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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 a large difference between both, and they would be able to identify the array eye if they were able to observe carefully.
Nash could not help but lament when he thought of this. “We have the great master for being captured in the Ten Absolutes trap array to thank.”
Jackie also nodded, similarly lamenting as well.” Nonetheless, 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 plan 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 hilarious 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 place 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
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loudly to him, “What are you doing? Are you planning 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, come 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 -quality compared 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 place? Did Elder Gardner study fewer books and had lesser knowledge compared 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 placing 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.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtDwight 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 hilarious. “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 exclaim, “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 a large 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 surprise laced 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 declared 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!
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“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 flashed past his eyes. He subconsciously scoffed as his initial bewilderment vanished. He turned his head and glanced 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 bones laid 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 plastered 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 things compared to them? Could he be comparable to Elder Gardner from their sect? Such a strong person with a bright future had met his demise in this place.
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 relationship.
Of course, Jed was a straightforward person and felt that Jackie’s actions were hilarious and outlandish.
Dwight said, “I know that you’re very confident and you really want to escape from this place, 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 and comforting 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 plan to do by punching the air? Are you punching whichever space that you observed to be weak and thin?” In fact, what Jed explained made sense.
Jackie merely nodded slightly at his question, not explaining himself. After all, it was difficult to stop once he started explaining such things as this involved his secret. Some secrets were meant to be kept under lock and key. If others noticed something, he might land himself in a dangerous situation.
Jed did not hide his smile when he saw Jackie nodding rather confidently.
Jed had already accepted 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 naïve person like you for so many years.”
Jackie was still emotionless. He knew what Jed meant, but he had no plans to explain 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 place, 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-black 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 clapped, and all five soul swords instantly combined 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 plan 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 clay 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 breaths later, 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.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe 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 exclaims 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 formulate 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 yells coming 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 second later, 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 had completely disappeared in the darkness behind the shattered space. After what seemed like a gurgling vibration in the dark, the broken space reverted to normalcy alarmingly 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 glanced 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 second later, he felt his feet lighten, as if he had been thrown from mid-air and landing 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 his composure 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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