DEATH… AND ME

Staff that was slightly bigger than the wooden one Inna Malaka usually used.
Inna ’s eyes immediately brightened, and she grabbed it as if it was her treasure.

”Thank you! ”

She immediately started to play with the new one.
However…

”It is too heavy. ”

Roan then explained.

”It is not.
I was the one who asked Rean to make it like this.
With your Initial Stage of the Energy Gathering Realm, the wooden staves couldn ’t properly show your power anymore.
How many have you broken already while training, uh? The weight and length are perfect for you, considering your body stature. ”

Rean nodded.

”This is also a Spiritual Staff, so it will become a lot stronger once you put Spiritual Energy.
Also, I used a different combination of metals to make a malleable alloy.
I found out a Spiritual Ore called Rafrit that was just perfect for the job. ”

Inna Malaka then poured her Spiritual Energy inside, and sure enough, the Staff became a lot easier to handle.
Not to mention that it was a lot stronger now.

”With that Staff, she should be able to fight a middle stage or even a late-stage cultivator.
Their own weapons would probably break apart if they hit each other full force. ”

However…

Boom!

Inna Malaka hit the ground with her new Staff using her full might.
A small crater instantly opened, and the ground trembled.
Rean and the others were surprised to see such strength.
She wasn ’t that strong a few days ago.

”Inna, did you breakthrough? ”

The little girl looked back at them and showed a proud expression.

”Hmph! I ’m not slow.
I reached the Middle Stage of the Energy Gathering Realm yesterday! ”

Rean and Roan nodded.
No wonder her last strike carried so much Spiritual Energy.
That was also a pleasant surprise in the end.

Their group then left the boxes behind and kept making their way to Jiran Forest.
Because of the distance, they would take at least two days to arrive.
Diakar and Opril aren ’t as strong as Rean and Roan anymore.
But they were still adults.
So that prevented a lot of problems.
After all, if the three ’kids ’ were walking alone, it would definitely catch everyone ’s attention.

Close to the Outskirts of the Jiran Forest, there were a few small Tribes where they could prepare.
Those tribes were used to receive warriors who wanted to train there, so they welcomed everyone and got quite a few Spirit Stones like that.

No one paid attention to Ran ’s group when they arrived.
Rean had made Sword sheets that looked very ordinary, which entirely concealed the Spiritual Swords.
Malaka also had her Staff covered with some clothes on her back, so no one thought it weird either.

However, there are always those who don ’t have good intentions to start with.
Robbers were commonplace in places like these where so many cultivators gathered.
They would follow them into the Forest and take everything they had with higher numbers.

Rean ’s group ended being marked by one of these groups.

As they looked at Rean and the others, one of them asked their small group leader.

”How is it? ”

”The two adults seem to be in the Middle and Late stage of the Energy Gathering Realm.
They also seem to be carrying a good amount of Spirit Stones.
It shouldn ’t be much of a problem to take everything from them. ”

The other members ’ eyes lit up.
From that point, they always had someone following them around.

Rean ’s team then stayed in the Tribe for the night, leaving when dawn came the next morning.
Sure enough, the group of robbers followed them from a distance.

Roan looked at the corner of his eyes, and faintly smiled.
From the very start, he knew that they were being observed.
How many types of assassinations had ’Death ’ seen in his previous life? Such tricks were simply useless against him.