The Trap

Oudalien led a group of high-ranking ascetics from the Light Shrine, traveling without rest until they reached the shore of a lake near the Rampaging Forest.

This place was very close to the Inferno seal they had discovered, though still quite some distance from Emerald View Fortress.

This time, their group included four ascetics above level ten, all of them battle ascetics with incomparably devout faith and exceptionally steadfast wills.

Combined with the holy artifact they had brought to assist them, destroying the Inferno seal would be no difficult task.

"This time! We absolutely cannot let that Inferno Commander escape! I will repay the humiliation of last time a hundredfold!"

Oudalien stroked the thin scar on his face. It was the mark the Inferno Commander had left on him during his previous escape.

That single slash had nearly split him in two.

The terror of death had forced unimaginable potential out of him. In that instant, at the cost of all his mental power, he activated the most powerful magical item on his person.

At the cost of completely destroying that precious magical item, he had successfully escaped the Inferno Commander's pursuit.

And there was that rift, leading to another plane—a plane with a vast population of unbelievers.

It was simply an unimaginable fortune.

So this time, no matter what, he had to eliminate that Inferno Commander and claim that rift for himself!

Leading the group onward, Oudalien was preparing to find a place to set up camp and rest.

Suddenly, faint voices drifted slowly closer on the wind from afar.

Oudalien immediately froze and gestured for silence to the ascetics who were about to make camp.

He swiftly cast a series of concealment divine spells on everyone—Silence, Soundless Steps, Aura Isolation, and more.

Then, after exchanging glances with the