Chapter 548 - A Dangerous Débutant (2/2)

Aside from the waiters, who quietly dashed back and forth fro piles of plates and glasses, were Daniel's co for his return-Companions whom he rejoined with a slow and pensive walk

What had beco as an aspect of existence, he had felt srasp With ti less and less about his fa less sympathetic towards those in need

An exae that took place a fewman he had been in the past would have never allowed for the conflict between the two domains to end like this, nor would he have allowed for the abuse forced upon the mortals employed as servitude, to continue He would have created a h his systeardless of how ht, or even healing the injured chaoals that he instinctively considered as worthy of his attention as finding a way for the other doain allies

Thisthe flaw in the philosophy of Morality's domain was so easy Because the loss of interest in the s he had experienced personally

”What happened? They all storht before you ca” Daniel said while turning towards the restaurant's entrance ”Coht before stepping out

Once outside, Daniel immediately felt a thread of fa hie spoken with Cassie's melodic voice ”Y-You need to come back A lot of people want to talk to you Most of the you weren't back yet, but there is an old couple who said they would be waiting for you to return” She stammered with panic

”Let the the very same thread of essence that had found him in a city filled with cultivators He then put the matter to the back of his head, and turned to look at Lilith, who had now appeared next to hiside Ashura, and said to her, ”Go on, then I'll follow”

”I have heard that during these types of events, our domain sticks to arenas We should be able to find a champion of Competition in one of those” she replied with an uncharacteristic polite attitude

After having her ed While before she could do nothing but follow Daniel as a victim of bad circu back to her life To cooperate with him, was the least she could do

”An arena” Daniel asked as the corners of his mouth rose into a faint s click within his mind He had only recently learned about the stakes of the co an Exalted assembly, and now that he had a chance, as well as the necessary knowledge, he had started to wonder why should he take part in it as well?

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Six hours later, entrance of the seventh arena

”My apologies for wasting your ti Daniel in asearch for the members of her domain

In front of Daniel, Lilith and Ashura, lay a pathway of cleanly cut stone which led to a small square packed with people This square was laid at the botto arena rey columns, not unlike the many arenas of the mortal world

What was peculiar about this arena, was the ring-shaped pocket of space that, unbeknownst to the participants that were constantly flooding in and out of it, was floating above the , and inside which Daniel could feel the presence of dozens of powerful champions

”It��s fine We have the ti-” Daniel said before being interrupted by what he found to be an irritating laugh

”Ahahah, what kind of dos lower cultivators to an Exalted asseuished clothes In his voice was the do nature of Hierarchy, the aspect of existence he chaed to itsthe attention of the surrounding cultivators who, like he did, gasped in surprise at the presence of Ashura and Lilith, two sie could suddenly turn into a ruckus, a thunderous voice pierced the floating ring's surface, and expanded outwards ”Quiet!” Said the voice, which belonged to a second member of Hierarchy's domain, as demonstrated by the more pure, yet identical power hidden in it

As this happened, sies were sent fro the their own business

”What was that? Where did that loud voice come from??” Lilith asked Daniel, who did not share her confusion

In the past six hours, Daniel's existence as the champion of a protective and unknown aspect of existence had spread like wildfire,the members of the other domains wary of him Unfortunately, what they ary of was the wrath of the aspect of existence that was supposedly protecting hi aware of this, instead of answering Lilith's question, Daniel moved his essence out of his body, and with it, he for his power into spatial essence This flight of stairs led to the invisible ring-shaped tunnel that was hovering over the arena, a hidden donut-shaped room that only he, thanks to his comprehension of spacetiaze of the other younger cultivators, Daniel walked up the stairs, with Ashura folloith no hesitation right behind him Lilith, doubtful, followed only seconds later

Once at the top of the staircase, Daniel waited for Lilith to get close, then took control over the space around the it into a separate pocket of time essence Within this pocket, time had reversed to an unspecified point where the barrier in front of the did not exist

With two confident steps, Daniel walked into the invisible barrier as if it wasn't there to begin with On the other side, he found hundreds of ancient cultivators staring at hirees of shock ”Is this where we can place bets?” Daniel asked with a polite smile