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It seems that the people here have not given up on exploring the underwater ruins. At the very least, they have retained a secret passage leading to the underwater ruins within the Magic Tower. As a grand mage, the "Wind Journey Mage" would naturally understand that the spatial confinement must have its limits. His plan was to use the underwater ruins to escape beyond the range of the spatial confinement and then teleport away to safety.

Chen Xuanfeng was not about to let it go. Although the enemy had destroyed the entrance to the secret passage, with the enemy ahead pointing the way and Li Jia's scanning ability to survey the terrain, he easily located the underground passage. Then, he drew his unstoppable "Divine Punishment Sword" and cut through the magically protected passage, exposing a hole large enough to pass through.

Just as he was about to lead his team in pursuit, Chen Xuanfeng suddenly stopped and looked back eastward. Following that, both Jin Luosha and Li Jia, with their sensitive perceptions, also noticed something was wrong. The faint heat fluctuations in the air were all too familiar to the three of them. Among all the Sacred Domain experts they had dealt with, the "Flame Saint" lineage was the most frequent, and the only one who could manipulate flame powers from afar was the newly appointed fire-type "Sacred Emblem" inheritor, the "Flame Phoenix Knight" Morova. Furthermore, Chen Xuanfeng was certain that his disciple Xi Luo had arrived alongside Morova.

"Damn it, how can we run into them everywhere? This cursed fate has gone too far!" Faced with such inescapable fate, the werewolf warrior had to sigh. He then waved at the two elf twin sisters, "Ye Ge, Xue Li, in a while, a fire-type Blade Saint and a very strong expert will come. It's Morova and Xi Luo, the ones we met in the Golden City. You two stay here and try to delay them for a while. Well... but don't engage in deadly combat; that might provoke them to attack with all their strength. Retreat into the passage if necessary, but do your best to buy time while protecting yourselves."

Since the elf sisters had congenital mental deficiencies and had absorbed part of Chen Xuanfeng's mental energy to compensate, they were now completely obedient to him and had adopted some of his ruthless and maniacal behaviors. Therefore, Chen Xuanfeng had to give them extra instructions. He didn’t want to lose these beautiful and useful elf slaves in a reckless fight.

This was a race-against-time moment. If the Wind Journey Mage managed to escape with the forbidden curse mark, all of Chen Xuanfeng's plans would be for naught, and finding such an opportunity again would be pure fantasy. So, without further ado, he took Jin Luosha and Li Jia into the secret passage.

The underground passage was a kilometer long, sloping downwards. Fortunately, it was still within the range of Jin Luosha's spatial confinement. When they reached the end of the passage, they suddenly entered a vast open space. In front of them was a massive underground cavern. The distance from the ceiling to the ground was nearly a hundred meters, and the area of the cave was about four to five square kilometers. The highs and lows of the ground were filled with the ruins of collapsed buildings, along with traces of corroded metal fragments. The only signs of civilization were the intact city layouts. The entire space gave off an empty and desolate feeling.

"These are the ruins from the Goblin Imperial Era, ten thousand years old. It's really ancient beyond imagination." Chen Xuanfeng couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the ruins that had almost reverted to their original rock state but still retained traces of their original layout. How long was the history of the Central Plains in his previous life? Which era could compare to ten thousand years ago? The Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, the legendary Yao, Shun, and Yu, or the emperors Yan and Huang, all only spanned a few thousand years. Even the myths of Nuwa creating humans and mending the heavens didn't reach that far back. Perhaps it was the time of Pangu separating the heavens and the earth... (Sympathies to Chen Xuanfeng, born in an age without science.)

As Chen Xuanfeng was lost in thought, Li Jia had already spoken up, "Master, although the bloodstains disappeared inside the passage, based on the smell of blood in the air, the enemy should have entered this underground city just a few minutes ago. Although we are now out of the range of Miss's spatial confinement, there have been no detections of spatial teleportation fluctuations. It seems they haven't found a teleportation array, and even if they try to set one up, it won't be that fast. I suggest Miss lifts the spatial confinement and seals this space again."

Jin Luosha nodded and immediately took out the "Staff of Solitude" to cast a spell, while Chen Xuanfeng activated the long-unused "Magic Aura," ready to strike down the Wind Journey Mage if he showed any signs of appearing.

However, after Jin Luosha finished casting her spell, there was still no other reaction, and they couldn't figure out where the other party was hiding.

"Huh? What's going on here?" Chen Xuanfeng was about to use the detection orb to find the enemy's hiding spot when he noticed that the indicator needle inside the detection orb was shaking non-stop. Although it roughly pointed in a certain direction, it couldn't pinpoint the exact location.

Li Jia thought for a moment and said, "Master, it seems some kind of force field still exists here, which is why some traces have been preserved after ten thousand years. I believe this is interfering with the detection of the 'forbidden curse mark,' and my penetrating scan ability seems to be affected as well."

Chen Xuanfeng frowned slightly and said, "So, you're saying we'll have to play hide-and-seek with that hidden enemy here?"

Jin Luosha quickly added, "Big Brother, don't worry about that. Detection spells in light magic are the nemesis of invisibility and illusion magic. Earlier in the hall, there was a magic suppression field, so I couldn't use it. But here, my detection range is over three hundred meters, and it lasts more than five minutes. We'll be able to see him."

Knowing there was no other choice, and with the space now sealed so the other party couldn't escape via teleportation, Chen Xuanfeng nodded and led the two girls in the general direction of their search.

Soon after Chen Xuanfeng and his team entered the passage, Xi Luo and Morova arrived at the ruins of Hua Yin City, where they were greeted by a scene of devastation.

"What... happened here?" Even the battle-hardened Xi Luo was astonished by the sight of hundreds of bodies lying on the ground in a gruesome scene.