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The flying boat transformed into a silver streak that tore through the gray mist.

It's not a roundabout approach, nor is it stealthy.

It was a straight, brutal, and extreme speed penetration!

It's a violent breakthrough based purely on speed.

【Eye of the Underworld】is operating at full capacity.

The wind pressure cannon is operating at maximum power!

In Lin Gui's vision, the enormous outline of a soul approached like a mountain range.

On the left, a constantly shifting mass of countless wailing faces—"Shadowweaver Sirens."

It sensed the approach of the "flying boat," and countless faces turned simultaneously, emitting silent shrieks.

Several giant whips, formed from shadows and resentment, suddenly emerged from the mist.

Pull forward towards the trajectory of the airship!

"boom--!!"

Below the airship, an entire piece of land instantly crumbled and vanished.

But the airship was too fast!

When the giant shadow whip fell, it had already swept across that area of ​​airspace.

All that remained were the violent shockwaves and the shrill cries of the souls.

The airship was moving so fast that it was still in the Shadow Weaver's territory just a second ago.

The next second, they entered the domain of another epic demon.

In front of.

The thick fog suddenly became viscous and gloomy.

A gigantic sphere, like a decaying star.

"Thousand-Faced Nightmare: Moros" - slowly rotates.

Countless eyes opened one after another on the surface of the sphere.

Countless beams of "gaze" light, powerful enough to freeze the soul of a legendary expert, crisscrossed and shot towards us!

That was a direct attack on the spiritual level, and there was no way to avoid it.

"pay close attention!!!"

"Buzz—!"

Everyone was shaken to their core, as if their souls had been struck by a heavy hammer.

The attack was invisible, and it was even a full kilometer away from the airship.

Yet it sent shivers down the spines of everyone present!

Eve groaned softly, her arms trembling slightly as she clung to Lin Gui.

Lin Gui shouted sharply, simultaneously activating the [Levitation Technique] with all his might to control the out-of-control flying boat.

They barely grazed the edge of the interwoven "gaze network"!

One by one, legendary high-ranking demons responded to the lord's command.

They kept attacking the airship.

Giant tentacles made of blood and rusted metal rose from the "ground".

The giant black tree uprooted its roots, which stretched high into the sky, and lashed them at the flying boat.

The airship stalls, changes direction, and then accelerates again.

The legendary figures bound to the outside of the airship had completely lost their composure as powerful warriors.

"Aaaaaah—!!"

"Slow down! They're about to disperse! They're about to disperse!"

The screams, filled with terror, despair, and a touch of absurdity, were torn apart by the howling wind.

Under Lin Gui's control, the flying boat was like a small boat in a stormy sea.

Yet, with incredible precision and decisiveness, they pierced through the cracks of death time and time again, breaking through the shackles of the fog.

at last.

Two minutes later, the airship arrived at the familiar purple mist area.

The territory of Soul Devouring Monarch Apophis.

It was a slowly writhing "forest abyss" composed of countless eerie blue tentacles and enormous skeletons.

Last time, Lin Gui was worried about disturbing Apophis, so he didn't dare to raise the Eye of the Underworld.

See His whole picture.

And this time...

In the Eye of the Underworld, Apophis's full appearance is clearly revealed for the first time.

Enormous as a mountain, its dark blue tentacles resemble an underwater forest, each tentacle tip shimmering with a soul-devouring light.

It slowly "turned around," its empty "gaze" seemingly "looking" at the flying boat.

No, they were looking behind the airship.

Those few "apex" auras, alarmed and radiating terrifying rage and greed, were rapidly approaching!

The next moment, something shocking happened to Lin Gui.

Apophis's enormous soul did not attack the airship.

Instead, it suddenly surged to one side, with countless dark blue tentacles stretching and intertwining.

A thick, soul barrier had been erected across the entire field of vision between the flying boat and the pursuing troops!

It blocked the shadows that the Shadow Weaver peered out, the gaze that the Nightmare cast, and the crimson tidal wave that swept through the Crimson Calamity!

A whisper from a soul, seemingly traversing countless ages, filled with weariness and obsession.

A faint sound echoed across space:

"guard……"

"village……"

"don't want......"

"harm......"

"No...you are not allowed..."

Lin Gui shuddered.

At that very moment, Eve, who was standing behind him, suddenly opened her eyes.

A surge of divine power suddenly flooded into his mind.

In her purple eyes, starlight swirled intensely, as if reflecting fragments of time.

Fragmented memories forced their way into her mind.

In the picture:

The terrifying, mountain-like, abyss-like bearded beast lay quietly beside a human village.

The child curiously touched the tips of its transparent, blurred tentacles, and it slightly withdrew them, showing no malice.

The villagers and this enormous, ethereal demon coexisted in a strange yet harmonious way.

……

The end of the world has come.

The sky was torn apart, and an indescribable shadow of a demigod covered everything.

The tide of demons surged forth, destroying everything in its path.

Apophis roared, its azure tentacles soaring into the sky, tightly binding the overwhelming shadow and buying time for the village.

however……

More indescribable things emerged from the shadows.

The tentacles were torn off and swallowed one by one.

Finally, amidst desperate screams and the utter annihilation of the village, the fragments of memory came to an abrupt end.

Eve was pale, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

"This...this...is truly unbelievable..."

"The devil protected humanity."

"The legend of that story is actually true."

She murmured softly, her voice filled with complex and indescribable emotions.

When she turned back again.

That colossal being who once silently protected others, but was ultimately twisted into the Soul Devouring Lord, has vanished behind layers of mist.

The flying boat broke through the densest area of ​​spirits in the Howling Corridor!

The roars of high-ranking demons were no longer heard.

Instead, there were countless low- to mid-level soul demons screaming in terror as they fled.

They seemed to have encountered a natural enemy, frantically fleeing from the direction of the airship.

"We... got out?" Killian's voice trembled with disbelief.

The speed of the airship did not decrease at all; in fact, it continued to accelerate by using inertia.

Faster and faster!

Four minutes later.

The fog ahead suddenly thinned and dispersed.

A vast, desolate, and dilapidated ruined city-state came into clear view.

The city walls were broken, the streets were deserted, and an atmosphere of decay and silence permeated the air.

We've arrived in Blackwater City.

The blinding sunlight shone down, illuminating the airship and its disheveled passengers.

Seeing this, Lin Gui steered the out-of-control airship to slow down continuously.

The out-of-control airship only slowed down to a relatively stable speed as it approached the large city-state.

Once the airship stabilized, several passengers couldn't resist any longer.

"Ugh... Ugh!"

Morpheus couldn't help but gag.

His face was pale, and he gripped the handrail tightly, his knuckles turning blue.

He suddenly raised his head and looked at the gray-robed monk in front of him, who was still sitting upright, but with sweat on his forehead.

The sound rose due to extreme shock and a kind of deceived "collapse":

"You...you don't have any concealment artifact at all!!"

"You made it through by sheer speed..."

Lin Gui slowly lowered the airship's altitude, landing on a relatively flat plaza in the ruins of Blackwater City.

Upon hearing Morpheus's words, he turned his head, a tired yet remarkably clear smile curving his lips.

"I already said..."

"I am just an insignificant wandering mage."

"What right do I have to possess a 'divine artifact'?"

"My lords... you think too highly of me."