As the priest attempted to book it, he didnât make it past the third step before some ungodly force began lifting him off the ground! This time, however, all his internal organs felt like they were simultaneously being torn apart! Trembling violently from the near-unbearable pain, the priest quickly began shouting, âS-spare my life! P-please, spare my lifeâŠ!â âIâll consider once you answer my question. If you need a refresher, I asked why you recognized me as your young master,â replied Gerald. âW-well, Young Masterâs appearance highly matches yours! Itâs almost as though youâre his doppelgĂ€nger! With that said, thereâs no way I couldâve been able to easily tell you apart! Though, I do wonder if youâre also a member of the Crawford family⊠After all, thereâs no other reason you could look so similar!â explained the man who was still aching terribly. ââŠOh? The Crawford family, you say?â replied Gerald as his eyes momentarily lit up. Observing the squirming man, Gerald could se
ââŠYouâŠ! To think youâd still behave so presumptuously even though youâre about to be done for!â growled the priest in anger. Before he could say anything else, however, the priest momentarily froze. Now staring-wide eyed at Gerald, the priest was able to somehow see flames reflected in Geraldâs eyes. He couldnât look away, and shortly after, the priest began feeling a burning sensation on the soles of his feet⊠Following that, the priest screamed miserably before turning into nothing but dust in less than a second! âAnd to me, the lives of ants are insignificant!â declared Gerald as he shook his head with a smile before placing his arms against his back. With that out of the way, Geraldâs figure slowly wavered as it became one with the wind! Due to that, he was able to swiftly return to the cave where Xyrielle had last been led into. The cave was naturally still heavily guarded, and the second the guards noticed Geraldâs presence, they immediately attempted to stop him from e
At that moment, the leader of the three masked menâwho had been standing behind Xyrielle this entire timeâcame forth and said, âThank you for coming to our rescue, sir! I go by Hubert Younger!â âOh? You were here as well, Mr. Hubert?â exclaimed the old priest as he immediately greeted the three masked men as well, making it clear as day that they were well acquainted. âIndeed! After receiving your secret message stating that Sacrasolis Mountain was in trouble, we immediately rushed over to investigate. Still, to think that Hoyt would end up getting this powerful in just a few decades since I last saw him⊠I honestly found it exceedingly difficult to withstand even a single blow of his. Had I not dispatched my Dragon Zone, I wouldnât have been able to fight against him and his men at all! All that aside, I made an almost fatal mistake today when I decided to save this girlâs life! Due to that action, all three of us ended up getting captured by his men!â explained Hubert. Followin
âHumph! You truly are an expert at saying conceited things, Gerald! It appears that you wonât be able to understand how wide the gap between us is until I show you my training!â retorted Luther before laughing again. âYouâre a Second-rank master, no?â asked Gerald. âOh? Color me surprised! You actually know a thing or two about those who train to attain spiritual enlightenment!â replied Luther as he stared sinisterly at Gerald. âJust curious, but what is Hoytâs rank then?â asked Gerald. âHah! Our chief is a legendary master thatâs at a level close to that of a Fifth-rank master! A realm that no ordinary person would ever be able to comprehend!â said Luther, his eyes momentarily filled with admiration. âI see. So it appears that there truly are a lot of experts within the Crawford family⊠To think that there even exists a fifth rank!â replied Gerald as he rested his arms against his back. âI do wonder why youâre still asking so many questions. No matter! Iâll just capture yo
The second his sentence ended, Gerald increased the pressure of his foot without warning! A split second later, a sickening sound was heard as Lutherâs head exploded like a watermelon! Seeing that Luther had been reduced to such a state before he could even scream, some of the remaining Crawfords instantly yelled, âH-hurry! Run for it and tell the chief about thisâŠ!â With that, the hundred over terrified people began scattering in all four directions, hoping to escape with their lives intact! âOh? Are all of you seriously trying to escape now?â said Gerald with a faint smile before closing his eyes⊠As soon as he did, a golden eye suddenly appeared on his forehead! Almost instantaneously, a strong light was then ejected from the eye! The light itself easily homed in on everyone Gerald deemed as an enemy, and whenever the light pierced through someone, their bodies would end up exploding in gory sounds! While all this was taking place, those standing behind Gerald could only s
