# 1836
Chapter 1836: Bring Her Back
Erhai Lake.
Lin Qiye's eyes snapped open!
Through the shared vision with the Seraphim, he clearly saw the invasion of several Cthulhu Faction gods at the border of Great Xia. Now, several human deities and Human Apex had already rushed toward the battlefield.
"...Is this also part of your plan?"
Lin Qiye recalled An Qingyu's mysterious words just moments ago, his expression growing gloomy.
If An Qingyu had acted alone at Erhai Lake, within minutes, the top combat forces of Great Xia would certainly arrive. Even if they couldn't use spiritual probing through the dense fog, nor strike from a distance, he would have no chance of victory under the encirclement of so many.
Yet the Cthulhu Faction gods' invasion forced all the top combat forces to rush to the front lines. In this way, the pressure diverted to him would naturally be much less.
And given the scale of the Cthulhu Faction gods' invasion, the Seraphim truly had no choice but to rush to the front lines for support. Relying only on the other three human deities and several Human Apex, they would be completely unable to hold the line.
Even Zhou Ping had to engage in mutual deterrence with the Black Goat and couldn't intervene here.
After guiding the Seraphim to the battlefield, Lin Qiye surveyed the endless fog around him. After a moment of contemplation, he still moved forward.
Even if everyone else rushed to the front lines, his true self had to stay here to watch An Qingyu.
As his steps continued forward, Lin Qiye's brow furrowed tighter. By the original distance, he shouldn't need to walk far to reach the edge of Erhai Lake, but now he had walked several hundred meters without even seeing a trace of water.
When a massive silhouette emerged from the mist, Lin Qiye's feet had already stepped onto an asphalt road.
He looked up at the office building rising into the fog before him. Such a massive structure, yet he hadn't seen it until he was already at its base.
Moreover, Lin Qiye clearly remembered he had been walking toward Erhai Lake.
"Disorientation..." he murmured.
Several dazed figures walked past Lin Qiye, then quickly vanished into the fog. These were ordinary people just as lost as Lin Qiye, now probably completely confused within the mist.
Under the interference of this dense fog, large-scale destructive abilities shouldn't be used. Who knew whether a strike would hit An Qingyu or these ordinary people.
After a moment of contemplation, Lin Qiye flipped his palm over, and a thread of karma emerged from Causeless Cause, extending straight toward a certain point in the fog.
As expected, karma wasn't affected by disorientation. Lin Qiye thought to himself.
The thread of karma connecting him to An Qingyu was quite thick. Under these circumstances where all five senses were obscured, karma was the only way to pierce through all illusions and point directly at the target.
Lin Qiye followed the thread of karma forward. Soon, he returned to the vicinity of Erhai Lake.
Through the fog shrouding the sky, he could faintly see a massive gate standing above Erhai Lake, its shadow almost covering the entire lake!
Gate of Truth!
Lin Qiye felt that familiar aura and was inwardly shocked.
Four years ago, when he saw the Gate of Truth An Qingyu had summoned, it was only about one-third of its current size. Now not only was its scale immense, but the aura it emanated far exceeded that of years past. Just seeing its outline from afar, the terrifying oppressive force was enough to make one gasp for breath.
At this moment, within the shadow cast by the Gate of Truth, a black-robed figure stood proudly amidst the void.
An Qingyu gazed down at Erhai Lake within the fog. Those gray eyes, for the first time in a long while, rippled with emotion...
"I'm back... Jiang Er."
An Qingyu murmured to himself. The next moment, a gray mouse crawled onto the shore, and with a bolt of lightning striking down, it quickly transformed into the appearance of Yu Er.
Yu Er's expressionless face stretched as he flung his hand. Test tube after test tube filled with blood shot into the air—not one more, not one less. Exactly twelve!
"I only intended to get a bottle of White Tiger blood... I didn't expect such a windfall."
An Qingyu raised both hands. The twelve blood-filled test tubes floated beside him, gently orbiting around him. "With this, the odds just got much better."
His fingertips lifted slightly. The twelve blood test tubes simultaneously burst open. The endless blood shot upward like an arrow, hurtling toward the phantom Gate of Truth suspended in the sky!
The blood flowed along the surface of the Gate of Truth, carving mysterious patterns onto it.
An Qingyu's fingertips traced across the blood. He gently swept them across his own eyelids. As his gray eyes slowly opened, the Gate of Truth hovering above the sea shuddered violently!
BOOM—!!
The massive mysterious gate opened a crack with a沉闷的低鸣.
Faint murmuring echoes drifted from beyond the gate. The swirling fog suddenly stilled. The lake surface that had been sparkling with ripples was frozen like a still painting—as if a sapphire had sunk silently among the city.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to step forward, two figures suddenly descended from the sky, landing steadily to block his path.
Both figures bore An Qingyu's appearance. Within their dark red eyes, tiny characters "贰" and "肆" were inscribed respectively. Dense lightning crackled around both figures as Chief God-level aura descended simultaneously.
"Summoning the Gate of Truth within the city... What exactly do you intend to do?" Lin Qiye demanded in a low voice.
Yu Er fell silent for a moment, then spoke mechanically:
"To resurrect Jiang Er."
Upon hearing these four words, Lin Qiye's pupils contracted sharply!
"Resurrect Jiang Er?" Lin Qiye looked up at the black-clad figure in astonishment. "Didn't Jiang Er's soul scatter to nothing? Even Heavenly Court couldn't save her... It's been four years now. How are you going to resurrect her?"
"What the gods of Great Xia cannot achieve doesn't mean the Truth cannot achieve." Yu Si said coolly. "As long as the sufficient price is paid, the Gate of Truth can exchange for anything."
"The price? What are you planning to pay?"
Yu Si didn't answer. The lightning around both of them grew increasingly brilliant, weaving into a massive wall that pressed down between Lin Qiye and Erhai Lake.
"That, you don't need to know." Yu Er said slowly. "If you're still the Lin Qiye captain of the Night Watch squad from back then, then stand aside and watch quietly."
Hearing these words, Lin Qiye gazed at the black-clad figure in the sky and fell silent.
If An Qingyu's purpose was to resurrect Jiang Er, then of course he wouldn't intervene to stop him... Back then, Jiang Er's death was the regret of everyone in the Night Watch squad.
But no matter what, the Gate of Truth was something that didn't belong to this world. His trust in this thing wasn't high. No one knew if it truly offered equivalent exchange.
In the sky.
An Qingyu stood before the Gate of Truth that had opened a crack. The blood marks on his eyelids had vanished, but the mysterious blood seals on the gate still had a tiny bit remaining.
"Do you... feel the magnetic field of that moment four years ago, when she dissipated with tears in her eyes?"
An Qingyu spoke softly to that towering gate:
"Take whatever you want from me... Just bring her back."