Dan Chen nodded, knowing that if psionics overused their psionic energy during a battle, it would cause irreversible damage to their bodies.
"We succeeded in staying here. I had the biggest problem, becoming a sickly person, while Li Li became a dwarf, Feng Wei's intellect regressed, and Wu Shan had the least problem, only his body swelled a bit. That's how we worked for that person for thirty whole years..."
"What have you been doing for these thirty years?"
"Very simple, training the heretic army."
"Meaning, you had already started preparing for this feast thirty years ago?" Dan Chen was a little surprised. The preparation time for this feast could be traced back to thirty years ago?
Li Yan nodded.
"That's right. It's worth mentioning that within the feast's barrier at the time, there were several Spirit Hunter Agents like you. They didn't need to defeat anyone, nor did they need to undergo any assessment. They directly became our immediate superiors."
Li Yan's eyes were filled with resentment, likely due to the frustration of his earlier plea being ignored.
"Then, what was the purpose of holding the feast?"
"Heh heh... Of course, it was to allow the heretics to infiltrate every street and alley of the city, and finally, to completely occupy this city!"
Dan Chen took a deep breath.
Up to this point, all his speculations had been confirmed.
The reason the heretic army, after the feast ended, did not return to their own stronghold but risked their lives to rush towards the city was to kill, replace, and finally, to completely convert the entire city into heretics!
No wonder each feast was held in a different city.
"Oh yo, that's quite a massive undertaking. There have only been three feasts. Excluding this one in Suzhou, you've already infiltrated two cities?"
Li Yan shook his head helplessly, "I don't know about the first time, but the second time definitely didn't happen. They chose the wrong location, choosing to set it up in the capital. The Spirit Hunter Agents there are not to be trifled with. The heretic army was annihilated."
"This time, it can be considered a more formal one, but unexpectedly, we encountered you again."
"Where are your superiors now?"
Li Yan shook his head, "I don't know. Every time I contact them, I do it through this device."
He took out something resembling a detector. How could Dan Chen not recognize it? It was a modified detector used by Spirit Hunter Agents.
He took it over, his gaze deepening slightly.
"You can try to send a signal, but don't blame me for not warning you. No one was willing to pay attention to us just now. Now... you can try. Cough, cough."
Dan Chen pressed the button, and a blue ethereal light shot out.
"Let's just follow that light."
"Let's try."
"I wish you good luck. Since I've already told you, can you spare my life now?"
Niya tilted her head.
"Even if we spare your life, you won't live much longer."
"Pfft— Little brother, you see things quite clearly."
Li Yan's complexion had improved slightly, but his breath had grown weaker. Dan Chen could see that this was a final surge of energy before death, and he would likely be on his way to the underworld soon.
He sighed.
"Let's go."
"Mhm."
The blue light flew towards the back of the palace. Dan Chen skirted around the four thrones and reached the rear of the palace.
"Sequence 021: [Ten Thousand Fists Unite!]"
"Bang!"
He directly resorted to brute force, blasting a large hole in the palace.
Outside, it was still the azure sea.
"Below."
Niya suddenly looked at her feet.
"Are you sure?"
"Mhm."
"Don't doubt me so casually, okay?" Gallot's tone was disdainful.
Dan Chen stomped on the stone slab beneath his feet. Without much hesitation, he punched the ground.
"Bang!"
The stone slabs shattered, revealing darkness, an endless darkness.
"Jump."
Saying that, Niya didn't hesitate and leaped directly into the endless darkness below.
"Hey!"
Dan Chen gritted his teeth and followed closely.
"Plop! Plop! Plop!"
Lights flickered on, and Dan Chen finally realized he was surrounded by four walls, with electric lights on either side. As they descended, the lights gradually illuminated, turning the entire underground passage instantly bright.
"Thump!"
His backside landed on something resembling acrylic. Dan Chen winced in pain. He had fallen inside a transparent pipe and was sliding down its route at high speed.
A faint light appeared ahead. Dan Chen squinted his eyes, and suddenly, the ground beneath him vanished.
"Squelch!"
Dan Chen jolted to his feet and discovered that he was caught by a slime creature. Niya stood beside him, looking ahead.
The scenery was entirely different from outside!
Dan Chen took a deep breath. Before him lay a city!
Unlike Mirror City, this city was much smaller. It was more like the size of two towns combined rather than a city. They were currently standing on a mountain peak, looking down and seeing various buildings constructed from stone in different shapes.
"Pirated Mirror City," Niya commented indifferently.
"Two of you, welcome to Otherworld City. This is the paradise of heretics!"
Dan Chen turned around. A young man in Spirit Hunter Agent attire stood behind them, right in front of the transparent passage.
"Regarding your earlier comment about Pirated Mirror City, I don't think it's appropriate."
"I think it's even less appropriate that you're still wearing that uniform," Dan Chen said mildly.
Neither of them were good people, so what was there to compare?
The young man frowned, seemingly not expecting Dan Chen to respond that way. Logically, shouldn't he have hated Mirror City intensely?
"You've misunderstood. I dislike both of them."
Dan Chen smiled faintly.
The young man's frown deepened, but he quickly adjusted his expression and said, "If you two are interested in Otherworld City, how about I give you a tour?"
"Are you trying to stall for time?"
"No," the young man shook his head.
"To be precise, this feast can no longer be completed as planned. Compared to that, I'd rather recruit two powerful individuals like yourselves, wouldn't you agree?"
His smile was full of confidence, which made Dan Chen feel disgusted.
"Not interested."
"Exactly, it's just Pirated Mirror City. Do you also have a pirated Evil God and a pirated Saintess?" Gallot asked nonchalantly.
"You—"
The young man's expression instantly turned grim.
Dan Chen thought this comment might have hit a sore spot, because at the very center of Otherworld City, there was indeed a statue of a "Saintess." Although it was different from the Saintess statue in Mirror City, Dan Chen saw no difference between the two cities.
The young man took a deep breath, and his tone was no longer very pleasant.
"In any case, the two of you should come with me first. Someone wants to see you."
"Please."
Dan Chen's gaze was cold.
Gallot sneered, and Niya followed closely behind.