Everything cleared at that moment.The swirling clouds of dust, pulverized rock, and lingering energy residue slowly settled, revealing the aftermath of the terrifying collision. Qin Lian lay slumped against the rugged cliffside, drenched in his own blood and completely paralyzed in shock. His eyes were wide, staring in absolute disbelief at the back of the youth standing before him. His mind reeled as he desperately tried to comprehend how Oasis had suddenly materialized in this location. When Oasis approached, there had been no surge of spiritual pressure, no warning, and not a single trace of a mana signature, he had simply appeared out of thin air like a phantom to block a lethal strike from a peak beast-clan prodigy.Mmmh.Mavis’s throat issued a low, dangerous rumble. She strained her arm, attempting to wrench her clawed hand free from Oasis’s grasp, firmly convinced that her initial failure to pull away was merely a momentary lapse or a fluke. Her crimson beastly aura flare

At that moment, from a distance away, where the male companion had moved, he hovered quietly in the sky. He held the massive, dead serpent securely within the tight grip of his condensed aura, watching from afar as Mavis’s terrifying, mountain-sized blast surged directly toward Oasis. Yet, even from such a safe distance, a sudden, primal shiver ran straight down his spine. The air around him chilled instantly as a frightening wave of dense, razor-sharp energy radiated violently from Oasis's frame.“Destiny of Tomorrow...”The soft whisper echoed throughout the heavens, carrying a chilling, absolute weight that seemed to vibrate through the very fabric of reality.In that exact breath, the companion saw it.It was an attack that did not merely cut through the air, it sliced through space itself. The incoming blast from Mavis, a colossal beam capable of leveling mountain ranges, was completely torn apart upon contact. Oasis’s counter-attack was not blocking, deflecting, or playing ta

Qin Lian’s eyes were wide at this moment as he stared in total bewilderment, wondering what Oasis was trying to do. Oasis's internal energy shifted rapidly, it was no longer purely magical energy nor standard martial aura, but a refined, radiant stream of pure cyan energy. Around him, the thousands of High-grade mana stones formed an orbital ring that swirled quickly around the newly raised mountain.Oasis’s fingers blurred as he weaved a continuous sequence of intricate hand seals, his lips moving rapidly to utter an guttural chant that echoed with divine resonance. Suddenly, long, glowing chains of glowing runes materialized out of thin air, dancing alongside rotating array formation diagrams.An ethereal manifestation of the Emerald Saint Grade Herb ignited above the peak, expanding into a towering spectral vision before plunging downward, embedding itself directly into the heart of the mountain structure. Immediately after, the physical body of the massive armored serpent began t

Back at the mountain, Oasis didn't offer any further explanations regarding the nature of the formation he had constructed or the principles powering it.Qin Lian, being a seasoned cultivator, understood the unwritten rules of the world, every master possessed their own deeply guarded secrets, and it was entirely impolite to pry. Consequently, Qin Lian chose to focus all his remaining energy on his own recovery. He sat cross-legged in the quiet cavern, quietly circulating his internal mana to draw out the potent medicinal properties of the high-grade healing saint pill he had consumed earlier. Although he possessed an auxiliary background as an alchemist, he was not a dedicated specialized healer, leaving him with no choice but to rely heavily on high-tier pills and deep meditative circulation to restore his damaged body to a functional state.Before sinking into his deep recovery state, however, Qin Lian made a point to explicitly warn Oasis regarding the physical manual he had jus

“We are warning whoever is in there, to give passage to us at this moment before things get ugly for you!”The loud, arrogant shout echoed across the mountain peak as a group of five external cultivators hovered in mid-air about sixty meters in front of the translucent barrier. Each of them was armed to the teeth with glittering weapons and pulsing martial gear, their expressions laced with greed and confidence as the rest of the group giggled mockingly in agreement with their leader.“There must be a treasure in there, Brother, without a doubt,” another cultivator among the five spoke up, his sharp eyes scanning the surrounding terrain with a mixture of excitement and hesitation. “Why else would there be such a powerful barrier erected here? But look at those dozens of corpses lying on the ground below... We should proceed with caution and not act blindly, lest we end up lifeless husks like them.”“If you look closely, this might mean it’s an ancient barrier formation left behind lo