"I don't understand what kind of spell you have cast on Matriarch Tengliu, but I recommend that you learn your place. Matriarch Tengliu is not someone who would be interested in a second-rate sect leader like you."

After the harpy spoke with clear scorn in her tone, Yasenia looked at her coldly, and our girls were not amused.

The dragoness was sitting on a chair from her spatial ring with Angel on her lap, so she leaned sideways and rested her chin on her palm. "Who are you?"

The harpy had beautiful and slick feathers that reminded people of autumn. Her height was short, and her body was beautifully slender. Just a look, and people would think that she was adorable, cute, and soft. But the contemptuous facial expression and glaring big eyes shadowed much of that cuteness. "I'm Feathra, a direct descendant of one of Matriarch Tengliu's direct subordinates."

Yasenia shook her head. "No, I'm asking who are you to speak to me like that."

Feathra's face hardened, and she glared harder. "You! How dare you speak to me like that!?"

"Me? What me? I dare speak to you as I want because you are inconsequential, a being unable to cause ripples no matter how loud or long you whine. To start with, does whatever Tengliu does have anything to do with you? Do you think someone at her level would be doing something she doesn't want?"

Feathra clenched her fist. "Do you think I haven't heard that you are using your beauty and body to buy her favors? You are just a toy-."

"Hey."

Feathra stopped speaking at the cold voice and turned to look at a blue-haired, violet-eyed woman. Evelyn spoke coldly. "Be careful with what you say next, or I'm going to spear your head and cook you until you are a well-done chicken."

Feathra laughed. "You all are just at the high level of the Unification Realm. Although you could defend the golden key because of the natural shield it gave, you can't really fight against all of us here. There are more than 150 cultivators here, all in the peak-level Ethereal soul and above. The only reason they are not attacking and stealing the key is because of your alliances with my and other powers."

Evelyn snorted coldly. "It is true that a rotten egg appears from time to time no matter how well managed a power is, but to think that the egg grew this big while being rotten. I'm in awe at the amount of rubbish that spews from her mouth."

Cecile was more direct as she summoned her bow, and her freezing aura spread around. "Trash, your Matriarch is lucky we don't want to seek deep revenge yet because she has acted apologetic and sincere the last few years. Do you want to make us your enemy this bad? If you insult Yasenia, I'll fight you regardless of affiliation."

The harpy's face turned red in anger, and she stomped her talon cutely. "Even if the harpies in your shitty sect are brainwashed, don't think we are all retarded! You act so arrogant even after being helped by Matriarch Tengliu time and time again!? Sluts! All of you are sluts that just look good and know how to open your legs!"

Cecile was about to answer, but a profound aura spread from behind her, making her lips arch in a sneer. 'You had to step on my love's bottom line."

While standing up, Yasenia's voice spread, accompanied by a deep dragon growl. "What did you just call them?"

The harpy felt her feathers standing up as a pair of dragon eyes locked her in place.

Even the people looking on with curiosity got serious and stepped back.

Sarah asked with wide eyes. 'What kind of pressure is this!? I couldn't really feel it in the other room, but it is impressive.'

[Coercion level due to aura is equivalent to a level two Dantian Spiritualization Realm. No Intents nor Skills detected. It's just pure bloodline pressure.]

Sarah felt a chill rushing up her spine. 'Woah.'

Yasenia approached while making the solid ground crack with each of her steps. "Hey, harpy, I've asked something. Repeat what you called my dears to my face if you have the guts. I'll make that cute-looking face uglier than raw meat thrown randomly at a canvas."

The harpy's heart was beating wildly, and her limbs instinctively trembled. Before, Yasenia's presence was cushioned by all the cultivators she targeted. However, in a one-on-one, the nature of Yasenia came to light.

Yet, the harpy thought it was just an intimidation tactic and that Yasenia couldn't really hurt her because of Tengliu, so she stutteringly answered using the courage she had left. "N-No matter what, you can't hurt me. Our powers are-MMPH!?"

Yasenia rushed forward and grabbed her face with her hand, semi-transformed into a dragon claw, and lifted her off the ground, an action possible because of the massive difference in height. The harpy kicked around her talons and grabbed Yasenia's arm.

Yasenia ignored it and spoke with a threatening tone. "So, what if we are in an alliance? Can you insult those I hold dear and expect me to remain silent? Honestly, so what if I act arrogant? So, what if I don't put Tengliu and others in my eyes? If someone acts arrogant, but they can back it up, it's not arrogance, but confidence."

