant Moon Wizards, they will detect external spiritual power intrusions and proactively destroy our spiritual power seeds." Robin's face carried a bitter smile.
"So finding ways to evade detection by powerful beings, disguise our spiritual power seeds to remain潜伏 until we successfully lock on, is also a research topic worth pursuing!"
"Ah!"
At that moment, the other third-rank Crystallization old man also seemed to have provoked something. He suddenly lurched backward: "Careful — it's coming!"
"Squeak! Squeak!" An unpleasant screech poured from the mirror interface before him.
Then a mass of tentacles extended from the mirror. It appeared to be some kind of octopus-like creature, but the tentacles were pure black, without any suckers, and looked eerily ethereal.
"Terror Stare! Venom Sac!"
The third-rank Crystallization old man was unfazed in the face of danger. First he unleashed his Intimidation Domain, and the Venom Sac under his control transformed into several trident-shaped prongs, thrusting directly at the black octopus creature that had already pushed half its body through.
Boom! The spatial mirror shattered, but the black octopus still squeezed through. Its body was covered in eyeballs, looking extremely grotesque and terrifying.
Pfft! Pfft! The black venomous tridents pierced straight through the octopus's body without causing any injury whatsoever.
"Phasing ability! This is the most common attribute of spatial creatures!"
Leilin instantly recalled a passage from a certain record.
Then a large mass of pitch-black smoke sprayed from the octopus's mouth, accompanied by terrifying infrasound attacks, forcing Leilin and the others to immediately retreat some distance.
The old man tore a crystal cross from below his neck and held it up as a shield before himself.
Pop! Under the octopus's black tentacles, the defensive barrier projected by the crystal cross proved utterly useless and was directly penetrated.
The entire octopus lunged straight at the old man's face. At its underside, a gaping maw composed of countless fangs had already appeared.
"Not a bad creature!"
But before the octopus could touch the old man's face, it was firmly seized by another hand.
Crack! Crack!
Numerous sharp teeth gnawed at the hand, producing sounds that set one's teeth on edge — yet with absolutely no effect.
"A spatial creature! And an undocumented species at that! This experiment will more than recoup the costs!"
Gilbert wore a cheerful smile as a layer of blue flame spread across his hand, crawling over the entire black octopus.
Once the flames had burned away, all that remained in Gilbert's hand was a blue crystal sphere. The black octopus drifted inside it, looking very tiny indeed.
"And these too!" Gilbert opened his mouth and inhaled.
A massive gale formed, drawing all the black mist the octopus had sprayed earlier into Gilbert's stomach.