Chapter 236: Reunion

Darcel, Aniela, and Masami all froze up as their eyes became increasingly wide-eyed while staring at the Ice Qilin Beast's eyes. They all were feeling a multitude of emotions storm through their mind as several intense sensations shiver their spines.

When the trio was fighting the Spirit Monster Hawk, they noticed the slight yellow hue permeating in its eyes. But besides connecting its power surges to the change in the skies, the trio didn't think much of it.

Nothing in their bodies was alerting to a dangerous sensation at that time. 

But now, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami couldn't stop their legs from slightly trembling. 

When that profound yellow hue swirled in the Ice Qilin Beast's eyes, it caused a chain reaction in the trio's bodies.

The vague tingling sensation Darcel felt in his bloodstream from before has now multiplied by a hundredfold! 

Aniela had the same intense tingling in her bloodstream, but it wasn't as fierce compared to what Darcel felt. 

Masami didn't have such a turbulent sensation rumbling in her bloodstream. But her soul was frantically pulsating in an attempt to soothe her mental state. 

Warm feelings flowed into her Martial Veins, genuinely giving her a sense of comfort. However, that couldn't help the immense dread bubbling up from within her chest. 

What made this situation all the more terrifying was that Darcel, Aniela, and Masami could identify what was causing this horrifying sensation.

"That woman!" 

The trio simultaneously exclaimed as they reached the only conclusion. This terrifying sensation was precisely the same as what they felt mere several days ago when they were outside New Branch City.

Darcel could even go further beyond in knowing this was the yellow-eyed woman since he was all too familiar with the suffocating presence that woman just naturally exudes.

Once realizing who it was, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami all had varied reactions. 

Aniela still stays in her firm belief that the yellow-eyed woman won't do them any harm. She solidly resolute herself for the upcoming meeting.

Masami was in the complete opposite direction. She wanted to get the hell out of here and never turn back to this place. Having a far more close experience with the yellow-eyed woman was causing the dread inside her to overflow.

And Masami isn't someone who would so casually feel dread to anyone. 

Even when she dealt with her parents or her rival factions Elders and Grand Elders, not a single one of them could install dread in her.

And all who she interacted with were mighty Grand Sages that could look down on their entire Province. 

Yet, none of that daring or courage appeared with the yellow-eyed woman. 

Her Darkness Soul link was trying to say it's alright. But her gut was screaming at her to run as far away as possible. 

And then there was Darcel. Unlike Aniela and Masami, who had their minds made up on what to feel, he simply couldn't describe what he was feeling or how they should proceed.

Earlier, he was mostly in agreement with Aniela that they should meet the yellow-eyed woman. However, now, the tingling in her bloodline, the sensations trickling down his spines, everything was making him feel utterly mixed.

The only thing Darcel can say for sure is that things are about to violently change. 

Because the Ice Qilin Beast Heavenly Sage aura vanished all at once, the once-powerful beast was nothing of concern to the trio. At the same time, Darcel, Aniela, and Masami were about to blurt what they each think they should do. 

But right then, the Ice Qilin Beast's vast body began to violently tremble nonstop.

Darcel, Aniela, and Masami's attention stalled as that enormous beast hadn't moved for several seconds now. And what happened next utterly bewildered the trio to their very cores.

'PUFF~!!' 

The enormous Ice Qilin Beast whose prowess completely trumped all three of them, had suddenly combusted into a horrifying yellow blood mist! 

Darcel, Aniela, and Masami felt their ears painfully ring just from the ferocious explosion noise.

And almost immediately after the Ice Qilin Beast combusted, all of its giant yellow blood droplets vanished into nothingness. There was nothing left behind of the behemoth of a Heavenly Sage powerhouse.

The fact that the Ice Qilin Beast was immediately killed without any resistance didn't really make the trio bewildered. The actual reason for their shock was how there wasn't any semblance of power running through the air!

To be able to kill a cultivator without any trace of existence wasn't even possible with the trio's current power level. They could only achieve this with Chaotic Energy, but they also know Chaotic Energy is a higher plane of power far beyond their understanding.

If there were any small doubts Darcel, Aniela and Masami had about the yellow-eyed woman's prowess, it all was utterly squashed at that show of power. 

Despite how incredible that prowess was, Darcel, Aniela and Masami couldn't focus on it for long.

Each of their eyes pupils heavily dilated to tiny needle sizes as a figure had suddenly appeared out of thin air. The figure hovered right where the Ice Qilin Beast had brutally combusted into nothingness.

"Ah-Ah….you-" Darcel and Aniela tried to speak to this figure, but they went utterly rigid mid-sentence. 

"Ah-Ah!!" 

At the same time, Darcel and Aniela crashed to their knees while violently clutching their heads.

