As they calmly walked across the Volcanic area, Andrea suddenly exclaimed, "Ah! We forgot to ask them about Jaxon. They may have known about his location since they are near the spot we were told."
Kali nodded, "You are right... Sorry, we were so focused on him that we forgot our other objectives."
Yasenia nuzzled her side and said, "It doesn't matter. What is more important than the well-being of all of you? Dealing with him was a priority since the second you realized who he was."
Cecile nodded, "That's right. Don't give it too much thought, Kali. However, what direction should we take?"
They all got thoughtful until Yasenia spoke, "Oh, don't worry about it. I've already picked up his scent. Didn't you realize that we were moving in a certain direction since the beginning?"
They all looked at her, speechless. Evelyn asked, "Why didn't you say it? We thought you were walking without aim."
Yasenia snorted. "I was receiving fluffy pats by Kali's tail and then wondering whether to tell Valeria to let her down so she can continue petting me more! Who has the mental capabilities to speak in that situation about other unimportant things?"
'Is that now a fact? Is it a fact that receiving fluffy pats inhibits thought-process!? Is that a thing!?'
However, seeing Yasenia's actual serious face, they all swallowed their question and decided to rethink what their dragoness's head considered a priority.
Kali chuckled and jumped down from Valeria's embrace, leaving Angel there. Then, she sat on Yasenia's back and used her two tails to caress her dearest. "How is it? Comfortable?"
Yasenia's steps became lighter as a smirk spread on her face. Those two big fox tails made her back and wings feel very comfortable, not to mention that carrying the weight of Kali on her back felt very good. Furthermore, since Kali was wagging her neck and resting her chin on the top of her head, Yasenia felt very nice.
Cecile looked at Yasenia and asked, "Do you want to ride me later, dear?"
Yasenia's eyes lit up as she nodded, "Yes! I also want to see your phoenix form!"
Cecile nodded and explained, "Well, I need one week to change from one form to another, so let's do it once we have extra time."
Angel exclaimed, "So long! Why isn't it an instant conversion?"
Cecile explained, "Well, my body is still unused to change between forms. Therefore, when I change, I need to reconstruct my body slowly. Moreover, my size is quite bigger than my Human body. It is very energy-consuming to change to the phoenix form. However, once the transformation is done, I'm much stronger in that form."
Andrea curiously asked, "Much stronger? Do you think you would be able to fight against little Angel or Yasenia?"
Cecile nodded, "Maybe not win, but unless they have an attack that annihilates a big chunk of my vitals, I can't see myself losing. My regeneration is honestly freakishly high."
Evelyn whistled, "I honestly can see myself losing. However, with my Thunder soul and Sierra's support, I'm confident in being a tough nut to crack."
Andrea and Kali nodded, agreeing with Evelyn. They didn't feel that far behind. It was true that they were weaker, but it wasn't as exaggerated as before.
Valeria commented, "You girls will understand that the further you advance, the harder it is to fight against higher-lever cultivators. To be honest, it would be extremely unusual if you can fight six levels higher cultivators than your current level."
Mirrory spoke without showing up. "That's true. To put it in perspective, a person that can fight a whole realm above themselves in the Mental Nourishing Realm would only be able to fight four to five levels above themselves in the Unification Realm, and even less once they enter the Dantian Spiritualization Realm."
Yasenia commented, "But that's not absolute. In that example, you are expecting the Mental Nourishing Realm cultivator to become stronger at the same pace, right?"
Mirrory smirked inside Angel, "Intelligent lizard. Your brain spins quite rapidly."
Yasenia smiled, not bothered by her way of calling her. "Therefore, if that cultivator can also keep increasing his or her strength, they will end up strong enough to keep that advantage even in higher realms."
Mirrory affirmed her suspicion. "That's right. However, that's easier said than done. Even then, you girls have a big help in the form of this talented lizard gaining an ancient Dual Cutlviation technique that was once famous around the whole world."
Evelyn exclaimed, "Is it that powerful?"
Mirrory explained, "With just that technique, a couple would only need to Dual Cutlviate without any actual effort, and they would eventually reach the peak Transcendent Realm. If they put effort and try to understand the technique... Well, it is said that you can even become an immortal cultivator. However, it was lost so long ago that I can't remember the details so clearly."
Their eyes gravitated toward the dragoness, looking at her with quite hungry eyes. Yasenia felt overwhelmed at being looked at by such hungry eyes. 'Maybe, it is my fate to exist while my reserves are always dry to feed these starving beasts.'
Yasenia spoke while looking into the distance. "L-Look! We are approaching a combat area!"
They all laughed at the poor attempt to change the subject. However, once they looked in the distance, they saw an indication of battle. It was faint, but it certainly was there.
Andrea asked, "Is Jaxon's scent going in that direction?"
Yasenia nodded, "Yes. I'm sure that it is his group that is fighting."
Angel, now sitting on Valeria's shoulder, pointed and shouted. "Then, what are we waiting for? Let's kill all of them!"
They all chuckled and decided to pick up speed. The next instant, their bodies blurred as they zoomed into the distance at extremely high speeds.