Yasenia clenched her hand, making the harpy moan in pain. "I've always said it, and I'll repeat it again. I'll act by your rules and follow them until I don't need to or you provoke me. Once I'm strong enough, I'll follow my rules. And in this place, I'm strong enough."

Yasenia laughed, looking deep into the harpy's trembling eyes. "In this shitty World where might is everything, do you think you can face a Dragon in the same realm? Not those undeveloped creatures around, but a dragon like myself? Few can, and while I'm far from invincible in the same realm, I'm not someone who can be provoked at will."

Yesenia saw the harpy punching at her gut with a powerful skill, and her tail moved in between while protecting it with the aura that [Celestial Cosmos Dress] created.

BANG!

The massive strength of the harpy created a shockwave, but Yasenia just took one step backward, her tail pristine after the heavy impact, and the claw still clamped around the harpy's face.

Yasenia sneered. "See?" She looked around and spoke. "All of you are still underestimating me. Even now, if you try overestimating me, I can confidently say you still underestimate me."

Feathra spoke with difficulty, grabbing Yasenia's arm. "Y-You, if you continue this, the other people here will tell Matriarch Tengliu! You can't keep this under wraps!"

While lifting the harpy, mainly paralyzed by fear, Yasenia looked back indifferently and answered those childish remarks. "This is my first and last warning to you and everyone else here. Insult my people, and I will kill you. I've gone through enough conflicts to understand how you people think, and I understand that being soft is always the worst option. So, this is not a threat. It is a statement. From now on, provoke me, and I'll kill you regardless of who or what is backing you. My patience has run out."

Then Yasenia stopped grabbing the harpy's face and dropped her.

The harpy calmed down, but while falling, she felt a dense wind pressure from the side.

Yasenia's long, beautiful leg drew an arc and moved quickly like a whip.

BANG!

"GOUGH!"

The powerful leg of the dragoness sank into the harpy's stomach, making energy burst in the body of the harpy. The energy ran rampant in her body, destroying her meridians and sending her flying while making the harpy groan in pain. She flew so far that she almost fell off the edge of the resting area.

Flicking her long black hair, Yasenia turned around and returned to her seat.

"Peak-level Ethereal Soul and so weak that she becomes paralyzed from just my aura. Useless."

Yasenia spat with disdain and sat back down, placing Kali on her lap this time.

She also loved hugging Kali like this because the tails would surround her with fluffiness, and Kali's body was very soft and pleasant smelling. It was like hugging a patch of nature with an earthly scent that relaxed the nerves. It was a plus that Kali was very curvy under her clothes.

Kali smiled and leaned on Yasenia. "Satisfied?"

Yasenia buried her face in her chestnut-colored hair and nodded. "Yes."

Meanwhile, the harpy was curled on the ground. That kick shook her body to the core, forcing her to grab her stomach and cough blood a few times. The penetrating power was tremendous, crippling her strength by a lot by damaging her meridians. It was clear that she wouldn't be able to fight properly until she received high-level healing.

Meridian breaking was extremely harmful, as they were a sensitive part, which meant that the harpy was basically out of the competition.

Her eyes locked on Yasenia's figure, resentful but with underlying fear. 'Wait until I tell Matriarch Tengliu. She won't let you go!'

However, how sharp was our dragoness toward emotions directed at her?

The second Feathra thought, Yasenia turned her head and looked directly into the harpy's eyes. "You can resent me, but think carefully, or your hundreds of years of life will end before you begin to regret it."

Andrea approached behind her and massaged Yasenia's shoulders. "I thought you liked small and cute girls."

Yasenia rolled her eyes. "Even if I can be biased toward certain appearances, I know when to divide personal liking and what is happening."

Angel leaned on the side of the armchair and hugged Yasenia's arm. "I prohibit you from looking at other cute girls!"

Yasenia laughed softly, the cold feeling around her completely disappearing and returning to the usual pampering and loving dragoness. "Baby, that's very selfish~."

Angel lifted her chin like a proud little woman. "So what? I just want you to look only at me!"

The girls laughed. It was all bantering, after all.

Evelyn looked around and blinked. "Say, I don't see that squirrel woman."

Kali tilted her head. "Squirrel woman?"

Evelyn lifted her eyebrow. "You don't remember? I'm speaking about the girl Yasenia liked a few months ago at the base of the mountain. Before the fight with the serpent."

