Chapter 47 - The Realm (1/2)

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Everyone turned and followed Hao Xuan's line of sight and they finally saw the towering 'Figure' draped in darkness. It was a veil had been lifted off of their eyes and they could finally see the true form of the 'little girl'.

”What the hell is that!!”

”ALERT! Formation Three!” shouted Kuo at the top of his lungs and everyone jumped into action. They surrounded Hao Xuan and formed three formations around him, with him being the dead center.

There were a 101 fully armed people on one side and a single 'figure' on the other, staring at each other.

”You.....can...see...me...” a raspy voice came out of the creatures hideous mouth as it looked towards Hao Xuan and spoke extremely slowly as if each word cost a great deal of energy.

Hao Xuan frowned in response. The voice came from the figure but there was no way it could have come out of its mouth.

”Did you guys hear that?” he asked quietly to the saints closest to him, while still maintaining eye contact with the figure, or where its eye should have been.

”Yes Captain!” replied Luke and Aria at the same time. The four newbies were the closest ones to him. He nodded back in response, confirming that he wasn't just hearing things again.

”Who are you? WHAT are you?” he said looking at the figure who was still standing still. For the next 15 seconds there was no response.

”Why.....can....you.....see....us...child?” the figure spoke again, this time asking a question.

”Answer my question first. Are you a beast? Are you responsible for the missing townspeople?” he answered with another question.

”A...child...of...the.....heavens...?” it spoke again, this time much quieter but everyone still heard it.

”No.....something.....else.....” it mumbled.

Lt. Kuo was at stage four of the Spirit Realm, meaning he was refining his very soul with the Qi of his meridians making, it even stronger and more sensitive to the world around him. At his level, he was easily able to feel the realms of everyone at Profound realm and below, even if they tried to hide. But he couldn't sense anything from this figure. It was like a black hole. There was no spiritual energy anywhere near him, only empty void.

That was why he didn't spring into action. The level of the enemy was completely unknown and it would be extremely stupid if he picked a fight without knowing anything about his opponent.

”Answer me! What did you do with the people of the town?” Hao Xuan was getting angry now. This 'thing' was basically ignoring him completely. Not even registering as a threat.

He released the power of the Emperor's Domain from the first meridian and a pressures fell down on everyone. When the figure felt the pressure it suddenly looked towards Hao Xuan again.

”It...is...not...time...yet...I.....will.....tell.....the...elders...of.....your...existence,” it said taking a step forward and like a smoke bomb exploding into darkness, vanished from the original position and appeared right before Hao Xuan in the middle of the formation.

”Wha-” before anyone could react, it was already half a foot away from Hao Xuan, towering over him.

It stretched out its hand towards his face and the massive nails retracted back into its hand, making it look normal again.

*Fwoosh*