# Chapter 49: Bloodmoon Abyss 6000
If a battle between Legendary-rank experts were to take place in a living world, the destruction it would cause could only be described as world-shattering. In the struggles between these super lifeforms, leveling cities and blasting apart mountain peaks were the most basic outcomes. If things got slightly more intense, they could trigger earthquakes spanning hundreds of miles, completely altering the environment of an entire region. The most severe consequence could potentially change the climate patterns of the entire world, causing years of drought in one place or catastrophic flooding in another.
Regardless, they could transform a nation from a blessed land of peace and prosperity into a lifeless wasteland. Such destructive power could never be overestimated.
Thus, when they saw two Legendary Mages join forces to shake the void, tearing apart the space for a hundred miles with arcane power concentrated to the extreme, the giant Burning Eye and the Divine Emblem both halted their advance.
For these two beings who had already surpassed the ordinary Legendary realm, although the spells released by the Legendary Mages were unlikely to cause real damage to their true bodies, destroying their avatars was not difficult. To avoid this outcome, Goliath and the Five-Color Dragon God's avatar warily raised their shields, preparing to guard against any impact that might come at any moment.
And just as they erected their triple shields of energy, matter, and space-time, with the Writhing Forest as the origin point, a white light suddenly blazed within the black abyss. This light was so bright that it illuminated nearly half of the northwestern abyss as if it were daylight. Upon detecting this light and the subsequent violently fluctuating tide of extremely powerful energy, both the Abyss Lord and the Dragon God's avatar raised their alertness to the maximum!
And then... there was no then.
After the white light faded and the energy fluctuations subsided, the Abyss Lord stared at the suddenly empty Writhing Forest. This somewhat unexpected sight caused Goliath's mind to freeze for an unprecedented thousandth of a second. The Dragon God's reaction was no better. An instant later, both superpowerful beings, having recovered their senses, simultaneously let out earth-shaking roars and reached out in the direction where Joshua and his group had disappeared!
Boundless pitch-black blazing flames gathered around the Burning Eye, condensing into a demonic hand as massive as a mountain. Meanwhile, the Dragon God Emblem also used Five-Color Divine Power to form a dragon claw containing overwhelming pressure. Both struck out with full force, tearing through space-time. Traces like black lines twisted the entire space, and wherever the claws reached, even the void was displaced. The whole world was like a lifelike oil painting being torn apart by two powerful forces.
After shattering this space, Goliath and the Dragon God's avatar immediately transformed into two beams of light and leaped out of the Sixth Abyss, arriving at the vast and boundless void. They tried their best to capture traces of the two Legendary Mages' ultra-large-scale teleportation spell outside the abyss, but without a doubt, they found nothing. The chaotic temporal currents had torn apart all traces of tracking. Searching for them was like looking for a single drop of water in the ocean—completely futile.
"Mycroft World... Three Sovereigns, I will remember this!"
After repeated attempts still yielded no clues, the Burning Eye decisively stopped its search. It calmed its rage as much as possible, then rotated its pupil, gazing in that direction with the most venomous look imaginable. Goliath seemed able to see through the void. In its vision, a blurry, enormous world—a star—was slowly rotating and shifting through the void. In the previous thousand years, it had been dim and faint, as weak as a candle about to go out. But now it was different. Under the scouring of the Great Magic Tide, it was now like the brightest lamp, clearly visible even amidst the most chaotic temporal tides.
That was the Mycroft World. Knowing this, endless greed and rage spread through the depths of the Abyss Lord's soul. But it knew that the time for invasion was far from now. Not to mention that most of the Sixth Abyss's power was still on battlefields in other worlds, even if they were all gathered together, they could not cross the barrier that had stood there since ancient times.
Goliath decisively turned back and returned to the Sixth Abyss. The Dragon God, who had not done much fighting along the way, continued to wander in the void. The divine light of Five-Color Sacred Glory calmed part of the void around it. It saw farther and more clearly than the Abyss Lord's avatar.
It was a wall. A wall separating the Sixth Abyss, the Seventh Abyss, and indeed most of the known abysses. In the Dragon God's vision, a hazy, sacred light swayed in the void. It forbade all chaotic minds from crossing, firmly encircling the Mycroft Continent. However, this barrier was already crumbling. After all, nothing is eternal. Having endured a thousand years of temporal storms, even such a miraculous creation had developed countless cracks, seemingly destined to completely dissipate within the next hundred years. This was why demons could occasionally reach the Mycroft Continent to recruit followers.
