Chapter 777: Did You Forget? (2/2)

Heavin finally took the chance to ask.

”So... how come you're all here? Of course, I'm happy that you appeared.  Still...”

Krune sighed.

”What else? We came here to rescue you. The Soren Ruins are too dangerous, so we couldn't leave you two behind.”

”Well, who could have expected something like that guy just now? I called Liriu to come with me because I knew that almost no one would be able to contend against him. In theory, this travel shouldn't have been this dangerous to start with.”

Liriu agreed with Heavin.

”I also thought of the same thing. Otherwise, I wouldn't have come.”

Krune and the others couldn't really blame Heavin and Liriu for that. First of all, the two of them were already over a hundred years old. They were more than capable of making their own decisions. Also, they were a cultivator and a demon beast. Expecting them to only go out when they were absolutely sure that it was safe would be ridiculous. Trials were what made one improve.

”Fine...”

As Krune's group talked, Soren came back. Even though he absorbed Zugen's Mental Energy Source, it wasn't his own to start with. Besides, he said it before. His Mental Energy Source wasn't damaged, just sealed. Because of that, he couldn't use Zugen's to heal his source since there wasn't anything to be cured. The only thing he got was the minuscule Mental Energy Source that Zugen had consumed because of Heavin.

However, just as he was about to talk, the other cultivators and demon beasts also came out. Obviously, Fura appeared there as well.

”Err... Do any of you know where the exit is?”

Heavin and Liriu looked at each other and laughed out loud.

Soren sighed before saying.

”Now that Zugen is dead, his territory should lose the barrier protecting it. Once that happens, your cultivations will be released once more. Just go outside and open a Spatial Gate after that. There should be no restrictions anymore preventing you from connecting directly outside of the Soren Ruins.”

Zuran, the member of the Phoenix Clan, couldn't help but talk.

”Are you perhaps, Soren?”

Krune's group looked at Zuran with some surprise. However, Soren didn't have the same reaction.

”I am him.”

”I see...”

Zuran then looked at Liriu with some mixed feelings. It was obvious that Krune's group could wipe them out right now, but none of them had done it. Let alone having Liriu trying to control him.

”Are you really not going to use your Dracophoenix ability?”

Liriu narrowed his eyes.

”Annoying! I don't want any slaves. I don't even like the concept of slaves to start with. Shoo, shoo! This Dracophoenix here is more than capable of taking care of himself alone. Besides, I feel way too lazy to do such a thing.”

Krune's group smiled after hearing that. In the end, what happened to Liriu in the past was due to his upbringing and the environment he grew in. Tiane and Ruik wouldn't make the same mistake, especially when his father was the reason for his own laziness. Blood was still blood.

Another cultivator asked something else.

”What about the crystal demon beasts and ghosts in this ruin? If we really try to go out now, we will probably bump on them. It'll be too hard to deal with without our cultivation.”

Soren shook his head as he said.

”Don't worry about that. Zugen was their leader and the one who had always controlled their actions. With him gone, they will soon disappear.”

The reason for that was that both creatures were being held together with Zugen's Mental Energy. Without him to keep their form, they couldn't exist for much longer.

Sure enough, everyone in the Soren Ruins saw the crystal demon beasts begin to crumble apart as the ghosts dissipated one after another. No one knew what was happening, though.

Krune looked at Zuran for a second before asking.

”By the way, how come you know Soren?”

Zuran looked back at Krune and laughed a bit as he asked.

”Did you forget the name of these ruins?”