I Can Extract Divine Power

Shen Bai said, "Yao Long, take your men and head north. When you find them, kill them on sight."

Yao Long accepted the order and immediately led all his men away from the street.

Red Makeup’s voice was laced with a hint of fragility. "Sir, are you not going with them?"

Shen Bai said slowly, "I would like to go, but from the looks of it, you seem unwilling to let me join them."

As he spoke, Shen Bai felt gazes fixed on him from all around.

The moment Yao Long left, the sources of those gazes revealed themselves.

They were red lanterns, and inside each one was a pair of chilling eyes, filled with bloodlust and murderous intent.

These weren’t aberrations, but products of the rules nonetheless.

Red Makeup sighed. "Sir, I mean you no harm, but you truly cannot go alone right now. Would you give me the chance to find a place where we can speak in private?"

"As for your subordinates, they won’t be in any danger. Although that group has three at the Void Realm Peak, the rest are just pushovers. You have over a hundred Void Realm masters, many of whom are seasoned veterans. They are more than capable of dealing with the enemy."

"Didn’t you arrange for these?" Shen Bai asked, glancing at the surrounding lanterns.

Red Makeup shook her head. "It wasn’t me. After you used the reflection to enter, the city itself marked you. This entire city is an aberration, and I only have limited control over it. I was already doing everything I could just now."

"If I let you continue to roam freely, I’ll lose control of the Mysterious City’s rules."

Although Shen Bai didn’t know if Red Makeup was telling the truth, he still said, "Lead the way."

He didn’t want to waste words. ’Since Red Makeup has something she wants to discuss, we might as well go to a safe place to do it.’

’As for the danger...’

Shen Bai could indeed sense Red Makeup’s aura; she was at the level of the Void Realm Peak.

To Shen Bai, however, a master of that level was hardly a threat.

Red Makeup turned slightly to the side and gestured for him to follow. "This way, Sir."

Without standing on ceremony, Shen Bai gave a slight wave and walked in the direction Red Makeup indicated.

Soon, the two had vanished from the street.

...

Having received his orders, Yao Long led his hundred-some Void Realm masters due north.

They crossed one street after another.

The streets of the Mysterious City were normally terrifying, but right now, aside from an ancient, decaying atmosphere, it looked no different from an ordinary city.

"Just as that woman in red said, all the rules have been temporarily suppressed. For now, let’s follow Lord Shen’s orders and focus on wiping out the Demonic Forces."

Yao Long said, turning to the Leader of Division B.

The Leader of Division B, Zhang He, nodded. "Lord Yao, our opponents this time are bound to be powerful. It looks like we’re in for a tough fight. We’ll have to use the Nanxing Prefecture Observatory’s trump card."

Hearing this, Yao Long looked at the men following him and commanded, "Take out your Array Tokens! All of you!"

The men heard the command and, without breaking stride, took the tokens from their waists and crushed them.

As each token was crushed, it instantly turned to ash and vanished.

Invisible currents flowed out, linking everyone present together.

The Array Token was the most useful tool available to an Observatory in a Prefecture-level City. Each one was custom-cast by a Master of Casting for a specific Observatory member.

A Hidden Array was concealed within each token. Once crushed, it allowed the users to attack and defend as a single, unified entity, unleashing terrifying power.

This was precisely why Shen Bai had sent Yao Long on ahead—to ensure the Demonic Forces had no chance of survival.

This was what made the Observatory so formidable.

This wasn’t as apparent in the State-level Cities, but by the Prefecture-level, the Observatories not only boasted powerful members but also possessed all sorts of terrifying hidden assets.

After all, they were backed by the Great Zhou Country. Array Tokens like these were incredibly valuable; only Great Zhou had the resources to provide them.

Once the Array Tokens were activated, Yao Long and his men moved even faster.

After passing through section after section of the city, they finally spotted their enemies.

Abbot Xuanzhen, the Vice Dean, and their companions all wore baffled expressions.

They had no idea why, but upon entering the Mysterious City, they had found it to be completely ordinary—so ordinary it was almost forgettable.

The rules were gone. The aberrations had vanished. All that remained were ordinary streets.

There wasn’t a single thing out of place.

"What’s going on? Is this the Mysterious City you were talking about?"

Qi Huang Taoist’s expression darkened as he scanned their surroundings.

If the tales of the Mysterious City were true, they should have been in danger by now. But there was nothing, which was highly unusual.

The Vice Dean also frowned, unable to figure out what was going on.

Abbot Xuanzhen had been just as baffled when he entered.

He couldn’t make sense of the situation either.

The Mysterious City before him was just too strange—so strange that he wondered if he was seeing things.

’This shouldn’t be happening. Something’s not right.’

’There are supposed to be rules.’

’Even without the rules, one or two aberrations should have appeared by now.’

’So why is it so deserted? Why is there nothing here?’

’What could be the reason for this?’

All sorts of thoughts raced through Abbot Xuanzhen’s mind.

His thoughts didn’t last long, however, as an intensely oppressive presence washed over him.