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"How should I put it? Although we had prepared many contingency plans beforehand, the current situation is an unexpected stroke of luck. As long as we take this step, our future plans will proceed smoothly, and the 'Holy Lance Quenelion' will hardly escape our grasp." Chen Xuanfeng gazed at the quiet town not far away, smiling as he spoke to Jin Luosha.

An hour before dawn, the darkest moment, the three moons had successively hidden their light, and the starry river gradually dimmed. Chen Xuanfeng's plan was just unfolding.

First, he arranged sixty-four thumb-sized, completely transparent crystals, burying them in the desert around the town according to the principles of innate divination, forming a faint circle with a diameter of one kilometer, enclosing the military town where Hein was hiding. These crystals, which Chen Xuanfeng called the "Eight Array Glass Hearts," were further developed from the previous "Great Illusion Demon Banner" and "Eight Array Diagram." The "Wuhou Eight Array Diagram" set up with them far surpassed previous versions in power, and more importantly, they were also the best medium for another powerful dark magic.

Thus, after setting them up, Chen Xuanfeng immediately began chanting the incantation bestowed by the Dark Demon God. The rippling dark magic emitted a strange and eerie glow, resonating continuously with the sixty-four "Glass Hearts," yet not a single trace leaked out.

"Who says the closer you get, the farther you become?

Who says that not taking a step means you won't stop?

The front has become the rear of both left and right,

Up and down eventually turn into north, south, east, and west.

The spinning top of fate never ceases to turn,

The magic cube of space cannot find a complete plane.

When the shattered magic mirror reflects the fragmented angel,

O manipulator hidden in the deepest core,

Answer my prayer,

Let the most absurd paradox mock the laws of the world.

In the name of 'Philosopher Demon God' Akinomidis,

Descend, Eternal Spiral Labyrinth————"

The "Eternal Spiral Labyrinth" was not an offensive spell, yet its power and difficulty still ranked among the pinnacle of tenth-level magic. This top-tier dark magic's function was to construct a powerful, vast dark space that not only repelled all other mystical forces but also allowed the space to be divided into countless small spatial blocks, which could be exchanged and transformed at the caster's will. To the enemy, it was like a labyrinth with no exit, and even more impressively, the authority over this space surpassed even a Sword Saint's "Domain." Even if a Sword Saint forcibly summoned their domain within the labyrinth, they would only receive half the usual additional power support and could not gain control over the space. Thus, this spell was considered one of the few "Anti-Saint Domain" magics (magics that could exert more than half their effect against Sword Saints were called "Anti-Saint Domain" magics, and such spells were exceedingly rare. However, the "Sacred Spirit Sacrifice Technique" and the "Lotus Substitute" of the "Ten Realms Crimson Lotus Sword" that appeared during the "Nine Saints War" were among them).

The power of the "Eternal Spiral Labyrinth" that Chen Xuanfeng was now casting was further enhanced by the addition of the "Eight Array Glass Hearts." Not only did the labyrinth become even more mysterious and unpredictable due to the transformations of the Eight Array Diagram, but under the powerful illusion provided by the "Glass Hearts," the fluctuations of the magic were completely concealed, and no abnormalities could be detected from either inside or outside. From the outside, the military town still appeared peaceful, with scattered lights and silence, while inside, no one realized they were already trapped in a deadly situation, their lives hanging by a thread.

Seeing the setup complete, Chen Xuanfeng couldn't help but smile slightly. He turned to Jin Luosha and said, "Excellent, it seems that Hein has completely let down his guard. Otherwise, with a Sword Saint's intuition, he wouldn't have no reaction at all. Jin Luosha, stay outside and keep watch. I'll go in now to deal with him."

But Jin Luosha grabbed Chen Xuanfeng's hand, somewhat worried, and replied, "Brother, let me come in too. I understand your formations and can hide well, then use magic to help you."

Chen Xuanfeng chuckled, "What? Don't you trust my strength?"

Jin Luosha immediately shook her head but then hesitated, "Of course, Brother's strength far surpasses that foolish Sword Saint, but... after Brother's transformation, your combat power has almost halved, and you have to avoid drawing outside attention. To end things quickly, you might get hurt, so I'm worried..."

"Haha, no need to hesitate. You're right. Although the opponent is already injured, to kill a 'Saint Domain' expert, I must be prepared to get hurt. But you can rest assured, even without the help of holy magic, I have other ways to avoid injury," Chen Xuanfeng said, originally intending to persuade Jin Luosha to give up following him into the sealed space. However, when his gaze met the girl's pleading, tear-filled eyes, his heart softened, and he sighed, "Ah, if you're still worried, come along then. You can see my methods firsthand."

Hearing this, Jin Luosha's expression instantly shifted from sorrowful to joyful, her entire face turning pink. She grabbed Chen Xuanfeng's hand, jumping and skipping, leaving Chen Xuanfeng with no choice but to comfort her for a while before leading her into the sealed space of the "Eternal Spiral Labyrinth."

This one-kilometer-diameter space could only be described as "bizarre and surreal." The originally square city walls and countless buildings had been transformed by the spatial transfer magic into an extremely chaotic labyrinth. There were beds and tables hanging upside down from the sky, streets laid flat on walls, water from wells on the ground flowing up into sky-high aqueducts, and through open doors, one could see countless identical doors reflected infinitely, like two parallel mirrors. Even more bizarre, the creatures still awake in the town, whether human or animals like cats, dogs, camels, and horses, were completely unaware of their situation, as if they had always lived in such a world. They went about their daily routines without any awareness, even walking on walls or fetching water from the sky as if it were the most natural thing. There was even a person continuously passing through the looping spatial doors, heading towards a destination they could never reach, yet showing no sign of noticing anything amiss.