Deep under the great mountain, in a carved-out section a massive serpent like creature culled up cultivating after killing one of the weaker rank 3 peak Beast consuming it, hoping to digest it body breaking into the next realm.
As a serpent as a species were more intelligent that most other beast with a few coming close or surpassing it in base intelligent.
If not for the ruckus it causes in battle with another peak rank 3 monster cause the others of similar realm to be more cautious.
Even so its trouble was not without reward, after finding this cave when it was just a young snake a few meter in leg, the arura from this tone help temper it body rapidly increasing strength even though it was younger that its counterpart of similar strength.
About to go in to deep sleep, it sense detected a terrifying, aura , more than the massive rock in coiled around for the pass untold years .
Fear, for the first time in a long while since it had reached the peak of its current potential, after all those of its kind were usually peak rank 2 , if not for this rock slowly leaking a special aura that allowed it to break it's natural limits its would have been a second grade snake.
Few minutes pass to overbearing aura stopped, only to be replaced by , bountiful Spirtual Energy like never before .
I felt like it could absorb this Spirtual Energy for it self it could break though again becoming stronger, thus ruling this entire landscape.
How ever it remembered that aura earlier it seems to be coming from the same place above it.
It hesitated, unsure if it was worth the risk to approach some time passed, deciding if it had wait to long other beast of the same level would come for it giving trouble keeping it for tis self.
While it was one of the strongest, it was only the third strongest, that turtle it sis not want to encounter it again.
Immediate after making up its mind, it quickly moved forward, even though it was creating a path though solid rock it was done easily, after absorbing the aura for such a long time, moving though the earth became second nature.
Arrived a few km it felt the source, it was coming from the other side the aura was much weaker, it also sense a human, narrow its eyes, those human must have detected it as well , but it was puzzled , only one and such a weak on at that .
'Where are the seniors, they much be here, or did the human just stumbled upon it, after beign close by?'
'Perhaps it was without friends?'
'If that was so it would be best, or maybe the seniors are there yet?'
Any way it was it chance, the aura covered the human that mean it should have whatever had birthed not too long ago.
It was still not sure it was a physical or energy-based treasure.
Busting through the wall dozens of meters thick rocks comparable to rank 2 ores whit ease, the few hundred-meter serpent slither in.
The cave was dark and cold, the yin energy was strong it seems the treasure was of that nature.
*Hiss*
The sound of its tongue flicking it tasting the air, the prominent smell of the human, was all over the cave.
Should have been here for some time.
Checking the smell twice to see if there had been anyone else in the cave but had hidden after it had appeared.
Detecting none, the beast felt elated, the possibility of getting such treasure basically on a platter lifted it spirits. it would have to leave this area though perhaps enter in inner area of the forest … no it would have to hide here, best stronger would have discovered it , it was just luckly it was so close by.
The smarter beast easily those who could talk the bestial language would find his presence suspicious.
Raising it aura on the weak human, seen it froze on it pressure, it was time to get to work.
Just to be a bit cautious, it would throw a few rocks towards first.
Coiling its tail, scooping up a few larger boulders, crushing them before flexing launching them at high speeds.
...
Mean while Meredith was still stuck in a trance facing a beast more a little more than a big realm against it, for it first time, she had face culminated killing intent, her body not used to such reacted dramatically .
This fear was one born from, know some one or something was stronger, but a full spiritual attack, that causes weaker soul to stall and the bodies reaction massively.
Even experience person still faced that de-buff when in contact would stronger opponents not just beast.
Meredith who was similar would knowing fear and those that the body picks up that creepy feeling when you look at a dark ally, and you feel like you sound and it dangerous.
A man with a knife or a gun to your troth, some one threatening your family wither armed or not.
Meredith had experience it all and triumphed it all, but this fear was a deliberate condensation of hundreds of years of kill countless battles, along with a best natural fierceness, all this was thrown at her suddenly.
Meredith stood no chance and was lucky her soul wasn't shattered by its influence.
While she was overwhelmed by the beast spiritual pressure and in accumulated killing intent.
Remy started to execute her idea, pulling the smallest strand for Spirtual Energy hoping for it to alleviate some of the pressure on Meredith or the very least the body, she would be able to fight in Meredith space.
