A mysterious formation appeared as a hexagram with many runes connecting at the center. The pattern of the formation shined when Wilbur infused it with his spiritual energy. The center of the formation ignited with burning flames. Wilbur smiled, and then he tossed the ore piece by piece into the formation. The ore melted upon contact with the fire. They turned into ashes, but the gold spirit inside was filtered and stayed in the formation. It took him two hours to melt all the ore and obtain the gold spirit. The next step was the important part. Wilbur sat next to the formation and kept infusing it with spiritual energy. The fire of the formation kept burning, ridding the unwanted dirt from the gold spirit. There was no concept of day and night in the demiplane, so he did not know how much time had passed. The formation finally had a big piece of metal that was twinkling. It was the gold spirit of the highest purity. Wilbur let out a long breath and wiped the sweat off
The thunder cleaver had established a connection with him in his consciousness, and it had the ability to penetrate defenses. It was amazing. It was very hard for weapons to have additional attributes. Normally, only professional alchemists were able to achieve a feat like that. This weapon had an additional attribute, which was akin to him gaining an additional ability. It was evident that this would increase his combat effectiveness. The attribute of defense penetration was nice, and it was very threatening to those with a strong body. Wilbur would have the upper hand with the thunder cleaver if he was fighting someone at his level. Once hit by the thunder cleaver, that person's defenses would break no matter how powerful they were. One would immediately suffer from severe injuries if their defenses were weak. Those who were inferior to a Saint level cultivator would basically be dead. "Awesome," Wilbur exclaimed. He was impressed by his achievement. He was not an a
Ryder and Skyler nodded in response. The land was truly a blessed place. Ryder suddenly took his phone out and glanced at the screen. He said, "Deacon, there's a mission." "What's going on? Can't I get some rest?" asked Wilbur in a displeased tone. Ryder ran towards the office. Wilbur had no choice but to follow him. Skyler and Eileen looked at each other and went away. Ryder was in front of the computer when Wilbur reached the office. "Sir, according to the orders from headquarters, there has been a supernatural incident in Rivertune City. They instructed you to go and handle it." "What the hell? A supernatural incident?" "According to the information, someone murdered three people by sucking their blood dry before escaping. The local police and special agents couldn't handle it, so they applied to transfer the case to the Department of Paranormal Research and Defense. "F*ck," Wilbur cursed under his breath. However, he had no choice but to comply because he was paid
As he slowly closed his eyes, Wilbur muttered a few chants. He then put his palms together and summoned the 'Time Reverse' spell.It was a high-level spell that required a tremendous amount of spiritual energy and strength to cast. Only cultivators above the Sanctuary level were able to cast it.Not long after, an image appeared before Wilbur's eyes.A man in his thirties came into sight. He had a murderous expression on his face, his clothes torn and tattered. He broke down the door and barged straight into the room.In the room was a lone woman. She screamed in terror as the man pounced at her. He pressed her to the ground and bit at her wildly.The woman died a tragic death as her screams slowly died down and the man sucked up all her blood.After he had drained the woman dry, there was a satisfied expression on the man's face. His body began to change as his muscles swelled and filled out the tattered clothes on his body.Following that, he excitedly drew a skull next to the
Not long after, they emerged from a thicket of trees. The trail of footprints seemed to lead further up the hill.Just as Wilbur and Ryder were about to head further up the hill, three men and two women emerged from behind them."Are there other people here?" Wilbur was a little surprised as they had already gone quite a distance up the hill.The five people looked curiously at them as well and walked over.They were all clad in designer hiking gear and had all kinds of equipment strapped to them. Two of them were even holding hunting rifles.One of them piped up first. "Don't be afraid, we're just hunting.""I'm pretty sure hunting's illegal, isn't it?" Wilbur asked.The other four people laughed, and one of the women said, "This is Jonah Jemson. He's in charge of Rivertune City. He can do whatever the hell he wants.""Is that so? Alright, carry on then." Wilbur and Ryder turned to leave.It was right then that Jonah asked, "What are you two doing here?""Oh, we're on a hike
Wilbur turned around with a frown. "Why can't you just heed my advice?""I thought there was something off about you two, creeping around like you're up to no good! You'd better tell us the truth of why you're here or we're gonna proceed forward," said Jonah coldly.Ryder could not take it any longer and piped up in a cold voice, "The Department of Paranormal Research and Defense is investigating this hill. All unauthorized people need to leave."After saying that, he took out his license, thrusting it in Jonah's face.Jonah burst out laughing. "What kind of f*cking department is that? I've never heard of it before.""That's because you don't have the right to," Wilbur said coldly.Jonah immediately became mad again and raised his rifle. It seemed as if he was about to shoot Wilbur.One of the women panicked. "Mister Jemson, don't shoot! We're just here to have fun. It won't be fun if we have a casualty on our hands."Her words seemed to work as Jonah slowly lowered the rifle a
Despite the wounds, it seemed as if Gobo did not sense any pain at all. Instead, he howled as he continued to charge forward.The super cannon could not get a fixed aim on Gobo anymore, and Ryder took out his Alloy Dagger and ran toward Gobo.Wilbur crossed his arms in front of his chest, watching the battle.Both parties collided as Gobo swung his fists at Ryder relentlessly, a murderous expression on his face.Despite being burly and clumsy, Gobo was strong enough for each of his blows to pack a punch. As such, Ryder had no choice but to avoid them.However, Ryder himself was a skilled enough fighter. His combat skills were a force to be reckoned with too.The Alloy Dagger slashed and swiped, and Ryder was able to wound Gobo considerably even as he avoided the other's attacks.Gobo's animalistic instincts seemed to be triggered even more by his newly-inflicted wounds. He howled and roared as he continued to attack Ryder.The battle between them was exhilarating.A few minute
Wilbur coughed twice. "I've still got enough left for something like this."Ryder's expression darkened. He propped himself up against the nearest rock, using his remaining spiritual energy to deal with his injuries.Gobo was still thrashing about like a trapped beast. However, Wilbur paid him no heed as he continued inspecting Gobo's body."Why did you become like this, Gobo?" Wilbur asked.Gobo merely roared in response.Wilbur huffed. "It seems like you no longer have any sense left in you."A while later, Wilbur was finished inspecting Gobo's condition and walked over to Ryder. "So what's the next step?""Destroying him, of course," Ryder said.Wilbur shrugged. "Okay then."He then walked up to Gobo, looking at the skull etched onto his chest. "You're from the Skull Cult, huh? Do you know that I've already killed your leader?"Gobo roared again in response.Wilbur chuckled. "You could have done anything with your life, and yet you chose to join the Skull Cult. Look what