Reaper of the Martial World

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Book 7: Chapter 328: Barrier Breaking (3)

A mighty roar resounded through the skies. The silhouette of a massive beast entered the eyes of everyone. It towered at more than 200 meters and its length almost reached 500 meters.

To its back, numerous tails whipped about with a mind of their own. Only those with the sharpest of eyesight could count that there were ten. However, in the next moment, they faded, fusing into one.

Slowly, the divine pillar of light shrunk. With it, the silhouette inexplicably disappeared. By the time everyone’s eyes adjusted to the fading light, all that was left was a beast whose beauty could make one’s heart tremble.

No one understood where that massive silhouette came from, but what they did know was that it was nowhere to be seen now. The beast before them only stood at about three quarters of a meter tall and about a meter and a half long.

Its silky white fur was completely blemishless. The faint halo of a delicate holy light wafted from the beast, giving it an unmatched divine aura. The beast could only be described as an Empress, gently watching over her subjects.

To the beast’s back, ten beautiful tails lightly waved about. But, what was the most captivating were its blue eyes. They seemed to be as deep as the ocean themselves, limitless and mysterious.

At that moment, King Acacia slowly walked over. Although he tried to maintain his kingly aura, he couldn’t help but tremble. The kind of guilt that weighed on his conscious might not have been as much as Patia-Neva, but he felt it wasn’t so far from that. He owed this wife of his far too much.

In truth, King Acacia and Kawa’s relationship began in large part due to King Acacia’s innate beast taming abilities as an elf. This was why despite being husband and wife, the soul connection between them was actually that of beast and master. It wasn’t after years of being side by side that they fell in love and became husband and wife.

Although Kawa could have dissolved this connection when she abandoned the beast path, she chose to keep it in remembrance of those times they spent together. King Acacia had tried to convince her to change her mind many times before, but she had never agreed. However, just now, King Acacia felt that connection snap.

The rational side of him knew that this was just a side effect of the fate breaking pill. Kawa essentially was given the ability to start over from scratch. But, a deeply irrational part of him held the faint worry that this meant Kawa didn’t want to be with him anymore. The saddest part was that he couldn’t bring himself to blame her…

‘Silly man, aren’t you going to offer your wife a robe? I’ll be stuck in this form if you don’t.’

The moment his wife’s words enter his ears, King Acacia was awashed with so much emotion that he nearly collapsed. But, he quickly obliged.

Usually, when beasts entered their human forms, they had the ability to quickly pull out clothes for themselves from within their spatial rings. But, obviously, Kawa had stopped carrying such things for a long time now, thinking that she’d never be human again.

Dyon felt Ri tightly grab onto his arm as he watched her parents embrace. It had been too long since they could be together in this way. Dyon felt gratified to have helped them out like this.

His arm wrapped around Ri’s small waist. He knew this wife of his was embarrassed about the tears of happiness she was shedding, so he let her be, providing quiet support.

Looking up, Dyon saw his Master sigh. At that moment, he promised himself that he would definitely retrieve his master uncle from the celestial floor. Even if he was on the dao floors, he’d do so just the same.

‘I wonder why Kawa had ten tails instead of one…’ Dyon pondered this for a moment, but he couldn’t come up with a solid answer. In all likelihood, it was because Kawa was a nine tails before. It was impossible for her to leap two massive grades all at once. She’d likely have the ability to become that lofty one tails in the future once she comprehended the secrets of her new talent.

Of course, Dyon thought about giving this pill to Ri as well, but he decided against it in the end. Ri wasn’t just a kitsune, she was also an elf. Giving her such a pill would be the equivalent of wiping out half of her legacy. The Fate Breaking Pill was amazing, but it forced those who took it back to square one. In addition, this ‘square one’ would restrict you to a path set by the blood essence you used as a catalyst.

The reason Kawa was such a small size wasn’t because she was still inflicted with the weaknesses of the kitsune, but rather because she had no cultivation to speak of now. This was about as large as she could be without cultivating.

‘Wait a minute, hasn’t started cultivating yet?’ Dyon’s eyes flashed with a bold light. With a thought, a Martial Saint Pill appeared in his hand.

Dyon remembered the information [Detection] gave him on these pills very clearly. If someone who had yet to begin cultivating took this pill, they would immediately gain a Divine Pulse and True Deity Grade meridians!

Dyon had already given this pill to Delia to set aside for Little Aiden. When he was old enough, just before he began cultivating, he would take this pill and also gain these benefits. How could Dyon be stingy with his best friend’s son?

However, it seemed like the first person who would benefit from this would be Kawa!

Just as Dyon was about to interrupt the lovie dovie moment of his parents-in-law, he noticed Granny Celest was making her way over.

Sighing, he put the pill away for now. He was getting back into his old habits again. Constantly seeking power when there was such love and ambiance around him, wasn’t that too foolish?

In that moment, he decided to push the meeting he had set for tomorrow back by another month. For this month, he wouldn’t think of anything but his friends and family.

Although it was too faint for Dyon to notice it, when he thought these thoughts, the crown within his inner world shined brightly for a moment before dimming once more.