536 Alliance (1/2)
Time continued to pass until finally, the day for the Heavenly Competition arrived. Krune and all the other participants had to move to the extreme north of the Planet, which was thousands of kilometers away from any city. Well, with everyone's understanding of Space Laws, they all simply opened spatial gates and appeared there a few seconds later.
The region was an ice territory, but as one can expect, cultivators and demon beasts at the Divine Path Realm couldn't care less about it... or so they thought.
Krune felt the cold hitting his body and could tell that it wasn't just normal coldness.
”It seems like this place is under some kind of formation effect.”
Erzato nodded.
”Yes. At my level, this can't affect me, but Divine Path Realm cultivators and demon beasts will have a hard time defending against it. Well, this is just one of the things you will need to pay attention to.”
As more and more participants appeared, some famous ones began to be recognized. But there was one in particular that caught more attention than anyone else.
”Hey, Iem Turo. He's the Dalin Universe's representative.”
”Isn't Dalin controlled by the Universe powerhouses? Can they participate in the Heavenly Competition?”
”You don't know this, it seems. The Dalin Universe is indeed controlled, but they still can give birth to a Heavenly Divine Soul owner. They were given permission to try to vie for one of the Slots. That being said, if they get one, their Universe members will be able to have some authority. Of course, they won't take the Dalin Universe back, but they can at least participate in the decisions made for it.”
”I see... they have quite the advantage since they were born here to start with.”
”That's true, and according to the records, the Dalin Universe participants got one of the five slots quite a few times. Unfortunately for them, it is still very hard. After all, everyone can only go to the Peak of the Divine Path Realm. There is plenty of adversaries at this level when the Heavenly Competition stars. Well, they have got a slot more times than anyone else, though. In general, Dalin Universe always wins a slot in every five or so Heavenly Competitions.”
Krune heard all of that and couldn't help but think about the Frunkan Clan.
'I wonder what they would think if they knew that there is a chance of Dalin Universe being permanently blocked a few years later.'
Krune shook his head and moved in another direction. He could see Laka with his Divine Sense, so he went to talk with him.
”Hey, you are here.”
Krune nodded.
”How is it, did you find what will happen during the Heavenly Competition?”
Laka shook his head.
Krune nodded.
”I wonder what the Universes who lost their Heavenly Divine Soul Owners would do. After all, the Universes like to use them during their negotiations and disputes, no?”
Laka shrugged his shoulder.
”It depends on each Universe. Still, most would generally create alliances with nearby Universes who also lost their Heavenly Divine Soul Owners to resist outsiders. In the end, it is not like they will be at that much of a risk. Situations, where a Universe is conquered, are very rare. Let alone being destroyed. The hatred between both sides must be very deep for a Universe to be destroyed in the process.”
Krune nodded and remembered about the Destroyed Universe Heavenly Fragment he acquired.
”Oh, right. You probably know that I got another Heavenly Fragment already, right?”
Laka nodded. He was in one of the special booths at that time, so he saw Krune buying it.
”In that case, you know which Universe was destroyed for this Heavenly Fragment to lose its bound?”
Laka pondered a bit and then looked at his protector.
”Uncle Tranfan, do you know which one it was?”
Tranfan shook his head.
”How many Universes you think there are outside? Unless it is some influent Universe, it would be too hard to receive any news about it. Of course, we can find out if we investigate, but is there any reason for that?”
Laka then looked at Krune with the same expression as Tranfan.
Krune didn't mind, though.
”It's okay, I was just curious.”
Krune and Laka continued their talk as more and more Heavenly Competition participants arrived with their protectors. A few hours later, the Dalin Universe Management appeared as well. Several Peak Divinity Realm cultivators and demon beasts appeared one after another. A lot of them were just spectators who came to watch as well.