Proud to Fight

"Damn it."

Whispering to herself, she descended back to the pagoda but she was alert, keeping check on the skies above. 

"It's that strange shadow again. What's going on?" she asked herself. 

Seeing both Xiao Yin and Hei Yue with their fangs and claws bared, Ming Yue knew that she was not imagining things but for the shadow to disappear like that. Either it was her imagination or it was someone far beyond her strength, perhaps someone at the Heaven Realm. 

"But, could it be like this? How many Heaven Realm Cultivators are there? There aren't more than a dozen! In all of Heaven's Gate, there is only the Grand Elder. And then there's the High Council too."

There was an irritated look on her face as she wracked her mind over the possibilities. 

Having encountered it not once but twice left an ominous feeling in her heart. But considering all the options, none of them seemed to fit that well. 

"Just what is going on?"