Chapter 980 Peculiarity of the Abyssal Rift (Part1)
"Are you sure it's a good idea to leave the outpost base without any protection?" Shangguan Bing Xue asked as she looked into the distance.
The group was currently very close to the coast of the East Sea, this was a very nostalgic place for Bai Zemin, Wu Yijun, and Shangguan Bing Xue. After all, they were on the edge of the Yanqing District; the district where the forrly prestigious and extrely crowded Beijing University was located.
It was precisely the place where the three of them were when it all began a little over a year ago.
"The outpost base at the edge of Inner Mongolia is an important base but we could also consider it a risky one." Bai Zemin said as he looked out over the calm waters of the huge sea before his eyes. "When we are done with all this we can easily take it back again in case soone were to take it, which is not very likely."
"Well, we'll co back stronger than ever after all." Wu Yijun hesitated for a mont before finally pointing out, "But what if the base is destroyed?"
"If the base is destroyed we just have to raise it up again." Bai Zemin smiled slightly and said with a hint of mockery, "Even if an intelligent soul evolver were to happen to get into the base they would only find a bunch of trash."
He had stored all the important things in the Collector's Pocket World after all.
The more ti passed the more Bai Zemin was grateful to the Collector's Pocket Watch... Quite an interesting na considering that it could actually be viewed as a treasure house for collecting and storing things in large quantities as if they were p*kem*ns.
Bai Zemin looked at everyone present and said in a serious voice, "Everyone, you all rember our plan don't you? We will try to avoid conflict against the alligator, if possible we don't even want to see him. Our priority is to find 2 Third Order monsters as soon as possible while heading to the kingdom of Xian i'er."
Xian i'er nodded, "When we get to Kraya City won't need to worry about being attacked all of a sudden. Now that the succession to the throne will begin in a day's ti my Royal Father will certainly not allow conflicts and security will most probably be multiplied so there should be no problem."
"But... Your father the East Sea King has only broken into the Fourth Order recently hasn't he?" Shangguan Xinyue pointed out with a frown, "I don't think he is stronger than the alligator no matter how optimistic I want to be."
Although the others did not say anything, it was clear from their expressions that they thought the sa thing Shangguan Xinyue had said sharply.
"Regarding that, there is no need to worry." Xian i'er shook her head and said softly, "Although my Royal Father is certainly not as strong as that alligator, Kraya City's defenses are really powerful. There are several Cosmic Particle Cannons around the city and many secondary cannons whose attack power is not small. Even my third brother's bodyguard won't dare to cause trouble there, I guarantee it."
"If you say so." Shangguan Bing Xue sighed. She looked out at the seemingly endless sea ahead of them and muttered sothing that only she could hear.
Seeing that the discussions seed to be over, Xian i'er looked at one of the two female tritons and calmly said, "Sei Yin, give that."
One of the two female tritons, the one carrying a black waterproof bag, pulled the string of the bag over her head and handed it to Xian i'er with a respectful expression.
Under the confused eyes of everyone, Xian i'er took out multiple full-face masks. All of the masks were ash gray with a small rune on the forehead and nurous blue-colored lines around the circumference.
"Although you guys can hold your breath for several hours underwater the consumption of Mana and Stamina will certainly not be small." Xian i'er passed a mask to each of them as she calmly said, "Since we don't even know what will happen down there it will be wise to save as much strength as possible."
Bai Zemin and the others were confused, but when they saw the records that made up each mask they finally understood.
[Shipwrecked Mask (Rare Grade Treasure): A treasure that allows the wearer to breathe underwater for 20 hours uninterrupted. After its use, 12 hours are required before the special skill of the Shipwrecked Mask can be used again.]
"Oh, this is pretty cool and handy." Bai Zemin's eyes imdiately lit up.
"Indeed." Wu Yijun nodded. "Although there are no extra statistics, the ability to breathe underwater is sothing that can be life-saving depending on the circumstance."
"Away from the sea, this kind of treasure is certainly not sothing worth ntioning." Shangguan Bing Xue ran her palm over the surface of the mask before bringing it to her face. Although the mask had no holes, she did not complain which ant she could see clearly, "But right now these masks are a great treasure."
"I took them from the treasure of my family." Xian i'er said casually, "To us, sea creatures, those masks are useless but still treasures so they were saved. I'm glad I brought so with just in case."
Soon, they all started walking towards the shore and with seven splashes their bodies disappeared into the waters.
All except one of them.
Bai Zemin looked back and raised his head to the sky. His black eyes seed to look beyond the gray clouds, and one could see a bit of desolation and a bit of sadness in his stare.
It had been over a month since Lilith had left, and Bai Zemin naturally hadn't heard a word about her.
He missed her a lot, missed her so much that he needed to keep his head busy with anything to avoid thinking about her too much and end up becoming sentintal as such a thing would end up affecting him during important decision making.
