Odyssey of the Blind God
Chapter 182 Soul Space Fragments

After suctioning the mana from the surrounding area, the purple crystals began to shine brightly.

In the chaos and sudden shock that was created by the sudden explosions of five highly influential and powerful Originals bursting into pieces like a watermelon, nobody was able to pay attention to the five purple crystals that were hovering in the air.

It was as if they were fixated on a spot in the air and were merely absorbing the surrounding mana.

At least that was what it first looked like because nothing happened for an entire minute.

Only after a minute had passed did things start to change as the five purple crystals began to resonate with each other.

Faint, nearly untraceable beams of purple light connected the purple crystals, creating a pentagram in the area above the plaza as the hovering purple crystals began to slowly rise high in the air.

It was at this moment that the first Originals noticed the purple crystals. Something was wrong, horribly wrong…that was obvious for everyone.

Five representatives of large and renowned Organizations had exploded without warning, leaving behind the exact same purple crystals.

They reached a height of more than 10 meters before they finally stopped ascending. The faint purple light that connected the purple crystals began to glow.

It became brighter by the second, drawing numerous Originals' attention from the scattered remains of their peers to the situation up in the air.

It was almost as if a spell had been cast on them, preventing the vast majority of Originals from moving and thinking. Their entire mind was fixated on observing the pentagram that was soon noticed by everyone.

Only Nial didn't focus on whatever was going on in the air. He might not be able to see it, to begin with, but his Mana Sense was currently going haywire owing to the powerful fluctuations the purple crystals radiated.

Due to this, Nial could only try to reach Bella, Mathias, and Junades, who were all on the other side of the plaza.

'Fuck…how the hell was it even possible for him to nurture Soul Space fragments?!'

The moment Nial sensed the purple crystals, he knew that the Teradan military camp would be razed to the ground.

He knew that the memories in his mind were not detailed and that he didn't know everything about Soul Space fragments, but what he recalled from the memories of the late God of Darkness was more than enough to fear for his life and the life of everyone else around him.

'Forget about how…why would he waste five Soul Space fragments to destroy the Teradan military camp, to begin with? That makes no sense….'

However, what made even less sense was something else. Soul Space fragments were nourished by the soul of the host upon which the parasite-like fragment of Space had latched itself.

A human's soul was certainly not enough to nourish a Soul Space fragment and if Nial were to make an assumption, he would have to gauge that it required 10,000 souls to create a single lowest-quality Soul Space fragment.

The souls had to meet certain criteria to be suitable for the nourishment process of the Soul Space fragment as well.

That was why it was not easy to create a single Soul Space fragment. Yet, right now, five lowest quality Soul Space fragments had appeared right in front of him.

Not only that…Nial could also tell what kind of pentagram was currently forming in front of them.

At the first glance, it might look like an ordinary pentagram, but the anchor points that were outlined through the Soul Space fragments told Nial more than enough to make certain predictions.

'Large-scale portal…'

It didn't take much intelligence to understand what was going on as long as one had the slightest bit of knowledge about Soul Space fragments.

They were considered an intermediate-ranked artificially created source of energy that could only be used for a few particular magic arrays.

And one of the most well-known arrays was a teleportation array.

Nial rushed to his friends to force them to leave the military camp, and the nameless island as quickly as possible.

If they would wait until the teleportation array was created and stabilized, one of the weakest opponents they were bound to face was definitely the Prometheus-ranked beasts!! Hundreds of thousands of them, at that!!

Mankind didn't even have a single human being capable of defeating even a single Prometheus-ranked beast. There was no need to consider surviving an attack of thousands of them, even less if they were amongst the lowest-ranked beasts that would emerge from the teleportation array sooner or later!!

When Nial had crossed half the distance to reach the others, he perceived that the teleportation array was about to be completed. The pentagram was already shining brightly and a nearly untraceable swirl was being manifested in the center of it.

Biting his lower lip, Nial began to circulate mana through his entire body, forcefully increasing his speed.

'How does it manifest so quickly?! Did they inscribe an acceleration runic constellation in the Soul Space fragments???'

Nial's face was drained of all color. The things that were happening right now exceeded his knowledge by far, preventing Nial from understanding anything.

He could only perceive that the swirl in the center of the pentagram was quickly growing. The waves of energy radiating from the Soul Space fragments didn't seem to decrease as well.

This meant that the teleportation array was not an ordinary large-scale teleportation array but some sort of modified construction.

But that didn't help Nial in any way either. He increased his pace and kept running to his friends.

Meanwhile, everyone else was still drawn to the purple swirl. A faint purple membrane was forming in the midst of the fast expanding swirl, showing the first signs of forming a portal.

