Chapter 644: Elder Melio (1/2)

Krune's group followed Jilan for three hours until finally, they noticed an enormous mountain in the distance. Even though there were far away, it was possible to see several bird demon beasts flying above it. All of them had similar appearances to Jilan when she was in her real form, so they were obviously Green Talon Eagles.

”We arrived. That's our Race's Mountain. Most of the Green Talon Eagles live in this mountain, as you can see.”

Krune's group used their Divine Sense to check the mountain. They soon found out that the biggest majority of the Eagles were under the Semi-Divinity Realm. There were a few hundred at the Semi-Divinity Realm but very little Divinity Realm ones. From what Krune see, there were only 5 Divinity Realm Demon Beasts there. Two in the second Stage, one at the third, one at the fourth, and the strongest at the fifth.

Seeing that, Sisan couldn't help but ask Krune and Iem through Divine Sense.

”Are we really entering their territory? If they gang up on us, we will be in a dire situation.”

Krune nodded.

”I know, but it is still worth it. Wind Essence will definitely increase the rewards we will get from the Sect. Besides, as long as we go all out, I still believe we can escape.”

Sisan didn't know where that confidence came from, but he decided to keep following Jilan nonetheless.

As soon as they approached the mountain, another three Green Talon Eagles came flying from it. All three of them were at the 9th Stage of the Semi-Divinity Realm, just like Sisan.

”Jilan, what is the meaning of this? Why did you bring outsiders to our mountain?”

Jilan used a Divine Sense message to explain what happened a few hours ago. The three Green Talon Eagles then looked at Krune deeply, not believing he defeated someone with cultivation so much higher than him that easily.

”Are you sure you were not tricked? It is not our place to say what you can do with your Wind Essence. However, it might all be a plan to steal your share of it. Have you not considered that?”

Jilan didn't blame them for saying that. After all, they didn't see Krune in action.

”Don't worry, I have already decided. I'm sure I was not tricked.”

Those three Green Talon Eagles then looked at each other and nodded.

”Very well. However, they can not enter our mountain. You will have to go and acquire the Wind Essence by yourself and then bring it back here. We will keep an eye on them to guarantee that they won't try anything funny.”

Jilan nodded.

”Alright. Make sure to not mistreat them. They saved my life, after all.”

After that, Jilan rushed up to the mountain, quickly disappearing in the distance.

Krune noticed with his Mental Energy that all those eagles also had the same threads connected to their souls. Not only that, but all the other eagles and even the low-level demon beasts he watched on the way had these same threads.

'It seems like everyone on this planet have them...'

Once Jilan was finally gone, another Green Talon Eagle arrived shortly after. This one was a lot bigger and had a much stronger aura than those Semi-Divinity Realm ones.

When those Eagles saw him, they immediately came forward.

”Elder Melio! Welcome back from your travel.”

That Green Talon Eagle nodded and then looked at Krune and the others.

”What is happening here?”

That Semi-Divinity Realm Eagle then immediately explained everything with a Divine Sense message.

”What?! He trashed a 7th Stage Semi-Divinity Realm with his 1st Stage cultivation, you say? Jilan is obviously being tricked, can't you see?”

The Eagle immediately nodded.

”Yes. We also thought the same thing, but Jilan insisted that it wasn't the case. Since our Green Talon Eagles can do whatever they want with their Wind Essence share, we didn't try to stop her.”

Melio narrowed his eyes and then looked at Krune's group. His aura then came out and pressed them. Obviously, Melio was testing them out. He was one of the five Divinity Realm Green Talon Eagles that Krune's group noticed with their Divine Sense. In Melio's case, he was the one at the 4th Stage of the Divinity Realm.

Sisan felt somewhat uncomfortable with that aura. But he still could resist it.

However, Krune and Iem seemed to not care about it that much. It was as if Melio wasn't doing anything to start with.

Melio was surprised by what he saw. It was within his expectations that Sisan would be able to resist the pressure. After all, Sisan was at the 9th Stage of the Semi-Divinity Realm. However, Krune and Iem were still in the 1st Stage. The difference in cultivation between them was over an entire Realm! The most impressive part was that he could tell that Sisan felt bad with his pressure, but Iem and Krune didn't even flinch.

Suddenly, Melio had an idea. He turned to one of the Semi-Divinity Realm guards and said.

”Wilten, I want your group to test those three.”