Frederick turned to look at the others and saw that both Len and Trent were confused as well. He then let out a slight cough and sighed helplessly. At that moment, he was not in a good position to walk forward and ask, having a feeling that Fane might not even answer him if he did.Fane put the map into Mustard Seed with a smile before he walked toward the three.As Fane was talking to Alfred, Rudy had run over and gathered the three individuals writhing on the floor. At this point, they had lost all rationality, and Rudy—allowed to do with them as he pleased—practically dragged all three to the same spot.Fane walked over to the three of them, and with a wave of his hand, the energy in their bodies gradually slowed down. The pain decreased, and they slowly regained consciousness.The first to sober up was the snake-masked man. The moment he did, his eyes fixated on Fane. He managed to collect himself, and while various ideas floated in his mind, all of them pointed to one thing—hi
Fane raised an eyebrow as he shook the bottle in his hand. The contents sounded liquid-like, given the minute sloshes heard. "I asked you to guess because you're very familiar with this."The tiger-masked man and the dragon-masked man looked at Fane suspiciously. They wanted to know what Fane was up to, but they wisely kept their mouths shut and waited for him to speak.The snake-masked man, however, was different. When Fane brought up how they would be familiar with the substance, he quickly frowned as a terrifying thought surfaced in his head. His breathing slowly sped out and he said in a raspy voice, "It's Heartblood. It's their Heartblood!"Fane had a flash of surprise in his eyes as he gave the man a thumbs-up. "You're smarter than I thought. You reacted so quickly. Many people can't compete with you in that department."Fane's response proved that the snake-masked man had guessed right.The man's face turned pale at that moment as he lost all his rationality in his anger. H
After that, Fane turned and shot Alfred a look. Alfred nodded before he rolled up his sleeves and walked to the three of them in excitement.Not bothered with doing things like this, he slowly walked to Frederick, followed by Rudy.Fane had just been about to say something when he was interrupted by an unhappy voice, "Did you need to do that? What was the point of putting on a show in front of us? Was it fun acting?"The person who spoke was Conor, who was heavily injured on the ground. He was helped up by Trent and was walking over when he accused Fane loudly. Fane looked at Conor incredulously.Conor sounded terribly slighted, as though Fane owed him a hefty amount of money. His tone even baffled Trent, who stared at Conor incredulously. How could he dare to speak to Fane in that tone?Frederick frowned unhappily. As the leader of their group, he had to speak up when the time was right. "Conor, are you dizzy? What act are you talking about? How could you say something like that?
At this moment, Conor decided to not have anything to do with Frederick anymore. He was forced to team up with them due to the circumstances, but once they were out, he refused to say another word to him.Frederick could see the disdain in Conor's eyes, and no matter how mild-tempered he was, he would not tolerate such behavior. He scoffed and turned around, no longer bothering with Conor.Trent looked at Conor exasperatedly, wondering if the man had hit his head too hard. Otherwise, he would have never jeered at Fane after seeing what he was capable of. He should be respectful toward Fane instead, yet Conor seemed intent on offending Fane as much as he could. Even Trent was frowning at what Conor was saying, let alone Fane.Fane raised an eyebrow as he looked at Conor coldly. "You sure dare to talk. Aren't you afraid that I'll attack you?"Conor scoffed as he turned away. "I know you're not that type of person. Even though you're skilled, you're a man with proper conduct. It's not
The blood flowed as the pain registered in Conor's mind.Frederick and the others froze, and their expressions were unnatural. Even though they felt like Fane would punish Conor in some way, they did not expect Fane to outright kill him.Conor fell to the ground the moment Fane pulled out the sword, and he was in so much pain that he clutched his chest, trying to stop the bleeding to no avail. After all, he was already heavily injured. Coupled with that strike, no one could save him.The color in his cheeks slowly diminished. "You dare to kill me?!"Fane was exasperated as his lips twitched. He said, "Why can't I? Why wouldn't I dare to? Who do you think you are? I don't know why you're so sure that I won't do anything to you no matter what you do."Blood flowed out of Conor's mouth. He started to cough as he reached the end of his life. As he opened his mouth, all that they could hear was the sound of blood flowing out as no proper words could be formed.Everyone merely watched
Hector Moralex let out a slight laugh as he shook his head helplessly. "Can we really do anything about this? Since we've agreed, we should just do a good job. Stop nitpicking and complaining. Even if we're just praised a little, it'll be worth it if they just remember us. In the future, they can help you with anything you want easily."When Edson heard that, he shrugged nonchalantly. "What could I possibly need their help with? I'm pretty sure that they'll act like they don't know me if anything really happens. If I ask them for help, it'll be a miracle if they don't curse and swear at me, let alone help me."Hector nodded, feeling rather dejected upon hearing this. Even if he did not want to admit it, he could not change the truth. In the eyes of those geniuses, they were just there for labor meant to work for those geniuses. The more Edson spoke, the angrier he got. He just started to complain loudly."It's not like we had a choice on whether or not to agree back then. If we didn
