The interrogation of the young woman had been interrupted by the arrival of two more factions, the high immortals of the universal governnt, and the ntal warriors of the ntal factions. From the way the spiritual warriors had reacted, it was clear that their appearance was programd, and that they were being expected.
"We will take it from here." said one of the ntal warriors while slowly approaching the surface of the planet, along with the rest of his group. Their arrival was imdiately welcod by the spiritual warriors, who suddenly stopped their interrogation, and appeared in mid air right in front of these cultivators.
"We were just setting the mood for your arrival." Said the oldest of the spiritual warriors, as the glow that surrounded his body started to dim, revealing his appearance as a noble looking man with sharp features, healthy physique, and white hair and beard. From his eyes, ca a white vapor so dense, that it could be confused with milk.
Without saying nothing more, the group reached the prison in the depths of Spira, and there, they finally t with the prisoner. "This is the seventh attempt. How sure are you that you weren’t followed this ti?" Asked one of the mbers of the Universal Governnt.
This was not the first ti these groups of people had tried to kidnap one of Daniel’s group mbers. Unfortunately, each and every ti, the agents sent would disappear before ever being able to safely return to their base. This had forced the three factions to reconsider their thods, and in the end, seek an alliance with one another.
The governnt was guilty of at least half of those failed attempts, so when the capability of the spiritual warrior was questioned, the old spiritual cultivator said with a hint of irritation, "We may not have failed to begin with, if the information that we have received from the governnt were not incorrect." He then added after a short break, "We are sure no one followed us. Our actions went unnoticed."
"It does not matter if you were spotted. We both know that if one of Iewah’s children decides to find soone, there is nothing we can do to stop them. So we don’t have much ti." Said one of the ntal warriors before approaching the young woman, who was still taking in deep breaths, and trying to calm herself down.
The young woman backed away the mont she noticed the ntal warrior approach her, but she could do nothing as his ntal power surrounded her, stopping her in place. He then placed a hand over her shoulder, and after forming a connection with her, entered her mind.
For the following minutes, the ntal warrior showed a number of different expressions, ranging from anger, annoyance, and resignation. After five full minutes, he turned towards his companions, and said, "Nothing."
"You got nothing?? mory exploration is your speciality. Even if a mory has been removed, you should be able to restore it. Nothing at all??" Asked a second ntal warrior, causing the mbers of the governnt and spiritual faction to frown with suspicion. The three factions clearly did not trust each other, and this exchange could be considered truthful, as much as it could be considered a performance put up to keep the thod to themselves.
Their worries were eased when the first ntal warrior said, "Not exactly nothing. I have new information, but nothing about the thod, location, or even requirents for that path of cultivation to be practiced were kept within the girl’s mind. Also, her mories are not missing. They were twisted as she went through the process."
"How can you say that?" Asked one of the spiritual warriors with confusion.
"Because in her mind, she cultivated as an immortal cultivator until the peak of immortality, then stopped, and lived her life as a mortal for a week. After that week, she woke up from her sleep, and she was already like this." Responded the ntal warrior, describing everything he had seen.
"The number of people with a better comprehension of mory than you can be counted with the fingers of one hand. How is it possible that there is no trace of what her eyes, nose, and ears picked up?" Asked the second ntal warrior.
The first ntal warrior lowered his head in embarrassnt, then said, "It’s him. Aeron, the outcast of my faction."
"Damn it!" burst out one of the ntal warriors, which along with the first one, was part of the Psionic Dinsion, and had deeply regretted casting out a talent like Aeron.
The mbers of the universal governnt were those with the most knowledge about children of Iewah, so the failure of this mission was not a surprise to them. What they at least hoped to obtain, was any additional information. "There is nothing you have learned?" asked one of them to the ntal warrior whom had explored the woman’s mories.
"Yes." Responded the ntal warrior before taking a short pause. Once everybody else was waiting for him to reveal what he had discovered, he said, "They call it true immortality. A path that unlike your high immortality, allows one to rge mind, spirit, and ki into a single kind of power called true essence."
"From what I have seen, true essence should only be obtainable during the ascension, in a thod only known to the first Outcast of Iewah’s faction, and Aeron, the outcast of our faction."
Ever since Daniel had obtained the Door to Dream State, the universal governnt had learned about his powers. They knew that even by losing his body and spirit, he could rely on his mind to live on. However, for all they knew, that was simply a limited power granted by his system, or an ability granted by a ntal artifact produced by Aeron, the discarded prodigy of the ntal factions.
Now, on the other hand, the universal governnt had not only learned that his ntal power was as powerful as his spirit and body, but that his mind had rged to his immortal essence, making him a being beyond anything a high immortal could be. Even worse than that, he had a thod to produce these types of cultivators en masse, and the power to keep this thod a secret from them.
"This can’t be allowed to continue." Said one of the mbers of the governnt, who knew exactly how dangerous to their civilization, this discovery could be. Ideally, they would have used this thod of cultivation to improve the power of the governnt, and gain an advantage against the invading civilization, but since there was no way for them to obtain it, only one path was left for them to thread. Destruction.
"To believe that the most powerful thods of cultivation would beco sub-categories.." muttered one of the spiritual cultivators with shock, before turning to look at the mbers of the universal governnt, and adding, "If we have to exterminate him, we’ll have to do it as soon as possible."
