The whale, not detecting anything suspicious in the pill, waved to everyone, and they didn’t hesitate to swallow it. Everyone felt a subtle aura enveloping them, the mental power that could easily inhibit the detection of their presence.
"As for my visual concealment, I used a divine technique from my family. If we’re quick and just escape their senses, we can hide. We don’t have time, please, let’s go," said Numir with a tense expression.
"Lead the way," agreed the whale, and Numir sighed in relief, moving quickly.
They advanced through the small forest surrounding the mountain. Numir occasionally stopped to take a deep breath and try to sense the laws around him. After an hour of walking, they turned around the mountain and finally approached its hidden base. Numir made a gesture, and the whale felt the laws of the earth emanating from him. He found another who accepted a runic earth as payment.
Alm’s eyes quickly became more greedy, but the earth quickly opened up, revealing an entrance to the underground. Everyone entered quickly, and Numir carefully closed the entrance.
The interior was dry and small, with only a few meters of space. The smell of pills permeated the air, but it was evident that it had been recently dug.
Numir spoke with a sigh. "I’m sorry, but I can’t stay in one place for too long. So everything is very simple."
"We don’t have much free time. You’ve been here for a long time, right? How many cultivators are on the island, and what is its test?" The whale said dryly.
"Before you arrived, there was only me and one other hero on the island," Numir said, clenching his fists as some memories surfaced. "I’ve been in this Heavenly Realm for 48 thousand years... and as for the test... I have no idea what it is. I just know we have to climb the mountain."
The whale looked coldly. "Eventually, people arrive here; don’t they die in the test? How do you not know about it?"
"Yes, every year a million people enter the Heavenly Realm, as an examiner told me. But usually, only one person from that group reaches the final island. When I arrived, I was surprised not to find anyone, but quickly, when I tried to go to the mountain, I was almost killed,"
"At that time, I saw only a multicolored spear destroying everything in front of me. So, I used all my laws of the earth along with my alchemy furnace to defend myself. My furnace was almost destroyed, but I survived and hid with my technique. I don’t think the enemy even imagined that I would survive."
"I stayed hidden... and after a few years, I saw other cultivators arrive. I just watched from a distance and saw them being hunted a few hours after arrival. They all died with a single move, but I managed to see his face... I am someone who loves stories and legends... I never thought I would find a living legend."
"He was a cultivator like us, but his race was something that shouldn’t exist. His power and appearance were exactly as described in the legends of the god of my world: the god of time. He once claimed to have seen the beginning of humanoid life in the universe, and he called them Chromaraic. The ancestors of all kinds of humanoids."
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The whale narrowed its eyes, and everyone listening was astonished. Numir continued: "His bloodline gives him limitless vitality and a power capable of connecting to all basic elements at the same time. It was something terrifying and unfathomable."
"I spent all my years running away and watching him kill newcomers. Unfortunately, it took me millennia to refine my alchemy and make these pills with the resources of this forest." He spoke, and an intense hatred arose in him. "This murderer always acted when they arrived, hunting them down without giving any chance of life! That wasn’t a test like on all other islands; he’s not an examiner. I tried to sneak up the mountain once, but there’s only one entrance, and he seems to live and use his power to block it."
The whale sighed before speaking. "If his cultivation was the same as ours, then he’s just a hero. But for some reason, he wants everyone else dead and refuses to complete the test?"
"Yes, when I completed 45,000 years, I received the message saying I had only five thousand more years or I would be killed. He was here before me, and even with less time left, he doesn’t try to climb the mountain. I’ve checked from afar; spatial laws are intense inside the mountain. If he tried to climb, his power at the entrance would disperse. I always kept watch, waiting for this moment, but he always keeps the entrance blocked, never ascending."
"I see... well, it doesn’t matter. There are only you two, and he’s the only one with information about the test. Let’s go." The whale said, getting up, unwilling to lose another minute.
Everyone behind him immediately stood up, without saying a word. Soon, Numir’s face twisted, and he spoke quickly.
"Wait! You don’t understand; the Chromaraic bloodline is invincible..."
"There’s nothing invincible. I don’t have time to waste. Thank you for the information and goodwill. I’ll handle this by putting an end to him." The whale said lightly and turned around, but the man quickly jumped in front of the entrance.
