LOGINBarlin felt he missed out big time when he couldn't make it through the Gate of Transcendence, but seeing Charlie now, he was thanking fate for sending him alms—like a farmer who found a gold nugget while plowing.After all, Fleur had issued a very generous bounty on the mysterious enemy that had been killing Qing Eliminating Society's bigwigs and destroying their bases. While Barlin himself wasn't going to be appointed as a military governor, Fleur definitely couldn't complain as she handed over scores of mystic treasures and pills!Charlie was ready and wary for a fight to the death, but he knew how to read people, and dissed Barlin despite having no chance to win, "Come on, geezer! You've been hiding like a rat from the Americans this long, don't even think you can impress me!""So it's you!!!" Barlin hollered, his eyes narrowing sharply. "And here I thought the Japanese messed up, but it's you who screwed me over?!""Haha! That's for sure!" Charlie laughed out loud and scof
However, no matter how Charlie ran, he was not avoiding Barlin's side.He had yet to land when Barlin rushed out of the icy cave, and he had to aim his landing to the west and kept running once his feet touched ground.Neither of them could fly, and didn't have flying swords they could sword surf on—or know the technique, for that matter.All they could do was keep running across the icy plains at superhuman speed.Charlie was quick, but Barlin kept closing in on him, his smile cold and gradually confident as he leered at Charlie like prey.He didn't even have to chase down Charlie either—he could start attacking once he was within range, around a hundred feet.Charlie himself never fought actual cultivators, but he knew that the worst thing one could do against a stronger opponent was to turn one's back on them.Fight head-on, and he just might have a chance.Keep his back to his enemies, and it would be a lethal stab to the back.However, Charlie couldn't be blamed for cowar
Barlin's Reiki sense was a class above Charlie's.On one hand, while his cultivation was definitely higher, it was also awkward that he didn't have much chance to replenish his Reiki—unlike Charlie, who had ample amounts of pills to recover.Hence, like a starving beggar, he was sharper when it came to the smell of food, his body hair standing and tingling when Charlie's Reiki reached him.He didn't hide his Reiki presence since he was in a cave this deep, and the surface was no man's land. Charlie flinched in surprise when his Reiki found Barlin, and he immediately realized that it was a cultivator and one much stronger than himself.He now knew for a fact that there were two cultivators in Antarctica, the first being himself and the other being the Qing Eliminating Society elder he had screwed over.So it goes without saying who the cultivator at the underground cave was.Though thrilled for a moment, he was ready to run but still stopped to glare at the arrow up in the skies
Charlie had tried to change headings—maybe redirect the arrow and see how it reacted, but it kept pointing in the same direction, no matter how he moved, just like a compass.He got a little excited, sensing that the entity was determined to guide him there.As he began to approach the icy pit Barlin dug, the arrow started to shift to a sloping angle, forming an angle with the horizon that tilts upward.Delighted, Charlie kept running as he realized he was reaching his destination, while feeling fortunate that he didn't have to go to the actual heart of the South Pole.Meanwhile, Barlin wasn't paying attention to his surroundings.His Reiki would wane in intensity if he tried to project it through over thousands of feet of ice. He could sense what was in the pit and not the surface, so he didn't bother trying.That was why he was slacking more than Charlie expected, not bothered to waste Reiki on his surroundings since he was most likely the only cultivator on the continent. Th
That was when Barlin had an idea that sent chills down his spine.The fact that he couldn't get through the ward to see what's behind it only filled him with fear—fear of the scale of power wielded by cultivators before the Degenerate Age of Dharma.Hence, he started to think about where he should go from here instead.But since he had no better place to be, he could just stay here and take a crack at the ancient ward, until polar summer arrived and the Roaring Forties calmed down enough for commercial vessels to pass through.It was all the more happier that he somehow found a breakthrough before that. If he couldn't, he just had to return to the Qing Eliminating Society and report his findings.He just had to come clean with Fleur.She would most definitely get upset about hiding the myth of the Gate of Transcendence from her, but he could just play dumb and call it hearsay that somehow was reality all along.And with that, he could let Fleur take a crack at the ward herself w
However, after digging over three thousand feet and confirming that it was ruins left by superior cultivators who existed before the Degenerate Age of Dharma, Dharma found himself unable to advance at all.Barlin was therefore getting really grumpy as he burned through more Reiki and blasted his way through the dark cave, finding any possible contraptions that could open the entrance. He now carved a sloping edge of the ice until it looked like a giant tent, exposing the rock.But to his dismay, even if he cut through the ice effortlessly before, the rock around the cave entrance was somehow harder than steel.In fact, even with his full strength, the flying sword didn't even leave a scratch on the rock.The ward protected not just the cave entrance, but the entire surface of the cave!He had no idea how long the ward extended, but it must have the area of effect of a cuboid. Beyond it, rock was rock, but within it, rock was tougher than rock.And the stalwartness of the ward w
As a close friend of Charlie's father, Raymond hoped that Charlie would not repeat Curtis's mistakes, but Charlie's remarks made him realize that Curtis's and Charlie's lives had already been determined when Curtis decided to study the Preface of the Apocalyptic Book. Charlie's life was also destine
Gideon understood that the other party's worth, influence, background, and confidence far exceeded his own. So, although he felt a bit regretful, there wasn't any negative emotion to speak of.However, he was still curious and asked, “Miss Schulz, why would a big company like Schulz Group be interest
So, just as he got into the car and was ready to go home after work, he hung up Gideon's call and immediately headed to the main gate of the base to wait. At the same time, Charlie also received a call from Sophie. As soon as the call was connected, Sophie respectfully said, “Mr. Wade, Violet Group
The prison guard nodded and left the cell with the other two guards, ignoring Charlie.Then, the gate closed on its own.As soon as the guards left, the dozen men who were standing in line relaxed their shoulders and moved away casually. The muscular man named Dean glared at Charlie and sneered, "Hey,







