A Cultivation Tale: The Godly Punisher

Then a second later after the treasure-palace was struck by that blast of power, an angered female voice that also invoked the feeling of ancientness rang out.

"Return now. Or be destroyed by my power!" It said.

And as soon as it said this, the water of the entire lake began to violently roil.

Alex was shaken by what he heard. But he definitely wouldn't give up because of just that. He had powerful treasure-spirits with him who wouldn't allow the legacy-bestowing spirit to destroy him.

"Senior, can you handle him?" Alex asked.

He didn't know who was stronger between the treasure-spirit of the Azure Beastsman treasure-palace and the legacy-bestowing spirit.

"The spirit is very strong. But I think I can handle it. Let me speak to her first." The Palace-spirit said.

"Okay" Alex said.

While they remained in the treasure-palace, the actual form of the Palace-spirit materialized in the lake at that depth. And as soon his true form materialized, an old woman who had an expression of wrath in her face quickly appeared before him.

"What do you people want? Get lost this moment!" She barked angrily.

Haha!

The treasure-spirit of the Azure Beastsman palace laughed.

"We should get lost? After all the amazing things that you witnessed the boy do with the cultivation restrictions that either you or your master put in place? We are going nowhere, woman. We are here for the legacy. And we would surely get it before departing from here." The Palace-spirit said with an unyielding tone.

Haha!!

The old woman laughed raucously with her laughter causing the lake to churn once again.

"Do you all want to be destroyed? If you don't leave now in the next moment, I am going to tear you apart and go into that palace to rip that boy and the girl apart" She said.

"Oh really? Well, you can go right ahead to do that. But in case you don't know, that boy is protected by many treasure-spirits who are far stronger than you. So, you just try to carry on with what you said and you would see to your great horror that you would be instantly decimated. That's if you even know when you are destroyed." The Palace-spirit said with towering confidence in his tone.

"Oh? What's so special about the boy that he would be protected by many treasure-spirits? Where did he even find such treasures with ancient spirit that easily submitted to him? If truly he has treasures that have powerful consciousness dwelling in them, then those sentient control-entities inhabiting the spaces in those treasures are fools! Big fools!! How could they submit to a boy who has nothing really special about him?" The old woman asked.

Haha!

The Palace-spirit laughed.

"Look here old woman. You wouldn't want to anger these spirits that I am talking about. Or you would live to regret it. Be very careful with what you are saying. Or these spirits that would look down upon you like an ant would actually tread upon you like one. So, be mindful of your vexing statements and just focus on only me who you can try to contend with" It said.

"I have nothing to say again to you and those stupid clowns. Now, leave here this moment or all of you would regret it." The old woman said.

"Shut up!" An angry voice suddenly rang out from everywhere and caused the lake to instantly divide into two like as if an enormous sword that was as wide as the lake itself had suddenly plunged into it with the intent to gash it apart. Also, when the wrathful voice rang out, the old woman suddenly felt hundreds of extremely sharp sensations in her soul which then caused her an immense degree of pain and even caused her form to actually grow indistinct like it was about to fade into nothingness.

After this voice rang out and caused those shocking phenomena, the old woman who was threatening and demanding the Palace-spirit to leave, visibly continously shook in fear when her form became stable once again.

Great fear and terror was evident in her face.

Only a voice could do that?

What power!

Then hurriedly, she said in a humble and polite tone "Mighty treasure-spirits that are around. Please forgive me for my harsh words which might have greatly upset you. But I thought that this spirit before me was lying and so didn't believe anything that it said. But I can see now that what it was saying was actually true. And since seniors who are very powerful can be around that boy, then that means he is very gifted that you seniors chose to stay with him and help him develop his gifts. I just realized this now. Please forgive me"

"Hmm." A voice rang out and calmness returned to the lake.

"So, should we leave?" The Palace-spirit asked with a mocking smile in it face.

"Wait... No!" The old woman quickly said..

Then it stated "I am sorry I offended you with my words."

"It's okay. But I want to ask, didn't you see the boy transform and suddenly, massively leap in cultivation?" The Palace-spirit asked.

"I saw it. But I thought that he was using some sort of cheat which would surely backfire upon him. I arrived at this when I saw him scream in pain and bleed from his nose and mouth. Then I chose to send him away since I felt that he was using a trick to excessively power up himself." The old woman said. Then it said further "But now, I have realized that he isn't using a cheat. And that he was using a strange peculiar power that was unique to only him."

"Hmm. Alright" The Palace-spirit said.

Then it asked "Can we enter the legacy ground now?"

"Sure. Please come in"

As soon as she said this, a massive spatial array that was set up at the bottom of the lake suddenly glowed in a type of color and blinding brilliance.

Then a shocking Power of Space that was released from the spatialforce energy circulating within it suddenly erupted from the spatial formation in great amounts and caused a spherical space for many meters in diameter to rapidly warp before transforming into a massive portal that the Azure Beastsman treasure-palace shot into.