BXBX NOVEL Chapter 404 Undercurrents
In a spacious room that glowed a mesmerizing purple essence, a long figure silently floated midair.
Several purple crystal orbs slowly rotated around this figure. Each crystal orb carried the same hypnotic glow of the room and exuded an aura that can shake the soul.
If any Divine Star experts were to come here, their souls will violently quake in instinctive fear.
The cause of this phenomenon was an extremely beautiful woman. Her whole bearing surpassed that of any divine empress, creating a unique presence that anyone would under the Divine Ruler realm would find impossible to resist.
This majestic woman was the Ancient Dragon Empress of the Huang Dragon Imperial Family, Shi Wei.
Isolated from everyone else, Shi Wei stayed secluded inside her hidden chambers. No matter who it was, even her own husband, nobody would or could dare intrude inside her territory.
Despite staying inside, the world continues to change.
Many earth-shattering events occurred within the last weeks. These events rattled throughout the whole God Galaxies.
Yet, Shi Wei can still retain a calm expression. She didn\'t appear to be the slightest bit stressed. All of her actions were calm and calculated, no matter that her precious grandchildren had mysteriously disappeared.
Shi Wei\'s room was peacefully silent as per usual.
But on this day, at this time, a change suddenly occurred.
One of the purple crystal orbs started to violently pulsate. Its once hypnotic purple glow rapidly flashed into a deep, black shadow.
Waves of unfathomable energy discharged from the purple crystal orb. It engulfed the atmosphere and stormed around the entire room.
Even though Shi Wei is a peak Divine Ruler who is practically invincible under the Holy King realm, her body shivered and her soul quivered under the sliver of energy waves.
Still, Shi Wei\'s expression didn\'t even twitch. Her eyes slowly open as she lowered herself to the ground and stood valiantly tall.
The black shadow crystal orb moved on its own. It floated 20 meters above Shi Wei and began to discharge a stream of black energy.
The black energy rapidly converged, forming a phantom image of a person within only moments. A few seconds later, the image fully manifested into a reality.
The image was of an extremely tall figure who appeared to be 9 feet tall. This person wore a long black cloak that covered most of his form but his two black eyes.
Encountering this kind of figure would be like living a nightmare. His shady appearance and tall stature almost made him seem like a creature of the night.
Even though this person was just a phantom image at this moment, his presence was still incomprehensible. If it was anyone else besides Shi Wei standing here, their Spiritual Sea would already collapse from the extreme mental pressure.
Shi Wei held zero fear as she directly stared into this person\'s abyss-like black eyes. She respectfully bowed a second later and said, "Greeting Senior. I hope you\'ve been well."
The phantom held a deep gaze at Shi Wei before lightly sighing. "Shi Wei, it\'s been hard on you, right? You and many others across the realms really are putting their best into finding those children."
"Has there been any progress, Senior?" Shi Wei said, trying to sound calm, but her voice did waver a little bit.
The phantom stayed quiet for a moment. He closed his eyes and let out an even bigger sigh.
"If there were progress, I would have informed you long ago. Unfortunately, everything seems to be in a still state. This was the bad news I hoped would not come true. You see, even as us Heavenly Great Worlds band together, all of our life aura tracking methods are absolutely useless. Nobody could detect even a trace of a signal. Even Faith Lord Spirit Master is helpless on this."
It was finally at this moment that Shi Wei stalled. Her brows tightly knit together as her natural aura became slightly unstable.
But a split-second later, Shi Wei regained her calm. She crossed her arms in deep thought. "Just...how can this actually be possible? If not Faith Lord Spirit Master, another Void-level World Spirit Master must have some art for a sliver of a trace. Unless...perhaps this is also an arrangement of the Crystal Spirits and the Primal Vaisers?"
