Seeing Wilbur again, the black serpent fixed its gaze on him and let out a roar. Wilbur replied coldly, "You must be curious as to why I'm still alive. Honestly, I'm just as curious about the technique you used earlier." Closing his eyes and clenching his fist, Wilbur used his dragon energy to sense the black serpent's energy field, pinpointing its location. Suddenly, he threw a punch. A golden dragon materialized from thin air and flew toward the black serpent. As the golden dragon grew in size, matching the serpent's, it roared and lunged at it. The golden dragon and the black serpent intertwined, and the violent dragon energy exploded on the serpent's surface. After several consecutive explosions, the black python let out an agonized cry and rapidly shrank, transforming back into its humanoid form. It collapsed onto the ground, hands pressed on the rubble as it gasped for air. Descending from the sky, Wilbur looked at the snake man and asked, "What technique did you use earl
The black python turned to look at Wilbur, flicking its tail in his direction. Wilbur leaped out of the attack's way and was shocked to see the ground littered with bodies at once. The python could actually detect the energy shifts in his body. Wilbur had used ninety percent of his spirit energy on casting the Dragon Spell to take the black python down, and he would have been unconscious already had it not been for the remaining ten percent of his spirit energy left in him. The black python had just been pushed to the brink of death, but here it was attacking back now. It was clear that the python had sensed the shift in energy inside Wilbur's body, or it would never have done something like that. Amidst his shock, Wilbur shoved a Thunder-type Healing Pill into his mouth without hesitation. His strength recovered rapidly, and he raised the Azure Dragon Spear to hurl it toward the snake man below. This time, the black python's scales could not protect itself as it was nearly dra
Nightless Elder sat cross-legged on his podium, his long, white hair falling straight down his back as he stared at Wilbur with twinkling eyes. "That's a good question. Well, I can tell you that there's not much of a difference between the Eternal Sunshine Dimension and the Earth dimension. The people in both dimensions are of flesh and blood." The answer frustrated Wilbur, and he asked, "Then why is this challenge so cruel? Can't there just be a fake dimension, like in that mirage? Those villagers would have escaped such a tragic fate if the Eternal Sunshine Dimension was fake, just like the mirage!" Wilbur gritted his teeth. "They wouldn't have had to die then!" Nightless Elder responded, "I understand how you feel, Wilbur. But you must know that death is just as unavoidable as life is. It's part of the dimensional laws. You would never be able to truly learn the essence of some things if you kept on cultivating in fake dimensions like the mirage." "The essence?" Wilbur was
"I've not seen you around here before. You're from out of town, aren't you? Well, you don't know what you're messing with! Come on, I'll let you go wherever you want to go after the Night Demon's gone. For now, you're coming with me to my house." The middle-aged man walked up to Wilbur, trying to drag him along when Wilbur frowned at him and said, "It's really fine, sir." "Yeah, sure. You're coming with me." Wilbur had no choice but to follow the man back to the village, entering his house to take cover. Just as they had stepped into the yard, a dark storm came rolling over. Fierce winds ripped through the air, forcing the man several steps backward. "Are you alright, sir?" "I'm fine! Let's get inside!" The man yanked Wilbur into his house, slamming the door shut. He peered through the cracks in his door, heaving a sigh of relief before turning to look at Wilbur. "Don't be afraid. We're all used to these winds. They come with the Night Demon every time. The Night Demon won'
All three Wilburs shot out toward the tornado, using dragon aura to form an opposite current against the one it was spinning on. Under the overwhelming force of the dragon aura, the tornado began to wane before finally vanishing out of sight. At the same time, the three Wilburs landed on the ground with a dozen or so villagers safely in tow. "Thank you, sir." "You're welcome, little girl." … The people thanked Wilbur as he comforted them when someone pointed at another tornado in the distance. "Look! There's another tornado coming for the village!" Wilbur looked up to see yet another jet-black tornado making its way over. He instantly formed a dragon aura storm to counter it. By the time he had dissolved the second tornado, a gigantic column of water had gushed out from the sea. The black tornados had been released from the water column, and Wilbur charged toward the third black tornado without hesitation. The water column seemed to be able to sense that Wilbur was coming
A wave of dark energy was released from the seal, flowing through Wilbur's body as he finally regained control over his spirit senses and body. "Indeed. We're now melded into one body. You were about to die if I didn't help you." "Thank you." Wilbur hesitated for a moment but found himself saying the words mentally. He swam upward quickly, and a figure soared across his head the second he broke through the water's surface. Wilbur flicked the water off his face and looked up to see the woman flying toward the Night Demon under the control of a black tornado. The next second, the Night Demon grabbed the woman by her neck. "No!" Wilbur screamed. Boom! The woman's body exploded in a split second. No one could believe that she had died at the hands of her own son. Just then, a splash could be heard from the water as the man's corpse bobbed to the surface as well. The Night Demon had killed both husband and wife in a matter of minutes. Wilbur could no longer take it, soaring
Just then, the man's throat moved as a raspy voice sounded from his lips. "I'm going to keep hiding in his body! I'd like to see what you're going to do to me, ha! You're going to have to kill him first if you want to kill me!" "You!" Wilbur stared at the middle-aged man helplessly. At the same time, the other villagers realized something weird about the man and scrambled to get away from him. The man returned to his senses, looking around frantically. "W-What's going on here? Why… Why are you looking at me like that?" He grabbed Wilbur by the hand. "What's going on, young man? Can you please tell me what's happening?" "The Night Demon's hiding in your body right now, sir," said Wilbur. "We need to find a way to force him out." "What?" The man looked terrified. "The Night Demon's hiding… in my body? How… How can this be? No, I can't have this! I can't be the reason everyone goes down!" The man turned to walk out, and one of the villagers shouted, "That's right, Frank Son
Wilbur jogged after Frank, following him all the way to the pier. The waves lapped at the shores, and Wilbur pursed his lips before saying, "You know, sir, you shouldn't be too sad. I believe you. Maybe we can find some other way to force the Night Demon out of you." Frank shook his head, frowning at the water. "No, no. I never blamed my parents. I think they've been the best parents I could ever wish for. Maybe this really is just written in the stars for me. Everyone else is already married with children at my age, and I'm stuck all by myself. They're right, you know. If sacrificing me can save all the other villagers, I'm willing to do it. No one may remember me in the future, but at least I can say I did something for my village." Frank turned to face Wilbur, spreading his arms. "Come on, kill me. Since the Night Demon's in my body, it'll die if I die. I'd rather have this put to an end than have to live the rest of my life in fear. This isn't that bad for me, you know? We all