The shattered flesh and blood gradually regenerated in the air, and An Qingyu's body fell into the sea, directly freezing a piece of sea water into ice. After a moment, a bloody figure slowly stood up from the center of the ice.

"Are you pretending?"

The wound on An Qingyu's chest gradually recovered. He frowned as he looked at the red-haired girl who stood up from the stone platform and spoke in a cold voice.

"Yeah, I was pretending." Chloe chuckled, "Otherwise, it wouldn't be easy to plot against you."

"It's not easy for you to deceive my eyes." An Qingyu paused for a moment, and the injuries on his body had been completely healed.

"Besides, your elaborate plot didn't have much effect on me, did it?"

Chloe smiled but said nothing.

Two figures stood facing each other on the thick ice. An Qingyu stared at the girl in front of him. After hesitating for a moment, he raised the bloody finger and wiped it towards his pupils.

Chloe possesses the Divine Ruins No. 001, the most powerful god known in the world, and is suspected to have lived for an extremely long time. Facing such an existence, An Qingyu dared not be careless at all and had to use all his strength from the beginning.

"Are you going to summon the Gate of Truth again?" Chloe raised her eyebrows. "In your current state, can you summon it a second time today?"

"Why not?" An Qingyu said calmly, "It just requires a higher price..."

As the pair of fingertips stained the surface of the gray pupils with blood, a magnificent and mysterious aura descended again, the calm sea surface began to churn violently, and the phantom of a portal gradually emerged behind him.

Seeing this, Chloe's expression became a little serious. She looked at An Qingyu and spoke slowly:

"It seems that you are determined to kill me...Negotiation is impossible?"

An Qingyu did not answer, he just slowly closed his eyes. A sense of life and death crisis instantly surged in Chloe's heart.

"Okay." Chloe shrugged, "Then we'll have to meet next time... By the way, I hope you like the gift I gave you."

Chloe waved her hand lightly, and her whole body suddenly twisted like a burning piece of white paper. With a slight sound, her body turned into flames all over the sky and disappeared like fireworks.

Having lost his target, An Qingyu's eyes, which had been gradually closing, suddenly froze. He looked around, but there was no trace of Chloe anymore.

Even he was puzzled by this strange way of leaving.

"Run away..." An Qingyu shook his head and dispersed the shadow of the Gate of Truth behind him.

Since he failed to kill Chloe this time, Chaos might have some troubles. But in the final analysis, An Qingyu didn't care what that guy thought... What he really cared about was the Key to the Gate that was hanging high above the river of time, overlooking his every move.

An Qingyu glanced in the direction where Chloe disappeared, then turned and walked into the fog.

…

On the sea at dawn, an exploration ship slowly moved forward.

"vomit--"

Charles held onto the side of the exploration ship, vomiting violently, his face extremely pale.

The exploration ship rose and fell with the waves, shaking the nine knights on the edge of the ship until they almost vomited bile. They stood in a row, retching sounds coming one after another, and the scene was indescribably harmonious.

"Is their reaction so big?" Wu Quan couldn't help but speak as he sat on the side of the boat.

"They originally grew up in the 'human circle'. After returning to the misty world, they have been active on the ground and have never been in the water. Naturally, their reaction will be greater."

While Lin Qiye explained, he shouted to the knights:

"Don't vomit on one side of the boat. The weight is unevenly distributed. Four of you go to the other side and vomit!"

Hearing these words, the knights who were seasick forced four of them to step out in an orderly manner, holding on to the wall and stumbling towards the other side of the ship.

This execution ability is really good... Seeing this scene, Lin Qiye couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Director Lin, how long will it take us to get to Daxia?" Charles took a deep breath and asked, trying to suppress his discomfort.

"We've only been away for a short time... maybe another day."

"vomit--!!"

After hearing Lin Qiye's answer, despair appeared on the knights' faces.

"Director Lin, I heard that Daxia is very big. Is that true?"

"It's true." Lin Qiye thought for a moment, "Probably, it's equivalent to six thousand Londons."

The knights opened their mouths wide, with shock in their eyes, "Six thousand Londons? How many people would that be?"

"A lot... Anyway, you will know when the time comes."

"Is there no 'mystery' there?"

"'Mystery' does exist, but it is all under the control of the Night Watch and will not affect the lives of ordinary people."

The knights blinked, as if they could not understand what Lin Qiye meant. To them, Daxia was just a mysterious country occasionally mentioned in the words of the Saint Lady.

"You know that there are still countries surviving in the fog, have you ever thought about going to take a look?" Lin Qiye asked doubtfully.

"No." Charles shook his head. "Our motorcycles can't go that far, and without the shelter of the church, we can't rest."

That’s right, after all, these are a bunch of landlubbers who can’t even sit on a boat… Lin Qiye thought to himself.

Lin Qiye leaned against the side of the ship, looking at the endless fog on the sea. Shen Qingzhu was alone in the cockpit controlling the exploration ship, and the other knights were busy suffering from seasickness. Only he and Wu Quan were left on the bow.

"Brother Qiye." After struggling for a moment, Wuquan couldn't help but ask, "How did I perform this time? Did I do anything meritorious?"

"Well, of course."

Lin Qiye nodded, "Don't worry, I will remember it for you. As long as you don't cause any trouble, you will be able to atone for your sins sooner or later."

Hearing these words, a look of reverence appeared in Wuquan's eyes.

Just when he was about to say something else, a low bell tone suddenly came from the fog, resounding through heaven and earth!

Ding-ding-ding!!!

The sound of the bell appeared extremely abruptly. Judging from its direction, it came from the direction of Daxia. I wonder what kind of power is contained in it that can cross a distance of thousands of kilometers and echo above the foggy sea!

"Bell sound? Where does the bell sound come from?" Lin Qiye frowned and asked in confusion.

Just as he was deep in thought, a burning sensation suddenly ignited from his chest, as if it was going to burn his entire body to ashes!

Lin Qiye suddenly pulled open the corner of his clothes, and saw that among the three [Covenant] marks, the first mark suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and a vast and endless terrifying energy poured out, tearing and distorting the time and space around him!

The afterimage of time whizzed past Lin Qiye, enveloping the Wuquan closest to him. These raging energies continued to tear at his body, and his consciousness was like being stuffed into a juicer, being stirred and tumbled madly!

A beam of white light shot up into the sky from the bow of the ship!

When the beam of light dissipated, the figures of Lin Qiye and Wu Quan had disappeared into the silent gray fog.