Chapter 531 Spatial Distortion (6k)
As the taxi gradually approached, the entire city wall, which shone like scales, appeared in their sight.
The taxi stopped a distance away from the city. Su Jiu opened the car door and gazed at the city wall reflecting the setting sun in the distance, a look of admiration flashing in his eyes.
“This city is called Mathis, which also means Watcher. It defended the capital of the Bear Country together with them when it resisted the Calder Empire. It is a top-tier defensive capital, and even a War God Level expert could not break through it in a short time.”
Nami stood behind Su Jiu, looking into the city with her hands in her pockets, speaking in a rare tone of admiration.
Hearing this, Su Jiu couldn’t help but nod slightly.
The city truly lived up to its name, its grand momentum like a soldier standing tall in the sunset, firm and unyielding.
The crystal city wall, stretching to the end, emanated a strange chill. The sunset, inadvertently cast, even made the crystal reflect a faint red glow.
Any experienced Alchemist would notice that the stone bricks on the city wall were all made from a rare mineral mixed with the scales of Prism Demons.
City walls cast with such materials could reflect certain diffractive skills, making it a very good choice for building city walls.
However, this type of demon was quite rare, only existing in icy and snowy lands. It was also a decent sword-type demon. Humans generally wouldn’t bear to skin such demons to make city wall bricks.
“The city of this Snow Demon is comparable to the border defenses of some first-tier cities in the Dragon Country.”
With a sigh, Su Jiu’s gaze shifted to the chaotic crowd and patrols in front of the city wall, and he couldn’t help but be curious. What were these people trying to do? The city was already in chaos.
But these had little to do with him. Su Jiu chuckled inwardly, thinking that he was just a Traveler and a Passerby. If he could stop the war, he would. If not, he would leave after getting his reward from meeting the spirits.
“Let’s go. As long as your identities are fine, I can take you in freely. Even if there are problems, we can force our way in with our strength.”
Nami called out, waved to the two of them, and walked towards the shimmering city wall.
“They’re really daring… I guess we have to follow. I want to see what it’s like inside.”
Looking at Nami’s retreating back, Su Jiu’s mouth twitched. He then took Bairnis’s hand and walked towards the main gate, a smile still on his face.
“Miss, I also feel that this Snow Demon Kingdom trip will have many interesting things.”
Feeling the warmth from her arm, Bairnis smiled and nodded. Her light blue eyes inadvertently fell on the gray little figure pattern on Su Jiu’s scarf, and a thoughtful expression flashed in her eyes.
“Hey! Why aren’t you letting my daughter out?”
“If you don’t release my father soon, I’ll report you to the Management Office!”
“Didn’t you say that Snow Demons with engagements to outsiders can leave freely?”
Su Jiu and the other two soon approached the crowded groups and heard the clamorous voices. Many of them were half-demons and humans.
Then, in the center of the crowd, a middle-aged Snow Demon man with a full-blooded Snow Demon appearance stood on a wooden table, waving a long ice crystal sword, exuding the intimidation of a High-ranking War General Level, and shouted loudly:
“You all say you want to reunite with your families. You can enter directly. Now the imperial capital has issued an order that only entry is allowed in areas bordering human territories, but no exit.”
The Snow Demon soldiers, hearing his words, raised their spears and pushed the crowd back, their expressions exceptionally serious and earnest.
The words of the civilians and this young commander surprised Su Jiu. This was a contradiction in immigration and emigration, which usually only occurred when war was about to break out. Looking at the situation, it seemed that the Grand Prince had some other plans.
It was very likely that Uncle Ren had seen Snow Demons from here before? In the original work, the Third Princess Hannah had no contact with the Ancient God Sect, and it was only through the protagonist Bai Ming’s cheat that she managed to stabilize half the country.
“Don’t be surprised. If war is about to break out, it’s natural to not allow ‘runny demons’ to appear freely. If everyone runs away, there’s no need to fight, just surrender directly.”
