Chapter 246 Chapter 246. Action from the two

After the rewards had been distributed and everyone had returned to their respective territories, another week quietly passed.

During this entire week, Jin completely focused on his cultivation. After comprehending the Devouring Law, he could clearly feel that his cultivation speed had changed. His spiritual cultivation, which had been progressing slowly for a long time, was now approaching another major breakthrough. Surprisingly, Jin could already feel that he was very close to reaching the Peak of Hollow Void in his spiritual cultivation.

His soul cultivation had also progressed tremendously. He could feel that his soul realm was very close to reaching the Peak of the Emperor Realm. Although there was still a distance between his current realm and the peak, Jin could clearly sense that the bottleneck was no longer as distant as before.

As for Nox, his cultivation had already reached the Void Transformation Stage.

Even Aion had not discovered this.

The reason was the strange black-and-white disc in Nox’s possession. It completely concealed his aura, making it impossible for even Aion to determine his true cultivation unless Nox deliberately revealed it.

Aion himself was not in a hurry to improve his cultivation.

After entering the Emperor Realm, there was only one more realm before reaching the Sovereign Realm. Once he reached the Sovereign Realm, he would have to begin making preparations for the Divine Realm.

However, that realm was not something that could be entered casually.

Aion had to hide from the gaze of someone.

Because of this, he was not in a hurry.

Finally, after one week, a commotion suddenly erupted within the Pagoda of Hope.

The entire atmosphere changed in an instant.

All the King Realm elders appeared one after another, looking toward the surroundings of the Pagoda of Hope with serious expressions. Jin, Nox, and Aion also appeared.

Aion, however, remained completely casual.

He glanced toward the sky and spoke, "It seems that the rat that has been hiding for so long has finally decided to show itself."

Hearing this, all the King Realm elders looked toward Aion.

Aion continued explaining, "Those two beings that exuded the strange aura have finally shown themselves. Even though they didn’t participate in the tournament, it seems that they have been preparing for something big, and it looks like they have succeeded."

Everyone was surprised by his words.

But just then, the strange aura around them began increasing.

The aura became stronger and stronger, spreading throughout the surroundings of the Pagoda of Hope.

Jin remained completely calm.

He merely waved his hand.

Behind him, the huge Pagoda of Hope trembled slightly.

A profound vibration immediately spread from the pagoda. The vibration seemed to resonate with the entire structure, and in the next instant, a powerful shield appeared around the Pagoda of Hope.

The shield completely enveloped the entire pagoda.

Outside that shield, two figures appeared.

The moment the elders saw them, their expressions changed.

They immediately recognized them.

They were the same two figures who had appeared from the teleportation platform before and carried those strange auras.

The two figures were covered in a strange aura. Neither of them spoke.

They simply raised their hands and began forming hand seals.

As their hand seals changed, a mysterious formation slowly appeared among the clouds above the Pagoda of Hope.

The formation continued to expand.

Finally, both of them spoke in unison.

"We invite His Excellency to make a move against the Pagoda of Hope."

Along with their voices, the mysterious patterns behind them were completely activated.

The moment the formation activated, a strange aura suddenly erupted from its foundation.

That aura immediately suppressed the surrounding King Realm experts.

The expressions of the elders changed.

The pressure continued rising.

King Realm.

Emperor Realm.

The aura climbed rapidly until it reached beyond the Peak of the Emperor Realm.

But just as it reached that point, the entire Ancient Forest Realm suddenly trembled slightly.

Mysterious restrictions began to flow around the formation.

Those restrictions seemed to originate from the Ancient Forest Realm itself. They spread through the formation, suppressing the strength of the existence being summoned.

Aion narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Quite interesting. Someone with half-step in the Sovereign Realm dares to come, but they are still suppressed to the Emperor Realm."

Hearing this, Jin and everyone else were surprised.

The elders’ faces immediately became pale.

A half-step Sovereign Realm existence!

Even though the person’s cultivation had been suppressed to the Emperor Realm, everyone understood that there was still an enormous difference between an ordinary Emperor Realm cultivator and someone who had already stepped into the half-step Sovereign Realm.

Jin merely looked at the elders and spoke calmly.

"Elders, there is no need to worry. Even if it is someone in the Sovereign Realm, Vice Pagoda Master can deal with them."

The elders were surprised.

They all looked toward Aion.

Aion merely smiled.

Then he looked toward Jin and his lips appeared near his ears and he spoke in a seductive voice,

"Honey, I want my reward after dealing with that filth."

Hearing this, Jin blushed slightly.