Realizing that all of them had heard the same thing, everyone turned to look at the doorway⊠Following that, a young priest who was trembling in fear walked into the room⊠Staring at him, Hoyt then asked in a cold voice, âWhat is it-â Before his question could even end, a figureâwho had been hiding behind the priestâs backâslowly revealed himself. Naturally, it was Gerald. It took Hoyt a moment, but when he finally realized who the youth was, he found himself muttering, ââŠYou⊠Youâre Gerald from the Crawford family, no?â âBingo!â replied Gerald with a subtle smile. âM-master CrawfordâŠ! Iâve already led you here! You⊠You promised youâd spare my life once I did that, rightâŠ?â stuttered the priest fearfully. The second his sentence ended, however, Gerald simply flicked the back of his palm against the priestâs skull⊠and just like that, the priestâs head exploded! As if that wasnât already enough, the priestâs entire body then quickly dissipated into a bloody mist! What a
âBut of course! Regardless, everything is perfect now! After waiting for over a dozen generations, the prophecy of the picture of the sun is finally going to be fulfilled! After all, youâre the true bearer of the Herculean Primordial Spirit!â declared Hoyt with a laugh. âWhat Iâm hearing is that since the mission is now complete, my family and I should no longer exist among the living, correct?â asked Gerald. âNaturally. While I admit that youâre able to see through issues pretty thoroughly, itâs quite unfortunate that there really is no other way out for you. Your fate had already been determined from the moment you were born! You were always destined to end up in our hands!â retorted Hoyt, his mocking expression filled with ridicule. After taking note of all of this, Gerald then laughed bitterly before replying, âYou almost sound proud of your ability to manipulate others and play god.â âOf course, I am! As if thereâs anything more exciting than that in the world!â sneered Ho
âJust because you people have a slightly higher rank, you all think youâre so invincible⊠Is being strong the reason why all of you think itâs fine to manipulate the lives of others? Well guess what? Your lives are dirt cheap before me!â roared Gerald. âEveryone, keep your guard up! Attack him together or weâll never be able to capture Gerald!â ordered Hoyt whose eyelids were still twitching. Since the remaining seven experts now had a common enemy, all of them instantly began charging up their strongest attacks before assaulting Gerald together! Due to the immense release of essential qi, the entire area began trembling rather violently⊠With debris and dust flying everywhere, the seven men were just about to land their attacks on Gerald when suddenly, he seemingly vanished into thin air! Before anyone could even react, the first wail of despair could be heard⊠Then another⊠And another⊠By the time the dust finally settled, seven mangled and bloodied corpses lay at Geraldâs
Watching in fury as his black air blade dissipated, Daryl roared, âW-what powerâŠ!â As Daryl was too shocked to move, Gerald took the chance to yell, âAttackâŠ!â And just like that, a blazing light momentarily lit the entire skyâŠ! As surges of energy shot out in all directions, Darylâs devilish formation was reduced to dust in a matter of seconds! âNoâŠ!â howled the anguished Daryl as the earth beneath him cracked and clouds of dust flew everywhere! It was chaos incarnate⊠yet moments later, everything fell deathly silent. Gerald himself had already vomited a pool of blood by now, and as he fell unconscious, he could feel his body freezing up⊠Fast forward to three years later, Mayberry Commercial Street was as lively as ever⊠âDarling, itâs your brotherâs wedding day today⊠Shouldnât we head over earlier? Youâve been dolling yourself up for ages!â âFine, dad⊠Though, isnât Second Uncle already there to help set things up? That aside, my brotherâs gone through so many hardsh
âDarylâs been possessed by the Supreme Devilish Lord for ages, and the lord himself has been using your grandfatherâs body to attempt his resurrection! This cycle has been repeating for years, and the Supreme Devilish Lord has already captured many people with Yin physiques but thankfully failed! This grew so out of hand that the Soluna Deus Sect, or Sun League as you call them, have actively been trying to force the Supreme Devilish Lord to show himself!â âIn order to further deter the Supreme Devilish Lordâs efforts, theyâve even been kidnapping people with Yin physiques! Do you see the entire picture now, boy?â explained Finnley. ââŠSo thatâs the truth⊠Then, howâs Mila?â asked Gerald. âSheâs fine, but your reunion depends on whether we can destroy him this time!â replied one of the white-robed ladies. That was relieving to hear⊠Still, as it turned out, the Sun League werenât villains at all! They had simply been abducting people like his second uncle, Mila, and Leo for the
His chest felt like it was exploding, and it didnât take long for blood to spurt out of his mouth. What immense devilish powerâŠ! Following a sneer, the Nirvadevil sectâs master scoffed, âI know you raised your cultivation level this high because you want to learn more about the Sun League, but you should understand that devilish cultivators will always be stronger! Did you really think that acquiring the angelic inheritance would give you absolute power? How laughable! Your Herculean Primordial Spirit wonât save you this time!â Furrowing his brows, Gerald retorted, ââŠWho on earth are you? How do you know me so well? In fact, how do you know about my Herculean Primordial Spirit?â Laughing in response, the master then said, âOh, youâll know who I am soon! But before that, allow me to snatch your Herculean Primordial Spirit! I need to destroy it so that the sacred Primordial Devilish Internal Pellet can reign supremeâŠ!â Upon hearing that, Gerald couldnât help but frown even more.
