Dark Energy, Contract Seal

"Mr. Jiang, what's wrong?" A voice sounded behind me.

Only then did I realize I had returned to where the vortex was. One of my fingers was resting on the vortex, and it was the shadow behind me who had spoken.

Erha was lying at my feet.

I was a little dazed. Just now, I had entered Buzhou Mountain, met Guiguzi in that garden, talked with him for quite a while, and he had even helped sort through my memories. He had also said he had removed the seal restraining my strength. Was any of that real, or was it all fake?

I withdrew my hand and tried it. I could actually use the abilities I had before now. Even summoning Samadhi True Fire was no longer a problem.

Then meeting Guiguzi had been real too.

I coughed lightly. "I'm fine. I just wanted to see what this thing really is."

Seeing that nothing had happened even after I touched the vortex, the shadow sounded somewhat delighted. "Then can you break this restraint?"

I said I probably could. After all, Guiguzi had agreed to let me break the restraint. He had even said that forming a good connection with this Dark Matter would be a good thing. Ordinary people simply could not deal with this Dark Matter, and it would be difficult to eliminate it all. If I could form a good connection with it and have it serve me next time, that would be a good thing too.

But I had overlooked one thing. Guiguzi had only said that this thing could be removed; he had not told me how to remove it.

"Then please, Mr. Jiang, lend us a hand." The shadow was overjoyed and urged me on.

Erha, however, said, "Wait!"

I looked at Erha. He cleared