chapter 2076-2080
Chapter 2076
Despite having been in the dark for some time, it was, in fact, no longer than what was needed to finish a
cup of tea. Before Jackie was consumed by the darkness, the sun had hung high in the center of the sky,
and the valley was bright as day. He estimated that it should be noon.
However, it was already sunset when he got into this dimension.
It seemed like a few hours had passed in the blink of an eye. Jackie rubbed his sore shoulders and
struggled to get up from the ground, only then able to study his surroundings. There were majestic
mountains behind him and a t stonynd before him. Mountain rangesid before his sight.
He should be at the mountain’s heel. There was even a gurgling stream in front of him, flowing from west
to east.
“Where is this ce?”
Jackie stood on his toes as he gazed at the mountain behind him, but all he could see at that moment
was ayer of mist that covered the peak of the mountain.
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“Is this the Cliff of Sorrow?”
Jackie was unsure of this himself. He knew he had fallen into the Ten Absolute Trap Array after jumping
off the Cliff of Sorrow. Eventually, he managed to escape from the array eye of this very trap array.
He had no idea where he was at this moment, however.
Jackie curiously walked a few steps back before a loud thud was heard, and Jackie was knocked a few
steps back. The space in front of him was transparent, but there seemed to be a force field in ce. He
knew right away that although the transparent space behind him looked like nothing, it was within the
scope of the Ten Great Array. Nheless, the space was concealed by an illusion and looked like there
was nothing in that space. None would be able to cross through this barrier nor rescue the people
beyond it.
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Regardless, Jackie had left the trap array, and his surroundings were very safe. There was a tinge of
regret in him that he had left his father behind. Still, he did not regret that entirely, knowing that this was a
dangerous ce.
Nheless, Jackie would be a cold blooded person if he truly ignored the remaining three-Jed, Dwight,
and Albion-who were still in the trap array,
Jackie had no idea if he could leave this dimension.
He took a few steps forward before hearing something crunching beneath his feet; it sounded like he had
stepped on fallen branches or leaves. Jackie subconsciously lowered his head and realized he had
stepped on another skeleton.
Jackie frowned at the sight and stepped back before squatting to have a better look at the bones. The
skeleton was dressed in green clothes, and based on the looks of it, this person had died many years
ago.
Moreover, this area was right outside the Ten Absolute Trap Array, indirectly proving that this ce was
an airtight area. Strangely, the green clothes on this skeleton seemed different from the clothes worn by
the others deceased in the Ten Absolute Trap Array. The green clothes should have withered in time,
seeing as it was exposed for a long period, but the clothes on this specific skeleton showed otherwise.
The clothes looked bright as though they were only worn yesterday.
Stretching out a hand and touching the hem of the clothes, Jackie rubbed on the fabric and noticed that
the clothes were made of good quality. Moreover, the outer shirt was not made of ordinary materials at
all, seeing as numerous rune spells Jackie could not understand were engraved into the shirt. It might
just be a great magic of sorts that shielded the clothes from being ruined by fire and water, however. The
clothes might even help resist certain attacks.
The reason Jackie squatted to study the bones carefully was not for the clothes the deceased had, but
for their bones instead. The bones seemed to be different from what he had seen in the past covered
magic seals engraved with red charms. On top of that, Jackie determined that these were not purposely
engraved on the deceased after they had passed. Instead, they just automatically appeared on the
bones!
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Ordinary people could not have achieved this, no doubt. Something simr had been described in the
memories the great master left for Jackie. Some experts who practiced special methods would
automatically have rune seals engraved on their bones, ones that could enhance the attack power of a
person’s martial skills and even enhance their understanding toward martial arts.
Chapter 2077
This meant that the deceased must have been a powerful expert before his death. He was at least at the
level of a great master from a first-grade world powerhouse, much to Jackie’s bewilderment.
There was a serious division based on grading between the worlds. Such great masters could not have
appeared in a third-grade world as such power would only be born in first-grade worlds. Together with
the Ten Absolute Trap Array behind him, Jackie could not help but wonder what had happened at this
ce in the past.
“What is this?” Crystals glowing a purplish-red fluorescence color were scattered next to the skeleton.
