The spectators looked at the result in silence. No one expected such an abrupt end or abilities. Moreover, as if she was not satisfied, they saw Yasenia waving her hand in one last move, even after she heard the word surrender.
"[Empyrean Galaxy Domain: Falling Sky]."
The Galaxy, Sun, and Moon were detached from the firmament, allowing the pull of the earth to bring them all down. The dragoness flew up, and a second later, the world below her was set alight with countless explosions.
Outside, there was mostly silence, only broken by the figure of a woman appearing in the middle of the group of disciples. Her aura was gloomy, her luxurious black dress moving strangely, like Zi Hua's.
As soon as she appeared, Zi Hua, in the middle, opened her eyes widely. "H-Help! It hurts!"
Her cries were full of fear, prompting some people to feel a slight sympathy. The gloomy woman bent down to pick her up, speaking coldly. "The illusion is over, so snap out of it."
Zi Hua looked around, and seeing that she had returned, relief washed over her as tears flowed down her face. Looking up, she sobbed. "M-Master, it hurt so much…"
The woman looked down and sighed. "Alright, it's my fault. I should've taught you a bit better. At least we've discovered your faults in a non-lethal scenario."
Zi Hua was confused, her tears still falling as she looked around, trembling. The woman looked over toward Tatyana's area and squinted. "I will be expecting some compensation."
Tatyana raised her eyebrows and blurted. "Shameless bug fucker, how dare you speak such asinine words at your age? Did the worms get into your brain while you stuffed yourself with them?"
The gloomy woman's face froze over, her dark eyes showing cold killing intent. "You don't think that as a Third Level Demigoddess, you are untouchable, do you?"
"What does that matter, bug queen?" Tatyana sneered. "You ask for compensation for a fair fight where a one-thousand-year-old gets defeated by a one-hundred-year-old? If that's not shameless, what is? You do not want all the 'talents' to get compensated after Yasenia stomps them to death, right? Please, get your brain out of the bug bucket and try seeing reality."
The woman's face became gloomier, but before she spoke, a terrifying draconic pressure fell onto her shoulder. Her face turned solemn as she looked at the wine-eyed, tall dragon beauty. "Your disciple got defeated fair and square. If you dare try to find fault with it, you will be insulting not only Lady Death Empress but also all dragons."
The woman's face tightened. The dragons might not be considered one of the top powers, but that was because Dragons didn't bother themselves with politics. Even the Dragon Hunters, an openly opposing faction, only dared to hunt same-realm dragons in the majority of cases.
The last time a Dragon Hunter went and hunted a few juniors, the Dragons basically stormed their main place, massacring thousands of towns and cities before receiving compensation and appeasing their anger.
From then on, most of the top powers understood that the Dragon Hunters were alive because the dragons wanted them to live to act as whetstones for their juniors. As a species ruled by the law of the strong, all juniors who died to Dragon Hunters were taken as unfortunate losses.
The gloomy woman looked at Ao Xianlan and retorted. "Your junior attacked mine with a Soul Attack. One that's incredibly vicious at that, bringing her to tears. It is clear that the damage is not only physical, but it will leave a shadow that might very well transform into a Heart Demon."
Ao Xianlan didn't flinch at that. "It is an opportunity for your junior to break out of her shell. For too long has she gone undefeated, using her unusual methods to bring down her enemies into fates that most would consider worse than death."
Then, the dragon shifted Yasenia a little so that she was more comfortable in her soft embrace and spoke without looking at her. "Remember, your sect is only alive because of the latent danger of your most powerful cultivators going rogue. Next time, try to find difficult opponents for that girl instead, so that she doesn't break into tears the next time she is defeated."
The woman was silent for a few moments before snorting once. "I will see how long you can defend that child. What she is showing is not something that's easily shieldable."
Ao Xianlan's voice was indifferent, but echoed with boundless majesty. "If the world wants to antagonize her, then they must be sufficiently prepared to make us go extinct, or the Blue Pearl World will change into the Blue Dragon World."
Tatyana looked at Ao Xianlan with a hint of admiration. "Well said."
The woman turned around, carrying Zi Hua away, and leaving one sentence behind. "I hope you react the same when she meets our other disciple. His hobbies are a bit more… crooked than Zi Hua's innocent methods."
Meanwhile, the rest were discussing the battle that they just saw, many stupefied at how Yasenia could use Soul Attacks at that level.
Someone finally spoke, his voice solemn. "Soul Cultivation."
"Ha? But isn't she a beast? How can she practice one of the three human paths?"
Another sneered and asked mockingly. "How can a 100-year-old comprehend a Level 3 Intent Domain? Fairy Yasenia is utterly outside of our understanding, so don't compare her to normal geniuses."
Discussion broke out, trying to understand the source of her powers. Some people thought of Soul Cultivation, while others thought that it was part of Yasenia's bloodline. After all, she was a Progenitor Queen, so her bloodline and innate skills were unrecorded.
Inside the illusion, Yasenia was unaware of everything. Not that she would mind even if she knew.
After defeating Zi Hua, she closed her eyes as a strand of energy entered her body. 'Oho. So defeating other cultivators does give me some cultivation progress as well. The quantity is similar to killing around 100 Fourth Level Mythical Core Realm Beasts.'
As she digested the gains, Yasenia pondered her following actions. 'I want to show off, but acting brainlessly is not the way. If I start actively hunting these geniuses, I will end up antagonizing them for, quite honestly, an amount of cultivation progress that doesn't outweigh the future problems caused by it.'
