Yin & Yang Pleasures of Cultivation

At the Silver Bloody Hammer group district, it was nearing the end of an average day as per usual. And everything seemed relatively standard for the ranked and unranked members.

All ranked, and unranked members were going about their works or are just wrapping up their daily shifts.

Although, some more curious members did briefly wonder about the strange disappearance of some of their higher rank members.

But most didn't think too hard beyond surface-level thoughts. 

They essentially just connect the higher rank members were simply on a long drawn out mission that requires days to complete.

Missions like that were typical in their group. Plus, in a dangerous environment like the Plunged Tundra, it's common sense to know anything unexpected can happen.

So the members here focused on their daily and stable lives, unwilling to invest their noses in any deeper troubles. 

And while this sort of mindset is sufficient for them and wouldn't cause them any troubles.

It was an impossible mindset for the real heavyweights of their Mercenary group to have. 

Such as in the same office Heavenly General Dara occupies, an drastically different atmosphere enraptured the whole room.

Heavenly General Dara was standing upright and tensed before his desk. His expression was serious, not wanting to offend the person sitting on the couch before him.

Like his last meeting here, it was a woman sitting on the couch. But this woman far outstrips Silver Lila in every single possible aspect. 

Just the way Heavenly General Dara conducted himself, it was immediately apparent how frightening this woman was.

A mighty third level Heavenly Transformation cultivator like Dara would never bow down or submit to anyone. Even if they were on the same level as him. 

Yet, this woman made Heavenly General Dara submissively stand without even telling him.

The woman on the couch was a genuine heavenly beauty. 

Her face was gorgeously bewitching and glossed up with luxurious makeup, accentuating her sexiness to a magnificent degree. Perfectly combining with her alluring face were bright, beautiful silver jewels that decorated her face.

Long beautiful black hair flowed from her head, and it as well was decorated with exquisite bright silver jewels. 

For her fit, unlike the luxurious silver armor Heavenly General Dara wore, this woman took it a step above.

Her armor was a glorious platinum design armor that was a massive step above than any other silver armor designs. The quality and defense it had were all a tremendous step above Heavenly General Dara's armor. 

As well being a step above Heavenly General Dara was this woman's terrifying prowess. 

A natural aura swirled around her like she was controlling the air in her space.

Such power can only be naturally exuded by a fourth level Heavenly Transformation realm powerhouse! And this powerhouse of a woman is known as one of the Vice Leaders of the whole Silver Bloody Hammer group.

Her official title was Vice Leader Ninu! 

And just like one would expect from a Vice Leader of such a dominating group, Vice Leader Ninu had an expression that radiated with pure superiority. 

Despite Heavenly General Dara being only one level under her, Vice Leader Ninu's eyes held a distinct disdain for his more recent actions. Actions that couldn't entirely be blamed on him, yet Vice Leader Ninu cared little for that.

However, while a fierce expression was accompanying Vice Leader Ninu's face. She was actually pushing down some odd, weird feeling that kept swirling in the pits of her guts.

But Vice Leader Ninu ignored any weird and random feelings. The place they were in couldn't be more safer with the formations they have set around. 

Plus, her incredible prowess gave her boundless confidence to deal with any unexpected situations.

So with an increasing sneering expression, Vice Leader Ninu was telling Heavenly General Dara, "So, let me get this straight. Three brats, two supposedly in the True Soul Core realm and one at the pitiful ranks of the Innate Core realm, got chased down by multiple members? And not only have those members just up and disappear, but you're also saying those brats must have some unknown Spirit Artifact?"

With the increasingly daunting tone of Vice Leader Ninu, Heavenly General Dara nearly hesitated to speak. 

But he pushed his nerves forward and answered with,

"That would be the case. Numerous members of our reported Zeal's team and Gedu's team going in the same direction as those kids. But they were all quick to write it off as a coincidence now. Silver Lila is the strangest case since she actually fully believed those kids have some sort of exotic Spirit Artifact. But now…."

"But now she hasn't contacted back for five days, huh? Seriously? Three brats, you're telling me three brats managed to wipe off four seventh rank Innate Core warriors. Three eighth ranks, three ninth ranks, and one Heavenly King, with just some seemingly mysterious Spirit Artifact. Do you understand the foolishness in my words?"

Vice Leader Ninu's ice-cold tone pierced into Heavenly General Dara's ears like glass shards. 

Before Vice Leader Ninu's anger spilled all over him, Heavenly General Dara thought he had at least one silver living. "Well, Vice Leader, while Silver Lila hasn't made any contact back. There also hasn't been any sightings of those kids back in Town so far…."

"Save it, Dara. If a Heavenly King can't capture three brats far under her prowess in a single day, what makes you think she would take over five whole days to do it? No, you know what?"

Vice Leader Ninu suddenly stood up from the couch. She continued to say, "We're officially going to-" 

"GAAAAHH!!!" 

Before Vice Leader Ninu could even finish what she was saying, the abrupt agonizing roar of Heavenly General Dara cut her off.

Along with his anguish wails of pain, the sound of blood gushing out of skin had also blared into Vice Leader Ninu's ears. 

Vice Leader Ninu was utterly gobsmacked at the abrupt shift in front of her.

