Death… And Me

Chapter 3638: Leave No One Behind

By the time the twins and Rifindio’s vision returned, they were already outside of the arena, finding themselves on its back. Right in front, they could see the next region far away. Rifindio quickly spread his Divine Sense and focused on his Natural Spatial Perception. Since this was the other side, the chance of an ambush by the other members of the Red Glittering Hibiscus group was high.

Yet, Rean and Roan just walked away as if nothing out of the norm had happened. Only then did Rifindio notice the big Black and White Bird and the humanoid form of his well-known Demon Tree friend. ”Eh? Kentucky and Celis are here already?”

The twins weren’t worried exactly because of that. As always, they could communicate with Celis and Kentucky through Sister Orb. It was different from the soul connection the twins had, but it still worked anyway. ”They got here even faster than anyone else, actually.”

”Oh!” Kentucky looked at them. ”It took longer than I expected for you guys.”

”You know very well what we found there,” Rean shrugged.

”The same happened to us,” Celis also joined. ”We were supposed to fight this so-called strongest enemy we have killed in the past. Yet, when we arrived at the different planes of that arena, what we found were those Red Glittering Hibiscuses. I found one in my arena, and so did Kentucky in his.”

”Yes,” Kentucky remembered, ”they had some kind of purple crystal in their hands that broke as soon as we appeared. It seems like they could control the arena to a certain extent. Well, since we didn’t need to fight the strongest enemy we killed, things turned out quite easy.”

Both Celis and Kentucky benefited from the same cultivation technique as Rean and Roan, so they were pretty much as strong as the twins. Kentuckt was even learning to use Blade Intent on his feathers. For a single Hibiscus to appear against them, that was indeed a heaven sent blessing.

”The idiots completely underestimated us because of our cultivation. Well, they didn’t last ten seconds...” Kentucky shrugged.

Roan could see that. The first Hibiscus Roan killed in their arena, Lirel, died even faster once the fight started. Why? Because he also didn’t believe the twins were really that strong. Kentucky and Celis’s opponents didn’t have anyone else to support or warn them either. So, one move was more than enough to finish their battles.

From the time Kentucky and Celis were transferred into their own different planes to the time they came out, not even thirty seconds had gone by.

”What about the rest of the guys?” Rifindio looked around, seeing that they were the only ones there.

Roan already guessed that this would be the case. ”If you exclude Elsie, everyone else in our big team was in the Peak Stage of the Divinity Realm. There is also Grititi, who is indeed a Camazotz Bat, part of the dominant power of our own Universe. If the other Hibiscuses became their opponents, then we have several arenas in different planes where both sides have rather equivalently strong opponents.”

Rean shrugged. ”As long as one side doesn’t underestimate the other, we might be looking into several hours of waiting before someone appears.”

”Hum?” Rifindio remembered something. ”Wait... Our team had more members than the Hibiscuses group did. Some of our friends will not find hibiscuses as opponents.”

Indeed, the Hibiscuses had a total of ten members, while the twins’ team had fifteen. That is counting the other experts like Werkel, Cafantrie, Xinho, Lindiho, etc...

”You can be sure that just like us, Elsie definitely found another Hibiscus to fight against,” Celis said as he looked back at the arena. ”From what we saw, those purple crystals the Hibiscuses used allowed them to select who they wanted to fight. No doubt Kentucky and I also ended up fighting one of them each in our own arenas because they selected us. Why would they pass the chance to fight Elsie, whose cultivation is still in the Space-Time Realm?”

”Sigh...” Kentucky sighed. ”I don’t know if this is a blessing or a curse for Elsie.”

”She shouldn’t be completely helpless,” Rean added. ”After all, everyone has their cultivations suppressed to the Transition Realm. Sure, Elsie will be at a disadvantage when it comes to manipulating Laws. However, she also has her Sixth Stage of Sickle Intent. Since her opponent will be a Demon Plant, that might just be the perfect Intent Weapon to use against.”

”There is also Royer,” Kentucky didn’t forget. ”He won’t be able to fight with his full strength for several years, right?”

Rifindio couldn’t help but think the worst. ”Royer is probably dead already. Regardless if he was put against one of the Hibiscuses or the strongest enemy he killed in the past with double the strength, he shouldn’t have a chance to win. He is too weak because of the side effects of that Shell Manifestation or whatever it was called. At the moment, we can only hope.”

Roan looked at the next region. It was still a little far away, which would take an hour or so to arrive if they departed now. There, the environment was pitch black, and Roan couldn’t see the least bit of light inside. Roan wondered if they should just leave everyone else behind and enter the next region straight away.

”I know what you’re thinking,” Rean commented. ”But I would rather stay and wait.”

Roan glanced at him, a faint, cunning smile on Rean’s face. ”Yes, that seems to be the best option,” Roan agreed.

Why wait? Obviously, it was because of the knowledge of the various experts like Royer... or so it was supposed to be the reason. Instead...

Around seventy minutes passed, and space warped. Then, a big Red Flower appeared outside, relieved that he managed to kill his opponent. Now, he just had to join the other Hibiscus and-

*Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish...*

*Puft, puft, puft...*

He didn’t even have the chance to finish his thoughts. Out of nowhere, twenty Elemental Intent Weapons, hundreds of Vines, and even more Black and White Feather Blades completely annihilated his body and soul. That Hibiscus was as dead as he could possibly be.

”One less, let’s wait for the next,” Roan looked back at the arena, not even bothering to look at the dead Hibiscus anymore.

Yes, waiting for the other experts so the twins’ group could use their knowledge was a good idea. But above all, they stayed so they could get rid of any Hibiscus who came out from now on. Since they tried to manipulate the results to get easy kills, they can’t blame others for what is coming for them.