"I will return, humans, Metal Dragons..." The defeated combatant made a vow in its heart. Then, accompanied by the fading radiance of divine power, the emblem of the Five-Headed Dragon God slowly vanished into the void. All that remained was a sentence fragmented by the chaotic temporal currents.
Meanwhile, Joshua and the others completed their ultra-large-scale cross-world teleportation.
Shaking his head to clear the dizziness from the disorienting temporal shift, Joshua adjusted the position of the Black Dragon girl, who had completely passed out on his shoulder and could only mumble "dizzy..." before holding her in his arms and looking around.
The scent of decay.
A black sky and a black ocean. This place was a massive island suspended in the middle of the sea, composed entirely of rock and metal. It seemed to have been part of some enormous structure in ancient times, with countless obvious traces of artificial construction. But time had decayed everything, smoothing all clear marks with dust and wind. However, that was not the most important thing. After observing for a moment, Joshua immediately frowned.
"No, this isn't the Mycroft Continent, and this isn't a sea island..." Having clearly seen the truth of the black sky and ocean around him, the warrior muttered to himself: "...This is still the Abyss! A sky island—an island suspended in the void!"
In an instant, based on these scenes, he recalled a familiar world and immediately arrived at the most likely answer: This was the Bloodmoon Abyss. The Bloodmoon Abyss where he had once explored with the Church of the Seven Gods' elite squad and fought alongside the Black Crystal Dragon, Mandagar.
How could they have been teleported to the Bloodmoon Abyss? Had something gone wrong with the teleportation?
Joshua immediately turned his head in confusion, looking at the two old mages who had presided over this teleportation. He wanted to know why they had set the teleportation target to this dangerous world. To be honest, the warrior was quite disappointed. He had originally wanted to see just how powerful two Legendary Mages working together could be, and whether they could handle the avatars of the Abyss Lord and the Five-Color Dragon God. That way, he could roughly gauge the power gap between Legendary-rank experts. But the result was that the two had simply activated what was probably a pre-prepared ultra-large-scale teleportation array, instantly transporting everyone to another world.
Of course, such a large-scale teleportation array was indeed very impressive. Joshua understood that achieving this required more than just power... But it was still somewhat different from what the warrior had expected. Should he say that this was the caution befitting veteran Legendary experts? Such a massive array must have been prepared from the moment they arrived in the Abyss to be completed. They had considered the worst-case scenario from the very beginning. Truly a manifestation of wisdom and truth...
But when Joshua turned around, what he received were two equally confused voices.
"Strange, William. The temporal coordinates I marked were the Great Aias Mountains in the Northern Lands. I even specifically left a guiding array there. How did we end up in this damn place?"
The old mage Baniel, wearing a monocle, frowned as he flipped through his gold-embellished grimoire, repeatedly checking the structure of the array he had previously constructed. He even occasionally gestured with one or two complex hand signs in the air, causing a slight ripple in the surrounding space-time: "That's right! My array template is correct. This time, we were riding a stable temporal current. There's no way any external factors could have affected us!"
"How strange, Baniel. This time, it shouldn't be our problem." On the other side, the young mage William, holding a crystal ball that seemed to contain a writhing forest, was also full of confusion. He stared at the crystal ball in his hand and muttered unconsciously: "Logically speaking, even if that Abyss Lord and Dragon God avatar tried to obstruct our teleportation, it would at most delay our return to the Mycroft Continent. How did we end up stopping midway?"
Both were extremely confident in their own power and the accuracy of their arrays, so it must have been caused by external factors. Having reached this conclusion, they fell into a deadlock.
So these two don't know what's going on either.
After listening, Joshua sighed softly. Noticing this sigh, the two Legendary Mages immediately turned their heads to look at the warrior.
"First meeting, Count Radcliffe. I never expected to see you in the Abyss!"
