My health recovery is incredibly fast.

“That’s all,” Xia Zuo said.

“Looks like he wants to keep us here…” Rexor thought for a moment, then asked, “Wait, how do you know the cliff passage is gone?”

"This..." Xia Zuo was stunned, not expecting that he had inadvertently given himself away.

The curly-haired cat in the tree chimed in, "It's all to save you."

"What?" Rexol asked, looking up.

"Xia Zuo bought a batch of mutation materials from Selena and had his fiancée secretly refine a batch of defensive blood magic puppets."

The curly-haired cat glanced at the red lines of text frozen in mid-air and continued:

"Judging from Xia Zuo's appearance, this batch of blood magic puppets has already arrived at the anti-magic field. They're probably lurking near the cliff passage. Am I right, Xia Zuo?"

“Ahem, yes, Krestor.” Xia Zuo readily admitted, “I want to use these blood magic golems to help Rexor and the others escape.”

"You really are..." Rexor had just straightened his face, about to scold Xia Zuo for his recklessness, when he swallowed his words and sighed heavily, saying:

"Sigh... never mind, it's no use saying all this now. Thank you for your kindness and help, Xia Zuo."

Rexor frowned as he pondered, then said, "Crestor, notify the Rose Knights to send out a reconnaissance team to search the surrounding area and check if the supply transport routes are clear. Make the discovery of the broken cliff passage seem natural."

"Okay." The curly-haired cat bobbed its little head.

“Xia Zuo, now that your Blood Element servants have arrived at the anti-magic field… let’s give those cunning demons a gift.”

Rexor said to the red line:

“I know Nukalofa all too well. He’s a thoroughly cunning man who always keeps his cards close to his chest and assumes great malice in his opponents. He must know that our apparent reinforcement plan contains traps, so he won’t reveal all his arrangements at once.”

"I divided the reinforcement plan into two parts, one overt and one covert, to keep myself safe. But it seems we won't need them now."

"What do you need me to do?" Xia Zuo asked.

"With the cliff passage gone, supplies can't get in, and we may have to abandon our plan to attack the Alien Group's stronghold. But we can't waste the explosives we have on hand."

Rexor chuckled coldly. "Heh heh. I plan to use these bombs to sabotage the energy pipelines at the Church of the Otherworld. This would have been unthinkable before. We didn't have enough manpower to secretly plant bombs, nor could we build makeshift flying vehicles under the Otherworlders' noses. But now, your Blood Element Servants have given us the best opportunity. They are difficult for the Otherworlders to detect, can fly, and are not yet exposed to the Otherworlders' sight, making them the best candidates to carry out this plan."

Xia Zuo looked at the hand-drawn map on his desk. He had already figured out the energy system of most of the headquarters of the Otherworldly Demon Church.

“No problem,” Xia Zuo said. “Once you’ve gathered the explosives, I’ll start placing them. They’ll explode at the most critical energy hub in the headquarters of the Church of the Otherworld.”

"Let me think about how to get the explosives out without those two spies noticing..." Rexor frowned in thought.

Xia Zuo waited for a while, then finally couldn't contain his worry and asked, "Master, aren't you worried about your situation at all? The Church of the Otherworldly Demons destroyed the cliff passage... You can't go back... Even if I can help you survive the dimensional fusion..."

“Oh, Shazo. Perhaps you have some misunderstanding about us Witchers,” Rexor said, regaining his composure.

"Our negative emotions were brutally destroyed by the effects of the medicine as soon as we took it. Although we are getting old, we may have some reflections on life, but none of them are related to the fear of death."

Rexor took a deep breath, and as he slowly exhaled, he looked up at the sky, his face showing utter exhaustion. "I have fought for thousands of years, Shazo. I want a real rest. Can you grant me that?"

Xia Zuo remained silent.

"If you really want to help me, finish this plan before I close my eyes and give me a good venting of my anger."

"Yes, Master."

