“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
Following that, Gerald gave a nod and left with the others… Once they had walked quite a distance away, Lyndon couldn’t help but ask in surprise, “…Why did you agree so easily, Mr. Crawford? Have you forgotten that those four are demons…?” “Lyndon, has Mr. Crawford ever made a decision without a plan? That aside, I don’t think we’ll be able to enter far into the tomb if it’s only the three of us. After all, despite being so strong, those demons have yet to enter the tomb after all this time, making it clear that that place is just that dangerous! With all that said, just as Mr. Crawford earlier stated, nothing ventured, nothing gained,” replied Darkwind. “…I guess you’re right. My bad for not looking further ahead!” said Lyndon with a nod. “Now that things have come to this, we need to remain calm and avoid taking risks. Though we’ll need to wait a bit, it’s fine since we now have better odds of locating the Yinblood pellets! Still, to think that the mastermind has yet to make
“How dare a small church like yours look down on me? I, Ryder Weir, shall demolish this place to vent my anger today…!” roared an elderly voice! Following that, several explosive sounds could be heard! Shortly after, the door was smashed to pieces and a few priests were flung into the room! After witnessing all this, the old man couldn’t help but smile as he said, “To think that so many new talents have emerged while I was on that mountain in the past thousand years… Here comes another Domiensch Master…!” Mere seconds after he said that, a hurricane blew into the room… and standing on it, was Ryder. Once Ryder was close enough to the old man, he quickly dematerialized it. “So, you call yourself the Thunder Swordlord? How dare you barge into my church!” growled the infuriated Master Trilight. Just as she was about to activate her angelic artifact, however, the old man extended his hand before her while yelling, “Hold it!” After that, the old man chuckled while shaking his he
“Apologies, but now that you’ve come here, it won’t be that easy to leave!” said the old man with a laugh. Not wanting to stay here a minute longer, Ryder then yelled, “Domonic Shadow Split!” Unfortunately for him, the second he split in half, he was quickly enveloped by a black light… and in the end, his two halves were forcefully reconnected! Before he could react, a massive force smashed him onto the ground, and the impact was so great that veins bulged on his forehead in no time flat! Now looking incredibly fearful, the old man nervously whimpered, “I… I didn’t know you were this strong…! I admit defeat, senior…!” Chuckling in response, the old man then said, “You’re a smart one… And your physique is rather extraordinary as well. You also seem to have a rare knack for cultivation. With all that said, what do you think about me taking you under my wing? If you agree, I’ll give you a blessing which will allow your strength to further improve.” “…Is… that really true…?” aske
Regardless, the old man eventually said, “Now that I’ve granted you this power, make sure to obediently stay with Greendrake!” “Of course, senior!” replied Ryder with a nod. Naturally, Gerald had no idea that his old friend—who had been in hiding all this time—was now this close to him… Regardless, after returning to Marcel’s manor, something odd happened once night fell. Right across the manor, was a luxurious mountain villa that went by the name of Ventiluna Manor. Though it was usually empty, tonight, it was brightly lit and crowded with guests. “…You know, the mega manor across the street belongs to the Zandts… However, the place is rarely used, and it’s never even been opened to the public before… I really can’t fathom why there are so many guests there today…” muttered Marcel. “I found out about that a while back, which is why I sent Lyndon over to investigate. He should be back any minute now…” replied Gerald who had a feeling that these people were here for the upcomi
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