Rioneed: VRMMORPG

He tried to gather all his strength to withstand this hit but at this critical moment, an arrow hit his shoulder and stuck in it. 

That attack that came from behind him was launched from the fire peak lady. That arrow immediately ignited with a strong energy that destroyed all the preparation that man took. 

At this specific moment, Ibro's sword fell on his neck. The most vulnerable part of this foe was this so Ibro targeted it from the beginning. 

That strong strike coupled with that sudden arrow attack had managed to kill that man. His body fell on the ground without its head while his eyes showed his disbelief expression. 

Ibro looked at the fire peak lady who was floating on the air in the distance. She held a strong looking bow.

"I didn't know you can use bows," Ibro said to her while he was catching his breaths. This battle although was very short but was very intense. 

His body was soaked with sweat, after all, if that man was given another chance he might have killed him. Part of this was due to his first use of his power. 

He now understood the meaning behind that advice at the scroll. He needed to adapt to his new powers. This was only one nebula Mega Omega ball, what about the rest then? 

What would happen to him if he used all of them at the same time? What relieved him was the fact that his new powers were really stronger than it seemed. 

He killed this nascent soul cultivator with one strike. Although he got some help from the fire peak lady, the main credit was for him.

"You know nothing about me. Now let's think about how we will escape from here."

Ibro looked at this lady and felt surprised. He asked at once:

"Why will you come with me? you should stay here away from dangers."

This lady sighed and then said:

"This sect is already over. Our master had been killed while he was on his return to here. We got the news a few hours ago. 

Now the rest of the peak masters had decided to withdraw from this sect. it's a sunken ship that no one wanted to stay on even me."

Ibro felt shock when he heard the news. Was this world this chaotic? Such a big strong sect could be destroyed in just a couple of hours? 

That was insane. He knew how important sect master would be to any sect. He was like the city governor back at his games. 

But why wouldn't the other one take his place instead and protect this sect? the lady felt Ibro's confusion so she said in a rash tone:

"Let's go now, I will explain to you later. But as a short answer, strength is everything that matters in this world."

Ibro felt from her words that she suspected being alien to this world. He nodded then pointed to her disciples and asked:

"What about them?"

"We can't take them with us. They are so weak and bringing them with us will be a death sentence to them. They have a better chance of staying here," she replied in a depressed tone. 

It appeared this was a strong blow to herself. Ibro admitted though her decision was the best option right now. He was sure he would be subjected to a fierce chase once he left this place.

"Let's go then."

"Follow me. by the way, my name is Nicole."

Ibro just nodded while moving behind her. She seemed to have arranged her disciples' fate before the start of the battle. 

The rest of that killed peak master had escaped once their head had been slain. Ibro followed her moving down the mountain heading to a direction away from the mountains. 

He thought they were heading for the forest he came from with Rineo but later on he discovered they were moving in a different direction. 

Nicole was going to another forest that lied on the outer borders of her mountain. The distance both crossed was wide, but they didn't meet anyone throughout the way. Ibro felt weird, was that man lying?

"Don't let down your guard, the forest we are going into now is very dangerous," Nicole warned him as she felt he was relaxed a bit.

"why is it that dangerous?" Ibro asked while he looked at that ocean of trees that was ahead of them.

"This forest is huge. It had many layers, the weakest in it had monsters of stage three."

"What is the meaning of the monster of stage three?"

"Monsters can cultivate like us, but we divide them into stages based on their major stages at cultivation. 

Stage three monsters means they are at the core formation stage," Nicole explained while they entered the forest. 

Once they entered it, she pointed to him to decrease his speed for a little. She seemed to be fearing something here. Ibro asked directly:

"What are you afraid of exactly?"

After a period of silence, she explained," this forest stretches over a huge space of land. Our destination is the heavenly tower academy. 

There is the only place in this world that can shelter us. To reach there though, we have a hard journey. We need to pass the heart of this forest if we need to reach there at the appropriate time."

Ibro realized that she already had a plan. That made him so relieved. But he didn't know anything about this academy which she spoke of.

"Why do I feel we need to reach there at a specific time?"

"That's right, we need to reach there before the end of the month. 

That gives us less than two weeks,"- she looked to Ibro with a serious expression while saying-" there is an annual admission test at that academy. If we missed that test then we have nowhere else to go. 

We must reach there before the beginning of that test."

Ibro realized how urgent their situation was.

"How long is the distance between here and there then?"

"It's not that long. If we went directly then it would take less than a week."

"Then where is the problem?" Ibro asked this question which confused him. Although he wasn't very strong he could help her kill any strong monster here.

"That's because the heart of that forest is the territory of the spiritual beasts. These beasts are like us, they are very intelligent and can transform into human shapes. 

They also hate us very much and their strength is something we can deal with right now," she explained with the simplest words ever to make him understand the situation. 

Ibro understood why she was very concerned about this forest and their journey, so he suggested:

"We can take a detour then."

"No, we can't. the areas around that heart will make us waste a lot of time. We can't risk that. Also, our enemies will be focused on these routes."

"How will they know about our destination?"

"That's because you have me by your side."

Ibro didn't understand her comment. She glanced at him and sighed. She then explained:

"That's because I was once a student there before I ran away."