Chapter 74 Dividing Life Force

The ceremony at the headquarters of the Church of the Otherworld.

Nukalofa's voice broke the silence after the cliff passage was destroyed:

“I have temporarily closed the road to the land of sin. Now, apart from a few hyenas on the ground, no one will disturb our sacred and glorious cause.”

Nukalofa turned around to face the shriveled blood vessels suspended in mid-air.

He raised his arms high and chanted some kind of magical incantation in a strange tone.

This incantation was not translated into the temple's common language by the [Mind Seal]. Nevertheless, Xia Zuo tried his best to memorize the incantation, which had no meaning.

At the same time, Xia Zuo manipulated his blood element servants to quietly peek out from behind the energy pipe walls to observe Nukalofa's spellcasting process.

The shriveled blood vessels pulsated slowly, like the digestive system. Several small bumps appeared on the surface of the vessels, quickly growing into large tumors. With each pulsation, the tumors rapidly approached the opening of the blood vessel.

"Pfft~~Pfft~~Pfft~~" With a sound like farting, a large ball of tender green light shot out from the blood vessel opening.

Nukalofa took a deep breath and tore off a small piece from the ball of light.

The pale green light dispersed, slowly flowing to every corner of the grand plaza. The demons below gasped in rapt attention, eagerly absorbing the light into their bodies. Those demons who had been exhausted from continuous worship instantly regained their vibrant appearance.

The shriveled blood vessels were spewing out pure life force energy. Judging from the expressions and movements of these otherworldly demons, they should all be able to see the life force orbs.

Xia Zuo unleashed a detection spell at the ball of light, which possessed a staggering 330,000 points of vitality attribute value. This was roughly equivalent to 70-80 points per person for all the demons present.

As the pale green orb drew closer, Xia Zuo, out of caution, deactivated the Blood Element Servant's [Vitality Recovery].

If Nukalofa and the other demons were to discover that a small patch of light had broken free of its original trajectory and flown into the energy pipes... well... that would be awkward.

As the demons absorbed the life force orbs, Nukalofa waved his hand to summon shadow energy, which condensed into a dark, arc-shaped rift around him.

Whispers drifted out from the crack.

This was the second time Xia Zuo had heard this voice.

He examined the dark crack closely and saw a deep purple light within it.

Deep purple... Hmm... Xia Zuo recalled that he had seen this color of light in the Dark Room Sub-Dimension before, which should be unique to this dimension.

Therefore, Nukalofa is speaking with a being from the Dark Chamber dimension.

If Xia Zuo and Selena's speculation is correct, in addition to the Shadow Demon Overlord, there should also be a large number of newly built incubation chambers and a huge energy system in the dark room. The latter two things also need to be managed by the Otherworldly Demons.

At the church headquarters ceremony, only Nukalofa was presiding over the ceremony, so the other high-ranking members of the Otherworldly Demons must have been in the dark room.

Who are these high-ranking officials?

Xia Zuo scratched his head and rummaged through the notebook on the table.

The three high-ranking codebreakers in the temple were not considered high-ranking members of the Church of the Otherworld. They rarely had the opportunity to meet the truly important figures in the church, but one high-ranking member of the Otherworld frequently appeared in their field of vision.

That's Grandsabech, the head steward of the Church of the Otherworld, responsible for coordinating and supervising all departments of the church. He reports only to Bishop Bloodsecret and holds a higher position than Nukoalov.

According to the description of the high-level decipherers, Granzabage is also human, not an alien demon, and he is a flesh alchemist like Nukoalov.

It is estimated that Nukoalov was talking to Gelsbech at that moment.

Xia Zuo's guess was quickly confirmed.

Just as the last wisp of tender green light was devoured by the demons at the edge of the ritual square, Nukoalov ended the conversation.

He dispersed the dark crack in front of him, turned around, and announced loudly:

"By order of Lord Grandabech, the Shadow Demon Overlord is ready. Plane fusion will commence in five hours."

