While Yadasai was confused, the Cruel Scholar suddenly let out a long sigh.
This sigh contained many unknown emotions, and just as Yadasai wished to delve deeper, the chains on Popota suddenly started moving, followed by a burst of bright light, Yadasai was repelled by a tremendous force.
Yadasai was violently flung against the wall of the underground hall, creating a deep crater.
It was covered in bone armor and thus wasn’t injured, but Yadasai still couldn’t move. Its eyes peered through the hole in the crater towards where the statue was.
It wanted to see what had happened. And what did the sigh of the Cruel Scholar signify?
But Yadasai didn’t see Popota, because at that moment, Popota was obscured by a dense black fog.
These fogs emerged from within Popota, and when they spread, a ring of light suddenly took shape in the midst of the black fog…
The black fog and the circle of light fused perfectly, resembling a “Solar Eclipse”.
When Yadasai saw this “Solar Eclipse,” it swallowed hard. It was beginning to understand why it got knocked away and why the Cruel Scholar had sighed.
It was familiar with the symbol of this “Solar Eclipse,” for it was—The Profound Pattern.
Full name: The True Name Sign of the Lord of the Profound.
And the Lord of the Profound was The Unparalleled Great Demon God of the Abyss!
In the world of Demon Gods, there were ranks too. The Lord of the Profound stood at the very top of the pyramid, whereas the Cruel Scholar was merely a Great Demon God, a tier below the Lord of the Profound.
Therefore, when the projection of the Cruel Scholar faced the Sign of the Lord of the Profound, it had no choice but to sigh.
At this moment, Yadasai felt helpless; it had never expected that two of the most supreme Demon Gods from the Abyss would descend their consciousness here.
“So this is the playground of Demon Gods,” Yadasai’s eyes dimmed, for with its power, it couldn’t possibly take part in such high-level contention.
“Indeed, you still appeared,” the Cruel Scholar sighed softly.
With a strange laugh, bizarre vibrations transmitted from the Profound Pattern.
The Cruel Scholar seemed to hear something from the vibrations, “The Eye of the Abyssal Depth indeed left, but Its consciousness had returned a thousand years ago, and here, It had Its listener.”
For the first time, the Cruel Scholar turned to look at Yadasai.
Yadasai felt tingles on its scalp, for it indeed had once received revelations from the Eye of the Abyssal Depth. However, it had never deciphered the true meaning of that revelation.
Vibrations came from the Profound Pattern again.
“Since you still intend to vie for Its power, I will step aside,” the Cruel Scholar responded calmly.
As the Cruel Scholar made his promise, a bizarre laughter came from within the Profound Pattern, and slowly, the black fog faded, and the “Solar Eclipse” disappeared along with it.
Left behind were only Popota, whose eyes had regained the gleam of madness, and the statue of the Cruel Scholar with its wings once again enshrouding its form.
As the wings returned to their place, it was evident that the Cruel Scholar, true to its earlier promise, was no longer obstructing Popota.
However, as the statue’s wings were about to close, another ripple emerged from the Cruel Scholar, causing Popota’s gaze, which had grown mad, to gradually clear again.
Feeling the return of his sanity, Popota looked at the Cruel Scholar with a hint of gratitude in his eyes.
“Your choice has doomed clarity to be short-lived,” the Cruel Scholar paused, then said, “Actually, I find you… very interesting. Should you choose to abandon It, you could come to my world.”
The Cruel Scholar left a deeply meaningful comment before being completely enveloped by the wings and disappearing from sight.
With the disappearance of the Cruel Scholar, no one else could prevent Popota from pressing the main Inscription switch.
But at that moment, Popota, having regained clear sight, hesitated in front of the main switch. In the end, after looking at the chains on him, he still pressed down towards the location of the main switch.