Divine Emperor of Death



Davis's expression turned shocked to sense that the quality of heaven and earth energy was different here. Not only was it somewhat different, but this energy appeared to be hostile- no, repelling from him, refusing to be absorbed into his body.

*Whoosh!~*

Abruptly, Davis's soul extended out of his body like tentacles, turning into hands as they grabbed each and every one of his people. He belatedly noticed a figure dashing towards him, but that wasn't on his mind as his senses caught sight of an individual sitting near a mountain peak.

"Oh? You noticed?"

These words resounded from a man, yet the moment he heard them, he felt himself turn lighter. When he realized he was already standing on top of another location adorned and beautified by a different sight. As he turned to look around, he saw that he had fortunately managed to arrive with the people he had touched.

But the next moment, a person crashed into him, causing him to lose his footing and fall.

Back at the other side of the entrance of this secret realm, youngsters still appeared in droves like a horde of bulls rushing through.

They saw the Emperor of Death float in front of them with his group, their backs open to them, and so was everyone else. This brought some strange thoughts into their head, making them wonder if it was their chance. However, they didn't do anything hostile other than warily keep an eye on him as they continued to walk.

It wasn't long before they also noticed that the scenery around them changed, causing them to be stumped as they found themselves alone.

In reality, people kept disappearing from the entrance of the secret realm just like that, but the ones arriving after them didn't notice anything strange, falling for the same deception. If one looked closely, one would be able to see that the people striding in front of them were illusions, replacing the people as quickly as they disappeared.

However, everyone was too busy noticing the changes in the heaven and earth energy, the scenery, and being wary of other people that they failed to notice that a formation was activating every few seconds, teleporting them away from this field.

"Aiya~ Is there a need for you to be this cautious? These idiots are just ants, and like ants, they should be stomped instead of taking precautions like this…"

"What do you know? One of them even detected me, while many detected my Mirage Leap Web Formation. That at least tells me that their prowess isn't lacking."

"…"

Two people exchanged a few words before appearing solemn.

There was a woman and a man in white robes. Both appeared to be young, while the lady appeared even shorter, looking like a child, although her bust said otherwise.

The woman produced a grimace behind her light pink veil, "So what you're saying is these people could defeat us Heavenly Monarchs?"

"I'm not saying that, but there's no need to injure ourselves by taking an army of ants. We'll get bitten at the very least, so it's better to separate them before crushing them."

Hearing the white-robed man's words, the woman stared at him before she suddenly giggled.

"That's more like it, brother. We will get to know more about this world they're coming from. The First Haven World… a world that has been forgotten to the passage of time… a legend of an era resurfacing… I can't believe that we found it…"

Her voice was full of wonder, her emerald eyes shimmering with imagination.

The white-robed man narrowed his eyes, "What use it when we can't enter? We must somehow gain the ability to enter from these people before the others can find them. I have thrown them around five hundred thousand kilometers away in random directions using the Mirage Leap Web Formation, so they should be trapped for some time. Let's go."

The two of them descended towards the secret entrance.

Seeing the sea of youths finally end, the white-robed man raised his hand, causing a barrier to appear around the entrance.

"You… who are you!?"

At the same time, the last batch of Immortal King experts who had just come out and looked around, noticing that all was safe, saw two white-robed people appear, yet their very presence alarmed them as no one around them reacted.

The white-robed man smirked as he saw that they didn't even recognize his illusion.

"For starters, I guess investigating these idiots will do…"

He reached out his hand, causing those Immortal Kings to turn shocked as they felt their throats squeezed and their bodies lifted into the air. However, they were horrified to sense that the man in front of them wasn't even using the same energy as them.

As they watched the white-robed man get closer, their expressions were full of panic, but a few moments later, everything turned silent, their corpses falling to the ground.

"Tch, they don't have much information on how to enter… it's ridiculous..."

The white-robed man looked annoyed as he passed through the barrier and raised his hand, touching the spatial vortex. However, it didn't even cause a ripple, but it appeared like he was touching a brick, a brick of spatial wall that disallowed him and his sister to enter.

