Jacob stood in front of the dry corpses of the woman's group and the heir of the Thunder Galaxy King. The woman had also turned into a wilted corpse devoid of any blood or vitality. As for where all the blood went, it was currently hovering above Jacob's palm, condensed into a dark crimson orb.
Jacob couldn't help but sigh ruefully as he looked at the woman's corpse, 'She also had a mysterious sigil within her brain, so I didn't let Autarch take any risk.'
'But one thing is now clear—the mysterious sigil that Autarch encountered in Sebastian's brain was the work of a legendary rank or even a mythical rank expert. Autarch told me that this sigil wasn't as powerful, and he might be able to devour it when he reached the legendary rank.
'But the sigil within Sebastian's brain was far more powerful and complex. I need more information about what these sigils actually are. For now, it would be safe to assume they are unique to Legendary Kings!'
Once Jacob discovered this fact, he instantly gave up on the woman's memories and directly absorbed her blood, killing her in the process. He glanced at the blood orb in his hand but didn't intend to devour it; instead, he stowed it into his pendant as before since he didn't need any extra blood vitality at the moment.
In fact, ever since Jacob discovered the abilities of his cursed blood, he had been storing the blood he encountered for emergencies.
Now that he had taken care of these people from the middle galaxies, he looked towards the legendary key shimmering in black ethereal light. It looked just like the legendary key of Taurus before the tower changed it, with the only difference being the light and the pulsing symbol of Aquarius on it.
Furthermore, Jacob noticed another difference: the symbol of Taurus, which should be gray on this key, was actually not present at all!
'Where did the symbol of Taurus go? Could it be related to the completion of the trial?' Jacob guessed since this was the only thing that made some sense in this scenario.
Nonetheless, it didn't matter since he had already acquired another legendary key, but he had no intention of searching for the trial. Getting the other legendary key or disrupting others from obtaining the vestiges came first. Since he already had the legendary key, no one else could enter the trial without it.
Furthermore, Jacob's main target was the Cosmic Vestige of Aries since, without it, he couldn't use the Vestige of Taurus to raise his power. The Vestige of Aquarius was second last in the Universal Cosmic Sequence!
But Jacob didn't leave. He looked toward the vast chamber's walls, which were lined with strange, glowing purple runes that pulsed with energy, giving off the aura of lightning outside the canyon.
Then he looked at the center of the chamber, where a massive stone altar stood. Its surface was etched with intricate patterns that seemed to shift and change under the flickering light, which also emitted an intense aura of lightning.
Although he didn't know what this place was since it was hidden deep within the Lightning Mountain range, he knew there was some kind of secret there.
Furthermore, this place was fraught with lightning, which had another meaning for Jacob. He might be able to complete the third meditation exercise of the Art of Nature, the Lightning Meditation, which required an environment filled with natural lightning!
In the Unique Plains, Jacob had already planned to visit the Thunder Giants' territory, the Thunder Mountains, to see if he could complete the Lightning Meditation there before entering the Path of Legends. There were rumors that the Thunder Giants' territory was filled with natural thunder.
But things went south, and he ended up in the Path of Legends before he could visit the Thunder Giants.
However, when he saw this place, he instantly thought about the Lightning Meditation again, and he knew he had to take advantage of every opportunity to get stronger. The Art of Nature had never disappointed him.
Furthermore, every time he made progress with a meditation exercise, not only did a new magic core form, but his other magic cores related to the Art of Nature increased in rank.
If he could complete the Lightning Meditation, not only would he obtain a magic core of the lightning element, but if the rank of his magic cores increased, they could directly reach the Fable Legendary Rank or at least the Quasi-Legend Rank!
Jacob walked towards the stone altar, directly opened the Eyes of Judge at full capacity, and began analyzing it. The more he observed, the more shocked he became because he saw extremely dense energy hidden under the stone altar—or the entire floor, for that matter.
Furthermore, at this moment, Jacob noticed that this energy was channeled through the runes on the wall. These runes were like a spiderweb, spreading throughout the entire canyon, with purple energy pulsing through them, while the stone altar was the focal point of this dense energy.
'This energy has the same aura as the purple lightning on the surface, and those beasts… Could this altar be the real reason behind all the lightning in this place?' Jacob mused as his eyes flickered with a hint of surprise and delight.
Jacob suddenly approached the altar's surface with his hand. The moment his bone finger touched it, a bolt of purple lightning suddenly discharged from it and latched onto it, trying to destroy it.
However, Jacob felt a tiny sting, like an ant's bite. His skeleton was extremely sturdy, and despite the destructive might of this lightning, it couldn't even graze his bone!
However, the more important thing was that this altar was capable of discharging purple lightning, which excited Jacob as he quickly made his decision.
Without hesitation, he jumped onto the altar and took a cross-legged position. The very next moment, a massive amount of purple lightning suddenly gushed out of the stone altar and covered his entire body, making him look like a lightning rod.
Jacob only felt slight discomfort, as if countless ants were crawling all over his body, trying to dig into his bones, but it wasn't enough to deter him.
If it had been any Quasi-Legend Rank expert, they would've turned into cinders under the assault of this lightning.
Jacob quickly emptied his mind, recalling the third meditation exercise of the Art of Nature: the Lightning Meditation. His breathing pattern started to change into a certain rhythm and soon turned chaotic like lightning around him. He was one with the lightning!