Published: March 12, 2025
CHAPTER 529: Two Choices (Seeking Subscription)
Zhao Hai calmly watched the four ninth-level experts who were rapidly aging. A ninth-level expert’s lifespan was typically very long, and judging by their appearance, they still had several hundreds of years left at least.
However, they were now aging at an astonishing rate, making it seem as though they were in a time car, with time flowing for them at a speed a hundredfold, or even a thousandfold, compared to others.
Zhao Hai's expression became even calmer. His body inside his clothes had completely crystallized. He had unconditional faith in the space; it was capable of crystallizing his body, and only after crystallization was it nearly indestructible. Thus, Zhao Hai wanted to confront these four ninth-level experts head-on.
Throughout his battles, Zhao Hai seldom engaged directly. Except for that one time with Terry, he usually fought using magic against his foes or summoned undead beings while hiding behind them.
This tendency was related to his personality; he preferred a safer approach, believing that a mage's combat style was the most secure.
But now things were different. If he really entered the space now, those mages might stop casting spells midway. In such a case, the secret of the space might be exposed. Furthermore, he was currently at the Lord's Mansion of the Iksa Family. If he entered the space at this moment, the people of the Iksa Family would be doomed. He couldn't bear to watch his friends die like that.
Although the space had immense powers, it could not forcibly take intelligent beings into it. Therefore, Zhao Hai could only wait at the location until Fernand called his family members to him, after which he could bring them into the space.
Zhao Hai hadn’t noticed that since his body could crystallize, his mindset had also shifted slightly. He wanted to test his own body’s strength. While he calculated that his body couldn't withstand the opponent's attacks, he still had Cai'er and the space with him. As long as he could get Fernand's family into the space, he could engage the enemy without fear.
Clearly, the attack from the other side required a long preparation time, and Fernand was no fool. He understood that time was life now. The other members of the Iksa Family weren’t fools either; upon seeing the movements of those four ninth-level experts, they had roughly guessed what their attack would be.
These people were very aware of how terrifying a ninth-level expert's attack could be. Although the Iksa Family had secret passages, those were completely ineffective against ninth-level experts. The moment Fernand called out to them, everyone rushed to Zhao Hai's side at their fastest speed.
Zhao Hai had no time to be polite with them and immediately said loudly, "In a moment, you will arrive in an unfamiliar place, but don’t worry. There will be someone there to assist you. Just remain calm." Fernand and the others nodded vigorously.
Robbie still had a high reputation within the Iksa Family. He quickly shouted a few times, and the somewhat panicked members of the Iksa Family settled down. It was worth noting that the Iksa Family had nearly ten thousand members, and for them to calm down in such a short time was quite miraculous.
Zhao Hai was carefully observing the four ninth-level experts. Their lives were nearing their end, their faces lined with deep wrinkles, hair thinning, age spots appearing, and even their teeth were falling out.
Yet they did not stop, still chanting spells as if everything happening to them was irrelevant.
Zhao Hai also kept an eye on the Iksa Family. Once he saw they were ready, he immediately brought them all into the space.
Just as Zhao Hai had brought the Iksa Family into the space, the four ninth-level experts finished their last syllable. Their bodies then exploded into a mass of blood mist, illuminating the sky. It was as if a second sun had suddenly appeared in the sky, the light so bright it was frightening.
This light was reminiscent of the energy cannon Zhao Hai had seen in a sci-fi movie, crashing down from the space directly onto the Lord's Mansion. And how fast was that light? Zhao Hai barely had time to enter the space, and the light was already attacking him from above.