While the Anomalous Beings were busy doing their mission in a different world, Elena's days were passing calmly. Soon it was time for her to enter the distinct divine realm with Leonhart.

In the last few days Elena had spent most of her time just lazing around. Actually she was refining her combat arts in her mindspace but to a normal observer, it would look like she was just spending her time doing absolutely nothing.

Leonhart came a few times to talk with her but he was also busy with doing several rituals that he needed to do before entering the distinct divine realm. So, the amount of time he could spend with Elena was not much.

Lisa was also doing a very fine work of polishing her combat skills against higher level opponents. She was quite a genius in her own rights and she was improving at an accelerated speed. Elena had also given her various useful advices in this period of time and she was able to grow even more by following those advices.

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Now finally it was time for Elena and Leonhart to enter the distinct divine realm. In the very early morning both of them got ready to enter it. According to tradition, one needed to wear a special garment while entering the divine realm and many beastkins including their Emperor almost fainted after seeing Elena in their traditional ritualistic garment.

Elena was wearing a pure white piece of cloth with golden threads lining the sides of the dress. There was a silky scarf wrapped around her neck which was also white with a golden design depicting a mighty beast opening its mouth. There was a symbol drawn in the back side of her dress.

Her beautiful golden hair was styled in a bun and that bun was secured with a golden hairpin which looked like a lion. She also had bangles in her wrists and ankles. Those bangles were also traditional items that had ancient runes carved on them.

On the other hand, Leonhart was wearing a pitch back garment again with golden threads. He also had a scarf but instead of wrapping it around his neck, the scarf was hanging loosely on his shoulders. He also looked quite majestic but his looks paled in comparison to Elena so no one paid much attention to him.

After Leonhart prayed to the beast god, the door in the central house of the village opened. Normally both of the individuals who wanted to enter the distinct divine realm had to pray but obviously Elena did not follow that rule. Her existence was too significant to pray to anyone. If she even playfully prayed to Lia, Ster or Noier then they might die because of a backlash from the universe.

A few beastkins were not very happy about Elena not praying and they thought that the gate to the distinct divine realm might not open for this reason, but the door to the divine realm was opened without any problem. When one looked in the door one could only see pitch black darkness as it was not a normal door but a portal to a different dimension.

After entering the portal Leonhart and Elena find themselves in the middle of a dense forest. The forest was completely dark as a thick canopy was not letting any sunlight to enter the forest. So both of them fly upwards above the canopy. It was daytime and the sun was shining brightly over the forest.

In the distance they could see a giant tower standing tall. It was the final destination where the trial would take place. But before that they had other works to do.

"So, did you get the mental message telling you what material you needed to collect ?" Elena asked.

"Yes, it mentioned a total of 7 materials. Shadow Dragon's Horn, Heavenly White Tiger King's life blood, Sea Overturning Tortoise's heart, Great Wisdom Holy Treant's Sap, monster core of a Trimodevi ( a giant humanoid monster that looked like a devil with the face of a goat), wings of a Azure Thundeflame Eagle and finally a intact body of a Heaven Traversing Rat." Replied Leonhart.

"Hmm, so do you know where you could find them ?"

"Yes, I know the location of several shadow dragons but I'm not sure if any of them have a horn. As for a heavenly white tiger king, I know the location of one. The same is true for the great wisdom holy treant. But we have to search the great lake thoroughly to find the Sea Overturning Tortoise. We also have to search for a Trimodevi and an Azure Thundeflame Eagle. But the most troublesome task is going to be capturing a heaven traversing rat as it is very rare and very hard to catch."

Elena had studied a lot of books from the Gaim Empire so she knew about these beasts. Their names were quite self explanatory and they all were S rank beasts. A shadow dragon who has a horn could not live without one. So taking the horn of a shadow dragon and sap of a Great Wisdom Holy Treant was equivalent to killing them. Not all shadow dragons could have a horn and whoever has it would be stronger than a normal one.

A Trimodevi was also quite strong but also very cowardly. So killing one was rare as it always ran away when it's life was in danger. And as for a Sea Overturning Tortoise, it had a tough defence, but after finding it, collecting its heart would be one of the jobs among the other ones.

A Azure Thundeflame Eagle was very fast and equally strong so cutting off its wings was very tough. But the toughest job was definitely to collect an intact body of a Heaven Traversing Rat. A heaven traversing rat had the ability to traverse space and catching it without harming it was almost impossible.

"There is no value in wasting time thinking. Let's go search for the Shadow Dragon's Horn first."

"Okay."

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The first location where Leonhart took Elena was a dark cave. It was supposed to be the residence of a Shadow Dragon. Elena checked the inside of the cave with her surveillance magic and then shook her head. There was a shadow dragon inside but it did not have a horn.

They did not want to waste time fighting worthless battles so they left the place without disturbing the dragon. The next place was a part of the forest but this part was significantly darker than normal. Again after checking the shadow dragon living here Elena shook her head as it also did not have a horn.

The third place they went was a swamp and here they finally found a shadow dragon with a horn. It was level 340, but Leonhart was able to overpower it with his summoned divine turtle and was able to get the horn without Elena's help. The most Elena did in this battle was to stop the shadow dragon from running away. As it was also a very fast beast and Leonhart would not have been able to stop it from running away.

Next they went to the place where the Great Wisdom Holy Treant lived and they were able to find it there without any problem. This treant was level 342 and had insanely high HP alongside high regeneration ability. So even after fighting it for several hours, Leonhart and this partner turtle was unable to completely defeat it.

So Elena joined the battle and assisted them to finish it after 20 minutes or so. She did not do much but cast several spells to limit the regeneration capability of the Treant. She also cast some very strong barriers to protect her teammates so, they were able to go all out without thinking about their defence. So that was how they were able to collect the sap of the Great Wisdom Holy Treant.

Their next destination was the top of a mountain where the Heavenly White Tiger King lived. This beast king was significantly stronger than the previous two that they faced. He was a level 350 beast king so it's combat prowess was stronger than normal.

Leonhart and his summon was not a match for this tiger alone. So Elena joined the battle since the very beginning.

Seeing Elena fighting against this great beast, Leonhart became sure that Elena was at least several level above level 350. With the ease she was handling this beast that had reached the absolute limit of a being bellow the legendary rank, she was definitely many times stronger.

In this battle against the Heavenly White Tiger King, both Leonhart and Elena took the vanguard and the divine turtle took the rear guard with its elemental attacks. Elena mainly took the role of a parry tank and defended against all the attacks of the Heavenly White Tiger King, while Leonhart took the role of a damager. He even transformed into the form of a large lion and clawed and bitten the tiger king.

So after a ferocious battle between three large beast and a little beautiful lady, one of the large beast fell. It was the Heavenly White Tiger King and Leonhart used a secret technique to extract the life blood of beast king.

Elena and her gang had managed to gather three of the seven items and they needed four more items before they could go to the tower.

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