This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered-Chapter 885 - 681: Gongsun Bai’an’s Peculiarity (2)
Chen Hua grinned, looking in a good mood.
"What Fang Zhi told me is that we will launch the attack in half a month. During this time, consolidate your realm and Su Youyi should hopefully complete the transformation of the Sword Intent Domain. Also, make sure Wind God Commerce has sufficient resources ready. This is likely to be a tough battle!"
"Half a month later?" Liang Yi was a bit surprised, not that it was too fast, but rather a bit late. Liang Yi thought the attack would be launched earlier.
After all, delays could bring changes, and no one knows what the Abyss is up to.
"Well, it's all thanks to you finding that place. Otherwise, Fang Zhi and the others wouldn't be so cautious. They're aiming for a decisive strike!" Chen Hua's lips curved as he looked at Liang Yi in amazement, surprised that Liang Yi managed to gather so much intelligence in just half a month.
The star message Fang Zhi sent him was actually two-thirds business. The remaining third was full of praises for Liang Yi, to the point that Chen Hua, as the master, felt a little embarrassed.
If only Fang Zhi could praise him like that, he might not have given Fang Zhi those daily societal beatings back then.
"That was truly just a coincidence. Even I marvel at my own luck." Liang Yi naturally knew what Chen Hua was talking about. He smiled bitterly, acknowledging his astounding luck, although it nearly cost him his life.
His master sent him to gather intelligence, primarily to scout and see what kind of demons and monsters awaited them in the Abyss and prepare in advance.
Secondly, the other task was to find one of the three "unknown places" in the world: the place where the world's laws reside.
Among the three unknown places in the world, besides the place where the Heavenly Dao resides, observing the heavens and guarding all things, the other two are the location of the Heavenly Vein Spirit Core, which is the root of the world's spiritual power, and the place where the laws constructing the world, enabling it to grow stronger, reside.
The first is naturally the lair of the Abyss Will, which Liang Yi had no intention of approaching, as he wasn't about to serve himself up on a platter.
As for the second, it was already blown to smithereens by him and Lord Ju the last time he was here and can never be restored. Now, whenever abyss cultivators see him, they act like he killed their father, and that's why. It can be said that Liang Yi's operation solidified his enmity level in the Abyss Continent as 'mortal enemy.'
"It's actually quite coincidental. Had the Abyss Will not struck at me, allowing me to return safely, I wouldn't have discovered where the laws of the world reside. But it was precisely when the Abyss struck that I gladly discovered that place." Liang Yi recalled the scene when he stepped through the Abyss Gate, his expression turning odd, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
"Hmm? So the Abyss Will struck you after you entered the Abyss Gate?" Lord Ju was taken aback, his expression a mix of surprise and confusion.
"Yes, because it was previously entangled by the Mystic Mechanism Heavenly Dao, and couldn't deal with me, giving me a chance to escape successfully. But right after I broke through, the Mystic Mechanism Heavenly Dao retreated, and I ended up bumping into the Abyss Will while trying to flee."
Recalling the incident, Liang Yi was both amused and annoyed, likening it to a bandit sneaking around someone else's house, ready to leave, only to find the homeowner returning as he opens the door.
The moment he detected the Abyss Will, Liang Yi's smug expression froze, as he faced the Abyss Will's attack head-on.
Fortunately, he had the Disruption Domain and Cliff Sword Intent, which saved him from immediate death, though he was critically injured and unconscious.
Yet, the Abyss Will's strike mobilized the entire Abyss World's power, naturally including the place where the laws gathered. The violent law fluctuations were too intense, allowing Liang Yi, with his acutely sensitive perception and outsider's perspective, to vaguely detect clues.
Though he hasn't personally visited that place where the laws gather since returning to the Mystic Mechanism, Liang Yi is confident that next time he arrives at the Abyss Continent, he'll be able to find that peculiar space from memory.