Aion continued,

"And this time, the reward will be more demanding, since the strength of the person is also not weak."

Jin didn’t know what to say.

He remained silent for a moment before finally nodding.

Somewhere in his heart, there was already a little anticipation for what he was looking forward to.

When Aion saw the anticipation in Jin’s eyes, he smirked slightly.

His little lover didn’t even know what was waiting for him.

However, Aion quickly turned his attention toward the person who was appearing from the formation.

The space around the formation suddenly seemed to be torn apart.

A hand emerged from the distorted space.

Then another part of the body followed.

Soon, the entire figure stepped out from the formation.

The person radiated a very charming aura, but there was also a strange sense of disgust within that aura.

He had long gray hair that reached all the way to his knees.

The strange thing was that his hair seemed to be alive.

Every strand seemed to move slightly, as though the hair itself possessed its own consciousness.

The hair looked toward every member of the Pagoda of Hope.

Inside the shield, the members of the Pagoda of Hope felt a chill in their hearts when they saw those strands of hair gazing back at them.

Just then, the person took a step forward.

Behind him, a faint Dharma wheel slowly emerged.

Between the Dharma wheel was an Emperor Seal belonging to him.

Surprisingly, there were also mysterious seals present on the Dharma wheel.

Those seals restricted his strength, causing his realm to fall back into the Emperor Realm.

But there was still a tremendous difference between an ordinary Emperor Realm expert and someone who possessed experience and strength beyond the Emperor Realm.

Aion also took a step forward.

His figure disappeared from his original position.

In the next instant, he appeared directly in front of the person.

A seal appeared in Aion’s hand.

The seal contained mysterious engravings, and within those engravings appeared the phantom of a silver snake.

The seal radiated the aura of Time.

Aion looked at the gray-haired man before him and finally spoke.

"What kind of filthy being are you? Are you from those disgusting human sides that merged with the strange creatures, or are you from the strange creature side?"

With hsi strength, he could naturally tell that the person in front of him belong to the race of Virelia that betrayed their home. The person opposite him merely smiled kindly.

"Fellow Daoist, is that not rude to speak like this? Even though my strength is sealed, don’t you think that you should respect me? After all, you are just in the entering phase of the Emperor Realm."

Aion didn’t respond to this fellow.

He merely shook his head.

"Since you are here with that confident expression of yours, it seems that you also have some divine artifact that could seal this Pagoda of Hope for some time and restrict the strength of the Pagoda of Hope from unleashing it’s true strength."

There was a little surprise in the eyes of the gray-haired handsome man.

But he soon smiled and nodded.

"As expected of a Fellow Daoist, you are indeed sharp."

With that, a strange scepter appeared in his hand.

The scepter was entirely black.

At the top of the scepter was a white skull.

The skull radiated an aura of death.

But along with that aura of death was another strange aura.

An aura of strangeness.

The person didn’t say anything else.

He simply slammed his scepter against the space.

Nothing seemed to happen.

However, Jin’s expression suddenly changed.

He could clearly see that the shield covering the Pagoda of Hope was slowly becoming frozen.

At the same time, the Pagoda of Hope behind him also began to dim.

Jin immediately realized that the Pagoda of Hope itself was slowly being stopped.

Yet he was not worried.

He calmly looked toward the elders and spoke.

"Elders, just focus on saving the younger generation. There is no need to worry about other things."

All the elders nodded.

They had absolute trust in their Pagoda Master.

Finally, Aion looked at the strange scepter.

After observing it for a moment, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

"I seem to have seen the real scepter. Although this little thing is merely a phantom, or we can say a replica created from the original one, it is still something that is better."

The calm expression on the person opposite him finally shifted.

There was a trace of surprise in his eyes.

Aion didn’t seem bothered by that gaze.

He merely asked, "So, which Sovereign are you?"

The gray-haired man looked toward him.

"You may call me Sovereign Heavenly Flame."

Hearing this, Aion was slightly stunned.

He looked at the person before him with a strange gaze before speaking.

"You should be thankful that that guy didn’t hear you. Otherwise, just the name that you called just now was enough to incarnate your entire existence."

Sovereign Heavenly Flame was slightly stunned.

He clearly didn’t understand what Aion was saying.

Neither did he know who Aion was referring to.

Finally, both of them slowly released their auras.

The space between them began to tremble.

One possessed the aura of an Emperor Realm expert who had entered a higher realm, while the other possessed the experience and strength of a half-step Sovereign Realm existence despite being suppressed by the Ancient Forest Realm.

They stood facing each other.

Neither of them moved but the peak confrontation of the Ancient Forest Realm was about to begin.