Mira and the other 14 followed the Sect Master to Lunar Fox City. Since they were so close to the city they didn't have to prepare for a long journey.
It only took them a few hours to reach the city and the first thing all of them noticed was how lively the place is. People were preparing food stands, trying to promote their shops, walking around with friends, selling things, and much more. It looked like they were preparing for a festival.
When they noticed the Battle Maiden Sect Disciples enter the city they all started cheering and rushing up to them to promote their goods.
They just either ignored them or politely declined them saying they had other things to do right now. The people didn't get disheartened hearing this and just moved onto the next person. They were like vultures.
The Sect Master brought them to an inn that seemed to be close to where the Tournament will be held since they all noticed the massive structure not far away from the inn. It reminded Mira of a Colleseum, but the scale was many times bigger. She couldn't even guess how many people this place could fit!
They were all in awe of this massive structure but were quickly interrupted by the Sect Master.
"You can look at it later. For now, let's get settled in. The tournament won't start for another 3 days so you'll have plenty of time to walk around the city after we settle into our rooms." The Sect Master said and took them into a lavish-looking inn.
This inn was made out of stone and jewels rather than wood. It was also many times bigger than other inns and looked like it was made to house important people.
The Sect Master already booked their rooms in advance so all she had to do is check-in with the receptionist to confirm that they were here, then she brought them to their rooms.
Mira walked to her room with Rhydian and Dominique. When she walked in she was somewhat surprised. The room was rather large with a bed big enough for 4, a bathtub big enough for 2, a wardrobe, and even a place for a beast companion to sleep. It was also well-decorated.
"Wow! This room is nicer than our room at the Sect! Okay, let's hurry! I want to go explore the city!" Dominique said with sparkling eyes. Everything here was new and she wanted to explore all of it.
Mira just nodded her head and walked out of the room with the two of them. Dominique went ahead and climbed onto Mira's shoulders as they walked out of the room.
The 3 of them then met up with Maria and walked out of the inn together. Then more people seemed to converge around the 4 of them as Nisha, Audra, Celaine, Jade, Ellie, Diana, and a few others gathered around them.
"Yo, you guys wanted to check out the massive Colosseum too? Why don't we check it out together?" Diana asked everyone and they all nodded.
"Let's go! I want to try some food stalls too! It's been a while since I've had anything to eat!" Maria exclaimed and everyone chuckled a bit.
Their group started walking around the area, going to various food stalls. Dominique wanted to try everything and the people in the group didn't have the hearts to deny her so they went to the surrounding food stalls to gather food for her. Dominique was overjoyed as she knew that Mira would probably reject.
Mira saw everyone treating her so well and just shook her head. She was going to reject Dominique's request, but if other people are going to pay for it then she doesn't mind taking advantage of that.
After gathering a sufficient amount of food, Mira's group headed for the massive Colesseum. They were able to go inside of it and after reaching the middle of it was when they realized how massive it was.
It was hundreds of meters in diameter and could probably house tens of thousands of people, if not several million. The Colosseum itself was rather basic and was only made out of normal stone, but barrier arrays were protecting the audience, and the stage itself was black and looked much stronger than the rest of the Colosseum.
They all felt their blood boiling looking at how big this place was. They couldn't wait to fight in such a place! But they were knocked out of their reverie when they heard others approaching from different sides.
"Well, if it isn't the Battle Maiden Sect! Haha! I see that you guys were also curious about the Colosseum. You might as well soak it in now because this is as much stage time as you'll be getting! Haha!" A loud and arrogant voice spoke from the side as they looked towards who just spoke and frowned.
"Immortal Sword Sect…" Someone muttered as they saw a group of 15 people approaching them from the side with a tall and muscular man leading them.
"That's right! It's us, the Immortal Sword Sect! The number one Sect in Lunar Fox City! Honestly, you girls should stop trying to play cultivator and go back to being stay-at-home moms' whose sole purpose is to provide for us men! Haha!" The arrogant man boisterously laughed again as their frowns deepened.
They weren't going to let such a shitty provocation bother them, but that doesn't mean they don't want to knock some sense into this idiot.
"Humph! Such paltry provocation. I guess that's all I'd expect from someone who only thinks with their muscles. Hehe." Diana rebutted with a chuckle.
