The Rule Soul Avatar didn't say much. Instead, he transmitted a spiritual message to Darren's brain, which contained his previous experiences.
Meanwhile, Darren sent a message to the Rule Soul Avatar so that he knew what had happened.
Both frowned when they processed the events that the other had experienced.
"I'm trapped in the abyss, and you are stuck in the tomb. There's no way out for either of us," the Rule Soul Avatar stated.
"Yes, I thought I could force my way out, but it turned out to be wishful thinking!" Darren shook his head.
Now that the passage ended in the abyss, his soul was unable to return to his body.
On the other hand, the Rule Soul Avatar couldn't cross the abyss since the other end of the passage was a supreme god's tomb.
"Hey, Darren! You haven't told me what's going on!" Jenifer interrupted when she saw the strange expression on both their faces.
"This is my real body."
"This is my avatar!"
The Rule Soul Avatar and Darren answered in unison.
"Oh, I see. Then, there's a problem. What shall I call you?" Jenifer glanced at the Rule Soul Avatar and questioned.
"Anything you like," the Rule Soul Avatar said with a smile.
"If both of you are present at the same time, how can I tell one from the other?" Jenifer asked helplessly.
"How about this? You can call me Darren and address my avatar as Xavier. What do you think, avatar?" Darren suggested.
"I can live with that," the Rule Soul Avatar replied with a nod.
He didn't object as Xavier was another name for Darren. Besides, it would only be used to distinguish Darren from his avatar.
"Okay," Jenifer said. Since she had known the Rule Soul Avatar for a while now and had grown accustomed to calling him "Darren", she thought it would be a little weird to call him Xavier. But, she didn't mind as he was still the same person.
"You're extraordinary. Not only do you have limitless potential, but your avatar is the same. What a surprise!"
After a long silence, the bloody body finally started to speak.
The Rule Soul Avatar scrutinized it with his silvery eyes.
A moment later, with a frown, he withdrew from his examination of the bloody body.
"Who are you?" the Rule Soul Avatar asked in his typical indifferent tone.
"I am Sheffield."
The Rule Soul Avatar's expression remained cold. Jenifer, however, was so shocked that her mouth was agape.
"Oh, my! Are you a supreme god of the Primitive Wilderness?" she couldn't help but ask.
As Jenifer's father was a powerful Defiant Master in the abyss, she had heard many legends as a little girl, including those about the supreme gods.
"You're right. Darren, come and help me open the last few restrictions. Then you'll have fulfilled your purpose," Sheffield instructed with his frog-like hoarse voice.
His voice must have carried some kind of powerful magic as Darren stepped forward despite his efforts to resist the summons.
"Break! Break! Break!"
The Rule Soul Avatar released a stream of power that shattered some of the laws hidden in this space.
Darren was then finally able to resist Sheffield's hold on him.
"The aura around you is too evil. I'm sorry, but I can't help you," Darren replied calmly as he stepped back.
"I am a supreme god. If you help me, I will give you everything you desire. Are you sure that you don't want anything from me?" Sheffield tried to tempt Darren, but he could not disguise the traces of anger in his tone.
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