It was at this time that Lucas also realized he had been deceived. He stepped back in horror, mumbling with trembling lips, “So it was all a lie… he was lied to, and I was as well.”Regret flushed over Lucas like a plague.After the creature had finished absorbing Muzan, it turned its massive head with glowing eyes toward Jordan, Clara, and Julien. With a grunted voice, it said:“Now is the time to absorb your entire essence.”The creature’s main goal, once freed from the chains restraining it, was to consume almost everything in its path. Every single human with cultivation energy would become its strength.Clara stepped forward, holding her staff. “You’ve fallen into our trap, and that has been the plan. This time, you won’t have to wait another ten thousand years to decide another person to unchain you—you will be bound in the place you came from forever.”After saying these words, she turned to Jordan. “Now.”Jordan understood what she meant. He stepped forward and planted his swo