In a vague sense, Lu Jun swept across Hangzhou and locked onto the chaotic imprint auras on Tang Yue, Psychic, Space, Curse, and various other marks mixed together.
Without hesitation, he poured all his spiritual power into it.
Boom!
A loud crash resounded within Lu Jun's mind. He abruptly opened his eyes as his consciousness, which had been roaming the vast void, rapidly fell back and returned to his body.
He looked ahead. A silver vortex had opened before him. Intense spatial fluctuations twisted the surroundings, cracks splitting open across the ground. Through its center, one could vaguely see an apartment by West Lake.
"The Void Passage, it worked!"
Lu Jun had not expected it to be so simple and was overjoyed. With this experiment successful, it meant contacting those close to him would become far more convenient in the future.
He could even step through this Void Passage now and return to Hangzhou.
However, Lu Jun was still thinking about recruiting Feng Zhoulong, and there were matters left unresolved in the Demon Capital. He decided to wait.
As the Void Passage was established, the magic power within his Space-Time Star River rapidly declined, dimming by nearly half in the blink of an eye. After a few more breaths, it would likely be completely exhausted.
Coming back to his senses, he hurriedly took out a bottle of Night Fiend substance. After hesitating briefly, he decided to toss both bottles in.
With the support of his two contracted beasts, Lu Jun had only barely managed to connect to Hangzhou. As for the slightly farther Magic Capital, it had been beyond his reach.
He could only entrust Tang Yue to deliver the item over. If the two women met, they probably wouldn't start fighting, right?
Just as Lu Jun was about to throw the items in, he suddenly sensed a vast spiritual power approaching from the north, no weaker than his own.
However, this immense spiritual force did not carry the aura of the Space Element and could not leap through spatial nodes. It merely expanded outward by sheer force of will, barely extending to the Void Passage he had opened.
Lu Jun frowned, abruptly recognizing the aura as extremely familiar, it was Ding Yumian.
Soon, a pleasant female voice echoed within his mind. "Lu Jun, is that you?!"
Ding Yumian, located in the Magic Capital, projected her spiritual power directly. Both of their souls wandered the vast void, converging together.
In that instant, Lu Jun's spiritual power rose sharply again, reaching beyond the Ninth Realm. The silver vortex before him stabilized.
Not only that, he realized he could now open a second transmission point in the Magic Capital.
This made things easy.
"Is that you, Yumian? I have something for you and Tang Yue as well."
Without hesitation, Lu Jun tossed the two bottles of Night Fiend substance into the silver vortex. The glass bottles lingered within it for a moment before a flash of silver light and vanished.
Then Lu Jun severed the spiritual link. The silver vortex faded away, and the Space-Time magic power within his spiritual world was completely depleted, dim and exhausted.
Heh~
Yet within his mind, he faintly saw Ding Yumian in a white dress, exuding elegant maturity. The flawless woman let out a meaningful, soft laugh.
Meanwhile, by West Lake in Hangzhou.
Tang Yue walked lightly along the shimmering lakeside, confiding in the Totem Black Snake within the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon.
Suddenly, a vast spatial force descended before her, instantly opening a silver vortex.
Seeing this, Tang Yue reacted as if facing a great enemy, retreating several steps and preparing a countermeasure, only to freeze in place.
She vaguely heard Lu Jun's voice and subconsciously extended her hand. The silver vortex trembled, and a bottle containing black smoke dropped out.
Tang Yue read the note attached to the bottle. A trace of joy appeared on her face, along with a hint of sweetness. She muttered, "So it's that heartless Lu Jun."
At the same time, at Pearl Institute in the Magic Capital, Ding Yumian stood on the back mountain, her gaze calm, reaching out to grasp a bottle from the void.
Lu Jun clapped his hands, in a good mood. The Night Fiend he had been thinking about for over a year was finally delivered.
Both Ding Yumian and Tang Yue had helped him greatly, the former refining his Psychic Element abilities and raising his spiritual realm, the latter lending the Black Snake multiple times and gifting him various resources, which were trivial to repay.
What interested him more was the ability of the Void Passage, it was simply too convenient. Once his spiritual realm broke beyond the Ninth Realm and he possessed an Emperor-level soul divinity, wouldn't he be able to teleport freely across all of the Nine Provinces?
"The Level Four and Five effects of each Element truly have marvelous uses. They're worth studying."
Lu Jun walked back toward the Demon Capital Tower with light steps. He found everyone there. Mo Fan had refined the Night Fiend; his Shadow Element had made significant progress. He emerged grinning foolishly, muttering that it was worth it.
As for Lingling, the little loli, her figure had also appeared.
Her pretty face did not look good. In a low mood, she said, "I didn't find my sister. According to my investigation, she seems to have discovered traces of the Black Vatican and secretly went after them."
Hearing this, Mo Fan's expression tightened as he said seriously, "Chief Adjudicator Leng Qing? The Black Vatican…"
Because of the events in Bo City, Mo Fan deeply hated the Black Vatican.
He patted his chest and assured, "You're worried something happened to your sister? Don't worry, I'll help you bring Leng Qing back. Since there's the Black Vatican, how could Mo Fan be absent?!"
At this, Lingling's mood improved slightly. She said gratefully, "Thank you. But the Black Vatican isn't simple. Don't intervene rashly."
Lingling was truly afraid. This situation reminded her of her father, the Cold Hunter King. He had also secretly investigated alone and ended up meeting disaster.
She could not bear losing another family member.
"It's fine. We're hunting partners, aren't we?"
Mo Fan spoke casually, then asked in confusion, "Strange. Didn't the Black Vatican in the Nine Provinces already get wiped out? The killer of the Red Cardinal Salan is right here, isn't he, Lu Jun?"
Lingling shook her head. "My sister discovered that recently there may be a new international Red Cardinal entering the Nine Provinces."
After hearing this exchange, Lu Jun could not help but grow thoughtful. It seemed Leng Jue's frequent actions had revealed some traces.
The Tribunal was not foolish, they had quickly grasped a clue.
He sneered inwardly. "Very well. Leng Jue has been left alone long enough. It's time to sweep the filth from the Nine Provinces in one stroke."
The world believed Salan was the Red Cardinal of the Black Vatican in the Nine Provinces, but that was not the case.
Both Salan and Leng Jue had come from abroad. The true Red Cardinal lurking within the Nine Provinces was Nine Infants, a high-ranking figure hidden within the Imperial Court.
Although in the original timeline his death had been too stifled and unimpressive, if he were to erupt, the consequences would be deadly.
At that time, Chief Hua had slain an Emperor in the Pacific. If Nine Infants had launched a sneak attack, the damage to the Nine Provinces would have been immense—very likely causing the fall of a powerful Forbidden Spell Mage, even more terrifying than the disaster in the Ancient Capital.
Lu Jun made up his mind but did not explain this to Lingling and Mo Fan.
He was not worried about Leng Qing's safety. The Hunchback Craftsman had already been killed by him. Though Leng Jue might send other assassins to silence witnesses and divert attention.
Leng Jue did not have time. Before that, Lu Jun would eliminate the two Red Cardinals!
Returning to his room, Lu Jun dialed a mysterious number.
Once it connected, he said softly, "Blue Bat—it's time to close the net."
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