Chương 36: Secrets of the 'Yellow River'?

A pink-colored blur rushed forward towards the battle site. Following behind that blur was a blue-colored blur. They were Ares and Valentina respectively.

Noah shook his head a little after he saw the recklessness of his mother and sister. With a wry smile, he followed soon, [Lightning-Step] leaving behind a purple-colored trail.

Gina who was lost in her thoughts, broke out of her reverie when she felt all of them moving towards the battlefield and followed suit.

"Lady Valentina! You should escape"

"Princess Ares run!"

Imperial guards warned as soon as they saw Valentina and Ares approaching the battlefield.

'Tsk, Cowards' Both of them thought as they ignored the guards and rushed towards one of those monsters.

[Energy-Boots], they muttered under their breath,

*BOOM!*

Pink colored and blue colored [Energy] covered their shoes respectively, giving them an explosive boost in speed and soon they vanished into thin air leaving behind cracks on the ground.

If someone looked closely, they could see Ares was slower than Valentina, but Valentina was matching her speed with Ares, staying close behind.

Sword Intent leaked from Ares's [Energy-Swords], she has practiced dual-swords with Noah and developed a little bit of sword intent.

Strangely, the air around Valentina's scythe distorted a little and made a way for that edge of the scythe, as if they were scared of dying?

huh? dying??

Noah's eyes sparkled with interest when he saw this strange phenomenon! he has never seen anything like this in his entire lifetime!

He has met many people using Scythes in the past, including [Immortals] but none of them ever formed an 'Intent' similar to Sword or Saber.

Every weapon has its own profundities hidden within the nature of the weapon.

Just like Noah's Saber, which takes a life as soon as it is unsheathed, because of this very reason he never used a Saber for practice, and the one time he did, he killed the guard who challenged him for a spar.

Ares forming a little bit of sword intent was completely within Noah's expectation, but Valentina was doing something completely new that piqued Noah's curiosity.

When Noah sensed a strange, eerie feeling coming from the edge of the scythe, even he felt a chill passing down his spine.

If he was a young [Immortal], who didn't have any methods of revival and Valentina was not his mother then he would have run far away from planet Earth not daring to come near this place unless he found ways to revive himself!

'What the hell is that?' thought Noah while praying to the 'Yellow River' to give the [Souls] who die by Valentina's hands a new peaceful life while making silent hand gestures.

Then, suddenly, a light bulb flashed on top of his head.

Noah has been there many times.

Many people who have tried to find that place out of curiosity, failed.

Noah's [Soul] consciousness has been there to follow the process of [Reincarnation] but even he has never been able to find the location of that place.

Noah, have always said to other [Immortals], that he has met,

that the 'Yellow River' is a mysterious place which is impossible to find... and except the yellow water droplets that try to purify their [Soul], there is nothing else in that place...?

But every time Noah has been there, he has sensed the same bizarre, eerie feeling coming from the edge of the scythe in Valentina's hand.

He threw those thoughts to the back of his mind and stayed close to Gina.

Ares approached one of those humanoid figures and used her double swords-

*SLASH!*

A greyish-colored slimy hand was chopped down and a deep cut formed in the stomach of the monster, but oddly no blood poured out the body of the monster...

Not only that but the hand that was chopped down morphed into a slimy ball that immediately jumped towards the main body and the humanoid figure absorbed the greyish-colored slimy being back inside its body and readjusted himself to gain back his original form!

But only Noah saw that the height of the monster was reduced by a few nanometers.

'Criline' thought Noah as he remembered his last visit to the 'Exiled Prison Realms' 50000 years ago, where a [Immortal] was experimenting on some slimes in order to form a being with the highest regeneration ever seen before in any magical beings.

But it has a flaw, each time Crilines are attacked, they lose a bit of the cell that constitutes their bodies, as a result of which their size decreases albeit very slowly.

The Criline was enraged and raised his fist to punch Ares while rushing towards her.

But-

Suddenly wails and cries of all living beings could be heard that freaked the hell out of the Crilines, guards, and Gina. They all froze in fear as if death was calling out to them in a sweet and tempting voice to close their eyes and sleep...and giving them hope of a new life...

Strangely, Ares and Noah also heard those sounds but didn't feel any fear like the people in their surroundings.

*Kcreee* *kcreee*

*Roar* *Roar*

*Chirp* *Chirp*

Birds and animals, monsters and insects, all living beings surrounding the area around the battlefield ran out of their homes while calling out to their friends and family to run as well, as small tears formed in the corner of the eyes of those beings feeling pity for their families who didn't get the chance to run in time.

*SLASH!*

Valentina slashed her scythe and a grey-colored ray which had yellow stripes flowing across it escaped from the edge of the scythe...

...severing the arm of Criline that was formed in a fist and was following behind Ares to punch her.

"How Dare You!" Valentina narrowed her eyes while looking at the Criline who just lost an arm.

*Sizzle~*

The severed hand started sizzling for some reason and soon turned into a pile of ash.

It felt like purification... Noah gulped and his head started spinning at top gears rapidly forming various contingency plans.

He swore in his heart he would not let Valentina's existence be known among other [Immortals] or he would have to clear out a lot of trash who may try to get a piece of such a peculiar test subject.

After all, many [Immortals] are bored and they would go to any lengths to get their hands on anything that piques their curiosity.

"[Horizon Vision]", he muttered

His vision crossed across several star clusters distorting [Space] and [Time] in its path, [Time] across several beings were forcefully distorted, but at different rates!

The different rates of [Time] distortion helped Noah to guess their approximate age.

Appearances and Cultivation can be deceiving many times, Hence Noah preferred to determine the age of the [Soul] which can't be deceived.

Age of the [Soul] resets along with everything when bathed in the 'Yellow River' and Noah knows about it too.

So in general, if a [Soul] extends the average lifespan of many magical beings combined, they could be considered as [Immortals].

After their lifespan ends, their [Soul] is forcefully pulled towards the 'Yellow River' for cleansing.

Hence, age is one of the best methods to find whether someone is an [Immortal] or not.

Thus, Noah only used [Time] distortion to get what he wants accurately.

'Two [Immortals] other than me...' Noah wrinkled his brows and looked in a particular direction near Gabon city in which a massacre occurred a couple of days ago.

Noah's eyebrows eased up a little, 'Tsk, just a youngling, barely 50000 years old!'

'So it was that [Immortal] who caused the massacre huh? Meh~ who cares, in fact, I should thank that youngster for gifting me an opportunity to get Seraphina!'

For some strange reason, 'The Queen' sitting on the red throne suddenly saw a word flashing in front of her eyes, and she felt goosebumps across her body.

She screamed "WHORES!" while her bloodlust started increasing. She didn't know why she was acting like this, but to her, it felt right!

"Y-your majesty," said one of the pale-skinned men who was kneeling in front of the throne.

'The Queen' bit her lower lips while thinking about that man with longing, desire, and madness.

Then Noah glanced in the void of the space, 'Too far!' thought Noah, as he shook his head.

He visibly relaxed and focused on the Criline approaching him and Gina.