After a brief commotion, the Altar Square returned to peace.

The temple guard team entered meditation under the guidance of the detectives of the exploration team.

The tower scholars, alchemists, members of the Holy Pattern Department, and Tribunal guards who were sent by the temple to witness the incident stood quietly at the edge of the square.

Rexor and Cerites discussed it, and they decided to enter a state of meditation together. One person went to find Reina, and the other person was responsible for tracking Neoxat.

After the intervention of the temple guards, they didn't have to do this originally, but considering that the Demon Hunting School broke their promise to Retunnia and failed to take good care of Xuli, they must not repeat the same mistake in Reina's case and let the hunter The relationship between the magic school and the pure-blood mage camp has further deteriorated.

They walked down from the pyramid, passed through the cross-legged meditating crowd, and found the temple guards guarding the scene below the stone tower.

After a conversation, Rexall and the two were allowed to enter meditation, and the temple guards assigned two agents as their guides.

Although Xia Zuo's blood connection induction is powerful, it cannot be used on the spirit body, because the spirit body itself has no flesh and blood...

After Rexor entered a meditative state, the perspective he provided to Xia Zuo turned into darkness.

The ceremony entered an excruciating waiting period, and the audience could do nothing but wait patiently for the final result.

Xia Zuo switched the image orbs and checked the images of several other orbs.

The surface of the ring island is under the control of the temple guards.

Most of the people on the island were forcibly taken away from the island. These people were mainly alchemists and tower scholars who were doing experiments on the island.

The tribes of the shamanic school still stay in the area designated by the temple. A dome-shaped translucent red magic curtain surrounded the area, and there were several teams of glass balls wandering in the sky nearby.

Xia Zuo watched for a few minutes and felt a little bored, so he took out a book from his alchemy pocket and started reading.

He also didn't forget to pay attention to his fellow pure-blood mages behind him.

Kristo and the other three have regained their composure. They summoned a low table in front of the sofa and watched the live broadcast together.

I just don’t know if it’s Xia Zuo’s illusion. The three of them seemed to dare not look directly at Xia Zuo. They seemed to have some strange expressions when talking to Xia Zuo.

Xia Zuo was a little confused, but he didn't take it to heart.

In the next three or four hours, among the temple guards responsible for retrieving the agents of the exploration team, some people continued to use the imitation shrines to send messages to the temple guards in nature.

Every time these temple guards bring back an agent, they will use the characteristics of the imitation shrine to play with the spiritual materials on the ground in the spirit state, spell out a text, report the situation to the captain guarding under the stone tower, and then Go find the next agent.

Finally, after 5 hours, the spirits of all the agents, including Reina, returned to the Altar Square.

Neoxat's spirit body was also captured.

According to the retelling of the temple guard responsible for capturing him, it was fortunate that the Demon Hunter Master helped, otherwise Nyoksat might have escaped. This guy arranged many fake wooden signs to mislead the temple guards.

Rexor and Seretes are now guarding the restless Neoxat in the form of spirits to prevent him from escaping when the spice of meditation accelerates, leaving an empty body for the temple guards. Alchemical body.

The temple guards who were stationed below the stone tower flew to the top and stood around the circular skylight at the top of the stone tower. They joined forces to cast spells, and together they released a blazing light with thousands of points of power.

Suddenly, a bright "sun" appeared on the altar square, and dazzling golden light bloomed on the top of the tower.

The golden light penetrated the spices accumulated in the tower, but did not damage the stone tower itself. The temple guards accurately controlled the length and thickness of the light beam, controlling its caliber to just penetrate all the spices.

At the same time, all the spices are ignited.

Billowing white smoke spewed from the top of the tower.

Part of the white smoke jumped up to the ceiling, forming a white smoke column, obscuring the figures of the temple guards.

The other part of the white smoke was darker and grayer in color. They rushed down from the stone tower like a waterfall, and soon drowned the agents, temple guards and demon hunters sitting in the altar square. Four pyramids are stacked upward.

However, in about 30 seconds, except for the tower scholars, Tribunal guards, and members of the Holy Pattern Department who had evacuated the square early, everything and people in the entire Altar Square were submerged in gray-white smoke.

