Slowly moving toward the door, Gerald then peeked through the peephole… and almost immediately after, his eyes widened when he realized that the innkeeper was standing right in front of Juno’s room! Retrieving what appeared to be some kind of incense out from his pocket, Gerald watched as the innkeeper then lit it before placing it by Juno’s door… From the looks of it, he was doing so, so that the smoke would seep into her initial room… With that done, Gerald quickly backed away when he realized that the innkeeper was now walking toward his room! By this point, Juno and the others were wide awake. After seeing Gerald’s reactions, Juno couldn’t help but whisper, “…What’s wrong, Gerald…?” Cupping his hand over his mouth, Gerald then took a towel before cupping his mouth and nose with it. Immediately understanding what Gerald was trying to relay, the others got their own towels and did the same as Gerald made sure to open the room’s window as well. Soon enough, everyone watc
“…Huh? That… That’s impossible! I’m sure they were in this room not too long ago!” exclaimed the puzzled innkeeper. “…Are you trying to make a fool out of me?” growled the clearly pissed off Mr. Panther as he grabbed the innkeeper by his collar! “I-I wouldn’t even dream of pranking you, Mr. Panther! I swear on my life that they really were here earlier!” explained the terrified innkeeper. Before Mr. Panther could even retort, he was suddenly flung out of the room by what appeared to be a sudden strong gust of wind! In truth, the ‘wind’ was, in fact, Gerald, who had just rushed toward Mr. Panther and grabbed the man by his neck! However, since the others couldn’t see Gerald in his current form, the duo could only stare in confusion, completely unaware of what was really happening. Whatever the case was, with one strong squeeze, a sickening snap could be heard… Gerald had just broken Mr. Panther’s neck! Knowing full well now that Mr. Panther had had dirty thoughts on Juno and
Upon arriving downstairs, all four of them were greeted by the sight of the innkeeper tied to a chair, his lowered head making it evident that he had fallen unconscious… “…Huh? What… on earth happened to him, brother Gerald…?” asked the surprised Rey. Chuckling in response, Gerald then smiled faintly as he replied, “He’s just passed out from shock, I’d say!” Following that, Gerald got a glass of water before splashing it all over the innkeeper’s face! Immediately waking up, the innkeeper’s expression turned fearful as he began screaming, “G-ghost…! Ghosts…!” However, before he could scream any further, he received a tight slap on his left cheek from Gerald! Gerald had done so to calm the innkeeper down, and as he had predicted, it worked. Now pacified, the dazed innkeeper couldn’t help but stare at the four individuals standing before him… Since Gerald’s physical form was vastly different from his ghost form, the innkeeper wasn’t able to realize that Gerald had done the d
“…Well I’ll be d*mned!” declared Rey. “Hmm? What is it, Rey?” asked Gerald as he raised a slight brow. “Well, you never told me before that slapping others could be this fun!” replied Rey with a sheepish grin. Upon hearing that, Gerald and the girls could only roll their eyes in response. What an irritating yet amusing lad… “Let’s not get too childish, shall we?” muttered Gerald with a sigh as Rey laughed embarrassedly while scratching the back of his head. “Regardless, what should we do with him, brother Gerald? Should we dispose of him?” asked Rey as he made a slicing gesture on his neck, evidently hinting at decapitation. “P-please don’t do it, brothers! I now realize the errors in my ways! So please, please, don’t kill me…!” exclaimed the panicking innkeeper as he begged for mercy. To think that him wanting to earn a quick buck would lead to such a life-threatening situation…! He didn’t sign up for this! He didn’t want to die! “Hmm… Well, while he is evil, he’s not
“As they walked on, Rey was prompted to ask, “…Say… Do you think the innkeeper will get people to attack us as revenge, brother Gerald…?” Turning to look at Rey, Gerald then calmly replied, “Probably not. Even if he does try to get his revenge, it’s not like we can’t deal with anything he throws at us. I’m sure he understands that failing to take me out will grant him a one-way ticket to hell!” Gerald himself felt that the innkeeper wouldn’t dare to cause them any further trouble. After all, he had made sure to strike deep fear into that man. “…I see! Speaking of which, how exactly did the innkeeper get tied up to the chair in the first place…?” asked Rey who had been dying to find out. “…Hmm? Do you really wish to know?” replied Gerald in a somewhat playful tone. Watching as Rey nodded, Gerald simply said, “While I’d love to tell you more about it, it’s not something you should be made aware of yet at your current stage. Again, don’t worry. I’ll definitely tell you once you
The second his sentence ended, a dazzling flash of purple raced through the sky. With that, the four knew that their only choice was to bear the smell and seek shelter in the cave till the storm ended… “…As much as it pains me to say this, let’s just take cover in that cave first…We’ll continue the journey once the storm dies down!” said Gerald as the trio naturally agreed. After all, with all that lightning in the sky, staying in the cave was definitely the safer option. Their minds made up, the four then went a little deeper in before sitting on the ground. While Juno and Yrsa closed their eyes as they sat arm in arm—while leaning against each other—against the cave’s walls, Gerald and Rey sat on the opposite end to rest instead. Though the stench was terrible, had it not been for the cave, they would’ve gotten drenched in the rain by now… Soon enough, the comforting sound of rain and thunder caused all four of them to relax even further. It was as though all their worrie
Hiss!The next second, the giant python hissed at Gerald.Then, it launched an attack and charged toward Gerald at top speed.Gerald moved sideways immediately to dodge the attack.“Find a place and hide quickly!”Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gerald shouted at Juno and the other two.The three reacted immediately after hearing Gerald’s words, and they quickly found a tree and hid behind it.After all, the giant python could only deal with one person at a time. So, they should just leave it to Gerald.Although the giant python had failed in its first attack, that didn’t mean that it would give up. It turned around and rushed toward Gerald once more.As its huge body moved on the ground, it felt as though the ground had started to shake.The giant python rushed toward Gerald and raised its head, trying to hit him.If he was hit by the giant python, he would definitely faint even if he didn’t die on the spot.However, Gerald would not let the giant python win, and he s
