293 Chapter 293 (1/2)

To create the new passageway to the underground cultivation center required the strength of three peerless masters at the mid-grade of the gold realm. They had to construct a new passageway to his domain first which consumed close to half an hour or so. After this, Derik was forced to find create a link to his domain which was severed the very moment they left the continent.

Creating this link was like finding a needle in a haystack. It consumed a lot of mana and concentration, leaving Derik drained and mentally weak. If it wasn't for Cyrus and Kaido's support he would have collapsed under pressure. Thanks to the constant supply of mana from the two masters, he had enough power to create the passageway and directly gaining access to his domain.

Due to the monstrous amount of energy consumed, Derik, Cyrus, and Kaido could not crossover but this did not stop Derik from noticing that the death aura in his domain had increased threefold and its size as well. It was flourishing and expanding as it consumed more souls of the dead, using it to refine itself. At first, Derik was ecstatic about the development but when he realized the domain consumed both the souls of the foes and friends he slightly felt guilty. He, later on, realized the souls weren't completely destroyed, just bound to his domain like the underworld. That explains why the necromancers could still summon them during the war and after the summoning contract is canceled, the souls return to his domain, just like demons of the underworld.

They soon realize they couldn't help without crossing over to the other side because this was a one-way journey. Should they choose to crossover, the passageway will close behind them and Derik had no way of creating a passageway leading to their current location. They were sincerely considering abandoning this journey and returning to the empire to deal with their problems, luckily Kalos detected their life force and instantly warped into the domain to meet them. After explaining their predicament, they could only gather their prepare their attacks and launch it through the passageway and have Kalos warp it to their respective enemies, making it look like they were actually present. The poured their aura out and covered the battlefield to grant their subordinates the mental support they need to win the battle.

That was the least they could do for these people.

After Kalos explained why he and Aldora could not leave the sect and Derik realized they lost so many members due to his mistake, he was enraged and ashamed at the same time.

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Present Day.......

Roar!

Boom!

Francis roared in defiance as he reached for the massive aura construct with his bare hands, stopping the weapons descent with his brute strength. His eyes let out a green flash as numerous vines shot out of the ground and quickly sped towards the aura construct, binding the weapon.

”Too arrogant old man!” Fernandos' voice was void of any form of emotion as he swiped his weapon and the aura weapon moved as well, shattering its restraints in a sing move.

”You are a relic of the past, Francis… You should just disappear!” Fernanods' voice was filled with enough venom to kill ten men.

”Holy prayer: Seven steps to salvation!”

With a loud roar, Fernandos' weapon and the aura weapon was shrouded in a thick layer of golden aura.

”First step!” Fernandos' figure blurred, reappearing meters behind Francis.