Even after being captured and surrounded, nobody on the flying ship showed any sign of panic.
Darian was standing at the top of the flying ship, and beside him were two stunning Dragonesses. He stared coldly at those dozens of powerful figures.
"Human brat. Since you dare to rob us, are you ready to die?" the leader of the place growled.
He released a great power, but also a very faint life force. He was possibly an old Supre General of their race or sothing similar, but had abandoned the position because of age.
The others released a powerful aura and were already ready to react to any movent. They wouldn’t give Darian any chance to escape.
"Tch, what useless words. You don’t need to talk. If you want ti to activate another inscription, just do it, don’t try to get my attention. If I wanted to leave, do you think you could catch ? You think I’m as stupid as you?" Darian mocked.
Darian clearly felt sothing in the ground moving and connecting, but it would take a few seconds.
The leader had shouted on purpose to draw attention, while the others positioned themselves in a specific formation around them. They really wanted to activate that thing, probably because they wanted to capture Darian and the others alive to discover the secrets of that flying ship.
"So you lured us here on purpose?" the old leader asked in a dark tone. Suddenly, he had a bad feeling.
"Not exactly," Darian said lightly.
At that mont, with the race identifying that they were on three different planets at the sa ti, the Supre General and the large army would need to exchange information to understand where to go, losing a few precious seconds. Then they would still need to move to that Fortress planet, which would take a few minutes. Darian had more than enough ti to destroy that place and run.
At that mont, Darian snorted, and his entire primordial physique activated. Along with him, his four cores and seven rings pulsed with power.
"!"
Those cultivators imdiately widened their eyes.
Darian saw that and understood. The Spiritual Guardians were figures who elevated themselves without true knowledge of the world’s Laws, and without needing to prove themselves all the ti like cultivators.
Compared to a cultivator, Spiritual Guardians were people blessed by the heavens, literally, gaining incredible power without much effort.
The mont Darian revealed his primordial physique, those cultivators who had lived long lives full of study and effort recognized a bit of that energy.
"Power of chaos... perfectly united with the seven natural elents... how is that possible?!" that old leader muttered in disbelief.
The power of chaos was sothing that existed or had existed in all universes. Normally, it was possible to find traces of it in higher-level universes, so cultivators knew of its existence. The seven elents were sothing very common, but at Darian’s level, that was shocking.
Niara snorted, activating the Divine Dragon Possession. In that instant, all the energies of the planet trembled as they were suppressed.
"P-Primordial Beast... this... you are related to him..."
Everyone felt their hearts spike in fear. Even though they weren’t ordinary beasts, who would be suppressed by the Diachronic power, it shook them deeply.
The old leader clenched his fists, trying to calm himself. "Focus! No matter where they ca from! They can’t run anymore!"
The ground shook, and an intense red light spread in all directions. It was the final inscription, the strongest one of their race. Everyone saw it and nodded: no matter what they did, they couldn’t survive now.
But...
*BUZZ*
In that instant, space trembled. Darian widened his eyes in surprise and imdiately focused upward.
That entire planet was sealed, but sothing from outside passed through easily.
High above, an imnse pressure appeared, causing distortions in space. Darian sent ntal ssages to everyone on the ship right away. Sothing unexpected had appeared, and they needed to shift focus to escape at the first opportunity. He felt an imnse mortal pressure.
However, he soon noticed that the Twilight Owls’ expressions had also changed. They thought the sa thing, but the opposite: they believed that interference ca from Darian.
The spatial distortion stabilized, and then a bestial silhouette could be seen, still blurry.
Darian and the Twilight Owl race imdiately tensed up, preparing for a massive battle.
Niara’s eyes shifted, feeling sothing absurd inside her Bloodline.
In that instant, a massive black creature appeared in the skies. Its wings beat once, making the whole world vibrate. It was covered in black scales and greenish carapaces, sturdy and intimidating, ending in a sharp-contoured draconic head with piercing red eyes.
It looked a lot like a Western Dragon from Earth, but its two wings were also its arms, making it clear that it was just a Draconic Beast, known as a Wyvern. Sothing pretty common and normal across the universes.
Worse, it also released a faint Demonic Bloodline. It was a hybrid between a Wyvern and a demon, which should’ve weakened its power even more. But...
