Source of Life

"Where is this?"

Timsi and the old man entered a huge underground chamber, their gazes sweeping the surroundings.

"This is the place known in legends as the Chamber of Sealing," the old man sighed. "As expected, everything is exactly as the legends say."

Timsi didn't reply, slowly wandering around the stone chamber until he came before a mural.

"That's a mural where our ancestors recorded the terrible power of the Gelel Stone… or rather, a painting of despair!"

Timsi smiled. "That's great. If the Gelel Stone isn't powerful enough, then it's meaningless!"

"Too much power will only bring utter destruction!" the old man said angrily.

"Without the Gelel Stone, humans will still wage war!" Timsi touched the painting of despair. "So I will use this power! To create peace on the righteous path!"

"It's all a fallacy! The Gelel Stone might exist forever! But before that, let's perish together!"

As the old man spoke, he pulled a dagger from behind him and charged fiercely at Timsi.

Bang!

With a heavy thud, Timsi stared coldly at the old man. "Fool! Do you think you could succeed with a sneak attack?"

The old man struggled to get up, glanced at the dagger already stained with blood, and said softly, "Indeed, I couldn't! But my objective has been achieved."

"What!?" Timsi frowned.

"The magic circle on the ground was set up to use ancient summoning techniques to summon something!"

As the old man spoke, he moved to the center of the swirling pattern on the ground, his expression manic as he raised the dagger. "Now! Let us all perish here!!"

"Ahhh!!"

However, at that very instant, a powerful energy wave instantly knocked the dagger from the old man's hand!

Boom!

Timsi turned his head and saw Hyde slowly walking in with a few soldiers.

"I don't know what you were trying to do… but thankfully, I made it in time."

"Lord Hyde!" Timsi quickly stepped forward.

The old man clutched his hand, looking at Hyde with a grim expression.

"Lord Hyde, what was that just now!?"

Hyde slowly removed his right glove, revealing the Gelel Stone embedded in his hand!

"Hahaha! Such powerful energy! It's just as recorded in the book… haha!"

"That book… is it the Book of Gelel?" the old man stepped forward angrily. "How did you obtain that book!"

Suddenly, he seemed to recall something and exclaimed, "Did you kill Timsi's parents to get it?"

"Oh dear, oh dear…" Hyde waved his hand without answering, his gaze sweeping across the stone chamber, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "Strange, where is the Gelel Mine's Source of Life?"

As he spoke, a special gray-white object slowly emerged from the ground.

Hyde's eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward. "Oh?? Is this the key to the mine's gate?"

"You're not allowed!" The old man was horrified and was about to rush forward when Hyde blasted him away with a cannon blast.

"Boring… You think you can stop me?" Hyde sneered, his gaze falling on Timsi beside him. "Timsi, kill him."

"Lord Hyde…" Timsi's face showed struggle, and he knelt on one knee. "Lord Hyde, the Source of Life is already ours, please spare his life!"

"Are you defying me?" Hyde frowned, displeased, and approached Timsi step by step, grabbing him by the chest and lifting him.

"You are truly… as low-class as your parents! What a pathetic little brat."

Timsi's pupils contracted sharply, and he stared at Hyde in disbelief.

Seeing Timsi's trembling eyes, Hyde dropped the act and burst into laughter. "How pathetic, you don't even recognize the killer of your parents, yet you're so close to me… what a cute little pawn!"

As he spoke, Hyde's clothes instantly exploded, revealing a monstrous humanoid form! Four crimson spheres appeared behind him.

"You are of no use to me now… Since that's the case… please die!"

Hyde thrust his palm at Timsi's chest, and his armor shattered! At the same time, a Gelel Stone fell from his body!

Hyde grasped it with his hand and exerted force.

Crack…

"Useless."

Casually tossing Timsi aside, Hyde slowly walked towards the sealing key.

"No… Don't!!" The old man watched helplessly as Hyde approached the sealing key step by step, unable to do anything.

Timsi lay on the ground with hollow eyes, regret surging within him. His fingers twitched, but he couldn't muster any strength.

"Gelel Mine, Source of Life! Hahaha! True power… here I come!"

Hyde reached out and touched the gray-white sealing key, and violent energy surged into it.

Crack, crack…

CRACK! The sound echoed as the sealing key was covered in cracks! The earth began to tremble! The gears on the walls of the stone chamber started to turn.

RUMBLE! The ceiling of the stone chamber slowly retracted! Simultaneously, the ground split open around the vortex, dividing into several zones.

An immensely heavy power began to manifest overhead! Life and destruction existed simultaneously within it!

"It's over! It's over!! This is the Gelel Stone mine! The Source of Life!"

The old man stared at the sea of energy above, muttering in terror, his voice filled with despair: "The sealing key is destroyed, the seal is broken!"

"Grandpa, what's going to happen next?" Timxi approached the old man.

Just moments ago, he, who had been critically injured and on the verge of death, had miraculously recovered the instant the Source of Life appeared! This had shown him the immense power of the Source of Life!

At the same time, he had seen Hyde's true, ugly face and knew this thing absolutely could not fall into Hyde's hands, or it would be a disaster for the continent!

"The mine will be revealed! If he can't withstand this power, the Source of Life will immediately go out of control!"

"Judging by the scale of the Destruction Empire! Half the continent will be destroyed!"

"What!?" Timxi's face changed drastically!

"Out of control!? No, no, no! It will become a part of my power! Hahaha!" Hyde's maniacal laughter echoed throughout the space.

His greedy eyes fixed on the Source of Life; he had never felt so good!

With this power in his grasp, who in the world could oppose him! Everything would be within his reach! At that time, he would be the god of this world!

Timxi's face was grim, and he anxiously looked at the old man: "Is there any way to stop him!?"

"No..." The old man looked dejected. "He is the nexus now! Even if he's killed! The mine will erupt immediately!"

"Damn it! Are we just going to watch him absorb this power!?" Timxi clenched his fists in frustration and slammed them onto the ground.

"No, he won't have the chance."

"Huh!?"

Hearing the voice, Timxi quickly looked up. He saw a figure standing before him who hadn't been there moments before.

"It's you! Ye Ming!" Timxi recognized the figure immediately.

Ye Ming glanced at him calmly, then his gaze shifted to the inverted Source of Life and Hyde, who was slowly expanding directly below.

He had actually arrived only slightly later than Hyde, but he had remained hidden, waiting for the Source of Life to appear.

Looking at Hyde, whose expression was distorted and who had fallen into madness, Ye Ming shook his head dismissively. "Fool! To actually think of containing such energy with a mortal body..."

He didn't even consider stopping Hyde. Instead, he quickly took off his upper clothing and then went to Timxi, taking some blood from him.

"What are you doing!"

Timxi cried out in pain, but the cut on his wound healed in an instant by the Source of Life.