"A person of great fortune will have great fortune wherever they go, with an enviable aura. And your luck, kid, is the best I've ever seen, bar none." Chen Hua half-jokingly, half-seriously patted Liang Yi's shoulder, speaking sincerely.
Ignoring Liang Yi's grimacing in pain, Chen Hua suddenly rubbed his chin, recalling how Liang Yi and Su Youyi were both rather unlucky in their early years, even bordering on misfortune.
But since the time this kid almost perished in the Ten Thousand Miles Mountain, his fate seemed to change, and his fortune soared to the top at that time, making Chen Hua green with envy.
If he had such luck, he could close his eyes and swing his sword randomly in battle and still hit the enemy, right? Isn't that more useful than Karma Sword Intent?
Su Youyi nodded in agreement upon hearing this, having spent the most time with her senior brother and being fully aware of his astonishingly good luck.
Her senior brother wasn't just extraordinarily lucky, he was also a person born under a great destiny.
"But that place where the laws gather is definitely not near the Abyss Gate. By then, we may need to search carefully." Liang Yi was concerned about this aspect.
"No worries, having a target is infinitely better than having none. Without a target, even if we occupy the area near the Abyss Gate, we would merely be headless flies crashing about aimlessly." Chen Hua gave Liang Yi a reassuring pat on the shoulder, speaking comfortingly.
"As for the Mystic Mechanism Heavenly Dao, it should balance out the Abyss Will, which will surely make its appearance. We just need to focus on the abyss cultivators."
Lord Ju licked his paw and meowed a few times, indicating the hardest part is covered by someone else. As long as the Abyss Will pays no heed to them, they can smoothly execute the next stage of their plan.
Otherwise, trying to engage people in areas fully illuminated by the enemy's vision is sheer madness.
"By the way, Master, you previously fought against Gongsun Bai'an. Did you notice anything unusual about him?"
Liang Yi suddenly recalled a strange feeling he had several times when encountering Gongsun Bai'an, looking at Chen Hua with a probing gaze.
"Something unusual?" Chen Hua was puzzled, momentarily unsure what Liang Yi was referring to.
In Chen Hua's eyes, Gongsun Bai'an, as an Abyss Envoy, was inherently all wrong, and his advice was for him to be thoroughly remolded.
Yet, since Liang Yi asked, there must be some discovery.
"Perhaps it's just my misperception? I just felt he was somewhat different from the other few... "
That peculiar feeling occurred only once, never resurfacing, leaving Liang Yi somewhat uncertain.
"Different?"
Su Youyi and Lord Ju were both puzzled, as they also had encountered Gongsun Bai'an but did not detect any difference from the other Abyss Envoys.
Gongsun Bai'an's biggest characteristic was the perpetual presence of a red moon shadow behind him, which was both his law and the foundation of his path. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
This red moon is the integration of the Law Domain, Law Power, Illusion Technique, and Blood Moon Dao, each aspect top-tier of its time. Liang Yi himself had fallen victim to Gongsun Bai'an's Illusion Realm Dao Technique multiple times.
Even with precautions, Liang Yi sometimes found it hard to entirely guard against being ensnared.
"I can't quite say for sure, it was just a fleeting sensation. I thought it could've been an illusion since I was nearly killed from being hunted."
Liang Yi scratched his head, his expression troubled, his gaze seeming somewhat hesitant.
On the Abyss Continent, he had been discovered several times, only managing to barely escape thanks to the trump cards gifted by the various Super Forces.
His sense of unease came when he had just fought Gongsun Bai'an, aiming to swiftly suppress him to buy time to flee.
But just as he was about to corner Gongsun Bai'an, the latter's aura faintly and almost imperceptibly increased — just enough to exactly match Liang Yi, preventing him from gaining the upper hand.
The situation was perilous with major foes and numerous Ninth Realm cultivators rallying for support from all around, giving Liang Yi no time for hesitation, which was why he didn't initially notice anything amiss.
It was only after escaping at some cost and while hiding to recover that he vaguely sensed what was wrong.
