As the ladies flew through the skies of the northern continent all they could see was ice and snow. This continent was a beautiful snow domain even the ground was covered in icy that resembled grass. The mountains were made up of pure ice. Despite the cold this continent was absolutely beautiful.
After about an hour of travel they reached the sect of War Maidens. Unlike the strongest sect of the south this one looked more like a traditional sect. The sect had several buildings and about 12 tall ice peaks. The thing is the only material used here was ice!
Floating outside of the sect the ladies stood chatting.
"This place actually doesn't look bad at all." Lyria said observing the sect.
"Yea, this makes me wonder what the other three top sects look like. Anyways, how do you two want to handle this?" Raven asked as she had her arms crossed looking at the sect.
"According to Akasha, there should only be one Mythical rank, how about you two let me handle the Mythical and you handle the rest?" Elara suggested as she clenched her fist at the thought of finally testing her strength.
"Hell no! I want to test my strength also; it's felt like ages since the last time I had a good fight." Raven said as she turned to look at Elara.
"Ugh, Raven I promise to make it up somehow." Elara said as she put on a sad face.
"You promise?" Raven asked with a sly smile.
Seeing the sly smile Raven displayed Elara suddenly felt like something was wrong. So, she tried to back track her words, but it was too late!
"Wai-"
"Hehe it's fine Elara. You can handle the Mythical rank, but I will be the next one to go out with Akasha... this time alone." Raven said while giggling.
If she had the opportunity to trade a mere battle from someone of a middle-level world for some alone time with Akasha, she would do it every time. To her, this was beyond a good deal. Elara on the other was pissed.
"Hmph Raven! How could you pull such a low blow...." Elara playfully pouted to Raven. Even though she really wanted alone time with Akasha, she knew it was no going back.
Lyria from the side could only shake her head at their shenanigans. But hearing the topic of their conversation she decided to bud in.
"Shouldn't I be the next person though? You know me and Akasha still needs some bonding time...."
Hearing this Raven and Elara turned their heads and flashed knowing smiles at Lyria. They knew very well how much Lyria had changed during the time they spent together. Although she was still that same sweet Lyria, she occasionally showed certain.... tendencies....
Yes, the sweet little Elf was slow becoming more corrupted. After spending so much time around the guy who made it blatantly obvious that he had feelings for you, it was hard not to develop feelings in return.
"Right, our sweet Lyria is next..." Raven said in a playful tone.
"Must be nice, but I will still have your spot, Raven." Elara added on.
Lyria from the side had a full-on blush. Hearing the teasing from the two girls she decided to keep quiet. She knew they loved to tease her any chance they got, so she wouldn't feed into it this time.
*Whoosh*
Suddenly a group of 6 people floated up in front of them. The entire group consisted of women who all beauties that looked beyond what a middle-level world could hold. Seeing this the trio stopped their playing and focused up.
The leading figure of the 6 stepped forward. She had long icy blue hair with black eyes. Currently she was wearing armor in the style of a dress. The dress was all white and in her hand was a sword that was also white.
This lady was Isis West, the Mythical ranked cultivator of the north.
"I am Isis West, the leader of this continent and sect.... may I know who you three may be?"
Although her words seemed friendly and polite, it was actually far from that. She could clearly feel the three ladies in front of her were also at the Mythical rank which shouldn't be possible. Even though she didn't feel afraid, because at the same level she had yet to lose a fight.
Though she couldn't defeat the others it was mainly because they would team up to hold her down whenever she showed signs of moving. Still looking at the beautiful trio she did have her own thoughts.
'Are these three from beyond this world? Hmm, it seems the Mythical rank may truly be the apex.' Isis thought as she assessed the trio.
Hearing Isis, Raven spoke up. With her arms crossed and the blood pools in her eyes beginning to swirl.
"We are from the Twilight Echoes, but don't worry too much about the details. You have two choices right now.
1. Simply give up without fighting.
2. Fight. Get your ass kicked and then give up."
As she finished her eyes now swirling madly and her long black hair begin to float. The entire aura around her began to pick up and change. She tilted her head and asked with a maddening smile and spoke.
"So, tell me Isis.... will you fight us?"
Hearing the tone and feeling the aura coming from this lady Isis had one thought.
'S-she can't possibly be human right?'
Then as if she had some divine revelation. As she began to examine the three ladies again, she took a hard swallow, and her eyes nearly popped out of her head.
*GULP*
'Horns? Long ears? And those teeth? W-what the hell...'
Isis finally spotted the oddities in the women, and she was beyond shocked at this point. When she first appeared she subconsciously viewed them as normal humans and was more focused on their ranks. But after feeling the bloody aura and seeing those eyes that were literal pools of blood, she knew something was wrong.
Thinking this she asked.
"W-what are you?"
Hearing the slight shaking in the voice of Isis, Raven began to get pissed. But before she could speak Elara spoke up.
"Enough of this chatter. Let's fight! If you impress me enough then I will allow you to live!" As she said this she moved and appeared instantly Infront of Isis.
Elara raised her hand that was clenched into a fist and punched out. Isis barely had time to react, but she raised her sword enough just to partially block the hit.
Not that it matters anyways.
BOOOOM!
The force of the punch was so strong the shockwave sent Isis flying through the sky. The other 5 women with her were also pushed back. Seeing this Elara didn't let up, she moved and pursued Isis. Before leaving she said.
"You guys can have a little fun with them." After that she gave chase to the Isis who had yet to recover.
Raven seeing this clicked her tongue while shaking her head. Then she and Lyria met eyes and nodded.
"I will handle three and you handle the other two." Raven said before disappearing.
Lyria also went right after her.
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Elara and Isis were now standing across from each other as Elara gave her the opportunity to recover. Looking at the woman who had weird horns on her head and scales covering some of her skin Isis was put on complete edge.
She gripped her sword in her hand tighter and spread her feet. As she got into her stance she exhaled and her eyes that burned with curiosity was now eyes of complete determination.
As a sword user she would never back down without a proper fight. If she loss then it would be because the person was simply stronger, not because she wouldn't raise her sword back.
Seeing the change Elara smiled, but it was far from beautiful.
It looked a bit evil and kind of primal. Her pitch-black eyes that resembled black holes began to leak energy and this energy was something even Elara couldn't comprehend. The moment this energy touched the fabric of space; the space completely disappeared.
It wasn't much energy so Elara and Isis couldn't notice it, but without a doubt it was there.
"Good.... Don't disappoint me too much."
Elara spoke and her voice had no tone at all. It was completely devoid of anything even her usual sound was gone. It was hard to explain, but her words seemed to be that only.
Just words. No feelings. No Emotion.
This was the Zenith Dragon of Nothingness!