Rebirth Of The Strongest Worldsmith

Through the immense purple aura emerged a transparent amalgamation of Cerberus.

The beast roared loudly, sending tremors through the entire cavern. It unleashed a devastating magic aura that traveled thousands of miles outward that very second.

Finally, it disappeared into Lyrian's body once again. With this, the aftermath was devastating.

Lyrian and the others were knocked unconscious instantly. Their brains weren't able to handle even 1% of the spiritual energy unleashed by Cerberus.

After what felt like mere seconds, Lyrian was the first to awake.

*Ding* [You have awoken successfully]

Lyrian felt a temporary stinging sensation in his head as the first thing after he woke up. His body was more sore than before as well. As he clutched his head and returned to his feet, he thought to himself, 'Before I passed out... was that?' Before he could even ask himself the question, Gear spoke.

[Your assumption is correct. That was indeed Cerberus' aura. Although lessened, he was unleashed in the form of raw spiritual energy for a temporary amount of time]

'I see. That's not good... does it mean my control of Cerberus is lessening or something?'

[Wrong]

[Although I do not know the exact answer, I can give a viable solution]

'Shoot.'

[Most likely, Cerberus, a very demonic being, is highly agitated when entering a holy place such as a temple. Due to this, Cerberus must have tried to escape when entering the temple of Zhurong]

'I see... I guess I shouldn't enter holy places carelessly then. Hey Gear... were you still conscious when I was blacked out?'

[Yes. I am not capable of being knocked out, as I am a being with an infinite consciousness]

'Then tell me... just how powerful was Cerberus.' Lyrian stated within his mind.

[Cerberus' power is currently unidentifiable compared to yours]

'Give me something to work with.'

[I see...]

[His power was great enough to warn over 10 kingdoms nearby. That I can say with 99.63% certainty]

'W-what? What are you talking about... I wanted you to compare him to me, but you're talking about a global scale of things. Surely, you aren't serious.'

[...]

'Just what kind of demon have I taken in...' Although it was a rhetorical question, Gear still answered him.

[Calculating Cerberus threat level...]

'Oh?'

[HAVOC...]

[GUARDIAN...]

[DISASTER...]

'It's still increasing...'

[CALAMITY...]

'Even more!?'

[CATASTROPHE...]

[Error! Threat level exceeds CATASTROPHE]

[Beast Cerberus threat level: Incalculable]

Lyrian was taken aback by hearing this. 'Just... how did I even survive the aura of such a being...'

[Due to Cerberus being confined within your shadow, its true aura has been heavily masked]

'I see...' At this moment, the others also came to their senses, slowly awakening.

"What in the world just happened..." Zyon said, still in a slight daze.

"Does anyone remember anything?" Rothis questioned, only to get no answer.

'Good... at least they know it's not me. It would be a hassle to explain.'

Lyrian thought to himself, moving toward the pedestal which had fully lowered by now.

At that moment, Osikae stared at Lyrian with a trembling body and widened eyes.

He shook with an overwhelming feeling of fear as he thought, 'Right before I passed out... I saw it. That horrible energy, the likes of which I have never felt before, came from him.'

He gripped his fists tightly, 'But... why does he seem shocked about it too? Does he not know about it? Or is he trying to play it off as such? Well... whatever the case may be, I'm happy he's on the side of humanity. If he wasn't... I wonder if the Immortal Plains would be able to win against him.'

As he pondered this, Lyrian and the others made their way into the hole while opening up where the pedestal last was.

When they did, they came across a small passage within the ground.

The passage led to a door at the end which was made of wood. However, it had a magic circle on it, one that Zyon deemed to be a protection array.

"To break it... we need to either decipher the array, which could take days. Or, we have to power through it using an overwhelming amount of energy." Zyon assessed it after taking a look at it.

"Hmm..." Lyrian said, taking a look at the door.

Then, he turned to the side and Enhanced his fist. "Shock Fist." He said, punching the wall of stone.

With a huge boom and a cloud of dust that exploded from the impact zone, a giant divot was left in the wall.

"Shock Fist."

Lyrian said again, continuing to punch through the wall.

"Shock Fist. Shock Fist. Shock Fist."

With several more loud blasts of energy, Lyrian finally faced toward the room once again, and said for the last time, "Shock Fist!"

With that, a giant hole was opened up that led straight into the room.

"Wow! Way to go, Lord Lyrian!" Rothis exclaimed in joy.

"I knew you had it in you!" Solvir congratulated as all the adventurers walked into the new pathway made by Lyrian.

As the dust still thickened the air, two arrows suddenly pierced through the dense smoke straight at Lyrian's head.

He swiftly caught both of them and snapped them in half like twigs.

"We aren't here to hurt you! Trust us!" Lyrian exclaimed, but a voice from inside quickly retorted.

"What kind of good guy would try to enter through horrible force like this!?Don't think you can fool us, Black Petal Sect!" It was a fairly young voice that also seemed scared.

"Eh... I guess you're right about that. But you have to trust us." Lyrian walked through the smoke into the protected room. He clapped his hand, forcing all the smoke to clear.

As he did, he saw over ten people inside, sitting on the floor of a fairly small stone box of a room.

A young man, no older than

20, stood in front of a group of old and middle-aged women and men dressed in high-quality robes.

He had a serious expression on his face and shot another two arrows at Lyrian using his crossbow.

"I told you... we are not foe." Lyrian said, taking out the quest plate and showing it to them.

The young man attempted to fire again, but an older gentleman in the back noticed the quest plate and quickly spoke up, "Wait! Hyren!"