Attribute Farming System-Chapter 49: A Harbinger of Retribution

Those who had come to protect Star-Gazer Child and Nala had been peacefully napping on the back of their mystical Kunlun, waiting for the closing of the Secret Realm. However, when they heard the mention of a name that the Water Deity had instructed them to look out for, their eyes shot open. Extremely intense glares then bore into the soul of the Skycloud Palace Elder.

"You fool—!!!"

Before Patriarch Skycloud could slap his idiotic subordinate across the head, several overbearing auras fell upon him.

*Bang!*

The almighty Sect Leader of a Rank 3 Sect—a Soul Formation Realm Expert—was pressed into the ground like an inconsequential bug. The expressionless, child-like Children of the Water Deity stepped over him as if he were nothing more than an insect in their way.

"!!!"

Seeing his Sect Leader faint with froth leaking from his mouth erased all the color from the Skycloud Elder's face. He immediately hit the floor, repeatedly bowing and smashing his forehead against the hard stone.

"P-Please forgive this lowly one for saying what he shouldn't have—"

"Be quiet," ordered one of the Children of the Water Deity. "Tell me, what do you know of Knox Falazar? Where is he right now?"

As he lost control over all his limbs to the Children of the Water Deity, the Skycloud Palace Elder felt his heart sink. Even with his Late Nascent Soul Realm cultivation, a single glance was enough to immobilize and terrify him.

And then, by some inexplicable means, his lips began to move, robotically spouting words—doing so without his permission!

— After a couple of seconds —

"Useless," one of the Children of the Water Deity uttered as he tossed aside the Skycloud Elder like a bag of trash. "But at least we know that Knox Falazar has yet to vacate the Kingdom after hearing that we're hunting him. A bold one, he is."

In actuality, Knox had no idea a band of aged children were aiming to capture and decide his fate. But even if he did, it was highly unlikely that he'd have a f*ck to give.

His f*ck supply had been running low as of late.

Unfortunate indeed…

"Senior Brother Maelstrom, do you think that he snuck into the Secret Realm to escape us?" a Middle Soul Formation Realm Child of the Water Deity asked. "That's what I believe he'd do—assuming our information pertaining to his personality is correct."

The first Child of the Water Deity who had spoken—ranked #6 in the Sect—silently brooded to himself.

After a moment, he turned toward the Middle Soul Formation Realm Water Deity Child. "Can you get into contact with Star-Gazer and Nala?"

The one he was asking shook his head. "No," he replied. "The Devilstar Secret Realm cuts off all contact with the outside world. Only those screens up there are capable of keeping us up to date with the movements of those inside."

"Unfortuna—"

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An incredibly powerful crimson-red aura suddenly exploded out from the Falazar Family's Spirit Ship. It squeezed down on the Children of the Water Deity, pushing their feet into the ground and leaving the weaker among them gasping for breath.

"Scaring you weaklings away once wasn't enough!? You still have the gall to be asking around about my Knox!??"

'What should we do, Senior Brother?' the Middle Soul Formation Realm Water Deity Child voice-transmitted to the Child ranked #6.

Lunar-Killer Child contemplated his Junior Brother's question.

'Fighting this she-devil without the assistance of the Senior Brothers and Sisters will be a futile effort,' he responded. 'It's best if we retreat for now and call for the rest of our Siblings while we wait for the Secret Realm to close.'

The Middle Soul Formation Realm Water Deity Child nodded before following the lead of his Senior Brother. They, along with the rest of the Children, activated a turquoise talisman that teleported them away from the area.

"Tsk!" Nyx Falazar clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Those weak bastards escaped, and my Divine Sense can't trace their whereabouts. Dammit!"

Frustrated, she punched out.

A huge hole was blown through a mountain range located hundreds of miles away. The various Factions and cultivators at the Secret Realm's site all stared at the divinely beautiful woman, their mouths slightly ajar.

"Hwa!?" Nyx's face contorted into that of a gangster's mug. "Are you idiots itching for a fight or something!?? Come on over then!!"

Those below the Soul Formation Realm furiously shook their heads. Even some of the weaker Soul Formation Realm Experts lowered their heads, trying their utmost to avoid the gaze of the devil.

"Bunch of cowards!" Nyx spat before thunderously returning to her Family's Spirit Ship. "Next person who speaks ill of my little brother will be going on my sh*t list. Don't say I didn't warn you beforehand."

With that, the she-devil slammed her cabin's door behind her. Count Falazar nearly left his seclusion to reprimand her for her actions just now but decided not to in the end.

"Falazar's Eldest Daughter truly is a fearsome woman," Count Bonanier remarked from inside his Spirit Ship. "To think she has become so strong in a little over a century. Haiz… If only one of my descendants was so competent…"

Cela certainly had the potential to achieve similar success, but in the eyes of her father, she was a… lost cause.

Extremely unreliable.

And since Count Bonanier had no exceptional male heirs, he had already considered his Family's future to be a bleak endeavor…

— An uncertain amount of time later, within the Devilstar Secret Realm, deep in the Beast-kin's Region —

"A powerful human has been slaughtering our kin, Sir Tiger King!" A striped tiger humanoid kneeled and looked up at the menacing figure sitting atop his throne. "You must uphold our honor, my King! The human's simply too powerful! Only you can kill him!"

"A human?"

A voice both raspy and grating escaped the Tiger King's mouth, his nostrils flaring. Yet, on the flip of a dime, his anger surged with great immensity.

"A mere human actually has the guts to attack my Clan!? Which Clan does he originate from—I'll go and annihilate the entire Clan right away!!"

"S…Sir Tiger King," the lower tiger-kin said with great difficulty, barely keeping his balance under the staggering aura of the giant, ten-meter-tall Tiger King. "T-This human possesses no mark from any of the Human Clans. It's… It's as if he appeared out of nowhere… As if he's a harbinger of retribution…"