Death... and me
chapter-2211

Rean would often return to the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm, where he could use the Divine Origin Cores to recover his Divine Origin Energy before once again coming out to travel. Every time he used a Spatial Gate, he got more used to it, able to control his little Time Power better and better.

It still took him several weeks of trial and error to get stable performance, though. Nonetheless, he now was confident that he wouldn't end up in a time displacement or some random location in the Universe. It's just that due to his little control over time, his Spatial Gtes truly couldn't connect as far as someone in the Space-Time Realm would. 'Sigh... I guess I can only wait for Roan, Kentucky, and Celis to reach the Peak Stage of the Elemental Space Realm.'

Everyone had their roles, so Rean simply spent the next years moving in the direction of th Center of the Realm of Gods. The plan wasn't to go all the way there, though. Instead, it was to continue to travel until he found a Demon Beast City with a Long Distance Teleport Formation. He had more than enough Divine Stones to pay for it, and no one would try to stop an Elemental Space Realm expert. Such a level of cultivation was simply unheard of in these faraway places of the Realm of Gods.

Now and then, Rean would find a Demon Beast at the Transition Realm, but no Void Tempering Realm appeared during the first four years of opening Spatial Gates. Divine Energy continued to be scarce everywhere, which explained that situation. It's not that there wasn't a single one, but between coming in and out of Spatial Gates, Rean didn't meet any.

After four years and three months of travel, that changed. Another Spatial Gate appeared in the middle of the air from which Rean came out with a tired expression. He was already planning to go into the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm and use the Divine Origin Energy Cores to recover his energy. Above all, his group was truly close to the have another breakthrough and reaching the Peak Stage of the Elemental Space Realm. Perhaps he would join the other three and cultivate for a while just to get that one more breakthrough.

Yet, as soon as he stepped out of the Spatial Gate, he was attacked by several Demon Beasts at once. All of them were at the Transition Realm, with their leader watching from the back.

This situation wasn't anything new to Rean. After using thousands of Spatial Gates, he did end up connecting Spatial Gates with some more aggressive Demon Beast territories. That sudden Spatial Gate, which was something the Demon Beasts had never seen before, naturally attracted a lot of hostility.

Yet, even Transition Realm Demon Beasts were rare in those situations, let alone a pack with tens of them at once. Through his Divine Sense, Rean quickly noticed that they were some kind of weird hornet bats with four wings. Rean didn't know which race that was. Yet, that didn't matter. That's because what Rean noticed was that at the very back of this group, there was one Bat at the Void Tempering Realm!

All the bats attacked Rean together, trying to bring him down before anything. Yet, Rean's body simply disappeared in a flash of silver light. Neither of them could see Rean's movement at all. Well, Rean was literally three entire realms above them, and he was definitely much stronger than those at the same level, so... nothing surprising there.

*Zush!*

The Void Tempering Realm bat felt scared out of his wits. As a Void Tempering Realm being, he obviously had the Natural Spatial Perception that everyone in his realm and above has. They all looked like black holes in their perceptions... and for that Bat, Rean's Realm made him look like a black hole that could cover the world. "Shit!"

He quickly tried to use his Spatial Powers to get away, but how could he possibly succeed with such a disparity? Rean's own Spatial Powers completely sealed the Bat in place, not allowing him to move a single muscle. "Hahahaha! Finally, a Void Tempering Realm Demon Beast. Seems like I'm getting closer to the Center of the Realm of Gods!"

The other Transition Realm Bats noticed that their leader was captured and quickly tried to attack Rean. Yet, Rean's Spatial Powers made an impenetrable barrier that didn't allow any of their attacks to pass through. For Rean, it was as if they weren't even attacking at all. "Hey, hey, hey, calm down, everyone. I'm not here to kill or take anything away from you. I just need some information, and I will be on my way right after."

Rean then released the Bat Leader, showing that it didn't really matter since he could capture again if he wanted to.

The leader was still frightened, having never seen someone with such a high cultivation Realm. Yet, he did his best to calm down before shouting at his companions. "All of you, stop! We are nothing but ants in front of this... errrr... I don't know what he is, but he is that strong!"

Rean's mouth twitched a little, feeling like he was being treated as an aberration. "Ahem... let's not pay attention to such details, shall we?" Obviously, the bats had never seen a human before.

The other Bats, seeing that their leader was fine, could only stop and watch from a distance.

Rean then looked around, seeing that he arrived in a quite dark place. It was still the outside world, but the environment made the light of the day quite hard to reach the ground. It wasn't anything that impressive. Different types of environments were common when you considered the entire Realm of Gods. "First, sorry for barging into your territory. It was not intentional. I just wish to know if you can point out a Demon Beast City where I can use a Long-Distance Teleport Formation."

"Demon Beast City?" The Bat sighed in relief, seeing that Rean didn't want to cause trouble to his race. "I don't know if they have a Long Distance Teleport Formation. However, this Demon Beast City is the only one I know about. It's just that it is really far away. Even if I fly at full speed, it will take me over ten years to arrive. Is that fine, sir?"

Rean's eyes lit up. "Absolutely! Please, do tell!"