"You! Only true men have muscles like these!" The arrogant man exclaimed as he started flexing. The people behind him just started sighing and shaking their heads. They also knew this guy was an idiot, but they've already gotten used to it. They were about to continue arguing when more groups walked into the Colosseum. It was the 3 other Sects from Lunar Fox City.
"Oh! Battle Maiden Sect and Immortal Sword Sect disciples are here as well. It looks like we all had the same idea." The leader of the Heaven-Defying Pill Sect said.
The 5 groups all started sizing each other up trying to gauge their strength. Alexa received most of the attention from the Battle Maiden Sect as she had the highest cultivation, Late-Xiantian Foundation Realm. Cleo received the second most as she was at Mid-Xiantian. But the one that radiated the most amount of danger was Mira. They didn't know why, but the stronger people instinctively wanted to avoid her. Whoever her gaze crossed would feel a chill up their spine as well.
While these disciples were just trying to measure how strong their opponents were, Mira would look at them and started calculating how she could kill them. Some people were about to call her out, but more groups started entering the Colosseum.
One by one, more groups started making their way into the Colosseum and soon the middle was filled up with people.
The Sects from the other cities were the ones that were in the Colosseum. There were now 17 groups all sizing each other up and the atmosphere turned heavy.
The groups that got the most attention were the 2 Elven Sects. Most of the people here have never seen Elves before.
Mira was also interested in them and snuck a few glances towards them. They were all taller than your average human at around 2 meters tall on average, with long blonde hair, and pointy ears. They were all skinny as well, but one could tell that this didn't mean they weren't strong. There were an equal amount of women as there were men, but it was honestly hard to tell them apart. They were all beautiful. They also radiated an aura of nature that was extremely peaceful.
Quite a few humans were looking at them with lustful eyes, but the Elves just looked at them with disgust like they were looking at an insect.
The Elves were sizing up the other Sects, but soon their eyes all fell on Mira and they all wanted to throw up. They could feel the unfathomable amount of bloodlust hidden within her and were appalled. They couldn't even get a good look at the person as all they saw was someone covered in a thick killing intent.
Elves are more in tune with nature and are more susceptible to things like intents, almost like a sixth sense. Their senses are also much stronger than humans as well. So it isn't unnatural for them to be able to sense things like this.
It didn't take long for all of the Elves to be staring at Mira with wide eyes! The girls in the Battle Maiden Sect also noticed this and got out of Mira's way to face the Elves.
"Y-y-y-y-y-you!! What the hell are you?! A demon?! How many people have you killed?! What is such a wretched creature like you doing here?!" One of the Elves spoke, paralyzed in fear.
Mira frowned but didn't answer. She didn't even know what this idiot was talking about. She just locked eyes with the leader and stared at him.
"Answer me!!" The Elf Leader said as he took out his weapon. The other Elves also took out their weapons and pointed them at Mira. This only caused a chain reaction though as soon every sect had their weapons drawn and the atmosphere turned heavy. Poor Dominique started finding it hard to breathe as the people started releasing a suffocating pressure.
"You can sense my killing intent even when I'm not releasing it? No wonder you look so frightened. How unlucky." Mira said as she raised an eyebrow.
"I said answ-!"
"Watch your tone boy before I add you to the list. I have no obligation to answer your questions." Mira said in a deep cold voice as she gazed towards the Elves. Then she turned around and left with Dominique and Rhydian.
The atmosphere was still heavy after she left, but everyone put away their weapons and they could all breathe a sigh of relief. Nobody was in the mood to provoke others after that display and they all just started leaving the Colosseum. But their minds were all focused on Mira.
Why were the Elves so focused on her? What did he mean by those questions? Sure she was scary, but why did the Elves look like they had just lost their minds out of fright? These kinds of questions were going through their heads and they decided to pay more attention to her during the tournament.
After Mira made it back to her room she looked at Dominique.
"If you want to go out some more then you'll have to go with Maria. I'm going to stay in here until the Tournament starts. Too troublesome to go out in the city now." Mira said indifferently.
Dominique just shook her head and dived into Mira's chest.
"I'll stay here with you," Dominique said emotionally. She felt like she needed to comfort Mira after those people were so mean to her for no reason.
Mira just pat her head and started cultivating.
