"That figure you saw over there wasn’t the real her. Her story might be true or a lie, but one thing I was sure of was that she was trying to convince me not to go for ulterior motives. I knew this because she tried to use a soul technique on me back then.That’s why I suddenly became uninterested.""Oh." The two-headed Minotaur was shocked.So that wasn’t even her real form. But how did he know?"Do you think she knows you saw her true form?" Kael asked."No. Also, what you saw there wasn’t light energy. It was actually darkness energy, but the illusion made it appear like light.""Mysterious. That’s why my ancestors don’t come here anymore. According to my dad, these lands are filled with mystery and death," Kael said.They continued on their way. Soon, they arrived at a huge flower patch.The flowers were strange, unnaturally tall. The entire area was filled with them, stretching endlessly in every direction."These are not ordinary flowers." Kael frowned.Samuel paused, rememberin

They sank their teeth into her flesh and devoured her alive.“Vile.” Samuel raised his hand and unleashed a surge of flames. Fire roared outward, swallowing them whole as their bodies ignited. Their screams tore through the air, but unlike before, their movements fell apart completely.Some lunged at him in blind frenzy, others turned to flee, and most staggered in chaotic confusion, crashing into one another as the flames consumed them.Samuel stepped forward instead of retreating. His figure blurred as he closed the distance, weaving through the chaos. One creature leapt at him, jaws wide. He sidestepped at the last instant, seized its skull, and slammed it into the ground with crushing force before finishing it with a burst of fire at point-blank range.Another clawed toward his back. He twisted, drove his elbow into its throat, and followed with a sharp arc of flame that cleaved through its body.By the time the fire died down, nothing remained but charred corpses and drifting ash

Samuel traveled for two hours. He knew he was getting closer.Suddenly, he stopped and closed his eyes. Something wasn’t right.In the next instant, he vanished.A mass of black energy slammed into the spot where he had stood moments before. Everything caught within it withered and died, life snuffed out in a single breath.Samuel inhaled sharply as he reappeared at a distance.A woman in a dark gown emerged, her presence suffocating. Wherever her feet touched, black energy bled outward like a creeping plague, devouring the ground in widening rings.“I knew you would come for me,” Samuel said with a sigh.She paused.“You remember me?” she asked.“Yes. The so-called saintess who appeared at that Soul Hall."“Ha, to think I had underestimated you. Nobody has ever been able to see through me before.” She frowned."Tell me, what do you want?” Samuel asked boredly.“Your soul,” she replied.“Oh, nice. But there were plenty of souls in that hall. You could have taken as many as you wanted

Samuel lay down, resting calmly instead of kneeling in a cultivation posture as he normally did.He had killed many fiend beasts by now and had reached the seventh level of the Golden Core Realm, already nearing the eighth. With just a small push, he would break through.He rose to his feet at last, taking out a beast core and chewing it like a snack."You are very powerful," someone said suddenly."I was wondering how long you planned to hide," Samuel replied casually as he walked toward the fiend beast he had used to set traps.A slight frown formed on his face. The carcass was no longer fresh and was no longer ideal for reuse. It wouldn’t be able to attract powerful beasts anymore. Without hesitation, he stored it away and moved toward the massive giant ape he had just killed."You knew I was here all along?"He ignored the voice. Taking out a prepared mixture, he began rubbing it across the ape’s enormous body, spreading it carefully along the thick fur and exposed flesh."Is that

A phantom dragon coiled around his arm, its jaws thrown wide in a silent roar as the energy compressed tighter and tighter.Then it collapsed.All that power folded inward and converged into a single, devastating punch.BOOM!His fist drove straight into the tiger’s ribs.The impact detonated like thunder, a shockwave ripping through the air.He struck the exact point where the tiger was already injured.The tiger howled, its massive body convulsing from the precise blow.Samuel had done it on purpose.Through his Divine Vision, he saw every damaged section beneath its hide with perfect clarity, and he carved into those weaknesses without hesitation.“You ant!”The tiger lashed out in fury.Its paw tore forward again, ripping through the air.Samuel vanished sideways, his body slipping past the strike by a hair’s breadth.But the paw didn’t stop.It kept going.Daguni barely raised his spear in time before the massive limb crashed into him.BOOM!The force launched him like a snapped