Chapter 216 - 173.1 : Spots (1/2)

After passing some time alone, pondering over the said things, Arthur left the ARK and returned to the garden, or what's left of it.

With his goals achieved and nothing to do here, he prepared to leave the tomb as he had zero interest in getting the manual or any of the treasures here. He had countless of them in Zodiak's storage, which had all the things he amassed in his ancient adventures.

The tricky thing was that there was definitely people looking for him. His heist on the Kang Treasury was flawless in many aspects but the Kang Family wasn't a fool.

This happened in their territory and the third floor of the Treasury was robbed clean, they surely were not going to let things end like that. One way or another, they will locate him which is why he began by changing his body, he got rid of the young man's body and possessed the body of the woman, which he used just when he entered the city.

He changed into a more appropriate attire, fitting for a woman's body, he also stored Makaze away and retrieved a pair of green gauntlets which have a strong affinity to Wind attribute. The woman was a Wind Mage so such a weapon suited her quite well, moreover, he was only going to use them if he ever was forced into a fight with a monster or some meddlesome person.

With everything ready, Arthur prepared to exit the room while ignoring the flabbergasted look of Cold Sword, who no longer was struggling to get out of the immobilization of the threads. She was shocked to see a woman appear out of nowhere and the disappearance of the young man.

It didn't take a genius to piece this and that together, she quickly understood that it's the same person, he just had a powerful technique that could change his appearance. However, what surprised her is that even the aura around the young man changed, with the Ethereal state activated, she seemed entirely different to the previous young man, who killed the old man with cold blood.

”Mayhap we meet again but I hope we don't.”

With these last words, the woman in front of Jian Si vanished along with the Golem and Kai Min, who was clearly being held captive.

With the golem following him, Arthur spared no effort in heading out of the long tunnel and heading to another door, which also led to a similar looking tunnel. His main concern wasn't the Water Cloud sect since he had confidence in getting rid of them with Kai Min as a hostage as they won't risk the chance of him dying, the death of Spatial Master will cause them more than enough troubles.

What's keeping him from directly leaving is the Kang Gods, which have full control over the opening and closure of the Gates and are most certainly paying a close attention to who is leaving. If he were to leave alone right now, there is a big chance of being discovered and surrounded, sure, he can cope with the elders which are Peak Gods but he doesn't know Amidel's real strength.

What's reassuring, however, is that can always use Rizaki in case things went south, he would suffer heavy injuries but at least that would assure his escape, more or less.

Hopefully, if he leaves at the right time and with the right people, things would proceed smoothly, or so thought Arthur.

....

With a large golem backing him up, Arthur entered a significantly large room with three stones statues, each one was looking at a direction and held a unique weapon. At the center was a big closed coffin and there laid eleven spots just a few meters in front of it. These eleven spots were for the chosen people, and eight of these spots were already taken. As the room was big, it was also full of people, whether it's a group of rogue cultivators, elders that overseeing their talented geniuses or some spectators which are only here for the show.

Obviously, Emily and her brother took two of the spots, Arthur saw a Kang Elder standing behind them, protecting them from any sudden attack from the other powers. Elo Huo was also here, he took one spot and had the two Gods from earlier standing by his side. The only one missing was Kai Min, who was hidden inside the golem and could not be detected by them.

The other five spots were also taken but talented youngsters and each had at least a God with them, although not all Gods were as strong as Elo Huo's or Emily's.

Almost everybody was eyeing the three remaining spots with greed, to be able to sit there and wait for enlightenment from one of the three statues is a rare chance that may allow them to obtain either a rare treasure, a strong technique or even the physique manual itself!