“Humph! I know, Gerald must’ve been weirded out from sitting there all alone. I bet he ran away all on his own! That scaredy-cat!”Xyla seemed to have found something which she could rant on and on about.Vincy only shook her head slightly in resignation. Currently, she wanted to give Gerald a call and ask him where he had gone. But after seeing how infuriated Lennard appeared, she refrained from making that call. Gerald finally knew about the theme of Chairman Gordon’s party that day when Chairman Gordon mentioned Mountain Top Villa in Mayberry. He was afraid that things would get awkward if he lingered around there any longer.It would be bad if the others recognized him. Especially in front of Xyla. Gerald walked out of the hall before crap hit the fan.After all, he went there to have some fun at Vincy’s request. But he still had a lot of things which he needed to deal with, which was partly why he couldn’t stay there for very long.He was about to return to his ro
“I know it, Gerald. Is it because of the two-day outing in Howard County that Marven organized for tomorrow morning? Have the two of you come here in advance?” Mindy asked.“Ah? Oh, that’s right. It’s just that Marven isn’t here yet. I came beforehand just to book the hotel room. What a coincidence to see you here as well! Could it be that you came here early just because you want to sightsee around here?” Gerald took a glance at the bodyguards who were brought by Jasmine. “Marven told me that you liked traveling.” Gerald thought that both Mindy and Jasmine had discovered that he was there to look for the maid too. It was why he acted anxiously for a moment. However, hearing their answer made him heave a long sigh in relief. He then took the chance to get off the hook. “Tsk! What are you talking about? We’re not good-for-nothings after all. We’re just…” Mindy rolled her eyes at Gerald. She wanted to explain herself. But Jasmine shot a glance at Mindy quickly to warn he
“You don’t have to be like that. Ah, to be frank, tracking a thing down is easy peasy. What I’m worried about now is that there’s indeed another group of influential people who shares the same aim as us. As if that isn’t bad enough, it seems that their level of expertise is on par with the professionals we have on our team. That’s what I need to worry about!” Jasmine massaged her brow ridge as she said, “Looks like we’re a step ahead of them. But it’s not as useful as you think. We’re out in the open but our enemies are still well-hidden from us. There’s a possibility that they'll launch a surprise attack at any moment. Worse still, our Fenderson family might be exposed just like that. We don’t even know who they are. That’s why I have been acting gloomy and anxious all this while!” “Haha! Is that so? Now that’s easy peasy. I have a way!” Mindy said happily. “You?” Jasmine smiled slightly. “Hmph! Jasmine, you might think that I’m a carefree girl. But I’m quite smart too. This
“Let’s go. You’re overthinking this!” Mindy dragged Gerald out of the room directly. Gerald was quite curious too. ‘Why? Does Mindy want to meet me? What is this about?’After they entered the room, Mindy signaled for Gerald to shut his mouth. “Mindy, are you back?” At that moment, they heard Jasmine’s voice from the bathroom. After that, Jasmine opened the door and walked out of the bathroom. The next moment, Gerald was stunned by what he saw. He saw Jasmine’s black hair hanging loosely around her neck. At that moment, she only wore top pajamas, and her fair and curvaceous legs were exposed. Clearly, she had just come out of the shower. She was using the towel to dry her hair as she spoke to Mindy. “Ah!” What surprised her was the sight of Gerald standing in the middle of the room, staring at her with his eyes wide open.Jasmine’s cute face became flushed red instantly. She immediately dashed back into the bathroom to hide. Certainly, she had never appeared lik
Gerald then nodded. “Sure thing!”After he left, Jasmine pinched Mindy’s ear. “You! Why you! You wicked girl! Luckily, thank goodness I had my top on just now. If not for that, you’ll definitely!” When Jasmine thought about the awkward situation she found herself in moments ago, it only then did fear start taking hold of her. She had nothing but resentment for Mindy following what she did.“There, there. Didn’t I accomplish my mission? My hunch was right after all. Gerald does like you. I’m sure you’re unaware of it. I mean, his eyes were practically all over you!” “How dare you bring it up again? I’ll smother you to death!” …In a manor. There were around five luxury cars that rolled through the front gates.After that, a group of people filed out of their respective vehicles and headed straight for the entrance of the building.“Master Yael, all the helpers are here.” A person who looked like a butler led the group of people into the grand building. “Master Yael, n
“Yunus! Indeed, it’s been a long time since we last met! I was delighted when you said you were coming to see me!” exclaimed Yael with a beaming smile the moment he saw Yunus.“By the way, how are your parents at home? There was a time when my old man kept bugging me to go to Yanken to pay your dad a visit!” “Thanks for asking, Yael. They’re alright!” Yunus said. Yael gestured for Yunus to take a seat. “What happened? I heard that your dad punished you? Did he ground you for half a month?” “Hmph! I don’t wanna talk about it. I get pissed every time I talk about that incident. By the way, Yael, let’s talk about your affair. I’ve brought my men with me. I believe you’ve met them too. They’re all from North Africa, and all experts in their own fields!” “I did meet them just now. Yunus, I’ve got to say, I’m impressed!” “Good! Then let’s celebrate and pray for the success of your mission tomorrow!” …The next day. Marven and the others came too. Gerald had made the nece
The tone in which he spoke sounded firm. There was a cigarette dangling between his lips as they moved. “That’s right. Go have fun with your friends now! Stop asking so many questions!” The other guys echoed what he said. “You… How could you talk to me like that? Gerald! Don’t you want to discipline them? Listen to how they’re talking to me right now!” Stella peeked at Gerald, who was standing nearby, with an angry expression. Only then did Gerald tilt his head to look in her direction. “That’s enough, Marven. Let’s not get bogged down in this matter, alright? Time to go!”“Alright, Gerald!” Marven nodded immediately. After that, they got into the car. Marven had not gotten his driving license yet. Hence, Gerald had no other choice but to bring out his Mercedes-Benz MPV to ferry his friends around. But Stella wasn’t going to let them slip away that easily.Seeing that Gerald still chose to ignore her, she ran to the co-passenger seat and hopped into the vehicle
Winterbourne Village was a stone’s throw away from Howard County. They located the family which Mindy had specified for them to look for upon reaching their destination. A middle-aged woman opened the door for them. What set her apart from any other woman of her age were the burn scars that peppered her entire face. She seemed rather frightened by their presence.“Who are you looking for?” The woman was visibly stunned by Gerald and his friends’ unannounced arrival.She lowered her head to hide her scars, perhaps due to embarrassment or perhaps out of fear of scaring the strangers. “Ma’am, it’s nice to meet you. May I know if you're Xenia's cousin? She said that she asked you to keep something special for her. We’re here to retrieve it. She told us that you’ll understand it after reading this letter.” Jasmine walked over and said while handing her a letter.The woman looked at the letter. She then stole a couple of glances at Jasmine before nodding in response.“Very we
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