Chapter 767: Tribulation (1/2)

BANG!

The Formation Array broke like it hadn't even existed. The new person that had just appeared between Stella and Gravis was so powerful that nothing was seemingly able to stop her.

SSHHH!

The fire vanished, and white light fell on both Gravis and Stella. In nearly an instant, their bodies recovered.

The black color vanished from Stella's body as Gravis felt his entire body regrow with incredible speed. In less than a second, both of them were healthy again.

Gravis looked at the new arrival with furrowed brows.

It was a middle-aged woman with red hair, just like Stella and her brother. On her back, she carried a red and black bow that radiated an unreal amount of power.

However, her clothes were very simple. She only wore white pants and a white blouse.

”Teacher!” Stella's brother shouted with exhilaration and happiness. Finally, his teacher had arrived!

Gravis looked at the new arrival and noticed that he couldn't feel her power. This meant that she was, at least, a very powerful Immortal King, maybe even an Immortal Emperor.

Stella could hardly believe that she was still alive. Then, she noticed her teacher.

For a moment, she felt relieved and happy, but then, frustration took over.

'I would have died.'

'I would have died!' she thought with frustration and tragedy. 'Am I truly not destined to become powerful?'

The woman looked at Stella with a peaceful smile and pulled Stella into a warm embrace. ”I'm sorry,” she said.

”What?” Stella asked in shock. ”Why are you sorry? I should be the sorry one! I was too weak!”

Her emotions were riled up by everything that had happened. Being close to death was something different from knowing that one would die. Stella had not been able to rely on her own power to survive. Someone else had to get involved in order to save her.

What about her pure path to power?

Someone else had gotten involved in her tempering. How could she reach supreme power now? She wanted to see the next world above everything else, but if she couldn't even defend herself in this world, how would she ever be able to reach the next one?

Stella's brother looked at Stella with heartache. By calling their teacher, he had put Stella's path to power into jeopardy. However, if he hadn't called their teacher, Stella would be dead right now.

Nevertheless, Stella's path to power had been damaged by this interference. It was the weaker of the two evils, but it was still something horrible. Why had all of this happened? Why was his sister destined to have her path broken?

Then, he looked at Gravis, and his rage exploded.

It was him!

He was the reason!

If he hadn't arrived, everything would still be fine!

Gravis felt the violent emotions of Stella's brother and looked at him with narrowed eyes. Gravis would not lay down his life just like that.

”Liam, calm down,” his teacher said.

Liam gritted his teeth. ”Why should I!?” he shouted at his teacher as he turned to her. Then, he pointed at Gravis. ”He destroyed sis' path!”

Gravis was still careful of Liam, but he wasn't really worried. Stella's teacher had also healed Gravis, which meant that she didn't see him as an enemy, for whatever reason. Gravis actually couldn't find any reason why this teacher of Stella would heal Gravis. By all intents and purposes, their teacher should hate Gravis.

Stella's teacher sighed. ”Because it's not his fault.”

Gravis' face morphed into a skeptical grimace while Liam looked with shock at his teacher. ”Not his fault?” he asked. ”It was his decision to come here! How can it not be his fault!?”

Stella only remained silent as she tried to come to terms with her current situation.

Their teacher slowly shook her head. ”Because this was Stella's tribulation,” she said.

Everyone immediately became shocked. Her tribulation?

”What?” Liam asked.

Stella looked at her teacher. ”That's impossible,” she said. ”I am not 100 millennia old yet.”

Their teacher sighed again. ”I'm afraid you are,” she said.

”How?” Stella asked in shock.

Their teacher stroked Stella's hair with love and smiled at her. ”Do you remember when you and your brother went into seclusion to comprehend the Major Law of the Elements? Back then, I made time move faster for you. You thought that you have only spent 25,000 years in there, but you actually spent 30,000 years in seclusion.”