Having gone around the mountain and still unable to find a way in, Alex, Whisker, and Shumi were left scratching their heads.
"Brother, we've tried going above and through the mountain, so what about below it?" Whisker asked. "I can move underground and check if there are any openings there."
Alex considered Whisker's suggestion for a bit, hesitating to find anything credible within it. His spiritual sense expanded at once, encompassing the entire island, searching for any caves or crevices that could lead to a tunnel system, but he found nothing at all.
"There's no opening to a cave, so if the only way was underground, then that would be stupid," Alex said.
"But we don't have any other ideas, right?" Whisker asked. "We can at least cross out the possibilities. That's my purpose anyway, is it not?" While it was true that Whisker, as a Seeking Mouse, was made for this sort of task, Alex found it hard to let him do anything considering the massive birds that would be coming down to attack him each ti.
"If he can find sothing, we should let him," Shumi said. "If you're worried about the birds, I can deal with them. They're all made of fire and are particularly weak to my Yin attacks."
Alex thought for a mont longer and sighed. "Alright, fine. I could do it myself, but you're much better than at this anyway."
"I won't disappoint you, brother," Whisker said with a wide grin. "Here I go."
He jumped off Shumi's shoulders and dove into the ground as if it were no different from water. He quickly disappeared underground, and Alex could sense and see the things that Whisker could.
Every bit of information Whisker received in that mont, Alex received as well.
Almost imdiately, a single bird ca down from the sky, massive in size. Shumi slowly pulled out her thin blue sword, Yin energy seeping out from her body in that mont, moving into her sword.
A faint hint of blue mist rose from her sword at the sa ti, taking the shape of an illusory flower. The petals of the flower suddenly pulled themselves out, turning into copies of the sword's blade, each one thin and icy blue.
Shumi stabbed forward, and over a dozen different ice blades shot out like arrows, sticking into the body of the incoming bird. The bird cawed once before the ice dismantled the fire that was its body, almost imdiately making it disappear.
This was the second ti she had used this technique, and this ti around, Alex got to sense the strength of her attack.
It was about the sa as his.
Immortal Spirit 1st realm.
Alex wasn't sure if he should've been surprised or not upon seeing that. Her cultivation base was higher than his, as it appeared, which made sense considering he had lost so many years.
When the bird vanished, another one didn't appear right away, giving them so ti to dawdle.
"Can I ask what your cultivation base is?"
Shumi turned around, a simple look on her face. "Immortal
Transcendent 1st realm."
Alex paused for a second. "Immortal Transcendent?" he asked, taken aback. "You have a Battle Power of 9 as well?"
Shumi's eyebrows raised. "As well? Does that an you are the sa then?"
Alex nodded. "I have a Battle Power of 9 as well. And coincidentally, I'm in the Immortal Transcendent 1st realm as well."
Shumi's eyes widened slightly. "For how long?" she asked.
"Since I reached this realm? A decade," Alex said.
Shumi rolled her eyes when she heard that. "You're lucky, it seems. I've been stuck at it for the past two centuries."
Alex froze for a long mont. "What? Why?"
"My Origin is inaccessible at the mont," Shumi said. "My Spirit Quelling Mist has covered my Origin entirely, not letting go. It's been two centuries since I reached this realm, and I've been unable to continue in my cultivation. I spent so long searching for an answer to what was happening to before I ca here. I'm hoping the Moon Goddess can help fix it here."
Alex raised an eyebrow. "The sa happened to too," he said. "You said 'Spirit Quelling Mist'? I'm guessing it's sothing like my Yellow Fog."
"If you an the gray mist that is within my spiritual sea, yes," Shumi said. "Yours is called Yellow Fog? That doesn't sound godlike at all." Alex stared at her with a blank expression. "Well, forgive for not having records to tell what I have and don't," he said. "It's yellow and it's fog, so I've been calling it Yellow Fog this whole ti."
Shumi smiled a little. "I suppose I might've nad it sothing stupid like Gray Fog myself if I didn't know its true na."
Alex couldn't help but smile as well. "So, is your... mist letting up around your Origin?" he asked. "I think mine is growing weaker."
"A little, but I still can't start absorbing my Creation," Shumi said.
"Which is what?" Alex asked. "If you don't mind telling ." Shumi thought for a mont before answering. "There is a plant that is long since extinct now. The only thing we have remaining is a dried-up root. Many have tried to form a tree out of it and failed. Even in failure, the Creation they received has turned out to be an incredible treasure. As such, I am to do the sa and hopefully form a Creation from the entire tree."
Alex grew curious now. "What is the tree called?"
"It has no na," Shumi said. "If it once did, it's lost to the annals of
history. The only thing anyone can tell is that the tree used to contain an extrely potent Yin aura, and as such, they wish for to form it as a Creation."
Alex's eyes narrowed. "A tree with a strong Yin aura?" he thought as he recalled the gnarly spiraling image of the tree he had seen back on one of the earlier platforms.
Just then, another bird let out a strong caw, grabbing both of their attention as they needed to deal with it once again.
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