Death... and me
chapter-2983

"It's unusually tranquil here," Rean commented as he hadn't seen a single Sunlight Beasts in the last few hundred kilometers.

Their group flew up to the skies and approached the sun. The temperature increased, Sunlight Energy did the same, and even Gofel felt some difficulty in resisting it. However, it didn't last long.

*Blup...*

Suddenly, Rean, Roan, Gofel, and Klifon passed through some kind of barrier, entering a new place. Immediately, they noticed the presence of several Transition Realm experts from back in the entrance. From the looks of it, around 30% of them were in this same place.

They all stood in front of a giant gate, and right ahead, an enormous palace that seemed could be seen. It was definitely many times bigger than the Royal Palace in Rusbav, which was already enormous.

Together with those Transition Realm cultivators, many more Elemental Transformation Realm experts from the second group to enter the Sunlight Realm were present. They all stayed close to their own leaders from the same powers, creating various distinct groups. Nonetheless, none of them seemed to want to get close to touch the gate. Many of them just sat or floated in front of it, doing nothing but looking around at the several other groups. Looking at that, Gofel's eyes lit up. He lost quite a few members of his group, but there were still more of them. On the right side of the gate, his people waited quietly, including another Transition Realm expert. That's one of the reasons he wanted to push forward. He had hoped the rest of his group would make it to the Palace, and it turned out to be the case.

"Well then, this is our farewell," Gofel didn't think twice before flying out of Rean's Light and Divine Sense Bending skill, going straight to his group.

Rean bitterly smiled and canceled his skill after that. There was no point in hiding since Gofel knew they were there. First of all, when they went through the barrier earlier, the ripples they caused already told everyone their location, so keeping hiding might attract unnecessary attacks of probation.

"Hum?" The Transition Realm expert from Gofel's group was taken aback. "Gofel, what happened to you? Your cultivation..."

Gofel shook his head. "I was careless. It is already a miracle I made it here alive. Donnan, how was your trip here?"

Donnan looked at the twins' group and then back at Gofel. "The Flower Frame showed the path, and I avoided as many Sunlight Beasts as possible. Still, I was forced to use some of our Elemental Transformation Realm experts as baits so I could bring this group here. How about your group?"

"I should have done the same..." Gofel sighed. "They are all dead. I'm the only survivor. It is no problem, though. As long as I return to the sect, I can use my experience to go back to the Transition Realm in a few years."

Donnan nodded, relieved. "Losing a Transition Realm would be bad, so it is good you are that confident. What about those who came with you? Core and Soul Fusion Realm kids and a Stage Six Sun Urpin? Was there a reason for you to bring them?"

Gofel shook his head. "It was through their help that I made it back here."

As Gofel and Donnan spoke, the twins' group approached the gate where the various experts waited. The looks of surprise because of their cultivation was pretty obvious, though.

One of the groups there was the one from the Parton Sect. They knew their groups with lower cultivation, so they recognized Rean, Roan, and Klifon from Riana's group. An expert in the Elemental Transformation Realm then came close. "Weren't you with Riana? Where is she? And what about the rest?"

Klifon shook his head. At the moment, he acted as if he was the lead of the twins' group since his cultivation was higher. "Ofolie, right? Lady Riana mentioned you. We have no idea. At the end of the entrance path, there is a barrier. You all went through it, right? Well, you didn't stay there to see what happened after. Quite a few Elemental Transformation Realm experts stayed behind to ambush the third batch of groups."

Ofolie narrowed his eyes for a moment. "So that's what happened. How did you manage to escape?"

"It is not as if you can't imagine..." Klifon spoke. "I'm only at Stage Six, while my two friends are only Core and Soul Fusion Realm experts. Lady Riana and most of the Parton Sect's group, however, were in the saint realm..."

Ofolie wasn't an idiot. "The enemy targeted the Saint Realm experts first and ignored your presence. Indeed, you were lucky. Do you know if Riana or anyone else survived?"

"Probably," Klifon didn't discard the possibility. "Although the enemies' cultivations were higher, we had a higher number of members. Everyone scattered when they noticed there was no chance to win, so a few more might have made it out of the ambush."

Ofolie nodded. He knew Riana and the treasures she carried. She probably made it out, too. Nonetheless, it didn't matter much now. "Alright, now, how come you managed to get here? And you were with Gofel on top of that."

"They helped me, so I helped them," it was at this moment that Gofel approached. "Tom, Jerry, Klifon, I still owe you one. If you need something in the future, find me in the Heaven Front Sect in Calau. I'll be sure to make up for it."

The twins were surprised by Gofel's interference. At first, they thought he would ask his sect members to deal with them since they got Gofel's Spatial Ring. From the looks of it, they were

wrong.

'I don't know what you are trying to do, but it is true you managed to save me back there. I will keep your secret for the time being. If the chance arrives, give me a hand inside the palace,' Gofel said with his Spiritual Sense.

Only then did the twins' group understand. Gofel simply thought they could still be of use ahead.