After seeing the bloody cat patriarch stand up from the stands, Evelyn flinched and exclaimed. "Whoa, is he alive? He looks like the body will fall apart in the next second."
Yasenia also thought similarly, but remembering the miraculous capacity of a Body Cultivator to take hits, she was sure that the wounds were not that heavy even when his body had twisted in unnatural ways after colliding with the minotaur's club a few times.
Elder Mu answered Evelyn. "His wounds are certainly severe. However, he will probably make a full recovery from those wounds in a month. Moreover, he can take advantage of this and increase his cultivation."
Yasenia wanted to ask how, but it was an impossible question. Body Cultivation was the only way to increase strength in Distancia. 'I've been so preoccupied with the clan matters that I forgot to study the most basic knowledge.'
Thankfully, there was Tatyana. 'Little treasure, regenerating from battle injuries helps advance and comprehend Body Cultivation. This is another reason Body Cultivators are quite feared in the books I read. They will put almost everything on the line while fighting. The more you injure them without dealing fatal wounds, the more ferociously and eager they would attack.'
Meanwhile, Kali had thought he would need three months for complete recovery, missing the mark by quite a lot.
However, her experience with body cultivators was still too superficial compared with Elder Mu's hundreds of years, so she did not contradict her. 'I've been investigating the biology and meridians of body cultivators with our prisoners, but I'm still immature. Are the harsh conditions and many injuries slowing down their healing factor? Or are harpies less strong than the felines? Hmm… So many things to learn.'
Valeria chuckled. 'Let's go slowly, Kali. Remember that we have plenty of time. Moreover, if you girls begin the Body Cultivation Path in the future, your research will greatly help.'
Although our girls had sparred and fought against the harpies in the past, their interchanges were not that ferocious. Therefore, a few details were bound to be overlooked.
Moreover, between the three hundred harpies, only Ghana and two others were enough to give them a sense of danger. Ghana was a recently advanced High-level Ethereal Soul Cultivator, which was equivalent to a level seven or eight Unification Realm cultivator.
Ghana was also the highest-ranked harpy strength-wise.
Therefore, they never injured them enough to show a body cultivator's resilience.
Yasenia got thoughtful and said to Cecile. "Increase the training intensity once we return. Also, use the formations to make them fight to the brink of death. Try to avoid death. We haven't got enough loyalty from them to push them to die in just training."
The harpies working at home suddenly felt their bodies shudder and used their wings to cover themselves.
'What is this bad premonition!? I don't like it!'
Back at the Coliseum, Yasenia and the others observed the battle style and occasional skills body cultivators used.
They were very observant and realized that ranged skills were very scarce. Moreover, the use of weapons was common. Very few fought barehanded.
Yet, the skills used with Body Cultivation rarely carried the attribute's strength. Angel was curious. 'Are beast humans attributeless?'
Yasenia shook her head. 'Their skills are built in such a way that it uses very little of the elemental potential. Unlike us, who focus on them. It's fascinating to see, to be honest.'
Andrea asked. 'Yasenia, when are you planning on obtaining a Body Cultivation Technique?'
'No rush. Body Cultivation Techniques are uncommon, and finding one that's strong enough or worth learning will be complicated. Moreover, attributed Body Cultivation Skills exist as we've seen some harpies practice them.'
Evelyn asked incredulously. 'Don't tell me you want a Star, Sun, and Moon attributed Body Cultivation technique, love?'
Yasenia nodded. 'At least, I want one of each. After I study them in the future and compare them with the ones I'm learning, I may be able to create something interesting. You girls should do similar things.'
Mirrory commented. 'Body Cultivation won't affect Angel too much, so forget about acquiring the glass and light attributed ones.'
Yasenia didn't insist. 'I'll listen to you, but giving them a look should not be bad, right?'
Mirrory nodded. 'I meant that you should prioritize the ones for Andrea, for example.'
Andrea was a bit embarrassed. 'Sorry for dragging you down.'
Yasenia lifted her eyebrow. 'You dare say something like that? Prepare yourself, darling. Tonight, you'll be punished to have soft noodle legs tomorrow.'
After the competition ended, the minotaur kept his position as the City Lord.
Naturally, Yasenia didn't go out of her way to meet with the minotaur.
First of all, they didn't know each other. He and Kali might have met in the past, but it was just a short greeting.
Second, the minotaur race from the Sky Continent had a famous reputation for being not very bright.
There were exceptions, but the dragoness couldn't bet.
She could already picture the minotaur recognizing her and exclaiming. "Oh, it is good to see people from our Continent!"
Yasenia wouldn't know whether to laugh or cry if something like that happened.
Not to mention, Yasenia didn't even know if the minotaur knew they were outside the Sky Continent. Maybe this person thought they were in a strange land In the Sky Continent, as settlements of beast humans weren't that rare. Even if the ratio was one beast human for every ten thousand humans back at home, there were not a few of them.
In short, contacting someone from their continent was not smart unless they were a clear ally.
While walking down the street, Yasenia's mind gravitated toward Angel's sister, her Academy friends, and the Fan Club girls.
Most of them were humans, so she didn't know how they would be doing if they landed in this remote place hostile to them.
She had ignored that fact for a while because she was swamped and always taking care of her dears to ensure nothing went wrong. The mind games, schemes, and plans she had to create would leave her tired enough that she wanted to melt in the arms of her dears.
