Death… And Me

Chapter 494 - What Do I Do?

Wano might have only been a stage below his opponent, but one must remember that he had already defeated someone stronger than him even though he was injured. Sure, he may have received help from Calina, Malaka, and Kentucky at that time, but during his last attack, he far surpassed his opponentʼs power.

That being said, he shouldnʼt have been in a stalemate with this enemy. He kept holding his strength back, waiting for an opportunity to release his full potential in one go. That moment didnʼt take too long to appear as Kentucky opened a way through the enemies with brute force. The leader couldnʼt ignore Kentucky, so he immediately turned around to attack the Minokawa.

Seeing that, Wano sheathed his sword and assumed a combat stance. If one looked at that, it would seem quite a slow movement. However, in reality, it was extremely fast. Fire and Wind Element gathered around his body in the next moment.

*Vup!*

Suddenly, Wano exploded forward with speed even faster than the one he showed back in the valley entrance.

ʼOne Sword!ʼ

The Core and Soul Fusion Realm cultivator noticed Wanoʼs attack with his Spiritual Sense. In fact, his Spiritual Sense hadnʼt left Wano for even a split second. However, he didnʼt expect Wano to be that fast. Not to mention that even though he had Wano in his perception, most of his attention was on Kentucky.

”Not good!”

The guy quickly turned around as he lifted his own weapon. He also curved his body to the side from pure instinct. That was all he could do since he didnʼt have time to conjure a Spiritual Energy barrier in time.

*Swish!*

Wano passed by the enemy leader in a flash. However, he immediately narrowed his eyes. Soon after, an arm was sent flying together with the weapon it was holding.

”Argh!”

There was no blood again. Wanoʼs slash immediately cauterized the wound. Seeing that his attack failed to take the guyʼs life in one go, Wano immediately turned around and dashed in his direction. However, the enemy leader knew that he was at a disadvantage, so he fled without hesitation.

Wano wanted to pursue him, but Calinaʼs group was having a hard time due to the difference in numbers. The Formation Masters noticed that they would need to fight, so they joined their hands against the girls.

ʼLucky guy.ʼ

Wano immediately turned around and charged at the rest of the enemies. That leader would definitely call reinforcements from the nearby red crystals. They couldnʼt stay here for long, or they might even encounter a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.

With Wano joining the battle, the enemies were killed off quickly. Although two of them managed to escape in the end, this result was quite fortunate and above their expectations.

Kentuckyʼs super attack, the distraction of the enemy leader, and Wanoʼs own power. All of that together brought this quick result.

Eventually, Calina and Malaka were free and went to where Kentucky was. However, when they looked in the demon birdʼs direction, they saw it happily eating the Red Crystal.

*Crunch, crunch, crunch...”

Kentucky devoured the whole crystal in big chunks.

Kuana couldnʼt help but ask.

”What kind of bird is that?”

Wano shook his head as he said.

”We can talk about it later. We need to leave right now.”

Malaka nodded and immediately called.

”Kentucky, we need to leave. Letʼs go!”

However, Kentucky only glanced at Malaka for a moment before he continued to eat the crystal.

”This fat bird! It can only think about food!”

Wano narrowed his eyes before he brought his sword out once more and attacked the red crystal. Since the bird wanted to finish that thing, they might as well separate it into several parts and make Kentucky follow the food with them. However...

*Clang!*

Wanoʼs sword hit the Red Crystal, which was immediately bounced back due to its hardness.

”What?!”

Except for Malaka and Calina, everyone was taken aback. They know how strong Wanoʼs attack is. However, all it did was to make a small chip fall down. Even Wano himself was shooked by that. Thatʼs because Kentuck would remove an enormous chunk of the Red Crystal with each bite!

”Just how powerful is this guyʼs beak?”

*Pah!*

Suddenly, Calina clenched her fist with Spiritual Energy and hit Kentuckyʼs head. Naturally, Kentuck felt the pain since he wasnʼt hardening his feathers now that the battle was over. Well, Calina also felt pain when she did that but didnʼt show it on the surface.

ʼThis dammed birdʼs skin is too hard!ʼ

She then ignored the pain as she looked at the wronged expression on Kentuckyʼs face.

”Donʼt look at me like that. Did you see what you have done?! If everything didnʼt go so smoothly, we might have been held down until more enemies appeared. Now, stop wasting time and leave this Red Crystal there. We need to leave.”

Kuana saw that and found it strange.

”Can it understand what you are saying?”

Calina shook her head.