Such a large cloud of smoke did not spread to the cave next to the square. It stayed in the square strangely and did not disperse for a long time.

Xia Zuo suddenly became nervous.

He switched the images several times, but saw no sign of the temple guards who were casting spells - those temple guards who were speeding up the burning of incense on the top of the tower were the few people in the altar square who were not in a meditative state. They should have They left the top of the tower after completely igniting all the spices, but they did not come out of the gray-white smoke...

Did an accident happen in the thick smoke?

Xia Zuo frowned.

At this moment, the temple guards on the ground came to support.

They put multiple layers of magic shields on themselves, activated elemental bodies and a set of alchemical armor with amazing protective power.

When the temple guards wanted to find an exploration team agent to ask what would happen in the gray-white smoke, everyone was surprised to find:

Not a single member of the expedition team stayed outside the Altar Square!

All of them, whether they were meditating or able to move around freely, did not leave the area of ​​the Altar Square.

Xia Zuo played back the video and watched the short recording of the smoke rising over and over again.

In the dozens of seconds when the smoke erupted, several detectives on standby unanimously chose to stand still and let the smoke engulf them.

It took nearly half a minute from the time the smoke appeared to when the smoke covered the pyramid. It must have been enough time for the agents to evacuate, but they didn't do so.

Xia Zuo was a little distracted for a moment, feeling something bad in his heart.

The only good news is that Rexall is still alive, his blood connection has not been interrupted, and his perspective is still dark. The other people in the thick smoke were probably forced to stay in a meditative state or were in a coma.

The temple guards by the square reported the anomalies of the exploration team to their superiors.

The temple guard team that blocked the shaman school separated some people into the tribal residence. They found the shaman masters who had presided over the sacrificial ceremony and asked for all information related to the smoke. They only received deathly silence. All the shaman masters chose to remain silent.

The temple guards were suddenly in a dilemma.

Are you using magic or alchemy tools to forcibly disperse the smoke? Or move the people out of the thick smoke?

Or do nothing and wait patiently for the smoke to dissipate. Maybe the smoke will not stay in the altar square for too long?

Whatever decision is made, it means the Temple will gain some things and lose others.

No temple guard knows what will happen if any action is taken, just as no temple guard knows where the smoke comes from and where it is going.

The unknown has become a natural chasm in front of the temple.

Just when Xia Zuo felt a little uneasy, Anruer took the initiative to activate his blood connection.

"Xia Zuo, help Janice!" Anru'er's tone was anxious.

Three minutes before thick smoke billowed out of Altar Square.

Silver Moon Federation, in the academy of Poseidon City.

Janice had just finished lunch in the school cafeteria.

Holding a stack of books and carrying her schoolbag, she found a shady corner in the vine corridor of the school as usual, feeling the gentle breeze while flipping through her morning's alchemy records.

Sunlight passes through the vines on the ceiling of the corridor, leaving dots of light on the floor and stone pillars of the corridor. Whenever the breeze blows, the branches and leaves of the vines will sway, and the light spots will turn into twinkling stars.

Janice likes such a peaceful atmosphere and stays here for a while every day instead of taking a lunch break.

A white shadow flashed across the corridor, flying like a shooting star among the star-like spots of light.

Janice caught this white shadow with her peripheral vision, but when she looked over, she didn't find anything unusual.

"Hello, Janice."

The unfamiliar male voice startled Janice.

At some point, there was a man in a white cloak with a hood on the stone chair opposite her.

"Don't be nervous, just relax."

The cloaked man's voice was extremely gentle and seemed to have an irresistible charm. Janice quickly calmed down and did not shout loudly or ask for help, but just looked at the other person quietly.

"Yes, just sit as you are now." The cloaked man chuckled.

Following his words, an invisible magic barrier unfolded in the corridor where the two of them were.

Looking from outside the corridor, there was no one where they were.

The cloaked man waited a short moment.

The necklace around Janice's neck bloomed with bright red blood magic light.

This ray of light emerged from the crystal pendant of the necklace, flew out of Janice's collar, and condensed the figure of a young man in front of the cloaked man.

