Death… And Me

Chapter 3577: I’ve Known You

Things didn’t look very good. Let’s not forget there was a huge trench right ahead of their group. They couldn’t get past it straight away. Of course, if they used Celis, he could use his vines again, attaching them to the walls until they reached the other side. After that, they just had to traverse it with care and, finally, pull Celis by his vines to the other side once they got there.

Unfortunately, it would take some time to do all of that, and the newcomers were already right behind them. It would be worse to try it now, as someone might attack Celis and make the twins’ group fall into the trap.

*Tu, tu, tu, tu...*

The sound of steps approached, and not long after, around twenty experts, twenty-two, to be more exact, varying from humanoids, demon beasts, devils, and others, arrived there. Just like it happened in all the other tunnels, the groups were slowly divided as the paths allowed fewer and fewer experts to go through.

Rifindio immediately recognized one of those experts. No, to be more specific, he didn’t know that guy. He just couldn’t mistake the aura. There was a Camazotz Bat in that group. The Camazotz Bats never hide their auras, showing everyone who they are. It was the pride of the dominant race of the Universe. However, he was the only one. The rest came from different places in the F956 Universe.

”Ha! So this is where you stopped, uh?” A Devil from the F956 Underworld, called Ernew, stepped forward, his face showing pure arrogance and anger. ”Good, good. Now we can get you to talk.”

”Wait.” The Camazotz Bat, a guy called Kikan, took the front.

The Devil glanced at him. They were both in the Divinity Realm Late Stage, and in this place, what mattered was the chance to reach the Celestial Realm. So, even if the guy was a Camzotz Bat, the Devil, and in fact, everyone in that group had no intention of giving way to the Bat. ”What? This is not your home, so be careful with your words.”

Kikan didn’t seem the least bit bothered by those words. It was as if he didn’t even consider the devil as something worth paying attention to. Still, there was a reason he stopped the Devil. ”Look at their group, idiot. Have you not noticed they have a new member?”

The devil glanced back at the twins’ group. Indeed, there were seven experts there, different from the six everyone had seen traversing the lake before. Not only that, but the extra Zuhure Spirit also had a cultivation at the Peak Stage of the Divinity Realm! ”I don’t remember that guy. No, wait! Look!”

The extra expert was obviously Royer Ranka, Elsie’s Master.

The newcomers quickly looked where the Devil pointed, and they saw something that shouldn’t be happening. Royer Ranka... didn’t have the Green Light on his chest!

Everyone received those lights on their chests, something they couldn’t hide or remove regardless of what they tried. Those lights showed which Universe each expert in this place came from. So, how could Royer have no light? ”The Spirit over there, who are you?”

Royer and the twins’ group naturally knew why Royer didn’t have the Light. He wasn’t a participant in this opening of the Golden Palace. Instead, he was from the previous instance. He shouldn’t even be alive at the moment and only got out now by pure luck.

”Me?” Royer didn’t like what he saw. Among 22 experts who had just arrived, only 12 were in the Space-Time Realm. The other 10 of them were all Divinity Realm experts. Of course, everyone had their cultivations suppressed to the Transition Realm. ”I’m no one. I wasn’t even supposed to be here. Still, since I’m here now, I guess I’m just going to check this palace further ahead.”

”Royer!” Yet, it was at that moment a woman came from behind the group, not believing her eyes. ”Is that really you?”

Royer also looked at her, and he had an impression of the woman. ”Well, I’ll be damned. So you are also here now, Gliabua.”

Gliabua was someone Royer knew from before entering the palace. He just didn’t expect to find her here as he wasn’t acquainted with many Divinity Realm experts even back then. She was a Nanka Wolf, a demon beast with quite a stronger bloodline, although not to the level of a Divine Demon Beast.

Kikan turned to her. ”So you know him?”

Gliabua nodded. ”We aren’t exactly close, but we had some encounters in the past. Still, I heard he failed to come out of the Golden Palace last time it opened, so I just thought he died inside.”

At that moment, everyone there put the pieces together. Royer wasn’t there when they saw the twins’ group pressing forward while everyone watched. In fact, no one saw him at all until now. Then, he has no light on his chest... Well, on his core, to be more specific, since he doesn’t really have a real chest. Then, he was expected to have died last time. What did that mean? It meant he survived in the palace after it closed last time! The only question was... how?

”Seems like we hit the jackpot,” Ernew was even more satisfied. ”If he survived, he might know a big deal of things regarding this opening of the Golden Palace. That’s probably why these guys managed to traverse the lake before everyone else. Let’s just capture him and get rid of the rest. No one touches the fat bird! He will pay for his actions back in the lake.”

A vein popped on Kentucky’s head. That was the word he hated the most.

Gliabua quickly changed into her Nanka Wolf form. It wasn’t a demon beast that grew much with each cultivation realm. Its main power was all about speed, and they mostly had Lightning Element Affinity, which Gliabua was no different. ”Sorry, Royer, but you will have to open your mouth. Also, I’m very aware that since you survived, you most likely used your Rock Shell Manifestation, didn’t you? I can see the fragility of your Core. Good thing I’ve known your race for a while, so I’ll make use of it.”

The other Divinity Realm experts prepared to attack as well, including the Camazotz Bat. They had an overwhelming advantage, so even with Royer’s addition, they were not worried about the twins’ group, let alone now they knew Royer was actually weak. As for the answers they required, they were simply intending to read their memories, even if that meant the collapse of the twins’ group’s souls.