Seemingly sensing Su Jiu’s surprise, Nami explained with a faint smile. She wasn’t very interested in these trivial matters, but she knew a little about them.
“Everyone, make way, we need to enter the city.”
After saying that, she used her external qi to brush aside the crowd and walked in, also waving a red crystal medal she had taken out at some point to the man.
Hearing Nami’s comment, Su Jiu nodded and followed. The residents along the way consciously avoided them, each curious about who would join the city at such a time.
Immediately after, Su Jiu noticed that the young commander seemed to be facing a great enemy upon seeing the red crystal medal. He then hurriedly got off the table, gave a universally recognized military salute, and quietly asked Nami in a low voice:
“Your Grace, are you planning to enter? The current policies in the city are quite oppressive, and several non-Snow Demon forces have been in disagreement with His Majesty the Snow Emperor.”
“Heh heh…”
Nami nodded, chuckled, and waved her hand casually, saying lightly, “Let them pass. Would those races dare to attack me, a high-ranking official of the Bear Country?”
“They naturally wouldn’t dare. It’s just that I’m afraid some people might plot to harm you locally, so that the Bear Country’s attitude towards us worsens.” The Snow Demon commander swallowed his saliva and said with a wry smile.
Seeing the commander’s attitude, Nami frowned and asked, “People with intentions? What do you mean?”
Unable to withstand her questioning, the commander explained repeatedly, “My lord, one is the leaders of other races beside Her Majesty the Snow Emperor. Just now, a leader took his tribesmen out to contact the situation in the western region… Another is Your Highness the Third Princess.”
“They wouldn’t dare to attack us.”
After receiving the answer, Nami smiled calmly and waved her hand, acting as if those people wouldn’t dare to do so.
Seeing that Su Jiu and his party were determined to enter, he exchanged a look with the soldiers and waved his hand grandly, announcing loudly, “Open the city gate formation and let these adults in!”
“Boom!”
The city gate remained tightly shut, but a blue-green formation appeared in front of the gate, emitting spatial fluctuations. It seemed that as long as one stepped on it, they could be teleported to the place behind the city gate.
“What are you dawdling for? Keep up. In this spatial formation, if someone who hasn’t comprehended Laws gets lost, they can easily be blown to death by the Wind of Annihilation inside.”
Nami beckoned Su Jiu and the other two, then walked towards the formation first. Soon, her figure disappeared from their sight.
Looking at Nami’s retreating back, Bairnis yawned, patted Su Jiu’s shoulder, took out a piece of paper and a pen, and said with a smile, “Miss, I’m going back to my Spiritual Space to record what we saw and heard in the car.”
“Remember to write me as handsome.”
Su Jiu knew Bairnis’s temperament and just nodded lightly, putting her into his Spiritual Space with a wave of his hand. Then, he walked towards the formation. As soon as he stepped onto it, the surrounding scenery began to change.
A very wide road appeared before him. The road was surrounded by blue light. Nami was not far away, standing and looking ahead. In front of her, a colossal beast appeared…
Seemingly noticing Su Jiu’s approach, Nami turned her head. She didn’t seem surprised that Bairnis was missing but said in a low voice:
“It seems that someone doesn’t want anyone else to enter the Snow Country’s capital through the normal route, so they sent a Demigod Level Snow Brown Bear to guard the entrance.”
“Snow Brown Bear…”
Su Jiu looked at the colossal beast and saw a giant brown bear comparable in size to two large trucks. Its lantern-like eyes stared intently at the two of them, with a hint of ferocity in its eyes. Thick white liquid dripped from its mouth, and a cold aura seemed to emanate from it.
“Boom! The Snow Emperor has ordered that non-Snow races are forbidden from entering!!”
Before Su Jiu could ask about the big brown bear’s condition, it let out a huge roar. The entire passage became somewhat unstable. Immediately, its bear paw, as large as a two-meter bed, was raised and swung towards the two of them with immense force.