Gerald instructed Rey helplessly.When Rey heard his words, he immediately walked over to the giant python excitedly and squatted down to pick it up.Soon after, Gerald had already started the fire, and he began grilling the snake meat over the fire.“Brother Gerald, I told you that the cave would not be that simple. It was so smelly, but I didn’t expect it to be a snake cave!”Rey looked at Gerald as he spoke. He felt that the cave from earlier had been rather strange because of the smelly odor, and sure enough, there was really an animal living here.The sleeping giant python had probably come out of the cave to check on them because they must have unknowingly disturbed it.Ultimately, the giant python had still died in the hands of Gerald and become their food.It couldn’t be helped since this was how the food chain worked. Their life and death were determined by God.The giant python was just unlucky to have met Gerald and the three others.After half an hour or so, the sn
Watching in fury as his black air blade dissipated, Daryl roared, “W-what power…!” As Daryl was too shocked to move, Gerald took the chance to yell, “Attack…!” And just like that, a blazing light momentarily lit the entire sky…! As surges of energy shot out in all directions, Daryl’s devilish formation was reduced to dust in a matter of seconds! “No…!” 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… “Darling, it’s your brother’s wedding day today… Shouldn’t we head over earlier? You’ve been dolling yourself up for ages!” “Fine, dad… Though, isn’t Second Uncle already there to help set things up? That aside, my brother’s gone through so many hardsh
‘Daryl’s been possessed by the Supreme Devilish Lord for ages, and the lord himself has been using your grandfather’s 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!’ ‘In order to further deter the Supreme Devilish Lord’s efforts, they’ve even been kidnapping people with Yin physiques! Do you see the entire picture now, boy?’ explained Finnley. ‘…So that’s the truth… Then, how’s Mila?’ asked Gerald. ‘She’s fine, but your reunion depends on whether we can destroy him this time!’ replied one of the white-robed ladies. That was relieving to hear… Still, as it turned out, the Sun League weren’t 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 didn’t take long for blood to spurt out of his mouth. What immense devilish power…! Following a sneer, the Nirvadevil sect’s master scoffed, “I 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 won’t save you this time!” Furrowing his brows, Gerald retorted, “…Who on earth are you? How do you know me so well? In fact, how do you know about my Herculean Primordial Spirit?” Laughing in response, the master then said, “Oh, you’ll 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 supreme…!” Upon hearing that, Gerald couldn’t help but frown even more.
“…This formation. It feels… familiar,” muttered Sanchez. “Same thought here. I think it’s the Septelic Perishment Formation of the ancient Black Dragon Sect!” replied Gerald. “Ah, no wonder it felt so familiar… Though, wasn’t this formation lost to time ages ago? How did you learn of it?” 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 sect’s 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, “I read about it somewhere. Ho
Upon hearing Gerald’s question, Lord Ethern was prompted to reveal a few samples of the herbs they were locating… and it wasn’t 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, “…These…” Noticing how the two were looking at the herbs, Darkwind muttered, “…I take it that the herbalist they’re looking for really is Ms. Phoebe, Mr. Crawford?” “…Well, it’s hard to say if she is since Marcel already said that the timing wasn’t right… Regardless, this is an important clue. Lord Ethern, was it? Could you elaborate a bit more on your master?” muttered Gerald as he turned to face the man again. “I really can’t say…! Look, Master always appears before us in a shadowy form, so none of us have ever seen his face!” replied Lord Ethern while shaking his head. “…Is that the truth?” “I swear on my life!” exc
“Flaxen, you bloody traitor…!” 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, “Who… Who the hell are you people…?!”“You don’t need to know that information. That aside, tell us what you four are planning to do already,” scoffed Gerald as he slowly approached the three defeated men.“…Who the hell do you think you are? What makes you think I’ll comply so easily?” 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 man’s arms!“If you want your other limbs intact, don’t make me repeat the question,” 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 Zeman’s books, this was his first time actually coming across them. It was a while later when the frowning Sanchez muttered, “So, they want to ambush some herb lady… Is she the one we’re looking for?” 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, “I had the same thought, Mr. Crawford. After all, Phoebe excels not only in pharmacology, but also in all sorts of special techniques and formations!” Watching as Gerald nodded, the Blancetnoir Double Lords couldn’t 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 Daryl’s hideout… Hopefully the Yinblood pellet—that was now in his hands—would aid with that effort… As for the second goal, he was hoping to retrieve the inheritance according to the Zearl’s instructions. After all, he’d only stand a fighting chance against Daryl and the Soluna Sect after getting the inheritance. While it was true that Gerald’s 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 couldn’t help but stare enviously at Gerald, knowing full well that they’d 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, “You’re really something else, Gerald…! 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 general’s tomb, but you also possess those angelic artifacts!” “Oh, don’t you worry about that. With how powerful you three are, I’m sure you’ll become indispensable assistants as we head to the North Desert in search of a certain someone! Speaking of which, if you’re already thinking about killing me t