chapter 2071-2075


    Chapter 2071


    Jackie exhaled softly and simply replied, “Fish-scale pattern.”


    Despite the simplicity in Jackie’s response, Nash instantly knew what Jackie meant. Jackie was


    observing how true energy dispersed to search for the array eye. In a stable space, true energy would


    disperse like rippling water. However, the true energy would disappear with a fish-scale pattern where


    the array eye was. There was arge difference between both, and they would be able to identify the


    array eye if they were able to observe carefully.


    Nash could not help butment when he thought of this. “We have the great master for being captured in


    the Ten Absolutes trap array to thank.”


    Jackie also nodded, simrlymenting as well.” Nheless, this Ten Absolutes trap array is


    considered one of the ancient arrays, and it’s a puzzle as to how this appeared in a third-grade world. I


    wonder what had transpired that made someone n a Ten Absolutes trap array here.”


    As he spoke, Jackie continuously swung his fists in the air, though the sight of him looked downright


    ridiculous from a distance. The father-and-son duo spoke softly between themselves for some time.


    Jed and the others heard nothing, however. They initially thought that Nash would persuade his son to


    cease his ridiculous antics, but it surprised them that Nash would only nod at Jackie in their conversation


    instead. Jed found it hrious the more he looked at them, having no idea what they were up to.


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    In fact, he had already given up. After all, they should just wait for their deaths in silence as they would


    never be able to leave this ce alive.


    “I’m lucky that I’m still sane. Junior Brother Dwight, if I turn like Jackie and start punching the air, please


    kill me swiftly. I don’t want to turn into an idiot like him.” Dwight sighed softly. He ignored Jed and stood


    up from the ground as he walked toward where Jackie was, calling out loudly to him, “What are you


    doing? Are you nning to find a way to resolve this array by punching the air?”


    As he spoke, however, he found himself stepping onto broken bones, and the sound of bones cracking


    caused Dwight’s heart to sink lower. He subconsciously looked down and was stunned by what he saw.


    “Senior Brother Jed,e over quickly!” he called out loudly. “Take a look at the clothes he has on him!”


    Jed immediately struggled up from the ground as he was called. He looked toward the direction Dwight


    pointed at and spotted a skeleton with clothes that looked much like theirs. However, the clothes this


    skeleton had on seemed much more delicate and high -qualitypared to theirs.


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    A few bamboo leaves were sewn on the clothes Jed had on him, and he had nothing else apart from a


    jade ring pinned on his belt. However, this skeleton had on clothes where bamboo leaves were sewn on


    most of the areas. On top of that, he also had five bamboo leaves sewn on his belt.


    Dwight’s eyes widened as his hand raised to cover his mouth slightly. He could barely register the sight.”


    Could this be Elder Gardner?!”


    Elder Gardner was a formal elder of the Thousand Leaves Pavilion and was once an all-powerful person


    in the sect. However, Elder Gardner disappeared for unknown reasons after he arrived at Mount Beasts


    100 years ago. At that time, the upper management of the sect sent people to search for him, but Elder


    Gardner seemed to have disappeared into thin air without leaving a trace.


    This event fizzled out eventually. Who would have expected that Elder Gardner had fallen down the Cliff


    of Sorrow and met his demise in this area.


    The two of them inhaled simultaneously, and their expressions mellowed down at the sight. Elder


    Gardner was an impressively strong person, and it was possible that he was the strongest elder among


    all the other formal elders. Even he ended his life here, let alone small fries like them.


    Chapter 2072


    Dwight initially posed his question to Jackie with a mindsight that Jackie had the method to resolve the


    trap array, but all hopes had left him at this point. What did it matter that Jackie had studied many books


    when a formidable individual like Elder Gardner had perished in this ce? Did Elder Gardner study


    fewer books and had lesser knowledgepared to Jackie?


    Although Jed was a simple-minded person, he realized that Dwight asked the question because he felt


    that Jackie was searching for ways to resolve the trap array.