Everything was going smoothly, without a single obstacle cropping up out of nowhere. It was quite frustrating if one were to ask Nial.

'Was it really necessary for this to happen, right now? Can't they be more considerate and wait a few more months, at the very least. How impatient can Gods be?!'

While cursing inwardly, Nial reached Bella and the others.

They were also distracted owing to the pentagram, forcing Nial to release some of his dark energy before he covered their eyes with it.

"Stop watching this bullshit. We need to leave the military camp and the nameless island, right now!"

Nial's friends and Junades were surprised by the sudden darkness obstructing their sight. However, when Nial retracted his dark energy, they quickly noticed his worried expression.

They wanted to complain to him about the stupid game he loved to play, but Nial's expression was overflowing with frustration, anger, and fear…the fear of death.

The situation was already out of control. Thus, Nial merely wanted to lessen the damage as much as possible.

With his current strength, there was no way for him to do anything else. He did not have the same strength as the God of Darkness in his prime, after all!

"What is happening?! Why is a purple dungeon portal manifesting in the air all of a sudden, and what the hell are those purple crystals or the purple pentagram??" Mathias shouted all of a sudden, realizing that he had been unable to think properly from the moment the purple crystals appeared out of nowhere.

"We need to leave!"

Nial didn't even think about trying to explain the situation. It would take way too long, and if he were to be honest, Nial didn't even feel that he was much more knowledgeable than the others. He was only trusting the gut feeling that told him to leave the nameless island.

The entire situation was a mess, and Nial's biggest fear was the fact that nobody would be able to stop the stream of beasts the moment Prometheus-ranked beasts would emerge on the lands of Jundra!

"Something is emerging from the mutated dungeon portal!" Bella suddenly blurted out, her heart thudding against her ribcage. She was not sure what was going on but even her Innate ability was telling her to leave as quickly as possible.

Nial's perception had already perceived the monster that had emerged from the portal. However, it was not something he bothered about because they were small fries that were not worth his attention.

"Let's leave before it is too late!" he repeated once again, his hands reaching out for both Bella and Mathias.

Nial knew that he could force them to come with him if necessary. Thus, he planned to save their lives by all means, even if he would have to knock them out.

But merely a moment before he got hold of his friend's wrist, Nial's hand froze in place.

He sensed something weird, something warm emerging from the darkness…something that calmed him down in an instant.

It cleared his mind and allowed him to focus his senses on what was going on.

"What…is happening? Did someone intervene? No that cannot be…is it the planet, maybe? I thought that Jundra had yet to awaken its planetary mana core…did it already gain sentience?"

Nial had no idea what was going on. He could only perceive that a unique unfamiliar, yet also somewhat familiar energy emerged from the ground below them.

It shrouded the purple swirl and prevented it from growing as rapidly as before. Meanwhile, the first beasts that emerged from within the swirl were the Dryx, whose combat prowess barely reached that of the Origin rank beasts.

Even the participants of the military camp were able to fight them.

Thus, Nial didn't speak any further. His entire attention was diverted to the swirl and the weird energy that emerged from the ground below them.

Nial was barely able to perceive it properly but he could tell that it was extremely powerful…manyfold stronger than the mana fluctuations of the strongest dungeon portal he had been close to.

It restricted the proper activation of the teleportation array, and slowly worked its way through the purple swirl. From the looks of it, the mysterious energy was not trying to destroy the teleportation array.

On the contrary, the mysterious energy merely slowed down the growth of the purple swirl before halting its growth entirely when it reached a certain height. This height was more than enough for everyone to see it, and it was definitely not a pleasant view, despite the magnificent appearance.

The surplus of energy was devoured by the mysterious energy, cutting off any possible way for the purple swirl to keep growing.

It was at this moment that Nial understood what was going on.

"There is no Prometheus-ranked beast?"

Hundreds of Dryx with a strength ranging from the 1st Origin rank to owning 7 Advanced Origin rings had already passed through the portal.

However, that was it. There was no sight of a Prometheus-ranked beast or even beasts with 8 or 9 Advanced Origin rings.

This made one thing quite clear to Nial.

'The planet's natural protection mechanism prevents the large-scale portal from reaching a threshold at which Prometheus-ranked beasts can pass through it!'

Jundra had to protect itself, otherwise, if powerful beasts or other existences were to reach it, the entire planet might get annihilated.

p That was why Jundra was likely to have intervened and reacted in self-defense, giving Nial hope for their survival.

There were only two Dryx with 7 Advanced Origin rings. Thus, they had reached the Tritan rank.

The Tritan rank followed the Seclon rank after one manifested their seventh Origin ring.

However, that was not actually something Nial could be bothered about right now.

Instead, his mind was somewhere else, focused on one fact.

'We might have a chance to survive!!'

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