In the beginning, everyone’s abilities were suppressed, reducing them to ordinary people. That was why they followed Jared and Catalina.
Now that they had regained their capabilities, it was unlikely that those people would continue to listen to them obediently.
If we discover a magical item now, using the auction method would clearly be unsuitable. There’d definitely be a mad scramble for it. It appears that Catalina’s master had long since understood human nature, which is why he set up this restriction.
Just as the pair were about to go search for the others, over a dozen auras suddenly rushed in their direction.
In the blink of an eye, Cloud and his companions arrived, each of them looking excited.
“Mr. Chance, we got them back. We’ve all regained our strength!” Cloud said to Jared.
“I already know. I’ve also regained my powers,” Jared said with a smile. He even stole a glance at Catalina.
She turned her face to the side, not daring to look at the others.
“Now, we can thoroughly search the Celestial Battlefield. Now that we have our powers, we
don’t need to be afraid anymore,” said the elderly man from the group cultivators.
“Indeed. We’ve regained our capabilities, so there’s nothing to fear. However, we’ve used quite a lot of spiritual stones along the way,” a bearded cultivator remarked before glancing at Catalina.
The meahing implied was clear. Now that their strength had been restored, they wanted to reclaim the spiritual stones.
When the other cultivators saw that, they also turned to look at her, hostility starting to appear in their eyes.
When they had been suppressed, all of them had complied obediently. However, the moment they regained their strength, they were quick to show their true colors.
Such was human nature!
In the Ethereal Realm, power was the ultimate currency.
Catalina also noticed the look in their eyes. Nonetheless, she did not care. Instead, she coldly swept her gaze over them and said, “The spiritual stones I took from you were the price. for leading you in. As for those divine weapons, everyone has received their share of spiritual stones. It’s not like I took them for myself. If any of you dares to disagree, you’re welcome to try and reclaim the spiritual stones. But before you do, you might want to ask if my sword agrees to it.”
After she finished speaking, a flicker of intense heat began to manifest in the void before her. Then, a magic sword suddenly materialized out of thin air. There were even blue flames dancing atop-the blade!
The moment the magic sword appeared, everyone’s breath hitched in their throats as they felt an overwhelmingly terrifying pressure that made them instinctively want to back away.
Every one of them stared at the sword with fear in their eyes, knowing that the sheer power of the sword alone would be more than most of them could bear.
The elderly man quickly stepped forward from among the cultivators and tried to placate her. “Fellow cultivator, we gave you the spiritual stones willingly. No one will ask you to return them, so you don’t have to get angry. Even though we’ve recovered our strength, the Celestial Battlefield is fraught with danger. We’ll need to continue helping each other after this.”
The bearded cultivator also hastily apologized. “Exactly, that’s not what I meant just now. Please don’t misunderstand.”
Initially, they had assumed that since Catalina was a woman and did not have any guards around her, she would be easy to manipulate. However, they soon realized that they had underestimated her capabilities.
It was especially so when the magic sword appeared, displaying its astonishing power. At that point, who would still dare to bring up the matter of the spiritual stones?
“Ms. Lantz, please put away your sword. I’m afraid someone might end up scared out of their wits,” Jared also persuaded.
However, he only said that because he, too, looked down on those cultivators for trying to take advantage of others when they were down.
Upon hearing that, she could not help but burst into laughter and promptly put away the magic sword.
Seeing that, the group of cultivators let out a collective sigh of relief.
“Fellow cultivator, thank you for your help along the way. This is where we part ways.”
The elderly man gave a respectful bow and then led the others away.
Since their capabilities had been restored, he felt there was no need to follow Jared and his group any longer and that it would be better to search for magical items on their own.”
