999 Reappearance 1 (1/2)
The materials used in his first Instantaneous Paper Box had been ripped to shreds the moment it was used. However, Garen created a similar sealing mechanism by recreating the structure of the materials in the sect, naming his creation the Instantaneous Paper Box.
This type of thing could be continuously reproduced but the production cost for it was excessively high so he could not afford to waste it. After so many years, he had only accumulated two boxes and he did not have enough materials for more because of the extremely high production costs. Hence, he had to put the project aside.
Moreover, it was different from the original Instantaneous Paper Box, this version of the paper box had a much lower endurance level. It only managed to critically damage a level five Energy Machinist. If it were the original version, it could have easily annihilated a peak level five Energy Machinist, even being able to critically damage someone in the resonance state and defend against inherited levels.
”How unfortunate…”
Lying on the back of the speeding Giant Blue Wolf, Garen lightly sighed.
As the two sped towards the Scarlet Snow Sect base, in the eyes of other mutated organisms, all they could see was a blue trail flashing in front of their eyes for a brief instant, none of them were alerted by their movements.
On his way back, Garen passed by a group of Scarlet Snow disciples who were headed out to do some groceries. These people were all praising the feats of March and his men who they just saw earlier.
”Senior Brother March is amazing, his thousand meter voice transmission has already far exceeded the capabilities of Great Senior Brother's hundred meter vision. Looks like as soon as Great Senior Brother reaches Three-Hearts, Senior Brother March will most likely take the first position.”
”However, amongst the Two-Hearted Peak Masters, Great Senior Brother's foundation is still the best. No matter who challenges him, he would always come out with at most some minor injuries, unlike the others who always manage to get themselves heavily injured.”
”If only one day we could have our glory days like them,” the group of young low-level energy machinists continued their discussion, displaying a face of admiration.
They were all local talent who just got selected into the sect.
After repeated selections and countless tests, they finally managed to gain entrance into the Scarlet Snow Sect, one of the Big Three Sects in this continent. They must have had a sense of pride and accomplishment in their hearts. They were all only twelve or thirteen years old.
”Within the top ten ranked Peaked Masters, I heard that there were three of them who were not raised locally. One of them was Peak Master Angeal Tenor of the Chemical Snow Peak, the other is Peak Master Garen of the Black Wolf Peak, and lastly, Peak Master Yiling. I wonder how these two would compare against Great Senior Brother?”
”I have no idea about that situation, but I heard from one of the senior sisters that the Chemical Snow Peak Master is now ranked second. He has terrifying potential and has been in the sect for more than sixty years. He should've reached the first position ages ago, but due to some unknown reason none of the elders wanted to accept him.”
”Other than them, all the remaining were talent taken in from central and they were at the very least at the level of Two-Hearted Disciples and many of them were even at Three-Hearts. They united together to form an organization called Star Plate, a direct opposition to our local organization Moonshine. As for Peak Master Garen, he was originally viewed as a genius with decent skill when he first got accepted. However, he took an unexpectedly long amount of time to reach level four. Although when compared to the average Two-Heart Disciple, he was still relatively faster, it was abnormal for a talented genius like him. Hence, he is ranked at the lower end of the top ten. I heard that the sect's opinions on him are very mixed as well. As for Peak Master Yiling's situation, it was very mysterious and there isn't much public information on her available out there.”
One of the more well-informed young ladies spoke out in a feminine voice.
Whoosh!
In an instant, a blue trail flashed before their eyes and disappeared, leaving behind a trail of cold air.
”What was that?”
”Was there a breeze? How cold!”
The group of disciples seemed to not have noticed a thing, only the young lady felt that something had happened but she didn't dare to ascertain her guess.
Garen had started eavesdropping on their conversation from a long distance away. It was his first time hearing this sort of discussion. In the past, he never knew what his image was like in the eyes of the lower leveled members.
When he first entered the sect, they always had a serious view on things, after so many years, it seemed like nothing much had changed.
He himself was not clear what the speed of a top-level genius was like, but he felt that he would not be that much worse off. To be able to progress from level three to level four just within five years, it probably would not disappoint the expectations of most of the people in the sect.
”Now is not the time to be thinking about all of this, March is right ahead of us. Time to accelerate even more!”
Stilling his mind once more, Garen patted the Giant Blue Wolf. Immediately, the wolf's speed increased, going up by a large amount.
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The base could vaguely be seen just a distance ahead.
March and his row of men were swiftly flying in the sky. On their respective flying platforms, they moved at a moderate speed.
”Senior Brother March, out of the thousands of Outer-Hearted disciples, soon you'll finally be officially in the first position. I should wish you an early congratulations.”
Next to March stood a burly bald man who was also on a flying platform. He was continuously complimenting March without a shred of concealment.
”Seeing that Junior Brother had come over to meet me, I guess my application to Moonshine has been passed?” March remained calm, but he could not stop himself from revealing a small smile.
”That's only natural. Senior Brother is currently ranked third, out of the thousands of outer-hearted disciples you are still one of the strongest and entering Moonshine would not be any problem. Although I heard that out of the new members who just got accepted, some of them are quite strong.”
The burly man said, ”Star Plates strength is already strong enough. If it wasn't for the conflict with the people from Dragon Eye a few years ago that caused them to incur huge damages, we wouldn't even stand a chance today.”
”What are the higher-up's opinion on this?” March had his mouth shut, directly asking him using voice transmission. He vaguely had an idea of what the higher-ups of Moonshine wanted to do.