Chapter 162 - Collecting Holy Nourishing Crystals

Cale with his full Void Wolf Immortal set equipment came inside the Cave of Endless Grievance with Aurora following closely behind him. 

When Cale first came inside this cave, he was still a bit cautious. But after his breakthrough, he swaggered inside without even bothering to mask his aura. 

"Cale, you should release your Brutal Armored Pegasus and let it consume some of the Holy Nourishing Crystals. After all, it is a progeny of a god beast. It would be a waste if you just let it cultivate inside the Virtual Training Environment." Asteria reminded Cale in a stern voice.

After hearing her words, he was somewhat surprised. It was the first time that Asteria told her about Ember's origins. Ember was the Brutal Armored Pegasus that Cale tamed when he was still on his way towards the Celestial Sword Empire. He thought that the savage beast was just a little special. He never would have thought that it was actually a god beast progeny.

But in all honesty, he had really forgotten about the presence of Ember due to the series of events that had happened inside the empire. He was too focused on it that he did not recall taming a savage beast along the way.

"Why did you not remind me earlier?" Cale smiled ruefully. He only had himself to blame since he neglected Ember for quite some time. He then summoned it out of the Virtual Training Environment. 

An elegant and savage-looking horse appeared in front of him. The moment it saw Cale, it happily rubbed its head on his body making him even more guilty about his past actions. 

Cale rubbed Ember's head gently and spoke in an apologetic tone. "Sorry, Ember. I was not good to you during the past few weeks." 

Ember shook its head as if it had understood Cale's words.

Cale smiled and hopped on its back. He then extended his hand and glanced at Aurora with a bright smile beneath his armor. "Sit behind me, Aurora. It's not a bad experience at all." 

Aurora was silent for a moment, but she still grabbed Cale's hand. She felt his warm hand pulling her towards the back of Ember. She was seated behind Cale. The latter then held both of her hands and placed it on his waist. "Hold me tightly if you don't want to fall." He said with a smile. 

Aurora unconsciously tightened her hold on Cale's waist making Cale feel two soft mounds pressing against his back. His heartbeat quickened, but he hurriedly dispelled the rising heat he was feeling. 

Cale sighed in relief that Aurora did not notice anything or it would have been really awkward for them both. He then urged Ember to run towards the direction of Heavenly Winged Guardian's lair. 

The Cave of Endless Grievance was one of Shura's forbidden regions. And the Heavenly Winged Guardian's lair was merely one of the tunnels inside the cave. As for how many tunnels were present inside the cave, even Cale was not sure.

"Asteria, what do you think about this place?" Cale asked Asteria's opinion since she was more knowledgeable than him. 

"Nothing special at all. It is merely termed as a forbidden region by the inhabitants of Shura because of the large number of high-level beasts inside the cave. But because of this, the beasts inside were also able to acc_u_mulate strength and numbers through the passing of time." Asteria replied in a disinterested voice. 

Cale was speechless at her reply. He even felt the disdain in her voice. 

After a few more minutes, they arrived at the vicinity of the Heavenly Winged Guardian's lair. Cale saw the familiar faces of the winged humanoid beasts. He then smiled and said in an unhurried tone. "Let's wreak havoc, little Ember. Go!"

Ember neighed proudly and dashed towards the beasts in a flash. Cale jumped out of Ember's back and unfurled his Void Wolf Immortal Wings. He then slashed his Void Wolf Immortal Sword in midair producing a burning sword wind that cut the humanoid beasts in half like slicing several pieces of tofu. 

Aurora gracefully hovered in midair and waved her right hand causing countless ice spears to materialize from above. Shen then swiped her right hand as if commanding those ice spears to pierce the beasts down below. 

"Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Ember roared and bashed the stunned humanoid beasts with its thick metallic skull. It even spewed flames from time to time which surprised Cale. 

"It is indeed a god beast progeny. How dumb I was to waste its potential by locking it inside the Virtual Training Environment. Sigh!" Cale muttered to himself while casually slaying a Saint-Class humanoid beast with one slash of his sword.

The trio was like the reincarnation of the god of death. They killed countless Heavenly Winged Guardians. Although Ember was only a Saint-Class level savage beast, its advantage was its superior physical body. 

After another few minutes, more than ten Heavenly Winged Guardians with bigger physiques emerged. They glared at the trio who were causing a huge ruckus inside their lair with menacing eyes.

"Oh, you guys are finally here... Good! But ten is still not enough to defeat us..." Cale shook his head in a slightly regretful tone. 

He was not being arrogant at all because he was confident about his strength. Just by using his cultivation alone was enough to kill these humanoid beasts. How much more if uses his Advance Sword Intent? 

The ten Heavenly Winged Guardians brandished their stone weapons and attacked Cale's group without holding back their strength. 

"Ember, you take on those Saint-Class level beasts down below. As for these bigger fishes, we are enough for this..." Cale smiled disappeared from his spot before cleaving one Immortal-Class level Heavenly Winged Guardian in one sword strike. 

Aurora was a bit surprised after witnessing his strength. Her hope about their revenge was renewed once more, making her eyes brighten for a brief moment.