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.’
“If you’re going, then we’re all going with you,” Daya said. “It’s best to travel together, you know? We’ve been waiting for you for a whole month! You’re going to make us worry all over again!”
Pigsy nodded. “That’s right. It’s just too boring.”
‘I could just ignore the pig, but the girls don’t want to keep waiting.’
“Okay, then let me see if we can enter together!”
Just as Alex was about to contact the tree and enter the Underworld again, a ball of light appeared next to him. It looked like a glowing egg.
“What is this?”
“Something inside… Some kind of being is trying to get out.”
‘Could the entire Underworld be moving?’
‘No, I have to bring them out of there.’
“Ancestral Bodhi Tree!”
“Earth Escape Technique!”
Alex decided not to waste more time and activated his Earth Escape Technique. He would use energy from the Ancestral Bodhi Tree to force his way back into the Underworld.
When the portal opened up, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The entire world was changing. The Underworld would return to Izanami, causing everything in that realm to morph.
The entire world seemed to be tilting downwards. Demonic Chi was diminishing, while spiritual energy no longer existed. Yet elements within Izanami were growing stronger.
“Revealer Maha?”
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