Volume 9, Chapter 23 – Exclusion… Impossible

After returning from the Sanctuary Plane, Tianyin planned to deal with the final threat, Yunchou.

However, after realizing that Yunchou was using the game’s online and offline mechanism to evade her pursuit, Tianyin decisively abandoned this option.

Although the probability of Yunchou disrupting her plan was extremely low, so low it was almost zero, as long as there was even the slightest possibility, Tianyin wanted to eliminate it.

Of course… since Yunchou was using such a despicable method of logging in and out to avoid her pursuit, Tianyin was naturally too lazy to waste any more time trying to kill him.

Of course, Tianyin could send those Throne-tier girls to deal with Yunchou. But to be safe, Tianyin did not make such a potentially “feeding heads” decision.

“Throne-tiers already erased. Sanctuary, Graveyard, Abyss, Stronghold, Fortress. Throne-tiers still existing. Ysera, Yunchou, Andrew.”

“Conclusion. Andrew is not a threat. Yunchou poses a slight threat. Ysera can be… utilized…”

When it came to Ysera, Tianyin’s voice paused noticeably.

However, in the end, she still expressionlessly spoke the words about using Ysera.

And after analyzing the matter of “using” Ysera, Tianyin naturally began analyzing the possibility of exposure that such “use” would bring.

In one thousandth of a second, Tianyin arrived at a conclusion in her mind.

“Preliminary judgment. The death of Michael of the Sanctuary will be conveyed to Lucifa’s ears, so the possibility of exposure will be very high… therefore, it is necessary to exclude Lucifa as a threat point.”

With just those words, Tianyin placed Lucifa onto the must-kill list.

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But… after making such a decision, Tianyin suddenly felt that her heart, which should have been unable to feel any emotion, suddenly became oppressive.

That emotion surged up without any reason, causing Tianyin, who had already chosen to “abandon emotions”, to feel at a loss for a moment.

And in that brief daze, Tianyin felt that at the corner of her eye, something slightly warm seemed to slowly slide down.

“Conclusion reached… exclude… Lucifa…”

“Exclude… kill, eliminate Lucifa… necessary…”

“Must… exclude, eliminate…”

“Exclude…”

“Exclusion… impossible…”

The silver-haired little girl fell silent.

Within this pitch-black space, Throne-tier beings stood all around the little girl like puppets.

They quietly watched the little girl who was at a loss, unmoving, like statues.

……

“Still haven’t found her?”

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Northern Fortress.

Day had already ended, night had fallen. After searching for Tianyin for three days and three nights without sleep, Fisiel looked worriedly at the equally exhausted Ysera.

“No… I didn’t find Xiaoyin on my side. You didn’t find her either?”

“Mm…”

After the brief exchange, there was a long silence.

The air seemed to grow heavy, and it was clear that both of them felt extremely distressed.

At this moment, Yivrea, the astrologer witch with precognitive abilities who had been asked by Fisiel to help search for the missing Tianyin, walked over from the other side.

Facing the two gazes filled with hope, Yivrea silently shook her head.

“My astrology also can’t see where she is.”

“Then what should we do… where did Xiaoyin go? Could she really have been taken away by the Abyssal Lord?”

“That should be impossible.”

Yivrea had already denied this question before.

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“If the Abyssal Lord had really defeated Xiaoyin, then our Dawn would surely have met its end as well. But the problem is that the demons retreated, and both the Abyssal Lord and Xiaoyin have disappeared.”

Of course, the fundamental reason for the demons’ retreat was that they had sensed the fact that the Abyssal Lord had already died.

However, since those present did not belong to the Abyss faction, they did not know that the Abyssal Lord had already been killed by Tianyin. And before knowing Tianyin’s true nature, they also did not believe that Tianyin possessed the strength to kill the Abyssal Lord.

“Where on earth did Xiaoyin go? With the Northern Fortress as the center, we’ve searched within a hundred li ¹ Chinese miles. 100 li = 50 km. in every direction. Even if we dug three feet into the ground, we can’t find a single trace of Xiaoyin…”

They simply could not find Tianyin.

In three days, aside from those who still did not know Tianyin was missing, everyone who knew about her disappearance was desperately searching for her.

But after three days, let alone Tianyin herself, they did not even find a single strand of her hair.

“Then where did Xiaoyin go? Could it be that because of her battle with the Abyssal Lord, she was swept into some kind of other space?”

Somewhat helpless, Ysera came to this conclusion.

Of course, this conclusion was something Ysera said offhandedly in a moment of giving up. However, after she said it, the expressions of Fisiel and Yivrea became serious.

“That is possible…”

The first to speak was Yivrea, who had the same silver long hair as Tianyin.

“Although the probability isn’t high. Battles between two Throne-tiers shattering space is actually quite common… and if their fierce clash caused large areas of space to shatter, and then they were swept into other relatively independent other spaces through spatial rifts… it’s not impossible…”

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“Huh? Wait…”

Of course, Yivrea’s speculation was well-reasoned and sounded convincing. Yet Ysera, who as a Throne-tier knew exactly what kind of power Throne-tiers possessed, looked at Yivrea with a blank expression.

“How could that be possible… Yivrea, even I wouldn’t be swept into a spatial rift… let alone Xiaoyin. And generally speaking, even someone at Fisiel’s level of Legendary wouldn’t be swept in, right?”

“In theory, it’s impossible.”

This time it wasn’t Yivrea speaking, but Knight Princess Fisiel, who explained in a straightforward manner.

“But what if both sides had already fought to the point of exhaustion… or if they deliberately passed through a spatial rift?”

“That…”

Although these explanations sounded absurd, for some reason, Ysera vaguely felt that Yivrea and Fisiel’s guesses were very likely correct.

“Alright… since you both say Xiaoyin might really have been swept into another space, then it’s probably true. But the other spaces that spatial rifts lead to aren’t fixed. So even if we proactively go to other spaces, we still wouldn’t necessarily be able to find Xiaoyin, right?”

“At the very least, we can’t find my lord around the Northern Fortress. And if my lord really was swept into another space, even if we can’t find her in one attempt, as long as we try more times, maybe we’ll find her eventually?”

“Alright, alright. Although we’ve already searched for three days and three nights, for the sake of finding Xiaoyin, I don’t mind searching for another three days and three nights.”