Upon hearing Haoyun's words, Dao Lao and Dream Jia both shook their heads solemnly. However, their gesture wasn't to refute Haoyun's speculation but to deny falling into another trap set by the Countess. From the bottom of their hearts, they truly wished this incident had no connection to the Countess. In fact, they sincerely hoped to avoid any further involvement with her in the future.

Dream Jia interjected before the unpleasant memories could resurface, shaking her head vigorously. "Perhaps it was just the armor accidentally triggering its Wormhole Tunnelling ability again. But this incident itself doesn't have any direct link to the Countess. From what we can tell, we were transported to this strange place because we followed those two mysterious individuals through the teleportation array they activated. So, I think we should focus on the mysterious individuals and monitor the outcome of this current battle to prepare for our next move. As for that Countess, she can go to hell!"

Both Haoyun and Dao Lao, who dreaded the Countess, nodded in agreement with Dream Jia's proposal.

Due to their system malfunction, which left them unable to calculate time, Haoyun's team felt the night in this world was exceptionally long. As more tripedal soldiers joined the battle, the distant streets became brighter with the reflection of the flames. Nighttime battles always amplified the intensity and cruelty of the battlefield, even for those observing from a safe distance like Haoyun, who keenly felt the overwhelming tension.

As the conflict escalated, more tripedal warriors, shielded by their aircraft, emerged from the streets around the building and rushed toward the frontlines. This heightened the vigilance of Haoyun's team, who needed to closely monitor the direction of the battle to decide whether to continue hiding or find a way to leave before the fighting expanded to the building's vicinity.

Fortunately, the battle didn't spread towards their hiding place as feared by Haoyun's team. Instead, after intense exchanges between the combatants roughly two blocks away from the building, the skirmish gradually moved away from the vicinity of the building. It appeared that the ambushing forces, unable to withstand the tripedal soldiers' firepower, chose a tactical retreat rather than risk being surrounded and annihilated.

Seeing the battle move further from the building, with no tripedal soldiers entering their area and the vigilance downstairs shifting to reinforce soldiers heading to the front, Haoyun's team knew their immediate danger had finally passed.

Haoyun sighed deeply. "Phew... looks like we're safe now. I wonder how long this battle will continue and when we can safely leave here!"

"Yeah, it seems so. The tripedal soldiers who climbed up earlier were just searching for the ambushers. The reason they climbed this building was probably that the ambushers intentionally set a trap nearby to lure them here for elimination. So now that the ambushers are exposed, these tripedal soldiers lost interest in this building," Dream Jia replied over the system channel.

"Exactly. It's safe for us here now, so there's no rush to leave and risk exposing ourselves. As for the battle, it seems the tripedal soldiers have taken the initiative on the battlefield. If those ambushers can't shake off the tripedal soldiers soon, this battle might end pretty soon," Dao Lao analyzed while observing the distant firefight.

Haoyun nodded frequently in agreement with Dao Lao's analysis. He could see from the darkness that the number and frequency of gunfire from the ambushers were noticeably decreasing. This indicated that either the ambushers were nearly wiped out or were intentionally reducing their attack frequency to successfully withdraw from the battlefield under the cover of darkness, avoiding detection by the tripedal soldiers tracking their movements based on gunfire.

Since the battle flames wouldn't reach their hiding place, Dream Jia shifted the topic away from the external battlefield with curiosity. "By the way, Haoyun, how did your armor activate the Wormhole Tunnelling just now?"

Haoyun hesitated a bit before answering, "Actually, I'm not entirely sure. As those two mysterious individuals gradually turned into a translucent white outline and shrank into a ping-pong ball-sized spatial wormhole, the system suddenly alerted me to an energy source that could recharge the spirit armor. We sensed the divine power and a mysterious surge of energy, but we didn't detect the presence of mold spirit energy. So I'm also curious why the armor suddenly started recharging. But since the system gave the prompt, I had no reason to miss the opportunity to recharge the armor."

Listening to Haoyun's explanation, Dream Jia and Dao Lao fell into thought. They both knew the process of activating the Wormhole Tunnelling ability, so they were perplexed by how Haoyun's armor could activate this crucial ability so easily again in such a critical moment. However, they weren't suspicious of Haoyun deceiving them; rather, they found it highly unusual for Haoyun's armor to initiate the Wormhole Tunnelling skill autonomously.

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"Dare I say, did the mysterious individuals activate Haoyun's armor when they left?" Dream Jia speculated.

"There's a possibility. After all, the power those two mysterious individuals wielded upon departure was both potent and exceptionally unique. Although this power doesn't belong to the Divine Spirit Realm or the Mold Spirit Energy, its sheer strength might have met the conditions to activate the armor," Dao Lao reasoned.

"Don't forget, although the Countess is of Mold Spirit Energy, she not only wields the power of Mold Spirit Energy but also possesses the ability to use a form of energy that lacks Mold Spirit Energy attributes. Therefore, it might be because the power the mysterious individuals wielded shares similarities with the Countess's abilities that caused the sudden activation of this armor," Dao Lao continued to speculate.

