Albert froze for a second and asked, "How do we destroy it?"Tina gestured toward the back of her hand. "Look at your Ancient Spirit Leaf."At her words, Albert focused his mind and sensed the Ancient Spirit Leaf on his wrist. Streams of information instantly flooded his consciousness.The All-Curse Array manifested alongside the wraith projections of the All-Living Ghost Skin Domain, brimming with overwhelming cursing power. The All-Living Demon Lord erected this array to guard the Wicked Heart Pillars.To shatter the array, the four Summoning Spirit Altars at each cardinal direction must be destroyed.Once the array collapses, all curses will lift of their own accord.Light threads weaved out from Albert’s Ancient Spirit Leaf to form a map of the water city. Four glaring scarlet light points materialized on the outer perimeter of the citadel—undoubtedly the four Summoning Spirit Altars they sought."Useful intel, and far too late," Albert sighed helplessly. If they had known about t

Tina said jokingly, "There’s nothing I can do. That’s the special trait of souls like ours. We’re poor at head-on combat and offensive strikes, so we have to rely on unorthodox methods instead.""Feeding on others’ essence blood… it feels rather sinister," Albert pinched the blood bead glistening like a crimson pearl and frowned."Quit being so squeamish!" Tina rolled her eyes at him. She would never have condensed this essence blood bead if Albert were not her only ticket into the Dragon Vein Guards.Albert tossed the bead into his mouth with a grin. A warm current instantly circulated through his body, sweeping away the weakness in his legs brought on by the earlier loss of essence blood and filling his limbs with renewed vigor."Incredible," Albert muttered in genuine admiration. When it came to pure combat prowess, Tina might not appear overwhelmingly formidable, but her array of supportive abilities made her the most reassuring safeguard any teammate could ask for.No wonder both

"Senior Tina, I will back you up." Albert stepped forward without a trace of fear, even standing before the two High Wraith Fiends.Six brilliant stellar orbs materialized behind his back in an instant.Right after that, he detonated every golden water bead sealed within his Water Phase Palace. The primal essence contained within the beads surged forth and fused with his soul force.The six stellar orbs blazing behind Albert abruptly expanded and multiplied into eight complete stars.Faintly hovering just outside the eighth orb was a tiny glimmer of light—the embryonic form of a ninth stellar orb. The Nine-Star Heavenly Realm was an exceedingly extraordinary threshold, however, and even manifesting its rudimentary shape briefly required overcoming an insurmountable heavenly barrier.Tina glanced at the stellar array floating behind Albert. Though his combat power far outshone others at his cultivation rank, posing a lethal threat to High Wraith Fiends would prove no simple task. More

"Grand Blood Poison Art!"This secret art works by fusing the user’s own essence blood with a toxin to craft a unique blood poison. The ferocity of this blood poison is determined by the respective potency of one’s essence blood and the blended toxin.Albert bears a Supreme Bloodline, with Heavenly Dragon Qi coursing through his bloodstream. When it comes to the purity and grade of his blood, it undoubtedly ranks among the finest and most powerful in existence.The Twin Heterogeneous Poison is vicious in its own right, capable of dealing fatal blows to cultivators of the Peak Advanced Heavenly Spirit Realm. If these two forces merge, the resulting poison mist will possess an overwhelmingly domineering power beyond imagination.This was a trump card Albert had held onto and never unleashed until now.As Albert channeled the Grand Blood Poison Art, his essence blood collided violently with the Twin Heterogeneous Poison inside his body. The excruciating pain contorted his handsome featur

"He is also the only person in our academy who has mastered the Ten-Thousand Slash Bone Refining Art.""The Ten-Thousand Slash Bone Refining Art?" Albert asked, suspecting this was an extremely brutal practice just from the name alone.The disciple of Holy Radiance Ancient Academy spoke with a tone of admiration. "It is a high-tier secret art exclusive to our academy. Cultivating it feels as though countless blades are slicing into your bones, bringing agonizing torment far beyond what ordinary people can endure. Its greatest merit lies in requiring very few cultivation materials, earning it the moniker of the Commoner’s Secret Art. Among all recent batches of students, only Senior Peter has managed to fully cultivate it. For that reason, many students from humble family backgrounds look up to him as their idol across our academy."A sense of genuine admiration for Peter stirred within Albert after hearing the explanation. Enduring such inhuman agony spoke volumes about his iron willp