Upon leaving the area, Pearl headed north toward the next artifact. By now, he had a general idea of where he had to go to see the next artifact. They stood out well enough that he just needed to get the general direction right.
Pearl walked for two days with no one there to challenge him, and then he finally came across his first opponent since leaving the previous artifact.
At Immortal Transcendent fifth realm, the woman standing before him could hardly be called a worthy opponent under normal circumstances, but the situation was different enough to give Pearl pause.
With a head full of crimson locks and deep red eyes that seemed to pierce directly into his soul, Pearl was sure that the woman standing before him was a Vermilion Bird—the first one he had seen since coming to the Fighting Island.
