1004 Injured Soul Ascension Realm Expert...?
Oh? It looks like someone used the eyeball to send over his own divine sense to investigate the situation by himself, did the owner of the eyeball perhaps notice me earlier when I was trying to find him?
Having clearly noticed the divine sense that was transferred through the eyeball before it started to thoroughly examine the area around the eyeball, Xuan Hao could not help frowning as he thought he wondered if he had been noticed by the other party when he had used his divine sense to try and find the owner of the eyeball just now.
Even if it would have been difficult to perceive him given the fact that he had deliberately restrained himself to make it harder for him to get noticed, the power behind the divine sense had far surpassed the Domain Lord Realm and had clearly entered the Soul Ascension Realm.
Although he couldn't tell just how many tribulations this Soul Ascension Realm Expert had passed through, the divine sense alone was strong enough that he wouldn't have been able to hide from it and only through sheer luck was he already been outside the area that it covered when it emerged from the eyeball. If not for this, he would undoubtedly have been spotted by the other party earlier.
Haaa… When did the Star Shattering Sect make this kind of enemy? Even the ancestor of the Sky Empire shouldn't be this strong…
Thinking this to himself as he glanced in the direction of the mysterious eyeball hovering above the caravan, Xuan Hao felt far more uncomfortable compared to before now that he knew there was a powerful expert in the Soul Ascension Realm behind the floating eyeball observing his disciple and the disciples of his sect. Especially considering that he had no idea just how powerful this person was and the fact that his initial impression was pointing towards the other party being someone in the Later Stages of the Soul Ascension Realm.
He might have reached the Intermediate stage of the Dao Domain Lord Realm and had the strength to fight someone who had reached the Fifth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm, but he also understood that he was far from invincible in the Soul Ascension Realm. The encounters he had with the Peak Soul Ascension Realm demon beasts back in the mystic realm of the Mirage sect were more than enough to make him understand this.
Not to mention protecting Bai Ning and the rest of the disciples from his sect, he wouldn't even be able to protect himself if the person behind the eyeball turned out to be someone at the Peak of the Soul Ascension Realm…
"But… Do I take Bai Ning and the rest away before the other party can show up in person? If I really do this, it might end up leaving a hidden problem for the sect in the future. Not to mention, it isn't certain that the other party is at the Peak of the Soul Ascension Realm.
If that is the case, this might be a perfect opportunity to get rid of this hidden threat before it ends up causing problems for the rest of the sect and my other disciples…" Muttering this to himself as he kept his attention focused on the eyeball hovering above the caravan, Xuan Hao began to debate whether or not to allow his disciple and the rest of the disciples from his sect to continue moving forward to find out who this hidden threat was.
All things considered, he might be overreacting to the matter and his disciple, and his group just happened to enter the area where someone had decided to either cultivate or recover from a battle. In that case, the eyeball should just be a security measure of this expert, as he didn't want anyone to interrupt him…
Even if Xuan Hao felt that this was unlikely, there was indeed a chance of this being the case given how close the former Azure Sky Kingdom was to the Frozen Wasteland. Especially when considering that the Frozen Wasteland had grown more and more unstable since the demonic cultivator invasion.
The Star Shattering Sect might not have felt much after his personal interference in the matter, but the rest of the kingdoms bordering the Frozen Wastelands were not in the same situation, as they were stuck dealing with a constant influx of demonic cultivators.
The different empires behind these kingdoms had, according to Elder Song, also begun to send in their peak experts into the Frozen Wasteland to figure out what had caused this sudden exodus from the Frozen Wastelands.
The Empires sending in experts were not just the weaker empires like the Sky Empire who barely had a handful of Soul Ascension Realm Expert but was also the more powerful empires located close to the center of the continent. Meaning that it wouldn't be that odd if one of these experts who had entered the Frozen Wasteland happened to be recovering inside one of the small kingdoms bordering the Frozen Wasteland.
Although it would be inside the territory of another empire, it was far safer than recovering inside the Frozen Wasteland that was getting increasingly dangerous with each passing day. Even more so considering that the powerful True Demon Realm Experts had also begun wandering around the outer parts of the Frozen Wastelands.
"Guess I will just observe for now and see if the eyeball continues to follow after them…" Glancing in the direction of the Frozen Wastelands as he said this to himself, Xuan Hao decided to not do anything that might possibly alert the other party for now.
After all, given that they had not yet shown themselves, it was obvious that his divine sense hadn't been noticed. Instead, it should have been due to a sudden feeling of unease the other party might have felt when he began to secretly search the eyeball with his divine sense.
Whilst it might be a bit of out of the ordinary to do something like this while trying to hide inside an unfamiliar empire, it would not be too odd to do something like this if the owner of the eyeball was in an injured state and fearing someone had found him in this weakened state.
Thinking about this, Xuan Hao felt himself calm down as he looked at the eyeball fully focused on the caravan making its way deeper inside the former Azure Sky Kingdom. Given that they were the strongest people around, it made sense that the eyeball would keep an eye on them.
Even if Bai Ning and the rest were far from strong enough to threaten someone in the Soul Ascension Realm, it was still clear that they were part of a powerful sect or kingdom given their age and strength and given that the other party was not familiar with the Star Shattering Sect or possibly even the Sky Empire, he or she didn't want to take any chances and possibly offend a Soul Ascension Realm Expert…
Whoosh~
Feeling like he had figured out the origin of the eyeball and the reason why it was observing his disciple and his group after thinking things through, Xuan Hao felt himself calm down even more as he no longer felt the same level of worry that he had before when looking at the eyeball hovering above the caravan.
Instead, he was filled with far more curiosity compared to before about the owner of the eyeball and what might have happened to cause a powerful Soul Ascension Realm Expert to hide away inside the Sky Empire to recover from what he thought to be an injure that should have been inflicted by one of the more powerful True Demon Realm Experts inside the Frozen Wastelands.
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"Hm? Are we about to arrive at the location?" Unaware about what had happened in the sky above him a few hours earlier, Bai Ning curiously poked his head out of the carriage before turning to ask one of the people from the Explorer Union who happened to be just outside his and Hui Ying's carriage. Having clearly felt that they had slowed down significantly all of a sudden.
"Yes, we should be there in another hour or so, we are currently going a little slower as we are about to enter a rather dangerous part of the Azure Sky Kingdom. Well… Not really too dangerous considering that we have so many people in the Core Formation Relam with us."
Nodding his head as he said this, the person from the Explorer Union clearly didn't notice the fact that Bai Ning was one of these Core Formation Realm Experts, as his face was filled with awe while looking towards the older disciples of the sect.
"Indeed… Looks like we won't have to worry too much…" Not wanting to scare the person from the Explorer Union, Bai Ning decided to just nod his head as he said this before retreating back inside the carriage to wake up Hui Ying who had fallen asleep at some point during the journey through the Azure Sky Kingdom.
