With the help of a hundred cultivators, Jared successfully opened a void passage leading to level eight. After a final look at the crowd, he resolutely stepped into the void passage.
Boom! Following a deafening sound, the void passage closed. Jared felt his vision grow increasingly blurry, everything around him rushing past at high speed. His body seemed to be traversing countless spatial worlds.
Suddenly, Jared felt something strange happen to his body. The sword intent within him began to condense, and a scorching sensation spread from inside.
Immediately afterward, he saw his body begin to burn. Seeing this, Jared was horrified. I hadn’t used the internal flame, so why is my body combusting spontaneously?
The searing, heart-piercing pain instantly caused sweat to pour down his forehead. Soon, Jared’s head became dizzy, and his speed of movement increased. All he could see was a sea of fire, everything else was obscured.
Jared gritted his teeth, fighting off dizziness and trying to remain lucid. At the same time, he activated the Golem Body, trying to protect his physical body.
He had traveled across void passages more than once, but never had it been this perilous, not even when encountering chaotic void currents.
Under the intensity of the flames, Jared’s Golem Body shockingly collapsed instantly, and he fell unconscious.
At that moment, Jared was like a fireball, speeding through the infinite darkness.
***
In the Third Hall at level eight, Enaricus smiled faintly, his eyes filled with cruelty and coldness.
“With this, Jared will never appear here,” he said coldly.
“Enaricus, you used a forbidden technique of the celestials secretly. If the Celestial King finds out, he may not be pleased,” Cormac said with some concern.
“He won’t. The Celestial King is currently in solitary training, and Jaehaerys and Brennan are in level nine. No one will find out. As for Onneas, I will take care of her sooner or later,” Enaricus said through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing with lust.
“But what if Onneas finds out and tries to rescue Jared?” Cormac asked.
“Even if Onneas makes a move, it’s impossible to rescue Jared from that void passage. As long as he doesn’t die, he will be eternally trapped in that passage,” Enaricus replied and smiled triumphantly.
***
Meanwhile, in the Celestial King Palace, Onneas was meditating.
Since returning from level six, Onneas had been recovering her strength slowly. The battle with the Soul Devourer had caused her considerable injury.
“Ms. Dusko, Enaricus used a forbidden technique of the celestials to trap Jared in a void passage. Jared is likely in danger now,” Isabel said to Onneas with alarm.
Onneas frowned and immediately rose to her feet. “How can Enaricus be so daring as to use a forbidden technique? Doesn’t he fear punishment from the Celestial King or the celestials’ Enforcement Envoy?”
Her breathing became ragged, and her expression grew exceedingly anxious. After all, forbidden techniques of the celestials were not to be used casually. Even the Celestial King dared not do so.
If the clan leader of the celestials found out and dispatched the Enforcement Envoy, the entire Celestial Palace would be implicated.
The Celestial Palace was merely one faction within the celestials, so they dared not defy the celestials’ prohibition. The celestials were a massive clan, and Onneas vaguely remembered that many of its powerhouses were beings who had long ascended to be great golden immortals.
“This is unacceptable! I must go to Enaricus and demand an explanation. His actions will implicate the entire Celestial Palace,” Onneas declared. She could not sit still any longer, rising to her feet to seek out Enaricus and confront him.
Forbidden techniques of the celestials were explicitly banned, no cultivator of the celestials was allowed to use them casually. Yet, Enaricus had used one just to trap Jared in a void passage.
