269 Life Shard II (1/2)

”Young Master, what is it?”

He looked at the raging sea of fire as he let out a bitter laugh.

”I think I found a way”

Since he had already reached this place, he could not possibly retreat. Although Sterling and the rest were trapped, he had to trust the mysterious man inside his head if he wanted to bring Don back from death.

Thinking about Don, he no longer hesitated. A powerful Battle Energy gushed forth and wrapped around their bodies again. At the same time, Lia tightly clutched her sword preparing to deal with any sudden situation that might occur at any time.

Thoroughly prepared, they slowly stepped forward, as Lia saw that he was on the verge of stepping into the sea of flames, she hesitated and quickly pulled his sleeves

”Young Master, it's lava!”

”Trust me”

He simply said and stepped on the sea of fire while Lia closed her eyes for a moment to muster her courage. And then, she deeply exhaled and stepped on the lava following him, however, the burning pain he anticipated did not come. Only then did her tensed heart finally relax, as she wiped off a layer of sweat from the forehead.

”Stay close”

Lia nodded her head while she continued to walk forward into the deeper parts of the flaming sea. The surrounding flames no longer caused her to feel the heat. Knight tried to grab at the flames yet he felt like he's grabbing nothing but air. He did not feel anything at all.

He quickened his pace and reached the deeper parts. And then he was gradually able to see Sterling and the rest, who were giving their all to resist the waves of flame which shot out from the sea of fire. For a time, they seemed to be rather alarmed. These unlucky fellows had taken the wrong path and ended up in the formation's attack range.

In the sea of fire, Knight and Lia were able to see them, however, it looked like they were unable to see the former.

”hmm...”

As his gaze swept across the sea of fire around him, he frowned and had a bad feeling. This was because he had noticed that the girl who stood atop the red lotus was unexpectedly not there stuck with the rest.

”Did she pass through this formation?” Dark lines appeared on his forehead. He was only able to effortlessly unravel this formation because of the voice inside his head, yet, if that girl had overcome it with her own strength, she might become a threat, he thought.

After all, the prodigies Sterling and the rest were all stuck here.

While he was thinking about the girl, a large illusionary door that seemed like it was made of copper suddenly appeared in the sea of fire before them.

”pop”

”No matter who it is, the life shard is mine!”

He said in his mind and strolled through the door without any hesitation as the sea of flame completely dispersed. A peaceful stone hall appeared before his eyes.

Lia was momentarily shocked by the sudden change in scenery.

There were not overly extravagant decorations in this stone hall, and instead, it looked rather simple and empty. Knight's gaze swept across the stone hall before his eyes fixed at its center. A stone coffin without a lid stood there and atop the stone coffin, was a ball of light that emitted a vigorous life force.

He slightly narrowed his eyes, as he concentrated on that ball of light. Faintly, he could see a dark green shard that seemed to be made of bright energy, which was gently vibrating. As the shard vibrated, the Life Energy in the hall also seemed to tremble.

”Life Shard!”

Knight said in an astonished tone while Lia tried to guess what this is.

”Young Master, what is this thing?”

Her gaze focused on that ball of light as she slowly stepped forward.

”This is not a place you can come to, please leave”