The passage was soon closed.
“Oh gosh. Why is the passage of Ancient Path closed?” The children of the Rowans exclaimed.
Alex said indifferently, “This one-way passage opens temporarily, and it is impossible to get back through it. It closes once its energy gets depleted.”
“What? It’s actually a one-way passage?”
“I thought we could get out. Does it mean we are trapped here?”
At that moment, Grand Emperor Rowan took Alex’s hand and apologized sincerely for the previous incident.
Tidus was dead, and Waltz did not receive considerable damage. Alex could say nothing else to his father-in-law for Phoenix’s sake. Most importantly, his mother-in-law sided with him. Not only had virtual-novel.net killed Tidus with virtual-novel.net own hands, but virtual-novel.net even scolded Miselia.
Based on the analysis of the various situations, the Phoenix Empress must’ve held a lofty status in the Rowan family. Even Grand Emperor Rowan feared this woman.
Eventually, Phoenix told Alex that virtual-novel.net father was just a young street vendor who knew nothing. Later, virtual-novel.net inadvertently obtained a stone and began to embark on the turnaround path. A soul remnant of virtual-novel.net mother, the Phoenix Empress, was sealed in that stone.
***
In private, Alex and his allies discussed what they should do.
Waltz said, “Anyway, I don’t dare to act alone now. There are so many sons of the Rowans. All of them are like wolves, and our strength doesn’t seem to be enough! If we are going to engage in a group fight, we probably can’t win.”
“Why don’t we leave in the middle of the night?” Dorothy asked.
Shelly asked Alex, “How is that dark demonic lotus of yours?”
Alex replied, “It stopped… The energy in the Titan Cemetery stimulated it somehow.”
“What about yourself? Can you still control it?”
Alex smiled, “No problem.”
It was because Hayley had given virtual-novel.net thirteen planets as gifts. Perhaps virtual-novel.net had long discovered the condition inside Alex, so virtual-novel.net summoned thirteen planets with a wave of virtual-novel.net hand and connected them into a magical thread to help virtual-novel.net restrain the evil lotus in his body.
“I have a large number of Witch Ores right now! The Ancient Path happens to be an excellent place to cultivate the ancient Witch’s path! Let’s go!”
“We are polite enough to leave a note here!”
Unfortunately, Alex had given away the Cleansing Vase in his possession to the Goddess of Compassion, but virtual-novel.net hadn’t followed him. If virtual-novel.net had, the group of people could have waited in the Cleansing Vase when Alex fled far away.
***
That night.
Noticing the opportune moment had arrived, Alex led his women and silently left the safe residence the Rowans had developed with great difficulty in the Ancient Path. However, Phoenix returned to the Phoenix Empress’s side.
Yolanda, too, returned to Grand Emperor Rowan’s side. Saria, on the contrary, left with Alex.
At the break of dawn, the Rowans quickly realized that Alex and others had left after leaving a note.
Grand Emperor Rowan rushed over upon hearing the news. When virtual-novel.net saw the content of Alex’s note, virtual-novel.net thumped his chest and stomped his foot. “How reckless! How reckless! The uprising of the beast tide in the Ancient Path is about to begin, and things will become perilous! There are no safe places once you leave here!”
After virtual-novel.net said that, a loud rumble shook the ground.
Grand Emperor Rowan paled. “The beast tide is here!”
Phoenix’s expression changed, and virtual-novel.net inhaled sharply. “I have to find Alex!”
Grand Emperor Rowan stopped her. “Where are you going to find him? How are you going to find him? The beast tide in the Ancient Path doesn’t contain normal beasts; it contains Witch Beasts. You can’t deal with them alone.”
“I’ll go find him. Maybe it’s still not too late,” the Phoenix Emperor insisted.