The Holy Ground 2

a rip in space could be seen, followed by Zufu falling out with Krul and the other sinners. they fall heavily to the ground, with Zufu Sora clone, the only one catching himself and landing on his feet.

"We shall stick together, the first thing first. let's meet up with my main body," Sora said calmly as he turned to look at Krul and the others, but they were busy throwing up. the 3 level 10 core formations realm sinners all forcefully opened an entrance to allow them all to enter, some of the suffered huge injuries on the way here, while others dead,

Sora waved his hands and all of them recovered to full health, as for those that died, he could do nothing for them. with that out of the way, everyone caught their breath before heading off to meet up with Sora's main body.

along the way, they found many treasures, indeed the treasures here were rich with energy. just the apples alone were enough to give them 10 months of energy absorbed through cultivation, this place was holy ground. but they soon bumped into human cultivators,

"Well, isn't it your bad luck for running into us? you, sinners, break into our holy ground and try and steal our opportunities, unforgivable." a beauty said with a sword as she pulled out her sword, the ground behind her also agreed,

Sora looked at them, but he ignored them while his eyes landed on the beauty, mostly the thing in her hands. it was an orange which gave off a golden glow. that was a high-grade herb, one which even nascent soul realm cultivators would seek,

Sora held a finger out, and with a slight slash across the sky, the woman's eyes shrank as she saw those near her heads start dropping to the ground, as clean cuts had appeared on their necks.

"enjoy your male," Sora said calmly, Krul licked her lips and opened her mouth, the blood from those who just died suddenly turned into energy which she absorbed, followed by the bodies, not even the clothing was left as she devoured them all.

"humans have a... unique taste." She said softly, this was the first time she eat someone, and humans were tasty, although none of them were better than Sora's blood. meanwhile, the beauty was filled with horror at the sight she just saw,

"you're only alive for 1 reason, where did you get that orange," Sora asked calmly, the woman's body shook in fear for some time, before she turned and ran off at top speed.

"all mighty pull," Sora said softly, suddenly a powerful force began everything towards the palm which Sora was holding out. this effect only affected where the palm was facing, which was where the woman was running.

she found flew back towards Sora, her legs no longer touching the ground, horror filled her eyes for a moment, but she aimed her sword and wanted to stab this demon before her. but her sword twitched and move, flying out of her hands and stabbing itself into the ground stunned seeing this, her neck was caught by Sora, who took the orange out of her hands

"Golden Orange... I expected as much. so woman, speak. your answer would depend on how painful your death would be." Sora said calmly, but the woman moved and from her eyes, a sword ray shot towards Sora's eyes,

"sigh," Sora shook his head ignoring the attack which turned slightly, hitting the ground behind him, the woman was stunned seeing this, she didn't know what just happened, but Sora had no intreast in telling her.

Sora's palm stabbed forward, and into the woman's west, and within a second he quickly went through this woman's memories. after getting everything he wanted, he threw her toward Krul who went on to enjoy her meal,

"There is a cave that way, powerful beasts are guarding it," Sora said calmly, from what he knew from the girl's memories, this cave formed within the last 500 hundred years as it wasn't there the last time people entered here.

Sora and the group headed there, and as they did they ran into more and more beasts, Sora's senses were heavily suppressed within this place, so he was not all-seeing like he was when he was outside, but that didn't matter for now.

all of the beasts that he came across were killed, Sora didn't need to move as the sinners behind him made all of the moves for him. they were now Sora's loyal dogs, and he trained them well,

but soon, they began facing trouble. Sora calmly watched as they struggled before a level 5 Qi refinement realm beast, this couldn't be helped as their strength was limited to the level 10 body tempering realm, they had to use numbers just to go up against this one beast, until they won, which was impressed, it just shows how skill they were if their strength was suppressed to level 5 body tempering

"rest and take this time to break through to the core formation realm," Sora said calmly, once they breakthrough, they would get that + cultivation level added onto their current suppressed strength, the group nodded at Sora's words and sat down and breakthrough, Krul also sat down to breakthrough, she wanted to reach level 4 Qi refinement

'with the map the first king gave me, this area should be home to one of a treasure mine he once held. with his birth, they awakened, explaining where that cave was from. most likely, I could find a treasure to break through with... my main body is far, and I will get in the way of these guys if I follow, although I could cultivate, not everything would go to the main body, only the new clones could do that.' Sora thought while closing his eyes, thinking of the best choice out.

