The Man's Decree

"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.
Astonished, the old man regarded Jared with a look of disbelief. "I never thought a mere Fourth Level Body Fusion Realm
cultivator like you would locate the arcane array's core and gather so many people 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 the shield.
Boom! Following a deafening 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 to.
He was just a wisp of soul remnant, and leaving this place would greatly diminish his power. Even if he managed to catch up to
Jared and the others, he likely wouldn't be able to defeat them.
Watching as Typhon and the others were still trapped in the illusion array, he furiously waved his hand, instantly dispelling the
illusion. Typhon and the others all looked around in bewilderment.
"What happened? What's going on?" they shouted in confusion.
"You were trapped in an illusion array and they all escaped. Go after them! Bring them back, and you'll be rewarded," the elderly
man instructed Typhon and the others.

"Rest assured, sir. We'll capture them for you!" Typhon assured. With that, Typhon and company quickly chased after Jared and
the others.
"Jared, we owe you big time. If it weren't for you, we'd be done for in there," Beau expressed his gratitude once they had
reached a safe distance.
"Absolutely! If it weren't for Jared, we wouldn't have known that was a trap!" "What kind of treasure trove was that? It was clearly
a trap!"
The crowd sighed. If it weren't for Jared realizing it was a trap, seeing through that elderly man, and assisting them in absorbing
the strange power of the ice soul fragment, they would still be like sitting ducks waiting for death.
"Though we've escaped the altar, stay vigilant. We're not out of the woods yet. But leaving the altar does grant us some safety,
as the old man's power weakens outside of it," Jared cautioned.
"No worries, I'll contact our friends outside. We'll find a way out." A cultivator pulled out a charm and tossed it into the air.
Bang! However, as soon as the charm was thrown, it instantly exploded. "W-What just happened? Did the message fail to get
through?" The cultivator was shocked.
"The messages can't be sent. I tried just now, but even our family's spiritual sense telepathy skill can't be used," Cameron
explained.
It appeared that as soon as Cameron escaped, he promptly attempted to establish contact with the Norton family. After all, his
son had been killed by the Five Slayers, and he harbored a burning need for vengeance.
However, with his current strength, he couldn't take on the task alone. He needed to reach out to his family to request
reinforcements.