Chapter 640 - 639: Go Back

Chapter 640: Chapter 639: Go Back

Void slept until nightfall before finally getting up. Even though it was dark outside, the Avalon Shop and its surroundings were well-lit, while the monsters outside slept closer to it.

It had been less than a day. And yes, they had stayed because they feared these three mysterious powerhouses, but they were already seeing the benefits of remaining near the Avalon Shop.

A strange energy was being released, baptizing their bodies as their strength grew rapidly.

The amount of power they had gained from staying there for just a few hours surpassed what they would normally gain from days of self-cultivation.

"About time..." Void suddenly spoke as Sword Demon and Nephem appeared.

Their hair was still wet, as they had just finished bathing. Nephem’s lower body was wrapped in a towel, while Sword Demon wore a loose shirt and a pair of shorts.

Nephem sat down on a chair with a smoothie in his hand.

"Break a leg, Master..." Nephem muttered as he drank. The cold liquid slid down his throat, while a sword appeared in Sword Demon’s hand.

"I can help, you know..." Sword Demon spoke.

"Please... A Rank 4 being helping? You don’t even know that they’re already inside..." Void spoke, causing the two men’s eyes to widen as a figure appeared in the shop.

No, not a man. He merely looked humanoid, but he resembled a fluorescent being whose face couldn’t be seen.

"Let’s take it outside..." Void smiled slightly as he stood up from his seat. The next moment, he and the being were gone.

"You know, you sounded stupid a while ago. What did you think you could—" Nephem coughed as he looked away and took a drink from his smoothie, but the damage had already been done.

Sword Demon gritted his teeth, but since it was Nephem, there was no use arguing. Instead, he should focus on improving his strength.

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Meanwhile...

Void and the being appeared deep within the Sixth Layer of Space.

"Primordial Demon from the Original Abyss... Why are you here, and what is your name?" the being asked calmly.

Void looked around the dark space, his eyes focusing on a particular direction before he smirked and answered.

"Osiris... But then again, I have many names. It depends on the situation," Void spoke.

"Is there any difference?" the being asked as Void chuckled.

"Of course there is. Osiris is just the name of a Primordial Demon from the Abyss..." Void paused.

"But Void... That is a name you would only hear once."

As Void spoke, the entire Sixth Layer of Space, an infinite space connected to the entirety of existence, trembled. One after another, the places Void had previously looked at broke apart, revealing beings similar to the one he was speaking to.

Each of them was a Rank 5 entity.

"My name is Jami," the being spoke, unconcerned by Void’s display of power. In fact, he wasn’t surprised.

"You are a monster, Void. But really, what are you doing here? Do you even comprehend where you are?" Jami asked calmly as the gazes of the other Rank 5 beings settled on Void. The trembling Sixth Layer of Space gradually quieted.

Void frowned, feeling that something was wrong. He looked at the Rank 5 being again and spoke.

"Someone has been impersonating me, and I want to find out who he is and destroy him," Void stated plainly.

"Go back."

"Huh?"

"You are a kid. There’s a lot you don’t know. In fact, you aren’t even supposed to be here. Can you sense any chaotic or divine energy here? When was the last time an angel or demon came here? They know what is here, and you should have known too. But it seems the shattering of the Abyss has resulted in you losing some memories."

"Either way, Void, the one you seek is something you don’t even understand... Go back," Jami finished as the dark space fell silent.

For a while, Void scanned his surroundings, Jami’s words running through his head.

Where was this place? Why should he go back? Was the person he was looking for not who he thought he was?

What the actual fuck were they talking about?

"Jami, I won’t go back until I find him," Void stated matter-of-factly, his body tensing as he prepared for battle.

More than thirteen Rank 5 beings surrounded him, each at the peak of Rank 5. They were several degrees stronger than him. It reminded him of the angel he had encountered when he arrived in Heaven.

"You..." Jami frowned before speaking.

"You are at the edge of existence, the doorway to an entirely new plane of beings, ancient history, and wars you know nothing about. Beyond this place, your angel and demon war is nothing but a joke. The being you are looking for is stronger than even us. You will die... Literally, everything about you will be gone."

"But I am not saying this because I care about your life or death, or the consequences of your foolish decision. I just don’t want the Abyss to descend because of you. I don’t want ’that’ to happen all over again..."

"What the fuck are you saying? Just fucking get straight to the point!" Void snapped.

Jami fell silent.

The silence continued for a while before Jami finally spoke.

"Survive..." he muttered as he opened his palm.

The instant he did, intense fear seized Void’s heart. His body reacted instinctively, screaming at him to run.

Crack!

The entire Sixth Layer of Space cracked simultaneously as it bent beneath a terrifying will that was descending upon them.

If they were still in the First Layer of Space, the plane they were in would have been destroyed outright, along with every Realm, multiverse, and planet within it.

That was how terrifying it was. Void could feel his body screaming, telling him to run because something was coming.

Fuck...

Void’s mouth hung open as Jami’s palm fully opened, revealing a humanoid figure.

An axe rested on his shoulders. He looked no different from a human, except for his pitch-black eyes.

He looked at Void, tilted his head to the side, and then—

"Cough, cough..."

Void dropped to one knee, his chest riddled with thirty-two holes as he struggled to hold his mouth together. It had been split apart, and blood gushed out.

He couldn’t even use his Authority or any of his Rules.

He didn’t know what had happened. He couldn’t even begin to fathom what was going on.

Why was no one explaining what the hell was happening?

Void pushed through the pain and looked up, but the instant his eyes met those dark pupils, he lost his eyesight. His legs were then chopped away into nothingness and vanished.