Death… And Me

Chapter 2507  Illusion?

Rean flashed for a moment and reappeared on Tabbrisʼ side, puzzled. He then looked ahead and could see the stain of blood floating in the air. Not surprisingly, the stain of blood was at the same height as Tabbrisʼ head. ”Did you hit a wall?”

Tabbris tried to focus as he nodded. ”I definitely hit so-something... senior. Ouch...”

Rean pressed a finger on Tabbrisʼ head and activated his Instant Recovery Skill. In a second, Tabbris was back to normal. Rean just ignored him, though. Instead, he stepped forward and moved his hand. Only then was he able to feel some kind of invisible barrier preventing his hand from going forward. ”Seems like you hit this thing.”

Tabbris didnʼt quite like to see his blood there, so he used his Divine Energy to clear it before touching the barrier as well. ”This is weird. I didnʼt sense we passing through this barrier before.”

Rean agreed with him. ”Me neither. Say, when you found that Nascent Soul Light Beast and started fighting it, did you cross this point, or were you further back?”

”I was much further back,” Tabbris understood what Rean wanted to say. ”Because of that, I canʼt tell if this Barrier was already here before or not.”

Rean pondered a bit and turned his attention back to the Mirro Globe in the distance. Right after, he turned his attention back to the barrier. ʼLetʼs see how strong is this thing.ʼ

Rean pressed his hand against the barrier and silently circulated his Sky Energy inside his body. At the same time, he used as much strength as his Starlight Body could muster. Without holding back, the area began to tremble... and the barrier began to move backward. ʼSeems like it isnʼt strong enough to fight against my power... Is it bending to try to compensate for it?ʼ

”Senior!” Tabbris then called Reanʼs attention as he pointed to Reanʼs back.

Rean turned around and noticed that the Mirror Globe just stopped moving. From the looks of it, the Mirror Globe moved the exactly same amount of distance that Rean pushed the invisible barrier just now. ”Oh... so thatʼs how it is. The Barrier and the Globe as one single entity. If I push the barrier forward, the globe moves as it is the center of the barrier. It seems like it didnʼt bend then.”

Rean thought about it a little. ʼShould I just release my full power and see if I can break through the barrier? However, Iʼm already in the Space-Time Realm. Is it really okay to release my full power in a Dimensional Realm made for low-level Angels? I might even kill a few of them if things go wrong...ʼ

But then he remembered. ʼOh, right... No one can really die in here. They just get sent back to the Azum Dimensional Realm entrance.ʼ

Rean didnʼt attach the barrier straight away, though. He decided to check the Mirror Globe first.

Yet, just as he thought about doing it, the Mirror Globe shone with White Light. The surface then seemed to transform into some kind of reflective liquid from where several Light Beasts surfaced. In a matter of seconds, several tens of Light Beasts landed on the ground between Rean and the Mirror Globe.

”So... is this Globe giving birth to these new Light Beasts?” Rean wondered. ”No, perhaps it is just teleporting them from somewhere else. Oh well, whatever.”

Rean once again summoned several Wind Blades, sending them against the Light Beasts that just appeared.

*Swish, swish, swish...*

*Crash, Clang, Boom!*

Yet, the result was different from before. A few of the Light Beasts did indeed die, but their bodies werenʼt easily slashed in half like before. Not only that, a few Light Beasts from the back were able to hold against Reanʼs Wind Blades, although they received quite some grievous injuries that would make it impossible for them to continue battling.

”These ones are quite stronger than the previous beasts. My Wind Blades should have easily killed anything below the Saint Realm with ease. Yet, seven of these beasts survived. That shows they have a power equivalent to an Initial Stage Saint Realm Angel Beast, more or less.”

”Initial Stage Saint Realm?!” Tabbrisʼs heart skipped a beat after hearing that. Such strength would be enough to kill him ten times over.

Rean summoned a few more Wind Blades and quickly finished the job before telling Tabbris. ”Well, arenʼt you lucky? The Light Beast Cores inside these ones should have even more Light Element and Divine Energy. You should go ahead and collect them.”

Tabbrisʼ fear instantly disappeared. How could he still feel fear after hearing that? ”Thank you, senior.”

Rean nodded and simply walked to the Mirror Globe. Stopping in front of it, Rean pressed his hand forward, touching the surface. Yet, it wasnʼt like a liquid anymore. It was now solid, seeming very resistant. ʼSuch a weird thing... First of all, is this really just an Illusory World? I would have felt some differences by now, yet everything looks 100% real to me. Sister Orb, what do you think?ʼ

[As far as I can tell, you look very much alive to me. But then again, you and Roan are too far from each other. My senses of the outside world barely work at all. The only thing I can confirm is that your soul is fine. There is nothing harmful happening to it.]

ʼI wish I could use the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm now...ʼ If Rean could, he would simply send this Mirror Globe into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and examine it there. ʼWell, it is not guaranteed I would be able to do that either...ʼ he thought.

Rean then used his Divine Energy and grabbed Tabbris, who had just finished collecting the cores. He put a Divine Energy barrier to protect the young angel and raised his Dark Star Sword. ʼMy sword came with me, so Iʼm more inclined to think Iʼm not an illusion but the real deal. For now, I will face this place like this.ʼ

Finally, he thrustted his sword forward, not holding back at all.

ʼDeath Style, First Form, Stellar Piercer!ʼ