Chapter 246 - XVI The Announcement

With the sudden burst of killing intent, a disturbance in space was felt a second before the man on the stage vanished.

Pa! Multiple energies were shot at the sky and turned into a multi-colored light that smashed down at Elijah. Under countless eyes, Yassil seemed so angry that he used a full-power blow targeted at Elijah, who despite his recent fame was still not on the same level as a celestial. 

Boom! The elders of the void clan were able to pick up the voices of the crowd to understand what was happening. If the rumors were true, then the "Wife" Elijah was referring to was nobody other than their princess. The light was an extremely compressed energy from several minor laws and with Yassil's control, the attacks entire pressure was aimed at the blond man who seemed to be shooting a glance at the sides.

"No you won't injure dad! Superior Soul Crush!" A female voice full of coldness sounded in everyone's mind before an illusory shadow dashed over to Yassil blocking his judgement and his control over the multi-colored light. Out of nowhere a woman with a long waterfall-like black hair pressed his fists as a large pure black wall of mist so dense it took a solid state, and within a split second the powerful attack was completely devoured.

"Eleventh Step?!" For the time in ages, the middle-aged man besides Yawen showed a completely shocked expression. Yawen sweetly smiled when seeing the way her father was looking at Cassie, who had just taken all the spotlight with this move of hers. 

Recovering from the shock, Yassil turned to the many elders and members of the void clan who numbered most of the people in the stadium. "Elders! What are you doing, capture him! He's the man who deflowered our princess, he must be executed."

Listening to his Yelling the elders standing on the platforms had no idea on what to do. Despite her being unsure about who this lady was, they knew it was impossible for her to be nobody. Most of the time eleventh stage masters would usually stay in the domain of Eternal void in abyss and rarely leave for important matters. For an eleventh stage expert of the clan to appear here, no even Yassil can compare in terms of authority. 

They turned to see the middle-aged man watching everything from afar as well as the anxious expression on the face of the girl by his side and felt a chill in their hearts. Giving a last stare at Cassie, they stepped back and suppressed their aura.

Seeing no one responded to his words, Yassil was about to explode when he gave a closer look at this female who resemble so much the woman in his dreams. However, she only gave him an icy-cold stare before she snorted, a pure-black misty armor had emerged from her skin.

While most of the void clan were really worried about this entire scene, everyone else seemed to be pretty happy with the show in front of their eyes.

"It wasn't a bad idea to come watch this tournament, at least we'll have a good show to watch." 

"That female really resembles the princess. She has Elijah's eyes, though."

The energy and aura of hers started quickly increasing. Feeling the pressure, some of the weakest people and those below the ninth realm felt really hard to stay conscious when the Cassie's aura managed to hit eleventh step peak. Even the dome around the city started to visibly shake as it showed signs of braking.

Seeing everyone else could even move under her pressure, Cassie turned around and ran over to Elijah, who had blood on his lips and was a little pale in the face. Even with her void wall, some of the pressure fell on his body, giving him a fair share of injuries. Yalli, Ava and Evelynne were watching Cassie helping Elijah get up and support him with her arms with strange expressions. 

Most of the crowd couldn't believe and powerful expert of the void clan with power above most celestial beings could expect the next words she uttered that would shake their minds. "Dad, are you fine? We just told you to keep a low profile and boom, you were discovered. But don't worry, our entire family has your back."

"D-dad?" Even Yalli seemed to find it unbelievable. Her eyes constantly changed from Elijah to Cassie before she thought in her heart. 'Is she his child? Well, I wasn't able to sense it in the previous battles, but she does seem to have Yawen's blood. Yet why does she look so much older and powerful than him? Wait, if she's their daughter, then this eleventh step master is my nephew?'

While she was lost in her thoughts, other didn't seem to be so far away. Even the aggressiveness and killing intent vanished as Yassil stared at the two feeling lost. For her to be his daughter, she would have to be at least less than a hundred years. Truth be told, she could not exist for at least half a century. Considering that a hundred years ago, Elijah's father was just a mortal child, this means this eleventh step woman with an aura that lost only to few others in the clan had just thirty to fifty years? What the hell is this hellish talent! 

On the platform, Yawen exchanged glances with her clone and both nodded. Golden-haired Yawen or Serina seemed to have become an independent life form due to the Elijah's incredible origin, but they still shared a part of their mind. While she was in the other cosmic realm, this remnant connection was undetected, and the moment Elijah returned from that parallel world with her clone all the memories came to her in a flash and she could not help but feel shocked at the development of their relationship.

Having come to a conclusion, Yawen gave a pleading stare to her father who smiled to her. Seeming to understand, her eyes shone brightly. 

When everyone was waiting to see how this situation would resolve, another dark-haired beauty leaped through the platforms to land right by the side. A golden-haired female and a thin golden dragon also rushed to Elijah's side.

"You..." Yassil was staring at the shocking arrival of Yawen who slowly walked forward as they crowd would open the way to her. 

Stopping less than a meter from Elijah before raising his hand to caress his face in a loving way, the latter had tears in eyes when he saw the way this black-haired beauty he always regarded it as an untouchable figure in his heart touching his face. Even the elders brought by the middle-aged man watching from the shadows who knew Yawen since she was a child could not believe she could act like this in front of a man.

Her face was deeply blushed as she tried to hold the excitement in her heart. However, she knew it wasn't time to make out with him. Suppressing her feelings, her eyes turned away from Elijah to stare at Yassil. With it all the heartwarming sweet feelings within the profound pair of eyes turned into the darkness cold abyss. Staring at everyone else, a profound aura and pressure, no lower than the one previously emitted by Cassie despite being a little unstable manifested in the stadium. She gathered her courage and stood tall, while taking Elijah's hand and under the eyes of the crowd, Yawen announced in a proud, elegant voice.

"I Princess Yawen hereby declare this man, Elijah Branches as my eternal companion and lover..."After saying these words, her eyes locked on Yassil who just spat gray blood out of his mouth and had an ashen expression of the face. "As for those who oppose it, you may challenge him per the rules of the royal family. Not that i would stop loving him, though."

Said Yawen in a loud voice while hiding the second half to herself.