Eternal Cultivation Of Alchemy

Alex gulped a little and nodded.

“I… I don’t know if I can succeed or not, but I will do my best,” he said.

“You need to get them out. One way or another,” Bladedance practically commanded.

Alex frowned slightly. “That last fight has left me a little fatigued, and I haven’t had the time to recover yet,” he said. “But I will do what I can.”

“Please tell us right now if you can or not. We will need to know so we may take another approach,” the Wine God said.

Alex thought for a few long seconds before turning toward his master. “Your only worry is that you will be forced to kill the people on the ship should they not get out in time, right?” he asked.

“That is my only dilemma. The ship will end up killing far more if I do not stop it, so if I have no other choice, I will destroy it, which will likely kill them all as well.”

Alex slowly nodded. “Then I can do it.”

“You can get them out?” the Beast God asked.

“I don’t know whether I can get them out or not,” Alex said. “But I can make it so they are not there when it is time for my master to destroy the ship.”

Bladedance narrowed her eyes, understanding what Alex was saying. “You’ll place them away?”

Alex nodded. “I’ll try all the other options first, but if those don’t work, that will be my only option, right?”

Bladedance smiled. “That works perfectly then.”

“I’m sorry, what is going on?” the Beast God asked with a confused look. The others around them were equally, if not more, confused than her.

“You’ll know soon,” Bladedance said. “Your people are going to be saved.”

The Beast God blinked. “You’ll get them out?” she asked Alex.

“Well… I’ll save them,” Alex said. “Whether I’ll get them out or not, though, remains to be seen.”

“I don’t understand what you’re saying, but if you can save them and yourself, then that’s fine with me,” she said.

Having said as much, Alex looked forward to the ship.

Bladedance moved out of the ship once the explanation was made. She hovered in space, watching the group move forward. She needed to stay here to prepare for when the ship arrived in another half an hour so she could destroy it.

It would take Alex half an hour to reach the incoming Divine ship, but the ship itself would take far less time to cross that distance.

As such, Alex would have maybe 5 minutes at best before the ship met with Bladedance to get everyone out. By then, if he failed, Bladedance would kill them all.

“As soon as we arrive, we’ll use our collective Intent to weaken the barriers around the ship. You’ll need to slip in when you get your chance,” the Wine God explained.

Alex nodded silently, listening to all their words. It was a rather sensitive situation, and every single iota of his effort was necessary to succeed here. Since he had already planned to take everyone into his Soul Space should there be no other option, those people would be saved.

But that was the final option. He would have to first try every other method so that he wouldn’t have to reveal it.

The ship became visible not long after. It was surprisingly not that large a vessel based on what his assumption of it had been. Rather, it appeared to be a compact ship with every inch of it covered in glowing barriers and formations.

Even before his senses reached it, he could already see the blinding colors that trailed behind the ship as it used tremendous amounts of Qi to keep itself running. Alex could only imagine how such a ship was even allowed to be created when the upper echelon of humanity had to be perfectly aware of the lack of Qi.

“I see it!” the Wine God said a minute later, his eyes widening slightly. “We need to retreat!”

“What?” the Beast God asked, confused. “Why do we have to retreat?”

“It’s too fast,” the Wine God explained. “If we intend to meet it head-on, it will fly right past us, and we’ll fail in our task.”

The Beast God was about to say something in retort when she realized that the man was correct. At the speed they were moving, they would fly past each other in the blink of an eye. That would be nowhere near enough time to tear through the barrier and place Alex inside.

“Alright, let’s move ba—”

“No!” Alex spoke out before they could make the decision.

The two Gods turned toward him, along with the rest who were surprised to hear speak with such authority in his voice.

Alex looked toward the Beast God. “If we start moving back now, I will have no more than a minute to get in and get out. That is far too little time for me to do anything. I will need more time.”

“That’s true, but if we can’t even get you inside in the first place, there will be no point,” the Wine God argued. “We have to stake our bets on the fact that you can do it in less than a minute.”

“Senior, if I could do it in such a short time, I wouldn’t need your help getting into the ship in the first place,” Alex said. “I won’t be getting them out. I will be saving them in a different way. For that, I will need the time. So please, let us not return.”

“But—”

“I know you’re worried about not being able to send me in,” Alex said. “You’re worried we’ll miss it. We won’t.”

“How can you be so sure?” the Beast God asked.

“I just am. You’re already staking your bets on me, aren’t you?” Alex asked. “So let me ask you to risk it all. Just keep going. I’ll make sure you can get me in.”