"All that planning to get these idiots to come here in droves so that we can gain their archaic treasures that might turn out useful and somehow find a way to enter… ah… don't tell me it's going to be wasteful?"

The white-robed woman fumed, both wondering if the others would have the information they needed.

But unbeknown to them, a person was standing beside them.

They didn't seem to be bothered about the soulscour and the slaughter that happened right beside them but looked above into the bright skies, yet could see the myriad of realms sprawling all over the universe before turning to look back at the entrance to the secret realm.

"To cut off or to seal…?"

Their voice echoed, but the brother and sister weren't even able to hear this voice, continuing to complain about how they had to go around to collect more information from these idiots.

"By the way, they seemed to be wary of this so-called Emperor of Death. With their souls being immortal souls, I couldn't gain much information other than what we wanted due to the difference in the structure of our souls, making it difficult, but I think we should remain wary of him. I believe he was the one who managed to locate me before being force teleported."

"Whatever you say, brother…"

The white-robed woman seemed carefree as she shrugged. Together, they sealed the entrance within a barrier, concealed it, and flew off.

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"…"

Davis was on the ground, his eyes blinking as he saw the beautiful face above him, inches closer to his lips. This woman's expression stunned him as her gaze was full of worry as she encased him in her soul force.

"Don't…"

Davis tried to sit up as he tried to push her away for the urge he felt to protect the people around him because this entire situation was strange. He recognized that he had been teleported, so he knew there could be dangers around, but Myria, of all people, pinned him down and said no.

She pleaded that he should not make a move. His heart and soul were confused beyond compare.

However, he saw confusion soon appear within her eyes, causing her expression to shudder.

"You… don't you sense anything strange…?"

She sent a soul transmission through physical touch, but Davis shook his head.

"Other than the different kinds of heaven and earth energy, no. Now can I get up?"

Davis asked, but he pushed her away, causing her to move aside and look at him leave the confines of her soul force imbued with death energy utilizing a concealment technique.

He stood up and quickly tried to sense the danger around him, trying to find if there were any threats, but on the other hand, Myria remained stunned as she sat on the ground, recognizing that he didn't notice anything strange like being marked.

'How…? This damned treasure… is… is it different…?'

Numerous thoughts ran through Myria's head. There was no way a person of his caliber would fail to notice being marked, so that should mean-

However, she suddenly noticed people casting strange looks at her, causing her to become stiff.

Did she just push down Davis and stay above him for a full five seconds above him, their faces floating apart from a kissing distance?

"…!"

Myria shot up and stood erect like a statue, unable to believe what she just did.

Because she had rushed to him when the teleportation occurred, she lost balance and crashed into him but still sought to hide his aura- no, the damned treasure's aura from leaking into the world. However, never did she think that it would remain hidden, much less she was in such an intimate position with him.

To not even notice it… how vulnerable had she been with him…?

"Unexpected…"

Suddenly, a sultry voice echoed as everyone turned to look at the Blazing Thunderlight Sect's Founder.

"Your relationship… and the fact that he saved me from being sent away to another location seeing that most of the people who were around us are missing is truly… unexpected..."

Fairy Thunderblaze spoke as she pointed at Myria before looking toward Davis.

Davis's expression twitched in response.

It was not his intent to bring this woman with him, but considering the circumstance at that time, he didn't know what he was clutching onto as he just brought everyone in his vicinity with him. After all, only his group was around him, allowing him to cut short his reaction time instead of sensing life signatures or auras and then reacting.

That was how he was able to be teleported together with his people. Otherwise, they would've been separated.

For the same reason, the other youngsters from the Aurora Cloud Gate were also with him, causing him to look at them with a bit of caution as he didn't know their true characters other than a few.

But still, he couldn't help but ask as he suppressed the pounding heart.

"What is this place?"

Myria had her eyes closed as she also suppressed her pounding heart. Hearing him ask, her lips moved.

"If I had to make an educated guess, then I would say that it's the... true immortal world..."

"...!?"