Her void energy flared brilliantly, fighting against the spatial lock, tearing at reality itself with desperate strength—
CRACK!
A small tear opened behind them—barely large enough for one person, unstable and flickering.
"Where do I send us—?!" she gasped, blood trickling from her nose from the effort.
"ANYWHERE!" Cang roared. "JUST TELEPORT—ALL OF US—NOW!!"
Her silver eyes blazed, and the small tear exploded into a proper portal—
WHOOOOSH!
Void energy engulfed all seven of them in an instant, reality bending, space folding, existence itself twisting as Lianhua burned through her energy reserves to force the teleport despite the spatial lock—
And they vanished.
Just as three figures emerged from the tear in the sky above.
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## The Investigators
The clearing was suddenly, eerily silent.
No more glowing bodies. No more spiritual energy saturation. Just devastation—torn earth, puddles of glowing fluids, scorch marks from tribulation lightning.
