As if bravely meeting her fate.

"You... if you have any tricks... bring it on!" She wiped the small pearls that had yet to dry from her eyes and puffed out her chest, "For Sister Wen, I'll... give it my all!"

No, you all, what the hell do you think I am!

Ji Jue could only feel his fists tightening.

Just a simple fool...

Without any courtesy, he struck her Heavenly Spiritual Sense, his fingers drilling relentlessly, "Since you're giving it your all, obediently hand over the small treasury!"

"Huh?"

Tong Hua was dazed, unable to react for a moment.

Is this how the plot is supposed to go?

"Or else? I could toss you into the furnace to refine, or maybe you should endure?" Ji Jue grumbled, "Material, give it all to me, immediately! You fool, you don't want to..."

Who are you calling a fool!

Tong Hua, in a sudden fit of anger, flushed red and clenched her fists in determination, "I'll, I'll go get it right away, very soon, just wait a moment."

Even her sliding kneel was that smooth.

Ji Jue shook his head.

An hour later, Ji Jue already carried back a large heap of materials pilfered from Tong Hua, alongside a pile of stuff confiscated by crackdowns on smuggling in the Northern Mountain District, returning to his own workshop.

All the equipment had already been pre-heated, and two blessings, just delivered from Tianping Commerce, lay ready on the table.

The Ether's [All Sensations Respond] and the Heart Core's [Perpetual Thoughts].

Within the two fist-sized ambers, the luminous glow of blessings was ascending.

It was evident that the craftsmen from Tianping Commerce did a decent job; the blessing structures were intact and had undergone a qualitative change, specializing in perception and direction.

The effect of All Sensations Respond is to amplify the user's perception, allowing them to break through limits, detect subtle clues, perceive hidden conditions, observe the flow of spiritual essence, and even detect lingering regrets and remnants of sentiments.

It can be described as the magnifying tool of the Ether series.

Whereas Perpetual Thoughts allows the user, through collective subconsciousness, to form a vague sense of a person they have been constantly thinking about. With enough motivation and profound Heart Core skills, they could even perceive the actual state of that person, whether dead, alive, or well.

Combining the two blessings forms the most common Blessing Chain used by craftsmen when crafting exploratory items.

It is also widely praised for its simplicity and convenience.

Regrettably, the Ether and Heart Core are precisely the types of blessings Ji Jue is least skilled in.

But it doesn't matter; one must try.

On the way, he had hastily crammed through many association papers related, feeling slightly more assured. Now, there wasn't time to bathe, fast, or breathe in meditation.

Start refining!

An hour later, after temporarily crafting four prototypes without error, Ji Jue finally confidently invested in the blessings, fully concentrating on it.

The process wasn't complex. Mainly, Ji Jue, to enhance the effect, performed partial grand purification, forcibly twisting the power of blessings to their limits through the aura of Weiyang and the filthiness.

The effect was more than doubled.

But the downside was... hmm, it seems to have turned into a consumable.

Fresh out of the kiln, holding it in his hand, he could feel the anomaly within the spiritual circuit of an object the size of a palm, akin to a compass.

Efficiency and speed were significantly enhanced, but the engine was still the same engine; adding more nitro couldn't change its essence. It got faster, but wouldn't last many uses.

But it's enough, as long as it's usable.

Ji Jue unhesitatingly unlocked the solid Mercury in his hand, infusing the seized spiritual essence into it, first fixing the target on the mischievous female ghost Wen Su rampaging in his workshop.

The needle formed from the condensed gleam immediately spun wildly, and Ji Jue could only feel the continuous influx of spiritual essence, disappearing within.

Yet ultimately, it could only determine a general direction through the swaying needle, difficult to lock onto.

Initially, through a surprise attack, confirming the vague direction, quickly, the needle completely lost its target, spinning frantically.

Being of the Heart Core, it was likely this moment the other side sensed the Perpetual Thoughts lock, already reacting.

