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The elder of Eclipse promptly replied, “Of course. I don’t think they’ll have any objections to that.” “I don’t have any objections.”
“Me too.” “I hope this insolent woman doesn’t regret later.” All female Paladins there were the best from their own sects. Thus, it was only natural that they were prideful.
There was no way they could keep quiet when Gloria was looking down on them. “Since both parties agreed, let the match begin!” the elder announced the resumption of the selection.
Gloria leaped onto the stage and gestured at the contestants provokingly. “We must work together and give it our all to defeat her.”
“That’s right. If we hold back and fail, our reputation will be destroyed.” “We must not allow Gloria to put up a haughty act despite having an advantage.”
The female Paladins swiftly reached the same conclusion, which was to put aside their personal motives and defeat Gloria with all they got.
The high-rank officials in Void Sect were slightly worried. Even Geraint thought Gloria was being too reckless. If she failed, then the much effort they spent before would be for naught.
“Attack!” It was unclear who shouted, but all the female Paladins attacked together nonetheless. A wave of sword and fist energy gathered together, forming something akin to an inescapable web, and flew toward Gloria.
While some of the female Paladins had spent a lot of their energy during previous matches, they all carried recovery pills on them.
Hence, even though they couldn’t return to peak condition, they could still at least recover seventy to eighty percent of their full strength.
Thus, the energy they released in unison was extremely powerful.
“That combined attack isn’t that impressive at all!” Gloria casually used the devouring technique to face her enemies’ attacks instead of dodging them.
“Is Gloria crazy? Even if her cultivation level is high, it’s not guaranteed she’ll gain the upper hand if she faces the attacks head-on.”
“Indeed! In fact, some of them are more or less as powerful as her!”
“She’s an excellent budding cultivator, but she lacks discipline.”
The elders of Eclipse conversed among themselves, and they were pretty confident Gloria wouldn’t get the last laugh.
However, the chief elder soon realized there was an anomaly. “Quick, look at the energy of the combined attack! It looks like it’s being absorbed!”
The crowd turned their sights in the direction the chief elder was pointing at and saw the combat energy sent out by the female Paladins getting absorbed by a powerful force.
It was rapidly sucked into an energy vortex Gloria created.
“She’s actually devouring the energy in the middle of combat?”
The elders all took in a deep breath when they saw that.
Everyone was aware that absorbing spiritual energy from the environment required absolute silence. That was why people in solitary training forbade anyone from disrupting them.
However, what Gloria was doing was clearly going against standard cultivation rules. The crowd wondered, Isn’t she afraid of losing control?
None of the Empyrean contestants would hold back. Even if they couldn’t kill Gloria, as long as they could severely injure her, they would’ve achieved their goal.
“Thank you all for your offerings. It would be disrespectful for me to decline them, so I won’t.” Gloria’s voice rang out as she unleashed the extreme devouring technique.
The energy of the combined attack launched by the female Paladins was instantly extracted by her and absorbed into her body.
While the energy wouldn’t increase her strength substantially, it did flush her enemies’ combined attack down the drain.
“How is this possible?”
“She’s actually devouring energy in combat?”
“Our techniques are different, and some are even completely incompatible with each other, yet she’s still devouring them all the same. Isn’t she afraid of things getting out of control?”
Disbelief was scribbled all over the female Paladins’ faces.
Gloria teased, “Keep on attacking me! Or are you telling me this is the best you have?”
Chapter 3952 Gloria Became An Empyrean
The female Paladins were instantly enraged because they were all star-studded figures in their respective sects. They had never been so humiliated before. “Take her down!” one of them yelled before the rest unleashed their techniques again.
If their combined attack earlier was meant to probe their enemy’s strength, then what they were doing at that moment was launching a full-frontal assault to defeat their opponent.
In spite of the chief elder of Eclipse’s statement that killing was forbidden, the female Paladins couldn’t care less anymore.
Even if they couldn’t kill Gloria, they wanted to cripple her at least. Their latest combined attack was multiple times stronger than the previous one.
“Your full-powered assault is pathetic!” Gloria remained unwavering as she continued to absorb their attack.
After devouring two dragon ley lines, her body developed resistance against normal energy, preventing it from causing harm to her. However, it also meant she wouldn’t be able to grow stronger by absorbing it.
Additionally, she had grasped another path to her power, which was the ability to absorb the energy that she devoured selectively.
