Chapter 255 Druids, friends? That doesn't seem right.
The meteor shattered, and the bigwigs of the villa district, led by Grandma Quinn, gathered in the sky. In an instant, Grandma Quinn's body was enveloped by golden metallic liquid, her figure reaching a hundred meters tall!
"Not bad, old lady with superpowers, it's been two hundred years since I've seen you in action, and your ability has improved again."
Hearing this, Grandma Quinn snorted coldly, looking towards the man holding a divine scroll and dressed in ancient scholar robes, "Scholar, you're not bad either. You've deeply mastered the 'Seasons' and 'Rivers' scriptures. No wonder you reside in the Ninth Psychic Sanctuary. Dare to join me in a battle against the magic civilization?"
The Scholar scoffed, "Why not? Ancient records say that the magic civilization evolved from the Druids. Our forefathers, who inherited my techniques, had the Druids fleeing in terror. Why should I fear their descendants?"
"Stop arguing."
A Psychic, his eyes covered with a long black cloth and carrying an ancient sword, snorted coldly, "We are committed to virtue, awakening on the day of enlightenment to teach and protect our homeland through lifetimes. You've cultivated psychic powers not for rivalry but for protection.
Follow me into the sky, let's defeat the grand sorcerer of the magic civilization, and leave the rest to our allies on Earth!"
"Alright!"
Grandma Quinn and the Scholar dared not say more; they transformed into streaks of light and shot through the sky.
Mr. John, the villa's gatekeeper, looked up at the sky, his eyes filled with nostalgia, yet he remained still, murmuring softly, "Another day of boiling blood, just like in my past life memories."
He sighed, "If only the people from my past life were still here, not even a meteor would dare touch our land, let alone entertain the thought, or their entire clan would be wiped out. Where have you all gone?"
...
Over the ocean.
The superpower exploration team was also facing a dire situation as they attempted to salvage underwater ruins—meteors and tsunamis!
"It's over, Ms. Joshua, we're doomed!"
"Where are our people?!!"
"Ms. Joshua, what do we do now?"
Various technological arrays protected their vessel, but even so, the meteors in the sky were overwhelmingly powerful, and they faced a dozen of them!
Orion, who had just hung up the phone, was pale. She couldn't worry about Ethan or the lost boy anymore.
Just then.
Everyone looked towards the cabin, stunned.
Inside the vessel, a coffin that had been excavated from the ruins and sealed with numerous talisman papers for who knows how many years, suddenly burst open!
The coffin exuded an overwhelming aura of death!
"You... woke me up."
"Whoosh!"
A gust of wind blew, and Orion, in horror, watched as her team members were...
Drained of blood!
It was a little girl in a pale blue dress, her body shriveled. She wore her hair in two buns adorned with bells that still chimed loudly despite the storm, and as she drank the blood, her veins began to pulse, visibly restoring her body!
Then, the zombie girl extended her hand, and a dozen black mists formed into a giant dragon, soaring towards the falling meteors, lighting up the sky with brilliant fireworks.
The girl tilted her head, blood trickling down her bark-like mouth corners, and looked at the stunned Orion, "What year is it now?"
Orion shivered, "3... 3024."
The little girl calculated briefly, nodded slightly, "I don't quite understand your years, but it seems I've woken up a bit early, my masters haven't awakened yet."
Then.
She stared at the planets approaching Earth, her crimson eyes glowing, licking her lips.
"The taste is familiar, hmm? No, there's only a trace of Druid bloodline, haha, I didn't let your race be completely exterminated last time, this time I'll wipe you out completely, all for my nourishment, all of it!!!"
Orion stood dazed on the vessel, watching the terrifying being fly into the high sky, unable to snap out of it.
She muttered unconsciously.
"How is this possible? How can a being from past epochs be revived?"
"What master? What awakening?"
"What on earth did I dig up?!!"
So eerie, too eerie!
Terrifying, horrifying!
Orion finally snapped to attention. She looked up at the sky, where all the meteors had been shattered. It seemed as if a powerful forbidden spell had been cast from beyond their world, a clash of rules unfolding!
