Naturally, Gerald knew who he was talking about. After all, he had been trying to track them down ever since his fiancée was kidnapped by them… Till this very day, he still had no idea whether she was dead or alive… “Regardless, though nobody knew what exactly happened in the Deitus Realm, it’s undeniable that they left behind quite a number of heirs. After gradually dividing the secular world, they ultimately formed the cultivation realm we know today,” added Lyndon. Upon hearing that, Gerald was reminded of the time he had searched the tomb of his previous incarnation. At the time, he had seen a painting of a huge tree falling from the heavens… and when it touched the ground, it was revealed that the tree was covered with numerous corpses of heavenly soldiers. Could those corpses be connected to the destruction of the Deitus Realm…? That aside, Gerald was also pretty sure Sister Indigo and the others were from the Deitus Realm… The more he thought about it, the more his thoug
Following that, the anxious Master Greendrake then asked, “W-what should we do then, Master…?” “Treat him with spirit-reviving herbs. Extract the herbs’ liquid essence then soak his entire body in it for the next forty-nine days. Following that, I’ll use my essential qi to stabilize his cultivation. If everything is done correctly, he should be able to get out of his critical condition.” Following that, a beam of light shot out of the stone statue and enveloped Filipe’s body… Within seconds, Filipe was already looking slightly better! Overjoyed to see that, Master Greendrake then exclaimed, “T-thank you, Master…!” “I apologize for losing the Heavenly Guard Order you gave me, Master…! Unfortunately, I think it’s now in Gerald’s hands…!” whimpered Filipe in an apologetic tone. “…What?! You even lost your angelic artifact…?!” exclaimed the stunned Master Greendrake. “Senior Filipe had no choice, Uncle Greendrake…! Had he not tossed it out, we wouldn’t have survived till now…!”
“Did you manage to find anything?!” exclaimed Darkwind. Looking rather panicked, Professor Boyle then shook his head before saying, “Not yet, but…” “Though we haven’t found anything yet, we received an invitation letter addressed to Mr. Crawford! I was worried that they’d come for you next, so I quickly came over with the professor!” explained Lyndon as he took the invitation letter out… Raising a slight brow, Gerald then took the letter and began reading through it… By the end of it, he realized that they were all being invited to the Zandt family’s banquet that was to be held tonight… Upon being relayed the message, Darkwind instantly said, “It’s clearly a trap, Mr. Crawford! The big demons are probably taking over this time, so we must be really careful if we’re attending! They won’t be small fries like Filipe…!” “I agree. It’s stated here that Master Greendrake, Mr. Sevenom, and a few others will also be attending… They must be Master Trilight’s accomplices!” added Lyndon
Meanwhile, in the Zandt family’s residence, Freyr found himself getting better and better. Just in time, too. After all, not only had Master Trilight given him a mission, but she also told him that Master Greendrake—a big boss—was coming over as well! With all that in mind, the Zandts really didn’t dare to take things lightly, and Freyr made sure to thoroughly supervise all the preparatory work… However, there was one Zandt who was disallowed from helping… And that was Fae! After being told to stand at the manor’s entrance, the infuriated Fae—who had just slapped her men over a dozen times earlier to cool herself off—grumbled, “Aren’t I a Zandt too?! Why is Sister allowed to stay while I’m kicked out?! How annoying!” “S-Second Young Mistress, the people coming over this time are big shots… We really can’t afford to offend any of them, so we should just listen to Master and quickly leave…” muttered one of the bodyguards while covering his cheek. “How dare you speak to me like that
“Sister, don’t…!” yelled Elain who attempted to stop Fae, but it was already too late. The sound of the gunshot firing was heard… However, an odd sound of cracking metal followed…? There were two large willow trees standing on opposite ends next to Gerald, and on both trees, were bullet marks… Had… Had Gerald split that bullet in half…?! Though Freyr was stunned by that, he was even more shocked when he realized that hovering millimeters away from Fae’s forehead… was the willow leaf from before! The leaf held immense power, and if it had hit Fae’s forehead, she would’ve died there and then…! Naturally, when she realized its presence as well, Fae got so terrified that she immediately dropped her revolver! Before anyone else could say a thing, a voice suddenly stated, “Truly skillful, Mr. Crawofrd, but as a Domiensch Master, don’t you think bullying a regular girl is a little too much?” The voice belonged to Master Greendrake—who was smiling frigidly—who was now walking toward
Simply chuckling in response, Gerald then smiled as he said, “Now, now, since Saint Darkwind is now under me, I should be the one responsible for what happened between you and the Darkwind Sect. With that said, I should be taking that toast!” “…Oh? I see! Then be my guest!” replied Mr. Sevenom as he and his men exchanged glances while sneering. “B-but Mr. Crawford…!” exclaimed Darkwind in a panicked tone. However, he recalled all the tricks that Gerald was capable of, he realized that there was really no reason for Gerald to be afraid of that tiny glass of wine. Gerald himself simply drank the wine in a single gulp, instantly stunning Mr. Greendrake. After all, with Gerald’s cultivation level, it was impossible that the boy wouldn’t know that the wine had been poisoned. In the end, though everyone had friendly facades on, it was still a battle between the two parties to test their abilities…! Just as everyone was wondering whether Gerald truly drank the wine, Gerald was prompte
Gerald, for one, already knew that today’s banquet was never going to be a peaceful one. He also knew that the information he wanted wouldn’t be gathered that easily. Regardless, with Gerald’s agreement, Master Coldwater then declared, “I like your straightforwardness, Mr. Crawford! Well then, allow me to make my move!” The second her sentence ended, she fired an emerald-green stream of translucent essential qi toward Gerald! Anything that stream passed—including the dishes on the table—instantly had a layer of frost formed on top! What more, the temperature in the room instantly plummeted as well, causing a few of the servants to die on the spot! “What freezing essential qi!” replied Gerald as his eyes sharpened. Just as Gerald was about to counterattack the essential qi, he heard Master Greendrake yell, “Pardon me, Mr. Crawford!” Following that, Master Greedrake struck his palm onto Master Coldwater’s back and began channeling a stream of essential qi into her body! Mr. Sev
“It’s no good! Your masculine aura is affecting our essential qi now…!” wailed the helpless Mr. Sevenom. “Stop this, Coldwater…! Even if you continue, we’ll never be able to win this matchup…! That aside, we’ll get seriously injured as well…!” grumbled Master Greendrake through his voice transmission technique. Though he was unwilling to admit defeat, the damage dealt was getting a bit too unbearable for comfort…! Upon hearing that, Master Coldwater quickly yelled, “Your skills are truly remarkable, Mr. Crawford! With that said, let’s end this now!” “Why thank you! I feel lucky to have won!” replied Gerald, prompting both parties to withdraw their essential qi. Finally freed from the alternating temperatures, Sevenom and Greendrake both ended up stumbling a few steps back. All three of them were utterly appalled. Looking at how beaten up Mr. Sevenom looked, Darkwind couldn’t help but smile as he said, “Your feminine and masculine essential qi is really something else! Had you
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