Jared watched as the servant of the Zupakie family struggled desperately without any change in expression. In the end, the man was burned to ashes by the flames. Even his divine soul dissipated into nothingness.
By then, Jared no longer had any qualms taking a life. In the Ethereal Realm, there was seemingly no right and wrong or good and evil. All that existed was death for anyone who stood in one’s way.
He glanced at the others who were still battling the evil spirits. Then, he slowly walked toward the dark and bottomless pit.
Standing at the mouth of the pit, he gazed down, only to see black mist roiling within. A strong wave of lethal intent circulated, forming whirlwinds that blew out interminably.
That aside, the air around was exceedingly chilly. In fact, the pit resembled an ice cave. Evil spirits were still rushing out endlessly, the whirlwinds they generated causing vibrations in the surrounding air.
Jared took a deep breath. He himself had no idea what he would encounter upon jumping down the pit. However, he knew that opportunities often came hand in hand with danger.
If he did not jump down, he might be very safe, but he would never have any way of knowing what exactly was sealed beneath. Nor would he be able to run into even stronger evil spirits to help Zelda recover.
After a moment of hesitation, he gritted his teeth and jumped right into the bottomless pit. His body was blanketed with spiritual energy and plummeted at lightning speed.
While that happened, a multitude of evil spirits kept surging up. They collided with him, making things a chaotic mess. They had not expected someone to jump right in since that would be courting death.
However, not only did Jared have spiritual energy shielding him, but he had also activated Golem Body. As such, they could not harm him at all.
Strange noises started emanating from within the cave. When the evil spirits outside heard them, they all stopped fighting and instantly shot back in.
Their sudden disappearance had the people fighting them looking at each other blankly, at a loss as to what had happened. None of them had seen Jared jumping into the pit.
Renault and his men started picking up the weapons and various other items that were still of value relentlessly, for they could all be exchanged for money.
“Mr. Chance! Mr. Chance!” Cloud shouted at the top of his lungs. He had not noticed it earlier, but at present, he realized that Jared had gone missing. Zordey was also looking for Jared right then. He had sent someone to kill the latter amidst the chaos just now, but at that moment, both were gone.
“Could it be that the two of them died together, Mr. Zupakie?” a servant of the Zupakie family mused.
“That’s possible. That kid might have been backed into a corner and decided to self- destruct.”
Zordey nodded.
There was no trace of Jared and no news from his man, so he reckoned the possibility of them having died together was high. At that precise moment, another group of people arrived. They were none other than Fayzon and his men. Montane Daemon was also among them.
Sweeping his gaze over the shabby weapons littering the ground, Fayzon asked with a frown, “Did a fight break out here earlier? What exactly happened?”
“Earlier, many evil spirits appeared here, Mr. Leaveden. These shabby weapons on the ground are the vanquished evil spirits’ primordial weapons!” Zordey answered ingratiatingly, hastily running over.
Although the Zupakie family had some capabilities, it was not worth mentioning compared to the Demon Seal Alliance.
“Evil spirits?” Fayzon was taken aback for a moment. “The lot of you have annihilated all the evil spirits?”
“No, they all went into the pit.” Zordey pointed at the bottomless pit before he narrated everything that had happened earlier without leaving anything out.
“Whatever is sealed here must be precious. I just wonder what exactly it is.”
Fayzon poked his head out and peered into the bottomless pit, sensing the chilly aura emanating from within. His curiosity was piqued, but he did not dare go in rashly.
“Where’s Mr. Chance?” Montane Daemon queried upon going over to Cloud. “He was still here earlier, but he disappeared when we were fighting the evil spirits,” Cloud answered.
“Disappeared?” Montane Daemon’s brows furrowed. On the heels of that, a unique aura radiated off him.
As the aura spread out, his eyes swung toward the bottomless pit.