But she couldn't concern herself with that now. Driven by her training as an archaeologist, she was compelled to understand everything immediately!
"Everything in this site, their legacy, it hasn't ended! These beings, existing in the gaps of human civilization's history, might still be out there!"
"Master... Rodriguez is awake... Druids..."
"They knew the precursors to our magical civilization and even fought and defeated the Druids. What exactly did they go through?"
"Yes, the scriptures, the stone tablets!"
Orion, frantic, ran back to examine everything once more. She realized she might have uncovered a terrifying piece of history, the truth behind the civilization's gap!
As Orion searched, her expression flickered with confusion.
"Druids, friends? That doesn't seem right."
...
In the room.
Ethan put on his headphones, indifferent to the world.
He vigorously rubbed his face, "Why should I be scared? I'm just a small fry; it doesn't matter to me. No need to flee from victory, can't escape from defeat, might as well just enjoy my game."
No point in sleeping now.
Ethan stared intently at his game screen, "Keep developing, kids. If I don't get stronger, the magical civilization will snatch me up!"
[Blackwood Year 162]
In the game, his family was still developing. Ethan glanced at the current situation in Blackwood. It was pretty much the same as before, with many descendants of Blackwood in seclusion. Jessica, along with her siblings Edward and Donna, and many skilled individuals from Blackwood's allied forces, were stationed at the border of Cloudview County.
The forces in Cloudview County were making steady progress. The Blackwood group, following the elders' instructions, worked diligently though not overly so. Despite frequent grumbling from other factions, they couldn't really complain about Blackwood since they were genuinely contributing, especially with the steel-formed Azure Dragon, whose strength was at the peak of Competent Force!
As for other members of Blackwood...
Their traits 'Druid Killer' and 'Sneaky Plunderer' were quite noticeable.
Especially in the event log.
[For years, the Dawn faction of your family has been watching the White family. Your descendant Nathan, along with his wife Luna, entered the forbidden lands of White during a major battle between White, Harris, and Cloudview County, and stole the 'Ghostly Psychic Pearl' guarded by Druids, then left triumphantly!]
Now, many things hardly caught Blackwood's eye, nor were they of much help to Blackwood's experts, but the sight of the 'Ghostly Psychic Pearl' still made Ethan's eyes light up.
"Nathan's strength will increase again."
[Ghostly Psychic Pearl (Grade Six Psychic Item)]
[Effect: Using this item, one can collect Psychic grudges and souls. The deeper the Psychic grudge, the stronger the ghostly entity formed. For those beyond the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements, this item can have miraculous effects.]
At that moment, Ethan saw in the Death Coffin, a little girl named Gary lying in a coffin, a black pearl in her mouth, as ghostly energy infused into her body!
The Ghostly Psychic Pearl contained untold amounts of ghostly energy. Since the Sky Corpse was already beyond the Three Realms and not within the Five Elements, and now with the Ghostly Psychic Pearl, it was constantly growing stronger, undergoing a special transformation!
Meanwhile, other descendants also had their share of gains.
[Your descendant Amelia, while concocting medicines, learned of the Druids' wooden method. Knowing the Druids are skilled in medicine, she sent a demon cultivator to infiltrate their ranks. To avoid alarming them, she planned to gradually kidnap one Druid pharmacist each day.]
[After three months, the wooden method finally noticed something was amiss. Amelia had no choice but to abandon her gradual approach and kidnapped two hundred pharmacists in one night with the help of the Lord of Frenzied Blood, seizing a centuries-old medicine storehouse and never returning.]
At that time.
In Glory City, over three hundred Druid pharmacists were standing outside the city, looking bewildered at the queue of locals, who didn't treat them as strangers at all.
"Sir, I've been cultivating psychic powers for many years and feel that my meridians are blocked. Could you check and see what kind of psychic medicine I need to resolve this issue?"
"Two years ago, I fought with your people and was cursed with a ghost spell. Could you help me resolve it?"
"I'm willing to spend five hundred Energy Stones for a medicine that increases the chances of developing Emerging Abilities!"
"..."