Thunder boomed, and then the dark clouds in the sky suddenly dispersed, as if they had given up pursuing the Archbishop. But that was not the case.
If anyone approached the rift leading to the real world now, they would be struck by lightning again.
It had merely shifted its target to anyone trying to approach the rift.
It had to be said, this was indeed a good solution. Neither Xu Zhi nor He would stand by and watch the other approach the rift and try to leave. Between them, only one could make it out alive.
No one was naive enough to believe that the collapse of the Federation world after their departure would cause no stir in the outside world. The supernatural beings who had built this prison would certainly investigate. Neither He nor Xu Zhi wanted to be discovered, and neither trusted that they would not be stabbed in the back after escaping together. The only solution was for only one of them to survive.
Having lost the rules as its source of energy, the [Observer] believed it could not kill both He and Xu Zhi by itself. Besides, it had not been created to kill "Him" in the first place, nor did it possess that ability. If it alone could suppress Him, why build this prison at all?
Its existence was proof that its creators had never believed this prison could hold Him forever. Thus, they had created it as a warning device.
As the "last line of defense," its lightning carried hidden "scars." These scars would brand themselves deep into the target's supernatural attributes. There would be no scars on the body, nor would anything seem unusual under normal circumstances, but the creators could use a certain instrument to detect the faint trace of lightning