Chapter 91 - The One Who Hides Behind The Curtains (1/2)

Crossroad Lake.

At that moment, all the martial artists present there had their mouths and eyes wide open, unable to conceive the scene that was unfolding before their eyes.

High in the sky, suspended in mid-air, there was a man of fascinating appearance who seemed to be about thirty years old. He had long black hair, tied back by an elegant and refined hair clip that ended in a ponytail. His eyes had a dark green color, and he was wearing a tunic made of a fabric that, at first sight, could be defined as precious.

But, despite his attractive and well-groomed appearance, his face had a cold expression. His body also gave off a feeling of coldness and disinterest. It was as if everyone else in his surroundings was trash that didn't even deserve to be looked at by him.

The reason the other martial artists had stupefied expressions was that this man had suddenly appeared above them. They didn't know how he could have gotten over the surveillance block around the lake or how he could have flown all the way here without them even noticing.

However, that didn't matter now. What mattered was to understand how to react to the appearance of this unknown individual.

”Who are you! How did you manage to get here!” A voice said.

One of the various sect leaders from the middle sects recovered from his astonishment and immediately began to question the individual. At the time, they were busy with the Secret Dimension on which they had spent all their resources, so they couldn't afford to have unknown factors in their plans.

The man pretended not to listen to him, or maybe he didn't listen as he focused on something else. His eyes were glued to the tower where the Artifact Spirit resided. No, rather than the Artifact Spirit, his eyes were looking beyond that point.

The passage to the Secret Dimension.

The precise point where he was looking at was where the passage to the Secret Dimension had been created. How a stranger who hadn't witnessed the opening process knew that fact was a total mystery.

Seeing that he was ignored, that sect leader lost his temper and began to hover in the air. He wanted to reach the man with high-quality clothes and teach him a lesson. However, as soon as he made a couple of meters upwards, that sect leader fell to the ground with a thud, quickly generating a dense pool of blood.

Gulp!

At that sight, all the martial artists present there swallowed. They had seen how that unknown man had just shifted his gaze to the sect leader who was flying up. The next instant, that sect leader died without even being able to utter a groan.

One look!

One look was enough to kill a spirit soldier! Was this at least conceivably possible?

”Spear Intent, Annihilation Spear.”

Suddenly an immense pressure arose in the vicinity of that unknown man. Those closest to him fell to the ground while from their body came out blood from all the orifices. Those with more luck were more distant, and, although they suffered a similar pressure, they had time to get away in time to avoid fainting on the spot, even if with difficulty.

Despite the distance and the fact the man's aura was directed elsewhere and not directly to them, despite all this, just his spirit power fluctuation was sufficient to kill a dozen spirit soldiers instantly.

Screech!

Without even the time to conceive what was happening in front of them, a screeching noise exploded around. It was so loud that all the martial artists had their eardrums broken. While the blood was leaking from their ears, the survivors looked with horror at the origin of that screech.

In front of them, a sort of gash had been created in the space. And as if a veil had been torn apart, now something could be seen on the other side.

In a poorly lit place, a brown-skinned boy and a blue-haired girl stood before a flower. The various martial artists there immediately recognized the two youths because they had seen them with the Flower Sect group and were among those who had entered. However, if they could now see these two youths, did it mean that what they were observing was the inside of the Secret Dimension?

”And so, this is where he hid it. Well, it's time to close this business.”

The man's cold voice rang out. Strangely, at the expense of his coldness, his words also contained a mixture of excitement and urgency.

Next to the two youths, there was another person. A beautiful woman who made you think of a beautiful flower. But they had no way to admire her beauty because they saw the woman shaking a strange sphere, and suddenly, another shriek sounded together with the appearance of the dazzling white light that appeared at the opening of the passage to the Secret Dimension.

”Hei, Lian, Ye, Xing. I don't know what's going on. Something has attacked the very space in which the Secret Dimension itself is still. If this continues, the whole Dimension will collapse. I am going to proceed to evacuate all the beings present inside while detaching the Secret Dimension and inserting it inside the Heart,” Gaiya urgently communicated with a worried voice.

It was the first time since she had woken up there that something like this was happening. But whatever it was, it wasn't something she could fix from there. Not with a soul without its body. The only thing she could do now was to secure Lian and Bao Bei's children. Because she knew she was out there. There was no way her love wouldn't protect her family.

”No, if you do that, you will die!” Hei tried to stop her.

”It is the only way. Besides, I am already destined to die. But don't worry, I won't disappear right away. I can still hold out for a while. At least I can see your mother like that.”

Gaiya didn't accept further replies and proceeded to bring all the youths of the younger generation out of the Secret Dimension.

Suddenly about seventy people appeared without warning on the shores of Crossroad Lake. Except for two of them, all the others were confused as to why they were there. They then recalled that it had to be because their time in the Secret Dimension was over. Only when they thought about at that, they looked up and finally noticed the elders and sect leaders standing away from the lakeshore.

But that sight displaced them again. The younger generation martial artists couldn't understand. If their sect leaders and elders were the ones who called them back, why were they so far from the lake? Yet before being swallowed up by the white light and entering the Secret Dimension, every big shot of their sects was excited to the core by the treasures that could be found, even becoming annoying in the recommendations they had given on how to behave in various situations.

And while the younger generation martial artists were trying to understand that reason, they finally noticed something. Yes, they finally saw a series of corpses. And they weren't the bodies of random people, many recognized sect leaders or elders of known sects or even of their own.

”What the hell is going on!?”

”Sect leader! Master! What!?”