Void Cultivation

A few breaths later, Grey steered his magic ship away from the others. The three masts of the ship was pushed forward by as sudden gust of wind.

But just as his magic ship was about to leave the hundred meter radius, a blue light descended and there was a mighty pressure that pressed down on everyone.

Grey heard his magic ship emit creaking sounds as if on the edge of breaking. A strange pressure also fell on him that made even moving difficult.

Roxanne who was still circling around him suddenly fell down on the deck with a small thud.

Grey quickly brought out his storage bag and threw the grounded Roxanne inside, just as she was about to let out a scream.

Then, his legs finally gave way to the pressure and his knees hit the deck with enough force to make his bones tremble.

Enduring the dull ache in his knees, Grey lifted his head to the dark and gloomy skies to see what produced that dark blue light.

But because the source of the light was too strong, Grey could not see what was emitting the light. But he could still see a figure behind the light. A figure that was very familiar. The same figure he had seen over a month ago. The Nascent Soul Transformation expert!

Now that Grey knew who was emitting the bright blue light, he had a general idea of why a great pressure suddenly fell upon everyone.

'He must be here to take the Treasures and Ingredients that we got from the small world.' Grey said gloomily, but he was not too surprised. Several weeks ago, he deduced the reason why the Nascent Soul Transformation gave each and every one of them the opportunity to enter the small world, and guessed that it was so that they could get some certain materials that could not be obtained in the real world.

The Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator did not waste any time in keeping silent and immediately spoke after everyone was subdued by the mighty pressure of his cultivation base.

The dark blue light was something that normal cultivators couldn't handle. If he focused the blue light and his will into a specific person, thar person would instantly fall down and melt into bones and blood.

The Nascent Soul Transformation expert's voice was loud but cold, and also filled impatience. As if he would not hesitate to smite down anyone who annoyed him. "Give to ten items which you obtained from the small world. Also give me these specific items if you managed to obtain it..." He went out to call out some names of items that Grey recalled to have been said at the beginning of the gathering.

"...Any none compliance would result in immediate death!" The Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator did not say any other words and just stayed quiet.

But his will from from the dark blue became more intense and blinding. Many people could not even bear the pressure and directly kneeled down with their heads on the decks of their magic ships, while trembling excessively.

Grey felt his knees buckle and his head drooped downwards. But he stopped himself from falling head first and kneeling.

'I knew it! He could not have done so much and not obtain anything! Obtaining ten items from over the hundreds of cultivators present here will be plenty! Not to talk of the few items he had mentioned specifically. I noticed that most of them are used in refining and medicine. Good thing I hid Roxanne before she was spotted. If she were found out, what would happen to both of us?' Grey was silent for a moment to ponder. 'But not everyone here will get the memo, and will try to defy the Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator. Which will lead to some deaths. And if I am to think further down the line, after the Nascent Soul Transformation expert has collected the items he wants, the rest will be left for us which we will then have to battle for.' Grey gave a silent sigh.

'The sea is not the best place to battle. If the chaos is too much, I'll have to start coming up with a contingency plan!' Grey lamented inwardly. His amazing deduction skills which he had developed while in the Detective Agency Department, could be seen coming forth at this moment.

However, Grey's deduction was on point. Several foolish cultivators tried to rebuke the Nascent Soul Transformation expert, saying that he had no right to collect their items. The first person who spoke was a rather ugly middle aged cultivator in the perfected level of Qi accumulation. His face was torn in several places as pieces of his flesh hung out. It was clear that he had suffered from many fights which he barely got out alive from. His body was even disporpotioned with wounds all over his body.

Maybe it was because of the fights he had had lost, or because the items he had in his possession was not much did he raise his voice to question the Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator.

As his voice first rose, several cultivators who could not obtain much but still made it out with their lives all decided to shout in rage, and question the Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator, despite them being in the awkward position of kneeling down.

The Nascent Soul Transformation expert remained silent, but Grey could almost feel that he had a frown on his face and was ready to kill these cultivators.

But even though he was expecting their deaths, Grey still did not expect what happened next.

The dark blue light that was cast over five thousand feet, and over seven hundred cultivators became more concentrated on the small group of cultivators who spoke out against the Nascent Soul Transformation expert.

Right in front of his eyes, Grey saw the dark blue light thicken, and the cultivators who spoke against the Nascent Soul expert start to melt.

Their skins and bones began to turn into liquid paste, while their cultivation bases was destroyed in an instant and mixed with the bloody paste. The first cultivator started to let out a cry of fear and terror, as his own skin melted in front of his very eyes.

But very soon, the cultivator burst into bloody mist without even being able to utter a cry. This bloody mist also fused into the flesh paste and soon turned into a disgusting colored pill.

Although all this was described to be very long, the process in which it happened was very short. In not even more than four breaths, he had directly being turned into a blood colored pill with some Celestial energy fluctuations.

This scene instantly put fear and dread into Grey's heart. And what was even more terrifying, was the fact that this also happened to over fifty cultivators at the same time.

They all turned into bloody pills and flew into the hands of the Nascent Soul Transformation expert. Their storage bags also flew up and landed in the hands of the Nascent Soul Transformation as well.

'This is the strength gap between a Qi accumulation cultivator and a Nascent Soul expert? No, Foundation Establishment and Golden Core formation cannot even compare to this! Only other Nascent Soul cultivators can display powers like this!' This scene made Grey realize the strength difference between him and Nascent Soul cultivators.

'If Roxanne had been caught by him, I wouldn't even be to do a thing and can only look on. I wouldn't even want to wonder what his expression would be of he found out that I have a Divine creature following me. This will also bring trouble to me as well.' Grey said inwardly.

"Will the rest of you still give me those ten items I desire?" The Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator said after some period of silence. His voice sounded cold and gloomy, like he had not just turned over fifty lives into pills right now in an instant.

Although his words were short and clear, they also had another meaning. 'If you refuse, you will meet a similar end.' Those words made everyone shake in fear and terror at the might of a Nascent Soul Transformation cultivator.

After this, everyone quickly began to bring out ten items which they had obtained from the pocket dimension to give the Nascent Soul expert.

Grey, not wanting to seem odd, and most importantly, not wanting to be turned into a blood pill, also brought out ten items which he had prepared.

Ten of the most useless items which he found out he had no use for. Of course, if the Nascent Soul cultivator asked him why he brought out such useless items, he could always bring out the Soul Weapons he had embezzled from Bao. And he didn't mind giving the Sentient Soul weapon to the Nascent Soul expert.

After picking out ten items, he placed them flat out on the deck of his magic ship. These items included native ingredients that couldn't be found easily on the Second Continent, as well as some other stuff.

From the side of his eye, Grey saw Bao bring out ten items with a straight face. His body was trembling slightly and his face had turned flushed. But he pretended to ignore it and bring out ten items from a storage bag which he had hidden from Grey.

After counting ten items, he breathed out relieved. Then turned his head slightly and saw Grey glaring at him. He then let out a small smile and looked back down, towards the deck of the magic ship.

All the while, his body remained arched as he heavily resisted the great pressure with his great mass.