Silverbell breathed a deep sigh, shaking her head as she looked into thin air and reminisced. "But I don't doubt it after I saw it with my own eyes. It's an unbelievable power that seems endless, and it's completely different from Draconian martial arts."Therefore, I won't recommend getting involved with Yohan Bozad before we understand what he truly is. Even the Martial Alliance has labeled him as untouchable.""I see," Frank replied, rubbing his chin.Godforce sounded quite interesting, and while he wondered how those foreigners wielded it, he asked, "Do you think Mr. Mobius could wield godforce too? He did say that he's a servant to Yohan Bozad, so that's probably the case?"Silverbell was surprised by Frank's question, since that had never crossed her mind.And now that Frank had mentioned it, she actually found it very likely.Still, she warned, "You should be careful when you contact Mr. Mobius, Frank. Our martial arts might prove ineffective against their so-called godfor
Frank and Silverbell arrived at the hotel banquet hall at 3 PM as agreed.Amid the dim glow, Frank was not surprised to see Titus Lionheart seated on an elegant armchair. Azar Salor, the chief of Clear Winds Pavilion, was by his side.And on the other end was a young woman with twintails and who appeared to be in her twenties, appearing bored as she sat on the couch, swiping on her phone. Two black-clad martial elites stood beside her, clearly her bodyguards.Frank could tell right away that they were from the military, with the disciplined manner in which they stood, along with the hint of bloodlust that could not be hidden entirely.After all, Frank had seen many such men in his childhood, still under the care of his father, the Lord of the Southern Woods."You're as slow as a snail. How annoying."Nonetheless, as soon as the young woman saw Frank enter, she finally lowered her phone and leveled him a look of irritation.Frank could tell that the young woman was talking to h
"Hmph!"Ms. Quill snorted after listening to Titus but decided to ignore Frank as Titus had advised. However, she would shoot Frank hostile glares from time to time, her eyes making it clear that she was planning something and that she was not going to let him off easy."Frank…" Silverbell appeared a little worried, as judging from Titus' politeness, Ms. Quill was a force to be reckoned with.Frank, however, remained nonchalant—the young woman was simply uncouth, and he was not concerned about making an enemy of her."Hehe… Sorry to keep you waiting."Mobius spoke in his broken Draconian as he entered from a back door, flashing a broad grin at everyone—especially Frank.After all, he understood that Frank had the most reason to be upset, since he had invited him here.While it was clearly a one-on-one trade initially, Mobius had suddenly changed the trade into an auction, and he actually felt a little guilty about that."Alright, let's get started," Ms. Quill snapped impatien
When it came to certain attributes, the Celestial Dew was actually superior to the Bloodcrane Spiritbloom!On top of that, Frank was aware of the Celestial Dew because it was one of the main ingredients for making the divine pill.And as each main ingredient was a millennial natural wonder, the quality alone was above question."Hehe. It seems that Mr. Lawrence is the most knowledgeable man in this room, just by being aware of this…"Titus smiled as he took out a pure silver ring from his pocket with a tiny container fastened to it.And the container held a thick sapphire-blue fluid, spiraling at the center of the container as if alive. It would also assume the form of various livestock as if alive!"The Celestial Dew is the purest raindrop, refined along with various rare herbs and natural wonders across generations for over a thousand years. I'm sure everyone can understand how precious this droplet is, considering that it was refined into this amount from a full tank."At Tit
The moon curved like a scythe that night.Silverbell, as instructed by Frank, was lying in bed and napping, fully dressed.Suddenly, there was a knock on her door, and Frank soon entered."Frank?" she murmured softly, her eyes flashing viciously. "Are we doing it now?""Nope," Frank replied, narrowing his eyes as he turned to look at Mickus Salor's room, which was directly opposite Silverbell's.Narrowing his eyes and taking out a voice recorder, he said, "For now, just listen to me…"-Silverbell's cheeks blushed beet red after Frank told her his plan, and she pouted like a little girl. "Do I have to, Frank?""It's a diversion—we need to especially distract Titus," Frank said with a dead serious look."O-Okay…"Silverbell held up the voice recorder and tried what he had asked her to. "Ah!"Frank frowned a little. "Again. Put some feeling into it.""Ah?" Silverbell did her best to do what Frank asked, but he still shook his head, indicating that he felt nothing from it."I
"Interesting."Just as Frank and Silverbell arrived, Frank was surprised to overhear Titus chuckling instead of Mobius' voice."Eh?"Silverbell turned toward Frank, while he put a finger on his lips.Silverbell nodded, and they both dangled outside the window and listened to the voices inside, where Titus was speaking with a hint of anger. "Ms. Quill, Frank Lawrence had at least brought an item to trade, while you came empty-handed… Don't you think you're out of line?"To Silverbell and Frank's surprise, Ms. Quill was in the room too, snorting. "Hah! Frank Lawrence, you say? Do you really give that scum that much credit? Well, I'm telling you—I'm much smarter, so don't compare me with him!""I do agree, in a way."Titus chuckled coolly again. "You certainly can't compare to him, what with your ego and unscrupulous behavior.""What did you say?!"Ms. Quill snapped angrily. "I warned you not to compare me with him! I've had enough of that!""Enough of that?"Frank frowned—who
