"You... were all Spirit Hunters before, weren't you?"
Duan Chen's expression was unreadable, but his tone was laced with disgust.
"So what? We've abandoned that identity and welcomed a new life," one of the women glanced at him and said indifferently.
"Hahaha... Ridiculous! If I'm not mistaken, the Seven Envoys correspond to the seven apostles of the Evil God. Whether you're a pirated version or not, let's not discuss that for now. But you're still wearing Spirit Hunter uniforms, and if I'm not mistaken, you're currently in an aberrant form, yet your energy hasn't been fully assimilated by the aberrations. You're a complete mongrel!"
"You—!"
Gallot's unrestrained laughter caused several people to abruptly stand up, staring at him with displeased expressions.
"On what grounds are you making such judgments?!"
"You just called the Evil God 'Lord'? Heh heh... So you're a lackey of that Evil God!"
"Allowing you into the Aberrant City is your good fortune, yet you're still ungrateful!"
Duan Chen raised his hand, his gaze indifferent.
"Firstly, I don't care what you are. Since you've chosen to defect to the aberrations, shed your human skin and become beasts completely. Secondly, what is the purpose of you summoning us here?"
"Duan Chen, aren't you being a bit too arrogant?"
Ning Yuan stepped forward.
"I can tolerate anything you say, but you, sir, seem to lack any sense of politeness. Do you really think you're the boss of psychics just because you've made a name for yourself out there?"
"Today, I'll show you what it means when there's always someone better, and higher heavens beyond the heavens!"
With that, Ning Yuan lunged forward in a few quick steps and unleashed a palm strike at Duan Chen!
"Bang!"
Duan Chen's figure had actually vanished?!
"Ning Yuan, be careful behind you!"
"Explode!"
Ning Yuan roared and threw a small, iron-ball-like object behind him.
"Is that all you've got?"
Duan Chen sneered, reappearing in front of him at some unknown time.
"Boom!"
The iron ball exploded, failing to harm Duan Chen in the slightest!
Only then did Ning Yuan realize that there wasn't just one Duan Chen around, but over a dozen!
Which one was the real one?!
No matter! Detonate them all!
Ning Yuan's eyes hardened, and he flicked several iron balls from his waist.
"Sequence 008: [Visual Analysis!]"
In Duan Chen's eyes, the iron balls thrown by Ning Yuan suddenly stopped. Complex lines extended in mid-air, tracing the exact trajectory of these balls.
"Hmph!"
Duan Chen snorted, unperturbed, and smoothly dodged.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The iron balls exploded one after another. Strangely, Duan Chen hadn't even lost a single clone.
"How can this be?!"
Ning Yuan's expression changed.
"If this is truly all you're capable of, then I believe I am indeed qualified to be arrogant in front of you."
"Sequence 035: [Ravenous Tide!]"
"Not good!"
Ning Yuan's face contorted.
"Explode!"
"Boom!"
"Cough cough... cough cough!"
Ning Yuan collapsed on the ground, covered in dust and looking utterly pathetic.
Duan Chen's clothes, however, remained spotless. He walked over to Nia's side, not even sparing Ning Yuan a direct glance.
Gallot sneered, "It seems even a pirated version couldn't teach you anything. You're nowhere near as skilled as the apostles from Mirror City!"
"Enough!"
The castle gates swung open, and two middle-aged men emerged.
"Lord Lu, Lord Ye!"
Ning Yuan quickly got up and performed a bow that Duan Chen didn't understand.
The two middle-aged men were one tall and one short.
"Hello, I'm Lu Yuan, and this is my companion, Ye Sheng. We manage the Seven Envoys. These young ones were a bit unruly just now, apologies for the display."
The tall Lu Yuan stepped forward and extended his hand.
Duan Chen's attitude remained cold.
"Take off that skin first before you speak to me."
"You are no longer qualified to wear this uniform!"
Ye Sheng stroked his small mustache, his eyes narrowing.
Lu Yuan's expression also soured for a moment.
"Regardless, we apologize. Please follow us to meet the Lord. He has something to discuss with you both."
"Lead the way."
The interior of the castle was decorated like a fairy tale palace, resplendent and exuding an aura of extreme luxury. A man sat on the highest throne.
Both Lu Yuan and Ning Yuan gazed at the man with devout eyes.
The man appeared to be in his late thirties or early forties, handsome, broad-shouldered, and clearly the result of regular training. Several aberrations were serving him.
Upon seeing Duan Chen and the other, he slightly raised his gaze, a hint of surprise in his voice.
"This combination is truly unexpected."
Gallot also seemed surprised upon seeing the man, but mostly, he was mocking.
"So you're still alive, 03."
...
"Are we really going to jump into the pit?"
The group had been circling the large pit for a long time, unable to decide whether to jump in.
"Are Duan Chen and the others really here?"
Qin Ze nodded, "My Coin of Right and Wrong told me so."
"Then shall we..."
"Who goes first?"
Tian Qi asked a critical question.
"This... does it matter who jumps first?"
"Who knows what's inside? What if..."
Qi Qing suddenly thought of a scene from a horror movie and shivered violently.
"Why haven't you guys jumped yet?"
Wu Suowei, who had somehow acquired a Jianbing Guozi, appeared from goodness knows where. He had been out for quite some time, and upon his return, he found this whole group still pacing around the underground hole.
Bai Ye chuckled dryly.
"Great God Wu, perhaps... you could go first?"
"Sure."
Wu Suowei wasn't bothered by it. Holding his Jianbing Guozi, he licked his fingers and leaped down.
"Holy crap?!"
"Damn it, let's go all out!"
Bai Ye leaped down!
"Roar—!"
"I'm going too."
Jia Yunlian followed closely.
Then came Qin Youran, Qi Qing, Sheng Chen, Qin Nanyuan, Jun Ci...
"Wuwu—"
Ding Ding hesitated.
"Can we hurry it up?!"
Tian Qi and Sun Xiaoxiao, one on each buttock, kicked her down.
"Holy crap ahhhhhh—!"
Wu Suowei, at the very bottom, calmly dug his ear as he heard the roars from above.
These people were so noisy.
"Thump!"
After everyone plunged into the transparent pipe, they slid along its trajectory and ended up at the mountain peak where Duan Chen and Nia had previously arrived.
"Where is this?"
Bai Ye gritted his teeth, rubbing his rear.
"This is... Mirror City?"
"No, it's not Mirror City, it's another underwater city!"
"Master and the others should be here. I can sense them."
"Which way do we go now?"
Du Qingyi looked at Wu Suowei.
Wu Suowei narrowed his eyes.
It wasn't just Duan Chen and the others here; an old acquaintance seemed to be here as well.