Ch. 3551..3560
Chapter 3551 Xylas Roams Free
Levi knew it would be useless even if he could find out who the enemy was right then and there, for she could become a serious threat if she managed to find a large spiritual ley line. All would be too late by then.
Even though Levi was unsure how strong his enemy was, the fact that she did not care about revealing her gender meant that she was getting bolder. Nobody knows how much strength she actually has to back that level of confidence. I may have been improving, but I still worry that she’ll be too much for me to handle.
For some reason, Levi had a bad feeling that his enemy was about to get her way.
The man was right, for Gloria had indeed finished devouring the Orthus’ spiritual ley line.
Because of the size of the spiritual ley line, she took quite some time to get the job done.
Gloria’s power had reached a level that even she could not explain.
Feeling in control of everything, Gloria began to develop a god complex. It was as if the entire world was her playground.
If she could devour the Cetus’ spiritual ley line and all the magical herbs, the woman would reach an unimaginable state.
Unfortunately, there was a problem.
Gloria could tell that the technique and her spiritual bone had limits.
Although it did not seem like it since Gloria could still continue to devour and grow, she knew she would eventually reach a point where she could no longer devour.
Gloria was planning ahead and wondering what she should do after defeating Levi and unifying the Glorian Order.
That seemed like the end of her journey.
Hence, Gloria decided to take it one step at a time and worry about the limit when she reached it. For now, I should devour as much as possible until I’m strong enough to crush Levi.
After a month had passed, Gloria grew even more powerful, and so did Xylas.
After all, the more violent his devouring was, the more savage he got.
In just a month, Xylas was able to surpass Eusof.
“Besides Levi and me, I don’t think anyone is a match for you. It’s time to set you free and see what you can do. Remember to avoid Levi. You can toy with the others and decide if you want to kill them. I suggest that you just put up one heck of a show for them.” Gloria decided to let Xylas roam free so that those who wanted to exact vengeance on him could see how powerful he had become.
The woman enjoyed stripping others of their chance to get revenge and making them feel utterly helpless.
“Don’t worry, Master. I’ll give them a show they’ll never forget!” promised Xylas with a devious smile.
While Gloria continued to devour, Xylas left.
Azure Dragon and the others, who were still busy with their investigation, were the first ones Xylas wanted to visit.
After all, Xylas had their spiritual bones inside him.
Like Gloria, the man wanted nothing more than to taunt Azure Dragon and the others. “They must be desperate to find me.”
Xylas and Gloria were convinced that the group was still bitter after losing to them. They must be on the brink of losing their minds trying to find me!
However, Xylas soon realized that nobody was searching for him at all.
It was as though Azure Dragon and the others did not care about getting their revenge. How’s this possible? According to Gloria’s prediction, they should be haunted by their need for vengeance, so why don’t they look like it? What’s going on?
At that point, Xylas was filled with bafflement.
He could understand why Levi would be less vengeful but was puzzled that Azure Dragon and the others, who he had pulverized, had no intention of hunting him down.
The group looked so busy with something else that it seemed as though they had completely forgotten about him.
Chapter 3552 Do You Think You Can Do It
“I don’t believe it! I will show up in front of you! And when that happens, will you still be able to calm down when you see me? I will make you watch me helplessly while not being able to do anything!”
Xylas laughed as he exclaimed.
At that time, the Glorian Order had grown to a certain level of power where they had influence all over the world.
Additionally, Xylas was also the commissioner of the Glorian Order, and he had the power to manipulate everything within.
“Mr. Xylas, we’ve found out that Levi is not in the base for the time being. He will return in about three hours!”
Although the people of the Glorian Order didn’t know where Levi went, they knew that he had left the base.
After all, monitoring the base was child’s play to Gloria. She even knew about the underground facility.
Although she couldn’t get a hold of Levi’s whereabouts, she knew the ins and outs of the base.
“Okay, then I’ll go straight to the base!”
Xylas smiled.
Floyd couldn’t find any information because there were people who hated Gloria all over the place.
There was nothing he could do but to cultivate in the base.
Phoenix and the others had been keeping a firm eye on Floyd recently, so they only returned at this time.
Apart from Levi, everyone else was in the base.
After obtaining reliable information, Xylas departed for the base.
Getting wiped out by Levi the moment they came out wasn’t what Xylas and Gloria had in mind.
Hence, the information they had must be accurate.
At this moment, Phoenix and the others were summarizing the intelligence they had gathered, and Floyd, Forlevia, and the others were busy cultivating.
Suddenly, a voice came in from outside the base. “Levi, I’m here. Didn’t you want revenge? You don’t have to come to me. I have come to you myself!
The voice was as loud as thunder, reverberating in every corner of the base.
“This voice sounds familiar.”
Everyone simultaneously stopped what they were doing and gathered outside.
“Intruder alert! Everyone, watch out for yourselves!”
Everyone began to move energetically.
Levi had mentioned this scenario before and gave them the solution to handle it.
