“Well that’s neat,” said Gerald with a chuckle, clearly pleased and excited to finally be able to feel the surge of power within his body… “No wonder so many people are after the Herculean Primordial Spirit… I was simply unaware of how magical it was till this point! After all, it’s only taken me three months to be able to fully grasp the Thordifussion and Velement Methods!” exclaimed Gerald as his divine sense continued exploring the environment… While withdrawing his divine sense, however, Gerald couldn’t help but sense a faint hint of life within a large pile of debris beside the Red River. With how faint it was, it was clear that the individual had used the Ghost Breath Method to prolong their death. “…Could… that be Uncle Zeman?” said Gerald to himself as his brows furrowed. Though Gerald wasn’t able to traverse the Red River before this, he now had the ability to transform and rejuvenate. With that in mind, the river’s corrosion was no longer an issue for him. Regardless,

As for the flabbergasted Walter—who was momentarily too stunned to say a word—, he eventually gulped before asking, “…W-what on earth was that, Gerald…?” Now feeling more confident, Gerald simply replied, “That was the Start Shift tactic! It’s a Velement Method! With it, I was able to give this beast a taste of its own attack!” Upon hearing that, the Redflame Dragon was instantly enraged again. Though it would have remained frightened in the past, it had been imprisoned for far too long. With that in mind, it was now turning its hostility into power! Suddenly lifting off the ground again, the dragon then did a flip in the air before rapidly swiping its tail, sending an aerial shockwave toward Gerald! In response, Gerald sent his own shockwave out! In the end, however, Gerald’s was more powerful, and the dragon ended up getting knocked to the ground again! Trembling as it slowly got up, it was clear that it hadn’t expected this mere human to be this powerful. Now knowing that i

At that moment, Ryder—who was sitting by the cave’s entrance that was about a hundred miles away from Gerald—couldn’t help but open his eyes as he muttered, “…Who was that?” While other people might have mistaken that the explosive sound was just thunder, an advanced cultivator like Ryder could easily tell that the sound actually came from a devastating pressure that came from an even stronger wave of qi… “Was that… a formation? Who on earth is even capable enough to create such a powerful formation? It’s arguably even stronger than the Zeman’s Lonsdaleite Extermination Formation!” muttered Ryder as he frowned slightly. “I wonder if it could’ve been the result of a powerful martial art instead… But that makes even less sense! After all, not even my Seventh Sword Rain is strong enough to exert such widespread damage!” added Ryder, his eyebrows furrowing more and more as he thought about it. Though he said that, he honestly preferred his second speculation more. Whatever the case

Even if he had to sacrifice half of his Triton qi, so be it! His palm now inches away from Gerald’s chest, Ryder couldn’t help but laugh maniacally as he roared, “Die…!” However, his laughter soon came to a stop when he realized that all his palm’s power had vanished! Stupefied, Ryder immediately exclaimed, “…W-what?! Where did all my strength go?!” Ryder’s question was answered the very next second… When all his palm’s power was fired out from Gerald’s back! In the end, the power of Ryder’s Thunderous Bone-crushing Palm was redirected toward the old man’s remaining disciples, and screams of agony soon filled the air…! As it turned out, Gerald had just used one of his divine moves, Bloombaum Shifting! “…W-what…?!” exclaimed the stunned Ryder. Unfortunately for him, Gerald wasn’t about to give him any time to recover. With that in mind, the boy began executing his third sword style while yelling, “Mokinfinite!” “Curses…!” growled Ryder whose hair was already standing on end.

Now that Gerald had been exposed to all this, he wondered if the ‘sage’ he had previously met—while trying to locate the Zircobsite in Mayberry City’s Mountain Top Villa—was actually just a beginner cultivator like the high elders in Yanam… As for the existence of ‘great masters,’ the cryptic families may have simply been exaggerating as they passed down the legends to their successors. That certainly explained why Gerald had previously been so helpless in the presence of a real cultivator like Ryder. Back then, he couldn’t even lay a finger on that old man… Regardless, Gerald finally knew the proper process of cultivation. Since he now knew the most supreme cultivation methods as well, he didn’t have to resort to using his mortal body to fight against someone with a holy body anymore. Come to think of it, just like Sister Indigo and the rest, his previous reincarnations may have been able to attain Immortal Bodies. After all, they were able to form primordial spirits that eventu