"No!!"
Another tragic roar.
After blocking this roar, Mr. Zhuge's crown, feather fan, and crane cloak all disappeared, and the aura belonging to Mr. Zhuge vanished.
"I need to recuperate for a while."
After saying this, Zhuge Lan took control of his body. As soon as he returned, he sat down on the ground, beads of sweat on his forehead.
Just now, Mr. Zhuge had drained all the strength within him in one go.
Not only was the spiritual energy in his body depleted, but he also knew that Mr. Zhuge's soul power had suffered considerable damage.
Meanwhile, on the other side, the massive body of the Dark Archmage began to disintegrate bit by bit, and the heart within it was pierced once more.
Lin Xiao descended rapidly from the sky, flinging three talismans.
All the black mist receded back into the earth.
Qi Tian also retracted his clone; his spiritual energy was also depleted at this point.
Lin Xiao's spiritual energy was not only drained, but his dantian and all his meridians had also sustained some degree of shock.
"What a feat..."
Lin Xiao gazed at the colossal heart sealed away, sighing, "The three-minute trial of a terrestrial immortal has expired."
"At least you got to experience being a terrestrial immortal; I couldn't," Qi Tian said. He could still stand steady with the help of his spiritual artifact. As for Lin Xiao, he could see that both of his legs were trembling. It was uncertain whether he could even move, let alone stand.
Zhuge Lan... was even worse off.
He was now like an outsider.
Qi Tian dragged the massive heart, "This thing looks huge, but it's not heavy."
"How not heavy?"
"About ten to twenty catties."
Qi Tian estimated.
Lin Xiao stared at it. As someone who often cooked, he had assumed such a large heart would weigh seventy to eighty catties, but it was only ten to twenty? Perhaps it was because it had been pierced earlier, and the vital energy had escaped.
"Let's take this back for Old Heavenly Master to see as well..." Qi Tian looked at it, thinking it wouldn't be a problem to consult Old Heavenly Master later if they needed to study the materials.
...
"The third batch! This is the third batch! In total, over two hundred and thirty people have gone missing! And yet, you know nothing, you've found nothing! What exactly have you been doing?!"
The FBI was in utter chaos.
The entire beautiful country was in turmoil.
More than two hundred and thirty people had vanished without explanation, and in less than a week.
Panic had gripped the nation, with everyone wondering if they would be the next to disappear.
Furthermore, over these seven days, the mass disappearances had occurred across five states, with the missing individuals generally being from the same office or research institute.
Both the FBI and the CIA were in disarray.
All surveillance equipment failed to capture any perpetrators. In some cases, the cameras even malfunctioned before the incidents occurred.
Upon investigation, it wasn't just damaged surveillance; all electronic equipment within the entire building had been rendered inoperable.
Even the equipment on the streets outside was damaged.
They were at their wits' end.
They didn't even know what connected these missing people or who would be targeting them.