At the mention of the Countess's power, Haoyun couldn't help but shiver. Thus, after a brief chill, he asked with concern, "Are you suggesting that those two mysterious individuals also possess the terrifying power of the Countess?"

Dao Lao replied, "From the strange actions of those two mysterious individuals, it's not impossible. Perhaps it's precisely because they unexpectedly acquired a powerful force that they dared to openly betray the Divine Spirit Realm as priests and attempt to harm the mortal realm."

Dream Jia added, "The world is full of wonders. Especially after encountering Mold Spirit Energy as unique and enigmatic as the Countess, we cannot easily dismiss any possibility. I also have a feeling that this armor didn't bring us here for no reason. But obviously, we cannot expect to find answers from the Countess. So, ultimately, we need to catch those two mysterious individuals to unravel all the mysteries."

Haoyun and Dao Lao nodded in agreement with Dream Jia's thoughts. Then, Haoyun sighed again, "Alas! I hope that after catching those two mysterious individuals, we can not only uncover their mysteries but also find a way to help us leave!"

"Why do you say that?" Dream Jia furrowed her brows and asked.

"Because my system has been disconnected from this armor. According to the data provided by the system, after activating the wormhole skill this time, the armor has exhausted all its energy. Now, it's just an ordinary armor of the Earth Yin Spirit Realm," Haoyun said reluctantly, touching the dark armor on his body.

Upon hearing this news, both Dao Lao and Dream Jia were surprised. Considering that even when breaking through the powerful shielding of the VOID-360 Black Hole, transporting over a hundred people plus the Shaba Dome back to the City of Spirits from the Muxing Body, Haoyun's armor energy was not completely depleted. However, this time, under the condition that the wormhole skill only transported Haoyun and two others, it completely consumed the armor's energy. This was indeed a very puzzling situation. Dao Lao and Dream Jia couldn't help but wonder—how far did they get transported this time to completely drain the armor's energy?

"No energy left at all?" Dream Jia asked incredulously.

"None at all," Haoyun replied.

"So, is there any way to replenish some energy for the armor?" Dream Jia asked persistently.

Haoyun shrugged and said, "I don't know. In theory, if we want to use energy outside of the Divine Spirit Realm's divine energy to recharge the armor, we would need to use the Phoenix Thorn as an energy converter. However, the Phoenix Thorn is now with Judge Yan, so that route is definitely not viable. So now, either we find divine energy here that can be used to recharge the armor, or we wait for the armor to sense available energy again, just like before, to recharge without the help of the Phoenix Thorn. Otherwise, we won't be able to use the wormhole skill again."

The problem Haoyun mentioned, especially the inability to use the wormhole skill again, was indeed very tricky. Because with the Mold Spirit Energy tracking systems of the three individuals almost completely malfunctioning again, the wormhole became their only fallback skill they could rely on to forcibly escape in times of crisis. This once again put the three of them in a situation where there was no way out and only one way forward, leaving them with more potential variables that were unfavorable to themselves in the upcoming adventures in this unknown world, similar to Earth.

Although the problem of not being able to use the wormhole was very tricky, fortunately, Haoyun and the others didn't need to use this function immediately to leave this place. Therefore, Dao Lao decided to set this problem aside for now and think about it slowly later. Therefore, at this moment, he thought of another very important question, "Haoyun, when you activate the wormhole, don't you need to mobilize Mold Spirit Energy in your body? But where did you get the Mold Spirit Energy to activate the wormhole skill just now?"

Haoyun answered with a puzzled look, "Actually, I didn't use Mold Spirit Energy this time, but the armor activated the wormhole skill automatically. I'm also curious about why this happened? Why could my armor activate the wormhole this time without Phoenix Thorn or Mold Spirit Energy, just relying on suddenly replenished energy? This is really strange."

Of course, Haoyun was lying to Dao Lao. He did use Mold Spirit Energy to cooperate with the armor to activate the wormhole, and the Mold Spirit Energy he used was the remainder from the first time he activated the wormhole. This is also why Haoyun fell into a coma for a period of time after being transported here.

"Of course, Haoyun didn't want to lie to Dao Lao; he was simply afraid that Dao Lao would worry about his condition. After all, the Mold Spirit Energy he used this time didn't harm his soul like Elina's Mold Spirit Energy did. Instead, it obediently stayed within his body, waiting for him to reintegrate it into the Mold Spirit Energy storage device."

Dao Lao and Dream Jia looked meaningfully at Haoyun. It was clear they didn't believe Haoyun's nonsense. However, since Haoyun's body hadn't shown any further abnormalities, they couldn't prove that he was lying to them. Therefore, Dao Lao could only sigh helplessly and say, "Alas! It would be best if that were true! I hope you take care of yourself and don't harbor any illusions about using Mold Spirit Energy power on your own!"

Haoyun nodded to indicate he understood, then quickly shifted his gaze to outside the window and said, "Ah! It looks like those ambushers are being surrounded by the three-legged soldiers."