“You big fellow, we have no ill will towards the Grand Prince…”
Su Jiu subconsciously stomped his foot on the ground and dodged the giant bear paw, gripping the Loquat Branch in his hand and channeling power to unleash a blood-gold slash.
She couldn’t understand why Nami didn’t act immediately but dodged like her.
“Wooo—”
The bear paw struck the road, causing the entire space to vibrate. Even the blue light began to flicker, and Su Jiu’s unaugmented slash, when it landed on the Snow Brown Bear, merely managed to pierce its thick brown fur with the help of the Level 2 Light attribute ‘Holy Stain.’
“Roar! You’re seeking death!”
The Snow Brown Bear cried out in pain, its killing intent intensifying. It was accumulating blue and white light in its mouth, about to blast out. At this moment, Nami also reacted and shouted:
“Let’s figure out the situation before we act. Their race signed a treaty with the Bear Country government, so they shouldn’t attack humans. There must be a reason.”
“But the accumulated energy in its mouth could destroy this constructed spatial bridge.”
Frowning, Su Jiu looked at the increasingly large energy circle in the Snow Brown Bear’s mouth and felt that Nami was being a bit of a burden. It was obvious that the other party had no intention of reasoning, yet she still wanted to ‘reason’ with it.
Nami, also suspended in mid-air, took a deep breath, holding a crescent-shaped saber in her hand, and said in a deep voice:
“Do you think I don’t want to defeat it? There are very few Snow Brown Bear people, so they have something that can track people after death. If I kill it, there will be trouble. I need to confirm some things with the leader of this Snow Demon Kingdom. This is too strange…”
“Rumble—”
During the brief exchange between the two, a huge blue beam of light pierced the space, and a massive energy torrent surged. The speed of light separated the two, and the ground beneath them was directly penetrated, causing chunks of alchemical bricks to collapse.
As the bricks collapsed, countless countercurrents of cold wind surged in. Clearly, this was no ordinary cold wind. The wind carried a dense aura of annihilation, and if a Battle King Level expert were to be brushed by this wind, it would likely result in their bones being utterly annihilated.
Using external qi to resist this cold wind, Su Jiu looked at the entire space beginning to destabilize. She then looked at the colossal beast that had raised its hand and was about to deliver a ‘bear hug’ towards them again, her brows furrowing tightly.
She felt increasingly uneasy. Using external qi to amplify her voice towards Nami in the distance, she said, “Hey! How about we just force our way out? Go around that bear…”
“Roar! Cunning alien! Destroying the Emperor’s plan, you things trying to usurp our nest!”
Before Nami could reply, the Snow Brown Bear arrived in front of Su Jiu. Its giant arms, wrapped in waves of cold, slammed shut towards Su Jiu, the powerful qi almost squeezing all the surrounding airflow.
“Flash!”
Su Jiu dared not hesitate and quickly used “Prosperous Dream” to move forward empty-handed. Her figure flickered a distance, and she appeared about ten meters behind the Snow Brown Bear. She looked at the exit not far away, gritted her teeth, and dashed forward…
At this moment, an unexpected change occurred. The Snow Brown Bear twisted its bulky body and turned around, slamming its paw fiercely behind Su Jiu!
“Not good!”
The immense force caused Su Jiu, who had not activated her abilities, to temporarily stall. When her pupils contracted, and she twisted to block with the Loquat Branch, all she felt was a huge force from behind.
“Bang!”
Her body was sent flying forward like a ball, missing the exit and crashing towards a more distant location!
“You go quickly! I’ll hold it off!”
Nami also noticed Su Jiu’s situation and immediately shouted anxiously, but her voice sounded ethereal to Su Jiu’s ears.
Feeling intense pain in her body, Su Jiu had no time for anything else. She frantically used Healing Arts to repair her body and then supported her Energy Shield to resist the Wind of Annihilation. She didn’t even notice that she had completely deviated from the entrance…
She didn’t know how long she had been drifting in the spatial channel. It might have only been a few seconds, but the pain infinitely magnified the passage of time.
