Time kept trickling away, and soon, an hour passed. The formation started shining slowly.
"Itâs ready now. Come with me to the center," Blood Dragon Emperor told Long Chen as he himself flew to the center of the formation.
With the brush, he drew some strange characters on the formation, which also started shining.
"Thatâs the ancient name of Beast World?" Long Chen asked.
"Yeah," Blood Dragon Emperor replied as the formation started shining brighter and brighter.
Within seconds, Long Chen started feeling odd. The space around them started twisting and turning.
"First time traveling through space like this?" Blood Dragon Emperor asked Long Chen, who nodded.
"Not really. I traveled through space with the help of formations before, but it wasnât like this."
"This is just an old method. Donât worry. Your body is strong enough to survive this trip. Iâm more concerned about myself, wondering if this weak body can survive or not," Blood Dragon Emperor said, closing eyes.
"Donât worry; you donât have to go through it. You already did what I wanted you to do. Rest for a little," Long Chen replied, sending the Blood Dragon Emperor back to his inner world.
He also closed his eyes didnât before he disappeared.
The formation returned to normal and stopped shining. The name which was carved in the center of the formation also disappeared. Some crucial formation lines were also gone, making this formation useless.
...
As the blinding light stopped, Long Chen slowly opened his eyes to find himself standing in empty green planes.
The sky seemed slightly red. As for the clouds, they were dark blue instead.
"This is certainly the Beast World. Their characteristics are the same. This formation did work, amazing," Long Chen muttered, smiling.
He brought the Blood Dragon Emperor out of his inner world.
"See? Benefits of being my tamed beast. You didnât have to go through the space in your weak body. Anyway, weâre in the Beast World. Congrats," Long Chen told the Blood Dragon Emperor.
"What congrats? Weâre not here to get my body. Itâs for you, not for me. Iâm just unnecessarily dragged here," Blood Dragon Emperor retorted.
"Isnât it for you too? When I get that stone, I can help you get your body, and then you can certainly rise to the top and be glorious again. So itâs for you too," Long Chen replied, smiling.
"Now tell me, where should we go? Where is that Dark Spirit Island?" he further asked, but having a single idea where to go. He couldnât find any settlements nearby either.
Even if he could find them, he knew that it was of no use. There was no way he could find a human here. Only Beasts existed there, whose language he couldnât understand without taming them.
Thatâs why he looked towards his guide, who was the Blood Dragon Emperor.
"What do you want me to do? Itâs not like I come here for a stroll daily. I just know a little bit about this place, thatâs all. Iâm not someone who can tell you where we are right now. Youâll need to find it yourself," Blood Dragon Emperor responded lazily.
"You better search for yourself," He added.
"Looks like weâre going to be wasting a lot of our time here. Anyway, what do you think the reaction of the beasts would be if they found a human here?" Long Chen asked as he started flying in the air in search of someone who could tell them where they were and how far they were from the Dark Spirit Island.
"Of course, theyâll be shocked. Theyâre more like ordinary beasts from other mortal worlds. Most of them are very clever who can use various treasures and formations. Itâs an intriguing civilization of beasts that exists here," Blood Dragon Emperor explained.
"Before you even realize whatâs happening here, the information of your arrival would already be in the hands of the Royal Beasts who would come after you like hungry hounds. You understand?" he continued.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
" Itâll happen as soon as one of them sees you. And you can understand the rest," he further added.
"You... Are really good at making me worry. But so what? The Beasts are from the Mortal World. Iâm from the Immortal World. I am much stronger than them. I can easily defeat even the strongest of them. The Cultivation gap between us is too big," Long Chen retorted.
"Now, Iâm completely sure that you were born in a mortal world. You donât even have the most basic knowledge," Blood Dragon Emperor sighed.
"What do you mean?" Long Chen asked, not understanding.
"Since the moment you came here, your cultivation has been restricted to the limit of Mortal World. That means youâre comparable to only a Saint Realm expert now," Blood Dragon Emperor explained.
"You can certainly use your full strength and break this restriction easily if needed, but then your strength would be higher than the strength that a mortal world can accommodate."
"The world would be destroyed when that limit is breached; thatâs why youâll be tossed out of this world by space, unable to do anything. Thatâs why no one uses too much strength in the Beast World."
"If you face the Saint Realm beasts of this world, you can only didnât them with Saint Realm strength unless you want to be kicked out of this world."
"And you should know, a beast is always stronger in the same cultivation realm than a human. So you have no hope to dominate them with your cultivation restricted," the Blood Dragon Emperor explained. "So you need to be careful here."
"If thatâs the case, then how am I going to do anything here?" Long Chen asked, frowning.
"Donât do anything. Just let me take the lead. You stay hidden and donât come out. Iâll find the location. Can you do that?" Blood Dragon Emperor asked.
"How about we kidnap some beast? I mean, he wonât be able to inform anyone if we immobilize him before anything. Then we can interrogate him," Long Chen suggested.
"If I had my real body at the moment, I wouldnât need to be so sneaky. All because you couldnât wait to get that stone, you dragged me here as well. Now that Iâm here, stay silent and let me deal with everything. No matter what happens, youâre not to appear or do anything, alright?" Blood Dragon Emperor asked, belittling Long Chen.
"Fine. Do it your way. No one would be able to see me," Long Chen didnât argue.. If this guy wanted to do it like this, then it was fine.