Previously, Xiao Yu had been abducted by The Holy Lord. Although she was successfully rescued later, it left her father with immense psychological trauma. However, it was unrealistic for her father to protect Xiao Yu at all times, not to mention that as time went by, Bai Qi's power grew stronger and stronger, to the point where her father was no longer his match. The father taught Xiao Yu a lot of powerful magic, hoping that she would have the ability to resist when facing danger. He also cast a tracking and positioning spell on her, and it was a very powerful and hidden one.
Since a moment ago, her father had been trying to locate Xiao Yu's whereabouts using this tracking spell. But no matter how hard her father tried, he was about to deplete his internal magic power, yet he was still unable to locate Xiao Yu.
Just as her father was about to give up, the positioning spell miraculously responded.
"Old sir, quickly tell us, where is Miss Xiao Yu?"
To be honest, if he could, Nick Fury really did not want to use his underground agents planted in K'un-Lun.
Her father surveyed everyone and then announced a place name that electrified everyone present.
"The Shadow Realm."
"The Shadow Realm? How could it be the Shadow Realm? Why would Xiao Yu be there?"
Facing Chen Long's triple death question, her father said impatiently, "You ask me, who am I supposed to ask? Anyway, that's what the magic told me, and my magic never makes mistakes."
Ignoring the bickering between Chen Long and her father, Nick Fury asked, "Old sir, then how do we get to the Shadow Realm? Or rather, where is the Shadow Realm?"
Her father shook his head and said, "No, we don't need to go anywhere. The Shadow Realm is everywhere. We just need to find a way to enter it."
"Then how should we get in?"
Her father pondered for a moment and presented two plans.
Plan one was to imprint a demon's mark on oneself. Those who imprinted the mark could easily open the gate to the Shadow Realm. Moreover, with the protection of the mark, the native dark creatures wandering in the Shadow Realm would not attack them easily. The problem was that not everyone could bear the demon's mark. If one's will was not firm, after imprinting the mark, both body and mind would be eroded by it. Even for those who had undergone special training and magical protection, erosion was only a matter of time.
Plan two was more straightforward. As a great mage, her father naturally had a spell to enter the Shadow Realm. Although the Shadow Realm had undergone a series of strengthening and prohibitions after being taken over by Bai Qi, her father had tried it. He didn't know what happened inside, but at this stage, the prohibitions of the Shadow Realm had loosened. With his magical attainments, he could at least bring five people in.
However, if they entered without the protection of the demon's mark, the aura they exuded would be immediately detected by the native creatures of the Shadow Realm, and they would be subjected to endless attacks.
Facing the two plans proposed by her father, everyone present fell into deep thought, as any plan would require a sacrifice.
Although the first plan was relatively safe, it required the sacrifice of one person, and this person had to be the cream of the crop, otherwise, they could not withstand the erosion of the demon's mark.
Although the second plan did not require sacrifice, the risk increased exponentially compared to the first plan, and they might even be wiped out in the Shadow Realm.
"Let me do it." After a moment of silence, Chen Long stepped forward and said, "Imprint the demon's mark on me. Xiao Yu is my niece, and it is my responsibility to save her. If others were to sacrifice themselves because of this, my conscience would not be at peace."
If possible, her father did not want Chen Long to take such a risk. After all, everyone had their selfish interests, even as a great mage, her father was no exception. Moreover, her father knew how potent the demon's mark was, and it was almost impossible for anyone to resist its erosion.
But since Chen Long had said so, her father could not say much more and began to prepare the magic.
Imprinting the demon's mark on a person was actually very easy. Previously, Xiao Yu had used a fake tattoo to imprint the demon's mark from the Grimoire on her ankle, thereby becoming the Dark Queen, gaining the power to enter and exit the Shadow Realm at will and control the Shadow Ninjas.
Now that the Shadow Realm was completely under Bai Qi's control, it was impossible to command the Shadow Ninjas with just a mark. However, with some modifications, entering the Shadow Realm was still quite easy.
Just as S.H.I.E.L.D. had prepared the materials and several S.H.I.E.L.D. mages were about to tattoo Chen Long's hand, her father's voice interrupted them again.
"Hey! Do you guys even have brains? How can you just imprint the mark like that?"
The S.H.I.E.L.D. mages were confused by her father's words. If not like this, how else could they imprint it?
Her father snatched the materials from their hands, threw them aside, and said, "Don't you have any common sense? Freely imprinting the demon's mark is extremely dangerous. You want Chen Long to imprint it without any protection. Are you trying to murder him?"
"No, no, of course not."
Upon hearing the word "murder," the mages quickly waved their hands and said, "We also know that the demon's mark has a terrifying corrosive effect on its user, but we don't have effective means to prevent or slow it down, so we..."
"Idiot!"
Before the other party could finish, her father directly interrupted him and said, "That's why I dislike you half-baked mages. Your actions are simply murder. Get out of the way."
Pushing aside the mages in front of him, her father began to prepare the potion, and while preparing it, he did not forget to scold those mages, "Are you guys so idle? Can't you help me out?"
Potion mixing was a delicate task that these half-baked mages could not handle. Her father would not let them do it, but they could still complete simple tasks like finding and delivering the required materials.
After a flurry of activity from her father, the so-called potion was quickly completed. However, compared to other potions, the one prepared by her father was obviously more abstract. Not only did it look like sewage from a ditch, but it also smelled incredibly foul.
Looking at her father approaching him with such a thing, even Chen Long asked with some apprehension, "Old sir, you're not going to make me drink this, are you?"
Without answering Chen Long's question, her father suddenly accelerated, grabbed Chen Long's nose, and before he could react, poured the entire cup of potion down his throat.
"Waaah..."
Perhaps the taste of the potion was too unpleasant, even though it was forced down, Chen Long couldn't help but gag.