'What happened?'
Atlas wasn't able to understand it on his own. Clearly, the artifact Horgen used did something to them, but what was the source of the darkness?
Atlas felt the sensation of spatial travel that he had felt many times before, but there was something much darker within. The veins on his neck bulged as he gritted his teeth, feeling a malevolent energy crawling through his systems.
There wasn't a single thing he could do about it.
Something within the blackness restricted the flow of his own qi. His dantian was locked away and unable to connect to the rest of his body.
Most importantly, this was the first time Atlas had felt it in this life.
The strength of an [Authority] bearing down on him.
'This is the force of a being greater than the Mortal Realm. It is something even I have only experienced once before…this is too dangerous.'
If he wasn't careful, he could lose his life.