Jacob didn't reply to Immortika and directly unsummoned the cursed book before clothes appeared on his body. He then walked towards the entrance of the stone chamber, which was completely dormant without any trace of lightning.
Only now did Jacob realize that he had absorbed almost all the lightning and even destroyed this place. He was shocked because he realized just how much lightning the Lightning Meditation required to reach completion.
'It seemed I must fully prepare for the fourth meditation exercise of Art of Nature, the Aurora Meditation. This exercise required me to meditate on something called Aurora Light. I have no idea where I would find this Aurora Light, but I'm sure it's not just simple light. I should investigate when I enter the middle galaxies. For now, I should greet these 'visitors'.' Jacob's eyes flashed coldly as he looked towards the dark canyon and coldly said, "How about you guys come out and state your purpose."
"Oh, it seemed I was discovered!" A ghastly voice suddenly sounded with a hint of surprise.
The next moment, a three-meter-tall crimson-cloaked figure appeared from the darkness, its face enshrouded by a crimson cape, but two crimson flames in its hollow sockets illumined its white skeleton face with two black horns on its forehead; he was holding a black bone staff and giving off a dark aura unique to a dark being!
Jacob looked at the dark being, which seemed to be a High Lich or a variant of a Lich. He didn't bother to ask Immortika since he could sense this dark being's strength and was of no threat to him.
Jacob didn't even bother to speak as his eyes flashed with killing intent. The next moment, a tiny violet sphere appeared right in front of High Lich's face.
The High Lich was alarmed. He didn't sense when and how this violet sphere appeared a centimeter away from his face, but he felt alarm and a sense of dread from it.
But before it could react, the violet sphere suddenly pulsed, and the next, 'Boom!'
A small explosion filled with lightning sparks rang in the silent canyon, and the headless corpse of the Dark Being fell on the group.
However, Jacob remained standing on his spot, coldly staring at the dark canyon and sneering, "It seemed you guys didn't have any manners."
The next moment, violet-lighting spheres appeared in thirteen different places in the dark canyon and exploded. Many panicking voices rang in alarm, and a few silhouettes quickly tried to dodge, as they had already seen what had happened to the High Lich.
However, despite their reaction speed, headless bodies dropped in different corners of the canyon, except one person who seemed to have escaped Jacob's aura lightning explosion, which was supported by fable legendary rank mana/Stellar energy! Jacob also noticed it, and the next moment, an invisible soul force spread from his body, locked on the escapee who was already two miles away, formed him and instantly pulverized his movement.
The escapee struggled as magic power shimmered over his body, but Jacob's current soul force completely suppressed him and prevented him from casting spells.
With a thought, Jacob's soul force pulled the captured target towards him, and like a fish trapped in a fishing net, that person dragged towards Jacob.
Jacob finally saw a green-skinned elf in a sorry state. Her entire clothes were in tatters, and blood stains were on her body. Jacob noticed a broken pendant around her neck with a lingering aura of magic.
"R-release me, and I can let this matter drop!" The elf threatened, but her voice was filled with dread and trepidation. She had never expected to encounter this death star in this place when she was here to find the treasure that activates that strange phenomenon.
Although she was confident in handling any Quasi-legend rank, she knew this person in front of her was somewhat different and extremely powerful.
After all, he killed all those Quasi-legend competitors with those strange aura blasts, not to mention that her protective treasure, which was a top-rank quasi-legend protective treasure, was destroyed by that attack as well, without blocking the attack completely.
Furthermore, she knew about soul force because she also had it, but this person's soul force was vast, like an ocean, which reminded her of the elders in her clan. Just the notion behind it made her shudder in fear. "Oh, despite staring at the death, you still have a mind to threaten me? Let me guess: you are from the middle galaxies. But I don't care; I can still let you go if you have information about legendary keys." Jacob impassively stated.
He didn't kill her directly because she clearly had soul force and treasure that could block his casual attack, which was deadly to any quasi-legend. This made him think she was from the middle galaxies, so he might get some information from her like he did with the barbarian.
Furthermore, he didn't let Autarch take action right from the start since this was faster, and he could tell if she was lying or not with his Eyes of Judge. Sparing her was out of the question. He didn't want to waste much time since he had already spent a week here.
The elf was shocked when she heard it, and a conflicted glint flashed past her eyes before they shone with determination, "Kill me then! You will get nothing from me! I will never betray my clan!"
Jacob sighed before he shook his head, "Well, since that's the case, you can die. But before that, do you have some seal or sigil planted in your mind?"
The elf's expression was confused. She clearly had no idea what Jacob was talking about, and this didn't escape Jacob's eyes. He pulled a toothy smile: "It seemed only legendary kings had that strange sigil, and only their heirs should have them. Alright, I'll let you be my puppet."
Without waiting for her response, Jacob directly sent Autarch into her ear before knocking her down. After waiting for a few minutes, the elf opened her eyes, which were emotionless.
Jacob looked at Autarch with expectance, and as if sensing his thoughts, Autarch emotionlessly said, "Sir, this elf's group is from the Libra Middle Galaxy's Alchemy Guild, and the person leading them is the youngest daughter of the Guild President, a Legendary King state being. Her name is Samantha!
"Two days ago, she received a message that Samantha had already acquired the legendary key of Leo, found the Tower of Leo, and entered the trial. This woman was called back to protect Samantha like their other allies, and she was on her way when she discovered the phenomena of legendary treasure being born, which should've been caused by Sir."
Jacob's expression changed as he quickly said, "Lead me to that place. Tell me everything while we're heading there!"