Why does this place look so familiar, Joel said as he saw the two blood red moons hanging over him. Oh yeah, now I remember, it is the abyss. Brother was always talking about how dangerous the abyss was, and only those at the dominion tier had a chance of surviving there, and that was only possible if they were at the peripheral. Even my brother in the sovereign realm has not explored it fully. But what am I doing here? Is it some kind of illusion by a soul master, he thought.
Growl, he heard a beast roar behind him. Looking back, he saw several monsters in a realm higher than his. According to the energy that usually radiates from the guards in the clan, they should be in the dominion realm. Then this has got to be an illusion. How can several dominion realm monsters gather around a pulse realm?
But he didn't need to worry as the first beast lunged at him, revealing its ferocious fangs as it got closer. With a powerful bite, its teeth sank into his shoulders, revealing a large gaping hole.
Somehow, the hand healed immediately, but Joel's face became pale. This is no illusion. How can that searing pain be called an illusion? If I didn't have the time affinity, I would have died there, he thought as he enhanced himself with wind affinity, making him faster.
But what was the speed of a pulse realm mage to a dominion realm? Immediately he started running, they caught up. Realising he couldn't outrun them, he began using spatial essence to teleport, while slowing the beasts down with time essence.
Huff, Joel exhaled loudly as he rested behind a rock. He had been running for over 5 hours, but he finally lost the monsters. Just when he was about to stand up, a mouth snapped his stomach. When did this one get here? He thought as he tried to use time essence to reverse the wound, but he was already squeezed out from using his essence continuously for over 5 hours.
Detected the host condition is critical, system activating emergency protocol.
A voice said as Joel's body began to brim with a green light, his wound closing, his mind returning to normal, and his essence filling up at a rapid pace. What is this, he thought.
Before he could think about anything, he suddenly made a breakthrough. Wow, I just broke through to the manifestation realm like that. he was still thinking when he made another breakthrough, then another. His aura began to coagulate around him as they seeped back into his body.
Manifestation realm, is it because of this green light, he thought.
He saw the beast that bit his stomach previously come out again. It is a surprise that you did not die from my attack, the beast said as blood began to form several daggers around him.
It can speak, which confirms that it is a dominion realm monster. The daggers flew at a blinding speed at Joel, but they all burst when they were close to him.
Swoosh, Joel's spear was thrown towards the beast as flame gathered on its tip. It pierced the beast in its core, shattering it. He walked to the corpse, took his spear and copied its blood affinity.