"You can go in and find out if you are that curious," Tie Nse answered.
"Look!" Nti Anem said pointing at the sky.
At this moment, a large figure could be seen forming in the sky. With every strike on Ed, the figure's form became clearer. One could see it holding a sledgehammer, looking down at Ed's form.
"Oh no. let's leave!" without thinking twice, Tie Nse pulled a long-distance teleportation array from his space and it activated almost instantly, and the three jumped in without a care.
At that moment, the form in the sky had taken up his hammer and pounded down with heavy force. The lightning that descended this time, had a radius of ten metres.
It struck Ed so hard, that his bones quaked, making him spit out blood. With this strike, the pill in his system wore off, allowing the tribulation lightning to recede into the sky.
All Ed smelled was his burning skin. He laid there for a while and a figure approached cautiously some moments later.
Ed looked up at the person who approached, weakly. The sky had cleared and the sun was shining directly into his eyes.
"You are still alive?" A woman said in horror. The next moment, his eyes stilled dangerously.
"Don't even think about it," Ed said weakly. No one needed to tell him that this woman immediately wanted to kill him.
"You have seen my face, you have to die," she said and Ed raised a brow. Seeing his relaxed face and mocking eyes, she blushed. She understood why he looked at her that way. She was the one who could not mind her business and approached to see if he was dead, yet she wanted to kill him for opening his eyes and seeing her face.
"Do you want to die?" he asked and she paused.
"What?"
"Walk away while I am in a good mood," he said and her anger intensified.
"Do you know who I am?" she asked and Ed stared blankly. Suddenly, cold sipped into her bones at his stare. She felt as though she was looking at the king of death. This caused her to take a step back in fright.
"My Lady, we must leave," one could hear the caution in the voice of the man who spoke. She turned to glare at the man who spoke resentfully but saw the fear in his eyes and paused. She nodded cautiously and glanced at Ed who had looked away.
"Let's meet again if you survive," she said, but Ed did not spare her a glance. Harrumphing, she turned and left with the elderly man.
After they had gone quite away, the man grabbed her and jumped into a teleportation array.
"What are you so afraid of, Elder?" she asked with indignation at being grabbed like that.
"You have been in seclusion for twenty years so you don't know, there are now people in this world who can kill us and the holy saint will be unable to avenge us. It is best to be careful and not mistakenly cause our own deaths," the elder said and she frowned.
"What nonsense are you speaking, do you know who Mother is?" she scolded the elder.
"There is only one person that is known to have survived such a lightning storm. If that person is who we just met, then we have to be careful," seeing her frown remain, he explained a little about Tie Nse's new disciple, the rumours around him, the energy manipulator that showed up, the heaven alliance meet and the disappearance of the entire heaven alliance.
After listening, her face turned solemn.
"Hurry then, I must meet Mother," she ordered and they increased their speed.
A while later, a teleportation array crackled into life back inside the forest by the hell tree. Old Iba stepped out of it with his toe first and his eyes closed. He moved his toe to feel if there was any lightning crackling. The next moment, he fell through the array, face first on the floor, with his backside in the air. He spun and glared at the other two coming out of the array.
"How can you push me through? What if I died?" he scolded Tie Nse.
"You were wasting time. Besides, you were the one who said the effects of the pill should have worn off by now. Why so cautious?" Tie Nse said innocently.
"What if the heavens were still angrily descending lightning?" Old Iba complained.
"Why would they stay and risk us having something else up our sleeves?" Tie Nse asked with a scoff.
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Ed was now leaning on the hell tree staring at the pair arguing. His eyes moved past them to the boy behind them.
"You claim to know me," he said. And the other two stopped arguing.
"That's true, you never told me why you sent this boy here? If you had not informed me before time, I would have killed him," Old Iba raised the issue.
"He is an energy manipulator," Tie Nse said.
"What? They are extinct!" Old Iba could not believe it no matter what.
"It matters not if you think they are. He showcased his powers in the Heaven Alliance meet. The entire cultivation world knows he exists," Tie Nse said.
"Then, why is he here?" Old Iba asked, "Don't tell me you want to add another monster to the other monster disciple you can't even afford to train!"
"He claimed to know my disciple more than anyone in the world," Tie Nse said.
"More than anyone in this world. After all, I walked through the mist with you, Prince Edward Oric Desecar of Jurazel and Emerald," Nti Anem said and Edward gave him a piercing stare. To his words, Tie Nse and Old Iba frowned. They had not heard of these places before. What was this boy sprouting?
"You know me?" Ed asked, "You are from back home,"
"Not quite. My name is Helix Apteil, I am the first Monerus Brother," Nti Anem said.
"Monerus Brother; those invited to emerald yet stabbed us in the back," Ed's expression remained the same.
"I heard of that. I always thought you would be angry when we met. Time really does wash away feeling," as he said those words, Ed's face darkened.
"I was not really amongst them. They caused all that havoc and killed that many people because they were trying to resurrect me. They did not finish the spell to repair my body, but I was curious in the grave and decided to come out to have a look, and had no host; No one capable of housing me, at least. All except you," Tie Nse frowned and prepared to attack.
"You wish to possess me? Aren't you too bold?" Ed asked as though it was not him that was under threat.
"No. I wanted to. That is how I followed you and got dragged into The Mist with you. Oh, The Mist. I always heard that this place was different for everyone. No time, no space, nothing, yet everything. When I was alive, I had always wanted to come here. But Mother Slah refused me to venture in," Nti Anem said as he gazed up at the clear sky.
"Mother Slah? You dare say you have met the creator?" Old Iba snorted.
"She gave me the power to create the Monerus brothers, while she gave Gryith the power to create the Sisters Of Slah, and then she blessed our two orders. Tell me, Your Highness, do you believe I have met her?" Nti Anem said and Ed sighed. He did not know much about the Monerus Brothers, but the Sisters Of Slah are said to be as old as them and were both blessed by the creator. Yes, he believed it was possible.
"Why did you wait this long to find me then?" Ed asked.
"As I said, there is no time, nor space, everything is mixed into one big soup. That means, even though I had entered with you, we came out in different places and times," he answered.
"What about the body, how did you get it?" Ed asked.
"Apparently, a cultivator's body is just barely as good as yours.
"You entered the mist, to save a Sister Of Slah. Though I do not agree with this, I am stuck here with you and need your help," he said. To this, Ed raised a brow.
"Why would I help you?"
"Because I can get you home,"
"I become a godeater, I can get home," Ed said.
"Not enough. Do you even know where you are?" Nti Anem laughed.
"Home? Boy, what are you talking about?" Tie Nse had long been lost since their conversation started.
"This is the astral plane. In it, there are many realms, many worlds and many universes. We are from the physical plane," Nti Anem said.
"How?" Tie Nse asked, but Ed couldn't be bothered to answer.
"He went on a quest and entered the mist. The mist Brought him here," Nti Anem answered.
"You talk too much," Ed said to him and he raised his hand in surrender.
"The physical plane? Many books have said that there are many planes. One that no one has entered in forever, is the physical. How can you be here, if you are from there?" Tie Nse asked.
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