Completely out of nowhere, there was a multi-color scalpel stabbing deep into Heavenly General Dara's neck! 

A body of a third level titled Heavenly King was so easily broken into by this mere scalpel, causing blood to frantically pool out of him!

Vice Leader Ninu just had no words. Her eyes went as wide as dinner saucer; a tremendous tension-filled her body, and her mind was in shambles. 

She couldn't understand, just how did this happen?!

Besides herself and Heavenly General Dara, there wasn't a single person in the room! 

And still, Vice Leader Ninu can't sense anyone else here! 

Moreover, her Heavenly Spirit Sense would've undoubtedly picked up on any presence trying to sneak into the office. 

Furthermore, the protective formations there should've picked up on any unknown intruders! 

But it was then, it all hit Vice Leader Ninu like whiplash. 

The seemingly random odd feeling she felt near the beginning of this meeting. That mysterious Spirit Artifacts those brats have, the disappearances, in a split second it all was about to click for her. 

However, before Vice Leader Ninu could react to anything,

'Fuuuu~'

A hypnotic heavenly melody soothed into her ears. Vice Leader Ninu's entire being was already in a state of extreme shock, so her soul was utterly unprepared as it got immediately enraptured by the melody.

"N-no-what's going…." Vice Leader Ninu was desperately fighting to keep her eyes awake. But it was a battle she was quickly losing. Her body was assaulted with a tremendous wave of dreariness.

Her powerful Heavenly Soul couldn't fend off the melodic melody overwhelming power. 

It didn't matter how much power her Heavenly Soul wield; under the harmonious melody, it was as weak as any other soul.

The sounds of Heavenly General Dara's muffled groans of pain was getting quickly drowned out in Vice Leader Ninu's ears. 

In just mere seconds, she knows she's about to lose all consciousness.

And as her soul became weaker and weaker, suddenly, Vice Leader Ninu felt a warm hand grasp the back of her neck. 

Right then, the warmth and the waves of dreariness was quickly overturned by an overflow of overwhelming pleasure!

This sudden overflow of pleasure brazenly stormed her body and swiftly drilled right into her weakened soul. 

"What is goi-AHH~?!?" Vice Leader Ninu shrieked a moan and had then gone entirely still.

And from behind her, the one who was grasping her neck already showed themselves. A handsome, confident-looking young man had appeared. 

Of course, this young man was Darcel!

"Hehehe~! And would look you at this Yasami." 

Along with the appearance of Darcel, Aniela and Yasami appeared in front of Heavenly General Dara's desk!

Heavenly General Dara groans of pain stopped, and his body was currently convulsing on the floor. Strangely enough, blood had stopped pouring where the scalpel had stabbed his, but the scalpel began to glow a brilliant silver.

Yasami, though, she ignored the disturbing sight on the floor and turned her attention to Aniela, waiting for her to continue talking. 

"Another seemingly impossible plan to others, so easily done by the dream team!"

A smirk boomed on Yasami's smirk as she recalled how utterly broken and overpower their combined Darkness Soul link powers were. 

As soon as they left the Mage's shop, they went to a secluded area to test the Elusive Feather's true potential.

And from there, everything fell in line after their first attempt. 

With their genius comprehension, the trio was able to quickly figure out how to pour their Soul Powers in the Spirit Artifact.

And like they expected, the Elusive Feather activated, covering all three of them despite them not being in the Heavenly Transformation realm. Once they were invisible, the trio decided to go on a little test run.

When strolling through Mawold Town, the three of them could literally phase through anybody. And nobody had even noticed. Aniela even remarked they were practically like ghosts.

But for the real test, the trio went down to the Nobe's Fang group place. 

They found out they could pass through the walls and could even use their souls to float up the stairs, truly like ghosts.

However, the most significant feat of the Elusive Feather was the fact that not even Heavenly General Gorbug could sense them! 

They went up right into his office, and he didn't pick up on a single thing.

Darcel, Aniela, and Yasami went even further than him. They managed to locate the office of someone even more powerful than Heavenly General Gorbug. A third level Heavenly Transformation powerhouse.

And yet, that powerhouse couldn't sense them at all. After finding out this information, the trio was confident in making their next move. 

Though they weren't entirely sure the Elusive Feather would work against a fourth level powerhouse, the trio still decided to gamble that risk.

The only drawback of the Elusive Feather Spirit Artifact was that they couldn't use any type of Qi. Or their invisibility and intangibility would immediately drop.

All these experiments are why it took them nearly the whole day to infiltrate the Silver Bloody Hammer group. 

But once they made it here, it went all too smoothly for them.

The trio had bypassed all traps or formations to detect those who were under the Heavenly Transformation realm when they made it to the top floor. 

And by using their Souls to scope out the auras on the floor, the trio swiftly found the meeting Vice Leader Ninu was having.

Yasami's attention returned to Darcel as everything left was all up to him. She openly remarked, "Hopefully, this time, he'll be able to complete the full fall of a Heavenly King."

Yasami and Aniela fell into silence then. 

They had their Spirit Sense expanded for anyone that could accidentally come here. And they patiently waited for Darcel to work his magic.