When the bubble began to move, it alerted the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord's other disciples.
After all, this bubble had been underground and immobile for quite a long time.
"Master, what's happening?"
"Master, are you doing that because we were detected?"
the disciples asked the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord.
The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord had many disciples before, but only ten had followed him into the Jade Pure Realm.
He lost four disciples in their explorations. Another two disciples tried to leave the bubble and ended up being killed by the people of the Snake Spirit Sect. Thus, there were only four left with him in the bubble. They were Dale, Arthur, Derrick and Austin. Dale could transform into anything.
Arthur was a pot-bellied man who always wore a beatific smile on his face, like Buddha.
Derrick was almost the opposite of Arthur with his lanky frame and an ever-serious unsmiling expression.
Justin was tall and sturdy and carried a purple-golden furnace. His right arm was covered with many flame-shaped tattoos, which would turn into actual fire for the furnace. The fire in the furnace had never been put out in the past tens of millions of years. He took it with him wherever he went.
Arthur, Derrick and Justin treated the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord with more reverence than Dale did.
"Yes. We have been detected," the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord replied tersely, his face grim.
He focused on keeping the bubble moving.
The bubble confined and concealed the aura of the occupants. Moreover, it camouflaged itself such that it would look like part of its surroundings to an observer.
The Grand Supreme Elderly Lord concentrated on moving the bubble somewhere they would be safe.
The bubble continued forward underground.
Only the sound of crunching earth could be heard all throughout.
The bubble made slow progress onward.
The four disciples remained calm. They had been in similar situations before. They fixed all their attention on the Grand Supreme Elderly Lord.
Suddenly, noises came from outside the bubble.
Crack! Crack!
They were spurred alert by the sound, immediately knowing what it was.
"It's a metal-devouring beast!" Arthur exclaimed.
There were many mysterious creatures living underground in the Jade Pure Realm, and the metal-devouring beast was one of them.
The creatures were so named because they fed on the various metals in the earth.
They had a keen sense for detecting metal, and even the bubble could not stop them from getting at it. Metal-devouring beasts had broken the bubble with their teeth several times.
"I'll scare it away!" Dale offered.
"You may not be a match for it," Justin warned.
"Justin and I will handle it. Justin could capture it and I can just swallow it," Arthur said.
"I agree," Derrick said.
Right now, they knew it would be best for them to stay within the bubble, so everyone agreed on this plan. They immediately got to executing it.
Justin and Arthur went to the side of the bubble where the surface already appeared to be bulging. Outside, the metal-devouring beast was trying to break through.
"I'm going to catch it now. Get ready," Justin said as he placed his palms on the bulging wall.
An Other Shore Token slowly emerged from Justin's back. It was an ink brush as tall as a person. The tip of the brush was awash not in ink but with the blue power of space.
Justin closed his eyes, and the ink brush began to draw automatically in the air.
The blue power of space was depicting the outline of the metal-devouring beast.
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