More terrifyingly, Philip showed no signs of stopping. If Manta had not saved him in time, maybe it would not have been as simple as breaking his energy core. If his energy core had been blasted into pieces, no one could save him then. Harris felt a lingering fear and felt even more resentful of Philip. After leaving the room, Manta headed to Jewel Hill. The biggest and most evil crooks in the guild were imprisoned on this mountain. Jewel Hill was a place with a natural barrier. Moreover, the elders and guild leader had set various traps so the captives had no way to escape at all. The crooks imprisoned here were still allowed to practice. The guild neither gave up on them nor deprived them of their right to practice but gave them the chance to grow instead. The purpose had to be out of the ordinary. As soon as Manta stepped into Jewel Hill, he saw a bunch of people bored out of their minds. They were sitting at the entrance of the barrier with their legs crossed as if wa
Manta left them some instructions, and everyone was astounded. No one thought that a gentle and elegant person like Manta would kill his fellow guild member. “Manta, isn’t this a little unethical? He’s a fellow guild member!” “Our usual tasks are killing bandits or disobedient practitioners. It’s a little far-fetched to kill someone of our own.” Some people were curious and expressed their opinions. No one had taken up this task so far, maybe still pondering over it. In fact, everyone knew that in-fighting was commonplace. However, they were unwilling to take the blame for Manta. If it were a personal grudge, killing the other party was simply taking revenge. Doing it for Manta would be a stretch. “Stop your pretentious act. Have you not killed anyone before? You were imprisoned here because you harmed your fellow guild members.” Manta felt so angry at their righteous act that his whole body shook. These shameless people dared to point fingers at him, taking the moral hig
Some of them had women they liked, but these women were often engaged in an unsavory line of work. When they finally had time to see the women they loved but they were taken by other customers, they would get angry and cause trouble. Although Manta was exasperated, he could only put up with it. After all, there was nothing he could do. These people had a special status. He had to please them if he wanted their help to complete some questionable tasks. He quickly shared the details of the mission. Then, Byron took his weapon and left Jewel Hill with a smile. With Manta's token, he could leave Jewel Hill without a hitch. After leaving the mountain, Byron breathed in the fresh air around him. “The air doesn’t seem that good. I think Jewel Hill is better. The land is vast and sparsely populated with outstanding people,” Byron marveled. Manta just glanced at him silently. He did not like such talkative people. “Hurry up and complete the mission. He’s in that room. You can ha
Byron was lucky enough to barge in, so he heard the conversation between the two. His arrival caused a bout of panic. Harris and Lark scuttled around to hide, trying to pretend that the room was empty, but the room was so small that it was futile. Harris scowled at the sight of Byron. “Why are you here?” Harris knew who Byron was, so he was shocked to see Byron out of Jewel Hill. In his position, Harris did not know about the guild's dirty dealings, so he subconsciously thought that Byron had sneaked out. “You’re one weird guy. It’s none of your business why I'm here. But I overheard your earlier conversation. Who's the man you were talking about? I may consider not killing you if I’m happy with your answer,” Byron threatened. He did not have a good impression of Harris, who looked so ugly that Byron was sick to the stomach at the sight of him. Byron was very concerned about beautiful appearances and would usually deal with good-looking people. It would be an insult t
Byron sneered at Lark’s pathetic display. “What a loser. As I said, I won’t kill you.” After saying this, Byron turned and left with his head held high. Byron had always followed the rules and would never kill anyone outside of the mission. Manta gave him two days of freedom just to kill Harris. He would not gain anything by killing Lark. “T-Thank you.” As Byron turned to leave, Lark knelt to Byron as thanks for not killing him. Without further ado, Byron went to Imperial City as quickly as possible. This place was not far from Imperial City. As a member of the Spada Guild, it took him no time to enter the city. Members of major guilds had an exclusive passage to enter the city without queueing up. After entering Imperial City, Byron searched around for traces of Philip. According to Lark's description, he glanced around the street but did not see a handsome man. Byron pondered over Lark’s words. Philip’s clothes were significantly different from the locals, obvious
Manta smiled when he saw the maid taking a hit. “After such a long time, your temper is still as bad as ever. Learning to respect others is more important than anything else.” Manta pulled up a chair and sat next to Dustin while signaling the maid to leave. The maid’s eyes lit up at the sight of the hero saving a damsel in distress. Dustin heard someone speaking and looked up indifferently. The next second, he trembled in fear at the sight of the senior apprentice of the Spada Guild. “Oh, what brings you here? Why didn't you tell me that you were coming so that I could greet you at the door?” Dustin flattered Manta like a lapdog. Although Manta was not skilled in making pills or weapons, he was so strong that he was not to be trifled with. Dustin thought he could forge a good relationship with Manta and see if they could do some business dealings. “I'm here to see you for something important, of course.” Manta's attitude was not very good. He had always looked down on
