Stephanie Stuart responded, “Over a month ago, your grandfather came to Skydragon City again. He informed us that the Guardian Alliance is under immense pressure and doesn’t have much energy to deal with the Blood and Devil Sects. He warned us to be cautious.”
“Aunt Stephanie, did Grandpa Stuart mention where they are?” Felicia asked.
“I asked, but he didn’t tell us,” Stephanie Stuart shook her head. “I suppose he’s worried that if he tells us and we go looking for them, it will only increase casualties.”
“Understood!” Felicia nodded.
The next morning, Billy spent half a day reinforcing the Gathering Spirit Array in the northern mansion, making the spiritual energy inside even denser.
In the following days, Casey and the Azure Dragon group did nothing but practice diligently inside the Gathering Spirit Array, day and night.
Everyone knew that the upcoming enemies would be much stronger than the people from the four major empires before. They had to quickly improve their strength.
When Casey and the others were still on Ether Mountain, most of them had already glimpsed the light of the next level.
So, after less than ten days in the Gathering Spirit Array, they successfully broke through.
Casey officially stepped into the seventh-rank Sacred Realm, while Azure Dragon and Azure Fang reached the sixth-rank Sacred Realm.
Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Frostblade, and others officially broke through to the fifth-rank Sacred Realm, while Judge, Soul Chaser, and others reached the fourth-rank Sacred Realm.
In addition, Billy upgraded the array used for training the Skydragon Dark Guard, enhancing its gathering effect.
After spending ten days inside the array, most of the Dark Guard members also made progress in their cultivation.
It is worth mentioning that Billy spent two days setting up another Gathering Spirit Array in the Lord’s Mansion.
This Gathering Spirit Array was specifically for Marquise Thompson, Isaac Herring, and other core members of the Lord’s Mansion to use.
He had planned to do this a long time ago but never had the time to focus on it.
He happened to be free these days, so he finally fulfilled this wish.
Naturally, Marquise Thompson, Isaac Herring, and others were extremely grateful and delighted. They knew very well the value of the Gathering Spirit Array. It was an invaluable treasure that countless martial artists dreamt of!
Besides being busy with the Gathering Spirit Array, Billy devoted himself wholeheartedly to researching ‘sound transmission talismans’ and ‘Inscription Array Art.’
With his cultivation reaching the eighth-rank Sacred Realm, his array skills had also made great progress.
After half a month of sleepless research, he finally made significant breakthroughs.
Now, the ‘sound transmission talismans’ he drew could effectively transmit messages over a distance of more than two thousand kilometers.
He was confident that given another half a month, the ‘sound transmission talismans’ would be usable anywhere in the Forbidden Ruins Space.
Similarly, his ‘Inscription Array Art’ had also improved significantly.
He had Judge and Soul Chaser help him create several bamboo puppets over a meter tall.
After dozens or even hundreds of attempts, he finally inscribed the first ‘robot’!
Although this ‘robot’ had imperfect attack power and agility, it possessed strong resistance to attacks.
Even if it stood still, it could withstand a full-force attack from a Saint realm warrior!
Although it was still too weak for the current war situation, it was a great achievement for Billy because he had gone from zero to one!
According to his estimation, it wouldn’t be long before he could inscribe a ‘robot’ capable of contending with Divine Realm warriors!
…
In an unknown realm, a floating city appeared beneath a starry sky.
The reason for using the word “floating” was that the entire city was suspended in mid-air.
The city was large in scale, two or three times bigger than the largest city in the Forbidden Ruins Space, Crimson Flame Imperial City. Naturally, it had a much larger population as well.
The main city area was surrounded by walls hundreds of meters high, exuding a strong sense of majesty.
Beyond the main city area lay a primitive forest.
At this moment, in an open mountainous area on the eastern outskirts of the city, two beautiful figures were practicing martial arts in the void.
On the ground not far away, an old woman looked up and observed. The old woman was Aubree!
“Greetings, Aubree!” Harleen and Ivy landed not far from Aubree and bowed respectfully.
“Lady Harleen, Lady Ivy, I’ve said before that you don’t need to be so formal with me,” Aubree smiled and said. She had always maintained this form of address towards Harleen and Ivy.
Harleen had mentioned a few times that she could just call them Harleen and Ivy directly, but Aubree hadn’t changed her address.
“Well then, you are supposed to call us informally,” Harleen smiled.
“Haha, alright then. From now on, I’ll call you Harleen and Ivy!” Aubree responded with a smile.
“Thank you, Aubree!” Harleen and Ivy replied simultaneously.
“How about showing me your progress in cultivation during this period?” Aubree continued.
“Sure!” Both of them nodded again.
“Harleen, do you want to go first or should I?” Ivy then looked at Harleen and asked.
“You go first, Ivy!” Harleen responded.
“Alright!” Ivy nodded.
She then walked several hundred meters forward while holding her sword. At the same time, an overwhelming aura emanated from her body.
The entire void was enveloped in a terrifying pressure.
In an instant, her figure danced as her hand flipped and turned. Countless fiery sword lights flashed in the void.
In just a few blinks of an eye, Ivy’s eyes narrowed as she forcefully flicked her wrist.
Immediately, a sword aura surged out from her sword.
The sword aura fell like shooting stars. Wherever it passed by, the surrounding air ignited like flames forming a long dragon. Thunderous sounds echoed through the air.
As the sword aura swept through, the temperature of the air in this area rapidly rose like a furnace.
Immediately after that came a deafening roar that spread throughout the starry sky. The ground trembled slightly.
At the same time, where the fiery dragon had passed by, every towering tree around instantly burned to ashes. The ground turned into scorched earth.
Several savage beasts in the forest were hit by the sword aura and exploded into pieces. Among them were high-ranking Sacred Beasts.
At the point of impact of the sword energy, there was a large crater several hundred meters in diameter. Inside it was also scorched earth with smoke lingering around.
The power of this sword was several times stronger than Ivy’s previous cultivation technique, ‘Sword Roaring Across Heaven and Earth’!
“Not bad! You’ve already reached perfection. It’s much faster than I expected!” Aubree said with satisfaction as she watched this scene.
“Thank you for your praise, Aubree!” Ivy smiled lightly.
“Congratulations, Ivy!” Harleen also smiled at Ivy.
“Thank you, Harleen! You will only become stronger than me!” Ivy responded with a smile.
“Harleen, it’s your turn!” Aubree then looked at Harleen.
“Alright!” Harleen responded and walked several hundred meters in another direction.