Two weeks after consolidating their realms, even though their cultivation bases increased, things became harder for them. Lianlian and Niyad's efficiency when fighting had greatly decreased because they fought without altering the effects of the weighted armor. This made Minki their main fighting force, it was a strain on all of them but there were noticeable benefits.
After such a short period of time Lianlian's body had strengthened and her ability to maintain her balance in difficult situations had peaked
Without the weighted armor Niyad's swiftness had increased, coupled with his body cultivation he became a blur at maximum speed.
They were running through the forest, Minki and Niyad matched Lianlian's maximum speed while wearing her weighted armor so their advance was quite slow.
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Niyad's body smashed through trees shredding them to pieces before finally coming to a stop. It felt as if all the bones in his body were broken, his limbs became heavy and just breathing was painful. It all happened too fast, if he weren't wearing the heavy armor he would be dead for sure. Of course he could have shielded himself using Qi, but instead he chose to immediately pull Minki and Lianlian into the life space ring. ~Just what kind of attack was that? I even dabbled in body cultivation so why am I this hurt?~ He forcibly sat up resulting in him coughing up blood. "This f*cking hurts." He groaned while struggling to breathe and the pain made him want to throw up. It took some time for the dizziness to pass and what he saw in front of him was a huge earthen wall. It was obviously made
"This is a Tyrant realm beast, I don't know if it's early or late stage but not even General Kai would be able to escape if it wanted him dead." Niyad said seriously. "Why isn't it making a move?" Minki asked. "It is wary because of its nest. It's probably waiting for either father or Li Hao to die before it attacks. We're too far away to warn them, I'm sure if any of us chooses to shout it'll kill us right away." Lianlian said. "I'm not sure how either of you know all this information but I'll take your word for it." Minki was at a loss, he knew they had excellent senses, but being able to tell the beast's Realm when they were much weaker. Not only that, they also inferred the gender and the fact that it had a nest just by looking. Wasn't this going beyond acute senses and approaching the Godly realm? Even in this situation he couldn't help glancing at the duo. "I need you both to enter the life space ring." Niyad suddenly said. "No." Both Minki and Lianlian echoed each other. "
Li Hao's face paled, the strange man didn't only step out of a spatial tear. He managed to kill a tyrant realm beast with only two physical attacks. ~Is he a body cultivator in the sovereign ream?~ But that didn't make sense, the only person on the continent to reach the sovereign realm in bodily cultivation was the Barbaric Blood King. Kai suddenly felt chills up his spine and his attention shot to Li Hao, could he really defeat him in time? Although Count made Kai nervous, Li Hao calmed down when he realized that Count wouldn't intervene in their fight. There was no doubt in his mind that he would be able to kill Kai, he was only injured before, because he was distracted. He stopped his bleeding by cauterizing the wound on his shoulder. Circulating his Qi, His whole body ignited once more and he shot forward. Unlike other flame
Sercy sat on her throne, her eyes scanning Niyad as he lay unconscious in Count's arms. Seri, who stood behind her, quickly ran to Minki's side examining him then did the same with Lianlian. Sercy sighed in relief when she saw that Niyad, though badly injured, was not in any grave danger. "Aliel!" She called out. A tall man dressed in full body armor entered the throne room. He was momentarily surprised to see so many people inside but he quickly regained composure and knelt. "You summoned, my Queen?" "Prepare rooms for everyone here, have them stay in the west wing." "Yes my Queen." Aliel, who had served the Queen ever since she took over the throne, was a bit dazed. Not once in a hundred years had she ever had guests. The only person other than himself and a few guards who entered and left the palace was the cold man who had always been by her side. And even right now that cold man was holding a heavily injured boy in his arms. He also didn't miss how the Queen's eyes never l
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Sercy stood on the peak of Phoenix Crescent staring at Count who sat in a lotus position. He currently looked like an ancient corpse which was a common occurrence whenever he entered meditation. Sercy had seen it countless times over the years they had been together. She still remembered the first time she had seen him like that and how much she cried thinking he had died. Now this was a normal occurrence. She came here to tell him that Niyad regained consciousness. Hugging her thighs to her chest, she sat in a fetal position across from him, worry evident on her face. Not knowing what Count was up to made her anxious. She knew he was plotting something but what exactly was it? Count had always been mischievous but something was definitely off. Energy began circulating around Count in a frenzy, then his eyes slowly opened. His emaciated body re
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Niyad's mother showed him a pendant identical to the one he always wore before explaining. "It's a soul pendant, if one of us were to die the soul would be preserved inside and the other would glow to notify the owner of the next pair.""There is also one more thing, he gave me a warning.""What is it?" Niyad asked."He said that there is someone in this kingdom that knows me, if I meet a person that I find familiar, I should feign ignorance and keep my distance."~Someone who knows my mother? Who could that person be? Sounds like someone who has intentions.~"Mother, thank you for telling me." Niyad smiled softly while holding her hands. He could see how hard it was f
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Niyad stared wide eyed at the two figures before him. One was his mother but her current image looked unfamiliar to him, even her aura seemed foreign. The other was technically his master, someone he had grown fond of in a weird way. But he had transformed into a strange beast with a baleful aura of death surrounding him. Count's true form was ten times more terrifying than anything he could have possibly imagined.It was almost impossible to find a creature of his likeness, what exactly is he? An amalgamation of beasts? A chimera?Niyad made a mental note of Count's true form, the more details he noted the more his mind felt jumbled. ~The head of a fox, eight eyes, his two centermost tails were snakeheads, shiny fur the color of obsidian. Chains, what beast had chains? ~Just what exactly is he? I was disrespectful to this thing? How am I still alive? GULP~ Once more Niyad's mother pulled on her bow string and aimed. Niyad wanted to stop her but was interrupted by a deep voice pro
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The Sovereign realm cultivator wore an arrogant smile as he probed Niyad with his Qi sense. "Your aura is that of a third stage Sovereign realm expert, while that is abnormal talent for a kid like you, what makes you think you can stay alive after that declaration?" Niyad smirked, "You should know that A Divine tribulation expert is currently at the Azure Dragon palace assassinating your current lord, unless you want to be next, I'd advise you to choose wisely." "Divine tribulation? Don't let me laugh, that's impossible. Plus whoever it is won't make it out of the palace. Our current lord has the azure dragon blood running through his veins." ~What bullshit even if he had the blood of the divine turtle he would still die.~ Niyad was already annoyed, to him, the sovereign realm expert's looks were annoying, his clothes were annoying, even his voice was annoying. In one fluid moment he pulled his bow from his life space ring and notched an arrow. "Is your final answer no?" The Sove
The old man stared at Niyad like he was a lunatic and what a coincidence, he never felt more like a lunatic than he did today. "How did you find me?" The man finally said. Surprisingly, Niyad felt no hostility directed towards him, even after he had made such a ridiculous declaration. This encouraged him to be honest with the old man, "I didn't, Lua did." He replied pointing at the beast next to him.After eyeing Lua with slight interest the man scrunched up his nose then looked at Niyad like he was a pile of dung, "What kind of mad person thinks they can just go around ordering people to sign a soul contract? Your Queen must be batshit crazy." Niyad: "I..." He did expect a response similar to what he got albeit a little less vulgar. He wasn’t sure how to respond to the old man, because without any context, their sudden demands did sound ridiculous.~I should have gone to fight Kiro instead.~ Lua snorted and Niyad couldn't help thinking he was being laughed at. Feeling the urge