Chapter 144
"What do we do about the formation?" Asked Omis, as he pointed at the open hole that led directly to the mortal realm.
Krano seemed unconcerned as he waved his hand and replied. "Don't worry about it, mister Omis, although the formation is down, fortunately, it's only a small part of it, all it needs Is a boost of energy for it to regenerate on its own."
Glancing at the army behind them and then back at Krank, Omis then spoke. "My guys are too tired, and our numbers are small so i'll have to bother you with this brother Krano." He said with an amicable smile as he tapped Krano's shoulder as if they were good friends.
This caused Krano's eyes to widen for a second before he regained his bearings, he then replied with a calm smile. "No problem brother Omis." He said as he also switched the way he addressed Omis with.
He then turned around and glanced at the 'Hive' members for a second, his eyes landing on Rolus the butler monster. As if on cue, the butler suddenly disappeared from his place with a loud woosh and reappeared in front of the duo before giving them a courteous bow.
"My lord, master Omis." He said.
Looking at the opened rift in the array below, Krano spoke. "Take care of this."
"Immediately my lord." He replied respectfully before giving another bow and disappearing out of his place.
Rolus then reappeared in the midst of the 'Hive' ranks as he began to quickly bark a few set of orders. Not daring to refuse, soon a group of Profound Immortals led by a few Golden Immortals, one Immortal Venerable, and Rolus at the front rushed towards the cloud below.
Omis and his group watched in curiosity as the 'Hive' members stood in a triangular position forming the outline of an array with the only God rank cultivator Rolus at the front of the formation.
Their energy intertwined with one another before making its way towards Rolus who was standing at the front. A hazy red glow surrounded him as he spread his hands apart and closed his eyes in concentration.
Slowly, the clouds began to move towards the open hole in the formation obstructing the view of the mortal world. It did not take long before the heavenly formation with the help of the 'Hive' members began to slowly restore itself.
Down in the mortal realm, cultivators looked up in shock as the heavenly realm gradually began to disappear from their view, the sky slowly mending itself back to its normal state.
"Is it over?" Asked Bai Yu, the Bai clan's first elder.
"I hope so." Replied the patriarch with a sigh.
The shockwaves from the battle in the heavenly realm was beyond what they could handle, the last straw that almost broke the camel's back was when large pieces from a celestial mountain fell down like meteor towards the mortal plane.
Some of the smaller pieces were fortunately broken by the formation, but the large piece, however, managed to breach the formation and descend on the ground causing a strong shockwave to surge in the surroundings.
Thankfully, the array had broken down its fall causing it to not hit the mortal plane with full strength otherwise the outcome would have been disastrous.
"Patriarch, what do we do about the mountain?" Asked Bai Yu.
"Even though It's a broken one, and only a piece of it fell down, it's still a celestial mountain nonetheless!" Added one of the twin elders.
"I'm sure the other holy lands will soon make their move and try to grab a hold of it." Said another elder.
Stroking his beard, the patriarch was silent for a while before speaking. "So be it, let them have it. Our mountain is one made the Immortal mentor himself, going for another fight with the other holy lands will only weaken our strength."
"So we just let them have it without a fight?" Asked an elder reluctant to just leave the matters as it is, this was a mountain that fell from the heavens after all! Who knew what sort of properties it might have?
"Impudent! Are you questioning me?" Asked the patriarch in a cold tone as he glanced at the elder.
Faced with his patriarch's chilling tone and gaze, the elder hastily threw himself to the ground as he kneeled and apologized.
"I dare not patriarch!"
"Your word is our command patriarch!" Hurriedly said the other elders in a united voice.
"Good, being greedy is never a good thing. They want the mountain? Hmph, let them weaken themselves for it." Harrumphed the Patriarch before closing his eyes in meditation.
The hole in the sky slowly mended itself and disappeared, announcing the end of the war of the heavenly realm. He could already feel the other holy lands retracting themselves from the formation causing its light to slowly dim.
One clan and sect after another retracted themselves from the formation, the Bai clan soon followed after. Although the war of the heavens may have ended, tensions in the mortal realm were sky-high after a celestial mountain has appeared.
The Void sect soon sent a small army of their own riding on their signature purple clouds towards the mountain, the Mount Sword sect followed with a small army of sword riding cultivators as well.
Though each side was wary of one another, they were still mostly concerned by the Immortal mentor’s words. He had decreed that there shall be no infighting in the Mortal plane for as long as the war continued, yet it seemed to them that the fight had already finished, and the allure of a celestial mountain was too strong hence they made their move.
Back in the heavenly plane, Omis watched on as the formation mended itself and fully recovered, the red clouds slowly covering it completely. He then glanced at Krano with an impressed look on his face.
“Impressive brother Krano.” He said with a nod.
“You flatter me, brother Omis.” Smiled Krano before ushering Omis to move ahead.
“After you, shall we go?” Asked Krano. Omis simply nodded before he floated forward.
Soon the duo was on the lead, following after them was the army of the ‘Hive’ and ‘Immortals’ in an unprecedented scene, although wary of one another, none made any moves as they continued their flight towards the heavenly capital.