Death… And Me

Chapter 492 - None Other Than Kentucky!

Of course, a battle with cultivators at that level was totally out of the twinsʼ range. They knew that the main force would encounter resistance, but they decided to ignore it since there was nothing they could do. That being said, they rushed in Kentuckyʼs direction.

”I doubt weʼd find anyone who knows more than that guy unless we capture someone with a really high cultivation level. However, thatʼs just too risky, so letʼs ignore the idea for now.”

Rean nodded.

”Thatʼs fine. Just stay inside my skill range to not get detected.”

Meanwhile, Calinaʼs group also dealt with their own things.

Even though Calinaʼs healing abilities were far from being as strong as Reanʼs, several days were enough for her to finish putting Wano back together. Not to mention that Wano himself used his Spiritual Energy to help with his recovery. Once he got back to his top condition, he began to go out to look around.

Around a day ago, he had left once again and had now just come back.

Calina, Malaka, and the others immediately asked him.

”How was it?”

Wano nodded as he said.

”The problem is to avoid otherʼs spiritual senses. However, this region is too big for the enemies to cover everything. Even if weʼre spotted, we still have enough time to leave the place before they gather around us. Anyway, we should move out as soon as possible.”

Everyone agreed with Wano as they immediately stepped out of their hideout. Wano had done his best to find the safest route for them to take, so everything went pretty much as he said for the first day or so. After that, they were able to leave what was still considered the valleyʼs inner region.

”From this point onwards, there isnʼt much security. From what I could see, they arenʼt very worried about the cultivators who escaped the valley since they were only at the Core and Soul Fusion Realm at most. They donʼt think we can cause an uproar, which is good for us.”

”Have you found out anything else about them?”

Wano shook his head as he responded.

”Not really. I didnʼt want to raise any alarms around the place we were hiding, so I didnʼt try to capture any of them. However, I was able to see a few of them battling the demon beasts in the area. All of them have the same style. The red lines on their bodies fill up with Spiritual Energy when they fight. Iʼm not sure if theyʼre really humans or not.”

Suddenly, Wano raised his hand.

”Wait!”

Calinaʼs group immediately stopped as they used their Spiritual Senses to look around.

”Up ahead. Thereʼs something.”

Wano, Calina, and Malaka then quietly moved while Kentucky waited with the other cultivators on the back. Finally, they arrived at what seemed to be a huge clearing in the middle of the forest. As far as they could see, it was definitely over 25 to 30 kilometers long. However, this wasnʼt natural. This place had been transformed into this.

The three of them saw what seemed to be a large red crystal with a few cultivators guarding it at the very center. That crystal was slightly inclined to the valleyʼs direction as it shot some kind of red light. It was then that Malaka found something off.

”Look at the tree and the plants on the ground.”

Wano and Calinaʼs eyes paid attention to those things, as Malaka suggested. Only then did they notice the peculiarity.

”There are a lot of other components mixed with the surface of the ground. But they have all turned to dust.”

Malaka nodded.

”Can you see the base of the red crystal? It looks like some kind of root. Iʼm pretty sure that the crystal is absorbing the earthʼs energy, which killed all the plants, trees, etc.”

Calina couldnʼt help but comment.

”If Rean was here, he could probably identify whatʼs happening. Look around the crystal. The majority of the cultivators there are guarding it. However, there are a few with different clothes which are forming a circle around the crystal. Thereʼs a high chance that itʼs a formation.”

Suddenly, that same red crystal seemed to activate some kind of ability that spread its power through the ground. Before Calinaʼs group knew it, the plants and trees around them began to decay at fast speeds. The three didnʼt waste time and immediately retreated further away.

In just a few seconds, all the plants and trees in an area spanning several meters decayed all around the crystal area, increasing the size of the clearing.

”Itʼs really absorbing the earthʼs energy.”

”I wonder what theyʼre using it for.”

Wano could not help but agree with the two girls.

”Indeed. However, that isnʼt our problem at the moment. Fortunately, there doesnʼt seem to be any Nascent Soul Realm cultivator around. Now that we are in a clearing, you can see that there are more of these red rays spreading in the same direction. That being said, there are also more of these crystals that we canʼt see from this position. It also means that they donʼt have enough high-level cultivators to take care of all of them.”

Wano was right. However, it wasnʼt for the reason that he thought it was. The truth was that many of the Nascent Soul Cultivators were sent to intercept the Royal Family and the sectsʼ forces. Simply put, they were lucky that none of those who remained were close now.

”In any case, letʼs leave this place. That thing is probably important, so it wouldnʼt be weird if more people were patrolling the surroundings.”

Calina and Malaka nodded. They could think about it for another time. For now, they had to guarantee their safety.

However, it was then that Malaka noticed another ray of light passing above their heads. Calina and Wano, obviously, noticed the same thing. Itʼs just that the ray of light was moving in the red crystalʼs direction instead.

Seeing that, Wano, Calina, and Malakaʼs mouth twitched. That light just so happened to have a white and dark light. It was also a more or less spherical and familiar shape. It also looked familiarly fluffy.

”Ahem... It must be an illusion.”

”Yep. Definitely an illusion.”

”100% sure itʼs an illusion.”

However, they soon heard a very familiar sound.

”Chiiiiiick!*

Calinaʼs group almost vomited blood. Trying to deny reality didnʼt really work well for them. Of course, that was none other than Kentucky!