From the shadows within the forest, Selene walked out from behind a large tree. She looked off into the distance with a faint smile on her lips. “I hope we get to meet again. I can’t wait to fight you.” Her dark blue hair swayed as she turned around and ran off. An aura of excitement surrounded her. 

In another area far from Yuki’s current location, a spatial distortion could be seen. An old man fell through the distortion and landed face first into a pile of demonic beast dung. “Damn it!” The old man shouted as he used his spiritual qi to clean his face. His old white beard fluttered lightly as he stood up and looked around. “This is?”

“Roar!” A massive demonic beast appeared. It looked like a lion but was covered in blue fur, and wherever it stepped, ice formed.

“A Snow Lion!” The old man’s expression sank. Such a demonic beast was born a rank eight! The old man quickly shot up into the sky, not daring to even try to fight such a demonic beast in his current state. Just flying was already something he was struggling to do since he had just used most of his spiritual qi to escape using the scroll of teleportation. “When I get back, I will make sure to kill those little bitches! Especially that bitch Yuki!”

The old man was none other than the Roaring Thunder Sect’s sect master. He had suffered badly this time. He should have just killed them all instead of wanting to torture them. He never expected the little bitches attacks to actually harm him to the point that he actually felt threatened. “Just wait. I will return and kill you all.” 

- - -

Yuki was currently lying in a bed with Nana and Silvia at her side. Elder Nishikawa was taking her pulse. “She burned her meridians, but they are slowly healing. Other than a few internal injuries, she will be fine. It seems someone fed her a healing pill before Nana showed up, which helped save her meridians.” 

“There was a blue haired girl there when we first arrived. Yuki saved her when that old bastard first attacked.” Nana explained. Her anger was bursting at its seams. 

“Alright, alright. It seems that that person knows how to repay kindness. She saved Yuki, so we will need to tank her the next time we see her. For now, Yuki will need to rest. She can’t be moved anymore. She should wake up by tomorrow, so both of you rest. Especially you, Silvia. You also almost died today.” Elder Nishikawa got up and walked over to Silvia. She then pulled the girl into a hug. “Thank you.”

“I…. I just did not want to lose those I love.” Silvia said while blushing from ear to ear.

Elder Nishikawa smiled as she let Silvia go. “You three did amazing. You fought a sect master from another sect and still made it back alive. This is a great achievement. I am sure you will see boons to your cultivation as well.”

Only Nana could purse her lips. She did not really get to do much of anything. “Master… I need to get stronger….”

“You will…. You just need to take things one step at a time. Rushing will not do anything. You are also being targeted, so you need to have someone around you at all times. Anyway. Both of you rest. I will come check on your girls later.” Elder Nishikawa smiled at Silvia and Nana before turning and leaving the room. When the door closed, her expression turned very cold. “Dare touch my disciples!?”

Not even five minutes later, the flying boat, the Roaring Thunder Sect, had come in on exploded in a ball of fiery flames. The elders who were on board waiting for their sect master all died instantly, along with the disciples on board. Elder Nishikawa’s body was covered in deep red flames as she looked down at her handy work. “Just wait. Once we get back, I will make your sect disappear off the face of this plane.”

“Nishikawa!” Yuki’s sect master quickly arrived. “Reign in your anger! You know you can not keep this up. If you do….”

“What the hell am I supposed to do!? I let that fucking bastard almost kill my precious disciples! I will fucking clean this world of such scum! How dare you try to touch my disciples!” Elder Nishikawa’s rage was fueling her flames, making them stronger and stronger.

“I understand, but if you get targeted by them, you will not be able to stay to protect those same disciples. So calm down!” Yuki’s sect master was unusually firm. He flew over, ignoring the heat of the flames, and stood in the sky in front of Elder Nishikawa. “Calm down. Or should I use the seal?”

“Tch! Fucking old man.” Elder Nishikawa suppressed her rage, causing her flames to quickly die down. She had given this old bastard a seal to keep her from using her powers past a certain point. This was how much she trusted him. 

  “Leave things to Yuki and the girls. You say it today. Yuki did a number on that old man. If she can do that, think about how, in another year or so, she will be even more powerful. She should be able to face him head on.” Yuki’s sect master knew things might not go this way, but he was trying to give Elder Nishikawa a different path. Because if he was not around and she decided to cause a scene, then she might just go past her limit and bring even more trouble upon herself. Right now, he knew Yuki and the girls still needed their master.

“Alright.” Elder Nishikawa also felt this was the case. “I will leave things alone for now.”