Hearing Master Heisha's words, Aisha's anxiety in her eyes finally eased a lot.

"I know how to find her soul, Aisha, give me a little time."

Chloe put on her coat, turned and left the place.

A few minutes later.

Outside the Ethereal Emblem Voodoo Major classroom.

Teresa just finished class and was about to leave when she saw Chloe leaning against the corner wall, preparing to send a message.

"What are you doing here?"

Teresa frowned.

The Voodoo Major was filled with toxic cultivation vessels everywhere.

An ordinary Extraordinary coming here would be terrified seeing those bizarre toxins.

That's not even the worst part, as some toxins needed to be extracted from live demons, you could see all sorts of venomous snakes, poisonous spiders, centipedes, and moths in the vessels...

Dense arrays of cultivation vessels covered the entire corridor of the Voodoo Major.

People who couldn't handle it would get goosebumps entering here.

Chloe remained silent, just glanced at the people nearby, and directly dragged Teresa away.

Smart Teresa instantly extracted key information.

Firstly, he needed her to use [Fragrance], and couldn't say it here.

Secondly, the matter was urgent, he had no time to explain.

It wasn't until they left that Chloe spoke of the matter.

"I need you to use that talent to help me find someone."

"Hmm?"

"It's Rephya, her soul has left her body. I suspect she was drawn into the Maze and wanted you to help me confirm."

"Okay, no problem." Teresa lowered her head and said, "So Chloe, should you let go a little?"

"Ah, sorry."

"No problem, it's just that you pinched me painfully." Teresa rubbed her palm and sped up her steps, saying, "Let's go, such things really can't be slow."

Not long after.

Teresa was taken to Amber Hall by him.

Looking at Xiaolu, who was lying on the hospital bed in a deep sleep, Teresa looked for a long time and quietly said to him:

"Her situation is very strange, completely without any trace of soul departure, yet her soul is indeed not in the body."

Chloe secretly thought it would be strange to have traces of departure.

After all, someone was drawn away in a simulation.

"Let's go, I'll take you to see where she might be."

Having recorded Xiaolu's scent, Teresa was again taken to another place by Chloe.

But as they walked, Teresa noticed something wrong.

"Wait a minute, this place isn't quite right?"

"What's not quite right?"

"Isn't this direction leading to a forbidden area at school where students aren't allowed?"

"Yes."

"Then you...?"

"Just follow me."

"..."

When they arrived at a large windowless repository, two guarding teachers stopped them.

"Children, entry without application is not allowed here."

"It's fine, we'll wait a moment."

Shortly after Chloe spoke, Vice Principal Mephisto came out and said:

"You're here, follow me."

Teresa was secretly shocked.

Though knowing Chloe had good relations with the academy's upper echelons, such friendliness was truly rare.

Master Mephisto was also a top alchemist in the industry.

Over the years, the continent has only been rumors about him, non-Ethereal Emblem students, it's hard to see him, he's generally in a semi-retreat.

Yet now, he personally came out to meet the two, with such an attitude...

Teresa couldn't help but sigh.

Chloe's Extreme Association had already advanced on track ahead of time.

Even he himself already had a forming network.

But when would she ever not have to follow her family's old path?

This sense of indefinite distance made her heart a bit irritable.

However, she soon had no time to think more.

Mephisto took them to a secret vault wrapped with dozens of layers of Magic Array.

After going through a series of complex verification procedures, the vault was opened.

Entering, they saw a large number of teachers gathered inside.

Usually only heard, not directly appearing Ethereal Dawn Divine Sword Tower Spirit had materialized into a sword-holding maiden, suspended in mid-air.

Massive computing power spilled out from it, one by one Extraordinary were using their means to analyze the black Demon-Banning Stone in the center.

Teresa involuntarily covered her nose, showing a terrified expression in her eyes.

"Oh my!"

What on earth is that?

A twisted dark power that Teresa couldn't understand was spreading on it.

At the instant she "smelled" that ultimate dark power, she seemed to feel countless shadowy gazes crossing time, staring at her.

She nearly fell back.

Chloe held onto Teresa, saying:

"Teresa, calm down."

Once Chloe stepped forward, that strange feeling instantly vanished.

Feeling herself blocked by a firm wrist, Teresa then recovered and said:

"Sorry, what on earth is that thing?"

Chloe said:

"A Demon-Banning Stone polluted by a mysterious presence."

Teresa's eyes flashed with disbelief.

That stone tablet, nearly two stories high, was actually a Demon-Banning Stone?

She really didn't see it at all.

The hardness of the Demon-Banning Stone wasn't bad in itself.

It's difficult to shatter it with brute force.

You'd need at least a Legendary Warrior to use a weapon to cut it.

And idle extraordinary energy would only be absorbed into it.

If it weren't for this material's limited usability, it would have been more than sufficient as a main material for warrior weapons.

In fact, some trolls who rely purely on brute strength love to use Demon-Banning Stone axes to directly smash people.