    Jed smiled bitterly, apathetically, “Are you still cing your hopes on him? You think too highly of him,


    you know. No matter what, he’s only in the initial stage of innate level. How can he find the method to


    resolve this array when his fighting prowess is lower than ours? Let’s just silently wait here for our


    deaths.”


    Dwight exhaled deeply. “Don’t be so discouraged. Although what you said makes sense, I still think we


    should give everything a try.”


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    Jed, however, felt like Dwight’s pep talk was hrious. “Try everything, you say? How should we try


    everything? Should we also punch into the air like a crazy man?!”


    Just then, they heard Jackie exim, “I found it!”


    The two of them immediately raised their heads and looked over. Jackie looked as if he discovered


    something incredibly priceless in the way his eyes shone brightly, and he even turned to look at his father


    and pointed excitedly to a direction in the air. Jed and Dwight had no idea what he was so excited about,


    but Nash seemed to have understood why Jackie was so excited.


    “It’s the fish-scale pattern; no doubt about it!”


    As Jackie punched into the air, his true energy appeared in the form of a fish-scale pattern before slowly


    disappearing into the surrounding space, much to his delight. He threw one more punch, despite his


    hands trembling, and did not hold back this time. His true energy instantly filled the space like arge


    bucket of cold water pouring from the sky.


    Jackie and Nash’s eyes widened instantly. The true energy collided into the air, and waves after waves of


    fish-scale patterns were formed before they slowly dispersed into the surrounding space.


    “It’s real! We’ve found it! We’ve really found it!” Nash cheered, unable to suppress his surpriseced with


    disbelief. The entire thing felt so surreal to him from the moment he received the news until this moment


    when the fish-scale pattern appeared with Jackie’s punches. Nash could barely believe it, even though


    Jackie mentioned that he had found a solution and dered it to him.


    After all, the Ten Absolutes trap array was an ancient trap array and none of those previous great


    masters were able to escape from this ancient array.


    Jackie narrowed his eyes and focused all his attention to the space, which had stabilized, in front of him.”


    Who would’ve expected for it to be here?” Jackie had assumed it would take a while for him to resolve


    the Ten Absolutes trap array, even though he knew the method. He had mentally prepared himself that


    he would be stuck here for a month or two. Luckily, he had sufficient food and some spirited crystals in


    his storage space. He only had to persist and he would manage to find the location of the array eye.


    Those were his thoughts before. Unexpectedly, he found the spot impressively fast!


    “What did you guys find?” Jed hurried over to Jackie’s side and looked at the father-son duo in


    puzzlement. These two just looked peculiar to him, no matter what they said or did.


    Jackie lightly exhaled before he turned around to look at Jed and Dwight. “I’ve found a way to resolve


    this trap array!”


    Chapter 2073 Jed slightly raised his brows as irritation visibly shed past his eyes. He subconsciously


    scoffed as his initial bewilderment vanished. He turned his head and nced at Dwight, who was by his


    side. He saw that Dwight was just as stunned but said nothing as he was well-mannered.


    Jed stretched his arm out and pointed behind him, where bonesid scattered across the ground,


    proving to be an unnerving sight. “Do you know what we discovered just now?”


    Jackie shook his head. He had focused all his attention in searching for the array eye and did not pay


    attention to what the two of them had discovered.


    Jed crossed his arms at his chest and shook his head lightly. “We’ve found a formal elder from our


    Thousand Leaves Pavilion who disappeared for more than a hundred years. Back then, he was strong


    enough to fight for the position of sect master, but he had disappeared without a trace. Who would’ve


    expected him to have fallen here.”


    Jackie nodded and suddenly frowned. He had no idea why Jed would suddenly shift their topic to talking


    about their formal elder.


    Jed noticed Jackie’s cluelessness, scoffing lightly at his expression as helplessness was stered on his


    face. He even had a hint of sympathy in the tone of his voice as he spoke, “I’m just saying, how could


    you have found a way to resolve the array when our formal elder had died from being trapped here?”


    Jackie was only in the initial stage of innate level and was a disciple of the Dual Sovereign Pavilion.