The first to come forward and greet him was Baniel. This Legendary Mage, famous for his rune arts, was cheerful and friendly. Following him was William, who was equally warm as his friend. The two old mages seemed to have known Joshua for a long time, walking up to the warrior without any formality, as if wanting to shake hands. Joshua naturally did not refuse. He slightly adjusted the position of the Black Dragon girl in his arms, then seriously shook hands with each of them: "I also didn't expect that my first meeting with you two would be in the Abyss."
Hearing the complaint in the warrior's voice, both Baniel and William knew what kind of trouble Joshua's sudden disappearance from his territory would cause him. So the two tacitly looked at the sky and the ground respectively, glossing over the topic. Joshua naturally wouldn't dwell on such a small matter. He was always pragmatic and direct: "Let's not talk about that. Two masters, do you know what's happening now? Why have we appeared in the Bloodmoon Abyss?"
"You recognize this place? This question is a bit troublesome..." Hearing the warrior's words, William's expression seemed somewhat surprised. After all, apart from the Church of the Seven Gods, only the Sky-Piercing White Tower and the royal families of some Western Mountain countries had conducted extensive research on the Abyss. The Northern Empire was not known for expertise in this area. But this wasn't a major issue. After organizing his words slightly, this handsome mage, who appeared exceptionally young, roughly explained the situation to Joshua.
In the current space-time spell system of the Mycroft Continent, there were three methods of teleportation. The most common one involved determining the coordinates of a certain location through extremely complex calculations, then projecting the target person or object to that location through a space-time rift. Most space-time gates and space-time passages fell into this category. The key point was the direction in which the space-time passage was opened. However, this method could mostly only be used for teleportation within a single world. If one wanted to teleport to another world, the space-time barrier properties between the two worlds had to be very similar. Even the slightest error could cause teleportation failure.
The second method involved distorting the surrounding space-time to perform faster-than-light warp movement. Most instantaneous teleportation spells fell into this category. They did not appear out of nowhere at a certain point but moved at high speed by distorting space-time. Therefore, this teleportation method could only be used in the void without any obstacles. It was also the method used for almost all cross-world teleportation. Compared to the previous method, this one consumed more energy and had an unstable teleportation trajectory, but it could reach extremely distant other worlds. Master Nostradamus of the Northern Empire was skilled in this method and was a pioneer specializing in this direction.
"The third method is the one Baniel and I just used. The general principle is to calculate the direction of the surrounding temporal currents and then ride the current to reach a certain world."
Regarding this aspect, William and Baniel had no intention of hiding anything. After all, in their view, Joshua was just a warrior. Even if they told him, he wouldn't be able to understand. He even raised his hand, pointing at the air, using arcane power to project a detailed schematic of the principle in midair, patiently explaining: "Between various times, there are one or two natural space-time passages that directly lead to a certain world. Many connections between worlds are generated this way. Baniel and I originally planned to use such a current to return directly to the Mycroft Continent, but somehow it went wrong."
After speaking, the Legendary Bard glanced at the Black Dragon girl in the warrior's arms, a strong curiosity showing in his eyes. There were quite a few creatures on the Mycroft Continent that had awakened Ancient Dragon bloodlines, but very few had awakened intelligence and could transform into human form. In fact, it could be said there were almost none.
What did this mean? It meant that if one day this Black Dragon truly awakened the inherited information from the Ancient Dragon bloodline within her, she could use human language to repeat those messages hidden deep in her bloodline. And those messages were undoubtedly the most precious to Ancient Dragon chasers like them. So, even without considering the favor Joshua had done them by venturing deep into the Abyss to find them, just to build a good relationship with this little female dragon, they would tell the warrior everything they knew without reservation.
Having reached this point in their thoughts, both Baniel and William's expressions became strange again. They both stared at Joshua, their hearts filled with complex emotions. Having lived for so many years, these two old mages had seen the most evil clergy and the most kind orcs. They had traveled to many strange regions and met countless different people—kings, knights, rich men, and beggars. They knew the madness of those who had nothing and the boldness of those with great ambitions. But never had they seen anyone so brave as to do this—one person, one dragon, going empty-handed to the Abyss to slaughter monsters, defeat a Demon Lord, and after a failed teleportation, calmly ask what was going on without any panic.
Was he a steel construct? Even with a mechanical mind enchantment, one wouldn't be this bold! Even the most absurd novels wouldn't dare write such a plot, because readers would criticize it as too unbelievable and it wouldn't sell. But the fact was that someone had actually done this, and succeeded!