"Brother, wait, you don’t need to be so hasty. I’m always alone here, and I’ve worked hard to help you and your companions." His eyes then moved slightly behind the whale. "Could you reward me a bit... just a few years would be enough. I can give you many pills to increase your chances of victory. My pills are high-level in my universe."
Numir smiled happily after speaking, then his eyes slowly passed over all three human women... quickly, a lascivious aura emerged in him. At that moment, Sesel and Oria froze, and unpleasant memories surfaced; but their eyes quickly moved to the whale’s back, and their minds calmed down rapidly.
A second passed, and Numir showed no interest in that non-human. Then, as his gaze threatened to sweep over a girl of much younger stature and appearance...
Crack!
He felt his body violently collide with the earthen wall, making the entire cave tremble.
He spat blood, then felt a sharp pain and blood flowing between his legs, but didn’t open his mouth. In his throat, he felt that a cold, curved blade was still, and the young girl held the blade, looking at him with an infinite disgust.
"Another disgusting pervert..." Ruri spat, and her katana trembled threateningly.
"Living for a long time in isolation and hopelessness brings out the true evil nature of some," the whale said expressionlessly. "Were you really trying to save the newcomers?"
"Yes, I swear... Sorry, please let me live," he pleaded desperately, feeling that if he moved the QI in his body, the blade would kill him in the same second. Even with the young girl’s cultivation being lower, he could only beg.
The whale just snorted and then made a move. Quickly, a spatial ring flew out of the man, and the whale caught it, pulling out a furnace from inside. Upon opening it... a strong smell of blood wafted into the cave. Then he spoke.
"Hm... A peculiar method of extracting power from the mind and creating pills. You managed to kill some cultivators with your concealment technique and made these pills. There must be some who sensed you before; so when you realized we noticed your approach, you used the pills to lure us."
"N-No! The Chromaraic really exists; just leave, and he’ll soon appear!" He spoke tremulously.
"Yes, I know you spoke the truth," the whale responded dryly. "You clearly need me. That’s why you would try to convince me over time to make pills by refining my companions to strengthen me. You would fatten up the ally as much as possible; if something happened, I would sacrifice myself, if not, you would refine me at some point. The stronger the refined cultivator, the better for you, and you’re slowly creating..."
Then, a sealed box with a black formation emerged from inside the spatial ring. The whale just waved its illuminated fist; soon, a pulsating bloody pill was taken from the box.
"A good amount was refined here... and a high-level pill, indeed," Alm sincerely said to the whale. "Well, no matter. Ruri, let Sesel and Oria take care of him; it’ll be good for them to rid themselves of that shadow."
Ruri snorted; the whale just made a move, and all the cultivation inside the guy’s body was removed. Then, he roared in pain... soon a yellowish rune was forcefully pulled out from within his body.
The two smiled excitedly, and the whale left the cave with Ruri, giving them fifteen minutes. When everything was over, they came out of the cave with firm and satisfied looks. The whale killed those who had kidnapped them before, and they hadn’t had the opportunity to overcome it completely. Now, facing someone who awakened something similar in them, they unleashed their frustrations.
They bowed deeply towards the whale, and he simply turned around. "Let’s go."
Thus, they headed straight to where Alm and Bruno felt the entrance to be. It was as Numir had said; he didn’t lie completely. There was a large accumulation of laws, something that Alm and Bruno had felt before and confirmed.
Bruno then commented. ’By bloodline and power... it’s the same primordial humanoid race we encountered before. The queen really strives to obtain them, even after we thwarted her plans in that primitive universe.’ (Chapter 7)
They all advanced calmly towards the entrance, encountering a multicolored world before them. It was all elemental runes mixed and linked by an unimaginably high-level ancestral bloodline.
Then, they felt a bloodthirsty gaze in their direction... and a shadow materialized slowly in front of them. His eyes were the first thing they noticed...
The eyes were like two pieces of the celestial sky, deep and resolute. A striking blue that seemed to have its own light. At this moment, the whale trembled slightly, and Ruri was the only one who noticed.
’And it’s him... Corin...’ Bruno murmured, shocked.