Dustin solemnly took the cleaver from Manta and observed it in puzzlement. In his opinion, this thing was quite extraordinary. He realized the gravity of the issue when Manta took it out. This cleaver was simply unbelievable! At that moment, he felt the power of a divine artifact. As an engraver, he owned something similar to a divine artifact. However, Manta’s weapon was more powerful than his engraving knife, and Dustin was tempted by it. “This weapon?” Dustin looked at the weapon longingly and stroked it gently as if he were completely mesmerized by it. “Huh? Something’s wrong. Why is the killing intent and powerful strength of this weapon declining?” Dustin said seriously as if he just realized something. He scowled. Manta silently looked at Dustin and observed his expression. He was not afraid that Dustin would steal the weapon from him. After all, Dustin was weaker than him. More importantly, it would be useless even if Dustin got hold of it. The weapon would
If that happened, Manta would be punished no matter how important his position was. Thinking of this, Manta tossed this unrealistic idea out of his mind. In his opinion, Philip was just another loser. “This person must have a powerful engraving technique on hand. He should be the most outstanding engraving expert of our generation!” Dustin was lost in his own world, already regarding this person as his idol. “Do you know who it is?” Manta asked. “I have someone in mind, but that person is already dead.” Dustin wanted to find this person too. Seeing his reaction, Manta wanted to tell him about Philip. Dustin was very curious about this person. If possible, Manta could make use of Dustin to find this person. “Do you know Philip Clarke?” Manta asked abruptly. Dustin was dumbfounded. He stared at Manta, at a loss for words. “Are you on good terms with Philip?” Manta glanced at Dustin warily. Seeing Dustin’s anxiety, Manta relaxed. “No, I have beef with him,” Manta
“What do we do with him?” Carlos asked. He wanted to skin the hooded man alive. Rabbit bared his teeth. “Kill him! Take off his clothes and hang him outside for everyone to see!” At this time, Alain finally noticed the commotion on this side. They were very noisy, so everyone kept looking over, trying to see what happened. Alain saw a familiar man lying on the ground. “What’s going on?” He walked over for a closer look and saw the hooded man! “What’s this? How could this happen?” Alain was dumbfounded. The onlookers had been watching, so they knew the situation. “What happened?” Alain asked in agony, wondering what happened. A kind onlooker explained, “Oh, don’t you know? That rabbit knocked the hooded man out!” Alain was taken aback by that remark. “How is that possible?” Alain was full of disbelief and thought someone had done something behind the scenes. Although he knew that the rabbit was powerful, he did not think it was strong enough to deal with the hooded
“You went too far! I’m well-respected wherever I go. How dare you treat me as a pet?” Although Rabbit had lost his memories after turning into an inanimate puppet, he could still deduce what had happened from Philip’s remarks. The hooded man was embarrassed to hear a rabbit reprimanding him. “If I can take you as my pet, that’s just a testament to my ability. If Philip couldn’t control you, what’s the big deal if I took you for my own?” The hooded man had always seen Rabbit as a pet, never a friend. Rabbit’s only purpose was to entertain him and fight for him. “Philip, leave this guy to me.” Rabbit was eager to take care of this guy. Carlos glared at the hooded man, certain that he had never seen him before. The hooded man also turned his attention to Carlos. From the match earlier, he knew that Carlos was from the Celestial Palace. In that case, he would have no reservations. He wanted to get to know someone from the Celestial Palace anyway. He ignored Philip and Rabbit
“What?” Carlos suddenly felt that maybe that rabbit in the hooded man's arms was Philip’s pet. “Stay here. I’ll take a closer look. I have a feeling that the guy is more than meets the eye. I think he was the one sneaking around my house.” After saying this, Philip walked over briskly. He had never seen such an arrogant thief. The guy was bold enough to appear in public after stealing someone’s rabbit. “Did you steal that rabbit from me?” Philip approached that man and asked solemnly without beating about the bush. The hooded man was taken aback by Philip's direct approach. “When did you appear behind me?” The hooded man was horrified to know that someone had snuck up behind him without his knowledge. It was as if Philip was immaterial. Feeling Philip's strength, the hooded man dared not say another word. He thought he was undefeatable, which was why he decided to watch the fun in person, but he got careless. “Are you saying that this rabbit belongs to you? Why don’t you
