Death… And Me

Chapter 1325 - Rainbow Pearl

It took a while for the twinsʼ group to start seeing other cultivators again. From the looks of it, the news that an ancient beast had been seen where they previously were had been spread. Everyone who was somewhat nearby immediately opened as much distance from that place as possible.

However, the fact that more ancient beasts than normal were appearing in the Lost Star Realmʼs outskirts made the cultivators very apprehensive. Many of them that had been here for just a few days, weeks, or months decided to leave it and return another time. Of course, there were those who thought something was happening and came to the conclusion that they might get some rewards from it. Last but not least, there were those who didnʼt have much choice other than to proceed forward, like those old cultivators who needed Divine Origin Energy at all costs to achieve their breakthroughs.

One thing began to increase, though. The number of cultivators attacking their group. The further they went into the Lost Star Realm, the higher the cultivation of the people they came across were. Seeing that Reanʼs group only had Saint Realm experts among them, they instinctively thought that they were easy targets. All of them had the same idea as Caras, which was to force Rean to drive Kentucky wherever they were planning to go. Of course, there were also those who simply wanted to steal whatever the twinsʼ group had found so far. After all, robbery was a lucrative business in any place.

The only exceptions to those were cultivators at the Transition Realm and above. For them, Saint Realm cultivators wouldnʼt have anything worth their time. Kentucky was also useless since they could fly themselves. That explained why around half of the cultivators who entered the Lost Star Realm wouldnʼt come back alive. It should be even worse now with the ancient beasts strolling around in the outskirts.

With that being said, Reanʼs group didnʼt really find anyone who could force them into dire straights. They were also able to watch Hurioʼs power for once. Hurio didnʼt feel the least bit comfortable with only Roan or Rean acting against those who underestimated them. So, at some point, he also came out and defended their group. The attacker was a Middle Stage Elemental Transformation Realm cultivator, with four other cultivators at the Saint Realm following him.

Surprisingly, Hurio didnʼt use any weapons. He was just like Calina, someone who specialized in Divine Energy skills. Of course, his Soul Power was very high, so his skills were even more powerful. However, the thing that shocked the twins the most was the fact that Hurio also had an odd elemental affinity, Energy.

Energy was a weird elemental affinity. In a certain way, saying that Hurio had Energy Elemental Affinity wasnʼt right, as Energy usually wasnʼt considered an element to start with. Nevertheless, it was truly impressive. It increased the power of basically any skill that utilized any type of energy. Divine Energy, Soul Power, Yin and Yang Energy, Divine Origin Energy. As long as it was a type of energy, Hurioʼs elemental affinity would boost the skills used with them.

However, there was also a downside to it. Hurio wasnʼt innately efficient with any specific element. Hurio knew that trying to reach the same level of proficiency in a certain element as a cultivator with that elemental affinity was useless. Because of that, he didnʼt attain 100% efficiency with any of the five mainstream elements. Instead, he stopped at around 90%... on all five elements!

Lightning, Water, Earth, Fire, Wind. Their variants, Ice, Metal, Wood, Lava, Storm... As long as one could think of it, Hurio could use it to near the same efficiency as a cultivator with that specific elemental affinity. Now, when combined with his Energy Elemental Affinity, his skills easily reached the same level as cultivators with the same specific Elemental Affinity.

Of course, that wasnʼt all. Although Hurio didnʼt use any weapons per se, he did have a strange piece of equipment to help him. At first glance, it looked like a necklace with a Demon Core connected to it. However, Rean and Roanʼs Divine Sense didnʼt feel any demonic power from it.

The necklace itself had many inscriptions, from which Rean had difficulty recognizing at least half. It was definitely a very high-level item. That puzzled Rean even more, as oneʼs cultivator would act as a barrier when one tried to operate a piece of equipment too high for their cultivation. In any case, that necklace also increased the power of the elements in Hurioʼs attacks. It shone with a rainbow color every time Hurio poured Divine Energy into it. One didnʼt need to be a genius to tell that it was specially made for someone like Hurio, as it worked for any of the mainstream five elements.

Last but not least, due to Hurioʼs Energy Elemental Affinity, if it could be called elemental affinity at all, his pool of Divine Energy was enormous. From Roanʼs calculation, it wasnʼt as big as his and Reanʼs, but it was definitely at least twice as big as an average cultivatorʼs dantian at Hurioʼs level. Until now, he was the person with the largest amount of Divine Energy reserves the twins have found so far.

The result of the battles that Hurio involved himself in was easy to guess. He always had the right element to counterattack whatever the enemies threw at him. Not only that, he was extremely proficient with all of them, even though their efficiency was only at 90% or so. On top of that, Hurioʼs movement techniques were even more impressive, as he was basically fast in any environment one could think of. Underground? Earth Movement! Land? Wind and Lightning Movements. He would probably be fast in midair as well. However, he didnʼt have the minimum cultivation to fly yet.

After Rean saw a few of Hurioʼs fights, he couldnʼt help but ask, ”What level is this necklace of yours? I canʼt really tell since many of the runes in the inscriptions are foreign to me. Though, Iʼm especially curious about the bead attached to it, to be honest.”