Chapter 243: Lingyin Fairy Island and the Disappearing Friends

“What on earth is this…?”

Freshly coming back from a chaotic showdown with a certain chaotic beast, the Priestess raised her head, staring blankly at the magnificent shadow that dominated the sky.

It was a structured entity, almost completely obscuring the entire area above Mirror Valley, its approximate radius stretching at least several kilometers away. It was a colossal object that truly overshadowed the chaotic beast she had just faced, Taotie.

But it was floating at least ten thousand meters high in the air—an aerial object.

Its shape somewhat resembled those rumored UFOs from Blue Star, appearing as an incomplete oval. From her vantage point below, she could only see its tapered bottom area.

At this moment, a silver beam piercing through the center of the inner valley—the power of the core point of 【Heaven and Earth Sealing】—was perfectly connecting into the cratered tip of its underside, while several hundred finer beams rose from the surrounding exterior of Mirror Valley, densely embedded in various regions of the aerial entity.

These should be what Ling Feng had mentioned before, the array points set up by the four nations around Mirror Valley, and they were actually for this…

Hmm… if she had to say, the scenario looked quite similar to those sci-fi movies where alien invaders used incredibly large ships to absorb and plunder crucial resources from beneath the earth’s crust.

But honestly, if it weren’t for the intricate patterns densely coating the steel-gray surface of the flying object and that undeniable metallic texture, Vilyric would have easily mistaken it for something akin to the floating islands of the Kingdom of Azure. But clearly, this was not an island.

Hmm? Wait… an island?

The black-haired girl was momentarily stunned.

“Hey, hey, no way… could this thing actually be…?”

Just then, as the Priestess was shocked by some absurd thoughts that suddenly popped into her mind, the gigantic “island” soaring in the sky suddenly lit up with dazzling, brilliant white light!

Then it poured forth!

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!!!!!!”

Vilyric clearly saw that what unfolded were peculiar cannon tubes revealed after the opening of cargo bays, unleashing a wide-range barrage!

Thousands upon thousands of brilliant lights scattered like shooting stars, not concentrating on a single point but rushing straight to distant corners in all directions, with only about twenty percent of the bombardment directly landing on the outskirts of Mirror Valley, creating deafening roars!

“Wow…”

The Priestess seemed to have understood where that flowing light would land.

This is too outrageous! Can someone explain why such a thing, completely ripping through the aesthetics of the Ancient Spirit Realm, would appear in this ancient-style world…?

Forget it, forget it.

Regardless of whether the reality matched her expectations or not, the urgent priority was to reunite with her companions quickly.

Things outside had already gotten this chaotic, so Vilyric didn’t worry about whether scanning with her spiritual sense would cause any disturbances. She immediately spread her SP in all directions, enveloping the considerable area of Mirror Valley in no time.

Scenes unfolded before her eyes, and the Priestess quickly grasped the current situation.

Many familiar faces of those participating in the 【Four Saints Selection Tournament】 or related events had retreated to the outside. Some were receiving treatment at their strongholds, while others were engaging in battles against the swarms of Evil Demons that arose from nowhere. Though many were still missing, the overall situation was relatively stable.

Especially after the intense bombardment from the unexpected flying object in the sky, the tide of Evil Demons coming like a tide had been effectively halted, allowing the armies and strong individuals from the four nations responsible for defense to catch their breath.

Not to mention sweeping out the opposing forces, as long as no new variables arose, the battlefield would not easily collapse for the time being. The powerful members among the Evil Demons seemed to have strong individuals targeting them as well.

Figures like Saint Peach Blossom and the Twelve Peaks of Cangyun, or those powerful figures from the 【Top Hundred of Ancient Spirit Realm】 who suddenly appeared to deal with those large portals, Vilyric recognized quite a few of them.

But what truly surprised Vilyric were the growing number of figures with fox ears, including Ming Lian Yun and Ming Lian Xin, continuously spilling out from the gigantic “spaceship” above.

They possessed outrageously strong average individual strength, with hardly any of them below the upper four realms. Once thrown into battle, they instantly became the absolute mainforce, standing firm against the ever-intensifying waves of Evil Demons.

Seeing these beings known as the 【Lingyin Clan】 appear confirmed Vilyric’s earlier speculation.

“Indeed… Lingyin Fairy Island, come on, that name is way too misleading…”

Without a doubt, Lingyin Fairy Island, the legendary place drifting beyond the mortal realm and yearned for by all, had truly descended at the end of the 【Four Saints Selection Tournament】, on this preordained date.

Just as they declared to the world.

That’s right, this… super flying saucer in the sky is the so-called 【Lingyin Fairy Island】.

This might be the first time in a thousand years that the true form of the fairy island had been revealed in the Ancient Spirit Realm.

Before this moment, no one knew what the fairy island really looked like. Specific descriptions of this holy place existed only in a small quantity of ancient texts passed down since the last era.

Vilyric had already searched and verified some materials, but to be honest, those contents were too abstract, like what “Its form is like clouds obscuring the sky, yet it cannot be known by the populace; only those with fate may catch a glimpse,” or “Wherever it goes, myriad rays of dawn follow it closely, no star dares to capture its radiance, and all are hidden away, causing a turn of day and night and upheaval of the seasons.” Such nonsensical narratives.

Who could make sense of that…?

And according to Bai’er, who once set foot on the fairy island, she wasn’t clear on its full appearance either. After the 【Four Saints Selection Tournament】 concluded, the fairy envoy representing the island would lead the victors to a special location where a beam of light would descend from the heavens, and stepping inside would allow them to appear within Lingyin Fairy Island.

But as outsiders, they weren’t permitted to wander around the island freely, spending most of the time in specific buildings for training, or moving between different areas through similar light. Only from high-rise windows that could observe the outside could they vaguely ascertain they seemed to be situated high above the clouds.

Even Vilyric never imagined that the so-called fairy island would turn out to be such a high-tech super flying saucer, or rather, a gigantic air ship. No wonder they could come and go without a trace, and the chaos from a thousand years ago hadn’t managed to affect the fairy island at all…

Nonetheless, now that it had revealed itself, given the understanding and development direction of the Ancient Spirit Realm, most people would likely struggle to comprehend what an aerial vehicle is.

Reining in the look of someone seeing Godzilla breathing fire in the real world, Vilyric pondered for a moment before retracting her gaze from the enormous starship that had just completed a round of bombardment and was busily flashing lights for reasons unknown.

Regardless of what the essence of Lingyin Fairy Island truly was or why it manifested in this incongruous form, it undoubtedly was assisting the Ancient Spirit Realm in countering the Evil Demons, and since it was an ally, there was no rush to study it further.

There was another urgent problem at hand.

The Priestess’s SP had just spread out for nearly a hundred kilometers. Except for that “fairy island,” which was obstructed by a certain special force, she could see almost everything.

Be it Murong Yun, who had successfully returned through the portal along with his companions, or Ling Feng, Bai’er, and other strong individuals commanding armies against the Evil Demons, even those startled individuals who seemed to be the Evil Demons’ leaders, Vilyric had already located them all.

Yet among them, the only ones missing were Miss Xiao Kong and Hen, the two individuals Vilyric valued the most, gone without a trace or sign.

“Strange…”

The Priestess frowned deeply.

At this time… how could they suddenly both disappear?

   

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