    There was a huge difference between third and fourth grade sects. So what if Jackie had more


    knowledge about thingspared to them? Could he beparable to Elder Gardner from their sect?


    Such a strong person with a bright future had met his demise in this ce.


    Dwight shook his head and stretched out his hand to pinch Jed’s shoulder, indicating him to not speak so


    harshly. After all, they still had to live the rest of their days peacefully. Although they might die here, he


    did not want to make it difficult to alleviate their rtionship.


    Of course, Jed was a straightforward person and felt that Jackie’s actions were hrious and oundish.


    Dwight said, “I know that you’re very confident and you really want to escape from this ce, but I’ll have


    to remind you… Sometimes, our disappointments will be greater as our hopes grow. You shouldn’t


    overthink it until you experience a mental breakdown.” Dwight was honest in persuading andforting


    Jackie.


    Jackie’s excited expression was naturally evident in his gaze, and it genuinely looked like he had found


    the method to resolve the trap array. This was, unfortunately, impossible, and Jackie would soon be


    disappointed. Such an impact was grave for a person, and Jackie might just lose his mind due to this.


    Jed then asked, not thinking twice, “What did you n to do by punching the air? Are you punching


    whichever space that you observed to be weak and thin?” In fact, what Jed exined made sense.


    Jackie merely nodded slightly at his question, not exining himself. After all, it was difficult to stop once


    he started exining such things as this involved his secret. Some secrets were meant to be kept under


    lock and key. If others noticed something, he mightnd himself in a dangerous situation.


    Jed did not hide his smile when he saw Jackie nodding rather confidently.


    Jed had already epted his destiny. He could just sit here and wait for the inevitable death-it was not


    like he could leave anyway. He buried his internal conflict, which was why Jackie’s behavior amused him.


    Chapter 2074 “I’ve never seen such a na?ve person like you for so many years.”


    Jackie was still emotionless. He knew what Jed meant, but he had no ns to exin himself. Jed


    stretched his body before reaching out to grope the air where Jackie threw his punches. There were no


    changes, and it looked the same as his surroundings-a normal area in this space.


    “Stop being so stubborn,” said Jed, albeit sympathetically, “there’s nothing you can do. I may not know


    how strong Elder Gardner was years ago, but I’m sure that he’s thousands of times stronger than you.


    He couldn’t leave this ce, let alone you!”


    Jackie merely raised his brows and kept silent.


    It seemed to Jed that Jackie had no intention of giving up with the way he reacted. He even suspected


    that Jackie had gone crazy. He turned around and shrugged at Dwight. “Nevermind, it doesn’t matter


    what we say. This guy has gone nuts!”


    Jackie turned around and ignored what both men thought of him. He took a deep breath and


    continuously performed grayish-ck runes with his hands. Strands of flowing light traveled through his


    fingers, and five soul swords floated in front of him the next second. With a small frown on his face, he


    pped, and all five soul swords instantlybined into a bright strand of dark-colored light. The


    combined soul sword was several times stronger than their previous separated form. This dark colored


    light rotated crazily mid-air, stirring the surrounding true energy to form a small swirl.


    The two others were slightly shocked by Jackie’s action. What did he n to do? Would this guy only quit


    when he died?


    Jackie roared loudly and unleashed his attacks on the area where the fish-scales pattern appeared. A


    dull yet audible explosion was heard as the Destroying the Void hit the weak array eye harshly.


    Crack!


    Like y fresh out of the kiln, dropped onto the floor.


    Everyone felt their nerves tighten with a click, and everybody looked to where the sound came over.


    They were surprised to discover a crack in the air where Jackie hit with his martial skill, much to their


    surprise.


    Jackie did not respond when he saw what happened. He only mumbled to himself while frowning. “The


    power isn’t enough!” He then concentrated his soul sword again and carried out another attack.


    Crack! Crack!


    The sound akin to vases breaking were heard from the point where Jackie attacked. Three breathster,


    the gap gradually grew bigger and broke into pieces with another crack as though unable to withstand


    the attack.


