Chapter 726 One, Two, Three, and Four

Intimidated is the one word that can describe Wisteria's feeling right now, which is apt given the kind of people that surrounded her.

"Dealing with Alina and her friends alone are taxing to me already, and now I still have to worry about these other Travelers? Goodness gracious, if it were not for Astria's assistance, I would be panicking like a squid at this point already…."

5 different groups, all inhabited by powerful Travelers by themselves, could be seen standing just a few meters away from the spot that Wisteria and her allies had stood in.

Each one stared at Wisteria's entourage with different looks, with most of them appearing as if they were daring Alina' group to make a move. Which of course nobody from Wisteria's side even dared to do.

"Because of the disturbances in the Welcoming Ceremony, I was not able to record the events that happened there. But according to Alina and her friends, each one of these Travelers are extremely powerful on their own. So powerful, that if it were not for Alex coming, all three of them could have been annihilated in an instant…"

"Well that could be an exaggeration, but since it was Alina who said it, then it might be true."

Complicated emotions filled Wisteria's heart the longer that she observed the other Travelers, with each sign of their movements rousing defensive reaction from her body.

She just could not help but be wary of them, since they did not even come to this place with any signs of goodwill….

"These Travelers are just as scary as Alex, and if I push them off the wrong way, it might backfire against me horribly…"

"But at least they are not attacking us just on sight. Wait... now that I wonder about it, why are these groups not interested on attacking us? Are they really that interested on reaching the Ancestral Tomb first before they could deal with other mattere? How vexing…"

"Hmph, I already heard of the notoriety of these Travelers, but this is the first time that I saw them in flesh. And I dare say…. They just look like what those rumors say about them."

Wisteria might be afraid of these newcomers, but this did not deter her from her main objective, which was to gather as much information as she can from this place.

The presence of these Travelers after all represents a large percentage of her research on the Abyss, and even with all the complaints that Astria had with her actions, Wisteria had no regrets on blatantly observing these Travelers.

"If my scanner was the one that came from the latest series, then I could have scanned all these Travelers to my best capabilities already. But because those corrupt higher-ups gave me an inferior version, I just had to make do with observing these people with my naked eyes…"

"Sigh, this is not how my first Cosmic Guard duty should have unfolded at all…"

With her mind usually attuned to female creatures, Wisteria's eyes landed first on the most dominant-looking female Traveler on the cluster.

"…"

This Traveler wore a golden robe that glowed like the sun, which was paired with a piece of molten crown floating on her head. She also held a ruby scepter on her hand, one that was covered in chains that trailed on the ground like an elongated snake.

This appearance alone was dominating enough already, and the confidence exuded by this woman just made it tangible.

"..."

This said Traveler was the one named Shi Xingyun, who Wisteria knew as the Traveler who wields the power of the Conqueror's Aura and Immortal Cultivation.

"Ah, this woman was the one who Alina said has the potential to become the second coming of Emperor Litch. That is obviously not good, and the fact that she wields Immortal Qi does not make matters better too." Wisteria muttered as she hid a scowl on Shi Xingyun's general direction.

"And to make matters even worse, Shi Xingyun's servants just look as intimidating as Alina…"

One side sweep from her stare allowed Wisteria to observe Shi Xingyun's Companions, who turned out to be two women who had their bodies covered by robes and veils.

These cover-ups hid the faces and the bodies of these two women, but it did not prevent their Sixth Stage-level aura from leaking out of their bodies.

"Sigh, so aside from Shi Xingyun whose both powers are at the Sixth Stage, her 2 Companions also had the power of Sixth Stage Beings. And their powers were even unknown at this point, which makes them even more dangerous!"

Although Wisteria was feeling secured from standing along with Alina, Queen Mother, and Professor Frances, the mere sight of Shi Xingyun and her two powerful companions alone was enough to make her extremely nervous.

How could she not get nervous?

Just the first group of Travelers that they met already had 3 Sixth Stage beings, and majority of them had their powers hidden too!

"Argh! If things just did not become chaotic in that Welcoming Ceremony, then we could have a lot of data about our enemies already. But because of that rogue Traveler, everything is now messed up!"

According to Alina's statements, it was mostly the Travelers who had shown their might on the Welcoming Ceremony.

