Chapter 1048 Trouble Approaching the Iron Sky Kingdom

Chapter 1048 Trouble Approaching the Iron Sky Kingdom

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ending up crashing directly through close to a dozen mountain peaks as it flew through the Sky Empire, the rabbit demon beast finally managed to fight off the power trying to invade its body and destroy it from the inside just before smashing into a mountain peak located close to the capital city of the Sky Empire.

Although it had no idea where it was, it still sensed several different humans at the Soul Ascension Realm rushing out from the capital city and heading directly towards its current location.

Squeak!?

Swish-!

For this reason, the rabbit demon beast didn't hesitate for a second before turning around and escaping in the direction it had come from. Even if these humans were far weaker than itself, it had no idea if there were any stronger humans around... And given that there were so many Soul Ascension Realm Experts present, it concluded that a stronger one should show up at any moment.

At least it had managed to somewhat remember the path it had been knocked flying by the earlier clash and felt confident in its ability to escape the pursuit of anyone in the Soul Ascension Realm.

Of course, there was no way for the rabbit demon beast to know that the strong human that it was anticipating had been injured just a few weeks earlier and was no longer in the capital of the Sky Empire.

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"I'm sure I felt something powerful over here just a few seconds earlier... Could it be that one of the Soul Ascension Realm Experts from the Onyx Empire came to spy on the capital to make sure that earlier... Could it be that one of the Soul Ascension Realm Experts from the Onyx Empire came to spy on the capital to make sure that the old ancestor of the imperial family is gone?"

Arriving at the place where the rabbit demon beast had just barely managed to stop itself before smashing into one of the mountains bordering the large fields producing food for the capital city, one of the old Soul Ascension Realm Experts from one of the noble families could not help muttering this to himself before narrowing both of his eyes while gazing in the direction that the rabbit demon beast had escaped in.

Although he had not managed to see the other party with his divine sense before the other party had escaped, he was certain that the other party was someone in the Soul Ascension Realm... And given the current state of the Sky Empire, it was only obvious that he thought of the rabbit demon beast as one of the Soul Ascension Realm Experts from the Onyx Empire who had come to spy on them.

Considering that something like this had indeed happened not too long ago, as the Onyx Empire and the other surrounding empires were trying their best to confirm the fact that the old ancestor of the imperial family had indeed disappeared like they had been told by their spies, it was not odd for the old noble ancestor to think something like this upon feeling the Soul Ascension Realm aura lingering in the air around the mountain peak.

"And do you think we can keep control of those mines in the long term? Even if it destroys parts of those mines, it's at least better than just handing them over."

"This... Indeed, its better that we at least get something out of those mines before we lose them..."

Understanding that they had a limited time to make use of those mines considering that the empires were about to move and start their attempts to take control of outer parts of the Sky Empire that were the least protected, the other Soul Ascension Realm Experts quickly agreed with what the old master of the Hollow Thunder Family said.

Even if it would damage some of the more important places for spirit stone sand spiritual metal extraction in the Sky Empire, they would at least be able to get something out of it in the short term.

"So... Now that we have decided on our next course of action, we should start out with the more important mines located close to the border region. Among which, I think the spirit stone mines in the Crystal Sky Kingdom and the spiritual metal mines in the Iron Sky Kingdom should be the most important for us to deal with."

"The spirit stone mines of the Crystal Sky Kingdom shouldn't be too hard to deal with, as the strongest person in that kingdom is only in the Third Stage of the Domain Lord Realm, but dealing with the Iron Sky Kingdom will not be easy."

"Indeed, Yi Min is already in the Peak of the Domain Lord Realm and together with her formation, she is more than capable of fighting someone in the Soul Ascension Realm. If we want to take control of her spiritual metal mine, we will have to go personally... And more than one person if we want to ensure our success..."

"This... Maybe we can make use of the time while the different empires are still hesitating on whether or not to attack us to deal with Yi Min."

"No, it's far too risky-"

"Hmph! Should we just give up such a precious spiritual metal mine? You should know full well that there is no way she will cooperate with us considering her ties to the imperial family!"

"But what if-"

As the group of Soul Ascension Realm Experts began discussing their situation and how to deal with Yi Min who was more than strong enough to resist someone in the Soul Ascension Realm by herself, the group ultimately ended up deciding that three of them would leave to take care of her and take control of the spiritual metal mine while the rest remained back in the capital.

With three people in the Soul Ascension Realm present, they expected to be more than strong enough to deal with Yi Min, while also having the strength to escape together in case one of the powerful Soul Ascension Realm Experts from one of the surrounding empires appeared to attack them.