Its presence released a terrifying mortal pressure. Niara was certain it was just a Wyvern, yet even she felt her Primordial Dragon Bloodline being suppressed. How was that possible?
Darian, on the other hand, was completely sure: if he fought that thing, even going all out, his chances of winning weren’t high.
That Wyvern stopped in the sky and looked down with a cold, indifferent expression. It was as if everyone there were ants unworthy of its attention. But sothing caught its interest.
Then... its eyes landed on Darian, clearly shifting to surprise.
With a snort, a black light covered it completely, and then its form shifted as it activated its tamorphosis.
A man who looked like a mix of human and demon appeared. He was tall, with demonic red eyes.
In that mont, the old leader recognized that figure. He had only seen him using tamorphosis before, never his true form.
"The Twilight Owl race wishes to capture these criminals. Does Lord Runar have any instructions?" that old man asked, still fearful.
He didn’t even look at the man or at the Twilight Owls. His eyes were full of shock as he moved closer to Darian. He had to look him up and down before finally speaking:
"A missionary... but that physical technique is a combination of two others, the ones that ca from those two. Who the hell are you?" His voice echoed dryly as he stared at Darian and the aura of his primordial physique.
Darian took a deep breath, surprised by those words. Soone powerful finding out he was a missionary was normal, but knowing about his physique... and even ntioning the owners of the techniques... that could only an...
"My na is Darian. And you..." He rembered that book and took a guess: "By any chance, do you know my master’s mother? She had two pets really similar to you..."
The air froze instantly, and the space itself seed to petrify. That figure’s expression changed completely.
The Twilight Owl leader almost burst into laughter inside. That human really had guts. He was saying that a terrifying figure had sothing to do with two pets of so random person? For beasts, being soone’s pet was an unprecedented humiliation.
But, opposite to what he expected, that lasted less than five seconds. Everything vanished, then the figure snorted.
"You know my parents? Then... I see... now it makes sense. Your level of power suits who you are."
Darian almost sighed in relief. ru’s mother was also a beast tar, and she had a very peculiar pair of Wyverns as pets. The male was a terrifying mutant Wyvern like Niara; the female was a Wyvern with a mixed demonic bloodline.
That figure, even being just a Wyvern, had such absurd potential that even a Primordial Dragon in person would feel suppressed.
"You’re too kind. I’m nothing compared to you; I’m just soone lucky. I had help from many people, and I’m just trying to survive while protecting my allies." Darian murmured softly.
Runar snorted, "As their son, my achievents are only natural. Giving advice or teaching soone doesn’t change anything. You relied on your own power to reach this level. I genuinely respect that. Besides..."
He turned to Niara, Alear, and the others on the ship, nodding.
"Pretending to be the pig to eat the tiger, huh?" he said with a dry smile. "You’re really interesting. I’m busy right now, so I’ll get going. If you’re here, that ans you’ll be taking part in the Convention too. Great, now I’m excited. I want first place in that thing. So let’s compete."
He finished with a look clearly filled with the desire to fight and compete. Darian gulped. As if it wasn’t dangerous enough already, now he had gained a terrifying rival in the Convention.
At that mont, the Twilight Owls were stunned. That figure was absolutely terrifying and had arrived in that universe only a few years ago. Everyone already expected him to take first place in the Convention. But he was actually an old acquaintance of that human?
Runar jumped upward and then turned toward the Twilight Owls.
"For being kind to before, and giving everything I wanted without fighting, I’ll warn you just this once. This guy isn’t soone you can afford to provoke."
Even though he looked violent and malicious in both aura and gaze, he really said that to spare their lives. He tried to give them a chance.
The old Twilight Owl leader almost spat blood. That figure had practically stolen everything he wanted from their race when he attacked the imperial castle. The race was only barely spared because the emperor acted fast, bowed, gave him everything he wanted, and prevented mass deaths.
And now, shortly after that, another thief showed up. That’s why all the Twilight Owls were so furious: the best they had was stolen by Runar, and everything else was being taken by Darian.
In the blink of an eye, that figure vanished into the horizon. He entered and exited the high-level defensive inscription as easily as breathing.
"Humph, who cares about his origin?! Capture him first! We can decide what to do after he’s locked up!" the old leader roared, ordering a full assault.
When their leader shouted and waved his hand, all the Twilight Owls imdiately attacked the flying ship.
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