Chapter 48: Chapter 48: The World Situation End Part
North Region
Obscure Ocean
"Captain… if we proceed further… we will die…"
A middle-aged man came out from the deck and sighed, looking at the scared sailors: "Keep the ship pointed toward east… we are still on a safe route… Look… I got this map from another ship… they did the same path yesterday… Don't worry…"
The sailors looked at the map carefully and calmed down, seeing that the large red and black zone was very far from their position.
"Did you hear the Captain… follow this route…"
"YES…"
The sailors were truly excited because even if this were a difficult period to wandered these waters, they would receive a considerable remuneration in a few days.
In the last few days, these waters were more turbulent and dangerous than the previous weeks.
Countless terrifying creatures were seen wandering everywhere.
They naturally weren't beasts that simple sailors could fight, which brought many deaths in this ocean.
A few hours from the land, the crew was already celebrating for the safe journey.
Most of them were already drunk or asleep on the deck, exhausted from the journey.
So none of them realized that something, hidden in the obscure and deep waters, was approaching their ship at an incredible speed.
Even the Captain was finally relaxed.
This little journey exhausted all his energies, and it was time for him to rest a bit finally.
He kept looking at the dark sky and his solitary stars with a smile on his face.
Sometimes he took a large sip of good wine from the few bottles at his side.
There was a bit of fog around the ship, but he didn't stop the bright stars at all.
He stayed there for hours, but at some point, something strange happened.
For some reason, a large piece of the starry sky had suddenly disappeared.
His vision was already a bit blurred by the strong alcohol, so he stood up from the chair and walked closer to the edge of the ship.
With each step he took, the starry sky kept disappearing a bit more, as if a colossal beast was slowly eating the stars on the sky.
When he finally reached the border, he saw a weak blue light coming from the water.
He was so attracted by it that he thrust his head forward even more and forgotten to look in front of him.
He kept looking there for a while, but at some point, he saw that light becoming more bright and large as if it was moving toward him.
It kept growing larger at an even more incredible speed.
The water around the ship started to light up by the intense blue light, making the presence hidden below finally visible.
The Captain was too shocked by what he saw that the bottle of wine still in his hand fell.
The impact was so loud that it woke up all the others on the deck.
When the crew looked toward their Captain, they saw something that made their blurred eyes widen.
A huge figure surrounded by blue light was only a few steps from the ship.
Some of them started shouting and running around the deck like a fool.
Someone even jumped from the ship to the ocean.
But it was too late… because the ship was already surrounded from all sides by high walls made from the same blue light.
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South Region
Forbidden Forest
"Senior brother… senior brother… we should go back. It's too dangerous here."
"Shh… stupid… do you want to kill all of us… lower your voice…" The young man at the front rebuked his companion and continued with an even lower tone, after looking around carefully: "We are almost there… if we can cultivate more closer to that floating island, we can make huge progress in a few days… we can't waste this opportunity…"
"But… But… the elders forbade us to get too close…"
"Humph… those old farts are all greedy bastards… you also saw their incredible improvement… we can do it too… there is a safe place a few miles from here… I found it two years ago…" The Old man reassured, but his steps were even more careful and slow than before.
��But the elder told us…"
"I know… I know… the monster beasts are acting strangely… don't worry. I used a strong mix of herbs. We will be safe…"
The young men behind him looked at him with a bit of doubt but still followed him because the temptation was really too much.
They kept walking for a long time and obviously felt the qi around them growing thicker each time they moved a step forward.
The air was dense with essence qi, but there were also other elements in large quantity.
The Fire, Water, Wood, Earth, and Metal qi were present in at least double amount.
This made their bodies tremble with excitement.
"Senior brother, you were right… we will make a lot of progress… here…"
"Of course…"
The young man was quite arrogant, but he could actually be this vain since he brought them until here safe and sound.
But all their joy disappeared when one of them started shooting.