The aning of this person’s words was clear. Daniel had to disappear before he could beco powerful enough to threaten not only the factions with which he had a bone to pick with, but the governnt itself.
After a quick nod in agreent, one of the ntal warriors said, "We will also need help.. He managed to stay undetected until now. I assu that only another chi-" Suddenly, the ntal warrior stopped talking, and along with the other mbers of his group, he turned to look at an empty point in the sky. "He is here." He said.
"Who is here?" Asked the old man, part of the spiritual cultivators, with confusion. To answer him, were the shocked eyes of the mbers of both of the other groups, who looked at him as if they had seen a ghost. "What is-" he started to ask, before being interrupted by the gentle pressure of an arm that ca to rest around his neck, and above his shoulders.
"If you wanted to know more about my people, you should have asked." Said Daniel right next to the ear of the spiritual cultivator, which felt a shiver go down his back.
For a spiritual cultivator like him, to be touched was the worst possible scenario. Contrary to the bodies of the ntal warriors, which were entirely made out of solidified ntal power, spiritual warriors still possessed a physical body, which made them weak against physical attacks. Their fighting thod would always revolve around the usage of their incredibly pure spiritual essence to overco their enemies with ranged attacks, emotional control, and control of omnipresent mana.
Unfortunately, Daniel had already co close to him, and as a physical cultivator amongst other things, he could break his body apart whenever he wanted. At the mont, he had beco the hostage.
"H-How did you get here?" Asked the old spiritual cultivator with a nervous tone.
Daniel ignored the question, and instead looked at the young woman that was gasping for air while on the ground.
To speak, was the leading mber of the group which belonged to the universal governnt, who took a step forward, and while looking at the young woman, said, "Outcast. I suggest you don’t do anything stupid. You are not the first one of your kind the governnt has ever faced, and you have a lot more to lose than your peers."
It did not take long for Daniel to understand the aning behind these words. He was more mysterious than his peers, but at the sa ti, his weakness was more evident. His group.
"Well, you have been kidnapping the mbers of my group regardless of my action, so why don’t you make a proposition, speaker of the universal governnt?" Said Daniel with a matter-of-fact tone and showing a polite smile, yet keeping his arm around the neck of the old spiritual cultivator. At the sa ti, he reminded the mber of the universal governnt that what he would say next, was bound to change the future of his civilization in one way, or another.
This reminder caused the mind of the immortal cultivator to be shaken, forcing him to take a few monts to recompose himself. He then straightened his back, and after quietly sucking a bit of air through his teeth, he said, "We want the thod of cultivation of true essence. Give it to us, and we will put an end to the operations against your group."
"And what would I gain from this?" Asked Daniel.
"Your group will beco a standing faction under the universal governnt. We will remove your outcast status, and support you against any mber of Iewah’s faction who wishes to harm you, or the mbers of your group. As well as uncountable resources for your academy." Responded the mber of the universal governnt.
After listening to this proposal, Daniel’s brows raised with surprise. He then pressed his lips together, and nodded to himself a few tis, showing his interest. The then said, "That is an offer if I have ever heard one.."
Hopeful about a positive outco, the mbers of the three groups took a deep breath in relief, only to feel their hearts stop the mont Daniel disappeared from where he was standing.
"I have a better idea." He said as the mbers of the spiritual faction started to feel an imnse power press over each part of their bodies. The sound of broken bones spread through the entire room along with their screams, as that was the only thing they could do while their bodies were crushed into an unrecognizable ball of powdered bones, and compressed flesh. Only one of the spiritual warriors, the old man whose shoulder Daniel was resting on, had been spared.
However, that was not the end of it.
Before the other two groups could even react, Daniel appeared in the middle of the group of immortal warriors, and touched the bodies of four out of five cultivators with either his hands, or his feet. Soon after, the touched parts of their bodies started to pull their immortal essence towards it, and consu it as into a black hole of nothingness which had suddenly ford.
The ntal warriors had had enough ti to react, and their first action was to pressure Daniel’s mind with the entirety of their power.. Unfortunately, they were shocked to see that their actions had no effect. While weaker than their own, Daniel’s mind power felt like rubber, and while it could compressed, it was imnsely difficult to pierce.
They imdiately recognized this power, as Mind Fortitude.
This mont of surprise had disastrous results, as it gave Daniel enough ti to teleport right next to them, and lock four of them in place into spatial cages. He then turned the spatial power of which these cages were made of, into shattered space, causing their pseudo bodies and consciousnesses to be torn apart by the chaotic fragnts of space.
Of the fifteen cultivators present, only one mber of the ntal faction, one spiritual warrior, and the mbers of the universal governnt were still alive. Of the latter group, four mbers struggled as the black holes attached to their bodies by Daniel absorbed every bit of essence in their bodies before they could even use it.
"What is the aning of this?" Said the immortal cultivator before taking a step back.
Daniel slowly walked towards his group, and after looking at him, he solidified the space around the heads of the man’s four companions, and twisted it by one hundred and eighty degrees, breaking their neck, and killing them on the spot. The temperature of the room seed to drop, as he said, "I don’t know how many more ti do I have to bite you, before you realize that I am fucking venomous."
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