25 Chaos (1/2)
Mortal Leaving Pinnacle Realm (263/800 XP)
(I'll include the XP at the start of every chapter from now on for an easier time tracking it for both myself and readers.)
”Quick through the gates…” On the north side of the city, the guards lay slumped against the gates – darts sticking out of their neck like a pimple on the clear face of a noblewoman standing in the spotlight among her friends.
But like said pimple, people couldn't help but look and gossip at the guards which had just been incapacitated in front of them – the line of people gasped and argued as the gates began to close, those who tried to enter were hit with the same darts which had incapacitated the guards just seconds earlier and they slumped to the ground in an instant, dead or alive? No one could tell or be bothered to stop and check.
Those that had fallen seconds earlier and were unlucky enough to have been near the back of the group were trampled as they turned around and ran away from the gates, everyone was in a daze – in those short minutes the North gate of the Capital had been taken over silently, as the gates had closed no one inside had noticed the change.
The walls isolating the shouts and screams of those on the other side perfectly, yet no one had noticed the faint ripples in the air as each black-cloaked figure had entered through the gates nor did they notice the faint humming sound that had appeared when the gates had closed as they had already disappeared into the city after closing and jamming the gates, rushing towards the inner city of the capital.
But they didn't notice the figure who appeared behind them, out of the shadows a grin hanging on the corner of his mouth before turning around and walking away in the direction of the Technique Pavilion at a leisurely pace.
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'Hehehehe, finally.' I laughed to myself silently. I'd detected several powerful auras rushing through the city quickly, appearing just in time to watch them disappear towards the Inner City – it was finally time for me to make my move.
Just a while longer and I'd be able to take advantage of the chaos – maybe I would even be able to kill that Core Gathering Expert in the pavilion under the cover of chaos and push me one step closer to my breakthrough…
The thought caused my heart to beat against my chest with added vigour as I thought of my impending breakthrough, I would need to kill an estimated three more third realm experts to progress to the Core Gathering Realm, with an average of 200 XP per Primary stage cultivator I was confident in killing those at the primary stage, less so with those at the Intermediate Stage, I shouldn't be overconfident in my own abilities after all after learning the Shadow Movement Art combat power didn't necessary equate to what realm you were in.
That thought reminded me however, a sly smile on my face as I began to walk into the sky – literally walk as if taking steps up a stairway I slowly ascended and began a leisurely stroll towards the technique pavilion.
Yes this was the technique ”Like Cloud like Mountain.” It allowed me to float into the sky as if I was talking a leisurely walk in the park – of course with my current realm I was constricted to a short three minutes before I would plummet back towards the ground, and my limit was about a hundred feet before I wouldn't be able to defy gravity any longer.
But the ability was exhilarating, I felt like one of the superhero's I had admired when I was younger – rising into the sky and looking down on everyone below, protecting silently from above like a guardian angel.
It was a pity that I had no intentions to help anyone, my heart had grown numb to the actions of others and I could look on indifferently even if I was forced through the entire ordeal of 'that' woman throwing herself down the stairs once more.