"AHHHHH… help me… help me…"
The shout was so loud that the other sound coming from the forest stopped for a few seconds.
There was complete silence for a few seconds, but the other knew that this wasn't a good thing.
The young man at the front didn't waste time and started running away faster from the group.
He felt the death coming towards them at an incredible speed and naturally wouldn't care about their lives at this point.
"Senior brother… Senior brother… wait… AHHH"
ROAR… ROAR...
Finally, what most scared the young man came, the beasts sleeping in the surrounding awoke and started making more and more noise, almost alarming all the creatures inside the Forbidden Forest.
He could hear the plead and scream of his companion, but the young man didn't stop even for a second, he kept running farther away…
His heart was beating so fast that his sound was even louder than the roar of the savage beasts.
"Bastard… bastard…"
He didn't stop even for a minute, he was hoping to save his poor life, but it was too late.
ROAR… ROAR…
Because after a few steps, he saw a huge black tiger standing on his path.
The terrifying power coming from the beast made his legs shake, almost causing him to collapse to the ground.
The young man looked at the beast with fear all over his face because he knew that the difference between their powers was too much.
But he wasn't willing to die like… damn… he was still young… beautiful and with high cultivation… his future was so bright… so he started running towards his left.
But it was too late, the beast looked at man's movements for all the time, and when it saw his prey run away, he jumped towards him.
The tiger's head was at least three times bigger than the youth, so when his jaws bit him, almost half of the body entered its mouth.
His legs kept running for a few more steps, even after his upper body was already inside the beast.
The youth couldn't do anything.
He died on the spot but clearly felt the terrible pain when his body was cut in half.
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East region
"Young master… young master…"
"What?"
A young man with elegant clothes was reading the information inside a few crystals in front of him when a middle-aged man ran inside the room, shouting with a panicked tone.
The man bowed and spoke in a hurried tone: "Young master, one of the groups… one of the groups disappeared. They had to come back a few days ago, but there is no news of them."
The youth wasn't so shocked about it, since this land was full of powerful character.
But naturally, he was angry.
After all, they lost one of the precious treasures from the main clan and probably many good prisoners.
"Which one of them?"
"The group of Elder Du…"
"Elder Du… It's a pity… he was a good follower…" The youth sighed, but then added with a serious face: "I want to know, the route that we had assigned to them… now."
"Yes…" The middle-aged man bowed again and walked out of the house.
The youth went back to his previous work and kept reading the report from the other squads.
After a few minutes, the middle-aged man returned and placed the small crystal on his palm on the table.
The youth didn't move immediately but kept reading the reports and only took the crystal after a few minutes.
The middle-aged man didn't dare to speak even a word and just stood there waiting for the young man's next orders.
"Huh… Damn… Elder Du's group had already done four villages… The space treasure was probably full of good slaves… this will ruin our plan… maybe we are already exposed…"
After a moment of silence, he brought out a similar crystal to the one he received from the middle-aged man from his space ring and recorded a message inside of it with his spiritual mind.
"Bring this to the patriarch…"
The middle-aged man took the crystal from the table and disappeared from the house, after bowing toward the youth.
This time the youth didn't keep reading reports but stood up and walked towards the window, with a severe face.
He looked through the windows towards a specific direction and snorted: "How dare you ruin my great clan plans…"
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The world was changing, but the people living in this era weren't ready for something like this.
The enemy was really too strong and too fast.
When the powerful sect and clan finally realized the terrible situation, more than ten percent of the world was already under the control of this new existence.
Something similar to ten thousand years ago was slowly bringing the mortal land toward the start of a new and dark era.
Maybe Old Tian was too arrogant to think that the world would be ready for such a sudden change… prepared to protect the land and the people living in this era.
Maybe his choices were wrong… Perhaps he was hoping too much from the two realms… From the human and the other races…
Will they be able to stop this obscure shadow that was slowly devouring the lands and bring the light back across all the realms?
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