1291 To Kill
The echo of Starlight's roar shocked many, but Ryu's lips only curled into a sneer. Staring at Starlight who had blood running down the corners of his mouth, he seemed to finally understand the kind of weight a Founding Dao held. Just to gather the courage to speak those words, it felt to Starlight as though he was battling against the Heavens themselves. He had truly injured himself.
But now that he had leapt over that hurdle, it would be much easier to do so in the future, and his overall strength had actually taken another enormous leap. His Dao had reached the extremities of immaturity and was only a step away from maturity. When that day came, he would step into the Sky God Realm, it was truly impressive.
As for Ryu himself, he was still uncertain of the stage of maturity his Dao was at, he didn't even know what level of Founding Dao he had. Founding Daos, just like other Daos, had weaker and stronger ones among them. But he couldn't even tell what stage of development he was at, it was truly baffling.
However, he didn't feel very anxious about this, as time progressed, he would eventually tease apart its mysteries. But for now, he didn't mind knocking down a Seventh Heaven's genius down a peg.
Just when Ryu was truly about to attack, whether it was just a projection or not, his gaze narrowed as he looked off into the distance. At the same time he acted, so too did the Sky Gods that were present, every one of them looking in the same direction. The only one that didn't was Asce whose gaze seemed to flash with a light before he changed his mind, realizing that it wouldn't be possible.
Asce's hand fell on Starlight's shoulder and he tapped just once. While Starlight was in his peak state, the two suddenly vanished.
BOOM!
The skies roared and a wave of pressure came from the distance.
Aika and the others acted quickly, forming up barriers that protected the weaker from the suddenly rush of heat and debris. The sound alone was enough to burst eardrums, truly making those who heard it feel as though the Heavens themselves were billowing in rage.
Ryu's brow furrowed. Just what could have happened?
Now that he thought about it, that direction... he hadn't thought much initially, but that was mostly because he wasn't very familiar with the layouts of the middle Heavens.
That said, in true Aika fashion, she had planted the Sect right in the middle of everything, meaning they were surrounded by only the most powerful of Clans and Sects, and among those... was the Dream Mountain range of the Dream Asura Clan. That direction was definitely the place the Dream Asura Race called home.
Ryu's gaze turned frighteningly cold.
He had heard that the Dream Asuras had entered seclusion. He didn't know the reason that this was happening and could only guess, but hearing such commotion coming from that direction, his expression couldn't help but darken.
The Dream Asuras wouldn't seclude themselves from the world without reason, and this was especially since such an important event was approaching with great speed. They were actually willing to forego the opening of the Complete Heavenly Path all for the sake of protecting themselves. This could only mean that something absolutely astonishing had happened.
Without a word, Ryu's body suddenly flickered and vanished. He didn't seem to care about staying put and relishing in the adoration of the people of the Radiant Star Sect, all he cared about was the current state of his wife.
His speed was so great that it caught the Sky Gods off guard. Just his straight line speed alone without accounting for anything else dwarfed any World Sea Realm experts they knew, but the moment he vanished into the void, their hearts quaked. When they measured him against themselves, they suddenly weren't very certain at all. Could they even catch up?
Selheira, who was about to offer Ryu a ride, held back when she saw this. Even her beast companion didn't have this kind of speed, asking to help him would only slow him down.
Instead she looked toward Aika. "Senior Aika..."
She didn't say anything else, but Aika seemed to understand and suddenly disappeared as well. She had a better guess than Ryu about what was going on over there, and if she was correct, she definitely had to be present.
Samson watched Ryu and Aika leave, still in a somewhat stunned state, but after a moment, he sighed.
"That brat, he really doesn't see us as family at all."
Ryu didn't even look toward them for support when he thought that something might be wrong, he simply directly left. This wasn't an expectation of their help, but rather an expectation of being alone. This Ryu truly didn't rely on anyone.
He disappeared for months at a time, he never asked for their resources, if it wasn't for Aika basically telling him that he was an Inheritor Disciple without the chance to refute, he might not have even been that.
His actions left them speechless most of the time, that was because the one thing they didn't lack was resources, they had a great deal of them even, but he didn't seem to care about it at all. It was even to the point that he had rejected Aika's offer of gaining their Bloodline.
This might not seem like a big deal since so many others had gained it, but this was only a small portion. Aika was willing to invest enough to give Ryu the full Bloodline, but he had still rejected it.
And now he had suddenly come out with a Founding Dao, a Dao that was beyond anything they could even fathom, before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
Old Wan didn't say anything as Samson lamented, simply watching the direction from which Ryu had disappeared silently.
...
Ryu's Quivering Spectral Wings flapped once, sending him forward hundreds of kilometers at a time. He crossed the distance between the Radiant Star Sect and Dream Asura Mountain so quickly that not even a minute passed before he exited the void, appearing in reality.
What he saw left him infuriated.
Strung up outside, Dream Asuras who had been late to return were strung up like skinned meat, their life and death unknown as their blood continued to drip.
High in the skies, three Sky Gods stood, while on their ground, several young geniuses continued to bombard Dream Asuras who had yet to be strung up while the Sky Gods above them bombarded against the defense of the mountain range.
"Who the hell is this?" One of the juveniles suddenly noticed Ryu.
"Who cares, there would be bound to be spectators, let them watch. Since when did trash of the Fifth Heaven have the right to go against our orders? So long as it's a member of the Dream Asura Race, string them up and let them bleed out, I want to see how long the rest of them can hold on for."
Ryu's expression became deathly calm, his stare shifting from the juveniles to the skies above. Standing in the air in the Fifth Heaven, these people were in the Transcended Sky God Realm at worst.
He suddenly really wanted to kill.
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