Through the usage of the devourer’s absorption and neutralization ability, she was able to reduce the burden her body had to deal with when devouring.
For example, in her current battle, she chose to use the devourer’s neutralization ability to make only a tiny amount of the attacking energy her own.
Ever since she devoured the strength of the dragon ley lines, she developed a very keen eye for energy.
At the moment, the energy the female Paladins released wasn’t something Gloria desired because an attack like that was different from direct power devouring.
Once again, she easily negated the combined attack of the female Paladins as they stared at her in shock.
Their energy had no effect at all, as though it was a rock sinking unceremoniously into the ocean.
Shock, helplessness, and fear swirled in their minds as they lost their will to fight.
“Again!” Gloria grinned.
The female Paladins couldn’t help but take a few steps backward as they failed to hide their fear from appearing on their faces.
“In that case, it’s my turn to attack.” In an instant, Gloria disappeared from her spot.
After losing their will to fight and a massive amount of energy to the two combined attacks, the female Paladins were powerless to defend themselves from her cruel assault or retaliate.
One by one, they were knocked off the stage. However, she was still clearly merciful as she didn’t severely injure the female Paladins.
By doing so, she made many sects owe her a favor, which would benefit her in the future when she expanded her influence.
Frankly, the sects that the female Paladins belonged to did appreciate her mercy and were willing to repay their gratitude to her several times more than she expected.
The many elders of Eclipse were shocked. They didn’t expect her to bulldoze through all of her opponents and achieve victory.
It seems like Eclipse has found a diamond in the rough! That was what went through the minds of the many Eclipse’s high-rank officials at that moment.
“Gloria from Void Sect wins! She’ll become the new Empyrean of Eclipse!” the chief elder announced.
Gloria felt a powerful sense of accomplishment as she watched the crowd congratulating her and the high-rank officials of Void Sect cheering in joy. I finally have a place in Kenfort. Even Void Sect will have to look up to me now. After this, I’m going to utilize Eclipse’s cultivation resources to improve my strength. Once I reach a truly powerful cultivation level, I’ll be able to ask Heptino to lead me into Dragon’s Grave Valley to uncover the super-spiritual ley line inside that’s even more powerful than a dragon ley line. Once I absorb that super-spiritual ley line, even large-scale sects like Eclipse will have to bow before me.
At that moment, she was looking forward to her bright future, feeling incredible.
At the same time, she felt as though she could see the various factions she used to admire trembling before her feet.Next Chapter Coming Soon...
Chapter 3953 Terrifying Creature Appear
Levi, who was still inside the core area of Dragon’s Grave Valley, was focusing on forging the ultimate weapons and Boots of Hermes. Based on his progress, he was about halfway done.
In fact, he had created so much of that stuff that they were piling up into a mound. When Cheriette and Larissa saw that, they couldn’t hide their excitement and glee.
They could almost imagine the mighty army that would be born once people were equipped with Levi’s creations. Both of them thought in unison, Becoming his follower is indeed the best choice!
Just as they were imagining their fantastic future, a spot on the flat ground in the distance suddenly bumped up. That bumpy spot grew bigger as it changed direction, as though it was a small, rapidly moving hill.
Crack! Crack! Crack! The ground, which was made incredibly solid by Heavenly Thunder, cracked open, and the “small hill” revealed its true form. “What is that?”
“A terrifyingly powerful aura is emanating from it!” An alarm inside Cheriette’s and Larissa’s heads rang loudly, warning them of incoming danger. They hastily drew their weapons and entered a state of alert.
Rumble! When the “small hill” cracked open, it revealed its true appearance. It was an odd, calf-sized creature with two antler-like horns on the forehead of its lion-shaped head.
Its tiger eyes, the size of a bell, were bloodshot. Dense scales covered its back and abdomen as though it wore thick armor.
The scales shone under the sunlight. What was more surprising to the women was that bolts of electricity were seen jumping on the scales.
In fact, it even had the crackling sound of a pulsing current, which gave them goosebumps. Lastly, it had a thick and terrifyingly powerful cow tail, as though it could crush anything that it hit.
Roar! The creature’s growl instantly exploded next to their ears, making them feel dizzy.
Huff! Upon opening its mouth, the creature spat flames outward, swiftly raising the temperature of the air by dozens of degrees and making it dry.
“W-What is this creature?” Cheriette’s voice was trembling violently.
