“We’ll never know unless I try.” Determination blazed in Jared‘s eyes; with the power now commanded, believed could summon the lightning and carve a path to the Fourth Heaven.
Outside the Seventh Hall, Jared sat cross-legged on the vast square. He drew a slow breath. Every drop of his energy erupted at once, whipping the air into a howling vortex around him.
Jhaelyn clutched Jemima’s sleeve, eyes wide.
“What is Jared doing?” whispered. Saleto’s expression tightened. “He means to force the lightning tribulation to fall and tear open a passage to the Fourth Heaven.”
Hearing this, the two women gasped in unison.
To summon the tribulation was already courting death; to use that power to rip space apart was nothing short of wagering his life for a single throw of the dice.
A moment later, the clear sky blackened. Clouds knotted above Darkwind Abyss, silver snakes of lightning writhing beneath the ink.
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