The thought of the approaching victory made Jim quite pleased with himself. He wanted to taste the sweetness of his success so much that he decided to strike while the iron was hot. Before anyone could notice, his shadow vanished from the stone pillar.
When he reappeared, he had silently moved onto the pillar, behind all the cultivators.
Without getting in their knowledge of where he had gone, he stretched out his large hand and swept through the bodies of the three cultivators of the Imperial Realm who were near him. He acted so fast that they could hardly understand a thing or respond.
Almost instantly, the spiritual souls of the three men were dragged out of their Soul Seas. The souls kept reeling and swaggering up in the air until they floated above the altar.
Jim acted quickly and shoveled one of those spiritual souls into his mouth and swallowed it.
He was about to get hold of another one to further fill his hunger for power. Just then, a grey shadow crossed his vision and he paused. The shadow surprised him.
He followed the shadow, and gazed at it when it stopped. It was a little beast, similar to a little dog. The little thing was moving very fast. It quickly jumped and landed between the other two spiritual souls in the air. The next moment, it grabbed hold of them.
What happened next shocked and enraged Jim. The remaining two spiritual souls were gobbled up by the beast!
"A gnome?"
Furious at the loss of the two spiritual souls, Jim recognized the beast. He had started to take great interest in this kind of creature, and had thoroughly studied about them recently.
Right after the gnome had devoured Jim's trophies, it shook making ripples in the air. The space around it immediately underwent a change.
The gnome disappeared from the middle of the ripples in the blink of an eye. It vanished just as fast as it had appeared.
"Space Teleportation!
So it is true that the gnomes are talented at space teleporting!"
Jim's mind was assessing the sight he had just witnessed. He remembered having read about it in some ancient books, but seeing it happen before his eyes made him believe it.
It not only amazed him but also annoyed him. He realized that it was not the right time to sit back and study the creature. A legendary gnome had taken the spiritual souls he had earned and vanished into thin air! He must take back what was his!
He quickly unleashed his spiritual sense and searched for the little beast desperately.
Before all of this had happened, the gnome had been traveling with Austin and the others. They were heading in the direction of the altar, getting closer and closer.
They tried as far as possible, but could not speed up much, since there were so many spell formations and traps of delusional space on the way. They needed to be cautious and not do anything in haste.
They marched on carefully. About half an hour later, the gnome who was walking in front suddenly came to a halt. It tilted its head, as if it had sensed something. After analyzing the situation for a while, it turned and conveyed something to Violet, excitedly.
"It says there is an altar ahead of us, and something very interesting seems to be happening there, master. It wants to go first and see what's going on there, if possible."
Violet informed Austin about it through their spiritual senses.
"Oh! Did it say what might be happening at that altar?"
Austin was surprised to hear about the altar and wanted to know more from Violet or the gnome.
"Well, in fact, you can talk to it directly now, master. Its last breakthrough has made it possible for it to understand you,"
Violet announced as she kept giggling, covering her lips with her hand. She found it amusing.
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