7 Aftermath and Consequences (1/2)

”Are you sure?” Number 12 asked.

”Yes. I sensed it. My stripe vanished from the shield,” Number 5 replied.

”Why did it take Teacher so long to reach the peak of the Xantian Rungs?” Number 2 asked.

”Was there a problem with the shield? Ye, can you trace the location now that it vanished?” Number 12 asked.

”It's an incredible distance. No, it's even further than that. It's almost as if… Aria, I can't track this alone. Let me link up with you. Use your Grand Probability Spell,” said Number 5, the man named Ye.

Aria turned to face her fellow disciples. She grinned. ”Come over here, Ye. My Grand Probability Spell will find him when we link, no problem. It may take some time, though. Arc, you're the strongest of us. Can you get me some Desolate Beast Cores. I need around 50. Make sure they're Middle Ascendant in rank or higher.”

”No problem,” said Number 2, the man named Arc. He held up his sword in salute and his aura exploded, nearly bringing the rest of the 12 to their knees. He vanished into thin air.

In the aftermath of Arc's disappearance Number 12 muttered, ”Are there even 50 Ascendant rank beasts alive in this plane?”

”Then,” said Aria as she clapped her hands to draw everyone's attention back to herself, ”We have a plan of action. Everybody, let's go find Teacher!”

Their cheers echoed down the hall. The guards outside of the room didn't dare flinch or let their expressions crack. Before the 12 Disciples of the Sage, no one dared to act out.

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In the battle's aftermath Cara found herself alone again. She felt a unique intimacy with the forest around her, as if its power was now part of hers. She couldn't explain it, but the sensation filled her with a familial warmth.

She drove her cultivation and found it without flaws. A tremendous amount of energy and power coursed through her. The defects in her cultivation that existed before melted away under the strange Earth Element pressure. She didn't know how to explain it.

She looked on her jade-glossed skin and smiled. She met her first goal since her reincarnation; she now stood at the peak of the Xantian Realm, and she only needed to collect a sufficient amount of mana to prepare for her breakthrough to the third realm, Zong.

But she was cautious. She didn't understand her newfound powers and that worried her.

It was at that moment a strange thought crossed Cara's mind. Her eyes widened and she wanted to slap herself for not thinking of it sooner. She cleared her throat.

”Status.”

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[Name: Cara

Age: 15

Occupations: Spirit Contractor (3)

Titles: Contractor of the Soldier Garden's Queen

Level: 47 - (44 + 3)

Health Points: 109,483/110,000

Mana: 250,000/250,000

Strength: 9,454

Speed: 9,922

Accuracy: 10,001

Stamina: 15,033

Skills:

NEW ------ Spirit Contract: 1

NEW ------ Spirit Forge: 1

NEW ------ Spirit Summon: 1

Jade-Dragon Body Cultivation Technique: 6X

NEW ------ Full Jade Body: 1

NEW ------ Yggdrasil's Heaven Fist: 1

NEW ------ Alchemy: 3