Chapter 620: Interplanar Traveler (1/2)
GDK 620: Interplanar Traveler
Who are you?
These three simple words had given Han Shuo a good fright. Never did he expect that the Holy Grail in the hand of the Pope could actually talk.
“Who are you?” after recovering from the startle, Han Shuo immediately transmitted a message. It was the very same question that the Holy Grail had asked him.
“You are not the master of the Grail. I can tell. In that case, are you a friend or a foe to the Grail’s master?” the awareness inside the soul kept silent for a short moment before replying with a question instead of divulging its identity.
“A foe!” Han Shuo hesitated for a moment and replied succinctly.
Han Shuo had no reason to lie. No matter who was inside the Holy Grail, no matter how mighty it was, Han Shuo had full certainty of escaping unscathed. Since that awareness was inside the Holy Grail, it was most likely being imprisoned in there using special methods. Hence, Han Shuo was frank in his response.
“Very good!” shouted that awareness inside the Holy Grail bluntly. Then, as Han Shuo carefully listened, he hurriedly informed, “Just as you have expected, I’m imprisoned inside this Holy Grail. Although it wasn’t the current master of the Grail that put me in here, he could activate some of my ability using the unique seal of this Grail. The spacetime fissures currently deployed around him were released using my energy. Right, since you are not the master of the Holy Grail, then I must let you know that the master of the Grail is still borrowing my energy. In approximately two minutes, time in this region will be suspended. If you remain, you will not be able to budge and the master of the Grail can capture or kill you as he wishes. There will be no possibility of escaping.”
Han Shuo was shocked. He knew that gods who cultivated in the edict of space indeed had the miraculous ability to suspend time momentarily. The mightier their divine energy, the vaster the range and the longer the duration.
During a duel, especially in a battle between gods, in many cases, one second of negligence could mean the conclusion of the battle. A god with this ability could easily escape from attacks inches away by freezing time and then maiming or slaughtering their enemy before their enemy even knew what happened. This was indeed terrifying.
Han Shuo’s heart sank when he heard those words from the person inside the Holy Grail. From his hurried manner of speaking, Han Shuo could tell that the person definitely wasn’t joking. He immediately asked, “How far does the effect reach?”
“A fifty kilometer radius.”
Han Shuo let out a sigh of relief. “If you have a way of undoing it then hurry and tell me. Otherwise I will leave this place momentarily.”
“I don’t know how your soul could pass through the space barrier, but since your soul could come in here, you should be able to see the spacetime fissures all around. You’ll need to strike the hardest you can at one specific point of vulnerability on the fissure; the spacetime barrier will break and you can walk to the master of the Grail without any obstruction. I’ll walk you through it. Given that the master has utilized the Grail to deal with you, he is surely not your opponent without the power of the Grail. This means that if you could enter here, he will be a sitting duck.”
Han Shuo kept silent for a while and suddenly transmitted, “Why should I trust you?”
“It doesn’t matter if you trust me or not. If you are not here when the time is frozen, the master of the Grail will use my energy to conduct a short distance hyperspace-jump and make an easy retreat.”
Another short while had passed unwittingly as the two conversed. Han Shuo quickly weighed his options. He knew that he had to come to a decision immediately to escape or to attempt to break the space barrier. Otherwise, when the time ran out, he would be frozen there and easily be finished off by the Light Pope.
Han Shuo hesitated for a very short while before making up his mind. “Fine, point me to the location of that spacetime fissure!”
“That fissure you need to find has rare, trademark jade-green stripes. They revolve around in a circle. Strike a blow at the center of the circle and the space barrier will be wide open for you!” The voice was urgent.
Having made up his mind, Han Shuo did not hesitate one bit. Immediately, he let out another strand of his consciousness and started to move about the spacetime fissures as instructed.
The consciousness was incorporeal but very real. Following the instructions of the voice inside the Holy Grail, Han Shuo did not waste a single second before he found that spacetime fissure.
Right ahead of Han Shuo’s consciousness was a dark hole emanating beautiful, bright, multi-colored light. The gentle and soft rays looked no different from the revolving, vast ocean of stars. It was enigmatic.
On an inconspicuous spot of the crack, streamer-like jade-green stripes revolved in a circular arc.
Han Shuo’s consciousness paused there for a short moment. After verifying that it was indeed what he was looking for, with his main body standing still and tall, the consciousness in his mind suddenly unfolded. It turned into a point of energy that shot straight at the center of the circle orbited by those jade-green stripes.
Rrrip! A very faint and strange noise from that spot shattered the silence. The destruction of the fulcrum spread through the entire space barrier. A fierce undulation of ripples traveled across the barrier formed using the edict of space that was covering the Light Pope and divine magus.