The phantom nodded. "We suspect it is so. The arrangements left behind by our True God Ancestors had only activated because of the Primal Vaiser and Crystal Spirit arrangement. This arrangement truly is mysterious. It has enough power to shatter the sealed space of our entire Heaven. But at the same time, it did not kill anyone of our own. If anyone of them were dead, their life crystals would have shattered instead of completely dimming out. At this moment, our Wisdom Paths experts are attempting to comprehend this strange mystery."
Shi Wei tried hard to hide her disappointment, but it couldn\'t help but slightly slip through her tone. "I see...so there really is no other option but to wait. Our forces already scout every corner of this planet with zero results. And to scout, the entire Thunderous Collision Realm could take perhaps hundreds of years, even with Senior assistance."
"Mn. Only time will tell. However, there is one more oddity you should be aware of."
The phantom took on an extremely grave tone at this point. "Wisdom Void hasn\'t made any movement or prediction for anyone, even us Heavenly Great Worlds, for the last hundreds of years. However, only a few days when that incident struck, Wisdom Void finally gave out a prediction. He broadcasted to only the highest Heavenly Venerates. Apparently, his message was that the future of everything, our Divine Boundless Heaven, the Sylphs, and the Fey, are all unpredictable. No matter anyone\'s clairvoyant, nothing is set in stone anymore. My advice would be to tread very carefully in the future. Perhaps, even us Heavenly Venerates will experience genuine danger."
These words finally caused a sense of dread within Shi Wei\'s Martial Heart. Her mind suddenly started to recall the very day Cain had awoken his true Martial talent. It seemed like ever since that day, everything started to rapidly go out of order.
With a solemn nod, Shi Wei said with the utmost sincerity, "Senior, no matter what happens, I will make sure my grandchildren and your direct disciples stay alive and are well protected. I never would have thought it would come to this. But...it seems like I will need to regain everything I had lost."
Those words broke into the phantom\'s mind. He completely stalled for a moment in utter disbelief. His reaction soon came a moment after.
"You...Shi Wei!"
The phantom\'s calm exterior finally broke. His eyes went as wide as they can as he said, "You must not ignore the heavy consequences of this. You will have taken several steps to death door after this!"
Shi Wei remained serene. In fact, she seemed more at peace now with her decision than ever before. "I am quite aware of this, Senior. However, you should know more than others I quite dislike following the safest or most common options."
In that brief moment, a dazzling smile graced Shi Wei\'s lips like the beautiful shine of the moon.
Even the phantom felt slightly swayed under this unfathomable charm. In the end, he just had to take a great sigh.
"To think the weaknesses of our Heaven is finally catching up at this rapid pace. Since you are determined with this decision, I know full well it\'s impossible to stop you. We will spook soon, Shi Wei."
The phantom instantly dispersed a moment later.
Left all alone, a new fighting spirit flamed within Shi Wei\'s brilliantly shining pupils.
...
Days within the Zhou Family soothingly passed.
What would be intense brutal competitions for other faction members was nothing but a leisurely time for Cain and Amber. They fought and kill several faction members already, greatly rising their ranks.
Cain was now ranked 40th and Amber was ranked 45. Such growth utterly astounded all other factions.
But the duo\'s performance in the arena truly did make them worthy of such results.
Zhou Ping\'s faction was in obvious admiration of the duo.
Several other factions started to treat them as a serious threat and felt quite vexed about Cain and Amber.
It was as if they both had zero weakness. Their prowess is always overwhelming to the point where they can end fights in a few moves or less.
Moreover, with each proceeding fight, it felt as if they were growing stronger!
Nobody could accurately detect the specific fall stage their Divine Origin is in. But the duo\'s Divine Auras certainly grows stronger every time they appear on stage.
Against this unstoppable force, many had no accurate way to deal with them. Not even the Extreme Divine Great Sea or half-step Divine Star experts felt completely assured in facing the duo.
The 40th and 45th ranking spot mainly contains peak Great Divine Sea with upper-tier prowess. Some can even match Extreme Stages. And there are also genuine Extreme Stages in this rank but none wanted to rashly challenge the duo.
Like many expected, this random duo, whose appearance was unassuming as they come swept through the battle arena.