*Kakaka!!!* as the tower's ceiling blooms like a flower, the staff that is situated in the middle of the floor discharges dark lightning.
"…"
"Uh!"
"…!"
Pressing their brows together tightly, the three continued to pour their spirit Qi into the staff.
And momentarily—
*Paaaaannnggg!!!!!!!!* a dark laser fires from the staff's black crystal—hitting the base of the tree that is situated above the city!
*Siiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!* as the laser splits itself into two, and branches off in opposite directions, they cut through the dimensional walls, revealing—
"Oh? Clever idea they've got."
Raising his head, Bai Wen sees a pure white wall on the opposite side of the freshly cut rift.
Beside Bai Wen, Zhen Rong asks—
"Is that the bottom of the vessel's lid?"
"Indeed."
As the rift begins to rotate, a force of suction emanates from it, and in the same instance—
*Boom!!!!! Boom!!!!! Boom!!!!!* Spirit Extracts blast out of the tubular structures, and are drawn into the rotating rift.
Pouring the final bit of their spirit Qi into the white staff, Long Hua, Qing Ming Yang, and Lin Yu Heng take a few steps back with their faces covered in sweat.
Drawing in a deep breath, Long Hua tosses more spirit stones out of a storage pouch, while also taking out four spirit herb cigars.
"Senior, one for me as well."
"Same."
Heaving a sigh, Long Hua tosses the two a cigar as well.
And in the same instance—
*Kaka! Pah!* the black crystal, which decorates the white staff shatters—causing the laser to dissipate.
A split second later, the staff itself follows.
As the three suck in the fume, and exhales, Qing Ming Yang and Lin Yu Heng remarks—
"I feel alive again. I can still fight for another 500 years."
"This feeling of holding the world in my hand is far too addicting…"
"…"
Shaking his head towards the two's family-disowning expressions, Long Hua says—
"Enough, once you're done smoking, head-"
Before Long Hua can finish his sentence—
*Boom!!!!!* directly below the breach—that they had dropped into the city from, something falls from above, and triggers the landmines.
"…"
As the smoke clears, a colossal shadow blasts the dust clouds away—revealing himself to be Zhu Xu in his Weapon Spirit True Body state, lying down on his rear with a leg missing.
"Damn that despicable bastard!"
As Zhu Xu's lost leg begins to regenerate, the weapon spirits that are on his left hand and shoulders leap off.
"This soon, huh?"
Through his divine senses, Long Hua sees many familiar faces among the weapon spirits that have arrived.
"…Surnamed Long."
Straightening his back, Shao Tianming stares off in the tower's direction.
"Fire."
*Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!!* without giving the weapon spirits the time to take in the scenery, the combat bodies—which are armed with anti-materiel rifles, fire upon the group from various directions!
"Tch."
Clicking her tongue, Jiu Sheng shouts—
"Don't bother to engage that venomous snake right now! Head into the buildings! All of them have tubes, which are connected directly into the Spirit Extract pool that is beneath the city!"
Hearing this from Jiu Sheng, Zhui Yun and Qing Yue's eyes give off a gleam, as they head off in the same direction together.
Dismissing his Weapon Spirit True Body state, Zhu Xu is given a hand by Yang Hai—who carries him off.
As the weapon spirits scatter in various directions, and are chased after the combat bodies, the rift, that is situated beneath the tree's base—begins to slow down the speed of its rotation.
Upon the rift's movements coming to a complete halt, it begins to shrink.
"…"
Seeing this, Long Hua projects his voice outwards through his divine senses, and shouts—
"Begin dismantling city!"
*Boom! Boom! Boom!* as soon as these words are said, destructive sounds ring throughout the entirety of Hope City, as the workers of New Moon Village begin the dismantling process.
"Let's go."
"Un."
In the same instance, Qing Ming Yang and Lin Yu Heng head off—to hunt down the weapon spirits, so that they won't disturb the workers from their task.
"What?"
Moving through the city, while concealing themselves within alleyways, Xu Tian Kun widens her eyes—in response to hearing Long Hua's order.
"The hell is that venomous snake up to now? He wants to dismantle this city?"
Towards Xu Tian Kun's questions, Jiu Sheng replies—
"Who cares about that right now? C'mon, pick up the pace. Hopefully, you'll be able to reform your Relic."
"I hope so as well."
As the two attempt to find a more isolated area, droplets of Spirit Extracts—that had failed to enter the rift rains down from above.
...…
Within the vast pool of Spirit Extracts—
"…"
The White Serpent King opens its maw, and sucks in the Spirit Extracts nearby in a gluttonous manner.
Gradually, blue vein-like patterns begin to appear throughout the surface of its scale covered body.
And amidst its devouring of the Spirit Extracts, the White Serpent King would direct its ribbon blades onto itself—spawning smaller replicas by bleeding out mercurous liquid.
Rather quickly, these replicas move outwards, and swim towards the surface.