Chapter 1325: Stopped At The Gate? (1/2)

”Feng, see that huge gate?”

Karlheinz Strom proudly smiled, ”That's the famous Crimson Ridge Gate. It is a top-quality High-Level Emperor Grade Formation that covers the surroundings in a huge, transparent barrier as well as acts as a deterrent to any invasions by the wicked path, although it is questionable if they would even be able to near us considering the impeccable advantage we possess in these crimson mountains seething with fire-attribute energy.”

”Oh? How many Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources or Cores are there below?” Davis curiously asked.

He recalled that the Alstreim Family had only five or six Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources.

”Hahaha! The right numbers are not known, but it should be around a hundred or so...”

Davis kept his smile as he nodded his head. He wasn't surprised but knew these should be the publically known numbers. The small-sized Territories only had a little over ten, but the Burning Phoenix Ridge alone possessed more than a hundred, and this number was calculated not including their entire Territory.

These Peak-Level Spirit Stone Sources were purely from this place!

”Moreover, there's a Mid-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouse guarding it as well, so there wouldn't be any unforeseen contingencies.” Karlheinz Strom smiled as he nodded his head, almost as if he was assuring Davis or perhaps warning.

Davis's expression imperceptibly froze.

He knew that he was screwed before he could even enter the Burning Phoenix Ridge at this moment. He felt that he would surely be scanned with the other party's soul sense, and his anomaly of having deep, hidden cultivation would be noticed even if the Ninth Stage Powerhouse could not determine his true cultivation that is at the Low-Level King Soul Stage.

Davis maintained his breath as he adjusted his Soul Forging Cultivation to radiate Peak-Level Supreme Soul Stage undulations. However, it was still seamless and concealed enough that Karlheinz Strom was unable to sense the soul force undulations, at least until he decided to actively scan Davis using one of his energies.

”Say, are the wicked path people more prominent in this Territory?” Davis asked in curiosity.

”Of course not...” Karlheinz Strom shook his head, ”However, they are the most prominent in the surrounding southern Territories.”

”The south of our Territory is the Soul Palace Territory. To the east of the Soul Palace Territory is where the two most notorious wicked path hegemonies exist, the Blood Reaper Underworld and the Infernal Lightning Palace. Moreover, the Poison Rift Valley exists to the south of the Soul Palace and the Blood Reaper Underworld. They all possess an equal amount of strength even though the Poison Rift Valley is situated in a small-sized Territory.”

Davis nodded his head in understanding.

The Golden Dragon Valley Territory was also a small-sized Territory, but that didn't mean its resources were small because the number of resources in a Territory was determined by the amount plundered and established. Whether it is small or mid-sized was determined by the area of land the Territory occupied while divided by the fog barrier that is separating the Territories from each other.

”They come from these Territories to sometimes provoke us, head to the Dual Lotus Manor to engage in carnal pleasures or simply head to other places to wreak havoc and practice their unorthodox and cruel techniques. Occasionally, they even erase an entire city off the Territory map while the same can be said about towns, except in more frequency. Therefore, there is a Grand Elder posted in our South Territory Gate, the one that leads to the Soul Palace.”

”A Grand Elder in the Burning Phoenix Ridge should be at least a Low-Level Ninth Stage Powerhouse...” Davis loudly mused as he nodded his head as if displaying his approval.

”That's right. Our Grand Elders are positioned to showcase that the Territory we rule and the people living in the Territory are of paramount importance to us! For a wicked path power to openly enter and slip past us through the South Territory Gate, they at least need a Ninth Stage Powerhouse of equal prowess.”

Karlheinz Strom's hands excitedly shook.

”Otherwise, they're just fish on a chopping board!”

”Truly magnificent...” Davis commented, but inwardly, he was thinking about something else.

'Soul Palace...'

He narrowed his eyes as he recalled.

The Soul Palace was extremely reputable for their Soul Emperors, so he knew a bit about them after reading the Alstreim Family Library records. It is said that four out of the nine Soul Emperors present in the Fifty-Two Territories belonged to them, but it is also said that one of the four had fallen into the wicked path long ago. Therefore, that Soul Emperor was exiled as well as pursued with the intent of execution.

Other than the Soul Palace, he had beef with another power, and that was the Infernal Lightning Palace. As long as he belonged to the Alstreim Family, he had the responsibility of making them know their place for trampling on their Territory, right?

Davis imperceptibly smiled in anticipation to the day the Infernal Lightning Palace would come to provoke him, but he hoped that it would be more than a decade later as he was still growing.

At this moment, they neared the Crimson Ridge Gate and passed through it.

Davis and Karlheinz Strom were engaged in a conversation when Davis suddenly felt a soul force probe him. He reacted to it as he looked in a direction, his gaze seemingly passing through the walls of the flying abode and a few other walls before landing on a certain person wearing deeply fiery crimson robes, invoking a sense of majesticness within the spectators' hearts.

It was a middle-aged man with long crimson hair. He appeared to genially smile at him.

”Don't make a fuss in my sect. As long as fellow soul cultivator acts within the limit and not cross our bottom line, you will remain as our guest...”

A soul transmission fell on his ears, resounding in a gentle and friendly tone.

”Haha, did Grand Elder Newgate say anything to you, Feng?” Karlheinz Strom chuckled, seemingly aware that Davis would be warned.

Davis wryly nodded his head, ”Apparently, I must act within my limits. Otherwise... hehe...”