Rise of the Alchemy God

Chapter 276 Lost Team Mates

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The three presences he had detected were very close, and it only took him a few moments to reach the location.

He was currently wandering in complete darkness, much like when he was deep underwater before, unable to see much due to the lack of light in the area.

The situation here was the same, except that when he was in the ocean, he could still see something thanks to his improved eyesight and highly developed senses, which gave him an idea of ??his surroundings.

Here, he had none of these advantages, so he could only follow his perception and float in that direction at a moderate speed.

He arrived at the place very quickly, and just like before, the sight in front of him was no different from before.

All black.

The only good thing was that here, his perception was clearer, as he was now closer to the presences he had detected.

"Wait, what..."

He immediately began to probe the three presences now much closer to him.

They were at a proper distance from each other, with one behind him, another to his left, and the last directly in front of him.

As soon as he began to probe them, he started to get an idea of what they were, since in his mind he could reconstruct what his perception was examining, and the more he continued to examine, the more shocked he became.

He didn't know what these presences were, but whatever they were, he hadn't expected them to be this large.

Maybe the word "large" wasn't adequate.

Huge, they were extremely huge, and this was just the beginning.

The more Ethan perceived their shapes, the more stunned he became, because he had finally started to form a partial image of what they were,

or in this case, who they were.

"Wait, these could be..."

As soon as Ethan analyzed the figures, he discovered that the three figures were actually three gigantic beasts, and they were in a very similar condition to Bai Yu when she was regaining part of her strength.

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These three beasts were huge, to say the least, and now that Ethan could perceive them clearly, he felt like an ant standing before them.

The figure on his right was that of a gigantic phoenix, its wings spread as if it were ready to take flight at any moment.

To his left was the elegant but imposing figure of a Qilin, its body relaxed with its legs slightly bent, and its head slightly lowered, which didn't hide the pair of long antlers, while like the phoenix, it was in a dormant state.

Finally, the most massive figure, if not the most bizarre in Ethan's eyes, stood before him.

It was what appeared to be a mix of a bull and a turtle, due to its back, which resembled an enormous shell similar to that of a turtle.

Ethan instinctively compared it to a Xuanwu, but then noticing that it lacked the typical snake-like tail that should rest on its shell, he reconsidered, but none of that was important at that moment.

The problem was that in his spiritual sea there were now three awe-inspiring beasts, each of which exuded an otherworldly aura.

He didn't know what level of cultivation these beasts possessed, but he could tell it was far superior to his own.

Just being near them made him feel small.

At first, he didn't know who they were or how they had appeared here, but then remembering that Bai Yu was in a similar situation, he thought they must have been sealed in the amphora in the past as well.

Even more importantly, he remembered what Bai Yu had told him when he first met her:

"She said that she and her companions had been sent into the amphora by Ying Hua."

This realization made his eyes widen as he began to understand who they could be.

"A Qilin, a phoenix... yeah, probably, it's really them," he thought, remembering a conversation she had with him a long time ago.

He had then asked her how her former traveling companions were. and she told him that their group had been made up of just five members in total, herself, Ying Hua, and three others.

He was sure these three were the rest of the group she had traveled with, but at this point, he couldn't help but wonder,

why now?

He already had a certain control over the amphora, and with his soul strength now very high, he should have noticed the presence of these three a long time ago.

Yet, until now, he had no idea they existed.

He only knew that she had been sealed along with others, but where these others were, he didn't know, and even she, who had once thought they were sealed somewhere here just as she had been, had begun to doubt this.

For all he knew, they could have already been freed before her, but this also seemed unlikely. After all, for that to happen, the amphora would have had to activate, just as it did when he acquired it.

She had immediately sensed it back then, so it was impossible that she hadn't sensed any previous activation before that.

"So it turns out they were just hidden here all this time?"

He wasn't sure what exactly was happening, but he could only get a vague idea of the situation.

'The amphora decided to reveal them only now, but why?' he thought, growing more and more confused.

He still didn't know why he couldn't wake up, and now this... everything was becoming too confusing for him to make sense of his current situation.

Just as he was thinking about what to do next, a change, almost imperceptible, occurred in the surrounding environment.

Hm?

Ethan wasn't sure what it was, but soon the three figures, which had been in a dormant state until just a moment ago, began to emanate a slight pressure.

The pressure gradually increased, while an aura of different colors surrounded each of them, covering all three.

Ethan wasn't certain what was happening, but he used his mental strength to protect his soul from the increasing pressure he felt, while looking ahead and noticing that even the environment, which had been completely dark, was beginning to light up, allowing him to see the full appearance of these three enormous figures with his eyes.

He had to admit that now that he saw them a little more clearly, their appearances were even more majestic, and they emanated a natural aura of sovereignty.

He didn't know how to describe it best, but the more he felt the pressure increase, the more he struggled to resist.

Soon, he noticed a visible change in all of them, as these three figures, which until just a moment ago had been sleeping, all began to open their eyes.

Or at least, that's what he thought. But instead of seeing their eyes, he only found three pairs of yellow lights in their eye sockets, while their bodies began to glow brighter and brighter.

The phoenix was soon covered by an orange-red aura, emanating a powerful fire element aura.

The Qilin, on the other hand, was enveloped by a bluish-green aura, which emitted a sensation of freshness,

and finally, the enormous figure, which seemed to be a mix of a bull and a turtle, emitted a brown-yellowish aura that seemed to reflect the element of earth.

These auras, which covered the figures of all three, exploded in power, while the figures of all three became less and less visible,

and before he could even get used to the constantly changing situation, the three auras moved, speeding upwards, taking the three beasts with them.

Ethan was stunned by the entire situation, but he immediately followed the three auras.

He wasn't at their speed, but somehow, he was still able to follow them to some extent.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but at one point, a light began to appear.

'That... could it be the surface of the spiritual sea?' he thought as he saw the three figures emerge into the light and disappear immediately.

Seeing this, he accelerated and moved closer and closer to the light, finally arriving near it.

Without hesitation, he didn't stop and plunged in too.