The Pinnacle of Life

Suddenly, Alex noticed two people missing from their group.

‘Where are Neela and Anna?’

Before entering the temple, he 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 him 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 he had the Ancestral Bodhi tree, along with the emperor of the Underworld’s last mental mark, he didn‘t need Buddhist relics to enter the Underworld. However, it had been quite some time since he 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.’

said. “It’s best to travel together, you know? We’ve been waiting for you for a whole

right.

just ignore the pig, but the girls don’t want to

me see if we

Underworld again, a ball of light appeared next to him. It looked like a glowing

“What is this?”

kind of being

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

roar, a

light

“It’s Neela!”

and golden scales were glistening with blood, indicating that she was injured. There was a special area on top of her head, protected by a boundary. There was someone in there… Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Anna, who had

were using all their might

Alex yelled towards the

a panic, her eyes started welling up with tears. On the other hand, Neela leaped into the air and flung her tail around, creating