This time, Xia Zuo did not have his Blood Element servants hide behind the walls of the energy pipes, but instead maintained a stealthy peeking posture.

He finally saw what Nukoalov looked like.

An ordinary, balding old man...he looked just like any other old man who sat in the square watching his wife dance every day.

Nukoalov did not discover the uninvited guest in the energy pipeline.

Under the watchful eyes of his blood servants, he pointed to several alien demons below the platform and issued an order in an unquestionable tone, “Adjust the energy center. Plane fusion will cause drastic environmental changes. Do not let irrelevant energy ruin our plans. I do not want to see elemental energy appear in the sparks of plane fusion.”

The demons who received the order bowed to Nukoalov, then turned into wisps of black smoke and flew into the stairwell at the edge of the bed.

Nukoalov turned around again, facing the shriveled veins, and took a long breath.

A forced aura of piety emanated from the withered veins, quickly enveloping the demons, who then entered into devout songs praising Vasaksat.

The charging speed has slowed down this time.

Feedback from the Detection spell indicates that it is expected to be fully charged in 5 hours, perfectly coinciding with the timeline of the plane fusion. It seems Nukoaloff intentionally slowed down the charging rate to perfectly coordinate with the Shadow Fiend.

Xia Zuo has both good news and bad news in front of him.

The bad news is that when the bombs are being planted, his blood element servants may no longer be able to roam freely; they will have to be careful to avoid the demons that are going to inspect the energy center.

The good news is that he may have discovered the anti-magic field generator!

It's not hard to deduce from Nukoalov's words that elemental energy might appear during planar fusion, interfering with the process, and the Church Headquarters' energy center seems capable of resolving this issue. The likely solution is to prevent the emergence of elemental energy altogether.

Isn't this a magic-blocking field?!

It turns out that the large sphere covered in energy pipes we saw earlier was actually a magic-suppressing force field generator. However, in the eyes of the otherworldly demons, the large sphere was the energy center for producing energy, and the magic-suppressing force field was just a side function.

Destroying the energy center is tantamount to destroying the magic-blocking field!

Kill two birds with one stone.

Xia Zuo switched to Rexor's perspective and told him what was happening at the headquarters of the Church of the Otherworld.

After listening to Shazo's speculations about the energy center and the anti-magic field generator, Rexor pondered and said:

"In that case, the Tower Mage's research over the years is correct. The anti-magic field does not exist in isolation; it must be attached to some kind of energy device. The best method is simply to combine it with an energy device to directly solve the power supply problem."

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Chapter 75 Preparing to Detonate

"Master, are the bombs ready?" Xia Zuo asked. "There are five hours left before the planes begin to merge."

“Five hours...that’s much faster than I expected.” Rexor rubbed his bald head. “The explosives are readily available, but the detonator isn’t. I’m having the other pureblood mage’s blood magic golems secretly make the detonator. It should be ready in about an hour.”

Rexor took out paper and pen from his bag and drew the circuit layout of the detonation device with lines and circles.

"This device can detonate all the bombs at the same time, maximizing the use of the shockwave to destroy the church headquarters' energy center. The shockwave is kinetic energy and is not on the list of prohibited energies in the anti-magic field. You don't need to worry about the explosion being ineffective, but you must ensure that the wiring is laid out correctly."

Rexor quickly drew a circuit diagram and laid it flat on the open ground in front of him. "Use this diagram to carefully inspect the area near the church headquarters' energy center and find a suitable detonation point in advance. Once the detonator is ready, I will notify you to start installing the bomb."

"Yes, Master."

Xia Zuo simultaneously brought up the perspectives of two Blood Element servants in his mind.

On the left is a diagram of the bomb installation route drawn by Rexor, and on the right is the headquarters of the Church of the Otherworldly Demons.

He manipulated his blood element servants to fly along the energy pipelines into the wall, gradually approaching the energy center.