A Man Like None Other

"What do you mean?" The old man frowned.

"What do you think?" Jared grinned.

Crack! A crisp sound resonated, and cracks started to form on the shield. Everyone stared in disbelief. The seemingly impenetrable shield had indeed been shattered!

Initially, they had thought all hope was lost. They had been relentlessly striking the shield for what seemed like an eternity, leaving everyone utterly exhausted. Now, with the elderly man regaining his senses, it appeared that there was no escape for any of them. Yet, astonishingly, the barrier began to display cracks.

"Don't just stand there! Keep pounding!" Cameron urged, and the group redoubled their efforts, pushing themselves to their absolute limits. Cracking sounds echoed through the air as the fissures on the shield widened further and further.

to break it. If I don't kill you today, it'd be quite embarrassing for me." "I told you, you can't kill me... With those words, Jared transformed into a streak of golden light, charging toward

boom, the shield. shattered as Jared crashed through it. The others promptly followed suit and fled the area. The elderly man, confined by the altar's boundary, couldn't pursue them even though he wanted

place would greatly diminish his power. Even if he managed to catch up to

were still trapped in the illusion array, he furiously waved his hand, instantly dispelling the illusion. Typhon and the others all looked

happened? What's going on?"

after them! Bring them back, and you'll be rewarded," the elderly man instructed

you!" Typhon assured. With that, Typhon and

done for in there," Beau expressed his gratitude once they had reached a

known that was a

elderly man, and assisting them in absorbing the strange power of the ice soul fragment,