410: Chapter 410 Hidden Cards and Chips

Lu Sheng landed on Dengxian Island with Profound Sound.

After arranging for Luo Tianfei to send Profound Sound back to the residential area, he immediately returned to the command room.

He closed the door.

"Luo Tianfei, pull up all activity logs for that scout ship over the last four hours."

Luo Tianfei projected a 3D star map onto the table.

A red trajectory line traced a large circle in the Warship Graveyard area on the outskirts of the Old God Abyss.

Four hours. The search range covered the southeastern region of the graveyard. The closest it came to the core spherical space was twelve thousand li.

Twelve thousand li.

That was more than twice as close as the previous thirty thousand li.

"What is its search method?" Lu Sheng asked.

"Active Law scanning. Medium precision, high frequency. It conducted over three hundred Law wave pulses within four hours."

Three hundred Law wave pulses.

This wasn't a directionless search. This was targeted, directional scanning.

"How does it know which direction to scan?"

Luo Tianfei was silent for a second.

"The most likely explanation is that it has a rough coordinate range."

"From Profound Sound," Lu Sheng said.

"High probability."

Lu Sheng sat in his chair, tapping his fingers on the table a few times.

"Luo Tianfei, can you remotely scan her spirit source core without making contact with Profound Sound?"

"Theoretically, yes. However, the protective layer of a Spirit Saint Realm Cultivator's spirit source core is extremely thick. If there truly is a Law tracking mark inside her spirit source core, the energy signal of that mark would be very weak and completely masked by the fluctuations of the spirit source core. My equipment might not be able to detect it."

"Approximate success rate?"

"No more than thirty percent."

Too low.

Furthermore, if Profound Sound noticed the scan, she would be on guard.

"Forget it. Let's try a different approach."

Lu Sheng thought for a moment.

"Regardless of whether she has a tracking mark on her, the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court now knows the general location of the Old God Abyss. That fact cannot be changed."

"So the question now is—what will they do?"

Lu Sheng asked and answered himself.

"First possibility: they continue sending scout ships to search, attempting to find the core area of the Old God Abyss."

"Second possibility: they directly send powerhouses of the Spirit Saint Realm."

"Third possibility—"

Lu Sheng's eyes narrowed.

"Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate goes there personally."

If Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate truly went to the Old God Abyss in person—

With his Peak Spirit Saint perception, finding the spherical space membrane would only be a matter of time.

Once he found it, he would definitely go inside.

And once inside—

He would see those stellar remains.

The Origin contained within those remains would be enough for a Peak Spirit Saint Cultivator to Breakthrough to the Spirit Immortal Realm.

If Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate obtained that thing—

"I can't let him have it."

Lu Sheng stood up.

He now had two choices.

First, abandon the Old God Abyss. Move the treasures inside or destroy them, leaving nothing for the Myriad Manifestations Divine Court.

But moving them was unrealistic. The stellar remains were too massive; his storage space couldn't possibly hold them. Destroy them? He lacked the strength for that right now. Those were the remains of a Spirit Immortal Realm being or even higher; his Late Spirit Saint attacks wouldn't even leave a scratch.

Second, defend the Old God Abyss.

How could he defend it?

He couldn't defend it alone. If Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate came personally, he couldn't win in a fight.

But—

He didn't need to win a head-on battle against Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate.

He only needed to let Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate know one thing—

The Old God Abyss was his territory. If you touch it, you have to pay the price.

"Luo Tianfei."

"Present."

"Is there a way to reinforce the Law thread membrane of the Old God Abyss's core spherical space?"

Luo Tianfei thought for a few seconds.

"Yes. If we use Ancient Metal to build a physical barrier over the outside of the spherical space and overlay multiple Law Formation Patternss, we could theoretically raise the membrane's defense Rank from Early-stage Spirit Saint to Mid Spirit Saint or even higher."

"How many Materials are needed?"

"Approximately six hundred square meters of Ancient Metal armor plates. The layout of the Law Formation Patternss would require your personal operation. With your Late Spirit—"

Luo Tianfei paused for a moment.

"With your current Law control precision, setting up the formation patterns will take about three to five days."

She had almost said "Late Spirit Saint."

Lu Sheng glanced at her. "When did you find out?"

"The moment you returned and landed on the plaza. Although you deliberately restrained your aura, my passive scanning equipment captured an extremely faint Law Resonance fluctuation. That is a characteristic only found in the Late Spirit Saint stage."

Lu Sheng hummed.

"Can only your equipment detect it?"

"Yes. Elder Profound Sound's perception precision is insufficient to detect this fluctuation."

"That's fine then," Lu Sheng said. "Don't mention this to anyone. Including Dao Yi."

"Understood."

"Start preparing the Materials. Six hundred square meters of Ancient Metal armor plates, ready within three days."

"Yes. However, dismantling six hundred square meters of armor plating from Earth's defense layer will leave a gap of approximately zero point six percent in defensive coverage."

"Fill it with imitation armor."

"Understood."

Lu Sheng walked out of the command room.

He stood in the hallway and took a deep breath.

Late Spirit Saint.

Plus the reinforced defenses of the Old God Abyss.

Plus Earth's Ancient Metal armor defense system.

Plus thirty Anti-Rule Turrets.

Plus his own new Law Resonance ability.

All these bargaining chips added together—

Was it enough to go toe-to-toe with Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Venerate?

It was hard to say.

But at least it was enough to make the other party think twice.

"Three days."

Lu Sheng clenched his fist.

He would have the Materials ready within three days. Then he would go to the Old God Abyss once more.

This time, it wasn't just to eat.

It was to set up a formation.

To turn the Old God Abyss into a fortress.

His fortress.