    All jaws hung wide open at the sight, and Jed blurted, “You’ve actually broken the space!” This was all


    that came to his mind. After all, what he saw was no different from the space broken into pieces.


    Jackie inhaled deeply as he focused his bright eyes on the broken space.


    The gap he broke was about the size of two fists. The insides of the gap seemed to be darkness—and


    oddly sticky at that—where nothing would happen even if a breeze blew past it. Jackie inhaled deeply


    and kept recalling in his mind what the great master did after he broke the space.


    Jed and Dwight’s exims of sheer surprise kept ringing in his ears.


    “How did you do that? You’ve broken the space. Impossible! Anyone who’s capable of breaking the


    space is an absolute master! Even our sect master is incapable of doing this, let alone you!”


    “That’s right! What’s going on?!” Jed was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue, unable to formte


    words. This was such a stunning scene.


    Even Albion, who had been resting aside with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and looked over in


    surprise.


    Chapter 2075


    Jackie rubbed his ear irritably, looking as though he wanted to block off the noise. “Stop speaking-I’ll still


    test this!” He then stretched out his right hand and looked at the array eye that he had just broken.


    Jed and Dwight assumed that Jackie was breaking the surrounding space, but Jackie knew he was not


    capable of that. Something like that happened because this was the weakest point of the entire array. It


    was the array eye of the Ten Absolutes trap array!


    He held his breath and focused his mind. He stretched his hand out to grab the darkness behind the


    shattered space while ignoring the yellsing his way.


    “Have you gone crazy?!”blurted Jed, nearly yelling.” You don’t even know what’s behind that, and you


    just stretch out your hand to grab it! Aren’t you afraid that something terrible would happen?!”


    Fwoosh!


    After Jackie stretched his hand into space, a strong wind blew past them. A secondter, a demon from


    the deepness seemed to have pulled at Jackie’s arm, causing him to lurch forward into space, much to


    everyone’s horror.


    Everyone was stunned when they saw how Jackie was swept into the darkness, unable to react in time.


    When they tried to grab him, they only managed to grab the hems of his clothes.


    It did not matter how strong they were. The ripping of cloth was heard in Jed’s attempt to pull Jackie


    back, but Jackie hadpletely disappeared in the darkness behind the shattered space. After what


    seemed like a gurgling vibration in the dark, the broken space reverted to normalcy rmingly fast to the


    naked eye.


    Nash’s heart dropped when he saw this, but he was petrified where he stood, staring off into the


    darkness worriedly as he did.


    It only took five breaths and the space Jackie shattered had already recovered to how it originally looked.


    Jed was so frightened that his hands were shaking. “What’s going on? Jackie had been pulled inside. Is


    he dead just like that? What’s actually happening?” Jed was stunned and the corners of his mouth


    trembled continuously as if he were on a jitter machine.


    Albion struggled to stand up. His body was weak at this moment, and he swayed as he walked.


    However, he still braved through it and walked to their side. He saw everything that went down and was


    just as surprised.


    Dwight was stunned as he muttered to himself, “The space was scattered, and Jackie was swallowed in!”


    Albion turned around and nced at Nash, feeling that he had to be feeling conflicted at the moment. As


    Jackie’s father, he should be more worried than them. Despite how worried his gaze seemed, however,


    Nash remained calm. This meant that he knew what was going on.


    Whoosh! Whoosh!


    Sounds akin to piles of garbage thrown in rang in Jackie’s ears, and all the garbage collided with each


    other, making bursts of noises. Jackie’s breathing hastened as he felt the darkness around him intensify.


    A secondter, he felt his feet lighten, as if he had been thrown from mid-air andnding with a thud.


    Soon, the darkness around him disappeared as he fell to the ground.


    Jackie had, in fact, been pulled into the darkness. Despite his wariness, he kept hisposure in check,


    having expected these things. He was bold enough to have done what he did and unscrupulously


    reached out into the darkness because this was what the previous great master experienced.


    He slowly raised his head and noticed that the sun had set. He looked up and saw the afterglow of the


    setting sun staining the entire sky a crimson color. Was it already this hour of the day?


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