"I hope you're well, my naughty little succubus..." He muttered in a voice as low as the buzzing of a mosquito.
Bai Zemin didn't know how this battle was going to end, and certainly, the chances of him dying weren't particularly small this ti.
He might never be able to see her again, and the very thought of it made him surprisingly sadder than the thought of never seeing his family again.
"Bai Zemin, what are you doing? If we don't hurry we'll never make it in ti."
"I'm coming!" Bai Zemin called out back at the sound of Shangguan Bing Xue's voice.
After a last but long stare at the distant sky, he ran to the shore and with a quick jump subrged into deep water.
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Approximately one and a half months ago.
After leaving Earth, Lilith continued jumping through space for four whole days before finally entering the planetary zone where Kram World was located, the world where the central base of the Demonic Army was located.
Of course, entering or finding this planetary zone was not easy as it not only changed location constantly but was also hidden by powerful magic spells that made it difficult for others to find the place.
All the Higher Worlds under the control of the various Higher Existence factions were exactly the sa so cases of a Higher Existence faction attacking the ho of others was not normal at all.
There were several demons flying around the area, all of them wearing shining armor and spears or swords that made them look especially powerful; they were, indeed, powerful.
However, none of these Fifth Order existences put up any obstacle when they saw Lilith flapping her black raven wings behind her back.
She ignored the stares of all the n, which were not few now that she was no longer holding back her natural Charm at all.
With an ice-cold expression and deadly indifferent eyes, a colossal contrast compared to her expression when she was beside Bai Zemin, she descended on top of the mountain where the castle of the Demon Lord was stationed and casually walked towards the entrance.
"L-Lady Lilith!"
The two guards at the entrance imdiately grew nervous and out of instinct bowed as they called her na.
Lilith didn't even bother to nod, but the two soldiers of the Demonic Army didn't mind as they all knew that the Bloody Succubus Lilith was a woman of few words.
Arrogant or not, she had all the qualifications to be arrogant not only because of her beauty that transcended even the sense of the Higher Existences but also because of her personal strength.
Lilith encountered several mbers of the faction as she walked through the long corridors of the great castle but she ignored them all and walked with a destination in mind already fixed. Every step she took was as if she was teleporting as she left images of her past self constantly, moving hundreds of ters per second.
She looked extrely small compared to how high the ceiling separating the first floor from the second floor of the castle was, but after a few minutes, she finally stopped for a mont in front of the huge stone door.
When Lilith opened the stone door, what greeted her was a completely empty room.
Well, almost completely empty room.
In the eting room, sitting in her designated seat imdiately to the right of the small stone throne, Fire Sorrow raised her head and greeted her with a slight smile.
"Lilith, you're early."
Lilith walked into the eting room and the door behind closed with a soft bang. She sat down and after looking around the room asked in confusion, "No one's here yet?"
She was grateful to Fire Sorrow for teaching her magic before and also liked her straightforward and mature personality a bit, therefore, Lilith softened her tone with her quite a bit.
"Other than the two of us? No one else." Fire Sorrow shook her head slightly, causing her long violet hair to shake lightly as she kept her smile, "We haven't seen each other for... Um... Co to think of it, this is the first ti we've t two tis in less than a year."
"Well, being summoned by His Majesty isn't normal after all since he would rather sleep." Lilith shrugged her shoulders.
"Hehe... True true, you're right about that." Fire Sorrow covered her mouth and let out an amused chuckle.
It wasn't at all normal for them to et twice in the sa year, they usually only t once a year at most and that was only if they were tasked with guarding so Higher World or in charge of searching for so kind of treasure or resource, else they were free to do whatever they felt like as long as it didn't cause problems for the faction.
Therefore, eting two tis in less than 12 months was certainly a great rarity.
After a few minutes of silence, Lilith asked, "Just by random but, Fire Sorrow, do you know the reason why His Majesty asked to co to Kram World?"
"Probably for the sa reason I'm here, I guess. But even I don't know what Her Majesty is thinking." Fire Sorrow sighed. "I don't even know to whom he summoned this ti, but it seems to be sothing pretty big."
"That seems to be the case." Lilith nodded.
Her ruby-colored eyes glittered slightly as she recalled that on the way she had run into many mbers of the Demonic Army flying towards Kram World, tens of thousands of them in the span of four days.
After that, Lilith and Fire Sorrow did not speak again.
Higher Existences were quite eccentric even if they did not look any different from young Lower Existences with less than 100 years. Even Lilith, despite being so young, had lived through too many things to make her personality very much like that of monsters hundreds of thousands or even millions of years old.
The fact that she was always cheerful and joking along with Bai Zemin and those around him was reserved for that limited group of people, the rest would get nothing more than necessary from her, and so not even that.
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