The Conqueror of Zones

by Shadows Finger

  “Let’s go!” one practitioner said as he rushed forward like a bolt of lightning, soon his figure entered through the door and vanished behind the clusters of light. The eyes of the practitioners who did not belong to any influences now glowing in an excited light as saw this scene, they promptly rushed forwards at great speeds entering the through the doorway unimpeded.

  As this happened, the elders from the Major Influences couldn’t help but ask, “What happened to our disciples? They have yet to return from the stone space!” A few others also grew worries as they didn’t see any of their genius return from the palace gate stone, the Saint Queen hearing smiled and replied, “They have already gone ahead, as a prize for the hard-fought battles…”

  The major influences hearing her word no longer questioned, Xun Yanshan, Nei Sinian and the others led each of their own influences towards the massive door at a brisk pace, entering the broad and long entrance way soon after vanishing into the light as they entered the palace domain.

  Eventually, there was only one influence left outside of the Dragon Palace, arranged in a neat formation as they calmly gaze towards the distance. The Saint Queen seeing this was surprised as she thought everyone would have immediately entered the palace upon hearing words and seeing the door open, she flickered appearing before them with beautiful bare feet gently touching the ground.

  The members of the Feng Clan noticing her sudden arrival revealing momentary looks of surprise before focusing their vision back towards the horizon, as Feng Junling was gazing towards the horizon who couldn’t help but cast his eyes to side looking at the peerless beauty that was now standing right beside him, seeing him look at her the Saint Queen smiled as her eyes glowed in a curious manner, she asked, “Why are you all waiting here?”

  Feng Junling shook his head and responded with a smile as he stared into her beautiful eyes, “We are waiting for the star of the show, that child who only knows how to surprise us old timers…”

  “Oh, so you're related to the Chosen who has completed the ancient duty… interesting, no wonder, it’s no wonder I sense such a strong scent from you…” She muttered softly as she gazed at Feng Junling for a short while but removing her eyes, she then flickered her wrist causing the unusual golden chair to appear before her after which she calmly sat down and spoke, “Since you are waiting, then I shall also join you…”

  “Eh?!” The clansmen who were previously focused on the horizon couldn’t help but exclaim surprised as they saw the actions of this peerless being, the area soon became filled with a strange kind of atmosphere…

  Chapter 176

  A Successful Mission’s Rewards! The Return of the Conqueror!

  The scene within the Cloudy Ghost Zone was a different one indeed, the previously bleak atmosphere now faded as most of its gloominess had all but returned to normal. Currently, there was a large group that was standing in an extremely organized fashion before a gigantic blue portal, its radiant light giving off a bright gleam on their various weapons and equipment’s.

  At forefront of this large group of armies were a group of powerful looking individuals, each belonging to a unique kind of race they proudly stood at the front of their respected races with a look of longing and excitement in their eyes, a few them having drops of tears falling down their cheeks.

  If one looked closely, they would notice that at the forefront of these leaders in the direct vicinity of the portal to the Dragon Palace, were nine individuals that gave off a presence that was like no other, gazing at the portal before them with different expressions on their faces. Suddenly, one of the walked forward to touch the portal before they spoke in a voice that echoed in the minds of all those gathered.

  “I’m sure that you’ve all heard the words just now, we have finally done it! We have fought a long battle, suffered many defeats and lost many precious lives, but it is our own choices that brought us in this mess and as such, we deserved to pay those prices…” Queen Demetria said in a deep tone filled as she gazed at the portal before them, the alliance leaders and natives hearing her words remained silent as they knew full well that her words held true.

  After a short moment of silence, Queen Demetria then smiled before she spoke again, “Now, however, we need not worry or fret anymore over the looming darkness within these broken worlds, we are free to roam the endless universes, free to return to our homes! Today we step forwards to a new future!”

  Her loud voice resounding across the silent zone filling each of those who heard it with a boiling mood of excitement, the leaders and soldiers promptly lifted their weapons and cheered as they moved towards the portal in a formation, “Victory for the future of our kinds!!”