Kali remembered. "Oh! Is she around?"

Evelyn nodded. "I saw her in the initial room. It left an impression because it had been a while since someone stole Yasenia's attention from just appearance."

Tatyana smirked. "Where have you taken that liking toward cute girls?"

Yasenia tilted her head. "From you?"

Tatyana was speechless. "Me?"

Yasenia looked at her strangely. "Didn't you always say to me that cute, cuddly lovers are the best?"

Tatyana looked back to her memories and remembered. "Right… I did that so you wouldn't be swindled by seductive women."

The girls suddenly realized. Andrea spoke. "Now that you say it… Besides Yasenia, there is no one in the 'Seductive" category."

Yasenia looked at Andrea and blinked twice. "I think you are really seductive, darling. Every time I see you with a crop top, I want to lick your abdominal area and travel the tongue down to…" Yasenia licked her lips seductively. "Should I grow horns so that you have handles?"

The girls coughed, and Andrea's face felt hot. Thankfully, her light chocolate skin hid the blush. "I mean, seductive in a feminine way, like you."

The other girls nodded, agreeing with her. Yasenia spoke. "Well, it must be that I subconsciously wanted what I didn't have. Look at Sarah's harem. It's full of voluptuous, tall, or cute women. There is only one "slender" type beauty in her harem."

The girls looked between them and Yasenia. Evelyn commented with a strange face. "Isn't she just finding people that resemble you one way or another?"

Yasenia titled her head. "Is it?" If it was for the love affairs of others, the dragoness was relatively slow because of her lack of interest.

The other girls nodded. Be it Soraia, a dark-haired, tall, and muscular voluptuous woman; Astrea, another tall and shapely blonde woman; Lillian, a woman with a succubus-worthy body and black hair; Lana, a brown, tall dragonkin with huge breasts; Harmony, a white-winged, very curvy woman; or Paledora, another tall and well-built dog woman, half the harem had breasts or figures that fell into the very "curvy" description.

Yasenia shrugged. "Whatever."

Then, she ignored them.

After that, the time limit went by quickly, and the numbers at the top increased to 302.

The man's voice echoed again. "The time is over. Those who have reached the twenty percent mark will have their points multiplied by 1.2 times, those at the forty percent will have their points multiplied by 1.4 times, those at sixty by 1.6 times, those at eighty by 1.8 times, and those who reach the top will have their points permanently multiplied by two times."

Then he continued. "Those who reached the top in less than an hour will receive an extra item redeemer that they will be able to use if they reach the top 50 at the final stage. The [Library Ticket] can only be used for Bronze-level rewards."

Then, they were all transported back to their rooms.

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Kali: First event done. The rewards are really high. Thankfully, we didn't take it too leisurely.

Yasenia: It would've been sad if you lost that ticket.

Andrea: We should not hold back in the following events. Or else we might lose out.

Evelyn: Agreed.

Author: Yup, you were lucky! Now, onto the summoning. I summon you!

??????: Hello!

Angel: Hehehe, hello, anonymous!

??????: Well, I'm here to ask Dr. Ava and Kali. What is the use of doctors after the realm of Transcendence?

Avalonia: Hello, it has been a while.

Kali: Master!

Avalonia: Hm… You are doing good. Either way, this is in the books I've lent you before, so unless you've been slacking, you should know the answer.

Kali: Yes, Master!

Kali: Anonymous, the reason for the need for doctors is that the higher the realm, the stronger the poisons become. So, unless you are knowledgeable in alchemy or you have a powerful alchemy expert by your side, a cultivator can lose their life easily. Transcendence and above cultivators have a higher immunity to poisons, but that's what makes poisons that work so fearful.

Avalonia: Hm. An 80 out of 100.

Kali: Oh? What did I forget, Master?

Avalonia: You've forgotten to add that Transcendence Poisons and above can reach a level of basic sentience, which makes their spreading power scary high. There have been cases of large areas of land being converted to poisonous terrains because of the death of a high-level cultivator by poisoning.

Kali: Sorry, Master. I thought that part was common sense and forgot to mention it.

Avalonia: No excuses. You've failed to account for your target audience and didn't deliver the complete answer.

Kali: Yes, Master!

??????: Thank you!

Avalonia: You are welcome, child.

Author: And that's all for today.

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Author Note: A Dragoness's Peaceful Hour (Colored Unfinished). It is a nude image of pregnant Yasenia. It's already colored but unfinished. It looks really nice~.