Even Larissa couldn’t help but take in multiple deep breaths. “It’s similar to a Qilin recorded in ancient texts, but it’s not the same. Qilin is said only to be able to breathe fire. There’s nothing about it capable of generating electricity! Look at its hoofs. A thick layer of crystal has formed underneath them. This means it can also unleash an extremely cold aura. It has a lot more tricks compared to a normal Qilin!”
“Save us, Master!” “Come quickly, Lord Garrison! We can’t defeat this beast!” They immediately requested his aid, even though they knew they mustn’t disturb him as he was forging.
As though the beast sensed their effort to summon reinforcements, the creature roared twice and expelled a pillar of flame at them.
“This roar attack is way too terrifying!” Cheriette remarked. The two women felt incredibly dizzy, as though their bodies were bound by an invisible force that had stunned them.
Concurrently, that pillar of flame flew in their direction like an absurdly fast cannonball.
When their dizziness was gone, the beast’s flame attack was practically right in front of them. They couldn’t dodge even if they wanted to.
Boom! The flame crashed into the women’s energy shield, creating a loud clashing sound as a result.
Bloop! Bloop! Soon, the thick energy shield was melting quickly. In a blink of an eye, half of the energy shield’s layers had been wiped out.
Chapter 3954 Pet
“The energy shield won’t hold for long!” The women’s fear had reached its peak. Their instincts were telling them to escape, but they were so afraid that they were rooted to the ground. The flame attack soon destroyed two-thirds of the energy shield while maintaining the same speed.
“If this goes on, we’ll be turned into cinders!” The women once again turned to Levi, but they quickly realized he was still completely focused on forging more of his creations, as though he didn’t hear their cries for help.
“It seems like we’ll have to rescue ourselves. We’ll use the ultimate weapons to retaliate. Hopefully, that’ll work,” Larissa suggested.
Compared to Cheriette, Larissa had a stronger mental fortitude. Thus, she was the first to recover from her fear.
Cheriette nodded in agreement. Even though she could feel her hands violently shaking, she still tried to compose herself.
They soon came up with a strategy and unleashed their techniques.
As they swung their swords, two waves of sword energy were shot in the direction of the flame pillar, which was accompanied by a thundering sound.
Boom! An explosion occurred at the spot where three attacks clashed against each other. At the moment of impact, the energy shield was completely destroyed.
The sword energy managed to cut the fire pillar into three sections. With the help of the remaining energy left in the energy shield, the women were able to defend themselves against that flame attack.
However, the backlash still sent the two of them flying backward by several meters. Just as they were about to crash into the ground, they abruptly felt a powerful force holding them from behind, which allowed them to land safely.
“You two are not its opponent. Let me deal with it!” A deep voice rang from behind them.
When they turned around, they saw Levi had arrived at their side in time, wielding two freshly forged ultimate weapons in his hands. “You’re finally here, Lord Garrison!”
“You’re finally here, Master!” Cheriette and Larissa let out a sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Levi stared at the beast silently, intrigued. Is this the ghastly beast that could freely travel in Sea of Heavenly Thunder recorded in the ancient texts?
It wasn’t baseless speculation. He deduced the beast’s identity according to a few of its obvious features.
The beast’s fire-spitting ability, electric scales, and ice-forming hoofs were signs that it had absorbed the energy of Heavenly Thunder, Arctic Lake, and earth ley line.
“You must be careful, Master! That creature is very likely a Qilin. Even the energy shield can’t block a casual attack from it. I suggest we kill it as quickly as possible for our safety,” Larissa proposed quiveringly.
In response, Levi waved his hand. “Killing it will be a waste. I just so happen to want to adopt a pet. I think that beast will make for a pretty good one.”
The edge of Larissa’s mouth twitched as she exchanged glances with Cheriette.
They couldn’t believe he wanted to tame a beast as powerful as a Qilin, which would undoubtedly be challenging.
However, once Levi made a decision, no one could change his mind.
He strode straight toward the beast and stopped around twenty meters in front of it.
“You were the one who was secretly watching me forge the ultimate weapons before, right?” He smiled.
The spirit beast took in a breath and sputtered bits of flame out. Its expression seemed to be saying, “I did. What are you going to do about it?”
“Interesting! Come, let me see just how powerful you are. Give it your all!”
Thud! Thud! Thud! The beast used its stout right leg to shave the ground and lifted its lion head as if it was saying, “As you wish. I shall humor you to the end!”