However, they were told to immediately retreat and hide in the underground facility if the situation was more than they could handle.
Xylas stood outside and laughed as he looked at everyone hard at work. “I won’t be killing you today. My master will do it. As for me, I will burn this place to the ground and leave no one uninjured!”
Floyd and the others quickly came out.
“It’s you?”
When they saw that it was Xylas, they were fuming with rage.
They could no longer calm their nerves.
No wonder the voice sounded familiar.
It’s him!
Levi and the others had persuaded and changed the minds of Azure Dragon and the others; they no longer wanted revenge but to investigate Gloria.
However, when they saw Xylas, everything changed.
They couldn’t hold back their emotions.
They were so infuriated the blood raging within them had reached its boiling point!
Floyd shared the same sentiment. He truly wanted to exact revenge.
Forlevia and the others were so shocked to see Xylas that their eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
“Xylas, you have quite the balls. We haven’t come after you, yet you dare to show up before us!” Floyd roared.
At that moment, hundreds of powerful auras were focused on Xylas.
They all wanted to shred him to pieces.
“Our master is not here today, so we’ll take revenge in his stead! Attack, all at once!” Floyd shouted.
Azure Dragon and the others chimed in as well.
At this moment, they wanted to take matters into their own hands and avenge themselves.
Although they no longer had the spiritual bone, they relied on Forlevia’s technique and improved rapidly.
Hence, they had already obtained the strength powerful enough to take revenge.
Coincidentally, Levi wasn’t there, and they wanted payback.
“All right! Let’s kill him together!”
Everyone shouted in unison.
However, Xylas smiled contemptuously. “You think you can do that?”
Boom!
A massive malicious aura erupted from Xylas’ body and engulfed the field!
Chapter 3553 Fate Worse Than Death
Xylas executed his technique, and a terrifying and unparalleled aura spread out instantly in all directions.
As everyone charged toward Xylas with the intent to kill, they were knocked back by his immense pressure of domineering energy.
“Is Xylas actually that strong?”
“It’s unbelievable!”
“How did he do that?”
Everyone’s expression changed drastically.
None of them expected Xylas to get so powerful in such a short time!
“Didn’t you say you wanted to kill me? Bring it on. Come at me all at once! Come on!”
Xylas shouted and gestured for them to come closer with his finger.
He taunting us! It’s obvious!
“You asked for it, Xylas!”
Azure Dragon roared. The veins on his forehead dilated, and his eyes were slightly bloodshot.
The others were the same.
“But first, you must have the strength to do so!”
Xylas stood with his hands behind his back, filled with confidence.
To him, nobody could pose a threat to him apart from Levi and Gloria.
“I’ll kill you!”
Floyd couldn’t hold back any longer. He charged ahead to launch an attack.
Using his technique, Floyd concentrated the aura in his body on his right fist and swung it toward Xylas’ head.
Floyd didn’t hold anything back. It was his strongest blow!
After practicing Forlevia’s technique, his power had become far more intimidating!
“That’s it?” Xylas sneered and stood his ground. Not only did he not evade the incoming blow, he also delivered a punch toward Floyd.
Thud!
A muffled sound was heard, and Floyd was sent flying like a broken kite.
In the end, his body smashed heavily to the ground.
If it weren’t for his strong physique, he would have been dead.
Floyd spewed blood from his mouth, and his body was severely injured.
Silence ensued.
One hit!
Floyd, who was regarded as Levi’s most valued disciple, was defeated in one hit!
Without allowing Floyd to catch his breath, Xylas dashed toward him and stepped on his chest with his foot.
“Don’t come any closer! Otherwise, Floyd will die!”
With just one sentence from Xylas, everyone who was about to rescue Floyd was stopped on their feet.
“It’s such a shame that you’re Levi’s disciple. Are you trying to embarrass him?
“Look at your pathetic self. You’re nothing like him.
“So what if you’re talented? You’re still weak. You’re worthless.”
Xylas began to mock Floyd.
Those words sounded so familiar to Floyd that he plunged into despair.
Gloria once said something similar. Could it be that I’m really a hopeless person who couldn’t achieve anything?
No wonder Gloria berated me with such anger. What’s the point of staying alive when the enemy tramples on me and I’m powerless to resist?
If the pain in his body was physical damage, then Xylas’ words were emotional damage.
His words struck deep into Floyd’s soul and crushed his spirits. At that point, Floyd had already considered the option of suicide.
“Please kill me!” Floyd said desperately.
Xylas said mockingly, “In this world, dying is always the easiest way out. So I won’t kill you. I won’t even kill them!
“I want you to watch as I grow stronger and powerful enough for you to admire.
“Failing to exact revenge and living a fate worse than death; how wonderful is that?”
The more he spoke, the more excited he became. On the contrary, Floyd became even more demoralized.
“You’re an animal!” Floyd’s voice was slightly hoarse, with a hint of exasperation.
Thud!