"Nice to meet you, Xia Zuo. I've been looking forward to meeting you for a long time. Please sit down, you're welcome." The cloaked man pointed to the empty seat opposite Janice.

Xia Zuo, who came here as a blood magic clone, turned sideways and looked at Janice behind him.

The little girl had closed her eyes and sat down to sleep.

Several branches of the vines behind her supported her arms, head and back, so that she did not fall off the stone bench.

"As you can see, I have no ill intentions. I just want to find a right time, a right place, and a right person to talk to you."

Xia Zuo's clone condensed a line of blood, took out a crystal from Janice's schoolbag and stuffed it into his throat. This was the alchemy sound device he had prepared in advance.

"I probably know who you are, what do you want to talk about?"

Xia Zuo moved to sit next to Janice.

He summoned sharp blood magic tools, cut off the vines, and then wrapped the little girl in a thick blood magic shield, isolating her from everything around her.

"You are so careful." The cloaked man sighed.

Xia Zuo was expressionless.

Seeing that Xia Zuo didn't speak, the cloaked man shook his head and said, "Okay. Let's get to the point."

The vines behind the cloaked man changed, and the vines extended out, weaving into a rattan sofa that could be used for half-lying on.

The cloaked man adjusted a comfortable sitting position:

"I sent people to extract the power of Kallus's blood. What is happening in the Altar Square on the Ring Island is also arranged by me. Forging the temple coat of arms, deciphering the communication channel of the secret message ring, and those that have caused widespread resonance. All illegal secret messages were handled by me."

The cloaked man raised his head, lifted his hood, and looked directly at Xia Zuo with a faceless face:

"In the future, I will do many things, including overthrowing the Holy Pattern Ministry, disbanding the two temple conferences, reorganizing the temple, and then ascending to the leadership of the temple. I have done so much just to correct the stupid mistakes made by humans.

"The human race is no different from other races. They are as short-sighted as the mutations that occur spontaneously in organisms.

“They will only make changes based on the current situation. Even if they plan for things twenty or thirty years from now, a hundred years from now they will find that there are obvious flaws in the decisions made in the past and they can do better.

"I have the ability to see the changes in all things in the world. I can stand at the end of time and control the present and the past. Every step I take is before the temple operation. I will achieve the final victory, just like what I saw at the end of time. The same."

"Then what? Enjoy the end of your time? Wait to die at the end of the world?" Xia Zuo sneered.

The cloaked man shook his hand, "No, I will change it, not for the so-called saving of the common people, but for myself."

"You are not a strange demon, are you?" Xia Zuo thought for a while, "You are not a member of the temple, right?"

The cloaked man is definitely not a high-level mage or above. Xia Zuo is 100% sure of this, otherwise the light element would have killed him long ago.

"Strange Demon, Temple..." The cloaked man shook his head, "You and I are at different heights, so we only see these two organizations that are huge to ordinary people."

The cloaked man asked, "How much do you know about the stars above us?"

The air is quiet for a few seconds.

"Well, it seems that you don't know much about the vast world outside this land." The cloaked man raised his chin to Xia Zuo, "Join me, and I will tell you the answer."

Xia Zuo didn't respond.

"I know you have some hostility towards me, just like I did when I first met Crystal, Retunia and Symphiya."

Xia Zuo was moved by the cloaked man's words.

No wonder the three of them looked strange. It turned out that they had met the cloaked man not long ago.

Xia Zuo immediately linked up the cause and effect.

Presumably, the cloaked man communicated with the first-generation pure-blood mage through the descendants of the pure-blood mage like he does now.

"I can tell you frankly that I do need the blood power of a pure-blood mage, and the stronger the better. Doing so will not only prevent the pure-blood mage from losing his life, but it may also allow him to master some unique spells. .”

The cloaked man spread his hands, looking extremely sincere - as long as you ignore his face without features.

"Since many years ago, I have been preparing to open the door to the [Land of Rest]. I have collected a lot of materials, and now I only need the bloodline power of a pure-blood mage.

"By bringing all the materials together and performing specific rituals, we can enter the [resting place]. Those who contribute will benefit from it. This is my promise.

"Of course, I won't tell you what the benefits are unless you join me."

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