Death... and me
chapter-2991

Zana wasn't the only one feeling terrible. A few others also had their own ideas of how to resist the Sunlight Energy near the tower. However, with so many Transition Realm experts there, would they truly make it to the tower without becoming everyone else's targets?

"Everyone," finally, one of them started to speak. It was Hodard from Docaxe Country. "Are we going to just stay here, looking at each other's faces? The prize might be waiting inside the tower, so why don't we work together to get in there?"

Kruwan narrowed his eyes. "Is that your idea? Then tell me, how exactly do you want to do it? From the looks of it, a few here have some treasures or methods to resist the Sunlight Energy for a while and go ahead. The rest of us obviously won't permit it. Do you have a way to solve this problem?"

Everyone looked in Hodard's direction, but Hodard didn't seem to feel any pressure. He just smiled and pointed to the top of the tower where the 'sun' was located. "Isn't the Sunlight Energy being generated by that thing? We can simply neutralize it. Or perhaps just destroy it outright."

Diliy didn't like it. "I don't recommend attacking something that is capable of filling the Sunlight Realm with Sunlight Energy for so many years. If it explodes or something like that, we might all be turned to ashes before we can do anything."

Several people agreed with him, although others had their doubts. "If we talk about neutralizing it, how would we do that?"

"That is not complicated," Hodard continued. "All of us who live in Rusbav Country have tried to enter the Sunlight Realm before. After all, it was believed that a Divine Werdlem Stone might exist inside. The Sunlight Energy was too strong, so none of us succeeded. Yet, that doesn't mean we didn't manage to get close for a short period of time."

Woterto immediately understood Hodard's plan. "I see; you are planning to have all of us join forces to create a temporary barrier that will keep the Sunlight Energy away from the tower. There is a problem, though. It most likely won't last more than a few minutes. Even though the Sunlight Energy in the entire Sunlight Realm has reduced in concentration and allowed us to stay here, there is still a lot of it."

Hodard didn't deny it. "Yes, you are correct. Nonetheless, a few minutes is better than nothing at all. At some point, someone here will manage to get by us who can't enter, and we will all fall behind. Zana there, for example. Doesn't she have some water treasure that protected her against the Sunlight Energy. I heard she even tried to enter the tower, but Jarno and the others stopped her. How many more here can probably do the same?"

"This..." Woterto had to admit Hodard was correct. In fact, it was even worse. If the Transition Realm experts who can use other methods to enter the tower join forces, can the others truly stop all of them? All that is needed for them to fall behind is for a single expert to get past their defenses.

Zana kept her distance from everyone, having only Feelo on her side. Her treasure was no secret, so there was a chance she would be attacked so that others could steal it from her. "I will help with the plan."

The problem was what they would do if the barrier fell down and they were still inside the tower. At that time, they might burn to a crisp.

But then again, this was their best chance to acquire a Divine Werdlem Stone. Compared to the millennial competition, where just a single stone is rewarded, the number of experts fighting for this stone in the Sunlight Realm isn't even 1% of all the experts you have during that millennial competition.

"Let's do it!" Diliy was the first one to step forward. He didn't want to lose this chance either. "I'm in!" Woterto followed his friend.

"I'm here too," Zana obviously accepted.

The experts approached the tower as much as possible, all preparing to join their energies to create that barrier.

The twins had been watching everything all along. 'This is our chance. When they create that barrier, we will enter the hut and follow the secret path Sister Orb mentioned.

*Rumble...*

However, just as they were about to start, the Sunlight Realm began to tremble. The Sunlight Energy immediately turned chaotic, and the experts were forced to take distance from that 'sun' above the tower. They all looked up and noticed that the 'sun' was the reason for the event.

Little by little, it began to change shape. Wings grew, a beak appeared, three legs followed, and an ethereal form of Sunlight Energy emerged.

*CREEEEEEEE!*

Everyone was taken aback. None of them had seen that thing before. Above all, the power it seemed to possess gave everyone a chill on their backs. It was definitely much higher than any of their Transition Realm cultivations.

The twins also looked at it, surprised. 'Isn't that a Golden Crow?' The twins had never met one before, only the phoenixes. Lisan Universe just didn't seem to have one. The only reason the twins even knew it existed was the stories from back on Earth. They couldn't even tell if it was a Demon Beast. 'Space Bending Realm...'

The twins were able to assess its cultivation instantly with Rean's Divine Sense Bending skill. The crow had no issues using its Divine Sense in the Sunlight Realm at all. 'That is not something those guys can deal with...'

The Golden Crow then looked down, glaring at all the cultivators with hostility. It immediately opened its wings, and Sunlight Energy gathered. The experts all turned around.

None of them intended to stay there even a single extra second.

Yet, before they could move...

*Crack, crack, crack...*

The body of the Golden Crow began to break apart!