Little Loach flipped in the Gourd and muttered, "Why do you always want to bear everything on your own? Do you think I’m dead or something?" He then probably said something rebellious like "Elder brother is also foolish."
Owen Bertram knew that the authority to increase medals was not an ungrounded power and was related to his own situation. To "judge" this authority, he had to have a corresponding Divine Skill or treasure, so he painstakingly found the Tracing Mirror.
With the second medal achieved, Owen’s Domain slowly withdrew from Raleigh City.
Previously, Owen’s Domain spanned 74 miles, but that was not a normal state. After truly reaching the level of the "Second Medal," Owen estimated that his current Domain should be around 82 miles. That’s more than double the area when he had the First Honor!
Within this range, his two authorities could maximize their power.
If he did not consider the control strength of his authorities, he could still expand his Domain up to 148 miles.
Many powerful cultivators in Raleigh City felt greatly disheartened, especially those in the Fifth Great Realm, for they could calculate Owen’s Domain. With just two medals, he had a Domain that spanned nearly a hundred miles! When you personally come into contact with such an existence... it is difficult not to feel disheartened. Even if they had the good fortune to step into the Sixth Great Realm, they were still far inferior.
Moreover, almost all cultivators failed to understand which authority Owen had acquired after obtaining the Second Medal.
This does not make sense; we were all in his Domain, witnessing his medal addition, and should have been able to see some clues.
This was the second heavy blow.
Leroy Baker and the others were extremely excited, rushing back to Dragon-Lion Gorge to welcome Owen’s triumphant return from increasing his medal count!
Greystone sneered at them: "Look at these fellows, all jittery. Is it necessary? The female general gradually came to the conclusion that she was the one who understood Owen the best. If Owen made arrangements , he must be fully confident! There is no need for us, a group of Fifth Realm cultivators, to worry about a Sixth Realm cultivator, right?"
Owen Bertram stood tall in the Dragon-Lion Gorge, full of confidence at this moment, and completely different from his previous worried state! After obtaining the authority to "judge," Owen had genuine confidence in solving the East Prison Town Comfort Office problem once and for all.
Before he left, his gaze fell upon a stone cave in the northwest of the gorge: There was a nest of Strange Snakes there, affected by some sort of power, not only growing rapidly but also showing signs of mutation!
That was where Dragon-Lion Gorge was about to transform into the Extinction Domain.
These Strange Snakes most likely would be the first batch of Demon Beasts in Dragon-Lion Gorge.
Over the past few years, new Extinction Domains have frequently appeared throughout the Wood Dynasty. Some of the ancient Extinction Domains have either expanded or had the evil energy inside them mutated, causing the original defensive Talismans to lose their effectiveness – a sign of the "collapse of heavenly order."
Owen Bertram was puzzled by these situations. Could it be true that the Imperial Court was corrupt, the Emperor had lost his virtue, officials had gone against all norms, and thus brought about the backlash of the Heavenly Track?
This Dragon-Lion Gorge was just the place for him to investigate the hidden secrets behind these events. He raised his palm towards the sky and swung it downward after spreading his five fingers:
A Great Formation fell with a bang, sealing off the entire Dragon-Lion Gorge.
Unless there was a power beyond the Sixth Great Realm, no one could enter or leave.
Owen specifically left a Talisman in the stone cave where it all began to monitor the changes at all times. Even if Dragon-Lion Gorge truly turned into an Extinction Domain, it would have a low initial rank, and the Demon Beasts would not be able to break the seal of the Sixth Great Realm. Owen’s arrangement was enough to ensure the safety of the ordinary people nearby.
On the contrary, if they wanted to eradicate the source of the Extinction Domain prematurely, it would be a bad move. Currently, they only had a shallow understanding of the formation mechanism of the Extinction Domain. Perhaps by eradicating the stone cave, another location would emerge after Owen left, eventually resulting in the spread of the Extinction Domain disaster to the surrounding areas.
However, Owen did not expect that after he left, many low-level cultivators speculated that he had left behind extraordinary "Dao traces" during his Second Medal achievement in Dragon-Lion Gorge, and he sealed the area to prevent people from spying on the authenticity of his "Second Medal."
These low-level cultivators firmly believed that as long as they observed the "Dao traces" of a Sixth Realm Grandmaster in person, they could break through their own cultivation! This was a great opportunity!
So later, these low-level cultivators, like moths to a flame, continuously attempted to break the seal. Although none succeeded, it was truly annoying, forcing Owen to often return to reinforce the seal...
Shortly after sealing the entire Dragon-Lion Gorge, Owen departed. Outside the gorge, people like Leroy Baker bowed and congratulated him excitedly, "Congratulations, Master!"
Indeed, how long has it been since Master obtained the First Medal? Now he has immediately reached the Second Medal! This speed in the history of Eastern Land can be considered a record.
Only Owen knew that increasing his medals only required sufficient mental cultivation, so there would be no bottlenecks. However, the Second Medal was rushed. Owen relied on his obsession with East Prison Town Comfort Office and the Ronald Clan to guard his Dao heart, stay steadfast during the Second Medal process, and succeed in one attempt.
From the First Honor to the Second Medal, his mental cultivation was actually lacking in maturity.
Furthermore, Owen’s Second Medal was incredibly difficult and depleted Harrison Ainsworth’s cultivation greatly. He estimated that the cultivation originally enough for him to breakthrough to the "Six Merits" unhindered could now only last until the Fourth Medal.