Unlike Xia Duo, who was still feeling a bit conflicted, Po Kong had no such qualms.
Before Xia Duo could even react, he pulled her into his arms and looked at Starlight with a serious expression. “Let’s do it, Little Star!”
“Po Kong! Not so hard! Are you trying to strangle me?” Xia Duo’s voice held a hint of bashful annoyance, yet she didn’t pull away from his embrace.
Her cheeks flushed slightly, and her gaze instinctively avoided Isabella’s direction.
Seeing this, Isabella merely raised an eyebrow without saying much. A flicker of complex emotion crossed her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by a calm resolve.
“Alright, look at the time. Stop the lovey-dovey stuff and get ready!” Starlight chuckled, then turned serious.
“Right!” The two held each other tightly and immediately composed themselves, answering in unison.
Starlight nodded and reached a hand toward them, beginning to envelop them in mana using the same method as before.
As he had expected, the consumption of Spatial Displacement climbed exponentially with the increase in volume. This time, to send two people out, the mana within him dropped significantly.
Once in the outside world, Po Kong instantly erupted with golden battle qi. After briefly repelling the black water, he quickly streaked toward the wall with Xia Duo in tow.
When they reached the wall, the two immediately shifted their posture.
Xia Duo pressed her body as close to the wall as possible, listening intently for any mechanisms within.
Po Kong stood with his back to her, releasing all the power in his body to resist the erosion of the black tide.
Starlight could see the golden shield he maintained trembling slightly under the impact of the black water, clearly under immense pressure.
In just a few seconds, Xia Duo detected an anomaly in the wall. This wall wasn’t a solid piece; there was a hollow section in the middle. Her ears twitched as she caught the faint sound of mechanical movement inside.
“Found it!” Xia Duo shouted in delight. “There’s a mechanical mechanism running inside the wall. The formation’s weak point changes position as the mechanism moves.”
“Can you pinpoint the exact location?”
“Give me a little more time!” Xia Duo responded calmly, her fingers lightly tapping the formation on the wall, attempting to judge the mechanism’s pattern by the change in sound.
“Fine, I’ll do my best to buy you time!”
The black water continued to lash against Po Kong’s battle qi shield. The massive pressure caused sweat to bead on his forehead.
Under Po Kong’s protection, Xia Duo remained exceptionally calm. Her fingers moved rapidly across the wall, recording the mechanism’s trajectory.
About twenty seconds later, Xia Duo released her hand from the wall and shouted softly, “Done!”
Since Noah had fallen into a deep sleep, their voices could no longer be transmitted through the soul link. All communication had to be done via hand signals to Starlight, who was still in the distance.
Upon hearing Xia Duo’s confirmation, Po Kong immediately waved his hands to signal Starlight.
Seeing this, Starlight quickly locked onto the two of them and pulled them back.
“Whew... that was close.” Po Kong panted heavily. “A few more seconds and I wouldn’t have been able to hold on.”
Xia Duo’s face was also somewhat pale, but her eyes were firm. She quickly pointed to a corner of the formation and explained rapidly, “The core of the formation is behind that painting on the wall. It moves once every two seconds. The sequence is top-left, bottom-left, top-right...”
Following Xia Duo’s instructions, Isabella quickly locked her gaze onto the exquisite hanging painting on the wall.
Now that the situation of the formation was clear, the rest was her job.
After nodding to Starlight, Isabella approached the edge of the space again and silently closed her eyes.
Leaping lightning emerged from her body once more, even more violent than the previous time.
“Whew... let’s begin. I’m ready.” Isabella took a long breath, adjusting herself to her peak state.
Seeing this, Starlight said no more, manipulating spatial power to cling to Isabella’s body.
“Xia Duo, you do the countdown and call out the core’s position!” Starlight turned to Xia Duo.
“Understood. Then... three, two, one, this time it’s bottom-right!”
The moment Xia Duo reached one, Starlight synchronized perfectly and sent Isabella out.
This time, Isabella didn’t perform a slashing motion. Instead, she held the lightning blade and thrust it fiercely toward the bottom-right corner of that expensive painting.
The blade formed of lightning instantly sank into the wall, erupting with a dazzling light.
“BOOM!”
With a loud explosion, the core buried deep within the wall was struck precisely. The walls of the entire hall began to vibrate violently, and the original glow rapidly faded.
“Good! Now!”
Seeing this, Yserazor let out a roar and slammed his hands together. The spatial bubble enveloping everyone charged toward that section of the wall at lightning speed.
The moment Starlight pulled Isabella back inside, Yserazor manipulated the space to crash heavily into the gap that had been cut out.
For reasons unknown, this ten-meter-wide section of the mirror world seemed to have transformed into a solid mass as hard as steel.
Without the protection of the magic formation, the wall, no matter how sturdy, could not withstand such an impact. A large hole was smashed through it, sending gravel and dust flying in all directions.
The next instant, the group appeared under the night sky, landing in the courtyard to the side of the castle.
Perhaps due to Philip’s initial settings, the terrifying black water in the hall did not gush out through the broken wall, allowing everyone to breathe a sigh of relief.
By now, a torrential rain had begun to fall. Ice-cold droplets the size of beans pelted the group. Though bone-chillingly cold, it brought a refreshing sense of having escaped death.
“You must leave here immediately! The token I have can only take one person through the barrier.”
Isabella quickly scanned the surroundings after landing. She immediately picked up the unconscious Sui Yun and turned to Po Kong. “Philip and the others definitely have more tricks up their sleeves. Be careful!”
Po Kong nodded, his eyes filled with determination. “Don’t worry, we’ll be careful. Sister Bella, hurry and take Big Brother for treatment!”
Isabella didn’t waste any more words. With a flash of movement, she disappeared into the rainy night with Sui Yun.
Starlight took a deep breath, feeling the cold touch of the rain on his face.
He knew that while they had temporarily escaped the castle, the danger was far from over. The outer defense array of the castle had already lit up, enveloping the entire estate.
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