Whoever this newcomer was, he did not have the marks of any second-grade world on him. It was obvious that he was from a third-grade world.Hector and Edson looked at that person. Someone who suddenly appeared like that was ill-intent, for sure.However, when they asked for the person's identity, they felt all too amused. This man jumped straight into danger! Was he there to give them free rewards?Jackson and Christian stared right at the man. He looked incredibly calm as if he was untroubled by whatever it was that took place between them.The kind-hearted Christian felt moved upon realizing he, too, came from a third-grade world. He raised his neck as he mouthed out some words without making a sound. Christian wanted him to leave.Fane's lips curled up into a smile.Just for that alone, he would save these two.Fane had not appeared here by coincidence. When he had Alfred stay, it was not because he wanted their Heartblood. Since time was tight, Fane needed some information t
After having his fill of laughter, Edson jeeringly remarked, "Do you think we'll just believe what you say? If you were a genius or someone slightly strong, we'd be able to tell in an instant. We'd have been on guard, but you're not. You're just an idiot trying to act like you're strong in front of us!"Hearing that, Fane had a curious glint in his eyes. There was a thought in his mind. Could these people have looked into all of the geniuses of third-grade worlds? Could they have remembered everyone who was skilled?Comparatively, he was sort of a dark horse that had suddenly appeared, so he was not among those geniuses. That was why no one knew him.Hector raised four fingers. "In this slaughter game, there are only four noteworthy warriors from third-grade worlds, and we've memorized how all four of them look like. As long as we meet them, we'd be on guard. However, not a single one of them looks like you."Stop with the act; don't think that we're idiots. We didn't just take par
There was a heavy rumbling as the door slowly opened. A boundless sense of energy seemed to come from it.A few of them looked inside. Other than the green light, they could see nothing. The light completely obscured their sight. If they wanted to look inside, they would have to step in themselves.On the way there, Fane had already talked to Lourain about it. Lourain wanted to see what the legendary Valley of Enlightenment was like. That was why Fane asked for two spots.The three of them exchanged looks with each other, and they did not hesitate to step forward together, entering the door.The power of distorting space suddenly pulled the three of them in. The space around them started to spin rapidly. They did not know how much time passed, but it felt like a whole century before the space slowed down in front of them. Then, the sense of weightlessness disappeared as their feet landed on solid ground.The three of them had not been sent to different locations and arrived at the
Zayne scoffed, "Alright then, how do you want to work together?"He wanted to see what Fane was trying to do.Fane did not waste any time, "Both of us have all three keys, and we can open the door. Ten people can enter the door anyway. I just need two of those spots.Zayne looked at Fane meaningfully, "You sure know quite a bit."Fane even knew that only ten people would be allowed through. He seemed to have done his homework.Zayne took out his purple key from his storage ring. At that moment, all three keys were there. As long as all the keys were placed together, the gateway to the Valley of Enlightenment would open."If you only need two spots, then I don't mind working with you," Zayne looked at Fane meaningfully, but he quickly added, "However, make sure you don't cause any trouble during the important moments."Fane smiled before he said, "I've always been someone who keeps to my word. I'm more worried that you'll cause me trouble instead. There are many geniuses in the V
The two of them knew what that meant. Their eyes met, and worry was evident in their eyes."Is it Fane again?" Zayne said with a frown. At that moment, the first name that popped up in his head was Fane.Only Fane would truly be a big problem for them. Seymour's expression turned sour. He suddenly felt like Fane seemed to be his Achilles heel. Fane could pop out at any time and put him in a difficult spot."That's right! It's me!" At that moment, a voice was heard from afar. The two of them looked in the direction of the voice and saw five figures appearing in the air.This time, Fane did not have a disguise on. He was facing everyone with his real face."It really is you!" Zayne's face completely soured at that moment. Even if they were meeting for the first time, he was already incredibly sensitive to Fane's name.Nothing good ever happened when Fane was mentioned and Fane had actually appeared in front of him."How dare you!" Seymour shouted angrily!He walked forward to sta