But now, this material famous for devouring Extraordinary Power has been directly contaminated into black.

It's hard to imagine what kind of entity could leave such a mark on a Demon-Banning Stone.

However, she came back to her senses, remembering Chloe's purpose for coming here.

Rephya is inside that stele?

She carefully sensed the stele.

Huh?

She could really sense Rephya's aura on it.

However, the aura was faint, as if it were far away.

It seemed as though her junior stayed here briefly before being drawn to another point.

She pondered silently.

The scent couldn't be tracked. But under circumstances where it disappears abruptly, both she and Chloe had seen before.

That is, it left this place through a Teleportation Array.

This kind of cross-space method will let the scent dissipate directly, only knowing where the other party teleported to can one further track it.

She turned to look at Chloe and said:

"Indeed, there are traces, like those people we tracked before."

Chloe nodded.

He and Teresa had only tracked the followers of the Void Erosion Sect.

Which means, the current situation is as he anticipated.

This mysterious stele, indeed, is an important component to open the Maze.

He looked at Teresa and said:

"With this information, it's enough."

He looked at Vice Principal Mephisto beside him and said:

"Vice Principal, what's sealed in there is a drop of blood."

Mephisto glanced meaningfully at Chloe.

This kid's method of foresight, he did not doubt much.

After all, he had heard long ago that the Lord of the Hunt possessed Future Vision.

As the Holy Son of the Lord of the Hunt, it was normal to have a bit of Future Vision.

What?

You're saying Chloe hasn't gone through the process to become the Holy Son of the Hunt?

Heh.

Is that something he can decide not to do if he doesn't want to?

Considering that the Holy Son is an untouchable taboo for the Patrol Hunting Church, Mephisto wouldn't specifically ask about many things.

In case it sparked a diplomatic dispute between top forces, that would be bad.

"A drop of blood contaminated an entire piece of Demon-Banning Stone?"

Mephisto pinched the bridge of his nose and said:

"If you hadn't said so, I might even think you were joking."

"Do I look like I'm joking?"

"...Then we'll need to further strengthen the defense level."

As an alchemy master, Mephisto understood very well what it meant for a single drop of blood to contaminate such a large piece of Demon-Banning Stone.

Generally speaking, Angel Class, Angel King Class, and True God Class can all be referred to as [Divine].

But the gap between an Angel and a True God is even greater than the gap between an Angel and a mortal.

Even among True Gods, there are obvious differences in strength.

A strong True God Class, like the King of Redemption, for instance, could single-handedly take on a dozen True Gods.

If it was merely the power of Angel Class, Mephisto said it wouldn't be a huge issue.

After all, such power he could handle himself.

An alchemy master is like this, give him time to prepare, and he could overturn the entire scene.

But a drop of blood contaminating a Demon-Banning Stone, that's a whole other concept.

Originally, Mephisto imagined that what's sealed in this piece of Demon-Banning Stone was an angel's remnant, one of the darkest and most evil kind, causing the Demon-Banning Stone to be contaminated like this.

But you're telling me now that it's contaminated by a drop of blood?

Angel King?

No, even the Angel King couldn't do it.

This is Divine Blood.

"...The reverberation of the Divine War?"

Mephisto's expression became increasingly solemn.

Mozambique's Great Nest is a fragment detached from the Shadow Plane.

The Shadow Plane, as a gathering place of Negative Energy, although weaker than the Abyss, Hell, and Demon Hall, but there aren't many True Gods reaching such levels.

Or rather.

The True Gods of the Shadow Plane almost never consider incorporating Negative Energy into their bodies.

Except for the almost-all-accepting Dark Night Goddess...

But the Dark Night Goddess had fallen long before the Era of Turmoil.

In other words...

What's now sealed on the stele is likely the last remnant of the Dark Night Goddess, left from the Divine War.

Mephisto's gaze gradually turned cold and stern.

The Divine War is only second to the World Group's fierce war, and countless strong individuals were killed in it.

Historically, the Stars Continent considered it a top-tier battle when Demigods participated, but in the Divine War, Demi-Gods were like ants, not worth mentioning.

Therefore, many people do not know the risks involved.

Because many Divine Wars last so long, they span several lifetimes.

And the idle time in between is a vacancy of over a dozen generations.

So in the eyes of ordinary people, these wars seem to not exist.

But Mephisto doesn't think so.

Because...the Ethereal Emblem participated in the Divine War, almost fighting from start to finish.

No one knows the situation better than the school here, even preserving images from the Divine War.

"Troubled times indeed."

After Chloe left, Alfredo walked out.

Watching the backs of the young boys and girls leaving, Mephisto turned to glance at his old friend and said:

"Do we really need to give them such high intensity? This is already the most brilliant generation of students in the history of the Ethereal Emblem."

Alfredo shook his head and said:

"Am I the only one who thinks that maybe it's because the challenges are so great, that's why they shine so brightly?"

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