Bearded man headed straight towards the direction of energy ripples. He flew hundreds of thousands of kilometers in second. If he wished he could fly even faster, but by flying at this speed he was certain he wouldn't make any mistakes that would lead in exposing his location. His travel went for 2 full days until he reached close enough distance to see a woman's silhouette sitting in lotus position. She was releasing a large amount of gray fog which formed completely round ball around here sealing of outside world.

"What a dumb woman, it’s surprising that no one else showed up yet, still her aura is powerful,” the Bearded man slightly smiled.

“I need to seize here as soon as possible, but that fog.” The man readied himself for a stealth attack, but he didn’t know what that fog could do to him. In the end, he decided to draw closer to gray fog.

“Stop where you are” an abrupt mental shout reverberated through his mind halting him for a second. It was intoxicating and beautiful woman's voice which could make even mortal kings kneel just by hearing it. Ofcource cultivator hearts were strong enough to not be affected by such things. What made him halt was this familiar woman’s voice.

“Isn’t it Fairy fogstone showing of here techniques?” The man sent his own voice transmission, which deeply startled here.

“Y… You, who are you? How do you know my name?” her gaze focused on a bearded man who seemed so carefree and yet emitted so much baleful aura.

“You don’t know who I am?” the man opened his eyes revealing that purple light emanating from them and then he made countless hand signs producing a bloody light that formed into a huge levitating sign that showed symbol “T”.

When the woman saw this sign she revealed complicated look “ so you are the sinner, one who broke the laws and dabbled in forbidden arts, one who slew countless cultivators for his experiments, the Ichor lord” She didn’t fear him but still kept her guard up.

“Ah… Yes, it has been so long, I forgot how those damned ‘saints’ used to call me” Ichor lord revealed complicated look. “You should know that releasing your energy in this place is sure plan for suicide” He sent mentally to Fairy fogstone.

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The woman revealed complicated look, she knew that, but because of here fog technique she was unable to suppress all energy ripples. Most importantly because of a certain breakthrough, she didn’t wish to disperse this fog which was one of her most powerful defensive techniques. “Thank you for your advice, but I have to go” she sent mentally back to him.

“So soon? I wished to chat with you a bit longer, maybe we would be able to even travel together?” Ichor lord smiled. “This place is quite dangerous” Ichor lord urged the woman to stay.

“I know how vicious and vile you are, if you come closer I won’t show any mercy to you” the woman extended her slender arm producing golden colored trident that was covered in black fog-like mass and seemed to draw energy from chaos itself. This was the weapon that gave here nickname fairy Fogstone because the core of this weapon was made of fogstone, which holds tremendous power of its own, but when refined in particular artifacts it can unleash its power in different ways.

Ichor lord just looked at that weapon, he understood that it won’t be that easy to capture her when she drew her weapon out. “No need to be that unfriendly, we are from the same universe in this unknown place, as I see it, we should team up” Ichor lord smiled trying to put an act of friendliness.

“Team up with you? What? Didn’t you hear what I said to you earlier? Just fuck off, will you, I won’t spend any more of my precious time with vile things like you” Fairy Fogstone send a mental message with angered voice. Here hand griped Trident even tightly.

The man before fairy Fogstone frowned, but then started to smile in a wide grin, this act of ichor lord gave her shivers.

“Hahaha… Child do you think that you are equal to me? That weapon of yours won’t be enough to stop me” Ichor lord started to emit yellowish light from his arms, strange scales appeared on his body and countless runes became visible in his eyes.

“Just die for me!” Ichor lord moved so fast that Fairy Fogstone barely could keep up with him. He struck with his arm at that cloud of fog. Fairy Fogstone seeing that there was no chance here protective cloud could endure this blow, struck with her trident at coming palm attack. In that instant, Fairy Fogstone was sent flying by force of collision Ichor lord revealed complicated look.

“An ability to corrode anything the fog touches?” Ichor lord was surprised, this clash destroyed three of his finger. It must be understood that his arms were capable to split stars apart, his whole body was comparable to some powerful treasures in hardness so his arms were even more ridiculously powerful. “I can’t use close combat attacks” Ichor lord produced fifteen blue beads which didn’t emit any aura.

Ichor lord sent out those beads straight at the woman. When Fairy Fogstone saw this, she immediately formed thousands upon thousands hand seals in instant here weapon emitted strange hum that was heard even in the void, Fairies fogtone aura changed, she understood that if she didn’t use this technique she was doomed.