Jed and the others only felt waves of fluctuations surrounding Fane. All of a sudden, Nash—who had disappeared— appeared for them, startling Jed and his company.
Upon his appearance, Nash stared straight at Fane seriously, not sparing a glance at everyone else in the area. Fane's actions might have made him look like he had lost his mind, but Nash knew that his son must have learned how to resolve the ancient array. He lowered his voice and spoke by Fane's ear, "Have you found a way to resolve the issue?"
Fane turned around and glanced at his father; he had nothing to hide from Nash." Yes, I have. The great master was once trapped in the Ten Absolutes trap array,
too.” Nash finally relaxed when he heard Fane's sure answer. He could not help but pat Fane heavily on his shoulders. "Son, couldn't you have told your father your plans before doing something? My heart nearly leaped out of my throat when you jumped down from the cliff just now, do you know that?"
Fane's lips curved into a helpless smile.
He was not afraid of being tortured to death, and he did not jump because of that. Based on the situation, he would have been found by the Corpse Pavilion even if Jed and the others were not there to involve him if he stayed outside. He chose to jump into the Ten Absolutes trap array because there was an important memory regarding this ancient array among the memories from the great master. Years ago, the great master was also trapped in the Ten Absolutes trap array when he explored the secret place.
Although this great master was several times stronger than Fane, he could not break the ancient array by force and could only resolve the ancient array in another way. Fane's method of punching the air was akin to how the great master resolved the ancient array before.
Nash lowered his voice and asked Fane, * Are you capable of resolving the ancient array by jabbing the air? Do you think that you can break the Ten Absolutes trap array like this?”
Fane shook his head and explained, "I didn't do this to break the ancient array by force. With my current strength, I can't do that. I did that to observe how the true energy disperses in space. Father, look at this!"
With that, Fane swung his fist forward, and Nash widened his eyes to study what happened.
Much to his shock, Nash saw how the true energy sent ripples across the space like a stone thrown into water before it dissipated. He turned around in surprise as he pointed at where Fane punched into the air. "It’s like ripples in the water when a stone is thrown in."
Fane nodded. "That's right. This means that the space here is very stable, and the array eye isn’t here!"
Nash turned around excitedly at Fane's words. “So you're actually searching for the array eye?"
Every large array would come with an array eye, which was the core of the arrays. Due to the difference in how the arrays were formed, the usage and strength of the array eyes were different. Some of the array eyes were the strongest place of an array, but some of them were the weakest spot of a large array. It could even be described as the softest spot of an array. Of course, the Ten Absolutes trap array belonged to the latter.
Fane frowned as he spoke, albeit confidently so, "Normally, the array eyes of trap arrays would be the easiest spot to attack. If I'm able to find the correct place, I'll be able to resolve this huge array despite being weaker compared to the great master."
Nash nodded. "Then how can we be certain that we’ve found the array eye?"
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