“This spatial distortion is really deadly. Each gust of wind is equivalent to an attack of a Battle King Level, and the qi from that bear is truly heavy.”
Su Jiu looked at the approaching Wind of Annihilation ahead and felt it was troublesome. Her body could not move much, and her energy was constantly being depleted. Thus, she kept calling out in her heart:
“Little Sisi…”
The next moment, she was suddenly embraced by a warm hug, and a gentle yet helpless voice sounded in her ear:
“Miss, I only wrote for a short while, how did it turn into a fight, and you got all injured.”
Looking at the Energy Shield Bairnis had conjured, Su Jiu breathed a sigh of relief and lay obediently on the soft chest without daring to move much. She softly explained the situation, “It seems I’m trapped in spatial distortion now. Do you have a way to solve it?”
Looking up at the empty blue space board all around, Bairnis hugged Su Jiu tighter and sped up. She said softly, “This kind of space board can only be broken by experts of Walker Level. Now, we can only find a spatial board that others have chiseled open to escape successfully.”
After saying that, she stopped talking and began to constantly explore the surroundings with her mental power, dashing towards where the spatial bridge fluctuations were. Time ticked by, and Su Jiu continued to heal her internal injuries…
The scenery remained unchanged. Su Jiu felt as if almost a week had passed. When she checked the time on her phone, she found that only about a day had passed.
Bairnis’s energy was also rapidly declining. Sweat dripped from her fair chin onto Su Jiu’s forehead, causing her some heartache.
However, in this extreme environment, she could only rely on Bairnis’s help. She herself was dizzy and disoriented, and the forceful qi brought by the Snow Brown Bear continued to erode her. It would take at least two to three days to fully recover.
However, with a continuous supply of Magic Crystals, Bairnis could keep exploring. Finally, after who knew how long, she suddenly exclaimed with surprise, pointing in a certain direction and saying, “Miss, I found it! It’s in the south ahead!”
“You go back to your Spiritual Space and rest.”
As she finished speaking, her body went limp. Fortunately, Su Jiu caught her. Looking at the somewhat weak Bairnis, Su Jiu felt a twinge of guilt. She gently stroked Bairnis’s head and put her back into her space.
Heading in the direction Bairnis had indicated, Su Jiu soon saw a point of light. However, unlike the bridge she had initially walked on, this point connected to a somewhat old bridge, giving the illusion of being unused for many years.
Taking a deep breath, Su Jiu knew that the current situation didn’t allow her to think too much. She then stepped on the void, using the momentum to leap fiercely and rush directly towards the point of light.
“What are you doing here?”
The next moment, a white light flashed, and Su Jiu instinctively closed her eyes. Then, she felt an old smell. When she got used to the light from the different environment, she slowly opened her eyes.
She found herself in a basement filled with jewelry, and some Alchemical Artifacts, but their levels were generally not high, and they tended to be girl-oriented decorations.
“It feels like a rich young lady’s abandoned treasure vault.”
These jewels didn’t have much appeal to her, and she didn’t collect everything. She had previously collected Fen Shuangluan’s treasure vault, which was for transactions.
“No signal, I’m completely lost now.”
Su Jiu took out her phone to locate herself again but found that she was out of service range, and her face immediately fell.
She guessed that it should still be within the Snow Demon Kingdom, and because of the formation, communication was not possible without a special baseband.
“I need to get out first.”
After understanding the surrounding situation, she turned to look at the locked door. Just as she was about to push it open, a hoarse voice sounded, echoing:
“Little Aunt, these are some Alchemical Items I stored inside. Sell them and use the money to subsidize the families of the fallen soldiers. Take the rest and leave here.”
“Mm.”
