Light Fortress

Divine Miracle, born!

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

The voice of the golden spike flowers echoed within the mind!

At that moment, Gu Shen slightly relaxed.

Originally, in Snow Mountain Canyon, plucking this strand of soul fire and leaving it in Pure Land was merely a response.

Intuition told him that this strand of soul fire could facilitate long-distance spiritual interaction between the two!

"Where are you now?"

Gu Shen faintly felt something was amiss. Why was the summoning of the soul fire smoother than he had imagined?

"My king... please turn around, or expand the range of the ’fire’ a bit more."

Upon hearing this, Gu Shen was slightly startled. His "Chi Huo" floating thousands of meters away still hadn’t reached its limit...

Subconsciously, Gu Shen turned his head.

Under the propulsion of burning Source Material at 150%, the Source Armor rapidly advanced, breaking the sound barrier. Looking back, the flying snow and fog concealed everything, revealing only a pitch-black Chaos merging with the ghastly white frost, intertwining into an exceptionally tranquil ink painting.

Only.

Within that ink painting, gleams of "golden brilliance" subtly shone through, revealing the outline of a massive serpentine body amid the swirling snow—a profoundly stirring image, intentionally displayed by the golden spike flowers for him to "see."

Gu Shen’s turning head caught the attention of some members of the team with sharp instincts.

Several subconsciously turned with him.

However, the "Big Snake" vanished once more behind the team in just an instant... disappearing without a trace.

"Brother Gu, what’s the matter?"

Li Chen asked curiously, "Your spirit seemed to fluctuate just now..."

"It’s nothing, I’m just expanding my spiritual power to capture more imagery." Gu Shen quickly adjusted his emotions, made an excuse to pass it off, and amiably reminded, "Actually, you can turn off your Source Eyes. It’ll save some spiritual power."

"No wonder you’re S-rank... able to expand your spirit even in such conditions." Li Chen clicked his tongue in amazement, awestruck, and very obediently deactivated the sensing capability of his Source Eyes.

Gu Shen’s spiritual ability was indeed much stronger than his own!

The imagery fed back through the Spiritual Link by "Chi Huo" was solid enough, and Li Chen felt much more relaxed after closing his Source Eyes.

Having an S-rank companion really was a fortunate thing.

At such a crucial moment, being able to preserve spiritual power was very important.

Li Chen was not confident that he could maintain a twelve-person spiritual link on the return journey... now that he had handed over the "sensing task" to Gu Shen, he felt much less pressure.

Gu Shen further expanded his control over "Chi Huo."

Sensing its master’s spirit, the golden spike flowers showed itself again, and this time, their spirits successfully met, with a tiny, fragile spark alighting on the eyebrow of the Big Snake.

The golden spike flowers gazed intently at the fragile Chi Huo, feeling the warmth of its master.

"Why are you... always following me?"

Gu Shen was somewhat helpless.

It had been a while since they left the labyrinth, and he had thought that the Big Snake was at least a hundred miles away from him, but to his surprise, the distance between them was so close.

"I..."

The golden spike flowers heard Gu Shen’s voice and, thinking it was a reprimand, hesitated to respond.

After a long while.

It spoke softly, "I am worried about your safety. Also, I do not know where else to go after leaving the labyrinth..."

Gu Shen’s gaze softened.

He couldn’t blame it.

The task he had assigned to the golden spike flowers was to find the Old World trekking route of his teacher and two others, but this world was simply too vast, with chaotic "rule points" everywhere. The end of the labyrinth seemed only a stone wall away from where they had traveled, but in reality, it was as distant as Million Miles, like a moat that’s hard to cross.

Finding it was not that easy.

Gu Shen didn’t blame it.

Now, having the golden spike flowers right behind him... was actually a good thing.

"Don’t worry, I’m not going to punish you."

Gu Shen said seriously, "In the Old World, when there are no people around, you can follow me, but be sure not to get discovered..."

"Of course."

The golden spike flowers nodded vigorously, causing a swirl of snow, a movement not particularly noticeable. However, someone from the team sensed it instantly and turned around to check.

Su He transmitted through the command channel, "Captain, there seems to be something off behind us... It feels unclean."

Yuan Yuan, leading at the front, responded expressionlessly, "The storm is coming soon; what kind of clean thing do you want to encounter here?"

Direct, powerful, and irrefutable response.

This is the Old World, after all!

Su He nodded, glanced back again, and said calmly, "That’s true."

"..."

Seeing this, Gu Shen’s heart settled back down, thinking that the vice-captain’s intuition was exceptionally sharp!

The aura of the Big Snake also completely submerged back down.

Its voice, through the Pure Land Soul Fire link, resonated in Gu Shen’s Spirit Sea, "Master, I have sensed the ’anomaly’ here. A huge storm is brewing... Your current situation seems precarious."

A bitter smile surfaced in Gu Shen’s heart.

Not only precarious?

It was very precarious!

"In the human world, this thing is called a ’map’. You can take a look."

Gu Shen used his spiritual power to transmit his electronic map into the mind of the golden spike flowers. Although the Big Snake was an animal, after its spiritual awakening, it possessed intelligence comparable to that of humans. During the days it occupied the labyrinth, it had extracted the souls of countless explorers. Although it had never truly entered inside the giant wall, by reading these people’s thoughts, it had also learned quite a bit of knowledge.