348 No Time to Reac (1/2)
Krune and his group noticed the entire castle tremble twice during the time they were moving, so they knew that things were getting more out of control.
Joiu then explained to Krune.
”Those were probably self detonations. Still, very few would ever consider doing that, so I believe that those were slaves. I can consider it a coincidence if one guy decides to explode, but definitely not two. No one is willing to give up even reincarnation.”
Krune didn't care about that, though.
”It's okay, let's just keep collecting everything and move to the center of the castle. We will need to pay extra attention as well. It seems like my Tribulation Lightning Layer isn't enough to conceal our presence.”
Feifei nodded.
”That was to be expected. Since our Divine Senses are restricted in this place, it goes without saying that the other teams are relying on other methods to find the location of their opponents. I doubt that Lutin's group was the only one like that. Of course, it doesn't mean that all of them will be like that.”
Krune and Joiu agreed with her and kept their guard high. Finally, Krune's group started to get close to the center. But they had to stop since the path ahead was blocked.
”It looks like a normal door, should we try to attack it?”
They looked at each other and nodded. There obviously would be other paths since the teams entered this realm through different positions. But nothing guarantees that they would be open. Also, chances are that they would bump into other groups as well.
Krune then used two Blazing Wind Blades and threw them at the door. As they expected, although it looked sturdy, it was still not enough to stop Krune's attack. Both Blades passed through the joints on each side, and the door fell on the ground right after.
Krune and the others looked inside, and they noticed that it was an enormous room with several other doors. They also saw something that looked like a small key floating on the other side.
Behind the key, there was another door that seemed to lead to the Core of the Castle. That was because it was a lot bigger and more detailed than the others. Krune, Feifei, and Joiu approached the key slowly to avoid any traps. But just as they were about to get the key, they heard a loud sound on their side.
As mentioned before, there were several other doors around this room, and one of them was just sent flying. A group then came inside to take a look. Krune was surprised because he didn't feel their presence with his Divine Sense, which showed that they, too, had a way to hide from it.
The other group, obviously, didn't expect to find Krune's group here either.
Although his race name had Dragon in it, the fact is that he is an insect type Demon Beast without any Dragon Blood what so ever. Still, his race is quite a rare and strong one that can only attain the Human Form in the Core Formation Realm. His two companions just so happen to be from the same race as well, and it was evident that they were not a group that had just been formed for this event.
They noticed that big sphere of purple lightning and immediately understood who they were against. As mentioned before, everyone had a long time to exchange information in the previous Bubble Realm, so very few didn't know about Krune's Purple Lightning at the moment.
Both sides knew that that key probably had some critical use, so Rui's group immediately attacked. But since Krune's group had entered the room first, they were just beside it now. Krune then used his Spiritual Energy and quickly grabbed the key, soon putting it in his Spatial Ring. Rui's group knew that they wouldn't make it in time, so they didn't try to get the key, but attack their opponents instead.
Both sides then released their Domains. Surprisingly, Rui's group all used Wind Related Domains. Not only that, but each one of them had a Wind Sub-Law mastered as well.
Krune's group looked at that and were alarmed.
”Fast!”
Even Krune had to admit that those Golden Dragonflys were really fast. He only had a small advantage, even with his Tribulation Lightning Movement. Let alone Joiu and especially Feifei. Fortunately, Krune's Tribulation Lightning Domain was acting against their Domains, which gave their side some time to breathe.
Krune's group then decided to use the same strategy as before, so Joiu immediately attacked the 5th Stage Soul Forging Realm, Rui. But it turned out that Rui was a lot stronger than that guy he fought before, so he quickly fell into a passive position. Feifei was in an even worse condition since she wasn't specialized in speed to start with.
Just as Krune was about to use his Overlapped Domains, he heard a Divine Sense message from Feifei.
”Wait a second, let me go first!”
Krune knew what Feifei was going to use and stopped his Overlapped Domains.
Feifei hasn't practiced using several Domains in the past, so she didn't try it to start with. She quickly deactivated her Blue World Domain and swapped it for another one.
”Illusion of Destiny Domain!”
Feifei's new Domain had no color. In fact, one could even say that it was invisible. Still, anyone who understands Laws could tell that it was there, and it was definitely not simple. However, the Golden Dragonflies couldn't say what it was good for. At the very least, they didn't feel any deterrence in their own Wind-Based Domains coming from that.
Suddenly, Rui noticed that his enemies' movements became weird. They were being able to suppress the other side with just their speed alone until a second ago. But now, it seemed like their enemies could tell each of their movements.
He was right, Krune's group could really tell exactly what they were going to do. Feifei's Illusion of Destiny Domain created faint illusions, or projections if you prefer, of the Golden Dragonflies' next movements. Not only that, but only the ones that Feifei considered to be allies would be able to see it. Simply put, it was a domain that could show up to two seconds in the future of everyone inside it.
Two seconds don't look to be much, but for a battle at the Divine Soul Realm and above, that can be considered an eternity!