Mystical Journey

Life was fragile, much like the Ron and Barrow who died right in front of him. The two senior energy machinists, who lived for centuries, died like an ant by his sword.

Garen had an indescribable feeling.

Ron and Barrow were the top experts in Planet Scarlet Snow who would soon break through the Inherited Level. Each of their life experiences could be made into a legendary, inspirational novel, yet they died so easily by his sword.

They were careless.

"Yes, because of a momentary negligence, it brought about such a serious consequence." Garen pulled the sword that was pierced in between Barrow's eyebrows out and held the sword upside-down.

"Therefore, I need to be cautious at all times, to prevent others from doing the same to me..."

He took it as a warning in his mind.

"A lot of things might seem impossible, yet just like this, even an inconspicuous nobody might be able to take my life."

He held the magical Sunlight sword in his hand.

The golden-blue flame on the blade was still burning continuously. These flames would not harm him, as the golden sunlight within his body balanced it out.

Garen kept the magic sword. Suddenly, he recalled that there was still another thing in his space ring, and he was slightly taken aback.

"The flames of the Sunlight are so strong, will it burn the other stuff out!?"

He quickly tried to retrieve the other stuff from his space ring.

Pap!

A black, charcoal-like item appeared in his hand.

The look on Garen's face changed. He retrieved another item, and a charcoal-like item appeared on his hands once again, followed by pieces of burnt items which was taken out continuously.

"Forget it!"

There was no helping it. He walked up to Barrow and searched his body.

He had a space ring, a pale, golden, rhombus-shaped crystal, as well as some less valuable personal belongings.

He threw away his other belongings, keeping only the space ring and the pale gold crystal.

Similarly, he went to search Ron's body. Ron had only one space necklace and a pair of levitating shoes which were still usable. The rest of his belongings were rubbish that was not worth mentioning.

After keeping all the goods, Garen took a look at his surroundings.

The golden-blue color had completely disappeared, and only the ignited fire was still burning.

The air was filled with surges of black smoke, caused by the exploded airships that fell to the ground which lighted up the woods.

The blazing heat wave almost scorched everything around it. Some of the places still had some crackling sound coming from the fire from time to time, accompanied with the helpless moans of the people who had not died yet.

"Xiao Qin… Xiao Qin...!" A woman's painful cry was faintly coming from somewhere.

He did not get a clear look at what happened to the survivor.

Garen remained silent and reached for a bomb.

With a sound, a transparent air bomb was thrown; it passed through the flames, and a crisp loud bang was heard. Then, the pleading moans stopped.

Garen gently sighed, turned around and quickly jumped into the air. He changed into the levitating shoes which made him light-footed and flew forward. In less than ten seconds, he was completely out of sight.

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"What? They are dead?! Ron and Barrow are dead!?"

In the headquarters of Scarlet Snow, an old man was sitting beside a triangular, silver-white table with his eyes wide open, and the pipe in his hand trembled slightly.

Under the pale light blue glimmer lighting, three old men, with different demeanors, sat on each side of the table.

One of the old men had an extremely ghastly look on his face as he tightened his grip on the black crutch which he held with both of his hands. He emitted a horrifying aura around him. With his body as the center, the weather surrounding him for a radius of a meter would undergo a natural change, as snowflakes and dark clouds continued to gather and surrounded him. All those who were around him felt an odd sense of terror.

The old man who was holding a pipe looked at the old man with the crutch. He was the second great elder of Scarlet Snow as well as a revolutionist who had always been against the first and third great elder. Although he always wanted to convince the first and third great elders to agree on his suggestion, he did not wish to see the elite disciples of his sect to be killed that easily.

The second great elder took a puff from his pipe and exhaled a faint white ring of smoke.

"How did he die? Did you figure that out?"

"I don't know," The third great elder had a gloomy look on his face. "We haven't had a conference for 30 years. I didn't think that our first meeting will be because of the death of our disciples." The third great elder always had a glum temper; even though something flashed through his eyes, no one knew what he was thinking about.

"We can always recruit new disciples to replace them, but what I mean is that they died on Planet Scarlet Snow, and they were killed by a thermal attack. This is against the rules!" The first great elder said with a low yet powerful voice, and he averted his gaze to the second great elder. "Second brother, what do you think?"

"Planet Scarlet Snow believes in the theory that the weak will stand as an easy prey to the strong. If Carthage is the one who killed them, I might consider lightening his punishment. However, if they died at the hands of spies and undercovers, or are victims of a conspiracy, then we should have a strict investigation!" The second great elder nodded in agreement. "I just hope that we do not raise any suspicion which will distract the other disciples. We are, after all, a sect, and we are as one. Our united power is the strength of our sect."

"We have been lenient for way too long, and two of our disciples ended up dying. My second brother, your suggestion is still as useless as always." The first great elder said coldly.