Another female voice responded dully, and then suddenly sounded outside the door, sounding somewhat helpless: “I can’t go anywhere. Your father still considers family ties, but your third aunt… sigh, it’s hard to say.”
Sensing the footsteps getting closer, Su Jiu quickly hid behind the pile of treasures. Then, with a “creak– creak–” sound, the door suddenly opened.
A figure in a white gauze dress walked in and began picking up the alchemical treasures, saying in a self-deprecating low voice:
“My father has to stay with many annoying people for his goals. Now he’s been put in a difficult position and even has to compromise with the Ancient God Sect. I’m also constantly harassed by a bunch of annoying people… that’s why I came to this suburban courtyard to avoid the limelight.”
“Ancient God Sect?”
When Su Jiu heard “Ancient God Sect,” her expression slightly tensed, and she even thought about asking the other person about the situation. But the next moment, she accidentally touched a piece of jewelry.
“Clang!”
The jewelry fell to the ground with a clear sound, causing the figure in the white gauze dress to stiffen. She quickly took two steps back and shouted loudly, “Who?! Come out!”
“Anna, hide behind me. This is very likely an assassin sent by your third aunt.”
Meanwhile, another figure exuding a faint fragrance directly blocked in front of the first figure. The aura of an Initial Stage Battle King erupted, accompanied by a “clang!” and a cold sword was drawn, pointing directly at Su Jiu’s direction.
Hearing this somewhat familiar voice, Su Jiu’s eyebrows rose, but she couldn’t recall where she had heard it before. Thus, she had to probe with her mental power and discovered someone who surprised her. She then gave a light cough and said with a smile, “Aisha, it’s been a while.”
“You know my name—you’re indeed someone sent by Third Sister to assassinate me.”
Hearing her name revealed, the sword-wielding woman’s killing intent intensified. As her real form merged with the shadow, her aura suddenly surged, and the entire enclosed space turned cold.
She then turned her head to the white figure called “Anna” beside her and commanded in a low voice, “You quickly go call the person on guard! I can’t sense that person’s aura, and her strength is most likely above mine.”
Hearing her words, Su Jiu directly walked out from behind the pile of treasures and smiled at the person holding the sword:
“It hasn’t been long since we last met, have you forgotten my voice? I saved your life from those Frost Ghosts, Miss Hannah.”
“You are…”
Seeing Su Jiu’s appearance, Aisha, the sword-wielder, was slightly stunned, her pupils suddenly widening. Even if she racked her brain, she couldn’t have imagined that someone going to the west would appear in the Snow Demon Kingdom. After a pause, she said softly, “Miss Su Jiu?”
Su Jiu nodded slightly, her gaze sweeping across Aisha’s face, and finally resting on the simply dressed, dark-haired girl beside her. The latter’s face bore a resemblance to Aisha’s by about fifty to sixty percent, and her deep blue eyes looked at Su Jiu with a hint of nervousness.
If it was Aisha who had spoken to her just now, then this child was probably the Grand Prince’s daughter.
Being stared at by Su Jiu, Anna felt a little uncomfortable and shifted her gaze away. Then she looked at Aisha and asked, blinking her eyes, “Little Aunt, do you know her?”
“Mm.”
Aisha nodded at the young girl Anna. After learning Su Jiu’s identity, she was no longer as tense. She slowly lowered her sword and asked with some confusion, “Miss Su Jiu, this is a secret hiding place given to Anna by her father. Why are you here?”
“That’s a long story… I was attacked by a Demigod Level stinky bear in that spatial formation…”
Su Jiu roughly recounted what happened in the passage. While speaking, she kept paying attention to Anna’s expression. She noticed that the latter began to lower her head in thought, as if she knew why the Snow Brown Bear had intercepted them.
When Su Jiu finished recounting the events, and Aisha marveled at her great fortune, Anna’s unexpectedly hoarse voice rang out:
“Uncle Naughty Bear didn’t attack intentionally. He only followed his father’s orders, and his father would never harm innocent civilians.”