Huff! Upon opening its mouth, it shot a pillar of flame out once more. The fire had an eerie purple glow, as though it came from the depths of hell to burn the world to ash.
Awoo! Awoo! When it saw Levi didn’t even bother to dodge, it howled twice to express its dissatisfaction regarding his inaction.
Chapter 3955 The Strength Of Spirit Beast
Following the beast’s thundering howl, Levi was directly consumed by the fire. The flame was so hot that the smell of something getting burned was swiftly spread in the air.
“Is this all you got?” When Levi spoke, the flame dissipated. “Awoo?” The spirit beast’s voice rose slightly in a confused tone. A puzzled look even flashed past its eyes.
It would appear that the creature didn’t understand how Levi survived its flame, which was hot enough to burn star metal. Levi suggested, “Since the fire’s not working, how about giving the electric attack a try?”
A glint flashed across the spirit beast’s eyes as it raised its right hoof to pat its head. Why didn’t I think of that?
Soon, the regret in its eyes transformed into anger. Obviously, being reminded by its enemy to use another attack damaged its pride. It was a provocation the creature wouldn’t forgive.
Following three of its deafening roars, the spirit beast’s brawny body shook slightly before it vastly increased the amount of electricity on its scales.
Bright bolts of electricity jumped on the scales continuously, as if the spirit beast was a substation operating at rapid speed. Arcs of electricity were overflowing on its back, looking as though they could explode in an instant.
When the creature roared again, its body shuddered violently. Two bolts of lightning, as thick as an adult’s thigh, were shot toward Levi.
A keen observer would be able to see that, while the lightning bolts weren’t crazily thick, they consisted of nine colors.
The lightning energy wasn’t any weaker than the nine-colored Heavenly Thunder Levi attracted when he was forging the ultimate weapons.
“Its lightning energy is so strong!” Shock flashed past Levi’s eyes before joy replaced it. “I like it!”
As he laughed, he opted to face the assault head-on and allowed the lightning bolts to strike him.
Electric sparks were generated when the bolts came in contact with his skin. Then, the bolts circulated around his body before the lightning energy dissipated.
“Awoo?” the spirit beast exclaimed humanly.
Clearly, that disappointing result far exceeded its expectations.
Its eyes blinked in disbelief.
If not for the immense energy pressure surrounding Levi’s body, it would’ve eagerly examined what Levi’s skin was made of.
“Do you want to try your frost attack next?” Levi suggested again.
Furiously, the spirit beast roared. He “advised” me to use an attack earlier, and now he’s doing it again? I’ve had enough of this! He doesn’t take me seriously at all! However, what he says makes sense, which makes me very angry!
It was frustrated because it knew it should use its ice attack next, yet its opponent was a step ahead of it and suggested it first.
Purple flames were expelled from the Qilin’s noses. It was apparent that the beast was genuinely livid.
Its back hooves shaved the ground for a moment before it leaped into the air.
Then, it shot two lightning bolts in Levi’s direction, hitting him in the chest.
At the same time, it spat a ball of flame, which looked like a flaming dragon opening its mouth to swallow Levi.
Swoosh!
Furthermore, the Qilin swung its tail and shot out a cloud of white mist at him, directly cutting off all of Levi’s escape path.
When the white mist passed through the air, the atmosphere instantly froze. A bone-chilling cold promptly filled the entire area.
At that moment, it was as if time had stopped.
“Oh? It knows how to learn and do better? Not bad,” Levi commented.
Still, he continued to allow the fire attack and lightning bolts to hit him before he was turned into an icy statue by the frigid mist.
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!
Electric sparks danced on the surface of the statue as the surrounding fire was extinguished. Levi’s skin seemed to have been scorched black as he was trapped inside the ice.
Chapter 3956 Submission
“Lord Garrison lost?” “Master is frozen into an ice statue.” The women felt as though their hearts had sunk into the abyss. They couldn’t believe Levi, who had never lost a battle, would be defeated. But, if the spirit beast does bathe inside Sea of Heavenly Thunder for years, then it makes sense why it’s so terrifyingly powerful. After all, even the energy shield Levi gave us couldn’t withstand the Qilin’s fire breath attack.
“Awoo!” The spirit beast leaped delightfully in circles and with closed eyes after it saw Levi was sealed inside the ice. At that moment, the creature appeared as if it was a child who was very excited after obtaining its favorite toy.
