Less than ten hours remained until the end of the test, and at that exact mont, inside a small hidden cave, Almin seed incredulous at the red liquid accumulated in a small jar.
The whale then spoke ntally, sounding like an instinctive sigh. ’Good job. If you put in a little effort, you can always achieve it.’
At that mont, Bruno realized his little slip too late, as Almin’s gaze in his direction turned cold and bloodthirsty.
"These words... again this," Almin muttered, forgetting even to speak ntally. He beca quite agitated. In the past, Alm always praised his younger brother with similar or almost identical words. This ti, he just spoke without thinking much, and Almin rembered so painful things.
’What are you murmuring there, idiot? We don’t have ti to waste. If you managed to do it, then finish the rest faster!’ Bruno said to him in a rough tone, trying to disguise the situation. Soon, Almin returned to reality and focused again.
Now, he seed to understand the process well, and after obtaining a fire core in the desert and going through all that brutal practice, Almin could manipulate the fla with relative skill. In a few minutes, a good amount of that liquid was made.
Soon, he carefully distributed it to everyone, a little nervous. The whale carefully analyzed that liquid and then nodded to everyone. They then rubbed that liquid on their bodies. This caused their auras to rge with the aura of this place.
As long as they didn’t reveal any killing intent and kept a certain distance, it would be much more difficult for the beasts to sense them, saving Ruri’s ntal energy for an opportune mont. They were like plants growing on the ground to these beasts. They all sealed their pores and felt that camouflage before continuing.
’Let’s go.’
Spoke the leader, Goku, leading the way, and a line of people cautiously exited the cave. As their bodies were very small and could hide their auras, they were more scared than actually in danger.
At first, they walked slowly, then a light jog started, and soon after confirming that everything was fine, they ran at full speed to the south.
They watched closely the divine beasts present. Most of these beasts had a primitive and undefined form, like dinosaurs with ongoing physical mutations. So had giant claws, others colossal wings, but they were always disproportionate to the rest of the body, giving them a strange appearance.
This kind of form was quite rare in the outside world. They would be considered the lowest level of divine beast races, and the few living ones did not possess high intelligence. However, they saw thousands of these beasts present. If they disturbed one of them, it would be difficult for any of them to survive.
Sotis, a beast flew through the air, and they hurriedly got out of the way. Once safe, they continued forward.
These flying types would only fly for a while. Then, they would find a suitable place to rest. After that, their auras would disappear, and they would enter a state of hibernation.
After observing this several tis, everyone ca to the sa conclusion as Alm, without any conversation. They must be absorbing so kind of strange energy from the ground to cultivate.
After stopping in one place for a long ti, perhaps they absorbed most of the energy and then moved to another location. Only the very powerful divine beasts settled in a very large and law-filled place, so they stayed there for hundreds of years.
’There are countless giant beasts here; so are very close to breaking through the realm. But they seed to be coexisting very peacefully. No fights? That’s very strange.’ Bruno comnted ntally. This behavior, combined with the overall strangeness of this prison, only fueled his desire to go to its end.
’Master!’ Ruri, sitting on their shoulders as they all ran, called out.
She then pointed to an area covered with vegetation. Everyone was focused on the beasts and the path, but she seed to be strolling and having fun seeing all the strange diversity of the place. Soon, she was the only one who noticed sothing different there.
’Hm?’ The whale looked and stopped. Soon, everyone stopped and followed his gaze.
They first checked if there was no danger too close and took steps in that direction, feeling sothing strange.
As they passed through a dense forest, a small mound appeared ahead. Langrum directly felt an energy that seed familiar to her. Everyone hurried towards the mound, and Ruri used her ntal power to cover them. Then, the whale opened a large hole, creating an entrance.
Everyone sighed in relief. Inside the mound, there was a huge cave that extended underground.
Goku felt the entire environnt and communicated without much emotion: ’There is nothing alive in here. This seems to be the final hiding place of so ancient cultivator from our sect.’
Everyone’s hearts beat fervently. That Qi they felt ca from inside... so the remains and perhaps treasures of that cultivator should be intact to so extent.
Almin ntally murmured to everyone. ’From the records I studied... the last person who dared to enter the fourth level was two thousand years ago. He was... the grandfather of the current patriarch of the Vital Yin Sect.’ Almin beca even more excited. ’He used to be the sect patriarch but stepped down because he was in his last years of life. So, he decided to take a chance.’
The whale nodded emotionlessly and quickly entered the cave. Everyone followed closely with shining eyes. In no ti, they saw a figure made of bones, in a ditative position, standing on the ground.
’He managed to stay alive, tried to break through, but in the end, he failed and died in here,’ Almin comnted.
The whale didn’t even look at the skeleton. He just picked up a spatial ring and checked it. Fortunately, it was a high-level ring and could last for a few thousand years without maintenance, which left everything inside intact.
Too bad the old man died using everything valuable, like abyss crystals, pills, etc. However, there was a shiny gray crystal, and they took a quick look. It contained a technique inside that used infernal laws.
’Well, we now have a technique that is much better than the ones the elders we faced had. It might be useful,’ Bruno comnted lightly.
’Look there!’ Alm pointed inside the ring.
Their minds then withdrew from the ring with excited eyes. Everyone in the group saw a gigantic hamr appear in the hands of the whale, and a great pressure was felt in their chests. The whale closed its eyes, and two seconds later, all the pressure was gone. They mastered that hamr and beca its new owners.
’Made of raw and dense Celestial Steel, excellent,’ Alm comnted excitedly. ’Hamr isn’t our specialty, but we can lt and forge another type of weapon later; for now, we have a decent weapon on our hands.’
The whale stored all the items from the ring in its inventory and said casually, "Langrum, take the bones. This ancient cultivator had a strange connection with the ogre bloodline in his bones. He must have used many won of that race, and it got impregnated in him. You’ll benefit a bit from it later."
Langrum gathered the bones and then turned to follow the group outside; there was nothing else noteworthy in the cave.
’What a strange fellow... a skinny elf using a giant and muscular female ogre for dual cultivation. In this evil sect, everyone seems to have quite peculiar tastes,’ Bruno comnted with so disgust as he walked.
Then, they continued their journey. Ruri, excited, was encouraged to look around for sothing that caught her attention. Alm took the opportunity to train her perception, and she used her QI and focused ntal power in her eyes to discern anything that stood out in the environnt.
Almost two hours passed, with a few stops along the way. Everyone was excited about the newly found treasures. Almin, in particular, discovered so rare and different herbs, harvesting them with a smile on his face.
Langrum was pleased with so scales emitting a ferocious aura. It must have belonged to a divine beast of the serpent type, very compatible with her other bloodline.
Ruri, on the other hand, beca excited after the whale collected so very different plants. Goku said they were divine flax, used to create much more powerful clothes than those sold in the sect. They promised to reward her and do so things for her.
After another hour, they reached a more internal area of the fourth level. There was no more vegetation in that place, and the beasts seed much larger and more powerful, making everyone more fearful. They wanted to live to enjoy their gains.
Then, the whale said seriously, ’We can’t continue like this. It’s too slow, and we won’t be able to explore everything in ti.’
Even with the stops, they had only covered a third of the way. The whale looked to the horizon, and everyone saw a winged beast flying away quickly. Then they looked in another direction, where another divine beast with wings was sleeping soundly.
’Ruri, let’s capture a winged beast. We need to fly.’
Langrum and Almin heard ntally and seed to petrify, their hearts stopping.
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