Female Novel
chapter 2076-2080
Chapter 2076 Despite having been in the dark for some time, it was, in fact, no longer than what was needed to finish acup of tea. Before Jackie was consumed by the darkness, the sun had hung high in the center of the sky,and the valley was bright as day. He estimated that it should be noon.
However, it was already sunset when he got into this dimension.
It seemed like a few hours had passed in the blink of an eye. Jackie rubbed his sore shoulders andstruggled to get up from the ground, only then able to study his surroundings. There were majesticmountains behind him and a flat stony land before him. Mountain ranges laid before his sight.
He should be at the mountain’s heel. There was even a gurgling stream in front of him, flowing from westto east.
“Where is this place?”
Jackie stood on his toes as he gazed at the mountain behind him, but all he could see at that momentwas a layer of mist that covered the peak of the mountain.
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“Is this the Cliff of Sorrow?”
Jackie was unsure of this himself. He knew he had fallen into the Ten Absolute Trap Array after jumpingoff the Cliff of Sorrow. Eventually, he managed to escape from the array eye of this very trap array.
He had no idea where he was at this moment, however.
Jackie curiously walked a few steps back before a loud thud was heard, and Jackie was knocked a fewsteps back. The space in front of him was transparent, but there seemed to be a force field in place. He
knew right away that although the transparent space behind him looked like nothing, it was within thescope of the Ten Great Array. Nonetheless, the space was concealed by an illusion and looked like therewas nothing in that space. None would be able to cross through this barrier nor rescue the peoplebeyond it.
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Regardless, Jackie had left the trap array, and his surroundings were very safe. There was a tinge ofregret in him that he had left his father behind. Still, he did not regret that entirely, knowing that this was adangerous place.
Nonetheless, Jackie would be a cold blooded person if he truly ignored the remaining three-Jed, Dwight,and Albion-who were still in the trap array,
Jackie had no idea if he could leave this dimension.
He took a few steps forward before hearing something crunching beneath his feet; it sounded like he hadstepped on fallen branches or leaves. Jackie subconsciously lowered his head and realized he hadstepped on another skeleton.
Jackie frowned at the sight and stepped back before squatting to have a better look at the bones. Theskeleton was dressed in green clothes, and based on the looks of it, this person had died many yearsago.
Moreover, this area was right outside the Ten Absolute Trap Array, indirectly proving that this place wasan airtight area. Strangely, the green clothes on this skeleton seemed different from the clothes worn bythe others deceased in the Ten Absolute Trap Array. The green clothes should have withered in time,seeing as it was exposed for a long period, but the clothes on this specific skeleton showed otherwise.
The clothes looked bright as though they were only worn yesterday.
Stretching out a hand and touching the hem of the clothes, Jackie rubbed on the fabric and noticed thatthe clothes were made of good quality. Moreover, the outer shirt was not made of ordinary materials atall, seeing as numerous rune spells Jackie could not understand were engraved into the shirt. It mightjust be a great magic of sorts that shielded the clothes from being ruined by fire and water, however. Theclothes might even help resist certain attacks.
The reason Jackie squatted to study the bones carefully was not for the clothes the deceased had, butfor their bones instead. The bones seemed to be different from what he had seen in the past coveredmagic seals engraved with red charms. On top of that, Jackie determined that these were not purposelyengraved on the deceased after they had passed. Instead, they just automatically appeared on thebones!
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Ordinary people could not have achieved this, no doubt. Something similar had been described in thememories the great master left for Jackie. Some experts who practiced special methods wouldautomatically have rune seals engraved on their bones, ones that could enhance the attack power of aperson’s martial skills and even enhance their understanding toward martial arts.
Chapter 2077 This meant that the deceased must have been a powerful expert before his death. He was at least at thelevel of a great master from a first-grade world powerhouse, much to Jackie’s bewilderment.
There was a serious division based on grading between the worlds. Such great masters could not haveappeared in a third-grade world as such power would only be born in first-grade worlds. Together withthe Ten Absolute Trap Array behind him, Jackie could not help but wonder what had happened at thisplace in the past.
