Rise Of The Defying Paragon

Chapter 13: Zenith

CRACK!

CRACK!!

Jeffrey realized the sound was closer to the palace and since the golden mansion was near the Temporal Palace and he'd only just started walking towards the gates for like five minutes, he'd not gotten far.

" Pheona, I heard the sound of a space crack. Do space cracks occur regularly?" Jeffrey's asked with a slight change in his voice, as soon as he heard the crack he felt fear and danger. His body trembled slightly but he didn't know why. Was it what caused the space crack or what is about to emerge that's been causing his feeling of fear and danger, whatever it is or whoever it was, he didn't want to find out so he started running.

" Space crack, where?" Pheona was baffled, how could space cracks occur in the primordial forest twice in a very short timespan when even cracking space for her, a void Phoenix is impossible. What the fuck was going on?.

" I could hear it nearby the palace"

" This… Space cracks are not meant to occur repeatedly in this place. It's baffling to me."

" Whatever, I'm leaving… After hearing the space crack, the feeling of danger and fear intensified." Jeffrey started to run with all his strength while avoiding every debris in his way.

" I'm on my way, don't worry." Pheona had somewhat brushed off the feelings Jeffrey told her not due to her arrogance but cause she couldn't think of anything that could possibly kill her, now that a space crack appeared she couldn't ignore it, who knows what being might appear, a being capable of entering this sealed land. It made her shiver just thinking about it especially if the being was hostile.

" No, don't come." Jeffrey said much to the shock of Pheona and Jennifer.

" What do you mean she should not come Jeffrey! It's safer to stay around her!" Jennifer screamed in shock and panic. What was Jeffrey saying, why wouldn't he allow Pheona to come?.

" Just listen to me, don't come."

" I'm still coming, if the being emerging is stronger than me I can escape, with my void powers I'm best at escaping."

" DON'T, just don't come alright. The same feeling I've been having before the space crack intensified, I had it immediately you told me you were coming. All I know is that if you come something worse would happen, it's fucking not clear so don't come."

" Fine, I'm not coming." Pheona complied reluctantly, she didn't want to risk the dangers that might appear if she didn't comply since the first premonition Jeffrey had came to pass.

As Jeffrey was running towards the gate, somebody appeared five meters before him from thin air. He was frightened seeing somebody appear before him like that.

" Who are you and what do you want." Jeffrey asked while looking at the man vigilantly.

" A mortal, no energy cultivation, has cultivated the muscles, bone, skin and blood of the body. Result, a weakling, not a threat." The man ignored him and looked at him indifferently and with disdain after analyzing Jeffrey.

" You're coming with me." The man said with authority in his voice.

" What the hell man, you just…" Jeffrey was at first pissed hearing the man telling him to follow him from nowhere but as he was speaking, he saw a hand appear right in front of his face and the next thing he knew he felt the loss of gravity. Before he could register what was happening, he felt something hard and heard something loud.

BOOM!

BANG!

" Arghhhh" Jeffrey screamed, he knew he hit the ground before his brain could comprehend what was happening.

Was this Power? He couldn't even see his movements, even the sound of his fall was heard before he could feel the pain. He was an ant in front of this person. While he was trying to get a hang of what was occurring, he heard the man's voice but he couldn't understand what they were saying. Now that he thought about it, how was he able to understand the man's words previously.

" Master, I've brought the person. He's just a mortal, a weakling, he doesn't even have an energy cultivation."

" A mortal, that's interesting." Jeffrey could hear a masculine deep voice even though he couldn't understand what they were saying.

Jeffrey was yanked up by the man he met previously. He was forced to kneel towards the master and when he looked at the master, he saw a young handsome man, he had snow white hair and his eyes were purple while his pupils were vertical. His frame was fit, not too buff and not too lean, he was practically most women's fantasy man.

Meanwhile as Pheona looked at the master through Jeffrey's eyes, ' He's in the mystic realm but I'm half-step into the immortal realm so I should be able to kill him even though I'm weakened and he's at the peak of the mystic realm. Was Jeffery's premonition wrong?'

" Boy, I'm coming, he's weaker than me your premonition was probably wrong."

" STAY! Do not come at all." Jeffrey did not care whether this 'master' was weaker than Pheona because as soon as he saw the man, he felt danger, the man's entire being screamed danger to Jeffrey. He never felt like that even when he first met Pheona but for this man, he feared this man.

As he looked at the man's purple eyes, he could see madness in them, it scared the shit out of him.

" You have good regenerative abilities for somebody who has tempered his body to your level." The master's voice brought him out of his thoughts. Jennifer also wanted to argue with Jeffrey but hearing the man speak she also kept silent.

" Thanks" That was all Jeffrey could say in regards to his comment, he couldn't tell him about Pheona and that it was a pill that cultivated his body.

As soon he said those words he saw the master's raise his hand up like a stop sign, he was confused then he turned back and was given a fright, the previous man's hand was outstretched towards his head, he looked at his face and saw that he was angry. Why was he angry to the point he wanted to hit him again?, it's not like he said anything wrong, he said thanks, what else do you want me to say for fucks sake?.