Jackie White looked intently and noticed that the corpse’s right hand was tightly clenched as if holding
something tightly. Next to the body’s right hand, two purplish-red fluorescent crystals were scattered on
the ground.
Jackie White picked up the smallest crystal and ced it in his palm to observe it up-close. His brows
raised as he subconsciously blurted, unaware that his voice was raised, “Is this the Shattered Soul
Crystal?!”
Perhaps he was too surprised that he nearly yelled. The Shattered Soul Crystals were one of the best
crystal stones as they contained a huge amount of potent soul power. This was one of the rarest and
most exotic treasures even in the Divine Void World.
This item was formed under harsh conditions and was considered invaluable even in first-grade worlds!
They should not have appeared in third grade worlds. There were two Shattered Soul Crystal where one
of them was the size of a palm while the other was only the size of a nail.
Others might sell these Shattered Soul Crystals if they were ced in front of others forrge amounts of
spirited crystals. After all, the Shattered Soul Crystals contained extremely strong soul power, but martial
artists that did not practice martial art technique and martial skills of the soul attribute did not have such a
huge demand for this crystal.
To Jackie, however, he felt like a traveler who, on the verge of dying, discovered an oasis when chancing
upon these Shattered Soul Crystals. Jackie could not help trembling as he held the Shattered Soul
Crystals in his hand, and his eyes gleamed with desire.
All of a sudden, crackling sounds were heard behind him.
Jackie immediatelyposed himself. He knew that the people on the inside had finally acted. He took a
nce and dared not dally, cing the corpse and both pieces of Shattered Soul Crystals into the
Mustard Seed.
Swoosh!
Within two breaths, the space in front of him shattered as four figures broke free from the space,nding
heavily onto the ground.
Jackie White frowned and immediately came to Nash’s side. He reached out his hand and helped Nash
up from the ground while dusting his clothes. Nash nodded and assured him, saying, “I’m fine, don’t
worry.”
The reason why Jackie left Nash in the Ten Absolute Trap Array was for Nash to break those inside out
into the open. After all, Jackie managed to break through the space not because he was far stronger
than the others. Instead, it was because Jackie found the right ce to break through.
With Jackie’s instruction, Nash knew what to do and where to attack. Jackie was first to leave to scout for
possible dangers outside the valley.
Jed fell in an embarrassing manner, his face ramming into a stone and left a cut on his forehead. He
coughed as he patted the dust on his body.
Dwight stretched out his hand to help Jed up when h e saw the state Jed was in.
Chapter 2078 Albion was in a better situationpared to the others, havingnded steadily on the
ground. Although he was still seriously injured and had not healed, he was 30 to 40 percent better than
before.
Dwight’s eyes were fixated on Jackie as if he had discovered a whole new world.
“How did you find the trap array eye? Your father said that you were able to get out because you found
the trap array eye!” Dwight could not suppress his surprise when he spoke. To him, Jackie seemed more
capable than ever.
Jed patted the dust off his clothes and eximed,” You truly have found a way to break the trap array.
Prior to that, I thought that you had lost your mind when you said that you could find it!”
Jed was flustered as he recalled how he thought Jackie had lost his mind. He was obviously the one who
had no idea what was going on.
Jackie ignored what Jed said and turned to look at Dwight instead.
“Didn’t I tell you that I’ve seen and studied ancient scrolls that contain information about the Ten Absolute
Trap Array? They happened to describe the method on how to break through the Ten Absolute Trap
Array. All we had to do was just find the trap array eye…”
A calctive gleam shed through Dwight’s eyes, and he wanted to continue asking questions.
However, Jackie turned his head away and walked a few steps forward before looking into the distance.
Jed reacted and immediately followed up with a question, “Shouldn’t we leave this ce as soon as
possible?”
In fact, he could not think of anything. Although they got out of the cocoon, it was still a question of
whether they could travel far or otherwise. Jackie did not turn back and frowned as he thought about it
for a while.
“Let’s meditate, adjust our breathing, and recharge our energy. We need to make sure that we recover to
our best condition. I think that we might run into those men if we go out now.” Jackie was naturally
referring to the Corpse Pavilion’s disciples. They have seen how Jackie and hispany jumped off the
cliff and would naturally think they have died. From how empty their surroundings were, they could guess
that nobody woulde here under normal circumstances. It was safe to stay in this ce for some
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Jackie raised his head to look at the setting sun and the darkness creeping up the treetops. He reached
out and pointed at the remaining red color over the horizon. “Look!”
