1125 Threat
Ryu's gaze shifted and it landed on Jenneless. A coldness flashed in his eyes. The latter wouldn't recognize him easily normally, but his mask was too conspicuous. The one who almost ruined her body reconstruction was a silver mask wearing, lightning wielding, dual wielder. Ryu fit this description perfectly.
In addition, according to that mysterious figure, Ryu had Lightning Qilin blood and had even awakened their Storm Talent. Therefore, he had more than a minor right to have reached this point. The only real oddity was that he hadn't been here immediately.
When Jenneless reached this point in her thoughts, her expression turned icy. This was the man who had harmed her soul back then and caused her to make all those foolish decisions. Now that her soul was healed and her talent had evolved to this point, she really wanted to see if this bastard would still dare to be so arrogant.
Ryu's gaze shifted away. He couldn't reach Jenneless right now even if he wanted to, she had taken a star path already and there were several cleared inheritances between himself and her. He might consider killing her immediately if this wasn't the case, but he would have to leave it be for now.
Instead, Ryu focused on the paths ahead, still looking for the Body Realm inheritance. By this point, any inheritance that appeared was highly valuable and would form the foundation of his path forward until the Sky God Realms at the very least.
Ryu took a step forward and began to walk down the star path. He found that the pressure he faced in doing this alone was becoming far stronger. It seemed that there would be a greater challenge than just facing the inheritances themselves from this point onward.
Dark gold runes danced around him, sparks of lightning jumping between his horns.
''Who are you?''
Vie's words seemed to come like a boom of thunder, but despite the fact they were aimed toward Ryu, the latter didn't seem to react at all.
''Haha!'' Akura began to laugh hysterically.
''He's ignoring you, Vie!'' Are you going to settle for that?!''
Truthfully, Akura wasn't a fool. He might not like Vie normally, but he was also quite understanding toward his usual demeanor. There was very clearly something wrong with Vie now, he wouldn't usually wear such an expression.
Hearing Vie's interrogating tone, Mae immediately became unhappy, her cold gaze landing on him.
''Did you not hear me, I asked you a question!'' Vie's voice boomed again, crackling golden lightning erupting around him.
Ryu tapped at the air and the dark gold runes around him swiveled. A pulse radiated out in all directions and the sound from Vie was entirely blocked. Under normal circumstances, with his temper, Ryu would have directly attacked. But since he couldn't, he would have to settle for silencing the jumping clown.
Vie had never seen such methods before, but when he realized it wasn't an attack, he seemed to put two and two together and his fury became towering, his golden hair dancing in the wind.
Seeing the situation, even Mae was speechless. Maybe only Ryu would dare to treat Vie like this, even she didn't entirely ignore him. His standing was quite high. But after a moment, Mae couldn't help but laugh inwardly, a faint hint of pride blooming in her chest.
Ryu never seemed like he was putting on an act for anyone. Most who acted like this seemed to be putting on a false front of bravado, but this was truly Ryu in every sense of the words.
Ryu's steps came to a pause as Akura laughed so hard he nearly fell to the ground.
''Shit, Shit, Shit''
Akura paid for his laughter, almost getting blasted out by his inheritance. He only remembered now that he was in quite a disparaging situation.
While Akura was laughing, others couldn't help but gaze toward Ryu a second and third time. The curiosity they felt couldn't help but grow.
''Mae, who is he?'' Ranna, the blade dress wearing petite woman couldn't help but ask. She figured that since she was among the few women here, Mae was more likely to respond to her than most others.
Hearing this question, Mae smiled before she hesitated slightly. In her silence, she blushed somehwat, a change that most wouldn't miss.
Mae didn't hesistate because she didn't want to claim a connection with Ryu, but rather because he was wearing a mask. It seemed like he wanted to hide his indentity, so was it appropriate for her to tell the truth? It might make things difficult on him in the future.
But at that moment, she seemed to hear Ryu's words echo in her ears and she smiled a sweet smile.
''He's my husband.''
Ranna's eyes widened when she heard this. Let alone her, most others were stunned. Even Akrua, who was caught between trying to be serious and laughing up a lung froze. This was entirely unexpected, unexpected to the point that they didn't quite know how to respond.
Mae blushed again, realizing the intent by her words. She could have said fiancé, at least that way it wouldn't be so embarrassing. But the word had slipped out from her cherry lips before she could realize the potential problem with them.
Several gazes landed on Ryu once again, but just previously, he didn't seem to notice anyone else.
Vie's emerald irises flashed with a malevolent light. To not only harm his younger brother, but to even take the woman he had planned to build an empire with right before his eyes. This person had to die.
Ryu appeared before an inheritance, his hand stretching out.
''An alchemy inheritance? Maybe there'll be some interesting insights.''
Many watched, wanting to know how Ryu would deal with an inheritance. His talent spoke for itself since he had made it here, but the fact he hadn't been here from the very beginning also spoke for itself. According to the Dao Lord, he wasn't as good as the rest of them.
How Ryu performed from now on would decide if he was really a threat, or if Mae had made a foolish mistake in her choice of man. And some had a very strong investment in the truth being the latter.
However, what actually happened was more shocking than either.
Ryu pressed his claw forward and squeezed.
