“Hey, brat, haven’t you already grasped the concept of divine markings? You can lay therm out on the ground. By doing so, you’ll provoke a reaction from the existing arcane array, revealing the original array runes!” Vermilion Demon Lord suggested to Jared.
Jared’s eyes lit up. “Of course! Why didn’t I think of that? I didn’t realize you knew so much about arcane arrays too.”
“After spending so much time inside your consciousness field, I’ve picked up a thing or two,” Vermilion Demon Lord chuckled.
Without delay, Jared began inscribing a divine marking. Though he wasn’t sure of the level of the existing arcane array, he put forth his best effort to create the divine markings. If the markings were too simple, they wouldn’t be strong enough to provoke the arcane array.
As Jared laid down his divine markings, the ground began to tremble slightly, and the spirit beasts nearby let out low growls. The moment Jared’s divine markings touched the earth, the array runes on the ground started glowing brightly, revealing the full extent of the array in clear detail.
Without wasting time, Jared began deciphering the array runes. Within a quarter of an hour, he had cracked the arcane array, showing that despite its concealment, it wasn’t particularly high-level.
As soon as the array runes was fully deciphered, the ground beneath Jared gave way, revealing a pitch-black hole. Heat waves surged from the entrance, intensifying the fear in the spirit beasts even more.
After a quick glance, Jared ventured into the cave.
As soon as he stepped inside, the space around him distorted, and to his surprise, he found himself in an entirely different dimension. It wasn’t underground but a separate dimension, specifically created by the arcane array.
The space wasn’t vast, but the heat was overwhelming, as if he had stepped into a blazing furnace. Fortunately, Jared had fire nascence and extremus frost flame within him, so he wasn’t bothered by the heat.
Scanning his surroundings, Jared sought the source of the intense heat.
Suddenly, a burst of flame shot toward him. Jared quickly summoned his internal flame, and the two flames collided violently.
Boom!
The force of the explosion filled the entire space with roaring flames.
Jared noticed a small creature in the corner of the room, its eyes locked on him. The creature had horns on its head, a body resembling a horse, and was engulfed in flames.
At first glance, it looked similar to the Celestial Devourer that Jared kept in his storage ring.
“Is this another Celestial Devourer?” Jared wondered aloud.
“Nonsense!” Vermillion Demon Lord retorted. “That’s a fire unicorn. It’s not nearly as powerful as Celestial Devourer. It’s the mount of the Fire Spirit Lord. I didn’t expect this dumb mount to end up in Ethereal Realm.”
“It seems that this little fire unicorn has only recently hatched. No wonder those spirit beasts fell ill and the cause couldn’t be found. I believe it was simply out of fright.” Vermilion Demon Lord chuckled as he spoke.
Looks like Fire Spirit Lord’s mount isn’t the only one that fell into the Ethereal Realm. Fire Spirit Lord himself must be here too! I guess we’re even now.
“The mount of the Fire Spirit Lord?” Jared muttered, recalling when the Fire Spirit Lord had once shown interest in his Celestial Devourer. He had presented it as a unicorn beast, but the Fire Spirit Lord had been unimpressed, claiming it was a Celestial Devourer.
It seemed that the Fire Spirit Lord had been hoping for his own mount, the fire unicorn, to be reincarnated or to produce offsprings.
