Silver Lamp would definitely not cooperate with the Natural Sect just for a few Dragon Gate Formation shopping cards.

She might not even have planned to cooperate with the Natural Sect in the first place and was simply plotting to ambush Ash and the others on a whim. Even with Ash and Harvey's Holy Sanctuary, if the Natural Sect attacked suddenly, it would be difficult for them to ensure the safety of Black Crow and the Swindler.

The sudden collapse of the ground also showed that Silver Lamp simply didn't care about the interests of the Natural Sect.

She just wanted to drive both sects into an arena and let them fight to the death to divert attention, then take advantage of the situation to seek greater benefits for herself.

From the very beginning, the Natural Sect and the Twin Sect were just sacrificial pawns in her plan.

Her behavior was like that of a player who, while pushing the main task, discovered they had to deal with two opposing targets; she pretended to be a mercenary serving one of the targets, not only gaining an extra task reward but also deceiving the target into dealing with four elite mobs that held eternal hatred for her, and then she duped everyone into the same pitfall.

Although it was not clear how she did it, from an Observer's perspective, one had to marvel at her craziness and precision—she had almost achieved perfection, manipulating two ancient sects with her own strength.

She was very close to success.

If she could escape alive, that is.

Upon seeing Silver Lamp, the four of them, Ash included, reached a consensus—first, try to capture Silver Lamp, whether it was to force her to reveal her goals to possibly find the Reconstruction Elixir or to simply take her away, wrapped up as a birthday gift for Mercury Wooden Horse!

Ash and his companions unfolded their Golden and Silver Wings and flew past, but they quickly encountered resistance. Not from the Natural Sect, but from a pair of Twin Mages.

They were, shockingly, Gun Masters from Senluo, rare in their own right, and the guns in their hands were no shoddy, makeshift Wasteland weapons, but rather Gray Fox Fantasy Guns that emitted a purple-blue glow!

Although the beams they shot couldn't penetrate the Holy Domain, the powerful kinetic energy actually pushed back the Holy Domain. Despite Ash and his companions' quick dodging, the perfectly coordinated firepower of the twin Gun Masters was flawless, managing to keep several Holy Sanctuary Mages confined to a certain area!

If it really came to a fight, it wouldn't be impossible to beat them, but Ash and the others had no intention of getting tangled up here.

"No choice," Ash said as he pulled out a redemption ticket and inserted it into his Host God belt, "Black Crow, you take action!"

"Okay."

The belt gave off a background sound, and a stream of information flowed into Ash's mind—

"Transcendence Prison card: Initiating!"

"Transcendence·Prison Mad Wolf Knight form, transform!"

As golden thunder wrapped around him and his Void Wings flashed with lightning, Ash's speed surged; within an instant, he flew behind the twin Gun Masters. Even though the twins reacted extremely quickly, they were still each knocked senseless by Tamasi with a single punch and sent tumbling downward.

But Ash's cool transformation attracted more attention—A group of Two-winged Mages who were battling fiercely with the Natural Sect took notice, and upon closer inspection, they saw, unbelievably, five more pairs of Twin Mages!

Hold on, isn't the twin rate a bit too high? Can your baby incubators customize double yolks now?

"That rumor is actually true..." Igula gasped, "The Twin Sect really does master the Twins Method."

He quickly explained, "They're not actual twins. The philosophy of the Twin Sect is that everyone is imperfect, and only by finding another half can they form a perfect 'Fate Spiral.' It is rumored that the Twin Sect has a technology that can make a person generate another 'self' that is either opposite, complementary, or similar to them—externally, these are called the Fate Twins."

"I don't know about the rest, but the combat power of the Fate Twins is likely far superior to ordinary Mages, plus with the appropriate Gray Fox weapons..."

"You guys go ahead and chase," Ash said, "Tamasi and I will follow soon."

With that said, he transformed into a bolt of Golden Thunder and rushed towards the Twin Mages, with Black Crow lying on his back ready to strike. Although the Twin Mages tried to chase his figure, they could only see the tail of the Golden Thunder in their field of vision and were disarmed before they could mount a counterattack.

After the Void Realm air combat turned into a complete rout, Ash and his companions deliberately took time out to practice air combat. Not only did they master ordinary techniques, but they also attempted to grasp the top skill of air combat—Shadow End Maneuver.

The enemy could always only see the shadow of your flight, and you were always in their blind spot, hence it was named the Shadow End Maneuver.

Naturally, this skill was extremely difficult to master, and Ash and his companions had only grasped the theory and were not yet able to apply it in actual combat. However, with the boost from the Transcendence Prison Technique and with the advantage of speed, Ash could easily perform the Shadow End Maneuver, easily handling the group of Twin Mages.

Haha, you guys haven't practiced air combat, have you!

When it came down to the last Twin Mage, he actually reacted to Tamasi's sudden assault, his hands coiling like snakes around Black Crow's arms.

Ash immediately recognized it—it was a defense and counterattack Miracle similar to Shuiyue's!

Tamasi was not afraid at all, fending off with one hand, but his target was never Black Crow; instead, it was the Golden Thunder Prison Mad Dragon that Black Crow was riding on!

Snap!

Ash blocked his kick and grasped his wrist, only after Black Crow numbed his body did he throw him out, then quickly caught up with Igula and Harvey in the distance.

"Why didn't you just counterattack just now?"

"If I had acted, they might not have died but would have been smashed to death. It was good you did it, it was just enough to incapacitate them without killing them."

"You actually care about this."

"Do I look like someone who kills without blinking an eye?" Ash said with a smile, "They are resisting an external enemy, whereas we are the thieves taking advantage of the chaos… If we still hit them hard, I don't think I would be able to face certain people."

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