  Demetria then clasped her palms together causing a strange aura to emit from her being, soon, a ray of light could be seen beaming from the distance before entering her palms and reforming into an object. If one looked closely, they would notice that there was something familiar about this object as it was a small crystal palace with a glowing halo around its central tower.

  King Demi had also made a similar action causing a green ray of light to soar towards his palms from a distant section of the Cloudy Ghost Zone.

  Zyne seeing this commented, “Finally receiving those things, I can always understand the value of the Fairy Palace, but that strange tomb of yours will always remain a mystery to even me Yemo…”

  King Yemo hearing his words smiled in silence as he placed away the tomb artifact, a strange light now shining at the depths of his eyes which were unable to be understood.

  Feng Yu who was ahead of the marching group couldn’t help but shake his head as he saw this scene, he thought to himself, “So, this is where it finally ends. It was a truly intriguing journey…” He turned around and saw that Jing Mingyun was currently waiting for him, she lifted her hands and spoke, “Shall we!”

  As Feng Yu heard this, he nodded his head while gazing at the information shown only to his eyes:

  “Ping!”

  “War Commands List – Central Region!”

  “Ancient War Command – Success!”

  “You have succeeded in conquering all of the center zones!

  “Conquer the Palaces of the Central Zones - Rank S Command!”

  “8 Million War Points has been awarded!”

  “Total War Points: 10 Million!”

  “Um.” Feng Yu replied with a smile on his face as he saw his long-awaited update, he then grabbed a hold of her hands walking through the massive pathway of the portal soon after vanishing behind its light.

  Elder Duan and Elder Chen seeing this couldn’t help but smile as their thoughts wandered to Feng Yunlong wondering what his kind of expression he will show once he sees the pairing. They promptly moved forwards disappearing no soon after Feng Yu did, Zyne was also watching him from behind he couldn’t help but shake his head as his lips rose to a smile, “This brat, so eager to return to his companions…”

  As he was lost in his own thoughts, the voice of Demetria could be heard from beside him, “Zyneas let’s get moving, we should also prepare to greet the realm-watcher…”

  Zyne hearing this couldn’t help but sweat slightly as he recalled the figure of the Saint Queen, he replied, “Sigh, now to deal with this woman…” He shook his head clearing those thoughts as he glanced at the smirk on Demetria’s face before walking into the portal, “Hmph! Trying play on my nerves because of what happened back then… it seems that you still have a hint of that side within you…”

  Demetria hearing his word didn’t reply, as a rare playful smile came upon her face while she continued to walk forwards soon both their figures vanished into the portal leaving behind no traces. As Myria saw this, she flapped her wings quickly while complaining, “Mother, why are you leaving me behind?”

  Leon who was unhappy with Zyne’s manner with Demetria decided to vent his mood with Myria, “There you go acting like a child again! You should act more refined princess…”

  Myria hearing words merel
y snorted in reply as her figure vanished into the portal soon after followed by Leon, King Yemo now had a grave expression on his face as heard Demetria’s previous words ‘overseer,’ he couldn’t help but recall a few scenes of the distant past, but he soon quickly cleared these distractions as he continued to the march with his ghost unit, eventually, all of the natives had entered through the portal leaving behind a silent and gloomy world…

  ∞ ∞ ∞

  Swoooosh! With the sound of the rushing winds that gently swept across the plains of the devastated battlefield, the change of an era was set into motion, the cool rays of the evening sun giving those beneath its influence a calm and somewhat relaxing mood as if soothing the tired warriors from a series of long battles.

  Currently, the Feng Clansmen where mostly recovered as they rested and awaited the arrival of their clan’s successor. Feng Yunlong was currently speaking to a somewhat dazed Feng Xingyu while all of the other clan elders were holding a private discussion regarding the scenario of Feng Junling and the mysterious Saint Queen, who sat beside each other. However, as this peaceful scene continued, there eventually came a change…

  Buzz! Following a loud noise, the sky above the Dragon Palace became a shade of bright blues as massive rift formed into the air, it was a rift whose size seemed to occupy most of the sky itself giving powerful special fluctuations. As they saw this scene, the expressions of the Feng Clan members soon changed to one of excitement as a few of them shouted. “The Young Master is coming!”

