“It’s simple. Accept my spiritual imprint,” he said calmly.The prisoners exchanged glances among themselves. Accept his spiritual imprint? Is that all? That was the so-called condition? They wondered if it was a joke or some kind of trap.“Is that all?” the man who had spoken first asked again.“That’s all.” Samuel smiled confidently. All of them would surely agree. After all, a spiritual imprint was never something harmful.Samuel had realized that his master-and-servant binding technique did not exist anywhere in this world. After conducting some research, he discovered something similar, yet unfamiliar to him.Spiritual imprint.It was like branding a person with your spiritual consciousness. Once branded, you would be able to know the person’s location no matter where they were.Just like the binding technique, the recipient had to accept the imprint into their spiritual consciousness or soul. Once they accepted it, they would be branded for life, and their location would always

Stany realized he was in serious trouble. At first, he had believed he could handle them. Even after Nina joined the fight, he thought it would not matter. He believed he could deal with even three people at the same level as himself. Unfortunately, he realized the truth far too late.Nina alone was already enough to defeat him. With the addition of Gilbert and Trisha, his situation became completely dire.The rest did not dare move closer. None of them wanted to die so early. Although they were all in the Golden Core realm, the gap between their strength and Stany’s was still two levels. One careless strike from him was all it would take to end their lives.Instead, they turned their attention to the group of Core Formation experts. Even though those experts were severely weakened, they were far easier to deal with. Robert was also captured, but he was not killed.Because he had walked together with Stany, they assumed he was someone important. They kept him alive in case they needed

“What’s it, Sheena?” Sophie asked in shock. Everyone knew she had always been best friends with Sheena.“You think I don’t know you have been giving information about all my movements to the sect leader?” Sheena said coldly. “You even told her who Sam is. You are the reason she became so invested in finding a husband for me.“It was never like this before. You ruined my life.”“How did you…?” Sophie asked, stunned.“I have my ways, Sophie.” Sheena smirked.“Listen, Sheena. I had your well-being at heart. Sam is not worthy of you. He’s just a very weak man. Besides, even if I didn’t tell her, you couldn’t possibly hide your relationship forever, could you?” Sophie reasoned.Sheena did not say another word. She was worried about her father, seeing that he looked like he was about to say something. What if he was punished because of her again?Harold seemed to understand her thoughts and stepped forward.“Where are you going, Harold?” Margaret asked coldly.“To speak to my daughter, of c

“What’s going on?” he asked as he approached.Albert realized their loud voices had sent the wrong message.“I’m sorry to disturb you, Sam. It’s nothing serious. We’re just having some creative differences. I’ll have it settled now,” he assured him.Samuel nodded. He didn’t care about their internal affairs as long as it didn’t affect his plans. The two engineers immediately lowered their voices.Eric and Nina walked up behind him as they waited. After a while, Albert finally stepped away and walked toward them.“How is it?” Samuel asked.Albert was already fully informed about what he was here for.“The land here is good, although we would need to deploy large testing machines to get accurate estimates. Still, I can give a rough figure based on my experience.“Oh, go ahead,” Samuel said, nodding.“I think building a dock with six berths will cost around half a billion dollars,” he reported.“And for residences, power plants, factories, telecom infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and

Samuel strolled casually around the island, watching as everyone tucked in their tents for the night.Nina had already set up her own tent, but when she noticed that Samuel looked as though he intended to remain outside, she frowned. She stepped away from her tent and walked over to him.“Aren’t you going to sleep tonight?” she asked softly.“No. Everyone can’t just sleep,” he replied in a low voice. “Someone has to guide the tents while everyone else is asleep.”“Then that should be me or Eric,” she said. “It’s your subordinates’ job to guide you, not the other way around.”“Eric is not my subordinate, and you are more than just a subordinate to me,” he said calmly. “In short, I no longer see you as one. Don’t worry about me. Nothing will happen even if I don’t sleep for days. Go and rest.”Nina walked a short distance away, picked up a rock, and placed it beside Samuel. Then she sat down next to him.Samuel looked at her in surprise, but he did not say anything to discourage her. Kn