Brother Pan actually had a moment when he wanted to jump down, but the instant the thought arose, he quickly came to his senses. He swung the artifact behind him, only to find that there was no one there at all. That voice just now had sounded more like a hallucination!
Realizing that Xu Huo might not have been injured at all, he immediately gave up the pursuit and withdrew from the room. As he returned the way he had come, he contacted his companions, but the call that had gone through moments ago now had no signal whatsoever. Looking outside through the doors and windows, he saw no one—not even the slightest sound could be heard.
Having fallen into the trap without realizing it, Brother Pan did not dare linger. He took out a teleportation artifact and prepared to leave the slums, but the artifact failed. He could not tell whether it had been suppressed by a higher-level artifact or whether he had been interfered with and could no longer use artifacts. But he understood that if he delayed any longer, he might really lose his life. Thus, he destroyed the nearby buildings as he went, trying to force open a path.
However, he had not gone far before he discovered that the area ahead had once again become the Abyss. Looking out the window again, he found that the slums had vanished, replaced by darkness stretching beyond the limits of sight. For a moment, the building he was in seemed to be the only thing that existed.
"Jump down." The voice rang out behind him again.
"Come out!" Brother Pan spun around. Unable to locate the source of the voice, he had no choice but to use a Defense Artifact to create a barrier, guarding against a sneak