The others looked in the direction Jackie pointed and watched as the sun began to set. “What? What’s
wrong?” asked Jed, puzzled.
Jackie sighed with a trace of hesitation and puzzlement. “Time flies so quickly. It’s two different worlds
out here and in there.”
This was a reminder to everybody. They were in the Ten Absolute Trap Array just moments ago and saw
how the sun hung high that noon. However, it was already sunset, a time to take out theirmps, when
they got out of the valley.
Dwight stood beside Jackie, and his eyes brightened from the red sunset in the sky. “You mean that
we’re wrapped in illusions? That whatever we see right now in the visual illusions are all made up?”
Jackie merely looked up ahead. “No. I just feel that the flow of time inside is different from that outside.
Look at the bones on the ground. You said that your Elder Gardner had already disappeared for more
than a hundred years. Unless he went crazy and killed himself, he would’ve been able to stay inside for a
few hundred years with his storage space and high fighting prowess.”
Dwight’s eyes lit up, visibly inspired by what Jackie said. He suddenly turned around and his breath
quickened in excitement. “You mean to say that the time inside is flowing several times faster than that
on the outside?”
Jackie nodded before he shook his head. “We can’t seem to differentiate anything just by looking at the
sun in the sky. However, we know how long we’ve stayed inside. It had only been an hour since we
jumped down from the cliff, and it should be around noon time right now. The time inside seems to be
right, but the time out here seems to be different.”
Chapter 2079 Dwight gradually realized what was happening after he heard the exnation. Jed, on the
other hand, obviously did not understand it. “What does this mean? Does this mean that time flows
slower or faster on the inside? If the flow of time is slower, Elder Gardner should still be alive unless he
had been driven mad and had chosen to end himself. However, his body had already decayed, and only
his bones remained. This indicates that he had died a long time ago, not recently. Doesn’t this prove that
the time flowing inside is much faster than outside? The setting sun on the outside proves that the flow of
time inside is faster!”
The more Jed spoke, the more confused he became.
Jackie nced at Jed and said, “Don’t worry about this problem. Let’s meditate and adjust your
breathing. It’s easy to get out of this ce, but it’ll be difficult to get out of Mount Beasts. We have no
idea what happened to the outside world as we speak.”
With that, Jackie ignored the three men and went straight to a patch of fairly t ground. He then sat
down, cross-legged, and began to meditate.
Nash sat right next to Jackie and muttered, “This isn’t like you… How many days do you n to meditate
here?
Jackie had mentioned that they had to adjust themselves to be in the best condition. If one did not
understand Jackie, what he said would be considered a reasonable move. However, based on Nash’s
understanding toward Jackie, Jackie was already in his best condition. ording to his usual
temperament, Jackie was not one to dilly nor dally. At the very least, he should be exploring the outside
world.
The corners of Jackie’s mouth curled upward as he smiled helplessly. “My father knows me best.”
Suddenly, he lowered his voice and spoke, barely audible, “Please cover for me and notify me if
something’s wrong. I’d like to…absorb something.”
The Shattered Soul Crystal contained arge amount of pure soul power and was a great treasure for a
person who practiced the soul attribute. It was not rational to break through and absorb the crystals
under such circumstances, but Jackie had run out of choices and was willing to take the risks.
Who knew what they would face after they left this ce? At this moment, improving his strength was the
most advantageous move!
Jackie gave Nash a summary of information on the Shattered Soul Crystal, to which Nash spoke his
concerns, saying, “This is a bad idea. Based on what you said, you can’t simply absorb a treasure like
the Shattered Soul Crystal. Aren’t you afraid that the power will make you burst?”
There were tens of thousands of precious treasures across thend, but this did not mean that everyone
could break through their realm and be the most powerful master after obtaining such items. Every
martial artist had a limit in their tolerance for such breakthroughs.
