416: Chapter 416 Departing at Noon

Noon.

The aircraft wasn't finished yet, but Lu Sheng could no longer wait.

He made his final deployments in the plaza.

"Luo Tianfei, I'm transferring command of Earth's defenses to you. Activate full automatic defense mode. If any Spirit Saint Realm energy signature other than my own approaches the Solar System, immediately fire the Anti-Rule Turret."

"Understood."

"Dao Yi, once the aircraft is finished, take Zhou Lei and set out immediately. Luo Tianfei will send you the coordinates for the Old God Abyss. Once you reach the outskirts of the Old God Abyss, find a concealed spot in the Warship Graveyard and hide. Do not expose your position. Wait for my signal."

"Yes, sir."

"Li Xiaoyao."

"Present!"

"You stay on Earth. Work with Luo Tianfei to guard the defensive line."

"My Lord, I wish to—"

"You are only at the Peak Spirit Emperor level. Going there would just be seeking death. Stay here."

Li Xiaoyao swallowed the words he was about to say.

Lu Sheng looked around.

Tension and anxiety were written on the faces of everyone standing in the plaza, but not a single person backed down.

"I'm leaving."

Lu Sheng didn't say any grand words. Fourteen dragon wings unfurled, and his figure soared into the sky, passing through the atmosphere and disappearing into the horizon.

The people in the plaza watched the direction he had disappeared in for a long time in silence.

Dao Yi was the first to turn around.

"What are you all dazing for? The aircraft still needs six hours! Get back to work!"

Everyone began to move.

In space.

Lu Sheng flew at the maximum speed of a Late Spirit Saint.

The dragon wings spanned a massive area in space; every flap propelled his body across a distance of over ten thousand miles.

He calculated as he flew.

It would take about eight hours to reach the Old God Abyss. Once there, the first task was to set up the Law Trap. The installation process would take about two hours. Then, it would take two to three hours to recover his spirit source.

Based on this, it would take twelve to thirteen hours for him to be ready at the Old God Abyss.

If the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate really set out at the same time he sent the message—he would arrive in a day and a half at the earliest.

The message was received late last night. About fourteen hours had passed since then.

In other words, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate might arrive at the Old God Abyss in twenty-two hours.

Lu Sheng needed eight hours to arrive, plus five hours for preparation—thirteen hours in total.

That left a margin of nine hours.

It was enough, but there could be no mistakes.

"Faster. Even faster."

Lu Sheng pushed his speed even higher. The vibration frequency of the dragon wings reached its limit, and the space around his body distorted slightly.

Seven and a half hours later.

The outskirts of the Old God Abyss.

Debris from the Warship Graveyard floated slowly in space.

Lu Sheng passed through the wreckage area and headed straight for the core spherical space.

The defense array patterns of the spherical space were intact. Dark gold ancient metal armor plates were embedded in key positions, and the gray light of the Law Formation Patternss flowed slowly through the lines.

It hadn't been touched.

"Good."

Lu Sheng did not enter the spherical space. He found the core node of the defense array patterns on the outside.

That was the hub of the entire defense system—a three-dimensional structure formed by five interwoven Laws, about three meters in diameter, embedded in the outermost layer of the spherical space's membrane.

Lu Sheng took out the pigeon-egg-sized gray crystal from his storage space.

The core of the Law Trap.

He carefully embedded the crystal into the core node of the defense array patterns.

The light of the five Laws overflowed from the crystal, spreading along the lines of the array patterns and merging with the original defense system.

Then, Lu Sheng began to carve the trigger conditions around the core node.

This was the most critical step.

The trigger condition for the Law Trap was—when an external force at the Peak Spirit Saint level forcibly broke the spherical space's defense, the resonance power of the five Laws stored in the crystal would instantly release, forming a destructive strike aimed at the direction of the breach.

The process of carving the trigger conditions was extremely delicate. Every stroke of the Law patterns had to be precise to the millimeter.

Lu Sheng focused intently, carving stroke by stroke.

One hour.

Two hours.

It was finished.

Lu Sheng stepped back a few paces and checked the overall structure of the Law Trap.

The crystal was embedded in the core node, and the trigger patterns were connected to every main line of the defense array patterns. The moment an external force broke through the defense, energy would converge on the crystal along the patterns and then detonate—

Law Resonance.

A destructive power generated by the same-frequency vibration of five Laws.

The power of this strike—

"It'll be enough to give him a run for his money."

Lu Sheng retracted his Law power and found a flat piece of wreckage to sit on.

Next was to recover his spirit source.

He had just drained fifty percent of his spirit source to create the crystal. Now, the spirit source reserves in his body were only half of their full capacity. Going up against the Peak Spirit Saint Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate in this state wouldn't be a fight; it would be suicide.

"heaven swallowing furnace."

The phantom of a giant gray furnace expanded.

The concentration of spirit source in the Old God Abyss was extremely high. Although he was currently outside the spherical space, the Warship Graveyard area itself was permeated with a large amount of ancient spirit source residue.

The gravity of the heaven swallowing furnace spread out, greedily devouring the free-floating spirit source particles in the surrounding space.

The quality of these spirit source particles couldn't compare to Primal Gold Water, but they made up for it in quantity.

One hour later, his spirit source had recovered to sixty percent.

Two hours later, seventy-five percent.

Three hours later, eighty-five percent.

Lu Sheng opened his eyes.

Eighty-five percent. This was the limit he could recover to without entering the spherical space to devour Primal Gold Water.

The remaining fifteen percent was the price he had paid for the Law Trap.

"It's enough."

Lu Sheng stood up.

His current state—Late Spirit Saint, eighty-five percent spirit source reserves, five Laws fully available, Law Resonance technique ready, and Human-Dragon State available.

Plus the single strike from the Law Trap.

Plus the shot from the Anti-Rule Turret that Dao Yi would bring.

These were all the cards he had.

"Whether I can win or not—"

Lu Sheng clenched his fist.

"Will depend on fate."

He found a concealed spot outside the spherical space, leaned against a large piece of warship wreckage, and closed his eyes to rest.

Waiting.

It was the most agonizing thing before a battle.