Then it pridefully trotted around Levi’s body a few times. It even used its tail to caress the “ice statue,” as though it was an artist admiring its own work.
“Awoo! Awoo! Awoo!” Rhythmically, the spirit beast howled as though it was smugly saying, “Now you see who’s more powerful! It’s your own fault that you lost!”
Just as it was prepared to circle Levi one more time, it realized the “ice statue” was rapidly cracking apart.
Crack! Ice chunks were sent flying in all directions. As though Levi had shed away his previously scorched black skin, his skin looked absolutely pristine at the moment.
There was a teasing smile plastered on the man’s face. “Disappointed?”
Moments later, his expression turned grim. “It’s my turn to attack.”
In the blink of an eye, he vanished. The spirit beast was still shocked. However, years of bathing in Sea of Heavenly Thunder had honed its instincts to be sensitive to danger.
Behind! Its instinct predicted that Levi would show up from behind. Thus, it hastily turned its head back and spat fire in that direction.
At the same time, it speedily moved away in an attempt to dodge the incoming assault. “It’s too late!” Levi passed through the fire without harm and rode atop its head before it could do anything.
Holding its antlers with both his hands, he kicked the creature with his right knee. Bang! His knee smashed into the thick scales on the spirit beast’s back, causing a deafening metallic sound.
Crack! When the spirit beast felt a powerful force attacking it from above, its body swiftly sunk into the ground while its hooves were lodged in it.
“Awoo!” it roared lividly as it shook its head as hard as possible in an attempt to fling Levi away. However, no matter what it did, Levi remained attached to its body as though he was a part of it.
In the end, the spirit beast felt a little dizzy after shaking its head too hard. On the other hand, Levi was still sitting on its head and even grabbed the creature’s whiskers.
“What are you growling for? I’m going to tame you today!” When his sentence ended, he jumped forcefully.
Using the force of that momentum, he pulled the spirit beast out of the ground. For a few seconds, both he and the creature spun in the air a few times before they landed back on the ground heavily.
Without giving the spirit beast any chance to breathe, Levi launched a flurry of punches at the creature.
Bang! Bang! Bang! For a moment, it was as though the spirit beast was turned into a punching bag. Of course, it tried to dodge Levi’s attacks and retaliate, but the man’s punching speed was so fast that it couldn’t do anything.
That one-sided assault lasted for half an hour.
The rage that was initially present in the spirit beast’s eyes and expression gradually turned into resignation and resentment. Eventually, though, only fear and respect were left in every fiber of its being.
At first, it was still pained by the attacks it was receiving. By the end, it was numb to them. The last offensive move from Levi was a body slam.
“Do you submit to me now?” he questioned. Before the creature could answer, he added, “If you don’t, I’ll keep beating you up.” In response, the spirit beast whimpered as it sobbed.
Chapter 3957 Thunder Qilin
“Why are you crying? You’re only getting beaten up.” Levi knocked on the spirit beast’s head. The spirit beast swiftly halted its cry before staring aggrievedly and obediently at him.
“That’s more like it. There’s a saying among us humans that men don’t cry easily. You’re a male, so why are you crying that easily?” he lectured.
The spirit beast sincerely listened to his teachings with full attention as it was afraid of enraging Levi and getting beaten up by him again.
The beatings the human gave it earlier truly frightened it. In fact, it was pretty certain Levi wasn’t even using his full power when he was taming it earlier. If this guy had used his strength earlier, I would’ve been dead! Levi continued, “Do you submit?”
The spirit beast nodded. “From now on, you’ll be my subordinate, got it?”
In response, the spirit beast contemplated its decision for a few moments. However, when it sensed the look in Levi’s eyes turning frigid, it quickly nodded.
“Don’t worry. I won’t treat you badly in the future,” Levi promised. It was almost unable to resist the urge to shoot a distrustful glance at him. Like heck, I’ll believe you! You’re an awful person!
“It seems like you still don’t believe me yet. It’s all right. I always convince people with reason, and I have no problem doing the same with you.” As Levi spoke, he waved his fist.
The spirit beast trembled and speedily rubbed its head against Levi’s chest like a well-behaved kitten. Satisfied, Levi nodded. “It seems like you’re a reasonable spirit beast!”
Secretly, the creature rolled its eyes. I’m simply afraid of your fist. It has nothing to do with me being reasonable. You’re overthinking it.