“What is this?” Crystals glowing a purplish-red fluorescence color were scattered next to the skeleton.Jackie White looked intently and noticed that the corpse’s right hand was tightly clenched as if holdingsomething tightly. Next to the body’s right hand, two purplish-red fluorescent crystals were scattered onthe ground.
Jackie White picked up the smallest crystal and placed it in his palm to observe it up-close. His browsraised as he subconsciously blurted, unaware that his voice was raised, “Is this the Shattered SoulCrystal?!”
Perhaps he was too surprised that he nearly yelled. The Shattered Soul Crystals were one of the bestcrystal stones as they contained a huge amount of potent soul power. This was one of the rarest andmost exotic treasures even in the Divine Void World.
This item was formed under harsh conditions and was considered invaluable even in first-grade worlds!They should not have appeared in third grade worlds. There were two Shattered Soul Crystal where oneof them was the size of a palm while the other was only the size of a nail.
Others might sell these Shattered Soul Crystals if they were placed in front of others for large amounts ofspirited crystals. After all, the Shattered Soul Crystals contained extremely strong soul power, but martialartists that did not practice martial art technique and martial skills of the soul attribute did not have such ahuge demand for this crystal.
To Jackie, however, he felt like a traveler who, on the verge of dying, discovered an oasis when chancingupon these Shattered Soul Crystals. Jackie could not help trembling as he held the Shattered SoulCrystals in his hand, and his eyes gleamed with desire.
All of a sudden, crackling sounds were heard behind him.
Jackie immediately composed himself. He knew that the people on the inside had finally acted. He took aglance and dared not dally, placing the corpse and both pieces of Shattered Soul Crystals into the
Mustard Seed.
Swoosh!
Within two breaths, the space in front of him shattered as four figures broke free from the space, landingheavily onto the ground.
Jackie White frowned and immediately came to Nash’s side. He reached out his hand and helped Nashup from the ground while dusting his clothes. Nash nodded and assured him, saying, “I’m fine, don’tworry.”
The reason why Jackie left Nash in the Ten Absolute Trap Array was for Nash to break those inside outinto the open. After all, Jackie managed to break through the space not because he was far strongerthan the others. Instead, it was because Jackie found the right place to break through.
With Jackie’s instruction, Nash knew what to do and where to attack. Jackie was first to leave to scout forpossible dangers outside the valley.
Jed fell in an embarrassing manner, his face ramming into a stone and left a cut on his forehead. Hecoughed as he patted the dust on his body.
Dwight stretched out his hand to help Jed up when h e saw the state Jed was in.
Chapter 2078 Albion was in a better situation compared to the others, having landed steadily on theground. Although he was still seriously injured and had not healed, he was 30 to 40 percent better thanbefore.
Dwight’s eyes were fixated on Jackie as if he had discovered a whole new world.
“How did you find the trap array eye? Your father said that you were able to get out because you foundthe trap array eye!” Dwight could not suppress his surprise when he spoke. To him, Jackie seemed more
capable than ever.
Jed patted the dust off his clothes and exclaimed,” You truly have found a way to break the trap array.Prior to that, I thought that you had lost your mind when you said that you could find it!”
Jed was flustered as he recalled how he thought Jackie had lost his mind. He was obviously the one whohad no idea what was going on.
Jackie ignored what Jed said and turned to look at Dwight instead.
“Didn’t I tell you that I’ve seen and studied ancient scrolls that contain information about the Ten AbsoluteTrap Array? They happened to describe the method on how to break through the Ten Absolute TrapArray. All we had to do was just find the trap array eye…”
A calculative gleam flashed through Dwight’s eyes, and he wanted to continue asking questions.However, Jackie turned his head away and walked a few steps forward before looking into the distance.
Jed reacted and immediately followed up with a question, “Shouldn’t we leave this place as soon aspossible?”
In fact, he could not think of anything. Although they got out of the cocoon, it was still a question ofwhether they could travel far or otherwise. Jackie did not turn back and frowned as he thought about itfor a while.
“Let’s meditate, adjust our breathing, and recharge our energy. We need to make sure that we recover toour best condition. I think that we might run into those men if we go out now.” Jackie was naturallyreferring to the Corpse Pavilion’s disciples. They have seen how Jackie and his company jumped off thecliff and would naturally think they have died. From how empty their surroundings were, they could guessthat nobody would come here under normal circumstances. It was safe to stay in this place for sometime.
