Dark Light Chaser.

Chapter 474 You Shouldn't Have Mentioned That Name

After the magician left with the tyrant, only Cheng Lejia and Ai Liang, who was hiding nearby and eavesdropping, remained in this sea area.

Ai Liang had hoped to overhear some useful information from the Apostles' Society.

As a result, the three of them parted ways after exchanging only a few words.

The only potentially useful intelligence they obtained was that the disciples were preparing to go to the tyrant's territory.

If given the opportunity, we could use this intelligence to make a deal with the Countermeasures Bureau.

Just as Ai Liang was about to leave, Cheng Lejia suddenly stopped walking towards the teleportation portal.

He frowned and suddenly looked in Ai Liang's direction: "Who?!"

As he spoke, more than a dozen magma swords shot towards Ai Liang's location from all directions.

Paji.

The lava sword that collided with the shield turned back into a pool of lava and fell into the sea.

Ai Liang withdrew from stealth and revealed her form.

It's not that we can't avoid it, but that there's no need to avoid it.

Mental shields and telekinetic shields can indeed deceive the vast majority of apostles.

However, Cheng Lejia is an apostle specializing in space, so he can still sense whether there are people in a certain area.

Previously, Zhou Tian's teleportation had disrupted his senses, which was why he hadn't been able to spot Ai Liang hiding nearby immediately.

"The hermit? You didn't leave?"

Cheng Lejia asked in surprise.

Ai Liang glanced at him, said nothing, and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, don't walk so fast." Cheng Lejia quickly called out to Ai Liang.

In the previous battle, the magician was mainly responsible for restraining Xia Qiyuan.

Cheng Lejia spent most of his time eavesdropping on the conversations between Qianmianren and Ai Liang outside the space blockade.

So he also learned why Ai Liang was reluctant to join the Apostles.

Their only goal from beginning to end was to settle scores with the Thousand-Faced Man, and they had no intention of interfering in the battle between the Apostles and the Countermeasures Bureau.

Since it's the fault of the chameleon, maybe if someone else tries to persuade him, it will be resolved?

Cheng Lejia felt he had a good chance, so he decided to give it a try.

He flashed and blocked Ai Liang's path: "Oh, I understand that you have a problem with Gaia, but you can't let this one case affect your view of the entire Apostles Society, can you?"

Our Apostles' Church has a small membership; you can think of it as a big family where everyone gets along very well...

Uh, Ashe is a bit aloof, but I feel like you two get along really well..."

"Step aside."

Ai Liang said calmly.

"What I said is true. The reason people treat humans badly is because they are not the same species as us. Just like humans don't consider gorillas to be their own kind, we maintain our human appearance simply for convenience..."

bass!
A dazzling beam of light fell in front of Cheng Lejia.

"Move aside, I don't want to say it a third time."

Ai Liang's stubbornness discouraged Cheng Lejia.

But having just been taught a lesson by Heat Death, he was still a little apprehensive facing this pillar of light that was seven or eight parts similar to Heat Death's abilities.

Cheng Lejia chose to step aside and no longer block Ai Liang's way.

"This guy is exactly the same as Ashe, why doesn't he listen to advice?"

Cheng Lejia muttered to himself.

"Why do I always run into these expressionless people? I have absolutely no idea how to communicate with them. Maybe I should find someone to practice with first? The aloof and expressionless guy next to me... Oh right! That Ai Liang..."

*Pfft!* *Buzz!*
The once-open portal was instantly compressed by some immense force into a size smaller than the eye of a pin.

Cheng Lejia, noticing the change in the spatial gate, tried to turn around, but to his horror, he discovered that he couldn't move even a single finger.

Not only that.

The black smoke in the air no longer dissipated, and the surging waves no longer rolled and surged.

The cooked fish, which had been rolled out of the water, was fixed in mid-air, and all the raindrops falling from the dark clouds stopped.

Even the fishy smell emanating from the fish meat was solidified.

Everything around seemed to have been frozen in time, as if a time stop button had been pressed.

This naturally includes space.

Cheng Lejia felt as if a giant hand was gripping his heart tightly, as if some great terror was about to befall him.

Every cell in the body is sending out danger signals, desperately trying to warn everyone.

He wanted to tremble all over, but couldn't; he wanted to make a sound, but couldn't; he wanted to go mad, but couldn't.

Since Cheng Lejia became conscious, even when he was facing heat death, he had never felt such intense fear.

This fear, akin to facing a predator at the top of the food chain, was gradually destroying his will.

All Cheng Lejia could do was stare intently at Ai Liang in front of him.

As Ai Liang turned around, the fear gradually increased.

Cheng Lejia mustered all his strength, even using his spatial abilities to raise his jaw and vibrate the frozen air, before he could barely utter a single word: "You..."

Ai Liang looked at Cheng Lejia with an indifferent expression.

He slowly raised his hand and said in an icy tone, "You shouldn't have mentioned that name."

........................

"You can sleep in there for a while, and I'll come to see you again in a few months."

The magician threw the tyrant into a stone coffin: "You're more seriously injured this time than last time. It's a good thing you've been absorbing energy to strengthen your body all these years, otherwise it's hard to say whether you would have survived."

The tyrant stared at the ceiling: "Remember to turn on the electricity."

The magician couldn't help but cover his face and sigh, "You're already injured like this, can't you just rest for a while? Heat Death is dead, and it will take a long time for the next Heat Death to grow up. There's no need to rush."

The tyrant, whose head had almost fully recovered, remained silent, simply closing his eyes with an expression that said, "I'd rather not bother with you than pay you any attention."

The magician, utterly speechless, waved his hand, pulled a ten-centimeter-diameter wire from the wall, and then inserted it directly into the stone coffin before closing the lid.

Just as the magician was about to leave, a rapid mental wave crashed into his brain.

"Hiss, Gaia, calm down. Why can't you use the mark for something like this..."

The magician was about to complain when the information contained in the mental wave made his expression change drastically.

The magician immediately activated his spatial abilities, trying to return to Cheng Lejia's side.

But the space that could be freely entered and exited just moments ago is now completely frozen in place.

It wasn't that someone was interfering with the use of spatial abilities, but rather that everything in that space was firmly bound by some kind of force.

"Time and spacetime have been frozen? Could it be... no! Someone used pure power to forcibly fix everything in that area!"

The magician discovered that although the space seemed to be frozen in time, he could still create a small opening by using his spatial abilities to their fullest extent.

"This was done by a hermit? Using mental power to stabilize such a large area... Are you kidding me!"

(End of this chapter)