"First, I used the Luck Wizard Array to amplify the power of the Fate Gold Coin, then activated all the fate power within the coin in a single burst. On top of that, I'd already narrowed the location of the Purgatory World from the vast expanse of the Astral Plane down to the Anxuan Nebula…"
"At the cost of completely destroying the Fate Gold Coin, this attempt—has a seventy percent success rate!"
Searing light blazed from Leilin's eyes. He raised both hands high: "Power of Fate! Guide my path and lead me to the Purgatory World!"
BOOM!
The moment Leilin finished his chant, the radiance from the Fate Gold Coin reached its peak—a blinding dark-gold luminescence that enveloped the entire laboratory.
The power of fate surged to its pinnacle. In that same instant, every astrologer across the Wizard World raised their head in shock, sensing the fluctuation and shift of the River of Fate's power.
Tendrils of dark-gold light latched onto the Astral Gate one after another. Within the silver mirror, the Anxuan Nebula kept shrinking, slowly homing in on the Purgatory World's coordinates.
CRACK! CRACK!
The Purgatory World harbored rule-level existences like the Mother of Ten Thousand Serpents. Even the mere act of calculating its coordinates sent hairline fractures spreading across the surface of the Fate Gold Coin.
【Alert! Alert! Fate Gold Coin undergoing rapid self-destruction! Countdown: 1.1 seconds! 1.0 seconds! 0.9 seconds!】
The Chip flashed a blood-red countdown box in a blur.
At that moment, though the target was drawing closer, the Purgatory World still had not materialized.
"Not… not enough! Still not enough!" Leilin's face flushed red. He barked a command: "Chip! Overload the Luck Wizard Array!"
【Ding! Luck Wizard Array amplification increased. Current overload: 200%! 300%! 400%!】
Accompanying the Chip's voice, the energy clusters surrounding the Luck Wizard Array let out piercing roars as terrifying amplification power erupted once more.
CRACKLE! CRACKLE! Massive energy currents surged through the array, detonating dense clusters of runes. The entire Luck Wizard Array collapsed in an instant.
But in the very last moment before the array crumbled, the horrifying amplification force had already manifested upon the Fate Gold Coin.
POP! First, the skull-face representing misfortune shattered completely. Then, as though the lucky bird had come alive, it spread its wings and let out a resounding cry.
The entire Fate Gold Coin exploded into fragments.
At the same instant, a beam of dark-gold light, sharp as a blade, cleaved through the veil of the Anxuan Nebula and dragged the Astral Gate's mirror surface to the edge of a dim, dark star.
【Ding! Luck Wizard Array and Fate Gold Coin destroyed. Purgatory World coordinates acquired!】
The Chip's voice rang out, and a look of elation burst across Leilin's face.
"Success! Hope for every Comoin warlock! And the solution to the bloodline shackles!" Leilin clenched his fist tight.
【Ding! Purgatory World coordinates entered. Initiating spatial passage!】 Accompanied by the Chip's mechanical voice, a blue gate of light thundered open before Leilin.
A terrifying aura seeped through from the other side, exerting a palpable, crushing pressure even upon Leilin.
The Purgatory World—a world of immense power since ancient times, one that had never declined. The Mother of Ten Thousand Serpents and other formidable rule-level beings still resided within.
"One step forward, and there is no turning back!" Leilin smiled faintly, then stepped fully into the light.
BOOM! Blue radiance flared and engulfed the entire laboratory.
…
A streak of blue light hurtled through the vast expanse of the Astral Plane like a meteor.
Within that blue radiance, Leilin watched the dim star in his field of vision grow larger and larger, until it finally resolved into an enormous world.
The entire world was shrouded in grey mist, obscuring his view. He could barely make out a handful of continents and oceans.
Any single continent could rival the area of the Wizard World's Central Landmass, and the powerful aura faintly emanating from within made even Leilin tremble.
Before long, the Astral Gate's power carried him to the edge of the Purgatory World—the exterior of the world membrane.
But just as Leilin was about to enter the Purgatory World, an abrupt change occurred!
"Who goes there? What outsider dares to offend my majesty!" A terrifying wave of energy coalesced outside the Purgatory World, and a colossal dark shadow materialized. So imposing was its presence that spatial storms and turbulent currents scattered in every direction to avoid it.
An overwhelming, tyrannical aura—laden with the power of law—emanated ceaselessly from the figure.
The shadow possessed enormous, tattered wings, and its body loomed like a mountain range. A single massive hand studded with bone spurs reached straight for Leilin, as though a giant were snatching a mosquito.
"A rule-level existence of the seventh rank or above! Damn it—with so many powerful beings in there, they're still this vigilant against outsiders?"
Leilin's expression changed. The golden-red patterns on his Dreamless Mask flickered rapidly as the bloodline aura of the Devil White Phosphorus Serpent poured forth once again.