Chapter 537 - 440: War-Torn Earth (2)
Chapter 537: Chapter 440: War-Torn Earth (2)
Lex Cross remained expressionless as he watched Flora Bloom interact with Polly in her arms. He could feel that members of his family had arrived on Earth.
He needed to figure out who from the family was leading the expedition before he could decide on his next move.
"Flora, Saul and I are heading out. You... must not come out, alright?"
Flora Bloom looked at Lex Cross seriously. "Where are you going? I’m coming with you!"
Lex Cross frowned, considered for a moment, then shook his head. "The situation is still unclear. Saul and I will go scout ahead. If something happens, we’ll come back and warn you. And another thing—don’t go out during this time..."
’It would be best if she hid in her space...’
In the end, Lex Cross didn’t say the last part out loud. Given Flora Bloom’s personality, there was no way she would hide in her space alone at a time like this.
But as long as she existed in this plane of reality, her energy could always be found by someone determined enough.
The great families of the Ancient Universe hadn’t been searching for the Divine-level Space for just a day or two; over thousands of years, they had long since developed methods to locate it.
What he had to do was eliminate all destabilizing factors before she was found.
"Archie, do you remember what you promised me?" Lex Cross suddenly turned to the man in white.
Archie’s body jolted at the sudden question. Then, he gave a smile that was both calm and resolute.
"Of course, I remember. I also hope you haven’t forgotten our agreement."
Lex Cross nodded, then quickly leaned down to kiss Flora Bloom’s and Polly’s cheeks. He straightened up and left with Saul Sterling before Flora could say anything more.
This was the second time she had heard Lex Cross and Archie mention their agreement, and it would be a lie to say she wasn’t curious.
Flora Bloom remembered that the two of them used to be mortal enemies. Lex Cross had relentlessly hunted this Archie from that secret place in Argent, leaving him with nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.
’What could it possibly be about?’
This Archie was strange, too. When they first met, he had nearly tortured her to death. And yet now, he called her "little cutie" with such innocent and natural ease.
Whenever she heard it, Flora Bloom almost wondered if the guy had a crush on her. Was this his way of flirting? But then she would remember the black ant staying in her space, and she’d relax.
The Undying Clan had a unique life system. He had placed a piece of his Soul Consciousness in her space as a life-saving measure. As long as that Soul Consciousness remained intact, Archie could be resurrected and resume his cultivation through it, even if his physical body died in the outside world.
It was just more troublesome to have to cultivate a new body from scratch.
The Morhaven base now had a special magnetic field that could block the auras of everyone living inside. Not long after Lex Cross left the Morhaven base, Graham Cross sensed his presence.
At that moment, Graham Cross was leading the various powers from the Star Nation, having just burst through an opening in the protective layer. As soon as they reached Earth, the forces of the various families quickly dispersed and rushed out across the planet.
Their game of plunder had begun. They could feel a strange and unique Spiritual Energy on Earth. Not only that, but when their own superpowers came into contact with this energy, they began to stir restlessly.
It was the same feeling they’d had as children when they first awakened their superpowers.
They already possessed one superpower each. If they wanted to keep this feeling going, they would have to absorb this energy.
If this feeling continued, there was a chance they might awaken a second superpower.
A second superpower was the ultimate bottleneck for all empowered individuals from the Star Nation. It was impossible to obtain one without a great stroke of fortune. And yet, Earth possessed such power.
The great families, such as the Cross, Leroy, and Sterling families, all understood this principle. At this moment, they were all scattering to the various corners of the Earth.
They were simultaneously hunting for treasure and for their own personal fortunes.
If they could break through and gain a second superpower, then the trip would not have been in vain, even if they came away with nothing else.
Besides, obtaining the Divine-level Space Fragment had always depended on one’s own abilities. But to find it in the first place? That came down to luck, didn’t it?
Archie returned to the cave he had been using as a lair. On the way, the low-level zombies on the outskirts and the Middle Level zombies outside the mountain were all as they should be; there were no problems.
However, when he returned to the cave, a High-level zombie that normally acted as his servant was kneeling respectfully on the ground, perfectly still.
Before it knelt a man in a black, scale-armored robe, an eye open on his face. He was smiling as he took a Crystal Core, as transparent as a diamond, and popped it into his mouth.
One after another, he ate them as if they were nothing more than common snacks.
"Well, well, you’re back. I was starting to think that after spending so much time on Earth, you’d started to think of yourself as one of the humans," the man called Thousand-Eyes said, eating the last Crystal Core from his palm. In an instant, he was standing before Archie.