”Not really, but it can at least understand that Iʼm angry and that we need to leave now.”

Wano nodded.

”Well, that already shows how intelligent it is. Perhaps it will really come with us and leave the crystal behind.”

Kentucky then looked at the Red Crystal he hadnʼt eaten yet. However, he didnʼt want to give it up, so...

*Vup!*

*Crack!*

He pierced his beak into the crystal and used his bodyʼs strength to lift it up! Finally, he looked at Calina as if it was saying it was ready to go now. That was quite a hilarious scene. The Red Crystal was at least half the size of Kentuckyʼs entire body. Nevertheless, it lifted the crystal no problem.

”Forget it. Letʼs go!”

Wano charged ahead with his Spiritual Sense spread as Calina and the others followed him. Kentucky came right behind, carrying the enormous bitten crystal.

Somewhere else, Rean and Roan suddenly stopped running and sat on the ground.

”What is it? Where is all this energy coming from?”

”Canʼt you feel it? Itʼs coming from Kentuckyʼs direction.”

”I see... But how is this happening?”

[Seems like Kentucky found a huge source of Spiritual Energy. However, Kentuckyʼs stage is limited by your own. Because of that, he canʼt advance while you donʼt do it yourselves. That being said, the extra energy he canʼt take is all being sent to you through your connection with him. Still, just what item could have such concentrated energy?]

Rean and Roan couldnʼt discuss since Spiritual Energy kept pouring into their bodies nonstop. The problem was that the energy wasnʼt Heaven and Earthʼs energy. It seemed to have an owner or a purpose before, so they could only take a small part of it. All the rest was being discarded.

Just like that, Rean and Roan spent thirty minutes absorbing the energy. Only then did the energy stop coming.

”Phew... Just how many days of cultivation did we save just now?”

”At least two or three. We better check with Kentucky later to see if he can find more of it.”

”Indeed. However, letʼs not waste any more time. Letʼs go.”

Rean and Roan quickly got up and charged in Kentuckyʼs direction once more.

Meanwhile, a man was floating above the valley where the Formation Core was located. However, none of the Lakure Race members could see him, not even Jana. He looked down as his Spiritual Sense spread out.

Finally, he saw what seemed to be a room locked by several chains with many inscriptions on each one of them. Those chains were at a level that surpassed Heaven-Level equipment. Suddenly...

*Bang!*

The door trembled, and the chains tightened. They were pushed to their limits. However, the inscription held the chains together, not allowing the chains to break at all. Finally, the tightness of the chains went back to normal as the door came back to its original position.

A few minutes later...

*Bang!*

Exactly the same thing happened again. As the man observing it from above looked at it, he reached a conclusion.

ʼI see... So youʼre trying to escape, huh? If you continue attacking the seal like this, it will take just a few more years until the seal is broken. No wonder you used this natural formation. You needed time so that no one would bother you. Your subordinates did an excellent job.ʼ

Suddenly, Spiritual Energy began to gather on the manʼs hand as he looked down.

ʼUnfortunately for you, you never expected that I would be in this place, right?ʼ

However, after a few seconds, the energy in the manʼs hand disappeared as if it had never been there. Following that, he looked in the distance as he pondered.

ʼHmm... If I fix the seal, no one will stay here to run this natural formation core anymore. Naturally, the time acceleration effect will disappear the moment the formation collapses as well. It would be nearly impossible to rebuild this time effect with the cultivation of others.ʼ

He continued to think about it until he finally decided.

ʼAlright, Iʼll let your Lakure Race see the light for a bit longer.ʼ

The man then looked in the direction where Calinaʼs group was fleeing and narrowed his eyes.

ʼLeaving the Lakure Race aside... I didnʼt expect to find one more of them here. Is it a coincidence? Well, whatever. Letʼs see what will happen from now on.ʼ

Obviously, the man was none other than Old Worm! From the beginning to the end, no one noticed his presence at all. Soon after, he turned around and left without leaving a single trace.

Somewhere else, the group composed of the Royal Family and the sects were having a hard time. Even though they had similar strength, their opponentsʼ red meridians gave them a huge advantage.

Tiria then looked at Erbec, who was also in an awful position against the other Soul Forging Realm enemy.

ʼSenior Erbec, we canʼt hold on for longer. We might need to flee from here.ʼ

Erbec knew that. In fact, he was already considering this option since he couldnʼt picture himself winning a battle against the other Soul Forging Realm guy. However, he was a member of the Royal Family. He really didnʼt want to leave this easily.

ʼWhat do I do?ʼ