THE PROMISE AT FOURTH STAND.
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Matero came across a lot of amazing sights, as they journeyed to the East star, it was wonderful to finally see some things again, the remaining fourteen were baffled beyond words. They saw things they had never seen before, of the entire company, only General Xiao and Matero could maintain their composure.In about a week, they arrived at the 'fourth stand', it was a nation with just three cities.
The entire nation was barely larger than Sun city, but this little nation could easily wipe out dozens of the black nation. It was a great nation dominated by powerful cultivators, non cultivating people couldn't be found anywhere. It was in this nation the company first met those above the three realms, the tiny nation had over a hundred people in the fourth realm of the cultivation path.
The fourth realm was an entirely different level, referred to as the realm of 'pseudo spirits', the cultivators at this level had almost no bit of humanity left. The realm unlike those before it had seven steps and with each step came enormous power.
Fourth stand was filled to the brim with immense pressure, Matero discovered that cultivators below the third realm would find it hard to live in such a nation, but luckily the fifteen were given equipments that helped in fighting the pressure. They came to fourth stand to use its teleportation mechanism, East star was extremely faraway and is almost impossible to reach. With the teleportation mechanism, the entire participants could be moved to the East star all at once.
They had to wait for other nations to arrive before the mechanism is activated and they leave for the east star. Matero spent all his free time meditating.
"Matero seems pretty confident." That was Pinpin, she had always observed the way Matero addressed issues with so much nonchalance. It was like he didn't feel pressured. "Too confident." She added and sighed.
"He is strange." Kelena replied. "He resonates perfectly with the nature, like one god in human flesh." She laughed, she felt like she was praising Matero.
"I believe he has secrets, he isn't who we think he his." Pinpin chipped in. "If we knew who he was, we wouldn't be so surprised anymore." If Matero was a child of heaven, then the things he did wouldn't be a shock to anyone, only children of heaven defied nature. The thing was just that children on heaven had a mark, Matero didn't have it.
While they discussed, Matero was seated not far away meditating, he showed no signs of life, he was like a statue. He had been that way for hours, still.
A stone shot towards Matero, it travelled like a bullet and went straight for his head, just as the stone was about to hit Matero, he suddenly opened his eyes and caught it just in time. Simultaneously, Haru, Kelena and Da sun were assaulted by stones that seemed to come out of nowhere. They all evaded the stones and the company turned towards the source, infuriated.
"Ha, ha, ha, we never expected these scums to be here again." A young man clothed in red robes laughed at the company, about eight others surrounded him, all dressed in a similar attire with the first one, they stood with smug looks on their faces.
"Who do you think you are?" Haru snarled, the stone just now could have left him blind if he didn't react quickly.
"Well, they are managing to talk back this time around. The black nation, you guys are like the frog at the bottom of a well." The young man laughed louder, his aura suddenly crashed towards the company.
Due to the equipments they used, the aura wasn't threatening but you could tell the rank from the intensity.
"Is that?"
"At such a young age?"
"Oh my, he is at the first step of the third realm!" Pinpin's voice shook as she spoke.
"They are all at the third realm." Matero gave a dry helpless laugh and a long sigh afterwards. "We are not their match."
"How can you say that Matero." Haru unleashed his fury, third realm or not, he was attacked by these jerks for no reason.
"Give it up fool." Titi hit Haru at the back of his head. "Let us just walk away." She gently announced.
Xiao who observed from a distance smiled, life wasn't fair, the strong bullied the weak. The fifteen returned to their initial positions, nobody spoke, they had defeated looks.
The band that assaulted them laughed and soon began to move away, just as they turned around, Matero rose to his feet.
"Oh don't leave just yet." Matero said with a sarcastic tone. "Can we know your nation?" Matero questioned nonchalantly, a smile was fixed on his lips.
"I am Adorna and we are from the great nation Erka mist." The youth turned and replied with pride, the others with him nodded, full of bliss.
"Well, I Matero of the black nation swear." Matero had a drastic change in aura, everyone who heard him turned in his direction, they were eager to hear his words. "Not just Erka mist, but every single nation from the fourth stand will be totally crushed by the black nation."
Silence reigned, Matero's words just now had struck them all dumb. They wanted to laugh, they should be, but something accompanied those words. The threat should mean nothing but some how, a thread of fear fastened round their hearts. This was an effect of the soul art (path).
Matero quickly resumed his meditation, the silence lingered after he sat. The disciples from the black nation were equally puzzled, it all remained this way for a while.
"My mastery of the soul art is incredible." Just now, Matero had used the soul art and he had scared everyone that heard him, he quickly stopped because some masters at the fourth realm had sensed what he was doing. If he meant evil, he could have killed a lot of people just now.
"The teleportation mechanism is now ready, let all participants gather within the marked area." A voice like thunder broke the silence, everyone was jolted to life.
They quickly began to gather in a circle that was suddenly dermacated by a bright light.The entire company from the black nation stood side by side, they felt like they were gradually submerged into an immense pressure. The circle grew brighter and brighter until suddenly, they all disappeared.
The passers-by moved on like nothing happened, it was a normal sight to the people who lived in fourth stand.Simultaneously, in a nation far-away, a similar light appeared.
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