Divine Emperor of Death

The desert around and the scorched yet icy oasis in the middle formed a contrast that left him deeply intrigued. Furthermore, he sensed a vague sense of familiarity from that peculiar scenery, causing him to take a deep breath.

However, that was the first peculiarity that garnered his attention. As for the second...

He suddenly spoke as he turned to look at another direction, "Let's leave that black speck in the sky as it is, we've got some incoming guests to greet..."

With the previous sweep of his Soul Sense, he also discovered a few cultivators heading in their direction without taking curves, as if they knew that some people were here.

He extended his Soul Sense to a wider range and managed to discover an unknown formation that spread out an energy wave like an echo, almost like a radar.

'So that's what it is...' Davis inwardly laughed as he found out why they were discovered. However, he was not amused.

He had made a mistake.

Instead of relying on the individual spatial gate's peculiarity, he should've cloaked them all with his Dark Concealing Shroud Art. Nevertheless, it was too late for lamenting because their group had already been discovered.

Although he garnered that he was not discovered, the same couldn't be said about the others who were with him, especially Evelynn, who was just at the Peak of the Body Transformation Stage, her cultivation delayed due to the lack of a suitable poison attributed cultivation manual.

The others braced themselves for battle while Davis and Princess Isabella had a calm expression on their faces, the latter even having an amused expression on her face.

Logan and Claire looked at the two of them and were reassured that the incoming enemies were easy to handle.

Evelynn panicked as she saw the small silhouettes on top of a boat-like structure at the distance approaching them at a faster speed.

This was a new world for her and other than the Grand Sea Continent Meet, she never went outside to battle. The rapidly approaching figures who emanated powerful undulations made her heart tremble in trepidation.

Davis laughed as he cast a glance at her fidgety figure. He thought it was fine to be scared of the ones with the higher power, especially now where he could sense that there were even Seventh Stage Cultivators approaching them!

Soon, in less than a minute, more than thirty cultivators arrived near them as they traveled on a boat like an artifact. 

It was a flying boat to be exact, which was twenty meters long and ten meters wide. Its bow was sharp and slightly blunt, perfect for ramming. A long mast held up the sail, and on the sail was the symbol of the Tripartite Alliance along with a speck of snow surrounding it.

From the undulations the flying boat emitted, it could be sensed that it was at least at High-Level Sky Grade.

Before they arrived and was able to see them in person or soul sense, Davis had already chosen to mask himself and the others with his soul force, so that their identities may stay hidden. Sure, they had found them but not their identities but only their undulations.

To the enemies, they would only be able to view their faces as a blur unless another Soul Forging Cultivator equaling Davis arrived in this place to unravel or disperse the blur caused by his soul force.

It was always in Davis's ways of doing things to avoid trouble that could be avoided. He looked at the stoic people in front of him, wanting to diffuse this situation through sophistry and deceit.

One of them alighted from the flying boat, followed by the entire entourage who were behind. They stood in a row and the one in the front spoke in a questioning and arrogant tone, "Who are you all? Why are you all hiding your faces? Remove your facades for me to see!" 

The one who spoke was one of the three Seventh Stage Cultivators who approached them. 

He looked suave while wearing unique blue robes which indicated that he was from the Falling Snow Sect Faction. All of them were from the Falling Snow Sect Faction of the Tripartite Alliance because it could be seen that they all wore those same blue robes with minute differences, probably differentiating their statuses.

Davis looked at the person as he gauged his strength and manner. The other party did indeed have the power to be arrogant in front of them.

'However, they're not worried or terrorized by the fact that there's a black hole hanging in the sky...' He instantly saw through them and then garnered their reaction to him.

'Even though the other party recognized that my soul force is beyond his comprehension, he isn't afraid?' Davis's eyes imperceptibly flashed. At the same time he caught sight of a familiar figure causing him to be surprised but he didn't show it on his face.

Even if he were to display his surprise, his face was still blurred by his soul force.

"We came here through using a special spatial talisman. As for our identifies, you are not qualified to know about it." Davis calmly spoke as he tried to diffuse the situation.

If possible, he wanted to enter Alstreim Family Territory without much trouble, but trouble knocked on his door as soon as he came here. This made him think that his luck was still screwed up as ever.

Maybe it had got something to do with that dark speck of light in the sky? Davis silently lamented again.

As if being provoked, the Seventh Stage Cultivator spoke, "I am an elder of the Tripartite Alliance who goes by the name Valoi and you're telling me that I'm not qualified to know? Could it be that you five are people of powerful background!?" 

Saying so, he laughed, "Hahaha, such people of importance are already recorded in our intelligence for the past 3 years and if such esteemed persons were to appear, we would know about them and they would openly tour the Tripartite Alliance Territory unlike the five of you who are hiding behind some soul techniques!"

"Besides, I have some knowledge spatial laws but I don't seem to sense any ripples in this place caused by using a spatial talisman you told me about..."

Davis secretly rolled his eyes in exasperation. Why did all the enemies he faced have to be smart? 

Indeed, how can a mere Seventh Stage Cultivator find the spatial undulations caused by the independent spatial gateway? As for how Princess Isabella was caught in a quagmire when chased by the people of Tripartite Alliance back then, it had likely got to do with when the independent spatial gateway was opened, releasing all those undulations it had stored after an extremely long time of dormancy, maybe billions of years.

Most of the cultivation novels he read in the past had brainless enemies facing the MCs, but for him, it was just the opposite. Even a nobody can in his book pinpoint a trivial fact and know his words a lie.

As Davis silently lamented his unlucky fate, he totally forgot about the fact that Elder Valoi is a Seventh Stage Cultivator, someone he can defeat only through the help of Fallen Heaven, not a nobody.

He promptly sighed as the thought of convincing them through sophistry disappeared. The more he tried to explain himself the more it would appear that he was not from a powerful background. At that time, he would be thoroughly exposed.

Besides, the formation which wasn't previously here that could detect people... The peculiar scenery a few kilometers away from here... All this told him that the Tripartite Alliance was expecting them to show up.

His eyes flashed with imperceptible killing intent. He instantly sent a Soul Transmission to Princess Isabella, "We'll make the first move..."