In reality, the waif balm was an airborne gas that would deviously stay dormant in a victim's body. It would then be triggered by the poisoner on cue, immobilizing the victim's senses and their body, leaving them at the mercy of the poisoner.And yet, what made the waif balm formidable was not the waif balm itself, but its potency as a medium. The poisoner would use it to facilitate delivering the real poison or something that could hurt the victim from the inside, all while the victim remained clueless.At that point, even Ascendant-ranked elites would have trouble escaping.Nonetheless, Frank only knew about the waif balm when he read it by chance from an old text.He was certainly not capable of brewing anything that could incapacitate Ascendant-ranked individuals at that time, but the scent described in that text was exactly the scent he was smelling now.There was no chance of him mistaking it.Hence, Frank quickly sat down in meditation, directing his pure vigor throughout
Frank had really thought that he had to be discreet, but there was no point for that now.The three parties—or four, including Mobius—were each plotting to be the winner who took it all, be it the spiritron vein or the natural wonders.And seeing Ms. Quill's glare of contempt, he was even more sure that the young woman knew him.Still, Frank did not hesitate.Since her sentries were some distance away and busy keeping the Clear Winds Pavilion apprentices at bay, he leapt up and seized Ms. Quill by the collar, snapping coolly, "Who are you? Why do you know me?!""Let her go!"The sentries panicked when they turned and saw Frank seizing their charge, and they charged toward him right then."Stand back!"Frank snapped coolly as he wrapped his fingers around Ms. Quill's neck. "Any closer, and I'll snap her throat!""How dare you!""You'd better think about this, kid!""Yeah… if you lay so much as a finger on her, you're a dead man!""There won't be a place for you in Draconia i
Frank snorted. "Alright, I'm hanging up. I'm getting started over here soon.""Yeah. Good luck," Jouri replied.Hanging up, Frank looked up at the waterfall overhead, and then at Skyler, who was standing beside him. "So? Is it time yet?""Almost… Now!" Skyler's eyes were glowing even as she stared at her watch."Alright."Frank looked up just as the skies abruptly darkened. "Ah, there it is—the eclipse."The sun seemed to disappear, and the world was suddenly shrouded in darknesses.And beside him, a stone door imbued with the power of the spiritron vein also rumbled as it parted."Got it!" Frank rushed inside without another word as soon as he saw it."Hmph. I'm surprised that you could reach this place." A cold, wrathful voice resounded inside even before Frank got a hold of his surroundings.Looking up, Frank found a youth in a black cossack and sporting grey-white hair, standing upon a cliff as he looked down on him.Frank chuckled. "Hehe. Like I said, I've come to kill
Frank narrowed his eyes. "Is that so?'Crane shrugged. "I don't mind giving it to you straight—members of Torrent are actually… Ahem. A part of Torrent himself."Frank paused. "What's that supposed to mean?""You don't get it, do you?" Crane grinned. "Then let me put it to you this way—every member is a clone of Torrent.""A clone?" Frank gasped in realization."Yes," Crane nodded. "That's why I believe that challenging Crane is just suicide. You have no idea how powerful he is—only death awaits you down that path."Frank smirked. "Oh, but I don't think so."Crane rolled his eyes. "Fine, whatever—now listen closely. You will find Torrent in the Mystic Trail, but you would only find that place when the sun and moon coincide, and the entrance is beneath the waterfall south of Horton."As he finished, he snorted coldly. "I have no idea if you can actually do it, but I'm hoping you do kill him… Heh. I'm getting tired of being stuck under his control for so long."Then, waving off
Frank abruptly turned, immediately noticing one of the Cranes crouching, ready to spring forward and blindside him."Got you!" He laughed."Hah! You fell for it!"Just as Frank swung a punch to pulverize that Crane, he suddenly burst into pus that splashed at Frank's face."Damn it!" Frank took a step back, surprised that the clone's presence was identical to the real Crane, and a trap on top of that!"Die!"The Cranes around him each whipped out a dagger, all of them stabbing at Frank at the same time."Get off!" Frank bellowed, unleashing a shockwave that sent all the Cranes flying across all directions."Frank! Above you!" Skyler suddenly shrieked."Yes! I'm right here!" A strange laughter sounded above Frank just as he wiped the pus off his face.Crane was suddenly directly above him, launching an aerial kick straight at Frank's head, and Frank had no time to dodge!"Die!" Crane's smile curled into a twisted angle as he saw that too.He was very confident with this kick
