Transcendent Dawn

Chapter 697: Chapter 0697: The Sixth (Seeking Subscriptions)

The night was deep, the purple moon hanging high.

Spirit World.

Or rather, the Imaginary Space of this world.

Su Lu walked in the grey void, a Phantom Mecha’s image flickering on his skin.

“Although the first three layers of the Spirit World might have changed due to different worlds, their essence remains the same… where there is movement, traces are left behind.”

Right now, Su Lu’s physical body was still unable to enter the Spirit World, but with the help of the mecha, it wasn’t a problem.

“Inside the White Space… I’ve heard about the Star Devourer Clan’s monitoring system… as long as the Phantom Mecha doesn’t fully release its power, it won’t trigger it… and according to their rules, it would require two to three uses of Wisdom’s Light to get through, right?”

This is the limit of the Phantom Mecha, it could only go all out two to three times.

However, using a bit of the supernatural usually doesn’t pose any issues.

“I will divine… the truth behind the disappearance of my parents!”

This was a matter closely related to Morphy’s body, and was executed directly in the Spirit World, propelled by the sixth-order entity’s influence.

Soon, numerous phantoms emerged before Su Lu’s eyes.

…

This was a common street, seemingly located on Black Iron Street.

The stars in the sky shone, but there was no moonlight.

——The Moonless Night!

Thump-thump! Thump-thump!

The sound of footsteps echoed out, seemingly from a young couple.

They were wearing aged clothes, their faces somewhat resembled Morphy and Joanne. Their family situation seemed quite ordinary.

Maybe they had taken up extra work or lived far away, or for other reasons, they had to travel at night.

They tightened their clothes and hastened their steps, carrying a paper bag filled with loaves of bread, looking terrified.

Just then, a black fog descended.

The Imaginary Space was opened, from which a few dark and slimy arms stretched out.

Different human faces were etched on their surfaces, expressing all kinds of emotions, reaching for the young couple.

“Ah!”

After two screams, the black fog dissipated, leaving only breadcrumbs scattered on the street.

…

“As I suspected… they were hunted by the creatures from the Spirit World when it was opened…”

Su Lu sighed, feeling a surge of grief, and continued his search: “The whereabouts of the perpetrator…”

The scene changed.

He saw the arms with twisted faces on their surfaces retract, returning to the Spirit World, continually traveling in and out of the Material Realm, arriving at an apparent laboratory.

“Excellent… more material has arrived.”

A woman’s voice rang out: “Transport them to confinement, prepare for the experiment… To control the Blood Beast, we must first give it wisdom… In this regard, humans are excellent materials.”

“Yes, Sixth Prophet.”

The researchers around her replied respectfully.

“Hmm?”

At that moment, the Sixth Prophet turned her face towards the direction of Su Lu’s gaze: “Who’s there?”

…

The phantom shattered and Su Lu rubbed his temples: “Impressive spiritual sense… I guess it’s expected from a Prophet, a member of the Radical school of the Natural Society?”

From the information he obtained, he had a rough understanding of the situation.

The Radical school of the Natural Society had previously collaborated with the military of the Surida Kingdom, secretly working on controlling the Blood Beasts, something which wasn’t a secret anymore.

Of course, they had later betrayed the military severely, leading to the downfall of the Surida Kingdom.

“How did they find their research subjects? By using such a method… Using the creatures of the Spirit World to abduct people… Even if people go missing, it can be blamed on the Moonless Night, quite clever…”

“Who would have thought that these mad women had such deep research into the Spirit World… However, it makes sense, since they are ‘Prophets’ after all.”

Any prophetic or divinatory powers must interact with the Spirit World.

The higher-ups of the Natural Society were known as ‘Prophets’ and had prophetic abilities, naturally, they would delve into this kind of extraordinary strength.

“This is a bit troublesome… I originally thought that after uncovering the truth, killing a creature from the Spirit World would be enough to settle things, but now it seems… To fulfill Morphy’s wish, I must at least kill the Sixth Prophet, who is a high-ranking member of the Radical school.”

“But… it is what it is, at this time, it’s only right to hunt down these women.”

Su Lu thought for a moment, then, following the information obtained from his divination, his form instantly vanished.

——Spirit World Traversal!

The surroundings rapidly changed, but it was not the laboratory from before.

It was to be expected, that lab was used for research in partnership with the military, it had either been destroyed or abandoned by now.

Inside an underground facility in the North Territory.

Su Lu’s figure emerged.

“This place… Seems to be a secret base of the Radical school, is the Sixth Prophet situated here?”

A stream of light enveloped him, morphing into a Magic Cannon barrel.

“Enemy sighted!”

“Team one, exterminate him. Team two, investigate the perimeter.”

His arrival in the base instantly set off a series of shrill alarms.

“Pointless struggling…”

A barrage of cannon fire.

Without using the Phantom Mecha’s power, Su Lu directly created several holes, blood flowed from the ruins.

“Sixth Prophet of the Natural Society, have you foreseen your own death?”

Su Lu strutted into a corridor.

“Ooooh!”

A strange wailing noise immediately filled the air, sounding like a baby’s cries mixed with a beast’s roar.

The walls began to contort, a number of faces emerged from them, their surfaces turning a dark, murky green.

A power from the Spirit World seeped through.

“This is a lockdown of the Imaginary Space… There really wouldn’t be a way for ordinary mecha pilots to break through…”

Su Lu raised an eyebrow, fired off a shot in a random direction.

——Lucky Shot!

Bang!

The corridor blasted apart, a large hole appeared, a dark green pus oozed from the edge.

The eerie noise from before abruptly intensified.

He stepped out from the hole, finding himself in a large hall.

There, the Sixth Prophet he had seen during his divination was standing at the front.

She had a tall and slender figure, a beautiful face.

But in Su Lu’s vision, the woman had a dark green shadow looming behind her. The Imaginary Space opened, a blurred monster composed of numerous green arms distorted into view.

Several slick arms were inserted into this woman’s brain and organs from the creature’s back, slowly squirming.

It seemed they had formed a strange symbiotic relationship.

“You’ve altered your own body, turned yourself into a semi-Spirit World creature? Is that why you can control the creatures of the Spirit World?”

Su Lu’s eyes flashed, he shook his head slightly: “Your methods are just a bit too crude.”

“Who are you? How did you find out about this place?”

The Sixth Prophet, completely unaware that her secrets had been exposed, looked at Su Lu and asked indifferently.

Her voice was pure and ethereal, capable of making people unconsciously entranced, but Su Lu knew it was just an influence of the Spirit World.

Bang!

The moment the Sixth Prophet’s words fell, her head exploded.

“Killing is just killing, what’s with all the small talk?”

Su Lu blew the smoke off his gun, looking at the body before him.

Even after losing her head, the body did not fall.

On the contrary, the entity behind her seemed provoked, its black slimy arms flailing wildly, the faces on them making all sorts of noises.