Monarch of Darkness

The voice was hoarse and weak but Evan decided to believe the voice. "Thank you, I will come after attaining more power", Evan replied. This time the strange voice didn't appear again and Evan decided to leave the place. He had already acheived his objective here and he continued his journey toward the Thousand swords kingdom.

"Thunder valley, Fire forest, Golden mountain and Ghost canyon. I wonder what the secret these danger zones are hiding", Evan muttered to himself. The peculiarity of Thunder valley intrigued him very much. Back there, he had sensed a life thretning danger. It was coming from the inside of Thunder valley. After listening to the warning of strange voice, he decided to believe the stranger and leave the Thunder valley immediately.

It took him an entire month to reach the exit point of vast Redwood forest. The group of Shadow rats were still following him and he had made his mind to keep them with him. The group of Shadow rats were good for surveillance purpose and he was planning to keep them in the vicinity of Sylvia clan. This would be helpful in boosting their security.

Evan took out a map from his spatial ring and observed it. It was a rough map of Northpeak empire. He had bought it when he had snuck out from Imperial academy. The Northpeak empire was vast and the Redwood forest took the entirety of its eastern boundary. The Thunder valley was located at northern region of Redwood forest. So, Evan guessed that he was at the Northeastern side of Northpeak empire.

There were two middle sized kingdoms who shared boundary with the Redwood forest. Evan picked a direction and moved forward. After walking for some time, Shadow rats relayed message of humans and magical beasts' fighting. 

Evan needed information. So, he walked forward. From the message of Shadow rats, he found out that there was no fighter who were fighting in the sky. If a human or a magical beast who was not an avian could fight in sky, then it was a indicator of superior strength. The minimum requirement for fighting in sky was the Core condensation realm. Obviously, the avians were exception to this rule.

Evan used his soul conciousness this time. After the incident with the poisonous snake, he was not being entirely dependent on magical beasts. He was using his soul conciousness within a certain radius periodically. If he aroused suspicion while using the soul consciousness on a far distant target, then his unique soul ability would be exposed. So, he was using his ability moderately this time.

Through his soul conciousness, he scanned through the choatic scene. It was a group of young cultivators, fighting a group of horned boars. Horned boars seemed to be enraged for some reason. From the group of twelve people, only seven were standing. Other fives were lying powerlessly on the ground. They were being protected by their standing companions.

Evan walked toward the fighting place unhurriedly. When he reached nearby, two Meridian opening realm horned boars charged toward him. He didn't move from his place but he bent his legs slightly and took a steady stance. When the two Meridian opening realm magical beasts came to his reach, he swung his hands violently at them.

"Majestic pouncing of earth bear", Evan slowly muttered a name and looked at the other horned boars as if they were preys. Seeing their falling comrades, another group charged towards him but Evan had no fear for any magical beast who was at Meridian opening realm. He again took the stance of 'Majestic pouncing of earth bear' and swung his hand at one of the horned boars. His fingers were jointed together and when his palm came in contact with the body of horned boars, they got swatted away violently.

He took a step steadilly and confronted another horned boar with his hand. The horned boar got thrown far away upon contact. Flurry of attacks came from Evan and before long every approaching horned boars were lying on ground and squealing in pain.

"What a good technique!", Evan thought to himself. Devils always loved to do physical combats. The way of their fighting was brutal and they often followed the fighting styles of magical beasts but Evan had not found such a organized technique with details before. "I will follow these techniques for physical combat in future", Evan thought to himself. Then his gaze fell upon the lying horned boars. He listened the growling sound of his own stomach after looking at the lying horned boars. "Ah! It is a pity. I never like eating raw meat", Evan lamented to himself.

He felt two strang gaze scanning him. He looked at the source and found out a pleasant looking girl and the strongest among the horned boars looking toward him.

"Who are you?", a younger looking boy asked arrogantly. Evan could feel the arrogance and superiority laced within. So, he didn't bother to reply. He choose a nearby place and after sitting atop a huge stone, looked at the opposing humans and magical beasts indifferently.

The horned looking boar who was looking at him with weariness, started to attack frenzily again. The fight which was stopped briefly due to the interference by Evan, resumed again. Generally, enraged magical beasts attacked all the humans they came accross but the horned boar felt a forbedance when it looked toward Evan. Every magical beast was gifted with a strong sense of danger and the horned boar was no different.

"Big sister, this guy is too arrogant", another girl fighting by the side of pleasant looking girl complained. Evan looked at the girl who was complaining about him amusingly. He waited for the reply of the pleasant looking girl. From their clothes, he had already guessed their identity. They all had same kind of uniform. So, it was easy to guess their identities as sect disciples.

"Brother, I am Sarah Mexin from Falling snow sect. Can you help us with it this time? My sect will surely thank you for it", the pleasant looking girl looked at Evan pleadingly.