ââŠThis formation. It feels⊠familiar,â muttered Sanchez. âSame thought here. I think itâs the Septelic Perishment Formation of the ancient Black Dragon Sect!â replied Gerald. âAh, no wonder it felt so familiar⊠Though, wasnât this formation lost to time ages ago? How did you learn of it?â asked the surprised Sanchez. The formation had been a legendary one that, as Sanchez had said, had been lost at the end of the ancient era. Just from its name alone, one could imagine that this immensely powerful formation had been used against the people of the Deitus Realm. In the end, however, the allies of the Deitus Realm still managed to destroy the Black Dragon Sect, thus leading to the destruction of all the sectâs other mysterious and bizarre formations⊠Naturally, they had made sure to obliterate all of them to ensure that nobody in the future would be able to threaten them like that again in the future⊠Whatever the case was, Gerald was quick to reply, âI read about it somewhere. Ho
Upon hearing Geraldâs question, Lord Ethern was prompted to reveal a few samples of the herbs they were locating⊠and it wasnât long before Gerald felt his eyes twitch. After all, those samples were herbs inherited by the ancient witches⊠In other words, they were the ones he was for as well! Naturally, Marcel recognized them as well, and he was quick to say, ââŠTheseâŠâ Noticing how the two were looking at the herbs, Darkwind muttered, ââŠI take it that the herbalist theyâre looking for really is Ms. Phoebe, Mr. Crawford?â ââŠWell, itâs hard to say if she is since Marcel already said that the timing wasnât right⊠Regardless, this is an important clue. Lord Ethern, was it? Could you elaborate a bit more on your master?â muttered Gerald as he turned to face the man again. âI really canât sayâŠ! Look, Master always appears before us in a shadowy form, so none of us have ever seen his face!â replied Lord Ethern while shaking his head. ââŠIs that the truth?â âI swear on my life!â exc
âFlaxen, you bloody traitorâŠ!â roared the three other lords who grew so angry that their faces went red!However, they had no time to remain angry since the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez had already made their move! As one would expect, it only took a single round for all three of the lords to crumble to the ground.With his eyes wide open, Lord Ethern stuttered, âWho⊠Who the hell are you peopleâŠ?!ââYou donât need to know that information. That aside, tell us what you four are planning to do already,â scoffed Gerald as he slowly approached the three defeated men.ââŠWho the hell do you think you are? What makes you think Iâll comply so easily?â growled Lord Ethren.Upon hearing that, Gerald raised his hand⊠and within a split second, Lord Ethern let out a bone-chilling wail. The Blancetnoir Double Lords had just snapped both of the poor manâs arms!âIf you want your other limbs intact, donât make me repeat the question,â growled Gerald.Now terrified, the agonized man replied,
From what Gerald could tell, all of them were devilish cultivators. After all, their auras were way different compared to regular cultivators like Gerald and demonic cultivators like Sanchez. Though he had read about devilish cultivators before in one of Uncle Zemanâs books, this was his first time actually coming across them. It was a while later when the frowning Sanchez muttered, âSo, they want to ambush some herb lady⊠Is she the one weâre looking for?â Sanchez, for one, had pretty much been frowning throughout his journey with Gerald. His only hope at the moment was for Gerald to find the person he was looking for as soon as possible. Otherwise, who knew how long that boy would continue controlling his life! Regardless, Marcel was quick to add, âI had the same thought, Mr. Crawford. After all, Phoebe excels not only in pharmacology, but also in all sorts of special techniques and formations!â Watching as Gerald nodded, the Blancetnoir Double Lords couldnât help but scoff,
There were two straightforward purposes of the trip. The first was to find Phoebe, the descendant of the ancient witches. Only by finding her would Gerald have a chance to locate Darylâs hideout⊠Hopefully the Yinblood pelletâthat was now in his handsâwould aid with that effort⊠As for the second goal, he was hoping to retrieve the inheritance according to the Zearlâs instructions. After all, heâd only stand a fighting chance against Daryl and the Soluna Sect after getting the inheritance. While it was true that Geraldâs cultivation level was currently one of the highest in all of the cultivation realm, the fact remained that Daryl practiced devilish cultivation, and those from the Soluna Deus Sect were already in the Deitus Realm. In other words, he was merely an ant to them, which was why he was making sure to fully prepare himself before confronting them. Though he now had Sanchez and the Blancetnoir Double Lords under his command, he still felt that he was underprepared⊠Re
Now that all three of them had been subdued with the Nineraid Band, the other big shot cultivators couldnât help but stare enviously at Gerald, knowing full well that theyâd never be able to obtain his angelic artifacts. After all, if he could take down the Blancetnoir Double Lords and Sanchez, then what chance did they have? By this point, Sanchez had managed to get to his feet, albeit with quite a bit of difficulty. Naturally, he no longer dared to make any rash moves on Gerald. Instead, he was prompted to resentfully say, âYouâre really something else, GeraldâŠ! It makes me wonder why you still need our help. After all, not only are you the sole person who knows the secrets of the generalâs tomb, but you also possess those angelic artifacts!â âOh, donât you worry about that. With how powerful you three are, Iâm sure youâll become indispensable assistants as we head to the North Desert in search of a certain someone! Speaking of which, if youâre already thinking about killing me t