Chapter 514: Ambush. A sword that splits mountains.
Our girls saw Yasenia looking in the direction the seniors left, so they asked. 'What is in your mind, love?'
Yasenia heard Andrea's questions and shook her head. 'Nothing, don't worry.'
Kali jumped and landed on Yasenia's snout, carrying her earthly and fresh natural scent, making Yasenia's nose twitch. "You smell delightful today, honey."
Kali chuckled and commented aloud. "Love, we should depart. Everyone has gathered."
Yasenia nodded and flicked her snout upwards. Kali used the momentum to jump up and softly land on Yasenia's back.
The other four also jumped upward and stood on Yasenia's back.
Yasenia twisted her neck to look at them, and Tatyana took the chance to take out Yasenia's neck protector and give it to her.
Yasenia wore it quickly, and the others didn't notice how Kaleina slid through a hole into the neck protector.
The little girl landed in a dimly illuminated, cushioned room filled with toys and food. The food was behind a few challenges Kaleina had to overcome, pushing Kaleina's creativity and mind further, even if she was a baby, and feeding her development.
Moreover, since this room was connected with Yasenia's reverse scale, her heartbeat could also be softly heard inside—a heartbeat Kaleina recognized.
Everything in this room was perfectly created for Yasenia's daughter, with formations that cushioned any impacts and momentum from the outside.
This unassuming neckpiece was a peak-level heaven-ranked item solid enough to resist impacts and many other things.
The neck protector was golden and not very big, just enough to protect the area of her reverse scale. More like an armor part, it looked like a pendant fitting for her neck. However, thanks to Yasenia's size, it was more than big enough to fit everything described previously.
Elder Mao, the Golden Body Sect's Elder, took the leadership position and spoke. "Let's depart."
Yasenia extended her wings and flapped, moving air and energy with her wings and propelling into the air with the agility a creature her size shouldn't have.
Unlike the last time when she stood on the back, flying comfortably, Yasenia took the lead in the ground and flew ahead.
No one said anything as the majestic creature flapped with empyrean beauty and elegance.
This gesture was Yasenia's first trap. She was making sure to guide the group directly to the ambush location that was on the way.
If she let somebody else guide them, they might deviate from her intended path. Moreover, because she was new to the area, nobody would think that something was off for Yasenia to take the course they took while coming to Torrent City from Koran City.
While flying, most people stayed silent. Our girls just enjoyed the sensation of riding their dragon lover as the clouds moved around them.
Carbira approached her and asked. "Lady Yasenia, do you want to check on how your treasures are doing when we return?"
Yasenia flew leisurely and commented. "I'll leave that to my subordinates. I must do a few things after I return, so I don't have time for it. I trust you, and they can do a good job pricing."
Carbira nodded. "I'll speak to Hanna, then. She is the one leading the interaction between our powers, after all."
Jorey was a little surprised and joined the conversation. "From what I know, you've placed quite a few High-level items. Do you trust the harpies that were with you for less than a month that much?"
Yasenia moved her giant golden eye and looked at Jorey. "I do. Even if they fail to do a proper job, it's not that big of a deal. As I said, the wealth I've placed in the action this time is large, but we are not selling everything at once, so we can correct mistakes as time passes."
Yasenia smiled. "Moreover, rather than living as if everything wants to kill me, I rather take things leisurely and avoid stressing so much. If I failed to evaluate their character, I can only blame myself and will become better for the next time."
Jorey laughed. "That's too inappropriate. How could you take things so easily? What if those mistakes result in an irreversible outcome?"
Yasenia sighed. "Then, that's my destiny."
Our girls almost spat blood. 'Bullshit! I call bullshit on that! Our lover is lying and trying to manipulate all of you again! Yasenia rather slaughters a thousand innocents to find a culprit than let the culprit go!'
An enormous white beam of pure energy zoomed out of the mountain at an unavoidable speed.
With enormous strength, the beam landed right on Yasenia's belly, blasting the giant dragon into another mountain at a tremendous speed.
*Bang!*
Yasenia's body sank into the mountain with a vast dust explosion, creating landslides on the sides of the mountain.
"What happened!?"
"Something hit the dragon!"
"On Distancia's name, who has guts big enough to ambush the nine sects!?"
Elder Mao was calm and began giving orders. "Protect the juniors and leave the area quickly! We should retreat from this place before we are surrounded and trapped here!"
Elder Song, Carbira, and Jorey looked into the crater anxiously, but they knew the priority. Therefore, they were ready to abandon Yasenia.
Yet, before leaving, a mighty and wrathful dragon roar blew the dust cloud away.
"ROAR!"
The resonating and low sound made everyone's heart tremble as the figure of the wrathful dragon appeared from the rubble with a large gash on the stomach, but unhurt either way.
Yasenia released most of her pressure as she flapped and rose into the air again.
Then, with a growling voice that carried a horrifying wave of killing intent, her voice rumbled in the area.
"WHO DARES ATTACK ME!? COME OUT IF YOU HAVE THE GUTS AND SHOW ME WHOSE CLAN I SHALL ANNIHILATE FROM THIS EARTH."
The area around Yasenia was turbulent and wrathful, making everyone freeze momentarily. The dragon's rage was multiplied by her [Empyrean Dragon Authority] and her [Monarch Intent Level One], making her words resonate with the souls of everyone present.
At that moment when Yasenia's presence inundated the area, a massive dome appeared around them that covered the most prominent mountain and trapped everyone inside.
They all snapped out of their daze and frowned. 'Crap, her rage was too impacting and stole our chance of escape.'
Elder Hao frowned and grabbed his sword, entering a sword-drawing stance.
With a movement that seemed slow but was nothing like that, he unsheathed his sword and attacked the formation without holding back.
"[Sword Intent level two], [Earthly Sword Body], [Earth Splitting Slash]."
The sound of Elder Hao's action to unsheathe the sword was like a sharp cry that could cut everything in its path.
The aura around him was so sharp that it created visible cuts in the air itself.
Then, our girls saw for the first time the power of an Ethereal Soul Body Realm Cultivator on the brink of a breakthrough without holding an ounce of strength back.
His monstrous bodily strength, coupled with his [Sword Intent], and added the drawing skill from the Sword Sect, made his action so fast that it created a flash of light.
The air before the man was split, creating a vacuum as the invisible slash rushed with deadly momentum toward the dome.
After a moment of silence, the sonorous explosive sound of the formation's wall and the attack colliding echoed.
*BOOOM!*
Our girls saw a crack in the shape of a line extended for an entire kilometer and a half across the surface of the dome as the shape of the dome bent slightly outward.