Chapter 455: Chapter 455: Escaping the Elemental Tower
Lilith looked at Li Wei and asked, "What are you going to do now?"
Li Wei looked up at her and said, "Leave the Elemental Tower."
"Is the Elemental Tower’s Teleportation Array to the outside world sealed off?" Li Wei asked.
Lilith said, "The moment the people from the Light Divine Sect arrived, the Elemental Tower forbade you from using the Teleportation Array."
"If you hadn’t been in the Cultivation Realm, the Elemental Tower’s upper echelons would have summoned you long ago."
Li Wei asked, "Can you do something for me?"
Lilith asked doubtfully, "What is it?"
"Help me activate the Teleportation Array," Li Wei said.
Lilith shook her head and said, "I don’t know how to operate the Teleportation Array. Besides, it’s under constant surveillance by the Elemental Tower. Even if I could activate it, you wouldn’t be able to get in."
Li Wei said, "No, I mean you use the Teleportation Array, and I’ll follow behind you and teleport with you."
"You want to piggyback?" Lilith understood what Li Wei meant.
She thought for a moment, then nodded. "Alright. But where do you want to go?"
"Maple City. Just say you want to go back for a visit," Li Wei said.
Lilith said, "No problem."
After they had settled on a plan, Li Wei and Lilith headed toward the Elemental Tower’s Teleportation Array.
He followed behind Lilith, invisible.
Li Wei tightened the Invisibility Cloak around him. ’I never thought this piece of equipment would end up playing such a crucial role.’
From a distance, Li Wei watched Lilith go to buy a Teleportation Ticket back to Maple City.
He didn’t dare get any closer, afraid of being discovered.
Soon, Lilith returned.
Lilith glanced at the spot where Li Wei was standing, then walked toward the Teleportation Array.
Li Wei carefully followed her.
The upper echelons of the Elemental Tower were discussing how to deal with Li Wei.
Haros sat in the shadows, yawning, feeling utterly bored.
In his opinion, the Elemental Tower had no reason to pay any mind to the Light Divine Sect.
Since Li Wei was the one who took the Light Divine Sect’s Goddess’s Tears, then the Light Divine Sect should just go after Li Wei.
But, as it happened, some people were afraid the Light Divine Sect would use this matter to move against the Elemental Tower.
So they had taken the initiative to propose handing over Li Wei to appease the Light Divine Sect’s wrath.
But Li Wei’s status was too critical.
If it weren’t for his standout performance in the exchange tournament, Li Wei would be, at most, a student of the Purple Level Class and an important member of the Hall of Truth within the Elemental Tower.
Only the Hall of Truth faction would stand up for Li Wei.
But now, Li Wei had made a name for himself among all five top Mage Towers.
The other Mage Towers all knew who he was.
If the Elemental Tower rashly handed Li Wei over to the Light Divine Sect just like that, what would the other four top Mage Towers think of them?
For the sake of both reputation and reason, the Elemental Tower couldn’t compromise too quickly.
To put it bluntly, the Elemental Tower’s leadership wanted to save face but was also unwilling to offend the Light Divine Sect.
BAM!
The great doors burst open, and Lancelot, the representative from the Light Divine Sect, strode in.
He swept his gaze over the crowd and demanded, "Just how long are you going to keep deliberating?"
"Where is Li Wei? Bring him out to see me at once," Lancelot said.
After the Goddess’s Tears were stolen, the more Lancelot thought about it, the more something felt off.
Eventually, his suspicions fell on Li Wei.
Following a trail of clues, he finally confirmed that the person Olgart had pursued and tried to kill based on the Divine Revelation Technique was none other than Li Wei.
Because, at that very time, Li Wei had just happened to leave the city.
Although it was a big coincidence, Lancelot was quite certain that this was the truth.
Li Wei had collaborated with a Legendary Witch Lich to steal the Goddess’s Tears.
Hearing Lancelot’s demand, one of the Elemental Tower’s leaders said in a placating tone, "Bishop Lancelot, please don’t be anxious. We will return the Goddess’s Tears to you immediately."
Lancelot frowned and said, "I want you to hand over Li Wei, not the Goddess’s Tears."
"The Goddess’s Tears have already been destroyed."
As soon as he said this, everyone revealed looks of astonishment.
Even Haros, who had been looking perfectly composed, was a little surprised.
Everyone knew what the Goddess’s Tears were.
It was a creation of Divine Power that not even a Forbidden Curse could destroy.
Just what kind of Power could have destroyed the Goddess’s Tears?
The Elemental Tower’s leadership also realized that their plan to hand over the Goddess’s Tears and keep Li Wei was no longer on the table.
The Goddess’s Tears were gone.
From the look of it, Lancelot hadn’t come for the Goddess’s Tears at all this time.
He had come specifically for Li Wei.
Following the orders of Cardinal Minos, Lancelot had come to the Elemental Tower to take Li Wei back to the Saint Hall of Light.
DING! DING! DING!
An alarm sounded.
An Elder quickly checked the alert and shouted, "This is bad! Li Wei has left the Elemental Tower through the Teleportation Array!"
Lilith stood in the Teleportation Array as the Elder operating it activated it to send her to Maple City.
After the Teleportation Array was activated, a faint light gradually enveloped Lilith’s figure.
The instant the teleportation light was about to fully form, Li Wei suddenly dashed into it.
WHOOSH!
The light vanished, and both Li Wei and Lilith were gone.
The Elder to the side was left completely dumbfounded.
He even wondered if he had seen things.
’How did an extra person just appear?’
It wasn’t until the Magic alarm sounded in his ear that he realized what had happened.
This was the alarm the Elemental Tower had set up specifically for Li Wei.
As soon as he used the Teleportation Array, the alarm would be triggered.
Li Wei understood this as well. If the people from the Elemental Tower discovered him, the teleportation would surely fail.
That was why he had to rush to teleport at the very last second.
This way, even if the Elemental Tower discovered him, they wouldn’t be able to stop him from leaving.
Lancelot heard that Li Wei had already teleported away.
His eyes hardened, and he quickly said, "Quick, see where he went!"
"We can’t find any teleportation record for him."
"What’s going on?"
Haros was a little worried about Lilith. He took out his Magic Badge to contact her.
He found that he couldn’t get through; Lilith was no longer in the Elemental Tower.
He froze for a moment, then a smile touched the corner of his mouth.
’So that’s how it is. You really are something else, kid.’
He had guessed how Li Wei had escaped.
He silently put away his Magic Badge and sat back in his corner to quietly watch the show.
The Grand Elder shouted, "Bring up all recent teleportation destinations!"
Lancelot’s sharp eyes noticed one location—Maple City.
That was Li Wei’s hometown.
Lancelot was eighty percent sure that Li Wei had gone to Maple City.
There was a twenty percent chance that Li Wei was doing it deliberately as a feint.
「Back in Maple City.」
Li Wei released Lilith and said, "Thanks."
During the teleportation, Li Wei had been holding Lilith the whole time.
Lilith was teleporting to Maple City alone, so the passage that opened wasn’t very large. The two of them had to hold each other tightly to barely squeeze through.
Lilith replied softly, "Mhm."
Her earlobes were slightly red.
Li Wei quickly said, "Go back to the Elemental Tower after a while. Just say I ambushed you."
Lilith nodded. "Mm-hmm, I know."
"Well then, goodbye."
Li Wei walked away, and Lilith watched his back as he disappeared into the distance.
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