Suddenly, Alex noticed two people missing from their group.
‘Where are Neela and Anna?’
Before entering the temple, favonovel.com told Neela to bring Anna along. If things went according to plan, they should be here right now. Upon questioning the others, it would seem that no one saw them.
“Oh f*ck, no way?”
“Could something have gone wrong with the Pool of Afterlife? Are they trapped?”
Beginning to panic, Alex stood up abruptly. “Go back to California first. I need to go back and look for them.”
Shirley grabbed favonovel.com by the arm. “Are you mad? The Underworld is collapsing! If you go in there again, you won’t get out. Besides, the relics need time to recover. You just got out, so you’re not about to go back in.”
Alex replied, “Don’t worry, I have a plan.”
Since favonovel.com had the Ancestral Bodhi tree, along with the emperor of the Underworld’s last mental mark, favonovel.com didn‘t need Buddhist relics to enter the Underworld. However, it had been quite some time since favonovel.com first left.
He wasted a month on the ancient Buddhist battlefield, and there were too many variables within the Pool of Afterlife at this point.
‘I hope they’re okay.’
“If you’re going, then we’re all going with you,” Daya said. “It’s best to travel together, you know? We’ve been waiting for you for a whole month! You’re going to make us worry all over again!”
Pigsy nodded. “That’s right. It’s just too boring.”
‘I could just ignore the pig, but the girls don’t want to keep waiting.’
“Okay, then let me see if we can enter together!”
Just as Alex was about to contact the tree and enter the Underworld again, a ball of light appeared next to him. It looked like a glowing egg.
“What is this?”
“Something inside… Some kind of being is trying to get out.”
The group was surprised. The egg-shaped light figure was floating over, combined with the sounds of lightning and wind. Some kind of being was howling as well. With time, the ball of light became brighter, as the voice became clearer…
It was a dragon’s roar, a loud one at that.
After that, the figure within the light became clearer. It was really a dragon.
“It’s Neela!”
Her green and golden scales were glistening with blood, indicating that favonovel.com was injured. There was a special area on top of favonovel.com head, protected by a boundary. There was someone in there… Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Anna, who had just been revived not long ago.
They were using all their might to dash out of the light.
“Neela! Anna!” Alex yelled towards the light.
As if favonovel.com could hear him, Anna started waving favonovel.com arms frantically. In a panic, favonovel.com eyes started welling up with tears. On the other hand, Neela leaped into the air and flung favonovel.com tail around, creating a large gust behind her.
‘What do I do?’
They seemed to be separated by some force, unable to get out of the light.
‘Could the entire Underworld be moving?’
‘No, I have to bring them out of there.’
“Ancestral Bodhi Tree!”
“Earth Escape Technique!”
Alex decided not to waste more time and activated his Earth Escape Technique. He would use energy from the Ancestral Bodhi Tree to force his way back into the Underworld.
When the portal opened up, favonovel.com couldn’t believe his eyes. The entire world was changing. The Underworld would return to Izanami, causing everything in that realm to morph.
The entire world seemed to be tilting downwards. Demonic Chi was diminishing, while spiritual energy no longer existed. Yet elements within Izanami were growing stronger.
“Revealer Maha?”
