Upon hearing Wang Qingfeng’s words, Li Haotian became curious.
Because regarding the situation in the Shikigami space, he really hadn’t had the chance to ask Orochi in detail.
"Why is it that only Orochi can come over? Is it because its physical body is extraordinarily strong and can withstand the dangers of the space channel?"
Wang Qingfeng looked at him intensely and gently shook his head.
"Orochi’s physical body is indeed extremely strong, but that is not the most crucial factor."
"The main reason why it can come over is that Orochi is a unique existence in the Shikigami space. It was born simultaneously with the Shikigami space itself!"
"Inside its body, it contains realm power, which makes it equivalent to the master of that Shikigami space!"
"It’s like when Haotian once encountered the Lich King and the Skeleton King; if they are the Lords of the Undead World, then Orochi is the master of the Shikigami space!"
Li Haotian looked surprised: "Master of the Shikigami space?"
"But Orochi’s strength is far inferior to that of the Lich King and Skeleton King."
Wang Qingfeng explained: "That’s because the Shikigami space is only a small plane with very rudimentary plane rules."
"Thus, Orochi’s power isn’t that strong and is even slightly weaker than your giant dragon."
Ling Xuehan pondered, "Senior brother, if the Eighth Apostle, Rotes, is truly hiding in the Shikigami space, with its status and power, wouldn’t it be able to pass through that space channel even more easily than Orochi can?"
"No, junior sister, you’re mistaken."
Wang Qingfeng shook his head and said: "As I mentioned earlier, Orochi can come over because it is the master of the Shikigami space."
"Only with the blessing of realm power can it barely traverse the space channel to reach our Blue Star."
"Though Rotes is strong, it doesn’t have the blessing of realm power, so it can’t come through either."
"It’s like the Eleventh Apostle, Ozma, attempting to invade the Azeroth Continent; it could even control the Lord of the Undead World to descend on Azeroth, yet had no means to directly invade itself."
"I surmise that due to the powerful separation between planes, situations like these arise."
The crowd realized this suddenly.
But then, Jiang Wuyou, puzzled, asked, "Uncle Wang, didn’t Haotian just blow up the Rotes’ tentacle that had already directly extended to our Blue Star?"
"What was that about?"
Wang Qingfeng thought for a moment and said seriously, "Do you remember what the teacher previously stated?"
"If we view Rotes as a virus attempting to invade our Blue Star, the barrier between planes acts like a firewall preventing virus invasion."
"Rotes can’t directly break through Blue Star’s firewall, so it can only use a roundabout way to attack."
"Previously, we never knew how Rotes was secretly infiltrating Blue Star or how it quietly managed to create that Rotes team dungeon."
"Now, we finally know."
"The Shikigami space is the medium through which Rotes secretly invades Blue Star!"
Hearing Wang Qingfeng’s emphatic words, everyone was shocked.
Li Haotian, thinking back to his experiences on the Azeroth Continent, immediately believed his senior brother’s judgment.
Ozma used the Undead World to invade Azeroth, and Rotes used the Shikigami space to invade Blue Star—their methods were practically identical!
Li Haotian, looking somber, said, "In that case, this could be the method those Demon Apostles use to control the myriad worlds."
"For smaller planes, they can directly invade."
"For larger planes or worlds with more complete plane rules, they invade indirectly through other smaller planes."
"Once they reach a certain level of invasion, they can project their powers into that world, or even descend there in person, as Ozma and Rotes did, to completely control it!"
"Earlier, Rotes could already extend one of its tentacles to Blue Star. Who knows when its true form might fully appear there?"
Jiang Zhen looked worried, his tone a bit urgent: "We need to inform the teacher about this immediately. The teacher has a wealth of experience and a rigorous mind; perhaps he can think of a solution."
Wang Qingfeng said gravely, "This is a crisis for our entire Blue Star. We might have to attend an emergency United Nations meeting once we return."
The others all nodded with grim expressions.
Ling Xuehan looked at Li Haotian: "Junior brother, the tentacle Rotes extended has been destroyed by you—what about that space channel?"
Li Haotian responded: "I had just confirmed, maybe that space channel was too small and not stable enough."
"After I summoned the submarine to self-destruct, that space channel was blown up."
"Now, it has completely disappeared within the Marina Sea Trench."
Upon hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Wang Qingfeng verified: "So, the source of these Octopus Monsters has been quelled by you?"
Li Haotian nodded: "Yes, I have been observing this sea area from a God’s Eye View. No more Octopus Monsters have been emerging from there."
Wang Qingfeng finally revealed a small smile: "Though Rotes hasn’t been dealt with yet, at least, junior brother, you have solved the immediate trouble."
Jiang Wuyou suddenly asked curiously, "Haotian, Rotes’ true form likely has a power level above 110. Did you get any rewards for destroying one of its tentacles?"
Li Haotian chuckled, raised his hand, and shook the Bone Ring: "Indeed, there is a reward."
"The reward is, just like the one for killing Ozma’s avatar on the Azeroth Continent, leftover demon power from the Eighth Apostle Rotes, which can be used to enhance equipment."
"I’m thinking that since we’ll definitely encounter these Demon Apostles again, I’d use this demon power to enhance the Bone Ring."
"After enhancement, it now has an additional 5% bonus damage against the Demon Race compared to before."
Wang Qingfeng nodded: "So, the effect, as it stands, is now 65%?"
"Yes! Although the added damage isn’t much, any increase is better than none."
"Rotes’ true form is a large octopus with a total of eight tentacles."
"If there’s ever another chance, I’ll try to destroy a few more of them. I speculate that destroying each tentacle might grant another 5% damage increase."
"If I can completely destroy all of its tentacles, my damage against the Demon Race could reach 100% of the normal level."
"At that time, if I have enough superpower weapons, I might even have the strength to battle a more powerful demon like Ozma!"
Saying this, Li Haotian couldn’t help but wave his arm, his eyes showing a look of determination!