Dark Red

Kazami, Kuzumi, Lun Yuo, and Brenda all noticed that they were back in the forest; there was only white color ash covering the trees. Kazami and Kuzumi prepared to go, but they stopped when Lun Yuo suddenly hugged him from the back telling Kazami;

"Kazami, I didn't get a chance earlier to say it, but thank you for saving our lives."

Lun Yuo sincerely said with a hint of a blush adorning her cheeks.

Brenda watching this, felt confused as she also wanted to give her thanks but didn't know precisely how. But by seeing Kazami wide smile, she knew what to do.

Walking to his front side but not staring into his eyes as she blushed, Brenda hugged him quietly saying;

"I-is this reward better than last time."

To say Kazami felt good was an understatement as both Brenda and Lun Yuo bountiful chest squashed into him. He felt an intense rush of desire but forcefully pushed it down, smiling while saying.

"Yes, this is definitely better than last time. And honestly, girls, a man has to protect beautiful women from danger!"

His words were causing their chest to feel warm and their hearts to beat up until Kuzumi suddenly wrapped them all up in a bear-like hug.

"Hey! I'm just as important too!! Where are my thanks!"

"You know if you four are done with your romantic comedy routine, there is the last thing I'm going to tell you. Which is you have about a week or so to get to that carriage, or you'll miss the Iron Wind clan. So make haste!"

Slaughtering God words made the four bounced up in extreme shock, and Kazami shouted back to him;

"What the hell?! Why didn't you mention this before!? Do you know how far we are from the border of the second province! Aren't you going to give us anything for fast travel?!" Alas, his word went on death ear as only silence remained from Kazami shouts. Their violent reactions came from the fact they learned more about this Planet geography.

From the information they gather about Planet Sopra from Slaughtering God, they notice the planet was vast. Planet Sopra got separated into two large continents, and the one they were on was the Yin continent. And the other was called the Yan continent.

In the Yin continent, four regions were spanning across it, and the Western Plain Region had to be the second most difficult to travel. All provinces were quite a distance away from each other, and they're also dangers one can encounter if they went on foot.

"Just follow the lake nearby here, and you'll make it, but you have to push your special power to the absolute limit. Considering its training." Right when the four thought they would have to rush with no specific path in mind, Slaughtering God decided to throw them a bone.

"Haah, I guess that's all we're going to get. Come on, at least this will be good practice in controlling our special powers while running." All of them sighed, preparing for the long road ahead of them.

…

Among a big grassy field with various holes filling the ground, three extraordinary people were searching the area. One stands the tallest out of three of them, with his presence being suffocating. He had his hand behind his back, walking methodically, his eyes surveying the whole field.

This man wore a blue spear symbol classy uniform, and on the same outfit, a small golden spear emblem got etched upon it. His very bearing could cause even Heaven Rulers to tremble as he was a Heaven King Sea cultivator!

The other two with the man was just as unique, one stunningly handsome male youth who exuded a scholarly feel about him. He wore the same uniform; only he was green and held no spear tattoo on it. His eyes were sharp, and he carried himself with pride walking with high confidence.

He qualified to do so as this youth was Heaven Ruler genius! Next time to him was a blazing beautiful, enthralling female youth wearing the same uniform as the boy. She elegantly moved around the field, her eyes capturing everything along with an indifferent expression plastered on her face.

Her smooth white hair swayed in the wind as she moved with pride putting herself above others being a Heaven Ruler genius.

"Elder Shui, do we have a lockdown on the monster we're supposed to be hunting yet?" The male youth asked while still looking for any little movement in the field.

"I sense we're close to it. Artal, Nei, maximize your senses now. Remember, I won't help at all in this battle until I absolutely need to." The man named Elder Shui instructed the two. Ever since he stepped foot in the field, a nagging dark sense touched his mind, but it didn't pose any danger towards him.

The two youths didn't waste any time and formed a mighty purple spear made of Qi in their hands. Heavenly Qi widely gushed out the cocaine field, and the amount of power they held was even higher than Great Cloud sect elders!

With their spears in hand, it allowed them to sense farther than before, and both of them touched upon a nasty dark feeling.

Their eyes sprang open, and they took off to that feeling. Nothing about the feeling gave them any sense of crisis, and the energy they also felt gave them enough confidence to rush.

But when the three neared the dark feeling, suddenly everything around them turned a deep dark red color as a domain trapped them inside.It got the three to stop and sense, but still, they sensed very little energy coming at them.

Artal and Nei exchanged a glance and flew straight to the roof of the domain at incredible speeds. With spear made of Qi in hand, they crashed right into the ceiling,

'CLANG!'

A loud metallic sound assaulted their senses as they got sent flying black down.

"The hell? It seems like this monster will be more interesting than I thought." Artal commented while Nei said nothing and charged up for an even stronger attack until a being appeared like a ghost making the three blood run cold.

It was a grotesque looking being with dark red liquid oozing out its body. The face filled with terrifying bright red scars, and it had a wide manic smile. Broadcasting, it's disgusting black teethes for the three to gaze upon.

"W-W-Wha-" Artal managed to choke out before he and Nei were grabbed and brought away from the creature. The two never before felt such a horrifying feeling and power, almost making them faint.

Elder Shui's expression, however, was now grave, and beads of sweat trickled down his face. He heard of this creature before but never did the thought he would meet one face to face while training his sect genius disciples.

However, the creature gave them no time to process anything as their arm stretched out fast to them, and their hands expanded into a giant claw.

The pressure and power against the huge claw was enormous, as the youths couldn't move at all and Elder Shui pushed his power to the absolute limit barely raising his hand shouting;

"Spear Snakes!"

His skill caused massive amounts of golden spears in a snake-like form coiled around three intending to absorb the attack and protect them.

But the reality is cruel as the claw tore straight through the Elder Shui defensive cultivation skill. It strikes the three sending them crashing to the wall of the domain.

"AHHHH!"

They coughed out blood as their bodies nearly broke apart from that one attack. The creature's power was far above Elder Shui, yet they still couldn't sense his realm until now.

Elder Shui, Artal, and Nei barely got up when a flash of red appeared in their vision as they came face to face with the creature.

All hope in their eyes was slowly crumbling as the creature was raising its hand to rip them apart, but suddenly it stopped all movements. Its eyes seemed to focus intensely on something outside of the domain.

Looking over, Elder Shui saw a hooded youth wearing a black cloak holding out something he couldn't make off. Elder Shui also couldn't sense the youth level, but the creature all but forgot about him and the disciple as it walked outside of its domain towards the youth.

The youth saw the creature's actions and took off running with the creature running after him.

"E-Elder Shui what was that, and who was that?" Nei managed to breathe out, but all Elder Shui said was;

"Nightmare creature..."