When Shin and the others saw that, they were speechless. That person who had looked down on them was completely bound and on the ground at that moment. He looked pathetic.Fane quickly walked toward Warren, reaching out to pull off the mask to reveal his face.Fane controlled his energy, reducing the destructive power in Warren's soul. After the pain diminished, Warren slowly woke up.He looked up and saw the one person he never wanted to see in his life. He lost his voice as he said, "Fane?! It's you!" He almost bit his tongue as he spoke.Fane smiled and nodded slightly, "Yes. It’s me.""No wonder, so it's you! Where's Presti then?" Warren looked up and said.Fane raised an eyebrow and shot an incredulous look at Warren. Warren immediately understood what happened, and his whole face turned pale, "He's dead!"Fane nodded. There was nothing much to hide. Warren gulped, suddenly feeling like his thoughts from earlier were an absolute joke at that moment. He had even been think
After seeing that, there was a surprised look on Warren's face. However, he quickly pushed back that surprise. Even if that man was skilled, he would just be an above-average warrior. Above-average warriors were like paper to him!"Brat, it looks like you have some skill. However, that means nothing in front of me. I'll show you right now what a warrior at the peak is!"Right after he said that, he circulated his true energy around his feet. Red energy started to frantically blow away the dust on the ground. He lunged into the air incredibly fast.Fane raised an eyebrow before he started to form seals with his hands. Countless seals danced around in the air, and a chain appeared.That chain looked like a black dragon as it danced in the air.Warren scoffed in disdain. It was just a petty trick from an above-average warrior in his eyes. That chain would shatter in just one blow.He did not even bother thinking about it as he raised the sword in his hand. A silver ray of light quic
He leaped forward and landed in front of those four. Fane had already noticed Warren a while ago, but Fane relaxed when he saw Warren was alone. If it was just one person, then there was nothing to worry about!"Presti really is a piece of trash. He couldn't even get you!" Warren said with a sneer.Shin clutched his chest and turned to look at Cavill next to him. Cavill nodded slightly and did not say anything. The two of them shut their mouths at the same time as they looked in Fane's direction.Warren immediately felt something was wrong. He turned to look at Fane and saw that Fane was still completely calm as if nothing had happened."Brat, it looks like you're no ordinary person!" Warren said with a sneer.Fane turned to look at him before saying calmly, "Are you here to kill us?"Warren laughed out loud, and his eyes were full of mockery, "What do you think I'm doing here? Do I look like I'm here to chat?"Fane laughed. He could not believe another one turned up so soon aft
When Warren heard that, he felt incredibly exasperated. He mumbled, "It's just Shin, how could there be any trouble? Even if he has some fellow disciples with him, Presti is more than enough. They're all trash anyway."Zayne frowned, and he unleashed an incredibly strong aura that forced Warren to take a step back, "Shut up! Do you think we can afford to be careless right now? We're at the cusp of accomplishing everything right now. We have to be extremely careful. What kind of attitude is this?"Warren immediately shut up and did not dare to say anything. Zayne coldly looked at Warren, and deeply felt like Warren was not someone who could accomplish much. If it was not for the fact that he was useful, Zayne would not even bother bringing Warren through the door with him.Seymour turned to look into the distance. Gray mist filled up the skies, and no one could see the end of the horizon.There was nothing in the skies, and Seymour suddenly started to feel some worry. He was not clo
In front of an ancient stone door, two men were standing there, while another was sitting down and resting.The men who were standing had very stiff expressions on their faces. The two of them looked at each other with animosity in their eyes. It was obvious they were not friendly with each other. The man who was sitting down had his eyes shut and completely ignored the other two."Seymour! You're just the same as Desmond. You can't even get something so simple done. Desmond lost his life. I think you're about to follow suit!" Warren sneered as he mocked.Seymour's expression was dark, and he shot right back, "Warren, stop with those disgusting words of yours! Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do. You're just trying to push me down and take all the credit for yourself!"Stop joking around! You aren't smart enough to steal my credit! Even though Desmond is already dead, he still did the best he could. He was just tricked by Fane. If it was you, you wouldn't even have
Fane frowned. After he reached out to grab Presti's neck, Presti's life ended with a crack.Shin's eyes widened as he looked at Fane with fear. His savior could very well kill him!Cavill started to panic as well. He looked at Fane with alarm. Even though he was thankful that Fane saved the two of them just now, he had no way to tell what Fane would do after this. Fane slowly walked in front of them, and he did not show much emotion on his face.Cavill said in a dry voice, "Fane, you…?"Fane shook his head, "Don't panic. I won't kill you. Let's work together. It's not like only one person will be able to enter after the door opens."Shin looked at Fane with an incredibly inquisitive look. He thought about it before he said, "I… I don't want to work together. I'll give you the key as thanks for saving me. That Valley of Enlightenment doesn't sound like a good place at all. If I enter, I don't even know if I'll be able to survive."As he spoke, Shin had a bitter look on his face.