Callan looked at James hopefully and asked, “Did you break into the ninth rank?”

“Mhm.” James nodded, a hint of a smile on his face.

Thomas, on the other hand, said with a solemn expression, “Something happened.”

“What is it?” James looked at Thomas, puzzled.

Thomas answered, “Thea was taken by members of the Void Sect.”

“What?” James was stunned, and a wave of rage swept through him. He stifled his rage and asked, “What happened? How did Thea get taken by the Void Sect?”

Thomas gave a brief account of everything that had occurred.

“Sky wanted to deal with the Void Sect, but he wasn’t sure he’d be successful. In order to make you deal with the Void Sect, he captured Thea. He intended to use Thea to threaten you. The Callahan family tried calling you, but no one picked up.”

After hearing that, James took out his phone. There were indeed a lot of missed calls, as well as messages from Lex.

Thomas continued, “Maxine came to see me and told me that Sky was going to attack Thea. By