The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 972: Luck Worth of Lifetime
Aldrian kept moving toward the horizon, and after a few moments, he finally emerged from the region of darkness.
Once again, it was as if he had arrived in a different environment, but this time it was much more drastic. He stepped into a beautiful, sunny environment with a warm, soothing breeze. He was still above the sea, the calm sea reflecting the glimmering light of the sun.
There was a sun high above him, though he did not know whether it was an illusion or the real subject, as this place must be protected by a formation. This was the core area of the Divine Wrath Sea, after all. From space, the core region could not be seen, as stormy clouds covered the entire area, leaving no way for sunlight to reach this place.
Aldrian then looked into the distance, where he saw a lone island with a towering mountain standing at its center. Without hesitation, he flew toward it. He could sense the flow of faith energy moving in that direction.
After a few minutes, he finally arrived above the island and stopped to observe it. The island was quite large, but he could still see its far edge in the distance. The land was lush with forests that stretched from near the beach all the way to the base of the mountain. He had to lift his head to see the peak of the mountain, showing just how high it was.
As he spread his spiritual sense to its maximum range, he realized that the island was not truly devoid of life. He could sense living beings such as insects, lizards, and birds. However, he did not detect any large creatures or humans as far as his spiritual sense could reach.
He retracted his spiritual sense and created his domain before flying toward the mountain, where he sensed the faith energy growing stronger.
However, while he was flying toward the mountain, he suddenly felt as if someone was observing him, which made him stop. He did not doubt his instinct, so he looked toward the direction from which he sensed the gaze coming. The direction came from the opposite side of his approach, on the other side of the island.
He calmly looked in that direction for a moment before deciding to dash toward it.
As he kept getting closer, he finally sensed something that he had been unable to detect earlier due to the limitation of his spiritual sense’s range. Then he saw a silhouette dash out from the shadows of the trees, running away from him as if trying to escape.
He did not hesitate to use teleportation and instantly appeared right beside the figure, who was wearing a robe that covered his entire body.
The figure was shocked by Aldrian’s sudden appearance. He wanted to attack, but Aldrian grabbed the figure’s hand, twisted it behind his back, and pinned him down.
"Argh!"
A man’s voice filled with pain resounded as Aldrian pressed him down with his knee, while his arm was locked so he could not move or escape.
Aldrian instantly opened the hood of the robe to look at the figure’s face. What he saw was a middle-aged man with a grown blue beard covering his lower jaw and lips. Aldrian also used the system to check the man’s information, and the moment he saw it, he was stunned.
That was because—
’This man has the same surname as Klein!’
Aldrian was truly astonished at this moment.
How could he not be, when there was only one conclusion that came to his mind? This man was Klein’s family, or most possibly his father!
Moreover, the man had low pseudo immortal establishment stage cultivation, the same as what Klein had described his father’s cultivation to be. This was truly shocking, because how could he reach this place?!
With all those dangerous obstacles and his level of cultivation, it was impossible for him to even reach the region filled with waterspouts.
"Gerald Deniver," Aldrian said, which made the man freeze in shock. Aldrian stopped pinning him down and stood up, allowing the man to move freely.
The man sat on the ground and looked toward Aldrian with astonishment.
"You... how could you...?" He could not understand how Aldrian knew his name, and he did not remember someone like Aldrian.
However, he thought that Aldrian might have heard of him or seen him in Palarem. He had some "reputation," after all, so he did not think too deeply about it.
Yet another question arose in his mind. Who was this man? How could he appear here?
"You... how could you reach this place?!" Aldrian asked first, before the man could speak.
For Aldrian, this was the most important thing he wanted to know.
What kind of ability did this man possess to reach this place? What kind of miracle allowed him to do so?
The man looked confused as he answered.
"That is supposed to be my question. Who are you? How could you reach this place?"
Aldrian fell silent for a moment before nodding. "Alright then. You can call me Aldrian. I’m from another world, and I came here because I have my own business. As for how I reached this place, well, nothing great, just passing through any path that led here. Now it’s your turn to answer me. How did you reach this place? Wait, even before that, do you know where you are right now?"
Gerald had more questions after hearing Aldrian’s answer, but he took a deep breath. "Well, of course I know this place. Although I have never stepped into it before, I can more or less guess where I am based on the strangeness of this place. I’m inside the region of the Divine Wrath Sea."
"However, I do not know the exact location of this place. As for how I reached it, well, it was truly nothing but luck. When I reached the region where the strong winds almost flipped my cruiser, I did not hesitate to use my escape talisman."
"But after I crushed the talisman, my body was instead sucked into chaotic space. After withstanding excruciating pain as my body was slashed repeatedly by the chaotic space, I fell unconscious. When I woke up, I was already on the beach of this island."
Hearing this, Aldrian was truly astonished. From what Gerald described, Aldrian thought that this man had luck worth a lifetime. The decision to use the escape talisman itself was what allowed Gerald to arrive here.
Because of the chaotic space, which was caused by the power of nature and formations, the moment Gerald used his escape talisman, he was undoubtedly thrown into chaotic space.
However, in a very small chance of this happening, the chaotic space instead carried his body toward the core region of the Divine Wrath Sea.
That was possible because the entire region was one massive formation, meaning everything within it was more or less connected.
But this kind of chance was extremely small, almost bordering on impossible, because such an outcome was entirely left to fate to decide. In most cases, if anyone tried to use an escape talisman within chaotic space, they would be thrown to a random location.
At worst, they could appear in an even deeper region where more dangerous natural phenomena were located.
Or even before they managed to escape from the void of space, they would already be shredded by the chaotic space, dying before ever emerging from the void.
These two possibilities were the most likely outcomes for anyone who used an escape talisman in such an environment.
Gerald was truly an exception, and Aldrian thought that the heavens were truly generous to decide that Gerald’s fate would allow him to meet him here.
"I felt truly lucky to survive that, but I had to pay a great price for it..." Gerald continued, then opened the robe that covered his body. Aldrian saw that Gerald had lost one of his arms, and both of his legs were covered in slashing scars. The scars were truly ugly, with scabs still clinging to them.
Aldrian could also sense space laws lingering within those wounds, and he knew they came from the moment Gerald had been inside chaotic space. These were the aftereffects, as wounds caused by chaotic space were different from ordinary injuries.
The remnants of chaotic space were still lingering inside Gerald’s body, slowing or even completely preventing the healing process. This could cause lifelong damage if the remnants could not be erased.
However, erasing them was far from easy, as these were remnants of chaotic space and embedded deep within the body.
Worse still, the remnants could block the flow of energy inside the body, harming Gerald if he tried to force his energy to circulate.
’So that’s why his movements looked clumsy and slow earlier,’ Aldrian thought after observing Gerald’s condition.
Seeing that Aldrian fell silent, Gerald continued.
"Aldrian, how did you reach this place? From what you said, you have business here. What kind of business do you have in this place?" he asked with narrowed eyes. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮
"For three years, I have explored this place. The only thing that caught my attention was the sealed doors leading to the unknown inside that mountain. Is that your purpose?"
