CHAPTER 168: 9 RELICS GATHERED... HEADING TO THE TRUE INHERITANCE GROUND!

Just as they clashed, a whistling sound pierced the still air. An arrow from nowhere tore through the sky and struck the monarch realm cultivator from behind before he could react.

Blood burst out as the arrow embedded itself deeply. His body trembled, frozen in place by shock.

The monarch realm cultivator was stunned and quickly turned to look in the direction of the attack, only to see another arrow racing through the air toward him.

Before he could react, he was pierced by the arrow once more.

He also sensed something from behind. Upon turning to look, he noticed that Kranos had finished destroying both of the rod attacks.

Kranos looked at him coldly, and in the next moment, he moved without hesitation. The time sword in his hand emitted a chilling light as he activated the Time Movement Technique together with the Heaven and Earth Movement Technique.

One instant he was a few meters away from the monarch realm cultivator, and the next moment he was in front of him, his sword moving rapidly toward the cultivator’s neck.

The cultivator was shocked and quickly raised his hand to block the strike. At the same time, he called back the two rods, which were far away. After all, he couldn’t completely defend against Kranos’s sword strikes using only his bare hands.

However, just as he made the effort to call the rods back, another whistling sound pierced through the air behind him.

His instincts screamed, and he felt a chill crawl up his spine. In the next moment, he was struck fiercely from behind.

The arrow disrupted his momentum, causing him to be unable to block Kranos’s sword strike.

In a blink, the sword in Kranos’s hand cleaved through his head without resistance.

The man’s eyes widened for a moment, and after that, his body shattered with a bang.

Seeing that the man was finally killed, Kranos breathed out a sigh of relief.

At the same time, the others hesitated to attack Kranos and Luka, ultimately deciding to put their lives on the line for the relic.

Kranos ignored the gazes of the crowd and, using his Heaven and Earth Movement Technique, rapidly raced through the sea of people heading in the same direction as Luka.

Kathryn’s voice also resounded in his mind.

"Be prepared. I think something is about to happen."

Kranos was shocked by her words. Because she sounded solemn, he could tell that whatever was about to happen was far from ordinary.

At that moment, the mysterious will of the trial spoke up, drawing the attention of everyone to no particular direction.

"The obtainment of the relic is completed. Congratulations on obtaining all nine relics."

Upon hearing the words of the mysterious will of the trial, everyone was shocked. After all, if they counted clearly, only eight relics had been revealed.

"Isn’t it supposed to be eight?" one of the cultivators in the crowd questioned coldly.

Feeling that some kind of trickery was going on, he couldn’t take it lying down.

The mysterious voice didn’t reply to him. Instead, it spoke the words directed at those who had obtained the relics.

"Those holding the relics should step forward. If you don’t, there will be no chance to move to the true inheritance ground."

At the words of the mysterious will, everywhere fell silent. The crowd of onlookers stared at their surroundings, waiting to see who the ones with all nine relics were.

At that moment, inside the mysterious space, Luka turned to look at Kathryn with a raised brow.

"Isn’t it time we head out yet?" he asked curiously, staring at the mysterious woman.

Kathryn just shook her head, then thought for a moment and spoke lightly.

"Let’s wait a bit before leaving for the outside world. When it’s time, I’ll tell you."

At the same time, her eyes flashed with deep thought. "I wonder who the ones who got the relics are."

Apart from being cautious of the cultivators outside, another reason she decided to wait until the others revealed themselves was to see who had obtained the relics this time around.

Without hiding it, from within the crowd, a god realm cultivator calmly walked out. As one of the strongest here, he didn’t have to be fearful of anything.

Aurora, who was standing calmly in the distance, studied her surroundings.

"Where have you gone, Kranos?" she wondered. She had been waiting for the time cultivator to appear, but unfortunately, Kranos seemed to have guessed her intentions and was unwilling to appear anytime soon.

Due to this, she was slightly furious. But seeing that there was nothing she could do about it, she could only reluctantly step out from the crowd, waiting patiently for Kranos to come out.

"Whether you like it or not, as long as you want to advance to the true inheritance ground, you will have to step out from wherever you are hiding."

Aurora said this in her mind with a sneer.

The others in the surroundings, upon seeing Aurora appear and recalling how terrifying she had been in her previous battle, killing Ren before he could react, quickly distanced themselves from her.

Meanwhile, from within the shadows, a figure rapidly moved, lunging from one shadow to another.

Using his movement technique, Desmond quickly reached the location of the crowd.

Seeing the monstrous shadow, many cultivators subconsciously took a step back.

"What kind of creature is that? How could it have obtained a relic?" all the cultivators were puzzled. Previously, during the trial, they had not noticed any shadow monster at all.

"It seems the monster just appeared recently. Could it have been the one to take the ninth relic?" some asked curiously. After all, such a huge shadow monster was hard to ignore. Because of this, they felt that it must have appeared recently.

Desmond didn’t spare them a glance, only walking in the direction of Aurora and the others.

Just then, from within the crowd of cultivators, an unremarkable young man stepped forward.

This young man was just at the god incarnate realm, and his aura felt slightly weak.

Seeing him, many widened their eyes slightly. There was no one like him among those who had obtained the relics before.

They stared in surprise as the unremarkable young man slowly walked toward the group of cultivators gathered ahead.

In the meantime, the god realm cultivator who had obtained the fifth relic also walked out from the crowd. However, everyone’s attention was already focused on the cultivator from before.

"Is he the one?" many of them had faint guesses in their hearts. After all, it was clear that the young man wasn’t among the ones who had obtained the relics earlier. Because of this, they felt a slight change in their emotions.

Staring at the unremarkable young man, most of them were shocked.

"When was he able to obtain the relic? I thought every relic radiated a unique aura. How then was he able to mask it?" This question troubled many of the cultivators present.

They could hardly accept the fact that someone in the god incarnate realm, just like them, had obtained a relic while they hadn’t.

Seeing that the crowd of people had already gathered, Kathryn turned to Kranos and the other two, then spoke lightly.

"It’s time. Let’s move out." She also knew that any more delay would cause them to be treated as forfeiters. She needed the artifacts in the inheritance ground to repair the starship, after all. Besides, there were some important relics hidden within it.

Kranos nodded at her, and with that, they both stood up and walked out of the mysterious space.

The moment they appeared, everyone’s gaze was attracted to them.

Staring at the group of people who had singlehandedly stolen four relics, many of them felt their lips twitch, especially while staring at the shameless Luka, who was constantly grinning wildly.

Kathryn didn’t look at the crowd. Instead, she was studying the five who were ahead of them.

Staring at the monstrous shadow, she was slightly startled.

"Where did that shadow come from?" She didn’t recall ever encountering any creature like that.

However, after connecting some dots, she quickly realized the identity of the shadow. But upon reaching this line of thought, she was stunned.

"How is that possible? How did he become such a creature? And didn’t I kill him back then?" A frown surfaced on her face as she stared at the monstrous shadow.

Desmond changing into the monstrous shadow wasn’t part of her calculations, and since she hadn’t accounted for him, it came as a surprise to see that he was still present.

"In that case, nothing has changed." This thought alone made Kathryn glance at Desmond, now in the form of the shadow, with cold killing intent.

Turning her gaze away from him, she looked at the others who were gathered around her. Noticing that she could only recognize one of them, she frowned.

"How unremarkable..." Glancing at the unremarkable young man, Kathryn was slightly startled. He was exactly as she remembered. However, upon staring at him, her guard rose sharply.

After all, she knew far more about the young man than he let on.

Because of this young man, drastic things would happen in the inheritance ground.

"Unremarkable? Do you really think I will believe that?"