Chapter 2224: Getting Rid of Potential Petnapper

Waiting at the entrance to the mystic realm, the two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators were unaware of the fact that the owner of the winged lion demon beast they had been chasing so far was fast approaching behind.

Of course, he also noticed that they had come to a sudden halt while his connection to the winged lion demon beast suddenly moved rapidly outside the boundaries of the continent to somewhere extremely far away.

A secret realm? Or maybe some kind of ancient teleportation formation connected to another continent?

His first thought upon noticing this sudden change in location was that the winged lion demon beast had either stumbled upon some kind of ancient teleportation formation that had taken it far away from the Ewaria Continent or managed to find some secret realm to hide away inside of. Avoiding the two powerful cultivators that had been chasing it so far.

Out of the two, he felt a secret realm was the most likely, as the entrances of secret realms. Especially those constructed by more powerful cultivators were far easier to encounter compared to an ancient teleportation formation that connected to another continent. After all, while he had seen the first, he had never encountered the latter and had only ever heard about such teleportation formations existing somewhere on the continent.

In a way, the reason why those two had come to a stop would either have to do with them assessing the risk of following the winged lion demon beast or not yet having found out where it had gone. Currently being in the process of searching for any sign of where the winged lion demon beast had gone.

No matter what, it was a good change of events, as he knew he wouldn’t be able to catch up to the winged lion demon beast given his current speed before those two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators got to it first.

"Hm? More people...?"

However, what confused was the fact that the closer he got to the two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators, the more powerful cultivators he sensed moving in the direction of those two. Almost like they were gathering for something. His first thought went towards them gathering to catch the winged lion demon beast, but on second thought, there was no way so many powerful cultivators would be gathering just to catch a Peak Dao Seed Realm demon beast.

If anything, it made him feel that his little pet might not have wandered into some random secret realm but had instead uncovered some kind of precious treasure ground that ended up attracting a flock of other powerful cultivators to converge towards the location of those two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators.

By the time he was only a few minutes away from reaching those two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators, he had already sensed another seven cultivators at the Celestial Immortal Realm along with two at the Profound Immortal Realm gathering at the place where those two celestial immortal realm cultivators had been silently waiting for the past few hours.

Among these powerful cultivators, four of them exceeded those two Middle Stage Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators in strength, one being a Peak Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator while another was at the Late Stage of Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, the last two being the Profound Immortal Realm cultivators, who had both reached the Sea Formation Realm.

But this was far from the end of it, as more cultivators were still gathering.

What he saw now was only the begging of what looked like the convergence of all the wandering cultivators scattered through the western part of the continent.

And as his divine sense officially reached the place where everyone were gathering and he didn’t have to rely on sensing the presence of those few who had been moving along the same path as himself to reach the location of the two Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator, he realized that the total number of powerful cultivators was more than double what he had originally believed, with even a few powerful monks having made their way over with a senior monk comparable to someone at the Land Creation Realm becoming the strongest existence within the large group of people.

As for the reason behind so many people converging on this location that his little pet just so happened to vanish within? It wasn’t too difficult to figure out, as his comprehension of the Dao of Space allowed him to instantly grasp the complex spatial structure that had anchored itself to the area. Not taking long to realize why the winged lion demon beast had suddenly been moved so far away.

A mystic realm.

And not just any mystic realm, but one that was deadly to the point where even the senior monk with strength at the Land Creation Realm didn’t dare carelessly enter. Instead, he waited at the side alongside the group of wandering cultivators without causing any problems.

The scant few words exchanged between the two sides indicating that they had already come to some kind of cooperative agreement in exploring the mystic realm before them. One of the Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators that had been chasing his pet also voicing out that the power behind him had already dispatched a senior at the Star Creation Realm.

Well... Now it wasn’t so hard to see why the monks decided to cooperate with everyone on this matter, as they had undoubtedly been intimidated after hearing that a figure at the Star Creation Realm was already on the way and didn’t dare cause any trouble.

Rumble~!

"Huh?"

"Wha-what is that!?"

"Ruuun!"

Of course, though these monks might be intimidated by this fellow’s backing, Xuan Hao didn’t feel the slightest bit fearful of the Star Creation Realm cultivator behind the other party. Only knowing that this fellow had been daring enough to directly target his pet.

Deciding to put on a show for those spectators, Xuan Hao decided to test out the power that the manifestation of his dao star had following his breakthrough to the Star Creation Realm.

RUUUUUMBLE~!

"That-!"

"A Star?!"

"It’s a Star Creation Realm senior!"

And with the manifestation of what looked like a second star in sky, the cultivators below understandably panicked as they felt the space around them becoming sluggish as they were crushed by unbearable pressure. Pressure that made it impossible to move as the massive star began falling towards them

"Hmph! Daring to target this one’s pet? Die!"

Thud~

And with little to no resistance nor struggle, the two Middle Stage Celestial Immortal Realm cultivators were directly crushed by the weight of an entire star, following the simple disdainful words of Xuan Hao, who watched in awe at the terrifying effectiveness of his dao star once it manifested.

Not only had it directly restricted space and made it sluggish and difficult to move around for anyone outside of himself, but it also had a very clear restrictive effect on the usage of the dao comprehended by others.

Of course, the power of the star falling on top of someone was also powerful on its own, but when it came to facing someone else at the Star Creation Realm, it wouldn’t be as effective as it was at this moment. The main effectiveness of the dao star at that level of fighting would be to suppress the techniques and attacks of the opponent. Not so much two sides using their dao stars to smash each other from afar.

Whoosh~

Having killed those two and at the same time also left behind enough reason for those shivering in fear below to understand that this was entirely their own doing for seeking death on their own, Xuan Hao didn’t bother to interact with those wandering cultivators and monks lingering around the passage into the mystic realm...

"That... To think I would witness someone from the Star Creation making a move outside the Southern Central Region..."

"Not just making a move! Didn’t you hear what that now dead fellow said before, he has the backing of a powerful power from the Southern Central Region, one capable of sending out a Star Creation Realm export in the current chaotic environment of the Southern Central Region!"

"True, we might not just see a Star Creation Realm cultivator making a move this time around but might even see two Star Creation Realm cultivators clashing with each other! Haha, to think I would be lucky enough to witness something like this."

"Lucky? Do you know just what kind of destruction two Star Creation Realm cultivators cause when they clash? There is a reason why those figures rarely ever fight on the continent and tend to either clash high above the continent or far from it somewhere in the endless ocean. If we get to see such a clash up close, we might not live to tell the tale..."

"That..."

And with Xuan Hao leaving, the wandering cultivators all began eagerly discussing what they had seen, some filled with anticipation for what might happen when the Star Creation Realm cultivator behind the now dead Celestial Immortal Realm cultivator appeared, while others were already thinking about escaping as fast as possible to avoid getting caught up in the potential clash between these two powerful beings.