Felira gently flexed her fingers, her calm eyes reflecting anticipation as she echoed softly, "Caution and vigilance, huh. We understand clearly."
Elias grinned broadly, though his carefree deanor held a clear edge of excitent and anticipation. "Alright, let’s get this adventure started already!"
Nyss remained quiet, her icy gaze sharp as she calmly took position a bit away from the group, clearly ready and determined to enter imdiately.
Sylvia, poised and confident, simply gave Orion a small nod, signaling her readiness without words.
Seeing everyone’s visible excitent and resolve, Orion felt a wave of excitent and confidence surge through his chest.
Without another word, he turned decisively toward the srizing spatial rift, its rhythmic pulses sending gentle ripples through the surrounding air.
He took the lead, stepping forward steadily, his friends following closely behind him.
As they approached, Orion’s keen senses picked up the presence of other groups lingering at so distance from the portal.
These people, mostly older cultivators dressed in various distinct attire representing different factions, seed to be cautiously observing one another from afar, maintaining careful distances to avoid conflict before even entering the portal.
Lucan noticed Orion’s gaze and calmly explained, his voice soft yet clear enough for everyone to hear, "Those are the groups that arrived before us. The ones who ca at roughly the sa ti as us have already entered."
Orion nodded thoughtfully, quickly assessing the potential competition. "Then, let’s not delay. We don’t want to fall behind."
Lucan gave an approving smile. "Good luck, Young Master. We’ll await your triumphant return."
Edgar took a pouch from his storage ring and handed it over to Orion. "Take these, Young Master. These pills will help you communicate with the locals of that world. A single pill can last a person a month, so you’ll have more than enough."
Orion smiled lightly and took the pouch before smiling confidently toward Edgar and stepping forward directly in front of the shimring portal.
For a brief mont, he gazed deeply into the swirling energies, his dual-colored eyes reflecting the mysterious ripples of spatial force.
A heartbeat later, he decisively stepped through, feeling the strange sensation of passing through a thin veil of reality.
Imdiately behind him, Arya, Emilia, Kale, Felira, Elias, Nyss, and Sylvia each followed suit without hesitation, their forms briefly vanishing into the shimring rift.
Outside, Lucan and Edgar watched silently, their eyes gentle yet filled with deep confidence. Edgar finally broke the silence, calmly turning toward the carriage as he said, "They’re ready for this. It’s a good test."
Lucan chuckled softly, following Edgar’s lead. "Indeed. They’ve grown impressively. I have no doubt they’ll surprise us once again."
As the two n returned to the carriage, Orion’s group had already traveled through the spatial passageway. Almost imdiately upon arrival, a powerful wave of dizziness and disorientation overwheld them, causing several of them to hold their heads and briefly stumble.
Orion clenched his jaw tightly, fighting against the unsettling sensations coursing through him. His vision spun wildly for a mont before slowly steadying.
Carefully, he scanned their imdiate surroundings, his instincts screaming to remain vigilant for potential threats.
However, as he quickly confird that they were safe for now, he finally allowed himself a brief mont to close his eyes and focus inward, calming his turbulent senses.
Around him, his friends similarly steadied themselves, breathing deeply and adjusting gradually to the disorienting aftereffects of portal travel.
As the dizziness slowly subsided, Orion gradually opened his eyes again, imdiately noticing significant differences in their new environnt.
His senses, highly attuned due to his Draconian bloodline, felt acutely sensitive to the drastic change.
First and most obvious was the severe scarcity of mana in this realm. Compared to their rich, thriving ho world, the mana here was shockingly thin—almost negligible.
Orion’s brow furrowed slightly as he murmured softly, "The mana here... it’s incredibly weak. Almost nonexistent compared to our world."
Kale, already recovered, nodded thoughtfully, gently flexing his hand experintally. "I noticed the sa. This environnt is significantly less nourishing for cultivation than Aerthalis."
Felira’s gentle expression tightened in mild discomfort. "It’s true. Even breathing feels slightly heavier without ample mana in the air."
Arya and Emilia exchanged quiet glances, clearly adjusting to the unusual sensation, while Elias rubbed his forehead lightly, muttering with mild annoyance, "So, this is what a lower world feels like. It almost feels suffocating."
Nyss silently surveyed their surroundings, her expression as composed as ever, though subtle signs indicated her discomfort with the sparse mana.
Sylvia maintained her calm poise, though her eyes narrowed thoughtfully as she adjusted to the thin atmosphere.
As Orion further assessed their surroundings, he felt another subtle, strange sensation, one that deeply unsettled him. The entire world and the space felt oddly fragile, its very structure sowhat unstable and flimsy compared to the solid, powerful foundation of Aerthalis.
His eyes narrowed slightly, and he murmured quietly to Lumi within his mind, ’This world feels incredibly... fragile, Lumi. It’s as though it could break apart with a slight push.’
Lumi softly agreed, her virtual voice cautious yet intrigued,
[Exactly, Master. Lower worlds have weaker laws and foundations due to insufficient mana and weaker World Core. But it’s still not sothing that even Ninth Tier beings can break.]
He nodded his head as everyone cald themselves, they began observing their surroundings carefully.
They stood in the midst of a vividly colorful forest, leaves and plants predominantly painted in shades of yellow, orange, and deep red. Exotic flora, entirely unfamiliar to them, covered the ground and towered overhead, lending the environnt an entirely foreign atmosphere.
Arya marveled quietly, gently running her fingers across the strange, brightly colored leaves. "Such vivid colors and unique plant life... I’ve never seen anything quite like this."
Emilia nodded in quiet fascination, carefully inspecting a nearby plant. "Indeed, this world’s flora seems adapted to a drastically different environnt."
Felira quietly comnted, her voice filled with quiet intrigue, "It feels like autumn here, but judging by the temperature, it clearly isn’t the case. It’s likely that this is just their natural color."
Sylvia thoughtfully noted, "It’s likely the low mana environnt affects plant evolution differently."
Orion slowly took a deep breath, adjusting himself fully to their strange new environnt. He calmly addressed the group, "Alright, everyone. Now that we’ve adjusted, let’s carefully explore and get familiarized with our new surroundings."
"Rember, we’re here to test ourselves and gain valuable experience. Stay vigilant, and let’s see what this lower world has to offer."
The group voiced their agreent clearly, each nodding firmly as Orion finished speaking. With carefulness, they quickly organized themselves and cautiously began moving away from their initial arrival point.
Orion took the lead confidently, his senses sharply attuned to their surroundings, scanning the dense forest with quiet vigilance.
Arya walked closely beside Orion, her violet eyes calm but attentive, scanning their path carefully. Emilia gracefully kept pace at Arya’s side, her gentle expression holding an edge of quiet intensity.
Kale and Felira followed behind them closely, both carefully observing their unfamiliar surroundings. Elias trailed slightly behind them, his cheerful deanor tempered with careful watchfulness, scanning for potential threats.
Nyss, silent as always, moved swiftly and smoothly to Orion’s left, her icy gaze thodically scanning the foliage and shadows with focused intensity.
Sylvia, equally composed, flanked Orion’s right side, her eyes narrowed thoughtfully, absorbing every detail of their new environnt.
The vividly colored forest soon beca denser, unfamiliar plants and shrubs obstructing their path, forcing them to carefully navigate through the vibrant flora.
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