Jeff sneered at this scene and knew that it was time for payback. He did not plan to kill Hogster at first. After all, he was the young heir of a guild and represented the Hexa Guild. However, Hogster had pissed him off thoroughly. He had to kill Hogster at all costs. Thinking of this, Jeff raised the sword in his hand and stabbed Hogster. With that, everything was over. Alain closed his eyes at this scene. He shook his head in helpless agony. Due to the technique that he practiced, he could not have another child. Although he had been working hard to groom Hogster over the years, he had not stopped trying to get another child either. However, none of the women could get pregnant! Hogster was his only child so far. Unfortunately, his only son was dead. Under Jeff’s attack, he turned into dust and vanished without a trace! “How did things turn out this way?” Alain aged drastically all of a sudden and looked very haggard. The hooded man watched the scene warily, shocked
“What's going on? What drug did he take? It’s so powerful!” Jeff exclaimed in horror. All his attacks were ineffective, so what about Hogster’s attacks? At this time, Hogster attacked Jeff. His invincible mode would only last a few minutes. He had to seize the opportunity to take Jeff down. However, Hogster was not worried at all. In his opinion, dealing with Jeff was just a matter of seconds. “Go to hell!” Hogster made his move. He launched a killing move without holding back at all. Jeff was no match for Hogster at all. He was sent flying and fell to the ground miserably. Everyone looked at him with pity. Jeff spat a mouthful of blood and looked at Hogster in horror. Hogster had become so strong that he was no match for him at all. “Hehe, is that all you can take?” Hogster sneered. He was about to kill Jeff when the latter took out a pill from his pocket and swallowed it. It was the same pill he had taken earlier. Sure enough, Jeff was back to normal after taking
“Wow, I feel so good as if I just had a massage.” Jeff praised Philip in his mind. After taking the pill, he recovered instantly. Even the ailments he had been suffering from in the past were healed. He was in such good shape that he could face Hogster with no problem. He even felt that he could resist Hogster’s attack this time. Philip nodded. Jeff was quite good. He had thought that Jeff was already defeated and would not even be able to move. However, Jeff forced himself to take out a pill and swallowed it. “He’s quite good at persevering and has a bright future. You can consider grooming him,” Philip said to Jamie. Jamie was surprised to hear such a high assessment from Philip. Jamie attached great importance to Philip's suggestion. Since Philip said so, he would develop Jeff properly. “Aren’t you very full of yourself? Keep going.” Jeff rushed forward and started beating Hogster up. Hogster was already dying and could not put up a fight at all. “Stop!” Hogste
The Hexa Guild had lost the earlier match, so Hogster was upset about it. Their guild should be undefeatable. They should have made a name for themselves by now, but everything was ruined. Although Hogster did not know why the Celestial Palace was so powerful, he had a feeling that they were cheating. “I’m the pride of the Hexa Guild while you’re just an ordinary member. Don't even think about resisting me,” Hogster said calmly, clearly looking down on Jeff. Of course, Jeff was not to be outdone. “My favorite hobby is to beat someone while they're down. Your guild's reputation is so bad anyway. Why bother holding on to it?” His remark struck the Hexa Guild’s sore spot, and all the members scowled at him. Indeed, the Hexa Guild had a very bad reputation. They could only recruit ordinary people who could not join other guilds but yearned to practice. “Hehe, cut the crap. We’ll know the outcome after a fight!” After saying this, Hogster charged at Jeff with a weapon in han
It would do the Hexa Guild no good to keep Vanna alive, so they would not allow it to happen. Although the members of the Hexa Guild were angry, they quickly cheered up. There would be several matches with the Celestial Palace to go. They could not lose their fighting spirit because of this trivial matter. “Let’s see how powerful the Celestial Palace is. I refuse to believe that we’re no match for them.” Hogster decided to take the stage because the upcoming opponent was just an ordinary member of the Celestial Palace. They were not very strong. In his opinion, an ordinary member could not be very strong. It would be easy to win this match, and it would save him a lot of trouble too. It would be bad if he faced a dark horse like the previous match. The hooded man saw the performance of the Celestial Palace and was surprised by their extraordinary strength. However, he did not notice anything unusual. He simply thought that it was their usual strength. Since they were so str
“This is interesting.” The hooded man glanced at the people discussing this matter and felt expectant. He could not wait to meet Philip. On the other hand, Philip was watching the competition and had no idea what was going on. “Oh, I see, you’re the young lady of the Celestial Palace. I thought you were very powerful, but this is all there is to you.” Vanna’s opponent was an ugly woman who was very upset with her beautiful appearance. Vanna looked at her mockingly. “The outcome has yet to be determined. I don’t think you’re any better either.” After saying this, Vanna looked at the other party, waiting for her to make the first move. The ugly woman was furious at Vanna’s provocation. “Very well. Since you don’t know what’s good for you, let me show you what I’m capable of!” After saying this, she attacked Vanna as if she were ready to get rid of her. She had received an order from the guild leader to deal with Vanna properly. The Hexa Guild had initially planned to qu