"According to what Lord Everard said, the guy should still be recovering from his injuries. Adding to the fact that he is with large creatures, it will be difficult for him to move. If they had moved, we would've spotted them long ago." The excitement of the other Sixth stage Sovereign did not reduce, rather, with his explanation he was even more convinced Grey and the Magical Beasts were still hiding somewhere here.
There were no mountains in sight, nor any openings leading to any underground cave around this area. If their guess is right, then there's a chance Grey is hiding under this lake. Even a Venerable will be able to hide in water, much less an expert that can escape the encirclement of multiple Ninth stage Sovereigns.
"Inform the others, remember they told us not to go anywhere close to him." The other member of the Twilight Faction did not want to take any risks of trying to investigate this place further. Even if it was a false alarm, this was not the first time Lord Everard or Godric has personally gone to check such places over the days after being told of any potential traces of Grey.
The other one nodded, realizing that he got excited too quickly. Just as he turned to look at his companion, his expression froze.
"Huh?" The Sixth stage Sovereign who suggested they contacted Lord Everard noticed his companion's abnormality, looking at his eyes, he noticed they were giving off a bluish glow while a shocking chilliness could be felt from staring at his eyes. He could not understand what his companion was staring at, out of curiosity, he turned around to see a smiling face of a youth.
He tried to turn around, hoping to take a defensive stance. He soon noticed a problem, he was unable to move nor make any sound. Drenched in sweat, he wanted to struggle but couldn't. The figure standing before him matched the description of the person they were searching for, so knowing that he was facing an expert that could probably kill him with a wave of his hand, he panicked.
Grey did not spare either of them a glance after momentarily incapacitating them, looking at the bunny leader, he asked, "Are there others close to this place?"
"The closest person is about four kilometers away from here." The bunny leader replied.
"Lead the way." Grey picked up the two incapacitated Twilight Faction members and followed behind the bunny leader. He did not plan to kill the duo, at least not yet. There were still a few things he would like to ask.
It did not take long before Grey found the person four kilometers away. This person was a Seventh stage Sovereign. Although they were both in the same cultivation stage, with the aid of his space element, he was able to incapacitate the latter with ease.
With three incapacitated members of the Twilight Faction, instead of killing them off, he took them back to the underwater cave. According to the bunny leader's intel, although Lord Everard and the others were close, it was still about six to seven kilometers. Grey was able to incapacitate the three without letting out any energy fluctuations, so he was confident he did not expose himself.
The trio from the Twilight Faction looked at the Magical Beasts in fear, this was the first time they were seeing such creatures, so they were horrified, especially by the Dragons. They could sense the malevolent domineering aura coming from Arkhos to be precise which scared them out of their wits.
"Alright, I only need one of you, so better start talking." Grey did not ask them a question, but he wanted them to talk.
One of the Sixth stage Sovereigns pleaded hurriedly, "Please spare our lives we…"
Before the Sovereign could complete his statement, he turned frozen solid, turning into an ice statue.
With a simple flick of Grey's hand, the ice statue shattered into pieces.
When the two surviving Twilight Faction members saw this, they both freaked out. They did not think Grey would kill so nonchalantly and so casually. What scared them was the fact that they weren't much stronger than the Sixth stage Sovereign who was just turned into pieces of ice on the ground.
"What do you want to know?" The Seventh stage Sovereign summoned the courage to speak, if what Grey turns out to be true, then he will only leave one of them alive. Since that was the case, it was better he spoke up first.
"What do you know?" Grey did not answer his question, rather, he threw a question right back.
"Elder Everard recently convinced Elder Eadwold to call over Grand Elder Galahad." The Seventh stage Sovereign replied.
"Grand Elder Galahad is coming?!" The Sixth stage Sovereign exclaimed in shock, not expecting the Grand Elder to be called for this matter.
Grey had a change of expression as he did not expect someone else to be called over.
"Who is this Grand Elder you speak of? And is the Eadwold the Peak Sovereign who arrived recently?" He asked curiously.
When the duo heard him speak about Elder Eadwold being a Peak Sovereign, their expressions changed, not expecting him to have knowledge of the experts present. If Grey knew about the whereabouts and strengths of everyone, then this enemy of theirs isn't someone to be trifled with.
"Sir knows about Elder Eadwold? It seems we aren't the hunters after all." The Seventh stage Sovereign gave a self derogatory laugh. When they came with Elder Eadwold, they were told they would be searching for an injured Seventh stage Sovereign who has special escaping means, even able to run from the encirclement of four Ninth stage Sovereigns. He did not think of Grey as something special, and if not for the benefits promised to Elder Eadwold by Lord Everard, they would not be here.
Grey did not react to the Seventh stage Sovereign's words, "How long before this Grand Elder arrives?"
At the moment, the only thing in Grey's head was leaving this place. He could barely deal with four Ninth stage Sovereigns while he was at his peak condition, there is already one Peak Sovereign present here, Grey was certain whoever this Grand Elder is, he will surely be a Peak Sovereign. The present lineup is already too much for him to handle, adding another Peak Sovereign will make even his current plan of escaping much harder.
"He will be here by nightfall." The Seventh stage Sovereign did not hide anything from Grey, giving him the answer he wanted. Grey asked a few questions, confirming their current numbers. He needed to be certain that the bunny leader's intel was accurate, from what he gathered, the bunny leader's intel was correct.
After asking all the questions he needed to ask, he knocked the duo out before turning to Void, "Let's get to work."
He still needed to create the spatial array here, not just that, he also had to ensure he left this place and try to draw the attention of Lord Everard and the others away from this place. Alone he was confident he could escape even with a Peak Sovereign present. Of course, he had to make sure he didn't get careless or the consequences would be catastrophic.
With Void's help he was able to finish this array formation in a short time. Completing this, he left with Void and the bunny leader. He instructed the Magical Beasts not to kill the duo from the Twilight Faction… yet.
With the bunny leader's help, they avoided both the Peak Sovereign as well as Lord Everard and the other Ninth stage Sovereigns.
They were in a large forest that spanned hundreds of kilometers, and the lake where Grey and the Magical Beasts were hiding was only one of many such lakes. Every ten kilometers he travels, he always ensures to randomly kill the members of the Twilight Faction searching for him. Sometimes he kills after a twenty kilometer gap.
Time flew by in this manner, and after an hour, the group from the Twilight Faction noticed something wrong.
A tent was set up for Lord Everard and the other top Ninth stage Sovereigns where they came back to rest. At the moment, Lord Everard was listening to the reports of a member of the Twilight Faction.
"He must be around that area, we better hurry." Lord Everard was eager to rush to the place where the corpses of members of the Twilight Faction were found. Just as he was about to leave, someone else rushed over to report.
"We found traces of him fifty kilometers east from here. He killed two of our members." The person who came to report this time was a middle aged lady.
Lord Everard frowned as he looked at the first person who came to report to him. Before he could say a word, two more people rushed over from two different directions. Arriving in front of Lord Everard, they both bowed and reported traces of Grey seventy kilometers southwest, while the other was a hundred kilometers north.