223 The Two Diviners (2/2)
”You are lucky that it is me you are asking,” the beggar snickered, ”The entire area was filled with darkness, one of them used a technique to make the world descend into darkness, but I am a spiritual energy cultivator, so I could observe the fight anyway.”
The two Diviners were shocked when they heard this. This beggar that they assumed was useless turned out to be a spiritual energy cultivator? That was unexpected! Still they were excited, they wanted to know what had happened after all.
”There were three experts: two beasts and one, I assume, human. The human could not use Qi and only used spiritual energy. He created some rather impressive swords out of spiritual energy and easily executed his opponent.”
”The other was a strange black dog,” the beggar said musingly. ”It looked like a Celestial Dog, but it had two crow wings on its back. Its silver eyes were outstandingly beautiful. Also, it swallowed all light, making the entire alleyway descend into darkness.”
”The last one is the one who used his roar. He was a Heavenly Warrior, but he managed to mutilate his opponent's corpse so badly. It is truly no easy feat to go against an Ordinary Knight as a Heavenly Warrior.”
”He looked human through most of the fight, but right before the roar, he started transforming; his entire body was covered in azure scales, his eyes were red and he had horns and a tail.”
”From what I saw, this was not his real shape but more of a partly transformed stage.”
”The three of them left after killing their opponents. Now, let me explain what they look like,” the beggar then began to describe their appearances.
”From the looks of it, I assume that they have participated in the underground battles,” the shorter Diviner said. ”Let us go and get some information.”
After this, the Diviners went to the underground battle grounds. They quickly found out that the two experts that had been slain were the remaining two of the Tiger Triplets, and that their younger brother had previously been killed by a newcomer in the cage battles.
They also found out that this person had appeared with two others earlier today, and that he was close to the Intelligencer and one of the well known Primordial Beasts of the city.
”It seems that we should come next week, but without letting anyone know that we are Diviners,” the short Diviner said after a bit of contemplation.
”So you think that we will get our hands on a Sovereign Beast?” The tall Diviner shook with excitement, grinning, but the shorter Diviner gave him a glance of disdain.
”I am still very far away from certain about this beast being a Sovereign Beast—in fact, the likelihood of it being an elite Primordial Beast is also very likely. I am just hoping that it is a Sovereign Beast because I very much want to get my hands on one.”
The two Diviners put an end to their discussion and slowly made their way back to their lodgings. Although the short Diviner had made sure that the taller one understood that he did not know whether or not this beast was a Primordial Beast or a Sovereign Beast, he still felt a certainty within his mind that this roar had come from something fundamentally superior to a Primordial Beast—the Sovereign Beast.
While the Diviners returned to their lodgings, Xue Wei was lying unconsciously in a bed within the hotel. Hei Gou and Bai Tianyi stood next to him. Both had worry shown on their faces, and a frown adorned their brows.
”This is troublesome,” Bai Tianyi said after observing Xue Wei for a bit of time. ”Although we managed to convince the staff that he was just dead drunk, I am quite unsure about what exactly happened.”
It was rare for Bai Tianyi to be unsure about something. His eyes were showing heartfelt worry, his heart thumping rapidly with fear.
Although he was immortal, he had a contract with Xue Wei. If something happened to Xue Wei, he would return to slumber for a very long time. And even without this, Bai Tianyi had taken a liking to this master of his. They considered each other friends, maybe even brothers. It was natural to be incredibly worried about a friend like that when they were injured.
”Well, let us think back,” Hei Gou said hesitatingly. ”He was in his draconic shape, looking like a human but with scales all over. He was doing fine, but when the roar escaped his lips, the Tiger Triplet guy was ripped to shreds and Wei collapsed.”
”I have a theory,” Bai Tianyi said with clear doubt evident in his voice. He himself thought his idea to be rather far-fetched, so he did not have any actual faith in it being correct.
”Anything is worth a shot now, tell me what you think,” Hei Gou said impatiently. Bai Tianyi nodded his head.
”I think perhaps that roar was an innate ability. If it was a normal roar, it would never have done the damage it did—so it has to have been an innate ability.”
”So far, Wei has not managed to unlock any innate abilities from his mind, but I can't see any other reason than him having grasped hold of an innate ability with sheer instinct. If it is an innate ability, then there are two possibilities for what is happening now.” Bai Tianyi continued.
”The first possibility is that the innate ability took too much energy and has put him in a comatose state to recover from it. This would be simple and should not take too long.”
”The second possibility is him having somehow unlocked all of his innate abilities and heritage from his mind. In that case, he might be unconscious for quite some time to digest the genetic information he has unlocked.”
Hei Gou considered what Bai Tianyi had said and nodded his head. It made sense, but he was not sure which of the options he preferred.
”Both are beneficial to us,” he said after a bit of thought, feeling a bit torn.