1040 Space-Time 2 (1/2)
Numerous Void Jellyfish floated on the black plains like countless moving purple lamp posts illuminating long stretches of the plains.
Garen weaved his way past the jellyfish, quickly approaching near the little house constructed by a group assigned by Scarlet Snow Sect.
Glancing at the little house from afar, he saw that the group leader, the Energy Machinist and Great Supervisor Jedi, was currently standing on the second-floor balcony leisurely. He was holding a glass of alcohol and sipping it slowly, a woman stood beside him and both of them seemed to be whispering about something.
Not wanting to disturb the group leader, Garen detoured around the side instead so that he would not alert them before continuing on his way hurriedly.
However, before he could go further, he saw a corpse that was about to rot on the ground.
”It's Barphil!” Garen was slightly shocked. Wasn't Barphil in the same convoy as Voss? Why did she die here alone?
Both Garen and Barphil were new Three Hearted Disciples under the Great Elders. It was a huge blow to Scarlet Snow Sect for Barphil to die here. There was already a lack of good standard candidates to become Three Hearted Disciples. After the death of Ron and Barlow and the new recruits, March and Barphil, a large chunk of this term's Three Hearted forces had collapsed instantly.
Garen had merely allowed the thoughts to flash through his mind before he investigated the corpse quickly.
It seemed as though she had been ambushed by someone with a knife to the back. Barphil's eyes were still wide open as if she had never anticipated the thought of being stabbed to death.
The Space Equipment that she carried with her had also disappeared while all of her valuable items were gone.
”Could it have been Voss?”
The thought flashed through Garen's mind as he stood up.
”No matter who it was, it's more important me to get to the Space-Time Print first!”
He took out the key and looked at the tiny silver dots of stars on it. The densely-packed stars had faintly lit up with silver light, an indication that the Space-Time Print was not far away anymore.
He continued rushing forward on his journey.
After passing through a dark stretch of short hills, Garen stood on the hilltop and immediately saw the gigantic Space-Time Print that was rotating slowly in the distance far away.
It was an unimaginably huge and amazingly colorful vortex. It resembled a gigantic nebula filled with the light of countless stars, making it seem like a real galaxy.
In the center of the nebula, there was a strange and incomparably dark black hole. The gravitational forces that seemed to be produced by the black hole were drawing the key in Garen's hand closer to it and pulling it there continuously.
Garen took a deep breath before compelling his gaze to shift away from the Space-Time Print to observe the surroundings instead.
What he saw scared him immediately.
Scarlet Snow Sect's Lonray as well as some members of Dragon Eye Sect and Nine Owl Sect were all standing together. They had formed a group and were currently located at the left side of the Space-Time Print.
Meanwhile, two people comprising of a man and a woman were standing by themselves on the right side. Both of them had purposely kept a safe distance from each other while staying alert.
Both of them looked unbridled and did not have any intentions of being discreet and hiding their silhouettes.
The man had pale skin, and he wore a set of white armor. There was a pointed, white metal ornament on his chin, resembling a beard that was hanging down the front of his chest.
He had twisted, screw-like sharp fingernails, making him look hideously horrifying.
The woman wore a red beret and had delicate and extremely beautiful and perfect features. You could tell from her unnatural look that she had done extensive plastic surgery.
”Poisonous Wood Demon, why haven't you gone in despite obtaining the key already? This Space-Time Print only has the lifespan of one year and there are only less than two months left now. Time waits for no man,” said the woman in the beret seductively.
”Would I dare to go in beforehand if your Intelligence Star had yet to enter first?” The man with the sharp fingernails smiled eerily and replied.
The woman gave a charming giggle.
”None of the elders from the sect are here. The Raging Eye said before it entered the vortex, that it would kill anyone who enters and disturbs its consciousness, and we should not blame it if there is bloodshed from its killing sprees. Judging from this, it seems like you're afraid too, Wood Demon.”
”The only ones near here are Blue Frost Sect and my Cypress Sect as well as a few fellows from Nine Owl and Dragon Eye. We couldn't even become an opponent of the monster even if we formed an alliance. Don't tell me you're not afraid?” Wood Demon sneered.
”Hey, another fellow from Scarlet Snow Sect has arrived.” The woman in the beret suddenly noticed Garen approaching them slowly. ”The few others who arrived from Scarlet Snow weren't that amazing this time. I've heard that your Carthage broke through the grade at the seclusion? That's good. Once he enters the Inherited Level quickly and couples that with his grade-skipping killing powers, it will be even more fun then, hehe.”
Garen glanced at the both of them. His opponent's qi was concealed deeply. He could not judge how powerful they were and could only increase his vigilance at heart.
He did not have such strong power-concealing techniques; even if he were to manage to do so, some breath will still be emitted. However, it does not matter whether or not if conceal his breath as his means of carrying things out cannot generally be interpreted on the surface.
He walked to an area that was nearby the Space-Time Print slowly and looked at the unimaginably huge vortex that was erected within the ground of the plains. Stretches of low hills circled its surroundings and centered it in the middle like a little dent in the ground.
”Garen!” Within the newly formed group of Nine Owl, Dragon Eye, and Scarlet Snow, Lonray called out loudly to him before switching to use telepathy immediately.
”Be careful, that woman is a powerhouse from Blue Frost Sect and has achieved at least Resonance or higher! A strange monster just entered, come join us so we can protect ourselves as a group!”
”What about Voss?” asked Garen. ”I saw Barphil's corpse along the way.” His eyebrows were slightly furrowed.
”Barphil's corpse?!” Apparently, Lonray was not aware of the situation. The expression on his face changed slightly. ”I saw him and Barphil returning together earlier. I'm not sure of the situation.”
”Doesn't Great Supervisor Jedi care?” Garen narrowed his eyes.
”Jedi would never care! When we were being oppressed earlier, and if the senior brothers and sisters from Dragon Eye and Nine Owl had not helped…” Lonray's face became crestfallen and he gritted his teeth slightly. ”The Great Supervisor is a coward, he was immediately afraid when he saw the other group leader! He let them manage us as they pleased! He's probably off drinking and having fun with the other group leader now!”
Garen's expression became slightly colder.
He glanced at the members of Dragon Eye and Nine Owl again. Although the other parties did not give him any respectful looks, both man and woman who were leading the group still gave him a nod of acknowledgment.
”Junior Brother, our group needs to stand together when resisting foreign enemies. This has been a rule all this while. Despite the gratitude, grudges, or revengeful killings our province may have experienced, we still remain as a united body here,” said the woman in a light yellow outfit who resembled a Great Senior Sister.
Garen noticed the blue butterfly in her black hair and immediately thought of Dragon Eye Sect's strong, high ranking female powerhouse named Golden Butterfly.