The carriage sped up quickly after exiting the portal.

The journey involved more than just Louis and William.

A dozen other carriages tightly followed around them.

The majority were elites sent from Tunisia.

The remaining were elite mages from the Wise Council.

Of course, Louis wore a mask before setting out, adopting Mayer's identity.

Even William's presence was explained away as "Prince Louis is concerned for my safety, thus he has sent his Personal Guard to protect me."

High-ranking officials within Tunisia who were aware of this felt a deeper appreciation.

It seemed Mr. Mayer and His Highness Louis shared a relationship more intimate than anyone imagined.

Mayer: Indeed, we're as close as brothers, inseparable!

...

But soon, the scene settled into silence.

Louis, initially resting with closed eyes, slowly opened them and said:

"Such a terrifying energy fluctuation."

In Louis's perception, the magic power ahead concentrated as if a volcano was ready to erupt.

Dense and dangerous.

William softly spoke:

"The boundary between the etheric plane and the prime material continent has blurred."

Though William wasn't a mage, many abilities of the Iron Guard drew upon the etheric plane.

For instance, skills like "Iron Guard is here" that directly transported them beside the one they protect, utilized the etheric plane as a transition.

Therefore, he had a slightly keener sense of unequal space distribution.

"Your Highness, this is more dangerous than anticipated, should we return and call for reinforcements?"

Louis shook his head and said: "No need, there are reliable people here."

In the next moment, a slight smile appeared on his face:

"Listen, he's coming."

As these words fell, a series of clear, resonant phoenix cries suddenly rang out from the sky.

Blazing emerald fire surged forth like a hurricane, converging into a fiery vortex in the sky.

Louis looked up at the Jade Phoenix hurtling down from the heights, and suddenly said:

"The Grand Speaker was right, he's nearly done for."

Amidst a rumble, in the eyes of Louis and his group, the scene ahead suddenly seemed to transform into an oil painting.

As the "painting paper" slowly receded, a vast twisted landscape appeared in the air like light refracted.

The sight often reminded Louis of a kaleidoscope he had seen as a child.

That bizarre array of colors always gave him the sense of traveling through a time tunnel.

Of course, the sensation was now present in reality.

Everyone could tell how perilous this area's spatial distortion had become.

At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on Louis's carriage.

It was one of the mages sent by the Wise Council.

The mage frowned and said:

"Mr. Mayer, it's spatial distortion, but judging by the looks of it, Mr. Fox's jade sacrifice has mostly sealed the place."

Louis's mouth slightly opened, pointing at the vast twisted space ahead:

"You call this mostly sealed?"

Those uninformed might think there were 1,000 Obitos using Kamui here?

Yet the mage nodded seriously and said:

"Actually, there's hardly any danger left, the prime material world's crystal wall has begun self-repair, the source of destruction is likely sealed or banished."

"Given a little time, even without our intervention, this place will soon revert to normal."

Louis pondered briefly, finding it reasonable.

After all, he wasn't some kind of Death God kid bringing disaster wherever he went.

If every issue called for his intervention, the world might as well explode altogether.

Nearby, a Tunisian soldier approached and said:

"At the largest space rift here, people entering would suffer an indescribable 'weightless syndrome.'"

"Though their feet planted firmly, they constantly felt as if they were falling from high above."

"If one doesn't leave the area promptly, the 'illusion' would become fixed."

"One of our companions faced such a situation, he can't even stand or walk now."

Louis's heart tightened.

In this bizarre world, all sorts of strange ailments seem to crop up.

For example, in his past life, without existing stomach ulcers, oral ingestion typically rendered hemorrhagic toxin ineffective.

But in this world, not only ingestion, even skin contact would cause poisoning.

"Weren't you Tunisia folks withdrawn already?"

A calm voice rang out.

A middle-aged man emerged from the flickering emerald flames surrounding them.

His face bore visibly exhausted traits, his vacant eyes looking towards the crowd.

Louis took a deep breath and stepped forward:

"Master Fox, they came to escort me."

Upon hearing Louis's words, the middle-aged man's gaze shifted to him, and after a moment, a spark of life appeared in his eyes:

"A new Jade Phoenix Mage, how long have I guarded here?"

Louis dutifully replied:

"Almost three years."

A slight smile tugged at the corners of the man's mouth:

"This time was quite short, the matter with that item has been handled, at least for the next hundred years, this part of the body won't fall into the Star Continent."

"However, there's another troublesome matter that might require you to consider how to deal with it."

He waved his hand, and numerous chains appeared in the void.

The chains extended into the depths of the emerald flames, and amid the sound akin to a cat scratching glass, the group faintly saw something sealed by chains within the flames.

It was an incredibly massive severed arm.

Louis had never seen such a large arm before.

Comparing it to human size, the arm alone exceeded 20 meters in length.

The bulging veins on the severed arm seemed to imply it was still exerting force, suggesting that approaching it might lead to being crushed instantly.

Twined around the arm was a clump of crimson-golden blood, its coagulation sustained, and as the severed arm appeared, Louis seemed to sense a sticky sweetness filling the air.

This feeling reminded him of the smell of fireworks during New Year celebrations.

It was a familiar yet foreign scent.

But his expression quickly changed.

Accompanying the arm's appearance were various colorful light clusters flying around.

Louis's sharp eyes immediately spotted the floaty, plankton-like creatures within these clusters.

They were akin to locusts, rushing towards the direction of the arm.

Weariness lingered in Fox's eyes, but upon witnessing the light clusters surging forward, he summoned large emerald flames with a wave of his hand.

The blazing emerald flames did little to deter the resolve of those floaty creatures.

One after another, they dashed into the green flames, and upon exiting the fire, they collapsed as if powered off.

Then, like in games where slain mobs disintegrate into light fragments, their bodies dissolved before his eyes.

For a moment, Louis thought he was playing a virtual game.

Perhaps sensing Louis's astonishment, Fox offered a smile and said:

"This is Emerald Fire, the Original Power of Jade Phoenix Mage."

"The otherworldly creatures attacked by us Jade Phoenix Mages are continually banished through this power."

"There's quite a gap in current skill level, you will learn in due time."

Realizing his expression had led to misunderstanding, Louis didn't elaborate further, only stated:

"Mr. Chi asked me to check on your condition, if you're truly at wits' end, we'll step in to manage the scene."

Louis wasn't naive enough to declare before the unfamiliar Fox, "I want to inherit the Jade Phoenix Mage legacy."

Firstly, he genuinely regarded Fox as a hero, who deserved better treatment.

Secondly, he didn't seem ready to falter, inquiring such things equated to asking someone "when to join Meng Po for tea," equally unethical.

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