The Story Never Ends

There was no sun in the sky, and only dark clouds could be seen. From there, bolts of lightning would fall and strike the land frequently. Thus, these flashes were responsible for providing vision to the Secret Realm, or else it would have been completely dark.

"Wew, it's quite cold here." Davion felt a frigid air brushing past his skin. He then spread his Mind-Eye and scanned everything around him.

"As I thought, there is really no sunlight here," He muttered as he didn't perceive single vegetation that was similar to the outside world. The grounds here were so rocky and had no possibility of growing them. The only thing here was strange blue-colored plants and trees that could only survive in this harsh environment. Not only that, he even saw some lands frozen far away from him.

"Now why is nobody here? Are the disciples dropped at random places?" He thought.

"So, how will I meet with Leyla?" While he was thinking, he saw a small crack appearing in the air ahead of him, and Leyla popped out from there.

"Bang"

She landed and saw Davion standing there.

"It looks like it worked," She sighed in relief. Her mother had given her a soul-tracking talisman that could track the ring on his finger. However, she didn't know whether it could work or not in the void. But it seems like it even brought her here instead of just locating him.

"A domain realm expert is really amazing." She was envious of their abilities.

Seeing her, Davion exclaimed, "How did you come here?"

"I had my own ways," She didn't bother to explain it.

"Ok! Then what about Olivia?" He asked

"Hehe, I didn't think that you would remember me." A female chuckle was heard from behind.

He turned back and saw Olivia coming out like Leyla.

"Olivia, you are hiding too deep," Leyla had a surprised look on her face. She thought that Olivia was only a top inner court disciple but it seems like she has someone backing her. This also explained how she could appear here and why she didn't care too much about the incident with Nora.

However, this was not the same for Davion. He became even more suspicious about her.

"It's nothing." Olivia smiled and didn't say anything more.

Leyla nodded her head and didn't ask about her privacy.

"Since we have all gathered here, we can begin our journey," she said and took out a map from her spirit ring.

"So, where do we go first?" She asked while unfurling it.

Davion saw many locations noted there. Especially at the center, there was a big circle where a symbol of a tree was drawn.

"This should be the place where I've to go." He kept it in his mind and said, "You can decide it."

"Yes," Olivia also agreed.

"Ok! Then we will go in search of the Lightning pearls. They are useful for lightning-based cultivators like me and Davion. And they are found here." Leyla replied while pointing her index finger on the map.

"A lake?" Davion asked as he saw it marked on the map.

"Yes, a frozen lake. They are found deep inside it," Leyla explained and took out her flying artifact. It was the same purple-colored ship and they jumped onto it. It then slowly took off into the sky.

***

Half an hour later,

They saw a huge lake which was completely frozen and surrounded by mountains from all sides. They descended from the ship and landed on its surface.

"Do we have to break it?" Davion asked.

"Of course." Leyla took out her whip and was about to attack when Olivia interrupted her all of a sudden.

"Let me do it. My flame techniques are better here."

"As you say." Leyla let her do it and was curious about how strong she was. This was also the case for Davion.

Olivia took out several silvery shiny needles which were at least 50 centimeters long and threw them downwards. These nails entered the ice, and a pattern of a circle could be seen from outside.

"Sixteen Flame Needles Formation"

All the needles shined at the same time and dangerous heat energy began radiating out from them. Seeing this, Leyla and Davion backed away and created a safe distance from it.

Due to the heat energy, the ice began melting at the speed visible to the naked eyes. Huge water vapor was released, and the surface melted completely in a couple of seconds.

"Good strength." Davion praised her as he found her strength comparable to Liam.

"Haha, but I'm sure this is not worth mentioning infront of you." Olivia showed a cheeky smile on her face and said in a low voice which he could only hear.

"Eh! Does she know my other identity?" Davion became confused.

"Olivia, I didn't know that you were a formation master." Leyla was impressed. She knew that learning formation arts required a lot of time and were quite difficult.

"Forget about that. Let's go in already," Olivia said.

Leyla nodded and ordered, "Stay close to me."

They didn't ask anything and approached her. Afterward, she closed her eyes and channeled her spiritual energy into the necklace that was hung on her neck. Due to her robes, it couldn't be seen from outside.

A circular barrier steadily formed around them and after a few seconds, they were completely surrounded.

"She deserves to be the daughter of the Sect Elder. She has two middle-stage spiritual artifacts in her possession," Davion thought.

"Let's move," Leyla suggested and they dived inside.

Inside the lake,

It was completely dark and hardly only a few meters away from the barrier could be seen. This was all due to the light emitted by the barrier. So, Olivia snapped her fingers and produced a ball of fire above her hand. As a result, they could get a proper vision around them.

Except for some blue-colored creatures that were moving randomly, there was nothing else extraordinary here.  They looked like the devils in the cultivation pool of the Bone and Devil Sect.

"These creatures are the so-called guardians formed from the aura of heavens and earth. However, they are the weaker ones. The stronger ones are way below and should be protecting those pearls," Leyla explained.

"So, are we going to kill them or let them be?" Davion asked.

"Of course not. There are too many of them, and it's useless to waste our energy on them. That's why I used this barrier in the first place," she looked at him like a fool.

"Hehe, But I want to see how strong they are," Davion replied and immediately rushed out from the barrier.

"You..."

Leyla really wanted to curse out loud.

"Maybe he wants to impress us with his skills," Olivia joked.

"Humph, then he can forget about it." Leyla crossed her arms and gazed in his direction coldly.

"Although I angered her, I had to do it," Davion sighed. This was all due to the fact that he was in dire need of experience points. Since he saw these many guardians, how could he let them go to waste?

"Thunder Domain"

Davion yelled and a field of lightning surrounded every single of them.

"Bang..bang.."

They exploded like fireworks in the sky and the only difference was that it took place in water.

"What is this technique?" Leyla became speechless. She couldn't believe that he managed to kill them all in a jiffy.

"Interesting," Olivia muttered and had a cold glint in her eyes.

After dealing with them, Davion came inside the barrier and asked, "How was it?"

"Just so, so." Leyla didn't want to compliment him. However, this was not the same for Olivia. She caught his hands and shyly said, "Davion, you looked really strong."

"Is that so?" Davion smiled and pulled her into his embrace.

"You two…" Leyla's face became red and had her mouth wide open.

Nonetheless, Davion didn't care about her. He took his mouth closer to Olivia's ear and whispered, "Who are you?"

"Your Olivia, of course," Her voice sounded quite enticing.

Davion's expression changed a little as he felt some force trying to invade his body. Not only that, he felt his vision getting blurred and something trying to pull out his soul.

"Stop!" Leyla suddenly cried out and separated the two of them. Only then did Davion come back to his senses.

She stood in the middle of them and said, "We are in a Secret Realm. Please control yourselves."

"Sorry, Leyla. I was only joking with him." Olivia smiled while glancing at Davion.

"Oh! Yes, yes," Davion nodded.

Leyla would surely not believe them. So, she said, "No need to hide it from me. You two can enjoy your time together after coming out."

Then without waiting for their reply, she controlled the barrier to go downwards.

"She is too scary." Davion had beads of sweat on his forehead thinking about that experience. While he was in deep thought, he saw Olivia smiling in his direction.

"What does she want?"