Chapter 769: Realm of the Dead IV
Regius gritted his teeth as he crawled out of the crater, dragging Sinon along.
"Ugh, this pain is going to end me, and I can't even demand compensation!"
Mia, Lara, and Yue couldn't even laugh at his sudden joke. They were too focused on the painful sensation in their bodies as their life forces faded away in front of him.
They didn't scream and endure the pain, knowing it would distress Kyle further as the one who had drawn the array.
Ceano and Damien, having balanced themselves in mid-air after suddenly being thrown away by the powerful force, halted in their tracks at the sound of screams.
Damien's eyes narrowed as he drew in a sharp breath, utterly shocked by the power those mere symbols possessed. He looked around and sensed what was happening.
"He is extracting their life force? That can't stop the seals from breaking. Then what..."
His azure eyes suddenly widened as a realization settled in his mind, and he let out a loud, mocking laugh.
"Wait, is he creating an array to save the people on the Forsaken Land? Haha, I can't believe it! But just how many people can he save? A hundred? Two hundred?"
Hearing his words, Enthrall immediately spoke in his and Ceano's heads from the same place where they had left him.
'Ahem... One should not celebrate before claiming victory. Focus on stopping him instead of laughing foolishly.'
Damien's head throbbed with frustration. How he desperately wanted to go and pull his tongue out of his mouth!
But he controlled himself with a deep breath. It wasn't the first time he had felt like killing Enthrall, that annoying piece of work who always got on his nerves.
Unlike him, Ceano's two bodies vanished toward Kyle after hearing Enthrall's words. It was true that the fourth shadow general was annoying, but he wasn't wrong. Instead of wasting time, it was better to destroy the symbols to ensure Kyle wouldn't succeed in whatever he was trying, even by accident!
As he got near Kyle, he was stopped by a barrier. Ceano tried to break through it but was pushed back as the glowing symbols in front of Kyle twisted and coiled around Kyle's body like a sinister red serpent.
Instantly, the symbols stretched out and morphed into a colossal array with Kyle at the center, serving as the main catalyst.
The array pulsed ominously as it greedily absorbed the life force of all those who had offered their blood, shifting from a vibrant red to an abyssal darkness.
Yet, amidst it all, the most enticing life force came from the human floating in its center, radiating cold energy.
Kyle heard the people around him screaming... and knew his friends were among them. He didn't care about others. He never did. But the thought of having put the ones he cared for through this pain as well made his chest tighten.
He never wished for any of them to suffer, nor did he appreciate the idea that they had to serve as the power source for the array. But he needed a large amount of life force to activate the array that would forcibly tear the sky and create a massive spatial rift above the entire Forsaken Land.
That rift will forcibly draw in every single living person in the Forsaken Land, whether they are willing or not, and teleport them all far away from the danger. And his life force alone was not enough for the array.
Kyle had an idea of the pain his friends were enduring, perhaps all too well. After all, he was experiencing far more than what they were going through since he had made himself the main catalyst of the array.
The realization that, unlike him, they didn't know what he was going through offered him a strange sense of relief.
He smiled faintly, and the emotionless expression on his face softened slightly.
'I will make sure they never discover the truth; that way, they'll believe they have all endured the same suffering as I have.'
Bia's shouts echoed in his mind when she sensed his life force dimming. Kyle sighed, realizing he couldn't hide anything from her and assured her he was fine.
His skin cracked as the dark array around him expanded further, and a powerful beam of dark, golden, and crimson light surged from the array toward the darkened sky.
Ceano, who had been watching everything, paused in his attempts to break the barrier and jumped away from the array.
His golden eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the man encased in ice, floating at the center of the devastating beam that tore through everything in its path.
"You..."
Kyle chuckled with a blank expression, amused at how shocked Ceano appeared. It was quite a funny sight.
He shook his head and glanced up.
The sky fractured as the beam of light reached a certain point, erupting outward in all directions in a devastating display. The crack expanded alongside the chaotic light of the beam with frightening speed.
In no time, the crack expanded to cover the entire sky above the area where the seals were present, engulfed in icy blue flames. It continued to spread without pause.
The Will of the Universe halted when he sensed the overwhelming force above him. He glared
at Kyle but said nothing and continued with what he was doing.
At a distance, James released a sigh of relief as he realized that his life force had finally stopped draining from his body.
He began to heal his injuries and looked around, noticing that everyone else in the vicinity was also breathing more easily.
The ones who had been screaming had fallen silent as well. However, many wore dejected
expressions.
And who could blame them?
They had lost a considerable amount of their strength. Even James felt the impact; his rank had plummeted from the pinnacle of the supreme rank to the second stage.
He took a deep breath and floated to observe the beam of light.
'It's worth it... as long as we can save everyone in this land.'
Alec checked his body and joined his friends. They felt their strength diminish, but they had no regrets. At least this time, they helped Kyle, unlike every other time he had risked his life alone.
Under everyone's gaze, the crack in the sky quickly expanded in all directions to cover the entire Forsaken Land.
The countless people training on the floating islands were the first to notice the massive crack. They were alerted and tried to stop it, but their efforts were in vain.
Jian observed with a grim expression as the crack consumed the sky above.
"I knew something was wrong... I can feel Kyle and the others' life force within the crack... What the hell happened?"