Chapter 357: The Sorrowful Saintess’s True Power
–Sea Region, Sea Concubine Palace
Whoosh!!!
A massive, purple figure descended from the sky, a hurricane of dust and debris swirling around it.
The Sleepless Sparrow, its beautiful, dreamlike plumage, immediately drew the attention of the Sea Concubine Palace members, their gazes fixed on the magnificent bird, oblivious to the faint wind spirit energy emanating from the Spirit Masters on its back.
With the Sorrowful Saintess’s recent rise to prominence, powerful spirit beasts of various attributes had flocked to the Sea Concubine Palace, none daring to cause trouble.
A few Wind Realm Spirit Masters… what could they possibly do?
They were certain these Wind Realm visitors weren’t here to cause trouble. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have even been able to enter the Sea Concubine Palace’s territory.
“Um… is anyone going to greet us…?”
“It can’t be helped. We didn’t exactly give them advance notice~~”
The Wind Realm Spirit Masters sighed, disappointed. They hadn’t expected even the Sleepless Sparrow’s arrival to go unnoticed by the Sea Concubine Palace higher-ups.
And right before them, a water-type Saint-rank spirit beast was openly selling fragments of its soul core, claiming they could awaken Saint-rank battle techniques.
It was like a human offering up pieces of their heart. Even the Sleepless Sparrow, its feathers ruffled, seemed slightly disturbed by this.
“What should we do? Should we go look for them?”
“This is the Sea Region. It’s probably best not to wander around…”
“It’s alright. The Sorrowful Saintess already knows we’re here,” the black-haired girl, He Daoqi, said, her expression serious.
The moment they entered the Sea Concubine Palace’s airspace, she had sensed an overwhelming, oppressive water aura, a heavy presence that made it difficult to breathe.
Her Swallow God had been trembling in fear ever since they arrived. This was the kind of aura suppression only a Saint-rank spirit beast could sense.
It was that black Water Element, the one that had stolen the Shadowlurking Blade, Night’s Executioner!
As He Daoqi spoke, the other Wind Realm Spirit Masters looked at her questioningly.
However, before they could ask, a senior instructor from the Sea Concubine Palace rushed over.
The instructor, panting and disheveled, as if she had just run a marathon, hadn’t even summoned her spirit beast.
It was like an NPC in a game, too lazy to mount up when the distance was short, or perhaps she was afraid of her spirit beast being scared off by a passing Saint-rank.
“Are you from the Wind Realm? The Saintess summons you. Come with me!!!”
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The instructor’s words confirmed He Daoqi’s suspicions.
The Sea Concubine Palace, no, the entire Sea Region, was under the Sorrowful Saintess’s control. She was aware of everything.
How could the Sun and Moon Realm Spirit Masters allow this? Could it be that even they…?
Lost in thought, the Wind Realm Spirit Masters followed the instructor towards the Sorrowful Saintess’s palace.
Sea Concubine Palace, Sorrowful Saintess Palace
A magnificent palace, its icy walls shimmering, a serene and chilling aura, filled with a dense water spirit energy, its furniture made of ice-blue crystals, their purity and density far exceeding anything found outside.
Such opulence and grandeur… a palace constructed entirely from Ice Soul Magic Crystals…
It wasn’t so much that the Sorrowful Saintess Palace was located within the Sea Concubine Palace, as that the Sea Concubine Palace existed around the Sorrowful Saintess Palace.
After all, the entire Sea Concubine Palace couldn’t even afford a tenth of the Ice Soul Magic Crystals used to build this place.
Two guards stood at the entrance, one an umbrella woman yawning languidly, the other a flower woman in a fiery red dress.
Inside the massive ice palace, a blue-haired woman in a bathrobe sat facing a white-haired, antlered girl: Gong Lianyue, the Sorrowful Saintess, and the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer, ruler of the Hegemony Moon Realm.
Having achieved the Holy Water Body, Gong Lianyue’s six teardrops had retreated into her eyes, forming swirling, watery, magatama-shaped pupils.
Even beside a legendary being, her aura was impressive.
The drawback of this form was that she couldn’t summon non-water-attribute spirit beasts like the Tyrant Demon Seed and the Nine-Colored Cloud Dream Flower. However, this problem had been resolved after just one day.
After consuming a bowl of antler soup, carefully prepared by the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer, the massive influx of dual water and moon spirit energy had suppressed the Holy Water Body’s limitations, allowing her to control it freely.
And having consumed a part of the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer, she had inadvertently formed a contract with it, becoming its Lord Attendant.
[??White Flower Moon-Treading Deer??]
The power a Lord Attendant could wield was insignificant compared to a true Legendary Spirit Master.
Gong Lianyue could only sense the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer’s location and its general condition and could release a faint, disintegrating aura similar to its own.
Other Lord Attendants were likely the same. Whether the legendary being itself would intervene was another matter.
“Have you made your decision?”
The white-haired deer woman looked at the blue-haired girl and asked seriously.
More than a month had passed since the Moon Calamity’s defeat and her invitation to join October, and Gong Lianyue was still hesitant.
After all, challenging for a title wasn’t a decision to be taken lightly. It could drag the entire Sea Region into a war, inviting unimaginable retaliation.
“I want to know the strength of the opponent. Are they on the same level as the Jade Concubine of the Waterfall Lake?” Gong Lianyue asked cautiously, her icy eyebrows furrowed.
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“Of course not! The Jade Concubine is competing with the Ice Antelope Grand Concubine for a spot among the Seven Concubines. Her power far surpasses that of ordinary titled legendary beings. Even without a title, she can defeat most of them.”
“And our target isn’t even close to her level. More like… the Blade and Halberd Sword Concubine, Fifth Seat of October.”
Hearing Gong Lianyue’s question, the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer shook its head.
Even it knew it wasn’t a match for the Jade Concubine. Their target wasn’t that powerful.
Seeing the blue-haired girl relax slightly, the White Flower Moon-Treading Deer revealed its trump card.
It placed a small jade bottle on the table, a smug look on its face.
“And the reward can be paid in advance.”
“What is this?”
Gong Lianyue curiously channeled her spirit energy to examine the bottle, her teardrop eyes widening in surprise.
A single drop of white blood, radiating a Lost Realm aura.
This was…
The Moon Calamity’s blood…!
