Watching Leo’s expression, Ecthrois smirked sinisterly and said, “What’s wrong, kid? Don’t you believe me?”
“You’re definitely not Ecthrois!” Leo concluded.
A flicker of darkness crossed Ecthrois’ pitch-black eyes as his voice turned icy. “Whether I am or not is no longer important to you. In any case, you’ll die soon.”
Leo swiftly retrieved a Thunderbolt Talisman from his body and activated it.
A massive lightning bolt descended fiercely upon Ecthrois’ head.
In an exaggerated fashion, Ecthrois simply reached out his right hand and caught the lightning bolt approaching him. Then, with a squeeze of his hand, the lightning dissipated into thin air.
This shocking scene left Leo too stunned to execute his planned follow-up attack.
Ecthrois extended his left hand into the void, and Leo felt an overpowering force gripping him. Slowly, his body lifted off the ground and moved towards Ecthrois.
Ecthrois opened his mouth, and apart from the excruciating pain, Leo felt his spiritual power and life force draining away rapidly.
At this critical moment between life and death, Leo could only resort to using Purple Radiance for an attack.
A flash of purple light pierced towards Ecthrois’ eyes.
Ecthrois clenched his right hand, seizing the purple radiance, and then thrust it into Leo’s chest with a backhand motion.
Immediately, Ecthrois released his left hand, and Leo fell from mid-air to the ground.
The Purple Radiance embedded in his chest was stained red with blood, and Leo’s consciousness quickly faded away…
Was this how he would die here?
Everything before him gradually blurred, and Leo’s eyes could no longer stay open.
Just then, the Purple Radiance embedded in Leo’s chest and stained with blood suddenly erupted with a strange purple brilliance.
The purple radiance instantly filled the entire underground hall.
Ecthrois’ pitch-black eyes widened abruptly, and he uttered a desperate cry, “The Dagger of Time and Space!”
At the moment Leo’s eyes closed, the entire realm of consciousness turned purple.
The purple color suddenly vanished, and Leo abruptly opened his eyes, finding himself hidden behind the stone pillar again. On the elevated platform, Mr. Hood had just knocked out the five bandits.
Could everything that just happened have been an illusion?
Or did time reverse?
Moreover, at the moment when he was about to lose consciousness, Leo seemed to hear Ecthrois say the words-the Dagger of Time and Space.
Though shocked to the core, Leo knew that now was not the time to dwell on these thoughts. He had to prevent the Demon Cultivator from breaking the seal on Ecthrois’ formation.
Mr. Hood had already started reciting Buddhist scriptures, completely unaware of the imminent danger.
After chanting a few lines, Mr. Hood suddenly stopped.
Slowly lowering his head, he saw a sword protruding from his chest.
Subsequently, pain and disbelief filled Mr. Hood’s face.
Leo pulled out the Blue Phantom Sword, and blood gushed out from Mr. Hood’s chest, staining the black stone, a gruesome sight to behold.
Retrieving the Blue Phantom Sword, Leo used Soul Capture on the awakened bandits.
Soul Capture only worked on ordinary people and lasted for an hour, turning them into puppets under Leo’s control.
Having the bandits wear the Buddha masks, Leo led the group back along the same path.
After exiting the compass-shaped passage, Leo restored the Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams Formation, then destroyed the mechanism of the compass, effectively locking the formation in place. Even if someone knew how to activate it, they wouldn’t be able to move the compass, essentially rendering the formation immovable.
Exiting was less complicated than entering since the passages automatically opened for those who came in.
After emerging from the stone wall at the end of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Road, Leo checked his phone. Fortunately, he still had 5% battery remaining and had a signal.
Leo immediately called Madame.
Half an hour later, the police put hoods on the bandits and loaded them into the police car. The whole process was extremely simple, with the five bandits obediently complying like docile kittens.
The entire gang of bandits was captured, and in the interrogation room, they confessed to stealing the Buddha’s head without hesitation.
The leader of the bandits, Hamish, also revealed a person named Zachary Hood, claiming that he was the mastermind behind the theft of the Buddha’s head.
Strangely, the police were unable to locate this person named Zachary. It was as if he had disappeared into thin air.
After having dinner in the afternoon, while Leo was resting in his room, there was a frantic knocking on the door.
Opening the door, he saw Madame standing before him, her face filled with urgency, worry, and fear.
“What’s wrong?” Leo could tell from her expression that something was seriously amiss.
Madame stuttered in her speech, clearly agitated.
It was the first time Leo saw her with such an expression on her face.
“Leo, my father is sick. Can you…?” Madame bit her lip and grabbed Leo’s hand. “I know you’re great at healing. Can you come with me to the capital to treat my father?”
“When are we leaving?” Leo wouldn’t stand idly by when it came to healing and saving lives, especially when it was Madame’s father.
“We’re leaving tonight. I’ve already booked the plane tickets.” Madame couldn’t wait to be by her father’s side.
Early the next morning, the plane landed at the airport in the capital, and the two of them hurriedly took a taxi to the hospital.
Arriving at the hospital room, when Leo saw Madame’s father, Marsh, lying on the hospital bed, he felt a sense of unease in his heart.
Marsh was in a coma, with a darkened forehead and a purplish hue in his eyelids. Faint blackness could be seen beneath the skin at the Stellar Palace area.
After scanning with his spiritual senses, Leo thought to himself, “Such an unusual negative energy…”
“Madame, Leo.” Madame’s mother, Edwina, in a low mood, called out to Madame and Leo.