Is that a Wisp?
chapter-618

Krune's group was relatively fast. Still, they could be much faster than that. It's just that they were paying attention to any Spatial Tears or Space Creatures. Sure enough, they encountered a few of them on the way. Compared to the outside, the numbers were much higher. Still, they were much more prepared now. They had understood their patterns a little and how to detect them.

*Boom, boom, boom!*

*Roar!*

Suddenly, another Space Creature fell on the ground, quickly becoming specs of silver light right after. Krune's shields then returned to him, but he didn't store them inside the Spatial Ring. Instead, he had kept them orbiting around himself ever since they entered this place. Still, he only deployed half of the shields so far.

Jimage looked around and couldn't detect any space creature.

"Alright, we should be very close to the center where the node is located. Pay attention to your surroundings."

Everyone nodded as they continued. Sure enough, Jimage was right. They finally reached the center of the chaotic space. There, Krune, Iem, and everyone else could see a small cluster. It shined with intense blue light. Right below it, the group could also see a bright white root that looked the same as the root connected to the island.

"That's the node. Just as we imagined, it is a water type one with Water Element Top Quality Godly Stones. Xanala, you have the best water element control in our group. You go and take them out of the node. Be careful not to make the node's energy go out of control, or you will probably be doomed."

Xanala took a deep breath and nodded.

"Alright, keep an eye around for Space Creatures and Spatial Tears."

Jimage agreed, and he stopped somewhat close to the node. Rui, the 6th Stage Divinity Realm demon beast, stayed on the other side. The rest formed a perimetry around the node while keeping some distance from it.

Xanala then gathered Water Element and Laws on her hands and touched the node. She could see a total of five Top Quality Godly Stones that could be acquired, but she didn't dare to be hasty. The trick was to cut the Water Element's connection between the Godly Stones and the node itself. However, the sheer amount of Godly Energy present made it quite difficult. That's because she had to use her own Water Element and Laws to seal the hole left behind. That was a delicate process that had to be done little by little so that the Godly Energy wouldn't burst out of the node.

Xanala spent around thirty minutes to take all five Godly Stones. After ascertaining that she didn't leave any flaws behind in the node, she quickly separated from it. She was sweating quite a lot, but not because she was tired. It's just that she could die if the node exploded right in front of her, so she was obviously nervous during the process.

Jimage nodded, satisfied.

"Alright, let's leave this place. There are several other islands to check after this one."

The walked back through the same path as before, which was already more or less cleared from Space Creatures. They also knew where the Spatial Tears were located, making things even easier. Finally, they exited the chaotic space before giving a sigh of relief.

"Good, we didn't meet too many Space Creatures at once inside. Let's hope the next nodes are the same. We are moving to the next island."

Everyone agreed with Jimage, and they departed. To leave the island, they only had to jump from its borders using all their strength. Those islands didn't have strong gravity to start with, so it was possible to escape their attraction force even though they can't fly.

They began to float in space once more, making their way to the nearest rooted island when suddenly, they felt strong Godly Energy Waves coming from somewhere far in the distance. There, they saw one of the floating islands crumbling until only the root that was holding it remained. That island was as big as their one, but it quickly broke apart nonetheless.

Jimage and the others took a deep cold breath after seeing it.

"Seems like one of the other groups made a mistake while extracting the Top Quality Godly Stones. In the end, the Godly Energy inside the node burst out, wiping out everything around. Most likely, the person or demon beast trying to remove the Godly Stones died. Even if not, he or she was definitely severely injured."

Rui couldn't help but ask.

"Should we take the opportunity to attack? The other group should be in poor condition at the moment, so it's a good chance."

Jimage shook his head.

"It would be detrimental for us. Instead, we should take this chance and gather even more Top Quality Godly Stones while they are out of the game. I reckon that they should need at least a day to recover. As for the one who tried to take the Top Quality Godly Stones, he or she will take at least three or four days if not dead."

Everyone nodded. The only one somewhat disappointed was Iem, who thought he could finally fight against the other groups. Still, the sect's orders were to follow Jimage's command, so he couldn't go there by himself or separate from the group.

Their group only took another hour to reach the next floating island. This time, this one was only half as big. However, the sect already confirmed that the island's size doesn't matter as long as it has a white root attached to it.

Once again, their group separated into a big line and searched for the node. Some nodes are not affected by any chaotic space, so they could reach them easily. In the end, that was the case on this island as well. The Godly Stones and the node were of the wind type, which was perfect for Rui, who mainly used Fire and Wind.

There were only three Top Quality Godly Stones, though. Still, they didn't feel unlucky since there had been minimal risk while acquiring this batch. After taking them away, they quickly left the place. However, a few minutes after they left, a blue light appeared nearby the area. It promptly revealed a woman's shape, who looked at the direction that Jimage's group went.

The blue light then disappeared as if it had never been there.

On another island nearby, a woman was sitting cross-legged. She had the same appearance as the blue light one before. Around her, there were another nine cultivators/demon beasts. If one looked at their clothes, they would immediately understand that they were members of the Flower River Sect.

Suddenly, the woman opened her eyes and smiled at a man on her side.

"How was it, did you take this island's Godly Stones, senior Pharan?"

That was obviously the man's name. He had been here all the time, protecting her body. He was also the leader of this squad of the Flower River Sect.

"Yes. The other disciples found six Fire Element Top Quality Godly Stones. How was on your side, Illia?"

Illia nodded before saying.

"I found the Sky Shifting Sect's group. They will be heading to the island close to ours next. They seem to have got some Godly Stones already too. What you think?"

Pharan pondered a bit and answered.

"They had brought two Divine View Realm members with their group this time, which is quite suspicious. However, whatever the reason is, it is good news for us. After all, that Divine View Realm duo won't be able to do much. That leaves the Sky Shifting Sect with only five members at the Semi-Divinity Level of strength."

Illia understood where Pharan was coming from.

"I already used my secret technique to appraise the chaotic space on the next island. The node there only accepts Semi-Divinity Realm cultivators/demon beasts or below. Divinity Realm ones will be blocked due to the fragile space inside. We should take the chance to go to the next island and send our own Semi-Divinity Realm members. We would have the advantage and could get rid of some of them. Maybe all at once. Especially since they don't know about our presence here."

"Also, the Three Peaks Sect had just suffered a set back an hour ago, so they should be in an even worse state after the explosion. That's our chance to take control of the Top Quality Godly Stones this time."

Pharan agreed with her.

"That's what I thought."

Pharan then looked at everyone else and ordered.

"We are moving to the next island and entering through the other side. Then Illia and the others in the Semi-Divinity Realm will enter the chaotic space together. Your objective is to get rid of the Sky Shifting Sect members inside. As for Jimage and the other two Divinity Realm cultivators, you can leave them to us."

Everyone nodded, accepting the orders. Without wasting any time, they got up and departed straight away.

At the same time, on Krune's group side...

Iem was talking with him through Divine Sense message. He seemed quite excited too.

'Are you sure you noticed someone spying on us?'

Krune nodded.

'Absolutely. You do know that I have an ability that is better for this kind of situation than Divine Sense, right? I've been using it all the time, that's why I notice it. I can't tell the others since it would be too suspicious. After all, even Jimage himself didn't notice anything.'

Iem nodded.

'Don't worry, it would only spoil the fun anyway.'