Apotheosis

When the bubble began to move, it alerted the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord's other disciples.

After all, this bubble had been underground and immobile for quite a long time.

"Master, what's happening?"

"Master, are you doing that because we were detected?"

the disciples asked the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord.

The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord had many disciples before, but only ten had followed him into the Jade Pure Realm.

He lost four disciples in their explorations. Another two disciples tried to leave the bubble and ended up being killed by the people of the Snake Spirit Sect. Thus, there were only four left with him in the bubble. They were Dale, Arthur, Derrick and Austin. Dale could transform into anything.

Arthur was a pot-bellied man who always wore a beatific smile on his face, like Buddha.

Derrick was almost the opposite of Arthur with his lanky frame and an ever-serious unsmiling expression.

Justin was tall and sturdy and carried a purple-golden furnace. His right arm was covered with many flame-shaped tattoos, which would turn into actual fire for the furnace. The fire in the furnace had never been put out in the past tens of millions of years. He took it with him wherever he went.

Arthur, Derrick and Justin treated the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord with more reverence than Dale did.

"Yes. We have been detected," the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord replied tersely, his face grim.

He focused on keeping the bubble moving.

The bubble confined and concealed the aura of the occupants. Moreover, it camouflaged itself such that it would look like part of its surroundings to an observer.

The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord concentrated on moving the bubble somewhere they would be safe.

The bubble continued forward underground.

Only the sound of crunching earth could be heard all throughout.

The bubble made slow progress onward.

The four disciples remained calm. They had been in similar situations before. They fixed all their attention on the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord.

Suddenly, noises came from outside the bubble.

Crack! Crack!

They were spurred alert by the sound, immediately knowing what it was.

"It's a metal-devouring beast!" Arthur exclaimed.

There were many mysterious creatures living underground in the Jade Pure Realm, and the metal-de

. Hence, the Wine Basin was an important pass for the Bird Spirit Sect.

The troops of the Snake Spirit Sect in the Mist City had recently been raiding the Wine Basin.

The Treacherous Beings had already gathered outside the Wine Basin today.

Sewell, the troops' commander, was preparing to launch their twelfth attack on the Wine Basin.

It was a short distance between the Mist City and the Wine Basin. When the Treacherous Beings got killed, they would come back to life in the Mist City and join the invasion on the Wine Basin again.

The Treacherous Beings could be resurrected infinitely, but it took time. If a Treacherous Being got killed too many times in a short period, it would take him or her longer to come back.

Sewell had a simple strategy.

He would order his men to attack the Bird Masters and kill them again and again. That way, the speed of their resurrection would be slowed down and he could finally take the stronghold of the Bird Spirit Sect.

Right before Sewell gave the order to execute the plan, a white snake came to his side, whispering, "The coordinates are in place."

"Are they in the bubble now?" Sewell asked.

The white snake nodded. "Yes. Abel and I had put our coordinates in a metal-devouring beast's stomach. It had just been captured and brought into the bubble."

"You two will not join the battle, then. If you get killed and come back to life, it might tip them off. But we will find them right after we take over the Bird Spirit Sect," Sewell said, steely determination in his voice.