A Man Like None Other

Teegan glanced at Ezio and gave a firm nod.

“All right, but don’t let your emotions cloud your judgment. When it comes to personal gain, family ties mean nothing. If I find out you’ve let them go, I’ll tear you to pieces.”

“Rest assured, Mr. Teegan,” Ezio replied, his tone resolute. “Since I’ve chosen to pledge my loyalty to you, I won’t have second thoughts.”

Satisfied, Teegan waved dismissively, allowing Gordon, Elena, and Mia, led by Ezio, to leave.

Meanwhile, inside the gourd, Jared found himself surrounded by a dimension of absolute darkness. Despite the strange environment, he showed no fear. Instead, his Nethersky Eye activated, scanning his surroundings.

“This is supposed to be some great treasure?” Jared remarked, his voice laced with a touch of amusement.

“What nonsense!” came the disdainful voice of Vermilion Demon Lord. “It’s just an ordinary gourd modified with an arcane array. There’s nothing precious about it, let alone spiritual. That fool had the nerve to call it a Devouring Sky Gourd? Ha! If that’s a Devouring Sky Gourd, then what’s my Celestial Devourer supposed to be?”

irritated by the audacious claim. It was evident he didn’t take kindly to anyone else using the

time nascence. Otherwise, there’s no way it could’ve drawn me in. But the space nascence? Hardly worth mentioning. Even the array master who designed

in the empty void. “If they’d turned the inside of this gourd into an actual realm, I might’ve been impressed. But this? A

space and time nascence could create entire realms-complete with grass, trees, mountains, and rivers. The scale of their creations depended on

time nascence, such tactics might’ve been effective. But Jared, a

see that they amounted to

Swish, swish, swish!

tremble. From every direction, wind blades hurtled toward

inscribed a wind formation here,” Jared murmured,

golden light enveloping him as he braced against the onslaught