The gently stream of Spiritual Energy trickled though Meredith prime meridians, the Spiritual Energy entered, immediately a strange energy flowed out in abundance, the pressure that once encompassed Meredith, has lessened dramatically, Meredith had fainted, but Remi was in control, with the energy flow it atomically pushed forward.
An invisible dome pushed forward, quickly encompassed 400 meters, just enough to cover the giant snake, who's eyes she could only see previously.
The entire state of the cave and all the marking Mary had made for the pass couple months, appeared in her mind she was seeing but not with her eyes the process was much more vivid.
When the invisible dome like spear reached the massive snake, it flowed over its dark brown scales with the massive creature seemly form the same family of snakes it scales skin like, nowhere near its draconic counterpart.
Remi had recognized the beast, it was an Earth Basilisk, they were usually have rank 2 cultivation without opportunities, it would never cross that rank, simply because that was the end of its potential.
After kill she would have to search it cave, to see if she can find some remnant treasure, for it to have such a length it would have to have been alive for a few hundred years plenty of time to pick up and store treasure, especially ores.
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Celestia realm , Junior Court
Current all participant were out in their perspective realm managing their universe's each roles different.
Astraea had sent notice that Meredith would be face her fist fore and if there would like to see they could project them self's here, as she was the controller of the court other than members entering physical, they needed her permission to astral project.
Soon all members gather.
They bowed in her direction as greeting she was never one who stuck up on formalities, as long as there went being observed by a senior god the could use whatever greeting, they wish.
"Edith what the status on the representative." A young celestial asked in a excited tone.
"Meredith is current incapacitate by the creature killing intent, her mental activity plummeted after being subjected to the overwhelming force." Edith never left she was always here ready to sure the court as such she was stand in front on the projection of Meredith with a dazed expression.
"Were not protection in place to prevent such crippling encounters?"
No, the 'training wheels' were taken of for this champion. this was further to test to see where her limited lie, if she is unable to respond, she will not die, at beast critically injured before meeting someone." Edith replied.
"Still some mechanism should be been put in place at least once as she had never experience what it was like to be subject to mental attacks "
"Agreed" bout of agreement sound though the rooms.
"Don't worry the weapons I gave her special if she in critical condition facing a superior opponent and ger critical injury the weapons soul's would take measures to deal with the treat" the leader's clam voice quieted the debate of the members of the court not that their worries for now and the future were sated they could watch without worry.
As soon as they finished Meredith mental status tripled looked at the screen see Meredith armed and circulated spirit energy. Edith smiled.
"It seems she has just begun"
.....
Just as Remi was thinking this control to her body returned, rapidly the influenced of that creature presence was decreasing, however it suddenly stopped.
Is till my limit, the best the current me can manage.
'Don't worry ill help'
'Mary! Your back what happened?'
'I was whammed basically, I have never felt anything like that if you hadn't reduced its influence over my body, I perhaps would have awoken at all.'
'How we holding up?' still feel a bit out of it going though Remi's memories catching up.
'It hasn't been that long since you blacked out'.
'Good I would hate to miss my first battle here because something a ridiculous ben stunned by killing intent'
'That presence was that what it was killing intent? well since beast and 'spirit energy' exist I guess such thing are possible'
'Yes, it should be a form of mental or spiritual suppression of some kind, we need to learn it its quite the inhibitor'.
'The creature should be much stronger that using meaning its cultivation is that much height that its intent to kill us enshroud of senses so greatly, nowhere have to burning mental energy to resist and even then, it won't last long 2-3 minutes'
'Let's not forget the injuries we'll get thought this battle, after we kill it we can't say here, who know what will come next.'
'Agreed we just finished the tutorial and got thrown in to the abyss mode Not! Cool.'
It should be that thing that happened to use attracted it perhaps even has some benefits as well, we sure got a lot.
not sure how many were in the area when it happened, I can't stress enough how quickly we need to fished this, if either of use goes again for whatever reason, we will take the path it too to get to use.
since its an earth spiritual based creature it should be adept at making tunnels will use them, will work our why from there.
'Got it?'
'Yeah yeah, I hate when you get like this, let kill it first and plan la..'
Remi dialog was interrupted when projectiles entered their range of sense,
Immediate Meredith revolving her wind and water spiritual energy to defect another moment the thin and death fast projectiles were already a few meters away.