"Are you all right?". While walking towards the end of the hall Miss Elena asked out of concern.
She was worried when she saw the look on Dean's face. He was extremely pale, like he would collapse at any given moment, but he was doing his best not to make a fool of himself in front of everyone in the hall.
When Dean heard the genuine concern from Miss Elena's voice he was touched, never expecting that the young lady would be this caring to a stranger like. It was the third time they were meeting. They were not that close.
"Am still alive that good for the moment". Dean said to her back his it was with an encouraging smile to let Miss Elena put her mind at ease.
"ZI thank you for the help, you are the best".
Dean said he knew that without the help from his system he would have been dead he wouldn't be acting all tough trying to walk away in some prideful manner, he would be lying down dead.
"That was nothing, if you could upgrade me a little more, stuff like that won't cause you any harm".
"You need to grow strong, but first things first is that you have to be alive to get strong so be careful".
ZI said to Dean feeling they were lucky this time if the attack was more forceful or if it were just distracted a little they would end up missing not having the celebration they are having now.
"I will be careful, and please don't hold back give the list of thing you need for an upgrade, especially when it comes to spiritual attack".
"I require both attacks and a defensive technique of divine sense technique," Dean said lightly to ZI, feeling he needed to upgrade its defense against outside attack.
"This kid is tough".
"Next time I will do my best to kill him miserably". The middle-aged man said to himself lightly, he felt he just misses a great opportunity, wondering how Dean was able to survive his attack.
He felt if Dean was given more time to grow it would be troublesome for him and his Young master, so he had to find a way to kill him without letting his growth which would be dangerous to him.
Which the look given to him by Dean before he left, he knew he was in his death list.
"I can't believe that the people of Young Master Steve are so ill when it comes to doing things".
As usual, those in the hall were having conversation among themselves talking quietly to them the action of the middle-aged man was outrageous.
"How would such powerful master attack a young and weak cultivator sneakily"
"A powerless fellow sneak attack and it was not teaching him a lesson but ready to kill him".
The crowd kept talking, siding with Dean. They felt the people of Young master Steve went out of the line this time, but they could do nothing about it. Since, strength reigns supreme.
A powerful divine sense through the hall without restrain, mostly directed to those who were having a serious conversation about what happened.
When the cultivators felt the divine sense, they could not help but keep quiet and stop talking about the incident. The divine sense was coming from a middle-aged man that was wearing a blue robe and was just some few steps away from the middle-aged man in brown.
From the look of anger and dissatisfaction on his face, one could tell that he was on the same side with Young Master Steve.
"That is why they acted all tough today, that is Master green scorpion" some said, but before he could know what was happening he felt a lot of pressure on him.
He immediately started sweating uncontrollably like the world was pressing on him and if he should make a wrong move the world would crush him, ending his life right there.
With using that cultivator as a scapegoat, the other did not say a word concerning Young Master Steve.
"This is the display of real power".
Many of those around thought to them, feeling if they could that strong, they won't be acting like some turtle right now but be standing brave and tall.
The people with Young Master Steve did not bother with those in the hall but directed their attention to Dean and Miss Elena that were walking away.
Getting to a location not far from the walk if the hall at the back she brought out a token like card, she waved the card there a portal opened up. The card was uses to activate the portal and with some activation from the card it was active in some array set in the hall.
The portal that open was showing stairways, it was heading down rather than going up, the both of then walked into it after they entered the portal closed up.
"I cause you all this trouble, Big Brother Dean".
"You need to be careful, that cultivator that swept the hall with his divine sense just now is a powerful master".
Miss Elena said seriously. Dean felt he should not take things lightly and be ready for what is about to come next.
"ZI, how strong was that cultivator". Dean asked about the cultivator quickly, no wasting time.
"He is indeed strong compare to most of the people in the hall, apart from those hidden master".
"He is in the peak middle stage of the core realm"
"Halfway to the high stage of the core realm".
"What!". When Dean got the information, he could not help but exclaimed, he knew things were getting serious for real.
"Don't worry Miss Elena, I will be careful".
"And you are not the cause of the situation. Trouble will either come one way or the other".
"That Young brat was after me" Dean said softly encouraging her but from his speech he was using all his strength.