The bishop is unfathomable.

Chapter 89: Mechanics are still more powerful than numbers.

"Li Wei? Why do you suddenly look so serious? Did you discover something?"

Li Wei nodded: "Yes, many things. For example, the Son of Sand's conspiracy is not over yet."

"Collect all these letters and pack them up."

"You should have some kind of storage magic, right?"

Felicia shrugged: "Hey, you're really underestimating me."

"I do know some basic storage spells. Would you like me to teach you?"

Li Wei nodded: "Let's talk about it when we get back."

"Let's go back to the banquet hall now."

"Having confirmed the other party's purpose and this evidence, the key is to protect the lives of the banquet attendees and expose the conspiracy."

"Let him hide if he wants. Once I've evacuated everyone from the castle, let's see whose lifespan he drains."

It was as if they had heard Li Wei's provocation.

No sooner had he finished speaking than a loud bang echoed throughout the castle.

Immediately afterwards, something began to vibrate, causing the entire castle to shake.

Li Wei immediately contacted Shadow Wolf and sent out his voice: "Don't stay in the banquet hall! Run outside immediately! Watch out for the butler!"

Vera reacted immediately. Even though she was just an escort today, fortunately, she had put on all her issued weapons when she left the Bureau of Inspectorate.

"Don't move!"

Almost the instant Li Wei's warning rang out, Shadow Wolf and Vera rushed out and pinned the old butler, who was about to cast some kind of spell, to the ground.

Huge, sharp wolf claws pinned him to the ground, rendering him immobile. The sharp surveillance pierced the old butler's palm with a short knife, the psionic energy within instantly disrupting the flow of psionic energy within the old butler's body.

Then, Vera looked at the few people standing dumbfounded in the banquet hall and the stunned maids, and shouted, "What are you all standing there for! Run! Run to the open space by the lake!"

The group then seemed to wake from a dream and began to run outside.

Only Hust.

The poor young man seemed to be caught in a dilemma, and stood still for a moment.

In the end, it was Bonas and lawyer Hayes who pulled him out of the banquet hall.

Then, Vera loosened her grip on the dagger and left the banquet hall with Shadow Wolf.

The moment the two left, a ritual array that enveloped the entire castle suddenly appeared!

The complex array of withered yellow and new green hues spread rapidly.

Circles of varying sizes began to appear in the corners of the castle.

The patterns that extend outwards are interconnected, linking the individual circles into a whole.

Just before the formation was completed, a bolt of lightning shot through the sky and flew out from the top of the ancient castle.

With wings on his back, Li Wei carried Felicia and escaped just in time from the effective range of the ritual.

"That was decisive. It seems they overheard our previous conversation."

"Otherwise, a ceremony that should be performed at night should not be started at this time."

"He's making a last-ditch effort!"

With a grim expression, Li Wei lowered the altitude and placed Felicia on the ground before summoning the Shadow Wolf back to his side.

Felicia said, "I sensed familiar psionic fluctuations; it's a technique similar to my own."

"It's manipulating—manipulating this island, even this lake—no, it's trying to connect to the earth's veins!"

"What are ley lines?" Li Wei asked.

"Just think of it as something that stores energy! If the Dream Realm is the realm of the spirit, then the ley lines are the illusory power allowed to exist in the real world!"

"My ability is to manipulate the life force contained within the earth's ley lines, regulating the life force within plants and even other living organisms."

"But all I can do is regulate it, either reduce it to non-existent or stimulate its activity."

"What that viscount seems to be doing now is trying to connect with the earth's ley lines!"

"He's insane!"

Felicia said somewhat incoherently, "Doing this, no matter what level he is, he will eventually be directly assimilated by the ley lines and become a part of them!"

"Although his notes mentioned using ley lines in the ritual, he should have known the consequences of doing so!"

Li Wei shook his head: "I don't think so."

"A viscount born into a military family on the battlefield, no matter how much he collects books and studies, will inevitably learn a wide range of subjects."

"Especially during ceremonies."

"Perhaps he thought that by using the ley lines, he could extract the life force of others for his own use, so directly connecting to the ley lines would bring him even more benefits."

"Especially when the plan is exposed and there is no other way out."

"Sometimes people act impulsively and do some inexplicable things."

"Moreover, his unorthodox methods might not even be clear about what the pulse is."

Felicia abruptly added, "But one thing is true."

"What?"

"He is immortal before he is assimilated by the ley lines. And he will gain almost limitless psionic energy for humans."

"boom!"

The next moment, as a corner of the castle collapsed, a figure emerged from the mist.

Vera immediately drew her portable, extendable spear and stood in front of the civilians, leading them away towards the collapsed stone bridge.

Li Wei, without wasting any words, directly ordered the Shadow Wolf to launch a probing attack.

*Whoosh whoosh whoosh!*

The shadows coalesced into a long spear, rising diagonally from beneath the ground.

Three shadow spears, thrusting out from different angles, pierced through the figure almost instantly, rendering it unable to move an inch.

But this didn't last long; it only delayed for a moment before the three shadow spears were torn apart by the figure.

And so the figure emerged from the mist.

He was a middle-aged man with gray hair.

He was dressed in an old-fashioned imperial military uniform, which was covered with all sorts of military medals.

But soon, this serious-looking, somewhat sinister middle-aged man transformed into a young man with black hair.

"How dare you ruin my plans! You deserve to die!"

Without further ado, the young viscount, restored to his youthful form by the power of the earth's veins, instantly appeared before Li Wei and delivered a chop to Li Wei's neck.

Before Li Wei could retaliate, several wind blades swept through the air, heading straight for the Viscount's chest.

However, these wind blades, powerful enough to shatter gold and iron, did little to harm the Viscount.

Or rather, the damage was completely repaired by the power of the earth's veins, so it appeared to be unharmed.

Seeing that her attack was ineffective, and had not even had the effect of slowing down his movements, Felicia sighed and then protected Li behind her.

"Boss, step back! Remember to treat me to a big meal when we get back!"

"Earth Prison! Rise!"

With complex psionic energy flow and construction, the ground came alive in an instant.

Several thick rock pillars suddenly rose from the ground, sending the Viscount's head flying into the air.

But this is not the end.

After these rock pillars rise up, they overlap and merge with each other, weaving a cage in mid-air that is not very dense, but infinitely overlapping.

And so the viscount was trapped inside.

"Phew, all done. Just stall for time. This guy won't last long."

"Although the ley lines can give him unlimited life force and spiritual energy, they will not amplify his strength."

"The water in the container will keep filling up, but the container itself won't expand just because there's an infinite amount of water. Just think of it that way."

After Felicia finished explaining, the sound of horses' hooves came from the forest on the other side of the lake.

Before long, a cavalry force, fully armored, well-equipped, and carrying a lion-head banner, arrived at the lake shore.

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