“I’ll call you Thunder Qilin from now on. What do you think? It sounds nice, right?” Levi gently patted the spirit beast’s head.
Turning around, it nodded sincerely. That does sound like a nice name. It’s probably the only thing I’m happy about today.
“You two, come over here and greet your new companion.” He gestured for the two women to join them.
It was then Larissa and Cheriette snapped back to reality. They thought they were next in line to die after they assumed Levi was killed.
In a surprising turn of events, Levi successfully tamed the Qilin and made it his pet.
“Thunder, these two are my subordinates, too. You are not allowed to attack them,” Levi warned.
While Thunder Qilin shot them a glance of disdain, it still nodded seriously. I guess I’ll show him some respect and refrain from attacking them.
Thunder Qilin was a high-grade spirit beast that obeyed the principle of “might makes right.” Sure, Levi had earned its reverence, but the others hadn’t.
“If you don’t hide the electricity dancing on your scales, you’re going to hurt someone, eventually. How about this? I’ll craft you a battle suit to hide your electricity.” Levi smiled.
Truthfully, he valued the beast highly. Earlier, when he was fighting against it, he had studied all of Thunder Qilin’s moves.
Its scales could generate electricity and unleash lightning energy as powerful as the nine-colored Heavenly Thunder.
The fire that it could spit out was comparable to the Earthfire hiding underneath Arctic Lake.
Its hooves were able to release extremely cold energy. In fact, it had even gathered the purest icy energy from Arctic Lake.
The most likely reason it could utilize the energy found in all three energy-intense areas was that it managed to survive in Dragon’s Grave Valley for years.
Otherwise, it would’ve been killed by the combined strength of Heavenly Thunder, earth ley line, and Arctic Lake.
All three of its techniques just so happened to be essential to the forging of the premium ultimate weapon.
Since Levi had successfully subdued Thunder Qilin, that meant he had basically gained a mobile forge.
Therefore, as long as he had enough ingredients in the future, he would be able to forge premium ultimate weapons wherever he brought Thunder Qilin.
Chapter 3958 Risky Bet Of Prime Association
After settling Thunder Qilin down, Levi resumed forging the ultimate weapons and Boots of Hermes. Of course, he also had an additional task of creating a quality battle suit for Thunder Qilin.
As more premium ultimate weapons were forged, the more intense the phenomena in Dragon’s Grave Valley became.
Prime Association’s informants who were stationed outside of Dragon’s Grave Valley also noticed the oddity within the area. However, they didn’t go into the valley to investigate because they were afraid of Heavenly Thunder.
Soon after, fighters of Prime Association learned from bounty hunters that Cordierite Association’s cloudship had entered Dragon’s Grave Valley.
Prime Association spies promptly returned to Lightspring with the news. Sylvan was currently sitting in the middle of Prime Association’s conference hall.
“What do you all think?” he asked after announcing the news that the spies had brought him. “This means it was the Cordierite Association’s cloudship that disappeared in Dragon’s Grave Valley. It would explain why none of the spies discovered it.”
“Additionally, the core area of Dragon’s Grave Valley had frequent odd phenomena. Clearly, there are incredible magical herbs in that location.”
“That’s right. It’s the only possible reason why Cordierite Association was interested in that place. Otherwise, it wouldn’t make sense for them to approach our territory. “
“If you ask me, I think Levi’s still alive. Maybe he was the one who found the astounding treasure.” That speculation caused the crowd to go into an uproar.
Of course, some people disagreed with that speculation since the leader of Eclipse was the one who announced Levi’s death.
Sylvan’s eyebrows furrowed. Obviously, he was seriously considering what he should do next, too. If Levi is still alive, it’ll benefit Prime Association greatly.
“There’s no time to waste. I want you all to accompany me to Dragon’s Grave Valley to investigate. Perhaps this will be Prime Association’s perfect chance to ascend to greater heights.” His decision was widely accepted by the high-rank officials of Prime Association.
They were experienced individuals, so they knew what kind of benefits Levi could bring to Prime Association should he survive.
Thus, Prime Association sent out their elites on an expedition to discover if Levi was still alive. Sylvan personally led the expedition team to the edges of Dragon’s Grave Valley on a cloudship.
When they arrived at their destination, the spies responsible for keeping an eye on the area swiftly joined them.
Rumble!
Crack!