Joshua, however, did not pay attention to what the two Legendary Mages thought of him. After listening to William's explanation of the three teleportation methods, he thoughtfully muttered to himself: "Wormhole jump, warp navigation, and hyperspace lane? Interesting."
Although there were slight differences in some details, they were roughly these three. But having understood these teleportation methods, Joshua's confusion only deepened. Hyperspace lanes used natural temporal currents for teleportation. Logically speaking, if properly prepared, it was the safest and most stable teleportation method. Even if an Abyss Lord interfered, they shouldn't have deviated from their course and been teleported to another world!
Thinking about this question would not yield an answer. After falling into silence with the two Legendary Mages for a while, both confused, Joshua decided to temporarily entrust the Black Dragon girl to the two Legendary Mages, who were still discussing where the error might have occurred. Then he flew up into the air to observe this familiar yet silent abyss once more.
The Bloodmoon Abyss was an abyss without demons. Such worlds were not uncommon in the Bottomless Abyss. After all, demons were also living beings, and their existence required certain conditions. The various realms in the abyss were all wastelands that had long been destroyed, and some wastelands simply had no conditions for life to thrive.
From midair, Joshua could see that this was a shattered world. Fragments of the continent floated in the dark void, forming islands suspended in midair. There was no water, no plants, and no life on these islands. At the top of this world was a blood-red moon flickering with hazy light. That was the place where he had once fought Mandagar to the death, and where he had slain the traitor Nolan, preventing the Abyss Demon Dragon from invading the Holy Mountain. Even now, he could faintly sense the residual energy from the Fusion Core Star's self-destruction, weak high-energy radiation drifting through the void, bringing some warmth to this originally cold and silent abyss.
Everything seemed normal. Joshua frowned. And things weren't too bad. The Bloodmoon Abyss was probably one of the abysses closest to the Mycroft World. It had once even had a passage directly connected to the Abyss of Anos waters. The two Legendary Mages had enough power to teleport everyone back to the Mycroft Continent. They were simply fixated on why they had failed. For mages, making such an error was enough to cause half a day of self-doubt. In severe cases, they might tear up all previous spell constructs and recalculate everything.
But for some reason, Joshua always felt that this was not an accident but an inevitability influenced by some force.
Joshua did not believe in fate, but he believed that everything had a reason. The sudden error in the return method prepared in advance by the two Legendary Mages was more like the influence of an external force than a mistake. There was absolutely a hidden force that had caused this teleportation to fail, bringing them to this abyss.
If this speculation was true, then the question was what force had influenced them? The warrior pondered for a long time. Then, frowning, he stared at the blood-red moon at the top of the entire shattered continent, lowered his head, and fell into deep thought. The dim red light from the sky shone down, bringing some warmth.
Warmth?
Having noticed this, Joshua blinked and immediately looked up again, seriously gazing at the blood moon in the sky. His eyes were full of suspicion. If the previous warmth could be explained by the residual energy from the Fusion Core Star's explosion, then the continuous light that had just shone had indeed brought heat to the warrior's body!
Regarding this kind of data, Joshua could claim one hundred percent accuracy. His control over his own body was so precise that he could easily detect even a one percent difference in temperature.
But how was this possible?! Even if it looked like a sun, it wasn't a sun! When he had come here with the Church of the Seven Gods' elite squad and fought the Black Dragon on the blood moon, he had never felt any warmth from it. It was a liquid star composed of countless life essences, completely incapable of emitting light and heat like a star!
This inexplicable and strange change was very likely the reason for their teleportation failure!
Although the warrior's speculation had no basis whatsoever, Joshua did not intend to dwell on it. He was always the type to act decisively. So, a few seconds later, he greeted the two mages, who had already started pulling out paper and pens to draw runes in the void for calculation and verification, and then, following his instincts, flew toward the blood moon in the sky.
In the silent abyss, there was a faint, almost imperceptible fluctuation. This fluctuation was like the sun, like the pulse of life. Weak light, carrying heat, shone on Joshua's body. A faint beating sound came from the blood moon in the sky, resonating with his heart.
This was not an illusion.
Having confirmed this, a premonition suddenly arose in the warrior's heart.
Perhaps everything was related to that battle long ago.