'A new clone should come here, meanwhile, the main body should handle the seed thing. the first king thing should be handled with a clone.' Sora's main body thought while standing on top of a huge flying beast,

"... wait, this reminds me, you haven't paid me back for killing my friend the last time." Hu Niu suddenly remembered the time Sora comprehend the Dao of the death, leading to her beast to die,

"..." Sora flicked a finger and a rainbow color pill landed in her eyes, her soul almost flew out of her body when she saw the pill. it was a 3rd tier pill, core formations realm cultivators would kill for this pill. Sora was trying to kill her.

"Young master, with such pills, why don't you take them to breakthrough?" Berry asked softly, this had confused her, Sora could just make those perfect-grade pills, eat them none stop, and break through.

"not now... not yet," Sora said calmly, confusing Berry, but she didn't ask anymore, Sora let out a deep breath, and with that breath, energy gathered taking the form of 2 clones. They looked at each other for some time, before they shot into the sky, they were then covered in an aura before they disappeared going their way,

those were not normal clones, in a way, they were Sora, but not Sora. they were avatars, if Sora's main body were to be destroyed right now, they were perfect copies of Sora and could carry one as if nothing happened.

best of all, they were all linked to each other, each feeding off the other to strengthen the other. but the one which was being fed off wouldn't grow weaker, as their strength would recover. the feeding only stop when they were weaker. at which point, one can't tell who is the original and who is the fake.

Sora thought for a moment before changing his plans once more, this time he had Hu Niu create an avatar as well, he taught her a weaker version of that ability. after the two avatars were created, they headed off to plant the seed, while they went to find treasures nearby.

"It's been a long time." the first king said softly while looking at the huge pyramid, at the top a house could be seen, and within a throne was a seed standing. memories of the past flashed through his mind for some time before he smiled,

"this time I saw cut the sky, and take this world away from this cage." He said with a smile, but he didn't walk forward and instead turned around,

"so are you all going to show yourselves? Elder Fire, I will admit, your skills were sharp to have found me before everyone else," he said calmly, slowly from the void, space could be seen burning away, revealing Elder Fire who stepped out of the void with a smile,

"first king, you failed long ago, and now the second opening is nearing. sadly the opportunity to do it this time can't be given to you a second time. if you fail, the risk that comes with it is something you alone can't withstand." He said with a smile,

"so, you're saying with your little strength is worthy of doing what this king couldn't?" The first king asked with a cold smile, Elder fire shook his head slightly,

"I'm an alchemist, naturally I know I can't, but I'm pushing towards someone who I think has the best chance of doing so." He said seriously,

"snort, that fool is dead, Blazing Dragon, you have the nerves to show yourself after all these years." a stunning voice sounded within the void, and before everyone's eyes, a masked woman wearing a red dress appeared.

"a plant spirit?" the first king's eyebrow raised seeing her. Elder Fire's eyebrow raised upon hearing this, looking at the masked woman, he wondered what type of herb she was. he could maybe make some powerful pill if he got his hands on her... but that was not important.

the masked woman's rage grew feeling the look on her, the other experts hiding in the void... she could sense them all, eyeing her like she was some treasure. but she ignored them all for now. the masked woman looked at the first king before she pointed at him.

"go on and break the seal, once you do you submit before this empress and I shall allow you to live." She order calmly, the First king's eyes narrowed, since when did someone dare to point at him? and a junior at that?

"foolishness," he said coldly, before snapping his finger, everyone's eyes suddenly shrank as they felt the world suddenly suppresses them... no their cultivation art seems to have no benefits in helping, instead it increased the suppression they felt.