There was non-stop thunder in Dragon’s Grave Valley’s core area. Additionally, brilliant light could be seen on the horizon, looking as though the door to heaven was opened, and deities were descending onto the mortal plane.
Sylvan was shocked by the scene.
While he had seen many things in the world, it was the first time he had witnessed such a terrifying phenomenon.
The other high-rank officials in Prime Association were also impressed by the scene. All of them expressed similar opinions that their trip was going to be a fruitful one and that there must be plenty of amazing treasures in the core area.
“Mr. Webber’s speculation was right. The members of Cordierite Association are definitely here for the treasures hidden within.”
“How likely do you all think Levi is still alive?”
“Based on how terrifying Heavenly Thunder is and the fact that there are plenty of Cordierite Association’s elites here, I say there’s a zero percent chance he’s still breathing.”
“Not necessarily. As long as Levi can survive the strongest Heavenly Thunder strikes, there’s a good chance that he’ll live.”
“If Levi still lives, he’ll no doubt be Prime Association’s best ally. Even if he only shares a piece of his prize with us, we’ll benefit from it greatly.”
Time passed quickly. After half a month, the high-rank officials of Prime Association still hadn’t found Levi.
Hence, some started advising Sylvan to leave because waiting there was depleting numerous resources.
“I think we should retreat, Mr. Webber. No one can possibly survive three days in this unforgiving environment,” a high-rank official persuaded.
Despite the high-rank officials’ earnest advice to Sylvan, the latter remained unmoved.
“How about this? We’ll wait here for a month. If we still can’t find him by then, we’ll leave,” he declared.
Despite their silent obedience to Sylvan’s orders, they were losing hope that Levi would survive.
Chapter 3959 Gloria Recommend Herself
As time passed, the high-rank officials in Cordierite Association were also looking forward to good news.They were waiting in anticipation for their elders to return with their hands full.
However, many days passed, and their elders still hadn’t returned. That made them quite nervous. Even Albert was getting an ominous premonition regarding that. Fortunately, he was still receiving daily updates from his communication device, which eased his worry a little.
Meanwhile, Gloria had secured a solid spot in Eclipse in a month’s time. After she handily won the Empyrean selection, she was highly valued by high-rank officials of Eclipse.
Furthermore, her diplomatic finesse and ability to establish sturdy connections gained her favors from Walden. Because of that, Gloria obtained many cultivation resources from Eclipse.
In order to turn her into his trusted aide, Walden even granted her a small-sized dragon ley line so she could devour it to increase her strength.
Many elites from Eclipse also taught her various techniques. She was clearly treated as the future heiress of the sect and was nurtured as such, which allowed her influence to expand rapidly.
At the same time, Heptino was helping her by exploring different places for dragon ley lines and magical herbs. With the support of two sources of cultivation resources, Gloria’s power increased greatly again.
It didn’t take long before she became even more powerful than Larissa. Through her hard work, Gloria successfully controlled the entire Void Sect.
Geraint was basically nothing more than a figurehead by that point. Her direct subordinates even occupied many key positions in the sect.
That made her feel very accomplished. However, she still kept an abnormally low profile in front of Eclipse’s fighters.
“You really don’t disappoint me, Gloria. The upper limit of your cultivation is surely several times higher than Larissa’s,” Walden commented delightfully.
Politely, Gloria replied, “It’s all thanks to you and the elders’ teachings, Lord Slabey. I’ll never forget your kindness as well as the elders’.”
Walden was very satisfied with her attitude. I’m glad my recent efforts weren’t for naught.
When he thought of how Larissa had perished in Dragon’s Grave Valley, he lamented her death. However, he found solace when he saw Gloria’s cultivation upper limit being higher than Larissa’s.
“Once your strength has risen again, I shall step back and allow you to take the reins of Eclipse.” That was an empty promise by Walden.
In reality, he wanted to further observe her performance before actually making that decision.
All the attention he gave her and the techniques he taught her were done with the goal of using Gloria as his personal tool.
“Thank you for your support, Lord Slabey.” Gloria paused before continuing, “Lord Slabey, I would like to recommend myself to conduct a thorough investigation on the robber’s allies to avenge our fallen comrades. I hope you’ll give me permission to do so.”
She had a fully laid-out plan to stabilize her position in Eclipse. Aside from gaining favors from high-rank officials in the sect, she also needed to contribute to the sect.
The robber incident caused an uproar. Members of Eclipse and Eclipse Academy were severely injured during the event, which was why many in the sect were still bitter about it.
