Dark Phoenix Prince

"Eh."

When Alu just landed after jumping, he saw Rena also jumping at him.

Seeing that, Alu immediately turned towards her.

"Is there something, Miss Rena?" Alu then asked with a faint smile.

Alu can naturally guess the purpose of Rena's arrival. She may want to collect payment.

"Not." Rena shook her head in response.

"I just want to see." She replied while staring at the two items in Alu's hand.

"Oh."

Alu acted as if he just remembered something.

"That's right. I still owe you one spiritual weapon of Nirvana."

Rena didn't speak.

"Well, can we postpone it first, Miss Rena." Alu begged.

"I still want to try this one." Alu said while looking at the sword in his hand.

"Rest assured, the spiritual weapon Nirvana I get next will definitely give it to you right away." Alu continued.

And Rena shook her head once again.

"I told you, I just wanted to see. I'm not charging you." She says.

"Also, now is still not the time for you to pay off your debt."

"...." Alu.

Alu said in his heart; "This woman is really good at making excuses."

"Or does she really not want to charge?"

Alu can't guess Rena's mind.

But no matter what, because on the surface she was saying that she wasn't charging, Alu happily took her word.

Just as Alu wanted to speak to answer Rena, a group of people who were seen covered in blood suddenly came from the passage and entered the independent world.

Each of those people looked very pitiful. Some of them even lost their arms and legs.

To say that they were in a half-dead state might not be an exaggeration at all.

They were of course Holy Light clan people.

Their arrival was probably because of Jather's summons.

"..." Jather

Jather's expression looked many times worse as he saw that his men looked as if they had just emerged from a beast's mouth.

He then looked at Alu with cold eyes.

If staring could kill, Alu would have died several times.

"This is what you call a light blow." Rena spoke in a sarcastic tone as she looked at the people.

"Ehmmm.." Alu cleared his throat.

"There's no need to care about them. Their wounds are quite serious, but their cultivation foundations will be fine." Replied Alu.

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to those people.

Alu then turned his gaze towards the two items in his hand.

The first item that Alu looked at was the golden key in his hand which was said to be one of the keys to opening the dragon gate.

Alu stared at the key carefully as if he wanted to find the secret behind the key.

But even after staring at it for quite a long time, Alu still didn't find anything strange about the key other than the mysterious aura it emitted.

"What do you think?" Alu then asked Rena.

"This key may not have a certain power. However, it may have other uses besides opening the dragon gate. Well, I think we can find the answer if we can get to the other two keys. Maybe on the other dragon gates there are also keys similar to this." Rena replied.

"Mm." Alu nodded. "I agree with you."

"For now I'll save it first."

After saying that, Alu tried to insert the key into his storage ring.

Hong...

However, what happened made Alu surprised.

When he wanted to put the key into the storage ring, he saw that his storage ring actually couldn't pull the key into it.

"It can't even be hidden." Alu said with an astonished expression.

"The holy path clearly wants everyone who holds the keys to fight each other and seize the keys held by the others." Rena replied.

"Yeah." Alu nodded.

He finally put the key in his clothes pocket.

Even though it was hidden by his clothes, the aura emanating from the key couldn't be hidden. Even when Alu tried to cover the key aura with his aura, the key aura still radiated out.

Everyone within a few hundred meter radius of Alu could feel the key's aura.

After keeping the key, Alu then looked at the silver sword in his hand.

When Alu held the sword, he couldn't even feel the weight of an ounce as if all he was holding was a small piece of cotton. It was completely different from ordinary Nirvana artifacts that even he couldn't lift.

Of course, the reason why Alu was able to lift the sword was not because of Alu's strength. It was in fact lifted by the power of the sword itself.

The power of the sword basically made its body as light as possible so that anyone could carry it.

Even though Alu hadn't tied the sword right now, it would still use its own strength so that someone could carry it.

After a moment of staring at the sword, Alu then bit one of his fingers until it dripped blood. And he then dripped a drop of blood from his finger onto the hilt of the sword.

Buzz...

Right after Alu's blood fell onto the hilt of the sword, the blood immediately disappeared and the sword suddenly emitted a golden light that lit up the entire space within the independent world. And it was also emitting such an incredibly powerful aura that the space around the independent world was shaking violently.

Apart from Alu who was holding the sword, everyone in the independent world seemed to have difficulty breathing due to the sword aura.

In fact, that was only because space in that independent world was extremely stable.

If that aura was radiating in the outside world, it would be enough to blow up ten thousand mountains.

"What a vast and great power."

Alu who is holding the sword can't hold back the shock as she feels the power stored within the sword.

Upon feeling that power, Alu felt as if he was seeing an endless ocean. Compared to that ocean, he was basically no different from a small fish that could be swept away easily.

"Is this the peak power of the Nirvana stage?" Alu said.

Even though he could feel it, Alu couldn't measure it because it really was too far and wide for him.

"Well, it will take some time before I can use it."

Shedding blood only meant that one was connected to Nirvana spiritual weapon, but in order to truly bind it one still needed strength, talent, and luck for Nirvana spiritual weapon to fully accept.

Otherwise, even if one possessed the peak power of Nirvana, that person would still not be able to use Nirvana spiritual weapons.

Even with Alu's talent, he couldn't tie it directly.

After that, Alu then stored the sword into the storage ring. And even though it was inside the storage ring, Alu still continued to flow his spiritual energy into the sword.

....

After Alu put the sword into the storage ring and the sword aura disappeared, the people were finally able to breathe in peace.

And they then began to cultivate with the energy balls they had just collected.

They chose to cultivate in this independent world because it was the safest place where no one could attack others.

Even if the people that Alu had kicked out previously returned, they wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

Roux and Reva and the followers of Rena chose their respective places to cultivate.

Jather on the other hand tries to help heal his men's wounds. And he also shared the energy balls he had gathered with them.

And Alu, he looked back at Rena and said. "How about we cultivate too, Miss Rena."

"I'm sure that with the energy balls you've gathered, you should be able to easily break through and even raise your cultivation to the pinnacle of the second layer of the Life and Death stage."

"This is for sure." Rena replied with a confident expression.

"How about you?" She then asked. "Can you break through to the third layer?"

"It's a little difficult." Alu shook his head. "After all, I just broke through. But this will make my cultivation foundation more perfect." Replied Alu.

"Well, I hope." Said Rena.

After saying that, she then sat down right in front of Alu. And she put the sword in her hand beside her body.

Alu frowned slightly when he saw Rena suddenly sitting in front of him.

"Aren't there many other places, Miss Rena? Why are you sitting here?" Alu asked.

Unless their relationship was really close, cultivators usually didn't cultivate in the same place. Even if there was nowhere else, they would usually keep their distance. Cultivating, however, is not trivial.

Even though Alu and Rena have been together these days, they did it purely because of a transaction. Until now, there was no relationship beyond that.

Alu was naturally surprised to see Rena who chose to sit in front of him.

Unless she wants him to go somewhere else.

But Alu won't budge even to a woman.