140 Xiǎo Bái (1/2)

Everybody traveling due west had the same question on their minds, what is a celestial beast?. It was the first time they heard the term but when they asked Remulos for a description he couldn't do it, he had already lost his eyesight the first time he met him and then when he was finally able to see Aura all he was able to see was just a shape with the most ethereal looking form of energy.

Remulos could only said that his benefactor was pretty big and was very powerful and that he usually felt the powers of thunder and wind around him. The celestial beast was around 15 ft tall and could fly like he was running on earth but it had no wings and the last piece of information was his name, Xiǎo Bái.

”Xiǎo Bái? Sounds exotic!!” said Ridd.i.c.k with a smile on his face, only a unique creature was good enough for his brother.

It took the team almost a month to get to the place that the celestial beast was suppose to call home but what impressed Rahz and the others was that it look like a forest out of a Fantasy Movie. There was only one road about a mile long into what it looked to be an oasis, trees when around in a circle encasing a lake with an area of 100 miles and inside the lake there was a small island but it was so far away that it could be anywhere from 3 to 5 miles long.

The trunks of the trees had a brown color but it was illuminated in such a way that it look almost cartoonish contrasting perfectly with the cartoonish green of the leafs. There were tiny specs of energy floating into the air from the surface of the lake and then disappearing into the night.

Gasp!!!

Elune gasped at the sight in front of her and then gasped again when the moon in the sky change from red to purple and so did the specs of energy floating in the air.

The mesmerizing effects of the landscape were destroyed by Remulos that brought the team back to earth with an unexpected request, ”From here on out only Lord Rahz can come in to meet brother Xiǎo, It is very important that none of you step a foot inside no matter what you hear, if we are to succeed”

Ridd.i.c.k frowned but Rahz took the lead and rea.s.sured him that it was O. K and that nothing could hurt him as long as he had Apocalypse with him.

”If those are the rules then we cannot give a bad impression can we? Besides, he is somebody that has a name just like you and me so we can't treat him as one of those savage creatures”.

Rahz statement made a lot of sense and as the old saying went Pearls don't lie on the seash.o.r.e. If you want one, you must dive for it.

Remulos immediately led the way and Rahz followed behind like a kid in Christmas morning about to open a most antic.i.p.ated present.

The duo reached the lake sh.o.r.e and as Rahz was thinking in the different ways to reach the island, Remulos pointed at a raft standing by the water's edge.

Despite the weight of Remulos, the raft didn't sink at all and it actually behave as if there was n.o.body in it. The moment both of them made it on top, it automatically started drifting on his own towards the middle of the lake where a giant cave stood up in the middle of the island.

The raft advanced little by little and Rahz started to feel weaker and weaker.

”What is going on Remulos? I feel like my energy is being drained out of me”.

”This is a test Lord Rahz, perhaps one of many. I was lucky enough to meet him in my hour of need but I presume that he wants to see if you are worthy, but I am confident that it will be so”

Rahz tried to absorb the energy of heaven and Earth but quickly realized that his connection to the realm had been lost. All he had available to him was what was in his regular reserves.

It took them a few hours to reach the island but Rahz was still able to walk around normally despite being almost totally drained. The moment he stepped on the island, he felt a pressure equal to a 4th tier beast cras.h.i.+ng on him but when he started to probe the source of the pressure, all that register was a level 35 creature.

”Interesting” said Rahz even more curious about this celestial beast.

” So… the Elysian Hero has finally come. It is my destiny to help you in your quest to return balance to the realm but are you ready to show your worth”

”Yes”