“I know,” the disciple began as he looked at the howling beast, “But our sects have created an alliance, we can’t ignore each other if they are in trouble. You guys should just leave, you are too weak to survive on your own in this Mystique Realm.”
He dismissively added, “You should be grateful instead.”
Another figure emerged from the forest, looking at the disciples of the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect, a young woman with icy blue eyes, “We don’t have time to waste on them,” she said sharply. “If they can’t handle the Mystique Realm, they shouldn’t be here.”
The disciples of the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect bit their lips in frustration but they couldn’t come up with a retort.
Just then, the beast stood up and looked towards the male disciples who attacked him with his bow. He roared and sprinted towards him.
The disciple took out another arrow from his quill and shot the beast again. But the beast maneuvered slightly and dodged the arrow.
The male disciple furrowed his brow and shot at the ground ahead of the beast, SWOOSH, the ground in front of the beast exploded, sending debris flying toward the beast.
But it didn’t manage to slow it down, the beast swiped its claws to clear the debris and came in front of the male disciple, but the female disciple took out a spear and swung it hard from the right to hit the side chest of the beast.
The beast slid back from the impact while roaring, its eyes turning red due to rage.
“What the fuck is this beast made of? The other beasts were not this tough to fight.” The male disciple wiped the sweat from his forehead as he wondered what was going on with this beast.
“We need to stay alert, this beast is unlike anything we have encountered outside.” The icy blue-haired disciple’s expression also turned solemn. “Let’s attack it toge-”
Before her words even finished, a loud boom echoed through the Mystique Realm. All eyes turned towards the gate where the crack in space pulsed, sending ripples of energy as something seemed to be coming inside.
Something far more terrifying than anything the Mystique Realm was prepared for.
He was coming.
…
Shen Yuan opened his eyes after entering the Mystique Realm, seeing the bleak world all around him. “This place is really different from the Mystique Realms inside of my mom’s mansion.”
He muttered to himself while observing the place around him. He closed his eyes to focus on the auras of people who passed from this place, trying to sense Wan Ling or Ling Mei’s aura.
“Found them,” He opened his eyes and looked towards the east where they left after entering, he sensed the chaotic Qi in that direction.
“Are they fighting?” He wondered as he sprinted towards them, moving much faster than any cultivator at his level is supposed to.
He soon reached their place and saw the situation, one beast fiercely fighting against the disciples of the Azure Sky Sect while the disciples of the Radiant Lotus Sacred Sect assisted them.
Yet they stopped their battle and looked toward his direction, which made him smirk as he slid down from the hill, saying, “Well well well, don’t we have quite the audience here?”
He glanced at the bow of the male disciple and took out a similar one, knocking an arrow on top and infusing a little bit of his qi into the arrow before shooting the beast.
“RAHHH” The beast screamed as it sensed the massive threat from the arrow he was feeling, yet all he could do was wait in agony as the arrow obliterated the top of his body, leaving only the part below his chest in one piece.
The disciples’ eyes widened in shock and fear as they saw the display of might in front of them. They couldn’t believe it was real even after seeing it with their own eyes, the male disciple even pinched himself to see if he was dreaming or not.
“Wha—” the male disciple could not even form words as he speechlessly looked at the corpse of the beast in horror.
He realized that Shen Yuan could have killed him with that arrow quite easily, yet the icy blue-haired female disciple’s expression was solemn as she looked at Shen Yuan, assessing him for any potential threat.
Meanwhile, Wan Ling’s face brightened up as she sprinted toward Shen Yuan, “Senior Brother!!” she screamed as she came in front of him, looking at him with an excited expression.
Shen Yuan smiled and patted her head, “How was the exploring without me? You enjoyed yourself?” he asked with a slight chuckle.
“Ugh, Senior Brother, don’t tease me now.” She puffed up her cheeks and looked away, she knew Shen Yuan was making fun of her due to how they looked right now.
Ling Mei and the rest of the disciples finally heaved a sigh of relief as they hadn’t been able to rest since the fight started.
They hurriedly came towards him, “Senior brother!!” They all greeted him respectfully, looking at him with bright expressions, feeling as if their pillar arrived.
“How strong exactly are you?? You killed that beast in one blow.” Ling Mei, still feeling her heart pound remembering that attack asked Shen Yuan.
“Stronger than everyone inside the Mystique Realm, as long as there is no unexpected situation.” Shen Yuan answered honestly, he knew he was the strongest amongst the disciples yet there could be unexpected situations so he had to take measures for them as well.
“Why were you so late Senior Brother?” Chen Yue asked, looking at him curiously.
Shen Yuan shook his head and moved toward Zhao Lian, looking at her bleeding hand. “Here, eat this.” He took out a healing pill from his storage ring and gave it to her.
Zhao Lian blushed as she shook her head in refusal, “No, Senior Brother, how can I take something from you, especially a healing pill? I bring some with me for this trip as well.”
She took out a healing pill to show it to him, but the quality and tier of the pill was clearly inferior to the one Shen Yuan had, he shook his head and shoved the pill in her hand.
“Don’t think too much and just take it, just say it is my job to take care of you all.” He smiled and turned towards Chen Yue.
“As for your question, it’s because I was in seclusion, and I came out today so I hurried over here after making some preparations.” He didn’t mention what he did to prepare for the Mystique Realm.
Ling Mei joked, “What preparation do you even need? Buy out half of the market to splurge here?”
Shen Yuan raised an eyebrow and looked at her in amusement, just as he was about to tease her, he saw the disciples of the Azure Sky Sect slipping away from the corner of his eyes.
“My friends from the Azure Sky Sect, why are you in such a hurry to leave?” Shen Yuan moved in the front of the group and stood against the disciples of the Azure Sky Sect, observing them with sharp eyes.
