Chapter 202
Leaving one of the cities near the snowy mountains, a man got on his horse and rode toward the Sloan family residence. For the last few days, he had been unable to contact anyone, so he decided to go check it.
He was still quite far when he saw a bright red hue between the hills. It couldn’t be the sunrise. Nor the sunset. It was noon at the moment.
So that left only one possibility behind.
The man rode faster and faster until he pulled his horse to a stop when the residence came into sight.
It was quite the spectacle to watch, but to the man, it was a tragedy.
Brilliant flames, a mix of red and black, had engulfed the residence, licking the buildings like tongues.
In shock, the man nearly fell off his horse. His brain couldn’t process it. How did it happen? The fire clearly wasn’t natural, so who was it that started it? Who was it that was able to ruin the Sloan family, when they were one of the two most powerful families in the lower realm?
While the man was trying to process what was going on, Michelle, Ivona, Anastasia, and Kieran were in the city with the tower tavern, where Michelle had freed the twelve thousand souls from the Soul Seeking Pendants.
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Being in the city for the second time, she still didn’t bother to find out its name, but Anastasia asked the tavern lady about it and got an answer. Riptide City.
The name came from the fact that beasts and monsters tended to go crazy in the jungle nearby at least once every three years, rushing at the city in tides. That was also why the city had such tight security and high walls—to protect from the tides.
As for why the creatures went crazy, it was guessed that it was because the barrier of the Heavenly Law was in the jungle, which affected everything that lived there.
In the tavern, Michelle and the rest all got to their rooms and went to cultivate. The Sloan family had been dealt with. At the moment, they had no more goals. They just needed to go to the upper realm in the future.