Even though the robber had supposedly perished in Dragon’s Grave Valley, the high-rank officials didn’t personally witness his death. Therefore, their hatred and grudge still remained.
If she could rat out the robber’s associates, then her position in Eclipse would be further reinforced.
Walden remained silent for a moment before answering, “Since you’re so willing to take on the task, I’ll allow it. Do whatever it takes to find all the robber’s acquaintances.”
“Roger that!” Gloria replied eagerly.
From that point onward, she was utterly focused on investigating the robber’s accomplices. It didn’t take long before she found many leads.
Chapter 3960 Bearer Of Ill Luck
The reason Gloria was able to uncover solid leads on the robber that quickly was because of the immense expansion of her influence back then.
The primary faction helping her was Fatalis Warriors, led by Xylas and Wade. They successfully traced the robber’s track back to Prime Association in Lightspring, which was the last location the robber was spotted.
While high-rank officials in Prime Association kept a tight lip on Levi’s and the others’ identities, no information in the world was absolutely secure.
Furthermore, there were plenty of fighters from other sects who witnessed the battle that nearly broke out between Levi and Prime Association’s fighters back then.
It wasn’t difficult to get insider information from those fighters, especially when benefits were involved.
Therefore, Xylas was able to identify Cheriette as one of the robber’s accomplices in a short amount of time.
Upon learning the news, Gloria speedily recalled that the last known location of the members of Eclipse Academy before they disappeared was Astre Lune Sect.
Thus, she focused her investigation on Astre Lune Sect.
In the past, she probably wouldn’t have succeeded.
Following the news of Levi’s death in Dragon’s Grave Valley, two distinct opinions about what to do next gradually emerged in Astre Lune Sect.
While Quirina tried her best to placate everyone, she ultimately failed to control the sect completely.
In the end, Gloria’s subordinates managed to unearth a piece of crucial information—the robber had seized control of Astre Lune Sect.
Without delay, Gloria submitted the news to Walden.
Smack!
When Walden slapped the table made of tough, purple crystals, it shattered.
“That b*stard! How dare Astre Lune Sect abet the robber! I’m going to crush them into dust!” he roared.
Anger was already bottled inside him when many of the members he sent to apprehend the robber returned empty-handed. He was glad he finally had something to take his wrath out on.
“Please calm down, Lord Slabey. There’s no need for you to destroy such a weak enemy. I’m willing to lead a team of elites to eliminate the robber’s accomplices,” Gloria offered on her own accord again.
After a brief moment of silent contemplation, he agreed with her suggestion. With an elated tone, he praised, “You’ve done very well, Gloria. Once you return from exterminating Astre Lune Sect, I’ll personally hold a celebration for your achievements.”
He was surprised Gloria was able to uncover so many details in just a month. At the same time, it made him think even more highly of her.
“You can rest assured that I won’t disappoint you, Lord Slabey,” Gloria replied.
After her conversation with him, she gathered many fighters in preparation for attacking Astre Lune Sect. She was going to use that battle to strengthen her position in Eclipse.
Meanwhile, Astre Lune Sect had received news that they were about to be eliminated.
The atmosphere in the conference hall was dreary and quiet, like the calm before the storm.
Quirina sat in the middle while wearing a horrid grimace.
“This is your fault, Lord Morell. You refused to listen to us, and now, it’s too late to ask Eclipse for forgiveness.”
“What should we do? While the people attacking us this time don’t belong to Walden, I heard they are a team handpicked by the new Empyrean.”
“The new Empyrean is rumored to be exceptionally talented and that she easily defeated all her opponents during the selection. Her strength is unquestionably greater than Larissa’s.”
“With her leading a team of elites from Eclipse, there’s no way we can win.”
Various high-rank officials were unable to hide their panic as they discussed the matter.
Quirina was at her wit’s end, and the depressing conversation didn’t help. Of course, she was aware Astre Lune Sect would be doomed the moment Eclipse attacked.
“If you ask me, I say this is all Levi’s fault! We tried preventing him from entering our sect back then, but he threatened to destroy us!”
“Now that he’s gone, he’s letting us deal with the sh*tty mess that he left behind! Ridiculous!”
“That’s right! Levi’s a bearer of ill luck! He disappeared right after he got into big trouble and forced us to clean up after him!”
The crowd continued to admonish Levi furiously.