Chapter 325 - Chapter 324: Chapter 308: The Ancient Secrets (1/2)
Chapter 324: Chapter 308: The Ancient Secrets
“As long as you save him, you agree to all my demands?”
Lilian didn’t believe a word the other party said. How could there be such a good deal? Besides, the very idea of “being able to fulfill all demands” sounded unreliable.
Could this elusive character really help the great Lord of the Lost make a full recovery?
Impossible!
Clearly, that was not something that could be done.
However, in order to gather more information and get out of the current predicament, Lilian continued to ask:
“How do you want me to save you?”
The elderly voice continued to respond.
“Quite simple, all you need to do is perform a ritual… Come, cut your own flesh, let the blood linger on your body, and then recite a spell with me.”
It was a deep, hoarse, and ancient voice, sounding like a whisper from the depths of hell.
It was full of temptation and malice, chilling to the bone, each syllable carrying an irresistible lure, echoing like a call for the fallen lurking in the darkness.
However, Lilian, experienced in the art of manipulation, couldn’t help but chuckle coldly after hearing this and said calmly, “I won’t do something so absurd, especially a ritual that might invite uncertain consequences.”
“Your promises are too much like a scam. How could I possibly take them at face value?”
The old man seemed to be angered, and a snort came through the voice.
“Hmpf, then stay in this bottomless pit forever, never to escape!”
Soon the voice disappeared, leaving Lilian feeling as if she was the only one remaining.
She took a deep breath, trying to step around, but still felt a strong sensation of weightlessness and couldn’t see any other members of the Fischer family.
What exactly was going on?
Lilian always felt something was very off. It didn’t seem like she had actually fallen into a bottomless pit; instead, it felt like she was trapped in a peculiar and wondrous state.
“What in the world is happening?”
The darkness gradually filled Lilian with a sense of confusion and loneliness, as if she were in a bottomless and distant abyss, creating a profound sense of oppression.
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Byrne suddenly realized that everyone around him had disappeared.
It seemed like he was still falling continuously.
All around him was boundless darkness, as if he was in the quiet ceaseless void of space, where all light seemed to have been swallowed by this darkness, time appeared blurred, and there was no sense of direction.
He remained calm, not succumbing to fear, and cautiously used his “Mirror Deflection” from his extraordinary powers to protect himself, then used “Full Concealment” to become invisible, and finally summoned a Body Double to cushion beneath his feet.
With “Body Double Byrne” and the “Deflecting Mirror” underfoot to absorb the impact, Byrne felt that even if he were truly to crash hard to the ground, he wouldn’t be the first to endure the damage.
As long as he wasn’t the first to sustain fall damage, he could use his ability to teleport to solve the problem of impact.
Byrne’s Body Double stood emotionlessly as a “stepping stone.”
However, a long time passed again, and Byrne in the darkness still had no perception of hitting the bottom.
“Am I going to end up on the other side of the world?”
Faced with the strange situation, he quickly began to contemplate how to break the deadlock, deep down not believing that this was truly the so-called bottomless pit.
“Something’s not right, could it be…”
Byrne frowned slightly, trying to use his Deconstructive Perspective to analyze the composition of everything around him.
Suddenly, he pinpointed the source of the anomaly, realizing that his senses had been led astray; the so-called sensation of weightlessness was merely an illusion, in fact caused by being surrounded by various “Mysterious substances.”
Under the Deconstructive Perspective, the true nature of these “Mysterious substances” gradually came into focus.
“So that’s it.”
Byrne, who had read many books, immediately looked up and through his “Profound Memory,” recalled details about it.
Turned out the surrounding darkness was actually a substance mentioned in the books as “Black Condensed Cloud.” They appeared no different from ordinary dark clouds and would often gather in the dark depths underground, inducing hallucinatory effects upon anyone who approached.
They had actually arrived at the bottom of the island, but because they fell into the “Black Condensed Cloud,” they got the sensation of perpetually falling.
“The books record that this material fears fire.”
Byrne took a deep breath and then extended his hand to release a flame.
Letting the surrounding darkness dissipate.
The light from the flame passed through its flickering body, gradually illuminating everything around, under the fascinating glow, the darkness was no longer a lengthy curtain, but retreated like frightened Specters, and the incessant light and heat from the fire acted as if it were life force battling the darkness finally causing the darkness to collapse without an attack.
The sensation of weightlessness vanished in an instant, and he quickly saw the dark clouds around him, retreating as if alive.
And when the dark clouds were completely gone, the faces of the few people trapped inside were revealed.