# 1985
Chapter 1972: Outside the Trap
"Gone? Where did she go?"
Even 【Chaos】 couldn't see through Li Zhenzhen's final arrow… It surveyed its surroundings with surprise, confusion flickering in its gaze.
Li Zhenzhen's broken body fluttered in the gentle breeze. Her dimming eyes gazed softly toward the Ancestral God Temple, a tender expression crossing her face…
"Remember… after my arrow hits you… in the next life, we must still be together…"
The final arrow she shot with her life began with a movement of her heart and ended in his heart… This arrow did not exist in the material world—it existed only between two souls connected to each other.
This was an arrow that transcended time, space, and matter…
This arrow was called love.
【Chaos】 did not understand love, nor the soul bonds between humans. So even it could not discern where this arrow had been shot.
Li Zhenzhen's murmuring gradually faded into the wind, her last trace of life dissipating as her form plummeted into the churning sea.
【Demon】 Squad member Li Zhenzhen—death.
…
In the dead silence of the void, a magnificent stone city stood alone.
To deceive 【Chaos】's perception, all connections between this void and the outside world had been severed. Even they did not know how far the decoy operation outside had progressed.
Fang Mo's eyes were tightly closed, his heart full of anxiety…
"Fang Mo boss, will they succeed?" Luan Lie's voice came from the side. "If 【Chaos】 isn't lured here, wouldn't all our preparations be wasted?"
Fang Mo was silent for a long moment, then nodded forcefully.
"Yes. This plan was prepared by the Fate Monk. His ability to deduce and strategize is unmatched in this world. If he didn't have absolute certainty, why would he spend such a heavy price to set this trap?
Since he chose 【Demon】 as the bait to lure 【Chaos】, he must have his own reasons… Though I don't like how he operates, I trust his abilities, and I trust 【Demon】.
They… will definitely lure 【Chaos】 here."
Luan Lie nodded thoughtfully, about to say more, when a pink phantom suddenly flashed through Fang Mo's chest!
Fang Mo's body shuddered, his tightly shut eyes snapping open!
He stood frozen in place like a statue, unmoving. After what felt like an eternity, two streams of tears slid down from the corners of his eyes, his gaze already bloodshot!
"Fang Mo boss, what happened to you?" Luan Lie asked.
"…" Fang Mo didn't answer. He kept taking deep breaths, his eyes filled with pain and struggle, "…I'm fine. Stay ready to engage 【Chaos】 at any moment… We cannot make even the slightest mistake!"
"Yes sir!"
Even without being in the same time and space, Fang Mo could sense the love arrow that connected souls… That was a token unique to him and Li Zhenzhen, and also Li Zhenzhen's final farewell.
In this moment, regret, self-blame, pain, and fury flashed through his heart… But soon, everything settled into calm.
He stared at the void above the Ancestral God Temple. Those bloodshot eyes were like those of a dying lion about to fight with its life.
"Rest assured, Zhenzhen…" Fang Mo murmured to himself. "Soon, I'll come to keep you company in the next life… After I kill 【Chaos】!"
…
After consecutively killing three members of 【Demon】 Squad, 【Chaos】's gaze unhurriedly fell upon the remaining two.
Lu Baoyou and Su Yuan stood respectively at positions merely a hundred meters from the Ancestral God Temple. At this distance, they needed only an instant to fly inside…
They stared intently at 【Chaos】, their chests heaving from the intense flight. They knew the decoy mission had reached its final, most critical stage.
As long as 【Chaos】 targeted either of them for the next attack, they could immediately lure it into the Ancestral God Temple's trap. Given they were only a hundred meters from the Ancestral God Temple, they had a good chance of survival.
In their tense gazes, 【Chaos】 moved.
The instant its form vanished from its original position, Lu Baoyou and Su Yuan simultaneously flapped their wings, flying without hesitation toward the Ancestral God Temple right before them!
Su Yuan clenched her teeth, her attention entirely focused on the target location. The big heart developed from years of extreme sports and combat gave her terrifying self-control under high pressure!
Even though she could clearly feel a cold hand approaching from behind, she didn't struggle to dodge it. Because if she dodged, it would mean failing to reach the Ancestral God Temple's preset position in time. Even if she was just a second too slow, 【Chaos】 could easily crush her to pieces!
The black hand pressed toward Su Yuan's back, but merely brushed lightly across her skin. The next moment, that hand abruptly froze in mid-air!
But from just this slight brush, half of Su Yuan's body shattered into a mist of blood. Bearing the excruciating pain and the urge to faint, she staggered into the Ancestral God Temple's preset area, her half crimson wing barely supporting her form.
Did we succeed?!
In that moment of safety, Su Yuan's concern wasn't her wounds, but whether 【Chaos】 had stepped into the trap. She turned her head in pain, her body freezing on the spot.
At the edge of the Ancestral God Temple's preset area, 【Chaos】 stood smiling outside the circle. Those deep eyes surveyed the two people before it with great interest.
It didn't come in?!
Why didn't it come in?
It had clearly just touched her, merely a hair's breadth from crushing her completely… Why did it stop midway?
And exactly at the edge of the Ancestral God Temple's preset range?!
Lu Baoyou's expression turned equally grim upon seeing this…
【Chaos】's smile widened gradually, until it burst into hearty laughter!
"So this is the Ancestral God Temple hidden in the void, is it? The 【Primordial Killing Formation】, correct?? Did you all truly think I could be tricked into your shoddy trap??
Have you forgotten how I deceived Lin Qiye with a feint?
Fine, even setting aside that I already knew about the existence of the 【Primordial Killing Formation】 beforehand… In all honesty, who on earth came up with this idiotic baiting method?
Using the Ancestral God's aura to teleport me over here, and the moment I land, a few ants carrying that disgusting Ancestral God aura would charge at me recklessly? After cutting me, they'd scatter and flee, seemingly unafraid of death??
Are you all trying to make sure I know there's a trap ahead??
Do you think I'm stupid, easy to fool?"
【Chaos】's laughter echoed through the sky. Su Yuan and Lu Baoyou's hearts sank to the bottom of the abyss simultaneously…
It knew everything?!
The 【Key to the Gate】, who had also traveled back from the future, had warned 【Chaos】 in advance about the existence of the 【Primordial Killing Formation】?!
If that were the case… then everything from the spatial teleportation to the "Earth's Anchor" hatred provocation would be as obvious as "no money" written all over them in 【Chaos】's eyes!