Inside of their bloodstreams, a furiously rumbling sensation is wreaking havoc all across their bodies. But it wasn't as if they were in pain from their bloodlines rumbling on their own. 

It was more like they both were entirely suppressed by the figure's unfathomable aura.

For the first time in their lives, Darcel and Aniela genuinely felt as if they were in the presence of someone far superior to them. And really, Darcel and Aniela already met numerous figures that were superior to them.

To their cryptic dreams of ethereal figures, the mysterious spirit Sariel and those Chaotic figures down in their hellish trials. 

All of them were vastly superior to the duo. 

And yet….none of them could make Darcel and Aniela feel like they were inferior. 

But just within seconds of being in this figure's presence, they immediately crashed to their knees, unable to lift their heads up. 

All the while, Masami, surprisingly enough, could still stand on her feet.

Although, the sensation she's experiencing wasn't anywhere inferior to what Darcel and Aniela are experiencing. She froze in genuine fear as her spine couldn't stop shivering. Her Darkness Soul link was rumbling, but it couldn't soothe her mind this time.

Her Darkness Soul link was becoming chaotic, disrupting all sensation in her body. She tried to talk, but no words came out of her mouth. There really wasn't anything she could say at this moment. 

The figure ominously floating in the air was exponentially more terrifying than the Ice Qilin Beast. They had a bloody scarred face, a long dirty blood white shirt, and eyes that could stare into anyone's souls.

The yellow-eyed woman had finally appeared! 

The long-awaited reunion that was continually disturbing the trio for weeks now had finally come. 

And yet, none of them could even stare at the yellow-eyed woman's face.

Darcel and Aniela couldn't lift their heads up from that unfathomable bloodline suppression. While Masami was locked in absolute fear. 

For a few suffocating silent seconds, the yellow-eyed woman didn't move at all.

But, she did keep her gaze locked right on to Darcel and Aniela. The yellow-eyed woman didn't even register Masami's presence yet. Face to face with the ones she was seeking all this time, the yellow-eyed woman could only feel one thing.

After seconds of staying still, she suddenly began to slowly shake her head. 

"Foul….so foul. That organization….it completely ruined both of you." Her voice was like a burst of cold air flowing into the trio's ears.

Masami didn't know what any of that meant. On instinct, she blinked her eyes for a split second, trying to comprehend the yellow-eyed woman's words. 

And in the instance she re-open her eyes, the yellow-eyed woman had suddenly disappeared.

More cold sweat drizzles down Masami's head. She didn't even need to turn her head to know that the yellow-eyed woman was right next to her. The fear wracking her body was more than enough to tell.

Truthfully, Masami wasn't suppressed at all. She could still move around however she pleased, but Masami didn't dare to take an outlandish risk like that. 

No matter how battle-hungry and fearlessly she was, Masami knows the yellow-eyed woman could erase her just like with the Ice Qilin Beast.

While completely ignoring Masami, the yellow-eyed woman imposingly stood in front of Darcel and Aniela. Their shiverings only got intenser as the terrifying woman was so close to them.

But against all expectations, the yellow-eyed woman didn't do any brazen action. She had actually gingerly touched Darcel and Aniela's heads and slowly raised them to their feet.

When they had arisen to a standing position, Darcel and Aniela could now stare right into her soul stunning yellow eyes. Two clashing sensations mixed in Darcel and Aniela's bodies.

On one hand, they both were in absolute awe of the woman's piercing yellow eyes. It was like staring into an endless abyss of a chilling yellow sea. 

But on an entirely different hand, Darcel and Aniela were feeling warm.

The yellow-eyed woman's hands genuinely felt so warm to be under, like they were sunbathing in the glow of a blazing sun. 

These two clashing sensations only further confused Darcel and Aniela's impression of the yellow-eyed woman.

Aniela actually wanted to open her mouth to talk, but no words would come up. She didn't know what to say to her as her mind was so muddled. 

Suddenly then, the yellow-eyed woman poked a single finger on Darcel and Aniela's forehead.

More soothing warmth washed over Darcel and Aniela from the more direct contact. Darcel and Aniela thought while this reunion may have gotten on the wrong foot at first, it was just that the yellow-eyed woman has a strange personality.

The way she's not attacking them but actually providing them warmth causes Darcel and Aniela's minds to slightly relax. 

But after only a couple of seconds, the yellow-eyed woman began to disappointedly shake her head.

"I'm almost getting sick from your foulness. It's all wrong. You two had no idea the absolute tragedy that would've befallen in a year's time from this path."

Darcel and Aniela had no idea what she was talking about. But they had no time to ponder her cryptic meaning.

'Pu-Chi~!!' Blood sprayed out like a terrifying fountain. 

The yellow-eyed woman's hands moved at lightning speeds and savagely tore right in Darcel and Aniela's chest, plunging deep into their hearts.