Inside the Gate of Anonymous, Waitara Path's soul spirit could be seen near the bottom of a picturesque waterfall.
He sat with his legs crossed, a thin layer of Waltraud Power enveloping his body.
Despite Marci sacrificing herself by exploding her body, Waitara Path's soul spirit managed to complete half of the fusion process just in time.
Currently, he possessed at least thirty percent of the full powers Waitara Path once had. His powers had even exceeded those of some Path Emperors.
However, this was far from enough for Waitara Path's soul spirit.
He sent his Primordial Spirit out of his body to search for beings he could devour and incorporate into himself. Consequently, his main body was in an inert, unconscious state. Waitara Path's soul spirit surmised that James would be held back by his inner demon and could not show up for their battle as promised.
He believed he no longer needed to be wary of James, who had been a great threat to his plans since James would soon breach their soul contract.
Unbeknownst to him, a beam of reddish-gold light landed inside the Gate of Anonymous' space, causing the entire place to shake violently.
A few seconds later, James stepped out of the beam of red light.
He knitted his brows when he spotted the dormant Waitara Path's soul spirit.
"What's with this thing? Why does he look exactly like me?"
James muttered to himself as he treaded slowly around Waitara Path's soul spirit. Suddenly, James threw a punch at the soul spirit's back. Boom!
Waitara Path's soul spirit was hurled into the nearby river, causing huge splashes of water.
Thea's group had just caught up with James when they witnessed what had happened. They stood on the other side of the river, watching with their jaws dropped.
It seemed quite unreal to them that the invincible Waitara Path's soul spirit would fail to defend himself from the demonized James' attack.
Furthermore, the soul spirit did not say anything or try to fight back after being thrown into the river.
"Something's off." A deep frown drew Yiulia's brows together. "The soul spirit's Primordial Spirit is not here."
"You're probably right." Marius X, agreed "the Gate of Anonymous is powerful enough to keep his body trapped here but not his Primordial spirit
"That makes things better for US." Thea crossed her arms and smiled mischievously.
Harper's eyes twinkled. "I see! What are we waiting for, then? Let's get started!"
She transformed into a ball of light and shot into the river at once. Yiulia, Marius, and Hankin followed suit.
On the other hand, Thea teleported and reappeared next to James.
"You said he was the strongest." James began, "He didn't fight back, though."
Thea gave him a sidelong glance. "Do you honestly not remember anything after becoming demonized?"
James turned his eyes to Thea. "I remember you. You're my wife."
"Good!" Thea puffed up her chest. "In that case, shouldn't you listen to me, your wife?"
James paused briefly and nodded.
Thea smirked. "We need to play a x little soccer game first to make him fight-back. stand here and don't move. Otherwise, I'll be very angry"
Surprisingly, James followed Thea's instructions and stood there obediently.
Just then, a figure shot out of the river and came flying in James and Thea's direction.
"James, watch closely!" Thea called aloud and darted forward.
She did a small spin and gave the figure a heavy kick, sending it in another direction at incredible speed.
Meanwhile, several figures had shot out of the river, traveling in different directions in the air.
These people started kicking and passing around Waitara Path's soul spirit, who was the first figure to come-eut of the water and whose Primordial Spirit was missing as if he were a ball. James was intrigued as he watched the others have fun passing the 'ball' around.
"Do you get it?" Thea asked.