Opening her golden eyes, Yasenia nodded. "Alright, I will only attack those who attack me first. If they don't cross me, I will ignore them. That way, there is no way anyone can blame me, right?"
She pondered aloud, and everyone who heard her words felt a droplet of sweat drip down their temple. Some people muttered. "Actually, that's quite fair, no?"
"Yeah. If you don't provoke Fairy Yasenia, she won't attack. If you do, heh."
Some Sect Masters also listened to her words and couldn't help but have their lips twitch. After all, most of them had instructions to test themselves against Yasenia. So, even if they didn't want to follow their instructions, most of the geniuses would attack her either way! 'Let's hope they don't encounter each other…'
Inside, after checking her surroundings, Yasenia spread her spiritual sense and detected a beast about 10,000 kilometers away. Her energy moved, and she shot over, restarting her beast hunt.
Now with Tyrant Warlord Intent Domain, Celestial Dragon Body, and Celestial Cosmos Dress enhancing her prowess, the dragoness's hunting pace was nothing but terrifying.
Her body moved elegantly through the endless forest, the long and empyrean gown fluttering with her movements. Violence, seductiveness, and elegance were interwoven in her figure, stealing countless hearts of the audience as she stomped to death one powerful beast after another.
It didn't take long to find other cultivators as she moved quite liberally.
A group of around twenty Beast Human and Human Level One and Two Transcendent Realm cultivators hunted together a Level Five Sixth Realm Beast. Their movements were coordinated as the giant sextupedal creature with two wolf heads and three tails battled them ferociously.
Right after they defeated it by two spear users deeply stabbing their weapons into the giant wolf heads, Yasenia appeared. The group of over twenty looked at the dragon, and the dragon looked back at them.
"It seems that I am a bit late. Well, good luck hunting the next one." Yasenia smiled faintly at them, ready to turn around.
"Wait!"
Yasenia stopped, her lips imperceptibly arching before relaxing. That smirk did not escape the spectators, and everyone began coldly sweating for the group of twenty.
Their sect elders and masters were basically biting their nails, praying to heaven that they didn't provoke this monster.
"Yes? What's wrong?"
The leader was a 900-year-old human man, his face righteous and handsome, with a tall stature and slim body. Seeing the gorgeous dragon woman, he was slightly tempted, so he asked with a smile. "You must be Lady Yasenia. Your beauty is incomparable to when I saw it first through the transmission stations. Would you like to hunt with us? If we combine our strengths, we can defeat creatures faster and gain more cultivation."
Yasenia's golden eyes flashed with a hint of pity. 'Ah… Here I thought I would gain an excuse to fight…'
The sect elders and other members of those people almost cheered. 'Great! That child has a good head on his shoulders!'
Thankfully for our dragoness and sadly for those cheering sect members, there were women in the group who were fond of the leader. Seeing the man's eyes practically sparkle as he observed Yasenia's gorgeous looks, bitterness flashed within them. A tigerkin, with beautiful feral facial features, snorted. "Senior Brother, have you forgotten what our elders said?"
The cheering sect members paled in fright. 'Nonono! Forget what we said! For once in your lives, be disobedient!'
The leader frowned, looking at Yasenia for a few moments before he shook his head. "I know that they must be looking, but does it make sense to attack her when we are a group? Our elders asked us to challenge her alone to test ourselves, not to gang up on her."
The sect members outside cheered. 'I will reward you later! Thousands of sect contribution points at the very least!'
Tatyana spotted the group and almost laughed aloud, amused.
"But Senior Brother, if we defeat her, won't we have a chance at competing for her treasure?"
Yasenia's eyes flashed, and she asked, her tone eerily calm. "Do you want my treasures?"
Outside, the same cheering people felt their legs wobbling, their faces draining of blood. 'Can you shut up already!? Why are you giving that monster excuses to act!? Can't you see the excited glint in her golden eyes!?'
In the end, another woman spoke up, who had been observing Yasenia with intelligent eyes. "I think we should just each go our own way. Lady Yasenia is a talent far outpacing us. Were we to form a group, we might drag her down." The human woman bowed lightly at Yasenia, her eyes calm. "Please, don't listen to our teammate's ramblings. She is just a bit jealous."
Yasenia's excited eyes were about to lose their luster when the tigerkin burst.
"Who is jealous!?" The tigerkin flared up, her face turning slightly red in anger and shame. Then, she turned toward Yasenia, blinded by her emotions, and snorted. "You, face me! I don't believe that you are stronger than me!"
Yasenia's lips arched in a blood-chilling smile. "Gladly. [Pegasus Gallop], [Star Pierce]..."
A white line linked the tigerkin and Yasenia, then, before anyone knew what happened, Yasenia disappeared and reappeared in front of her.
"...[Comet's Descent]."
BOOM!!
A white explosion swallowed the surroundings, exterminating the tigerkin and blasting everyone else flying, leaving them with varying degrees of injury.
Outside, the sect members felt their bodies relaxing, some even flopping onto the ground. 'Finally, that mouthy tiger is gone. Good riddance!'
Yasenia stood in the middle of the crater, looking around with a predatory look. "Anyone else?"
The people who were sent flying hastily shook their heads, their hearts beating so quickly that a mortal would've died of a heart attack. 'W-What just happened!?'