  Quickly, the elders got up and stood together in a welcoming formation with the clan members, Feng Yunlong was the first to move along with Feng Xingyu arriving at the direct front of this formation with a look of anticipation in his eyes as he thought to himself, “Hmph! Darn brat having me all worried…”

  “Yu’er…” Feng Xingyu muttered softly as her eyes flashed in a complicated light, Feng Junling who was seated nearby the Saint Queen had only now made his way overlooking towards the portal with a look of expectation on his face, his eyes glowing in a mysterious light as he muttered, “Yu child, show me… show me how much you’ve grown…”

  As everyone was excited at the scene before them, the silent and calm Saint Queen now showed a bright look in her eyes as she spoke in a soft voice, “It’s been far too long, Heiress Jing…”

  Immediately after her words, the portal in the sky welcomed a new change, as many bright rays of light beamed from it inside reaching the distant ground in only a fraction of time. These lights upon reaching the ground would quickly disperse revealing the forms of different individuals who were previously shrouded by them, as more and more of these lights descended the area around the Dragon Palace began to grow more crowded.

  Soon, the portal in the sky began to fade as its transference was complete and most of the area around the Dragon Palace was now occupied by a massive number of individuals belonging to a variety of unique races, their traits fascinating all of those who had calmly waited at the scene.

  At the forefront of these were the leaders of these races along with the forms of Feng Yu, Jing Mingyun followed by Elder Duan and Elder Chen, along with Zyne, Fairy Queen Demetria, Leon, Myria and the Ghost King Yemo.

  A few other natives from the different zones outside of the Central Zones were also in abundance, ranging from water lifeforms to many other unique kinds of beings.

  They gazed around at the scene before them with curious looks in their eyes as they saw the level of devastation around the Dragon Palace, Zyne couldn’t help but speak in his thoughts out loud, “Ha! I didn’t think that there would be such a scale of destruction here! Brat Yu, it appears that your family and those outsiders must have fought one hell of a battle!”

  Feng Yu hearing this knitted his brows as he looked around at the massive craters, destroyed mountains, and ruined lands, the only construct left intact was the ancient looking Dragon Palace with its massive gate open for all to enter, “Where are my--?” He was about to ask where the clansmen were but before he could finish his words, he promptly cut off.

  “Yu’er!”

  “Yu Child!”

  “Young Master!!”

  A series of different calls sounded from different sections around the Dragon Palace, where a large group of red-haired individuals stood with some of them wearing crimson masks, after a few blurry flashes they quickly rushed over to the large group ignoring everyone else except Feng Yu. At their forefront were the figures of Feng Yunlong, Feng Junling, and Feng Xingyu who looked at Feng Yu with a happy expression on their faces.

  Feng Yu seeing this felt a feeling of happiness in his soul as he quickly rushed forwards arriving before them and bowing, “Father, Uncle, Aunt! I have successfully returned!”

  Feng Yunlong seeing this laughed heartily as he slapped Feng Yu’s shoulder and helped him off the ground while speaking, “Hahaha! My son, you’ve done well! Entering the dangerous Central Zones all by yourself and performing such an unbelievable feat, you truly are my and your mother’s child!”

  Feng Yu hearing this smiled in response, he then looked towards Feng Junling who stood a little distance away as he gazed at him. He walked over and tapped his shoulder with his palm for a short moment before a stunned expression came over his face; he then smiled with a satisfied light in his eyes as he spoke, “Good! Good! Yu child, you have gone beyond and exceeded my wildest imagination…”

  Feng Yu knew that his strength would easily be noticed by his uncle thought regarding how much his uncle had actually understood he wouldn’t really know, as he heard his words, he couldn’t help but think that this uncle of his was rather strange. He replied with a smile, “I thank uncle of his praise!”

  “Haha! You more than deserve it…” Feng Junling said as he laughed returning to his unusual manner, Feng Xingyu reached out her palm and with a mysterious smile on her face as she spoke, “Yu’er, you dare to ignore your aunt! Come give me a handshake!”