" Anyhow, do you know where we are?" Jeffrey heard the masters calm voice and when he turned back towards the man, the look in his eyes which told him to choose his words carefully.

" The primordial forest, this is the Temporal City and that is the Temporal Palace." Jeffrey answered concisely and truthfully. His guts told him not to lie and he would definitely listen besides he was not saying something important and secretive.

The master's eyes flashed for an instant unnoticed by Jeffrey, " Do you know the void Phoenix and where she is?"

The instant the master asked that question, Jeffrey, Pheona and Jennifer were shocked. Why was he looking for Pheona?.

" What's a void Phoenix?" Jeffrey knew that a mortal like him should not know what a Phoenix is much less a void phoenix so he was hoping they'd believe him but he didn't know that the second he was shocked the master noticed it.

" You're lying, you were shocked when I asked you and besides the aura of the void is on your body. It's impossible for you to survive in the void so that means you must have met the void phoenix."

" Aura of the void?" Jeffrey asked in a confused voice.

BANG

" Arghh"

" Mortal, answer master's question and stop replying back with your questions. Learn your place." The servant smashed Jeffrey's head unto the ground hearing him ask another question leisurely to his master like an equal.

" Alright, just tell me where she is so that we can go on our way." The master gestured for his servant to pick Jeffrey up.

" What do you want to do with her." Jeffrey asked even though it might get him killed, for him he considers Pheona a friend and a helper. Ever since they came to the primordial forest, she explained several things to them, she gave them food and water and a place to sleep, some might take it for granted but he knew that if Pheona didn't help them, they might have died out there probably out of starvation or a beast especially since they were so weak when they came. The fact that she treated them like a person and not like how this bastard treats him like the dust under his shoes makes him to understand that Pheona was different, so he'll never give in.

" Didn't you hear me!"

" Right hand!" The master shouted at his subordinate seeing him about to smash Jeffrey head heavily. Right hand stopped hearing his master but looked at Jeffrey with a murderous intent.

" I'm going to use her body for my experiments, her void powers are interesting." The master said with a light smile.

" But she's stronger than you." Jeffrey blurted out in confusion, Pheona said he was weaker than her but his premonition still screamed danger from this guy.

The master smiled hearing his words, he waved his hands and a circular like object appeared in his hands. He looked at Jeffrey with a light smile and said " This is used to strengthen space and make it more difficult to enter the void but that's not all it does, I modified and made it that it seals off a certain part from the void so one cannot enter the void no matter unless the person is strong enough. I know you'll not understand so let me just say it's basically used to create an isolated space which even if the void phoenix wants to escape she'd not be able to at all."

" I know you might be wondering why I'm telling you, well it's because you've disrupted one of my plans. I created an equipment used to locate where dense void aura and energy is but it's currently pointing towards you right now so you see you're wasting my time. You can tell me where I can locate her or we can take it out of you."

Jeffrey and Pheona felt a chill running down their backs for different reasons. Pheona was frightened by the two technologies this man created just to capture her, if she didn't know about it beforehand she'd be taken captive. She was lucky that Jeffrey was here or she won't know what her fate would be.

As for Jeffrey, he was cursing his bad luck, he knows the dense void aura radiating from him is from when he was stuck in the void for an unknown time. Maybe if he was not in the void, this madmen won't bother with a mortal like him but there were no ifs in life. Right now he has a choice between abandoning the person who helped them and he probably has a chance to live or he keeps his mouth shut. For him the choice was easy.

" Pheona, you've heard what he said. I don't know what you have to do to survive or hide but you should probably do it. I don't plan on selling you out."

" You know you can tell them, I'll be careful now that I know some of his methods."

" I'm not selling you out, besides do you think he'll allow me to live after I talk, he'll probably kill me."

Pheona didn't know how she should feel about the decision Jeffrey made, it seemed foolish to her who has lived for a very long time. When she brought them to her home, it was out of curiosity and to somewhat alleviate her boredom, it was never out of kindness, it didn't cost her anything, even the pill didn't cost her anything.

" Jennifer I hope you don't hate me for my decision." Jeffrey asked Jennifer who's been silent.

" I'll never hate you, I knew you'll make that decision so I'm not really surprised."

Jeffrey smiled hearing her words, he looked at the master with the same smile which made him furrow his brows.

" Is it possible to know your name?" Jeffrey asked in a calm tone.

" Ohh, so you're not telling me, that's surprising." The master said in a voice which had slight intrigue and surprise.

" I owe her."

" Not my problem, take him away Right hand and make him talk, you have five minutes."

" Right away Master." Right hand said with a smirk while looking towards Jeffrey and dragged Jeffrey towards one of the houses in the surroundings.

" Hey your name, what do I call you." Jeffrey called out calmly while been dragged.

The master looked at Jeffrey with slight interest, seeing his resolve a slight smirk appeared on his lips,

" Zenith, I'm Zenith."