"Disgusting…" Skyler murmured through her hand.Despite being skinned and scalped, the women were all still alive and singing to the music that was playing despite their anguish."Talk about a terrible fetish."Frank was scowling too—why were all the members of Torrent such sick deviants? It seemed like his plan to wipe them out was absolutely correct!"So, you killed my clone?"The lanky man on the couch slowly turned to level his bloodshot eyes at Frank.His lips were wet with bed as they curled upward into an eerie smile."Clone?" Frank narrowed his eyes."Hehe. It's a sage art."Crane shrugged as he stood up and wiped the blood off his lips. "It's only natural that you don't understand… Still, you deserve praise. If you can kill my clone, that means you're not just slightly stronger than Ghost."Naturally, the man was none other than the real Crane.Still, as Skyler studied him from a corner, even she could notice the strange twitch of his fingers, and his veins were pro
Even as Crane ran, he was looking over his shoulder, his heart pounding. "No… I won't win in a one-on-one!"No, as long as I get back to my real body… we can do this together!" He frowned, having seen how Frank sliced off the pinkies of those hood rats. It hence quickly dawned on him that Frank was not just slightly stronger than Ghost, as Torrent had put it!"Almost there!" He gasped when he saw the signboard of Pegasus Showtown in the distance. "As long as I get there and rendezvous with my real body, that brat will lose—"That was when he turned and saw that a shadow had caught up with impossible speed."What?!" Crane's eyes almost popped out in bewilderment. "What speed is that?! Are you kidding—"Even as he spotted the shadow, the shadow turned into a youth with an impassive visage.His fist outstretched, he was clearly punching toward Crane's forehead!"Argh…"Even as Crane looked on, the youth's punch slowed down by tenfold, but his fist kept closing in.Then, whe
Seeing Skyler sigh, the tattooed thug presumed that his extortion worked.He strode up, grabbing Frank's shoulder. "No one's gonna help you, boy. Pay up, or you're not leaving.""Exactly! You're not getting away!" the crowd of hood rats hollered. "Last chance."Frank's eyes were cold and fixed on Dani, however. "Are you going to intervene? If you do, you can keep that check. If you don't…""Ugh. Fuck off! I don't care!" Dani spat, her expression smug as she folded her arms before her chest. "Who do you think you are to threaten me?!""Exactly! Pay up, and you can leave!""Yeah! Ten grand, at least!""You probably don't know my boss Wyvern, but when he's here, you won't get away with just ten grand!"Even as the crowd closed in, Frank shook his head. "Well, you had your chance. Don't blame me for what happens next.""You're giving us a chance?! Hah! Who—argh!"Even before Dani could finish gloating, Frank was suddenly in front of her, grabbing her viciously by the wrist."Arg
"Five grand?! Did you hear that?! He just threw five grand!""Must be a rich kid coming here for a secret rendezvous, out of prying eyes? Those types are the easiest mark!""Fuck! And Dani got one of us… It hurts me more than losing at the races!"Frank could hear the buzz around him but ignored it as he strode past the men flanking him and headed toward the street that stank of blood."Stop!" A big tattooed man grinned sinisterly as he intercepted Frank.As his buddies encircled Frank as well, Frank snorted—it seemed that they took his reaction for a sign of weakness and thought that he could be cowed.The tattooed man rubbed his chin as he leered at Skyler's voluptuous figure, chuckling. "Look, boy. I'm short on cash, so let me take a loan. I'll pay you back some other day, how about that?"His friend laughed. "Exactly! You just gave Dani five grand, and we won't ask for more… just four, how about that?"Skyler scowled in turn and glanced worriedly at Frank beside her—was he
Frank himself had just stepped out of the nightclub when his eyes narrowed."Blood," he murmured, his nostrils twitching."Blood?"Skyler sniffed the air, puzzled. "I can't smell it.""It's from the opposite street… I smell the blood of over a dozen people.""A dozen?!" Skyler did a double take.He could identify the number of people who were killed?! That was just ridiculous!"Come on, let's take a look."Just as Frank led the way toward the source of the stench, a woman suddenly came up, catching Frank off guard and throwing herself into his arms."Hmmm?" He looked down to see that she had thick makeup, average looks, and a rather pudgy belly."Argh! He touched me!" she pointed at Frank and shrieked even before he realized what was happening."What?!" Skyler was staring at the woman too, mystified."Oh, sister! You just didn't see it!"The woman kept hollering, pointing at Frank's face. "Your boyfriend grabbed my ass! Is that how you teach him manners?!""Teach him ma
Wyvern screamed even as he clutched the stump that was his hand, screaming so shrilly one might mistake his voice as inhuman."Oh, just shut up." The lanky man glowered and launched a kick, reducing Wyvern into puddles of blood and pieces of innards, splattering all around the lobby. "Argh!!!" the devilish lady screamed as she watched the carnage unfolded."Another sound, and you'd end up just like him." The lanky man turned and frowned at her impatiently."Hngh…" The devilish lady promptly clasped a hand over her mouth, tears welling up in her eyes as she trembled."What the hell?!"Outside, Wyvern's lackeys heard the screams and ran inside, looking for him. "Hey, where's Wyvern?!"However, the lobby was too dimly lit for them to notice the blood and guts scattered around the walls, and they only sensed that terrible stench."Hngh…" The devilish lady was too scared to speak, and tears trickled out of her eyes."Fuck!"One of the lackeys strode up and seized the lanky man