Aside from the Companions that were killed by Alina, the other Companions did not manage to show off their abilities, which is actually beneficial at that time, as Alina did not have to fight many opponents.

But for today, that 'holding back' did not do Alina justice, as the other Travelers now had a trump card(hidden Companion abilities) prepared against them.

"But what's done is done, so I just have to make do with what we have here…"

Wisteria could have continued observing Shi Xingyun for longer, but the latter suddenly raised her head before staring at Wisteria's direction.

"…"

Shi Xingyun's eyes both glowed blood-red, indicating that some part of her was not fully human at all, and the slightly demonic aura from these eyes made that apparent.

"!!!" Seeing these eyes made Wisteria feel dread, as if her own life was hanging under the balance just under this stare. She felt that one wrong move could result on her head getting cut off, and that she had no way of preventing that from happening.

"…." Just with its effects alone, Shi Xingyun's stare had made it apparent that she had realized Wisteria's probing. This of course led to the latter hastily averting her gaze away, as she knew that continuing her observation might just lead her to murkier waters.

"Tsk, just that woman alone is creepy enough, and there are still 4 of them? Tsk Alex, are you serious on making them all come here? You must be extremely interested on seeing a fight break out here…"

Suppressing her urge to curse Alex once more, Wisteria placed her attention on the 2nd Traveler Group present in the area.

This time, she found herself staring at an imperious-looking fairy creature, who with he way that its clothes looked like, seemed to be a young male.

Standing by this creature's side were two fairy creatures too, who both acted meek and deferent on the former's presence.

"…" Wisteria resisted the urge to swoop in and pinch these 3 tiny fairies through their cheeks, as she knew how dangerous each one of them could be. Just the mysterious aura exuded by the Traveler Fairy made that apparent, and there is no stupidity inside Wisteria that can make her perform a rash move.

"This Traveler is named Overron, who according to Alina, was a creature who came from the Fairy Realm. As for the other two fairies with him, they seem to come from the same place too…."

"Alina did not give me much information more than that, since that is what she just knew…."

Wisteria's interest on these three tiny beings was at an all-time high but due to the lack of information about them, she could only reluctantly pull back her interest for now.

There are still other Travelers that needed observing after all, so the matters in relation to these fairies can just be dealt with later.

"…" So with a reluctance comparable to a kid who was forced to leave her pet home, Wisteria swiveled her head towards the Traveler behind Overron.

"Let's see… so after this cute Traveler, the next one should be- oh right, its's this guy. The one who I feel like punching in his face."

The 3rd Traveler that Wisteria observed did not give her tension like Shi Xingyun, or fluffy feelings like Overron.

Instead, she only felt irritation at this new guy, as the way that his face gave off this arrogant smirk had pulled enough wires inside Wisteria's sensitive heart.

His only Companion just looked as irritating too, and the fact that the identity of this Companion's Sixth Stage Power was not revealed made her look even worse.

"So this guy is Iskanor? The Spirit Warlock who has the most powerful soul here? Tsk, he sure looks dangerous, but that irritating smirk of his makes me want to beat him up…"

"As for that companion of his... Argh, I really want to make her kneel on the ground and hit her face with my knee! I don't know why I want to do that, but I might feel satisfied after doing that!"

True to her words, Wisteria might actually come rushing into to beat the crap out of this Iskanor guy, as the latter was just too irritating, to the point that Wisteria considered him to be even more irritating than Alex.

But due to her wariness and the fact that Iskanor and his Companions were not subtle on hiding their powerful spirits, the disappointed Wisteria had to hold back her emotions again.

"Tsk, why am I even feeling the urge to beat this guy and girl up? No, that's not the question that I should ask. I should be asking myself, 'Why do I even have the urge to beat up someone today'? Did I really become so violent that I would want to hurt someone just for my relief?"

"Ugh, this is not how I should feel, right?"

Wisteria's mood alone was already bad enough, and the addition of these Iskanor and his Companion brought her teetering to the edge.

Such closeness to madness made Wisteria realize the danger that she was in, so she hastily stopped her observation on these irritating duo.

"Okay, I am done with Travelers 1, 2, and 3. Let's see how the 4th one fares against these three…"

Once she had her emotions back to normal levels, Wisteria observed the 4th Traveler, who was a woman that currently stood at quite a distance from the other Travelers.

"…"