"If you want to search for the murderer, you will need to find out who was in Planet Scarlet Snow during that period of time. Then use the satellite monitoring system to find out who they were with when they were still alive. After that, you should be able to find some clues. If you find out that it wasn't a spy, but a fight between the disciples, how are you going to deal with it?" The second great elder said as he smiled faintly.

"The murderer will be killed! Those who broke the rules must be punished!" The boss said firmly. "Or else, what will those supervisors think?"

The second great elder smiled and did not answer.

The third great elder shook his head, after all, it was none of his business. It was the issue between the first and second great elders, all he needed to do was to wait and reap any benefits.

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Many days had passed ever since Garen killed Ron and Barrow.

The Scarlet Snow Sect sent several Inherited Level officers to take part in the thorough investigation on this matter. However, because the crime scene was being completely destroyed by the fire, there were no useful clues left. In addition to that, most of the places were being interfered by the Crystal Configuration. Under the influence of the crystals, most of the clues had already been messed up before the investigators arrived, making it even more difficult to find any clues.

Garen returned to his own temporary base to continue his training and rest.

He sent Little One and Little Two to help Bainster with his chores. In a blink of an eye, the time had arrived, and he needed to proceed towards the void battlefield.

Originally, he intended to complete some mission to accumulate some experience points, however, it wasn't within his contemplation that some things happened. With that said, Garen naturally did not need to go on a mission anymore.

Instead, he stayed in the temporary base to carefully study the use of the magic sword, Sunlight. First, he combined multiple speed fists with the Sunlight's sword technique.

Besides using Sunlight's sharp and destructive power to break through the defense of force fields, Sunlight was its one and only move.

The explosive power of this move could instantly form a huge light pillar attack, which had an Inherited Level lethal power and its affected range was extremely horrifying. However, just by activating his move once, it used up a large amount of energy.

If he were to use this move, he must ensure that it would be a fatal hit. If he failed to end his opponent, then the energy of the magic sword, Sunlight, would be significantly weakened. He must not use it casually, as he was only allowed to use it when he was sure he was able to kill.

However, Garen observed carefully the golden-blue flame of the magic sword, Sunlight did not seem capable of absorbing the energy of its opponent's life and soul. He still did not know what it was absorbing through killing.

This was also the key to naming Sunlight as a magic sword on the secret scroll.

Every time it was being used, someone must die. Otherwise, the power of the magic sword will decrease rapidly.

Under normal circumstances, the power Sunlight would not need to be fully expressed to be able to bypass the defense force field of anyone below Inherited Level. However, after being fully activated, it could break through the Inherited Level. As for which specific level among the Inherited Level, Garen was also not very clear.

Not too long afterward, due to the deaths of Ron and Barrow, the great elders moved forward those who were lower in rank to fill the first and second spots. Then, the great elders' subordinates once again went to the Two Hearted disciple center to recruit two more members to become a three hearted member.

Garen was also demanded to provide some information and clues regarding the homicide since someone saw him together with Ron and Barrow. However, no one would suspect that a guy who had just become a Three-Hearted disciple was capable of killing both of the Two-Moon Level experts. After all, there was a big gap between their strength, with a three-level gap between them: the new-moon level, half-moon level, and full-moon level. Even if the two of them were to stand still and allow Garen to do whatever he wanted to with them, it would take him at least half a day to break through their defenses. It was impossible for him to finish them off in such a short time.

According to the investigation, the fight ended within five minutes. Therefore, Garen naturally could not be the suspect.

After a round of investigation, the head of the investigation team had no choice but to let Garen go, so he returned safe and sound.

Everything seemed to have returned to its calm state. The crisis of Ron and Barrow being killed had gradually subsided since people die in Planet Scarlet Snow every year, be it in the void battlefield, the other sect competitions, or being murdered by spies.

Although the recruitment pace of the Three-Hearted disciples could not be considered fast, it was also not that slow, due to the fact that this time, two high-rank disciples were killed and therefore, it caused such a big havoc. However, no matter how serious the chaos was, it will eventually die down.

Finally, it was time to leave the sect and head to the void battlefield.

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At the peak of Planet Scarlet Snow's headquarters, which was built on top of an abnormally tall snow peak.

Within the white snowstorm, there was a huge, black vortex swirling slowly; it was being surrounded by a large amount of dark fog. In between the dark fog, there was an extremely deep black passage. It was as if it could lead to the depths of an unknown universe.

Under the whirlpool, several members of the Scarlet Snow Sect were already waiting there quietly.

Garen also sat with his legs crossed among them with his eyes closed.

During these few days, his combat level did not increase, and he did not find anything that could strengthen him from Ron and Barrow's space rings. They had probably used up all their useful resources, so obviously there wasn't anything left.

However, there was a wealth in it, especially Ron's. There was at least ten-million worth of crystals stored in his space necklace, as they were high-quality golden crystals. Golden crystals were highly concentrated crystals, each one of them equated to one to two million crystals, which was why they were so rare.