Jackie raised his head to look at the setting sun and the darkness creeping up the treetops. He reachedout and pointed at the remaining red color over the horizon. “Look!”
The others looked in the direction Jackie pointed and watched as the sun began to set. “What? What’swrong?” asked Jed, puzzled.
Jackie sighed with a trace of hesitation and puzzlement. “Time flies so quickly. It’s two different worldsout here and in there.”
This was a reminder to everybody. They were in the Ten Absolute Trap Array just moments ago and sawhow the sun hung high that noon. However, it was already sunset, a time to take out their lamps, whenthey got out of the valley.
Dwight stood beside Jackie, and his eyes brightened from the red sunset in the sky. “You mean thatwe’re wrapped in illusions? That whatever we see right now in the visual illusions are all made up?”
Jackie merely looked up ahead. “No. I just feel that the flow of time inside is different from that outside.Look at the bones on the ground. You said that your Elder Gardner had already disappeared for morethan a hundred years. Unless he went crazy and killed himself, he would’ve been able to stay inside for afew hundred years with his storage space and high fighting prowess.”
Dwight’s eyes lit up, visibly inspired by what Jackie said. He suddenly turned around and his breathquickened in excitement. “You mean to say that the time inside is flowing several times faster than thaton the outside?”
Jackie nodded before he shook his head. “We can’t seem to differentiate anything just by looking at thesun in the sky. However, we know how long we’ve stayed inside. It had only been an hour since wejumped down from the cliff, and it should be around noon time right now. The time inside seems to beright, but the time out here seems to be different.”novelbin
Chapter 2079 Dwight gradually realized what was happening after he heard the explanation. Jed, on theother hand, obviously did not understand it. “What does this mean? Does this mean that time flowsslower or faster on the inside? If the flow of time is slower, Elder Gardner should still be alive unless hehad been driven mad and had chosen to end himself. However, his body had already decayed, and onlyhis bones remained. This indicates that he had died a long time ago, not recently. Doesn’t this prove thatthe time flowing inside is much faster than outside? The setting sun on the outside proves that the flow oftime inside is faster!”
The more Jed spoke, the more confused he became.
Jackie glanced at Jed and said, “Don’t worry about this problem. Let’s meditate and adjust yourbreathing. It’s easy to get out of this place, but it’ll be difficult to get out of Mount Beasts. We have noidea what happened to the outside world as we speak.”
With that, Jackie ignored the three men and went straight to a patch of fairly flat ground. He then satdown, cross-legged, and began to meditate.
Nash sat right next to Jackie and muttered, “This isn’t like you… How many days do you plan to meditatehere?
Jackie had mentioned that they had to adjust themselves to be in the best condition. If one did notunderstand Jackie, what he said would be considered a reasonable move. However, based on Nash’sunderstanding toward Jackie, Jackie was already in his best condition. According to his usualtemperament, Jackie was not one to dilly nor dally. At the very least, he should be exploring the outsideworld.
The corners of Jackie’s mouth curled upward as he smiled helplessly. “My father knows me best.”
Suddenly, he lowered his voice and spoke, barely audible, “Please cover for me and notify me ifsomething’s wrong. I’d like to…absorb something.”
The Shattered Soul Crystal contained a large amount of pure soul power and was a great treasure for aperson who practiced the soul attribute. It was not rational to break through and absorb the crystalsunder such circumstances, but Jackie had run out of choices and was willing to take the risks.
Who knew what they would face after they left this place? At this moment, improving his strength was themost advantageous move!
Jackie gave Nash a summary of information on the Shattered Soul Crystal, to which Nash spoke hisconcerns, saying, “This is a bad idea. Based on what you said, you can’t simply absorb a treasure likethe Shattered Soul Crystal. Aren’t you afraid that the power will make you burst?”
There were tens of thousands of precious treasures across the land, but this did not mean that everyonecould break through their realm and become the most powerful master after obtaining such items. Everymartial artist had a limit in their tolerance for such breakthroughs.