Exceeding this tolerance limit might burst individuals physically. The Shattered Soul Crystals were
considered treasures even in the Divine Void World. Jackie was only in the initial stage of innate level,
and absorbing such a treasure might not be a good thing. The more he thought about it, the more Nash
grew worried about what Jackie was going to do. He was so worried that he grabbed Jackie’s arm.
“Since the precious item is with you and the others have no idea about it, let’s wait until we go back
before you absorb their power after studying them. We need to at least study through the ancient scripts
to see if there’s a way to reduce the danger while absorbing the power.”
Jackie lightly sighed. “I know what you’re worried about. Please know that I won’t put myself in a
dangerous position. I know that it’s impossible to eat a whole cow in a bite. Isn’t there a small piece of
Shattered Soul Crystal? It’s only the size of a fingernail, and it’s much easier to absorb that one.”
Nash exhaled deeply as he knew he could not persuade Jackie. This was indeed a helpless move as
their future was unknown.
Chapter 2080
The shattered Soul Crystal was an extremely special precious crystal One of its characteristics was that
it could not be absorbed slowly. With just a crack, all the energy would gush out of the crystal and would
be wasted if it was not immediately absorbed into one’s body. A person might onlye into possession
with one or two of the Shattered Soul Crystals in their entire life. Wasting such a precious enemy was
worse than wasting heavenly objects.
Jackie had gotten rid of his other thoughts at this point. He took the Shattered Soul Crystal out of the
Mustard seed and ced it on his palm. Thest glow from the sun shone over this purplish-red crystal,
exuding an incredibly beautiful gleam. Although the crystals were unable to release brilliant colors, the
crystal was soul-absorbingly beautiful.
Jackie exhaled a long sigh of relief and was fully prepared. If other martial artists in the initial stage of the
innate level absorbed this Shattered Soul Crystal, they would definitely explode and die without a doubt.
After all, the martial art techniques and martial skills they practiced were too low in level, causing them to
be unable to withstand such a powerful energy impact.
However, Jackie was different as he practiced the most powerful martial art technique from the Divine
Void World. Although the martial skill was iparable to the martial art technique, they were still in the
Heaven level.
Martial skills were different from martial art techniques as there were limits to a person’s fighting prowess
when practicing martial skills. However, the martial art techniques were different as there were no
limitations to a martial artist’s realm. Together with the fact that Jackie had the support from the great
master’s memory and experience, he obtained twice the result with half the effort.
He tightened his right fist and the Shattered Soul Crystal, which was the size of his fingernail, suddenly
broke with a loud crack. It sounded like arge hailstone plummeted to the ground. Following the sound
was a burst of purplish-golden energy that boiled in Jackie’s palm.
This energy was vast, mysterious, and powerful. Jackie trembled slightly as he clenched his teeth and
guided the energy into his body. He started activating the Destroying the Void at the same time.
“What’s wrong with him? It looks like someone’s beaten him badly, and his forehead is covered in sweat.
Why does he look so tormented while he’s meditating to recover?” Jed looked at Jackie with a puzzled
expression on his face.
At this time, not only did Jackie tremble and shake, but his skin was flushed as if boiling water had been
poured over him. The blood circted rapidly under his skin, driving his heart to beat speedily and
thumping like a piling machine.
Everybody was stunned. They could hear his heartbeat, even though they were a few meters away from
Jackie. Dwight frowned and looked at Nash. He asked with trembling lips, “Is brother Jackie alright?
What’s wrong with him? Has he gone into a bad situation while training?”
It was normal for these two to speak up about their worries. After all, Jackie looked like he had gone
terribly crazy. He could not control the energy fluctuations in his body, causing his blood to boil in his
body. His heart raced crazily fast, too.
Nash was clearly worried too, but he still had to deal with the rest of them. He slightly cleared his throat
and said, “He’s training and wants to improve his strength before we leave this ce.”
Jed raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Dwight, who was standing beside him, after they heard
what Nash said. When he saw that Dwight also did not believe in the excuse by Nash, he smiled
helplessly.” How much of his fighting prowess can he improve within a few days? He shouldn’t forcefully
do it if he can’t handle it.”
There were obviously some hidden meanings behind what he said, but Nash just pretended he did not
understand any of them and turned to look away. Jed wanted to continue the conversation, but Dwight
reached out and stopped him.
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