"I didn't expect your connection to this world to still be so strong," Elder Fire said with a deep frown, the first king was the first king for a reason, all of the cultivation art, all of the treasures, they were all nothing more than failed copies to the one he created

The first king waved his finger, and space shattered, revealing the void along with the many experts who were in hiding. with a hand seal, portals appeared within the sky, showing countless God-grade treasures which made all of their eyes shrink.

"Fool, this is my land. did you really think before trying to cut the sky I didn't plan for any of this?" He asked coldly, stunning all of them. it was said that all of his treasures were shattered and all fell out into the world the day he tried but failed.

the First king's eyes narrowed seeing how he couldn't shoot the weapons out, looking at the experts here, he realized none of them had fear in their eyes, it was as if they knew that they had nothing to worry about.

"it been like a billion years, this space has been locked long ago. if you were at your peak, this would have been nothing for you... but sadly, you're not. you can only show the weapons, in other words, you're just a mongrel who could bark, but can't bite." the red robe woman said coldly, making the first king almost snap upon hearing someone dare call him a mongrel.

with a wave of his hands, a portal opened up, and a powerful heat wave came out, aimed at the masked woman, sending her falling to the ground with a pale face, although it couldn't be seen behind the mask.

"you're nothing more than a plant, grown to be harvested and eaten. know your place. below the ground to be stepped on." he said coldly, the masked woman's body shook at those words, and her head shot up and landed on the first king.

"Say that again?" Her voice was filled with uncontrollable rage, the hated those words, she was not just a plant, she was living being with her own will, hopes, dreams, and feelings. but does anyone care about that? no, they eat the newborns without thought. torture them to make pills, and do all types of things. but it was alright because they were plants?

"since when did low lives tell me what to do? plant yourself back underground, and if you're worthy, I might water." The first king said coldly, and with those words, the red robe woman exploded with flames that were fueled by her rage.

"oh, a pepper?" The first king asked with narrowed eyes, but he quickly noticed something which made his eyes widen.

"What a shame, for a plant to be born with the Raging Fire Emperor physique." He said softly as he snapped his finger, one of the portals which were already opened released a powerful chilling ice aura, within an ice sword could be seen releasing this aura. he was using his energy to release this energy, the sword was doing it using its godly energy.

the full force of a sword of such grade would have killed her on the spot, but space was locked, so she could withstand barely

the woman was suppressed once more by that chilling aura, but her rage shot up once more at his words. her flames exploded, reaching new heights and pushing back the chilling aura, Elder Fire had to move as these flames gave off a powerful heat that was burning the space-time around her, making space and time around her become unstable.

'so it's her, the red empress.' He thought, years ago, a Demi-God had gotten his hands ad a herb spirit that he was planning on refining into a pill, this caught the envy of everyone. but a red robe woman appeared and fought the Demi-God to the death. the thing was that this woman was only a Supreme Saint, yet she could fight against a Demi-god.

that battle turned that land into a land of fire. the Demi-god focus disappeared from the face of the map that day, and the woman disappeared. the demigod went mad searching for that woman, but he couldn't find a trace of her

"Such anger, sadly I can't play." The first king said with a shake of his head, he jumped backward and landed on the step of the pyramid, and the next moment the woman shot towards him and punched him, but a barrier appeared to block her fist. with her fist came into contact with the barrier, it shattered while her flames shot up, trying to swallow the barrier, but the barrier was too large and powerful.

her arm healed in the blink of an eye, and she went on to start punching the barrier, each punch shattered her arms, which she didn't care a little about. the First King looked at her for a moment before turning and walking up the pyramid.

"This king has finally returned to take this throne, so you sleeping fools of mine... it's time you all awaken from your slumber." He said softly as the pyramid glowed with each step,

"... and there he is," he said softly while looking up towards Sora who was heading this way, with a snap of his finger, the powerful limiting Sora's strength disappeared allowing him to use his full strength... no, he was improved,