  Feng Yu seeing this felt quite strange, but as Feng Yunlong and Feng Junling saw this, they smiled with a hint of pity in their eyes as they gazed at Feng Yu. Not knowing what was happening Feng Yu quickly grabbed her slender palm and replied, “Ok aunt…”

  The moment Feng Yu grabbed her palm, the gentle and sweet expression on Feng Xingyu’s face changed to that of solemn look. Her gentle looking arm seeming to have transformed into an immovable mountain as she firmly gripped Feng Yu’s palms.

  Feng Yu feeling the change became stunned as no matter how hard he tried to remove his hand it remained trapped unable to move an inch, he thought, “What kind of strength is this?!” Feng Xingyu seeing his expression smirked as she suddenly increased her grip force.

  “Ahhh!” Feng Yu screamed as his hand felt like it was about to break to pieces, he promptly saluted with his free hand and begged, “Aunty, I’m sorry, spare me this one time!”

  “Hmph! Fine…” Feng Xingyu replied quickly letting go of his arm and looking at him with a look of victory on her face.

  “Haha! Xingyu, you shouldn’t bully Yu’er like that…” Feng Yunlong said while laughing, Feng Junling smiled as he saw the happy scene.

  Feng Yu grabbed his swollen hand while gazing at the calm face of Feng Xingyu with a slight hint of fear, but soon, his concerns became different altogether. A gentle set of hands suddenly wrapped over his swollen palms before sending a soft energy to soothe the pain as a voice that seemed like it traveled from the coolest spring breeze sounded near his ears. “Yu’er, are you are alright?”

  Feng Yu feeling this became calm as if he found his harbor at deep sea; he turned his head and gazed into the eyes of Jing Mingyun before he replied, “Um. It’s no biggie…”

  As if no one else was around, the two continued to stare at each other for a short moment before moving their gaze back to the surroundings, Feng Yunlong seeing this opened his mouth in shock as even Feng Junling had widened eyes, the only person among the Feng Clan who seemed to be at ease regarding the current scene was Feng Xingyu who had a c
unning smile on her face, and Elder Duan along with Elder Chen who had only now chosen to walk up towards the group.

  “Haha! See Old Du, I told you it would be a scene to witness, look at them shocked already and they don’t even know the girl’s true identity.” Elder Chen said with a rare mischievous look on his face, Elder Duan hearing this laughed and nodded his head.

  Soon, Feng Yunlong managed to recover from his state of shock as he looked at the beautiful silver-haired woman beside Feng Yu with an inspecting gaze; he felt a trace of familiarity from her but couldn’t quite recall where he had seen her.

  Feng Junling also had a similar thought but couldn’t quite recall where he and seen her on the other hand, he walked forwards and asked, “Yu child, who is this female?”

  The surrounding clansmen, as well as the natives, looked at the scene with interests as they didn’t mind the little drama after such a long period of intense combat, Zyne seeing this became excited as he thought to himself, “Brat! Daring to not introduce us the moment we got here is your biggest mistake! Humph! I’ll add a little fun to this confusion…”

  After thinking to himself, he glanced and walked forward and tapped Feng Yu on his shoulder before laughing heartily and speaking, “Haha! Yu brat, why aren’t you introducing your wife to those clansmen of yours?”

  Feng Yu hearing this became red as his eyes opened wide and he stuttered, “This-this… I… I”

  “Little Yu, you certainly act fast… couldn’t you have waited until we left the mystic realm?” Feng Xingyu said in a playful tone.

  Feng Yunlong hearing this became even more shocked as he looked at Feng Yu and yelled, “Yu’er!!!! How can you marry without the family’s consent?”

  As Feng Yu heard this, he glared at Zyne angrily but couldn’t say anything to refute his words, Demetria seeing Feng Yu’s predicament wanted to laugh too but managed to keep a straight face while her hands trembled a little, but as for Myria shoe immediately opened her mouth wide and laughed like never before, “Hahaha!” As if affected by Myria the army of allied natives along with the cunning Elder Chen and Duan also began to laugh in satisfaction.