"Can't recover?" Jia's face went blank. If what Gabriel said was true, then she finally understood why the great gods refused to enter this place!
In this place, they had no advantage! Outside this realm, they could use all their strength to face their enemies. However, when they were inside this Realm, they could be killed much more easily! Even defensive treasures were useless here!
She was already wondering why Gabriel brought her and Alion to this place. Gabriel was already the strongest amongst them after all. There was no way he would've brought two burdens like them after all!
She finally realized the difference between the three of them was much smaller in this place and Gabriel could use their strength to deal with minor troubles until they were exhausted. That way, he could save his strength for the real powerful enemies and traps!
Despite hearing it from Gabriel, the little girl still tried to test. She tried to absorb the Spiritual Aura from the air. Unfortunately, she couldn't feel even a single trace of it! It was as if she really was no more than a mortal who couldn't even feel any magical aura in the air.
She brought out Spirit Crystals. Even if she couldn't absorb spirit aura from the aura from the air, she believed that she could at least use her Spirit Crystals.
"They are also useless. You'd be much better after giving up hope. I've tried everything the last time I was here," Gabriel lazily answered. He didn't even need to look back to see what the little girl was trying.
Unlike Jia, Alion was more calm. He already knew everything that Jia was just finding out.
Jia closed her fist, using the Spirit Crystal. Unfortunately, even with the Spirit Crystal, she couldn't recover any strength! This place was just too mystical!
"Without being able to recover our strength, can the three of us really succeed?" she asked, looking blankly at the Spirit Crystal in her hand that was no more than an ordinary stone at the moment.
"It depends on how you use your strength and how many enemies we face." Even Gabriel wasn't sure if he could succeed this time.
His situation was even worse last time. When he was here for the first time, he didn't know about the specialty of this place. He had already wasted a lot of his strength facing enemies in the outer layer.
That left him with very little Spiritual Strength for later. It was also why he couldn't protect himself properly, getting seriously injured before he was able to leave.
This time, he wanted to reserve his strength for the real troublesome enemies... The Nether Clans of the Core Region.
Unfortunately, he also knew that unlike last time, the enemies weren't going to underestimate him now. If they remembered who he was, then they were all going to come for him.
"You two, I have a special mission for you this time. That's also the reason I brought you to this place."
Although Jia believed that Gabriel brought them here so he could use them in the initial battles to reserve his strength, she didn't realize that she was absolutely wrong. His real intentions were much different.
For a brief moment, Gabriel stopped and turned around, looking at the two before him.
In the middle of the desolate land, only three people could be seen. One was speaking while the other two were listening carefully, at times revealing shocked expressions on their faces.
"Are you looking for death?" Alion exclaimed in disbelief. "After you've successfully managed to return, you want to do this? Did you go crazy during the soul merger or something? I absolutely won't agree to this! You know how dangerous this is!"
Jia also had the same thought. The only difference was that she didn't speak her thoughts out loud. She only said mildly, "I don't think this is good."
"I'm not asking you. I'm telling you." Gabriel didn't even bother to convince them. It was his decision and it was final. "If you two don't agree, we can go back. I can find other people who will agree with me."
Alion and Jia went silent. They didn't doubt Gabriel's words. It didn't look like he was joking either.
After a long period of silence, Alion and Jia exclaimed in unison. "Alright. We will do it."
"That's much better." Gabriel nodded in satisfaction. His purpose in bringing these two people here was almost completed. Now all that was left was the execution of the plan.
However, before all that, they still had to find a way out of this desolate land and leave the outer layer.
For the next seven hours, Gabriel and the others walked on the dried land. Along the way, Gabriel told the two more about this place.
"As I said before, it's hard for people to live here. However, that's not the case for all. There are a few clans that not only live here, but also possess immense strength. Three clans in particular that you need to keep in mind."
"The first is the Nether Blood Clan, consisting of humans that were born in the Nether Realm itself. They can't use any Spiritual Energy in this place, thus, they use a different method to strengthen themselves... Blood magic."
Jia looked at Gabriel in confusion, not understanding what Blood Magic was. However, before she could even ask, Gabriel continued.
"The second that you need to keep in mind is the Nether Beast Clan. They are born with incredible physical strength. They are real beasts that can take human shape once they are strong enough."
"Amongst the great beast clan, look out for the ones that can take human shape and have two dragon-like horns in their head and light blue skin. They are the Flood Dragons, having the highest strength in the Nether Demon Clan."
"If you come across them, don't look back and just run. You two will die in less than ten seconds if you try to fight them. It took me a great effort to kill them last time I was here. Those bastards were the ones who made me exhaust most of my strength, giving the Nether Blood Clan a chance to injure me."
As Gabriel spoke, he couldn't help but remember the battle as if it was just yesterday. After he saved the soul of his sister, he fought with three beasts from the Nether Demon Clan that blocked his path. Two amongst them were Flood Dragons.
"As for the third great clan, it consists of the undead beings that were born in the bloody rift of the Nether Realm. They have low intelligence but high strength. They are also the ones who guard the Soul Equilibrium.'