Ji Jue immediately halted the operation.

Don't play overtaking on the opponent's track, easy to capsize. Especially in such crafty circles like Heart Core, she's only seventeen, underage, he might truly be outmatched by her.

The next might just be Wen Wen's hatred target.

The real culprit spreading spiritual plague everywhere from behind the scenes this time... Wen, whatever it was? It doesn't matter...

Ji Jue reinfused spiritual essence into the solid Mercury, beginning to search for all traces left by the opponent through the resonance between spiritual essence and soul itself.

Splat!

The needle compass slightly vibrated, its spiritual circuits under excessive operation pushed to the limit, seemingly on the verge of breaking. The entire compass heated up rapidly, becoming scalding hot within a few seconds.

Faintly glowing red.

But this time, despite the needle violently trembling, it could only futilely rotate, completely unable to lock onto the opponent's location. Ji Jue's expression gradually darkened, sensing that the blockade of filthiness, like a great fog, lay between them, utterly unable to locate the target.

Amidst the fierce loss of spiritual essence, it seemed as though a distant illusion appeared before Ji Jue's eyes; within the fog, the fierce silhouette of a three-headed serpent faintly emerged, with one head mocking turning back, gazing at him.

Grinning silently.

Mockery.

Absolute Abyss's interference with Weiyang, filthiness's counterattack against filthiness.

Destined Ji Jue was merely futile.

Even, the other side, through filthiness and Absolute Abyss, reversed pressure and backlash on Ji Jue's creation, intending for Ji Jue to taste the feeling of self-inflicted consequences...

Yet at that moment, Ji Jue couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Finally, I've awaited you!"

If regarding Wen Su, he didn't want the opponent to perceive, then as for the one before him... he was afraid the opponent wouldn't perceive!

If unable to detect, how could he interfere back against him?

How else... could he find an opportunity?!

Splat!

Ji Jue decisively gripped his five fingers, investing a strand of spiritual essence back into the compass... his own spiritual essence!

Hey, you forgetful fool, did you forget?

The last time you manifested in Xinquan, you left a small token in your mind!

Without hesitation, detonating the spiritual essence previously residing in the opponent's consciousness, along with the backlash of the manifestation, erupting!

What Ji Jue sought was not the opponent's position, but the remaining strand of spiritual essence in the injury he inflicted in the opponent's soul!

Instantaneous spiritual essence eruption, like a wound tearing open once again.

The body of the three-headed serpent in the fog convulsed for a moment, wrath billowing forth, and in that moment of the opponent losing control, the needle compass had already locked onto the range and direction.

Instantly, compass sensing was severed!

Unplug the network cable, not playing with you!

The scorching compass kept buzzing, seemingly stressed beyond its limits, with manifestations already appearing cracked, unusable for now.

But in that instance, still under Ji Jue's guidance, it sharply captured the opponent's direction and general position.

Surprisingly, within roughly the direction of Wen Su... meaning, the two had a high chance of being together now!

"Isis, map."

Instantly, within the Mercury stream, formed a map of the current world amid Ji Jue's workshop void, with his standing position being Xinquan's location.

Following the needle's pointed direction, a straight line had already been drawn crookedly, straggling through the Endless Sea, crossing into Central Earth's scope, vanishing beyond the southern sea boundary.

Ji Jue, following the residual specific information in the compass, strode forward through the map.

Finally, standing firmly underfoot.

Looking down upon the rapidly expanding map below, to those deserted, uninhabited islands, southeast of the Endless Sea, between Central Earth and the Federation...

Where had Lost Islands Syndrome first spiraled out of control and erupted, spreading worldwide, now becoming inevitably altered deadly zones and forbidden areas through large-scale spiritual overflow and subsidence effects.

No longer a maritime Demon Realm inhabited by any living soul...

"Why is it you again?"

Ji Jue bent over and tapped at the sea region shrouded by mist and torrential rain.

The place where it all began.

——Punabantu Islands!

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