Chapter 334: Resting the Soul (2/2)

Gu Yan was not a beast. But some of the members within his group were, and for some reason, they felt an unnatural fear towards Lin Xiao.

This fear stemmed from their innermost being. At the same time, they felt reverence towards Xue Wei.

This reverence also came from their instincts. It was as if he was a monarch that they could never harm. So their feelings towards Lin Xiao was hostility and fear, while towards Xue Wei it was reverence and worship.

Even so, they said nothing to Gu Yan about their feelings, and they managed to go against their own conscience. They thought that when it came to battle, they could ignore these feelings.

They were underestimating the instincts in their bodies. None of them knew what a Diviner was, and they were even less aware of the fact that Sovereign Beasts existed.

Since they could not understand what was behind their feelings, they could only ignore them. They did not even bring it up to their friends, and thus Gu Yan was unaware that almost half of his men were unable to lay a hand on Xue Wei and Lin Xiao.

Xue Wei was aware of it.

He knew that although he was no Diviner if he were to exert his bloodline pressure, no Primordial Beast would be able to go against him.

This was not taming, but purely the sovereignty of a monarch. He was the leader of them; he was their Emperor; it was simply impossible to go against him.

But Xue Wei was not using his bloodline yet. This was something he would use when they had to fight.

This was also why he dared to fight against Gu Yan although he had a whole group of mercenaries.

Most of these mercenaries would be dealt with by the Primordial Beasts in the group. They would turn against their friends and their brothers because they had no choice. They could only comply with an order given by Xue Wei.

Everyone was thinking about their own thing as they were moving forward. Soon they reached a somewhat deserted area. There were no plants around it, and the ground was flat and filled with charred soil.

”We will camp here for the night,” Gu Yan said as he looked into the sky above. The thunder and lightning were flashing everywhere; the rumbling was vaguely heard.

Although they were all cultivators, and although they were able to continue onwards for days on end without rest, they had to be on high alert at all times when being in the Thunder Graveyard Island.

Since they had to be on high alert, their souls were stretched to the limits, and they were unable to continue like this if they did not rest from time to time.

Not only would the killing intent whittle down their minds and take over their bodies, but their nerves would also be stretched taut, and their soul could become injured from being stretched too tightly.

Although Xue Wei had the assistance of the golden dragon in his mind, he was still aware that if he did not rest, then he would not last long. He might even succumb before it was time for him to face off against Gu Yan.

Luoluo was a spirit, and she had no soul as such. Her entire being was just a spirit, so she was not in the same position as Xue Wei and the other soul-owning experts.

Even Bai Tianyi, who was an artificial spirit, was more affected than her. Although he had become a spirit, he was after all imperfect.

”Luoluo, please keep watch tonight,” Xue Wei asked. The team was supporting each other, and Luoluo was the one who was able to go on without rest. Although she seemed to be the youngest of them all, she was in many ways the toughest.

”Sure,” Luoluo was aware that she was the one who could help in this situation, and she was also very conscious that her Big Brother and the others were putting their lives in her hands.

By daring to sleep, that meant that they trusted she would be able to warn them in time, and her heart swelled with happiness and pride.

Gu Yan and the others did not hear the conversation between Xue Wei and Luoluo, so they were rather surprised when they saw how they sat down and got ready to rest.

It was evident that the group of mercenaries and they were not on friendly terms, but they still dared to sleep?

When they saw that the only one who stayed awake was the youngest of the group, all of them were puzzled. But seeing that Gu Yan did not make any move against them, the others slowly calmed down too after making a small rotation of who would be keeping watch.

Like this, the group rested. Luoluo observed them all like a hawk, ready to awaken Xue Wei, should they make the slightest unexpected move.

Fortunately, the mercenaries did nothing and slept a couple of hours. This also meant that Xue Wei got some well-deserved rest, and after some time, he awoke by himself, feeling rested.

His soul was much better than before; it was no longer taut and nervous, but calm and able to take care of whatever might come their way.

Gu Yan had also rested, and most of the fear he had felt earlier had significantly diminished. He was an esteemed Ordinary Saint, not a simple Knight such as all the others here, and he was not going to let anyone threaten him.

A sneer appeared on his lips as his eyes glanced over Xue Wei, and then he shook his head. Why had he been scared of such a youngster? It was greatly embarrassing.

This was also because his soul was now rested, he was no longer as easily affected by the killing intent on the island, and did not fear everything around him.