However, now that her mind wandered there, she couldn't help but fear the worst possibilities.
'My fan club girls were in the thousands. No matter how I think about it, some of them should have met disaster. Since they are all high-level cultivators, they have a natural degree of beauty. If they are not careful, their fates will be bleak.'
Her face didn't change, but she couldn't help but internally sigh. 'Although I'm not a stranger to losing someone, it continues to be an unpleasant sensation.'
Yasenia suddenly felt her two hands being grabbed. Her right hand was enveloped in an elegant and cold hand, while her left hand had a little hand nestling in her palms.
She woke from her trance and saw Cecile and Angel looking at her with concern. Tatyana was also looking at Yasenia reassuringly as the rest of the girls gave Yasenia encouraging looks.
They didn't know what was wrong that made their dragoness downcast so suddenly, but they didn't like it.
Angel asked. "Is something wrong, Yasenia? I can feel in my heart that you are suddenly unhappy."
Cecile commented. "Don't worry, my love. We'll do what we can while taking care of ourselves."
Yasenia smiled and shook her head. "Thank you for worrying, loves. Nothing is wrong, don't worry. I'll tell you when we reach our accommodation so we can begin planning for the future."
The afternoon went by quickly, and they decided to eat outside.
Most of the group had already separated, leaving behind Elder Song, Jorey, and some of their juniors.
In total, there were at least twenty people. Not too many, not too few.
They arrived at quite a luxurious hall when they entered the restaurant part of the inn.
The beautiful dog kin receiving the guests saw them and hastily approached. "Elder Song, it is a pleasure meeting you here. Are they with you?"
Elder Song nodded calmly. The woman smiled and commented. "Good, then allow me to move you to a more hidden spot. Although private rooms can't accommodate so many guests, we have perfect spots for Elder Song and her guests."
"Lead the way."
Some musical instruments were in the middle of the room, and people were playing them.
The rhythm was slow and melodic, without a singer. You could see the lowered stage from the surrounding tables, creating an elegant and relaxing atmosphere.
Yasenia sat near the middle of one side of the twenty people's table, surrounded by her dears to avoid the fox Jorey and the snake Elder Song from sitting near her.
However, since her dears just sat at Yasenia's sides, Elder Song and Elder Jorey sat before Yasenia and avoided their unsuccessful try to hinder them.
Yasenia almost laughed aloud. 'Dears, you sometimes are too cute.'
They all blushed a little while Tatyana, sitting beside Yasenia, smirked.
Yasenia was about to begin speaking when she heard a man's voice calling her way. "Excuse me, beautiful dragon lady."
Yasenia's eyebrow twitched as she thought. 'It has been a while.'
Yasenia removed her semitransparent black veil, turned her head, and saw a tall, quite common-looking man speaking to her. He wasn't handsome by any means, but the clothes on him were luxurious.
The man and many other people had taken a glance before and knew that this black-haired woman was gorgeous.
Therefore, they followed behind her and decided to talk to her. They also wondered how this seductive tall woman would look up close.
Regardless, the leader took the lead and talked to Yasenia.
Their group was eye catchy, so many people were paying attention.
Once Yasenia took off her veil and turned, silence fell in the room.
Even the musicians stopped.
Those charming golden eyes, the beautiful straight eyebrows, the little mole below her right eye, her defined facial features, and the oh-so-kissable lips were highlighted by perfect skin that made every man and woman feel a rush of heat.
Moreover, Yasenia's gorgeous dress showed plenty of flesh while twisting her waist as she was doing, making her figure even more prominent.
The man directly met Yasenia's charming golden eyes and froze like a statute, forgetting what he wanted to say.
The blatant and direct gaze made many pairs of eyes in Yasenia's group slowly cool down. If it weren't because he hadn't done anything yet, they wanted to pick him up and throw him outside.
Yasenia slowly smiled and spoke, resonating her low and mellow voice across the restaurant floor like a melody from a seductive spirit.
"Do you want anything from me?"
The man's face turned crimson as he woke up from his daze. Then, he tried to act as he had planned, only to fail miserably.
"Ah, um, yes. Eh, do you want to listen to my songs? Y-Your unreachable beauty has motivated… motivated… My heart! I want to sing, sing, something comparable to your beau-beauty."
The supposedly smooth and probably practiced sentence was utterly butchered by his stuttering and inability to speak fluently.
The girls felt so bad about him that their anger was cut in half, and pity filled their eyes. They all had a bit of resistance at Yasenia's appearance, but for new people, she was still the devastatingly beautiful dragoness.
Yasenia found him cute in a way.
Although he completely messed it up, he at least tried and finished what he wanted to say. 'Well, at least he is brave enough.'
Even now, he was waiting with a completely red face.
Yasenia couldn't help it and laughed aloud, making people feel soft in their legs as they swallowed to moisten their drying throats.
The dragoness thought for a moment and nodded. "Sure. Let's hear this song."
They were surprised Yasenia accepted.
Not to mention them, the man himself was stunned on the spot. 'Eh? Did this goddess agree?'
Yasenia tilted her head and asked with a smile. "What's wrong?"
The man grabbed his heart and hastily moved to the middle of the room. "I'll sing my best song for the most beautiful woman!"
Yasenia chuckled again and turned around, only to meet a bunch of inquiring eyes.