When they were close enough to observe everything from a safe distance and a distance where spotting them was hard, they slowed down.
They were on top of a hill, almost twenty kilometers away. However, using various tricks, they could see clearly enough to know what was happening. Andrea smirked and said, "Well, that's surprising. I didn't expect to see something like this."
The reason for Andrea's surprise was that another group was actually besieging Jaxon. It was a big group of initially one hundred cultivators. Jaxon didn't like moving in big groups, and the only reason he gathered one before was that Yasenai's awakening felt very similar to the birth of an extremely strong natural treasure. Right now, he only had twenty people with him.
The main battle was four Unification Realm demons, also called Demon Counts,
against twelve human and beast-human Unification Realm experts.
The other one hundred-plus cultivators were in a free-for-all, increasing the number of fatalities at an alarming rate.
Of course, Jaxon was extremely strong and, just by himself, could almost keep at bay most of the Unification Realm experts in the other group. Each Demon count by his side fought one or two other Unification Realm cultivators, and he was fighting almost six at the same time.
The battle was intense and close, and thanks to their wings, the demons could make land and air attacks, which naturally gave them an advantage.
Nevertheless, after he was robbed of- *Ehem.* After he lost the Transcendent Ranked shield, his battle strength declined sharply, so his enemies didn't lose the chance and attacked relentlessly.
Yasenia and the others observed the group of one hundred that were fighting the demons. Yasenia blinked and frowned as she spotted one peculiar woman there. 'Hmm? Why does that person look so familiar? Ugh, I have it on the tip of my tongue... Sigh, twenty years are quite a lot, huh.'
She decided to turn toward the others and asked aloud. "Who is that archer plant user? I somewhat feel like I should know her- ah!"
Only after asking aloud did it come to her mind. Yasenia's gaze landed on Andrea, who had a wry smile. "She is your ex!"
Andrea sighed and smiled. Then, she nodded calmly. "Yeah, that's her. You wanted to kill her, remember?"
Yasenia nodded. "Right, she is dangerous."
Andrea didn't refute it. "Well, inside the secret realm, she has some control over me, after all. I can understand why you would want to do so. Sigh, I hoped not to meet with her but to think I managed to find her in this huge secret realm."
Yasenia approached Andrea and looked at her into her light-green eyes. Andrea felt that those eyes would be able to see through her everything. "Would you feel uncomfortable if I kill her?"
Andrea crouched and grabbed Yasenia's face with both her hands. Then, she directly kissed her. Yasenia let her tongue roll out and enter Andrea's mouth. After a short but deep kiss, Andrea said with a calm yet firm tone. "I won't. As long as you consider her dangerous, she is better off dead."
Yasenia nuzzled her face on Andrea's and purred. "Do you really not mind? She won't be a problem after two weeks, but anything can happen in that time frame, so I prefer to be safe than sorry."
Andrea shrugged and smiled, "Do as you please, dear. As I've already told you, I trust in your decision-making."
Yasenia felt giddy inside and hugged Andrea, tackling her onto the ground. As they played for a short time, Yasenia thought about it seriously.
After thinking, she reached the following conclusion. "I will give her a chance to live. Being unnecessarily cruel can result in future trouble. However, we can't be soft, either. Hence, one chance is all she has."
Andrea's smile widened, and she nodded again. "Let's do that. However, I thought you would kill her right away, no questions asked."
Yasenia gave a strangely seductive look, even in her dragon form, and said. "She was stupid enough to break up you, which let me have you, so I have to give her my thanks one way or another."
Andrea laughed and gave her another short kiss.
Andrea did not mind what happened in the past. Their relationship ended almost six years ago, so she was already way over it. Moreover, after all the fluffy and care-filled love she received from Yasenia, who would have the mental capacity to even think about it?
Andrea was not one and will not be one to do such a thing. Therefore, she wouldn't even have flinched if Yasenia had just told her to kill her coldbloodedly.
The only thing that made her ask was that the girl's parents treated her very well. Moreover, after they leaf the Secret Realm, their strength would have widened so much that she already had become someone insignificant.
Andrea could perceive that she was inside the eighth level of the Mental Nourishing realm from the aura she was giving. Something incomparable to her current second-level Unification Realm cultivation base.
Evelyn warned, "While you two were talking, their numbers have lowered to twenty cultivators on each Jaxon's side and only sixty on the other. Jaxon is giving his all, and although he doesn't have the shield, his attacks are honestly impressive. The pressure he gives alone is turning the tides of the battle."
Cecile asked Evelyn. "Do you want to fight him? I can hear battle intent in your words. We can keep the others occupied if you want."
Evelyn shook her head. "If I agree to do that, I fear the dragoness here will spank me..." Evelyn paused for a second, then smiled and said. "Yeah, let me fight-."
*Bang!*
As Evelyn spun in artistic ways because of her tail lash, Yasenia said calmly. "Charge your biggest attacks, and then release them toward him at once. We are aiming for one hit, one kill. If we let him react, he will probably use life-saving treasures to escape."
They all nodded and slowly accumulated energy for their strongest attacks.