Exceeding this tolerance limit might burst individuals physically. The Shattered Soul Crystals wereconsidered treasures even in the Divine Void World. Jackie was only in the initial stage of innate level,and absorbing such a treasure might not be a good thing. The more he thought about it, the more Nashgrew worried about what Jackie was going to do. He was so worried that he grabbed Jackie’s arm.
“Since the precious item is with you and the others have no idea about it, let’s wait until we go backbefore you absorb their power after studying them. We need to at least study through the ancient scriptsto see if there’s a way to reduce the danger while absorbing the power.”
Jackie lightly sighed. “I know what you’re worried about. Please know that I won’t put myself in adangerous position. I know that it’s impossible to eat a whole cow in a bite. Isn’t there a small piece ofShattered Soul Crystal? It’s only the size of a fingernail, and it’s much easier to absorb that one.”
Nash exhaled deeply as he knew he could not persuade Jackie. This was indeed a helpless move astheir future was unknown.
Chapter 2080 The shattered Soul Crystal was an extremely special precious crystal One of its characteristics was thatit could not be absorbed slowly. With just a crack, all the energy would gush out of the crystal and wouldbe wasted if it was not immediately absorbed into one’s body. A person might only come into possessionwith one or two of the Shattered Soul Crystals in their entire life. Wasting such a precious enemy wasworse than wasting heavenly objects.
Jackie had gotten rid of his other thoughts at this point. He took the Shattered Soul Crystal out of theMustard seed and placed it on his palm. The last glow from the sun shone over this purplish-red crystal,exuding an incredibly beautiful gleam. Although the crystals were unable to release brilliant colors, thecrystal was soul-absorbingly beautiful.
Jackie exhaled a long sigh of relief and was fully prepared. If other martial artists in the initial stage of theinnate level absorbed this Shattered Soul Crystal, they would definitely explode and die without a doubt.After all, the martial art techniques and martial skills they practiced were too low in level, causing them tobe unable to withstand such a powerful energy impact.
However, Jackie was different as he practiced the most powerful martial art technique from the DivineVoid World. Although the martial skill was incomparable to the martial art technique, they were still in theHeaven level.
Martial skills were different from martial art techniques as there were limits to a person’s fighting prowesswhen practicing martial skills. However, the martial art techniques were different as there were nolimitations to a martial artist’s realm. Together with the fact that Jackie had the support from the greatmaster’s memory and experience, he obtained twice the result with half the effort.
He tightened his right fist and the Shattered Soul Crystal, which was the size of his fingernail, suddenlybroke with a loud crack. It sounded like a large hailstone plummeted to the ground. Following the soundwas a burst of purplish-golden energy that boiled in Jackie’s palm.
This energy was vast, mysterious, and powerful. Jackie trembled slightly as he clenched his teeth andguided the energy into his body. He started activating the Destroying the Void at the same time.
“What’s wrong with him? It looks like someone’s beaten him badly, and his forehead is covered in sweat.Why does he look so tormented while he’s meditating to recover?” Jed looked at Jackie with a puzzledexpression on his face.
At this time, not only did Jackie tremble and shake, but his skin was flushed as if boiling water had beenpoured over him. The blood circulated rapidly under his skin, driving his heart to beat speedily andthumping like a piling machine.
Everybody was stunned. They could hear his heartbeat, even though they were a few meters away fromJackie. Dwight frowned and looked at Nash. He asked with trembling lips, “Is brother Jackie alright?What’s wrong with him? Has he gone into a bad situation while training?”
It was normal for these two to speak up about their worries. After all, Jackie looked like he had goneterribly crazy. He could not control the energy fluctuations in his body, causing his blood to boil in hisbody. His heart raced crazily fast, too.
Nash was clearly worried too, but he still had to deal with the rest of them. He slightly cleared his throatand said, “He’s training and wants to improve his strength before we leave this place.”
Jed raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Dwight, who was standing beside him, after they heardwhat Nash said. When he saw that Dwight also did not believe in the excuse by Nash, he smiledhelplessly.” How much of his fighting prowess can he improve within a few days? He shouldn’t forcefullydo it if he can’t handle it.”
There were obviously some hidden meanings behind what he said, but Nash just pretended he did notunderstand any of them and turned to look away. Jed wanted to continue the conversation, but Dwightreached out and stopped him.
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