Chapter 390 - Compass & The Grail (3) (2/2)

A tiny girl struck out, her expression vicious and terrifying. It was filled with fear, anger, and desperation.

Yan Zaizen glanced at her and was taken aback. Her aura was turbulent and vicious, a willingness to lay down one's life emanated from every fiber of this young girl's soul. It was as if he was threatening to obliterate her entire family.

”So young…” Sighing, Yan Zaizen flicked his finger towards her. The space surrounding them seemed to constrict and the blade was trapped in mid-air. Tsumi's body froze as well. It was as if she was put on pause.

”Ahhhh!” An anger-filled roar followed. Kaiga had risen, his body badly burned and missing patches of flesh, but he held his blade with all his energy and dashed towards Yan Zaizen with reckless abandon.

Feeling somewhat awkward, he pressed his hand forward. Kaiga felt like thunder had erupted in his soul. His eyes lost focus and he fell face first into the ground. He was unconscious.

Clenching his hand, a white flame was birthed. Gently, he pushed it over to wrap tightly around Kaiga's body. Soon, the damage to his body had been thoroughly healed.

He turned towards Akane, ”You're not going to attack too, are you?” He smiled softly. To him, these people weren't his enemy and he didn't know of their situation. Following his Dao, he would never kill others because of a misunderstanding or because they attacked suddenly.

”...” Akane stayed quiet. Her eyes were glued to Yan Zaizen's palm that safely grasped the sword's hilt.

”Hm.” Musing to himself about the situation, he refocused. The sword was the 'heart' of something. However, it wasn't the thing that was triggering his body's unique aura.

Instead, it was connected to whatever was. Yan Zaizen knew this much. He used his soul and heavenly sense, but realized that they could not penetrate the stone. This made him realize that the stone was extraordinary. With his Heavenly and Soul cultivation base, he could be considered heaven-equalling, so for this stone to prevent his senses was by no means a small feat.

He decided to resort to his Dao Sense. It was far more powerful than his soul and heavenly sense combined. In fact, he speculated that it was a combination of soul, heavenly, and physical sense amplified by a hundred-fold.

After sending in his Dao Sense, the stone became clear like glass.

”A cup?” Yan Zaizen saw a grail stabbed through and through by an arming sword. This arming sword had runic markings on its surface and felt profoundly mysterious. He had never seen markings like these. However, the grail was even more profound.

It had no etching or marks, just one defining feature: it was translucent.

An aura he was all too familiar with was apparent. It was the Non-Verse's aura.

Just as he was about to investigate further, Akane shouted. ”Sir Ascension!”

Yan Zaizen looked towards her. Tsumi was frozen and Kaiga was unconscious. This young woman hadn't attacked him or was injured, so he ignored her.

”Can I ask you to...save my people…” her request took Yan Zaizen by surprise. He didn't know her and she didn't know him. Akane also understood this, but her ancestor had said that the compass was important and it summoned this person...so she had to risk it. He didn't seem like he was going to kill them, and he didn't taint the Ancestral Hope after touching it, so she took that risk.

She pointed towards the sea of black knights and violet light that seemed to be engaging them in a life or death battle. There were even other Kitsune people flying to the skies to protect their homes. With the protective formations down, they could only rely on the weapons in their hands and their lives to block all who may be an enemy.

Yan Zaizen could tell that one side was invading and the other was defending. Unfortunately, he was by no means a saint. He didn't want or like to interfere in situations like this without understanding the entire story. Who knows, perhaps the Kitsune who was being attacked had slaughtered the knights beforehand and they've come back for revenge.

It could also be a territorial dispute or something else that he shouldn't interfere with as there was likely no right or wrong.

He pondered for a moment and nodded. ”Luckily, I have some questions about this sword and cup.” Yan Zaizen casually said.

While he wouldn't pick a side, he would follow his own Dao. The relentless pursuit and willingness to achieve one's goal was a part of this Dao. To sate curiosity was a goal, and it was a sufficient one.

He lifted his palm towards the sea of black and violet light. A surge of heavenly might flowed from his heavenly shrine and into his palm. He gently pushed forwards.

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