Chapter 5482

Quincy and the others stood frozen for a heartbeat, then hurried after Jared as he strode toward the distant Obsidian Stone Sect.

Inside the sect’s grand hall, Marius paced beneath towering braziers, an itch of dread tugging at his nerves. His eyelids twitched without cause.

“Activate every restriction at once,” Marius barked. “I don’t want a single

trespasser slipping through!”

Ever cautious, he watched attendants sprint to obey, rune-lamps flaring as the barrier sealed shut around the mountain stronghold.

Immortal Lord Nimbus had laced the headquarters of Obsidian Stone Sect with a shimmering barrier-runic light flowing over the walls like moonlit water. Everyone thought it was unbreachable.

Yet the instant that barrier was activated, Jared strode onto the forecourt with Quincy and their weary companions at his heels, boots crunching across the black gravel as though the earth itself had summoned them.