Xylas kicked Floyd away like a ball.
Crack!
There was a faint noise of broken bones.
Fortunately, everyone reacted quickly and caught him. Otherwise, Floyd would likely sustain serious injuries.
“Now it’s your turn.”
Xylas grinned.
“Let’s kill him!”
Azure Dragon and the others began attacking again.
Although they recently suspected Floyd of leaking Levi’s whereabouts, their relationship were highly profound.
After looking at his mangled body, they couldn’t help but feel infuriated.
Chapter 3554 What Can You Do To Me
Additionally, after Xylas dug out their spiritual bone, those old and new grudges only made them hate him even more.
They turned their limitless anger into an all-out attack.
They swore to kill Xylas on the spot.
“Do you think you can win with numbers?”
Xylas sneered, “You guys are nothing but a bunch of weaklings. I’ll show you our insuperable difference in strength.”
Xylas stood still as he looked at the coordinated attack of Azure Dragon and the others.
“You’re just ants to me. I can finish you off with just a flick of my finger.”
Xylas chuckled. Instead of dodging, he did the same thing again by hurling a few punches toward Azure Dragon and the others.
“Impudence!”
Azure Dragon and the others were enraged. Their fists were moving so fast that they whistled in the wind.
“Get lost!”
Xylas’ explosive punch instantly sent Azure Dragon and the others flying.
Swoosh!
Azure Dragon and the others were thrown backward.
Thud!
While in the air, the five of them spewed blood, and their vitality had withered to a critical point.
“You want to exact revenge with that level of power? How foolish.”
Xylas continued to mock them. At that moment, his ego had achieved the greatest gratification.
“You should come at me all at once!”
Xylas said coldly.
Silence fell upon the base.
Anger.
Humiliation.
Despair.
Everyone in the base experienced all sorts of negative emotions.
The mental state of Azure Dragon and the others was no better than that of Floyd or even worse.
Xylas was the one who dug out their spiritual bone. He was their nemesis.
They were the only ones who knew the effort they had to put into overcoming the trauma they experienced that day.
At this moment, their enemy was acting arrogantly before them, but they were at the point of defeat where they had no way to fight back.
They would rather die in Xylas’ hands than suffer the agony in their hearts.
The most demoralizing part was that they knew that Xylas didn’t want to kill them, as though he was giving them a chance to live to impose his sense of superiority.
“Since you won’t do anything, it’s my turn to attack!
Xylas smirked, showing a bloodthirsty grin. Then, his body vanished.
“Be careful, everyone! Get into defense formation!”
Zoey advised loudly.
Everyone acted swiftly and quickly established a defensive formation.
After all, they were old friends who had fought together for many years and had developed substantial chemistry.
“Stop resisting! You guys are nothing but a bunch of weaklings,” Xylas said mockingly.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Xylas’ shadow flashed across the battlefield, and bodies flew wherever he moved.
Those who suffered lighter injuries had their bones broken, and those who had heavier injuries died on the spot.
“Argh!”
The shrieks of agony sounded one after another continually.
Xylas didn’t pull his punches when attacking the elites in the base. In just ten minutes, his onslaught had caused heavy casualties among the elites.
Xylas was like a tiger in a flock of sheep, slaughtering anyone in his sight while enjoying the process.
“Hahaha! This is exhilarating!
“You were so full of yourselves when you slaughtered my clan, weren’t you?
“The world is constantly changing, and it’s finally your turn to have a taste of the pain I suffered back then!”
Xylas cackled crazily. He also injured several more people as he was speaking and laughing.
At the same time, Xylas seemed to have gone berserk. While beating up the elites, he also destroyed the buildings in the base like a madman.
Many buildings were leveled to the ground by his powerful energy blast. Debris and broken walls fell all over the place.
Xylas got increasingly excited as he fought. He relished the base’s destruction, and his resentment of his clan being killed was also greatly alleviated.
“You’re just so high and mighty, aren’t you, Levi? I’ll tear down your stronghold!
“What can you do to me, Levi? Soon, I’ll get to the point where you can’t even defeat me!”
However, when Xylas was gloating, a tender voice came.
“Stand back, all of you. I’ll take care of him.”
Chapter 3555 Mysterious Technique
Xylas turned toward the voice and saw Forlevia talking.
“Are you guys relying on a kid? What a bunch of trash! Haha!” Xylas uttered mockingly.
Although Azure Dragon and the others were fuming, there was nothing they could do.
“Cut the crap and fight!” The reason Forlevia didn’t involve herself in the fight earlier on was that she was healing Floyd, Azure Dragon, and the others.
After making sure that those people were going to live, Forlevia was ready to fight.
“Evie, be careful! Xylas is frighteningly strong.” Floyd had regained some of his strength after getting healed.
Azure Dragon and the others were worried as well, so they all advised Forlevia to be careful.
Even though they knew Forlevia was strong, they reckoned Xylas was much stronger in comparison.
The crowd quickly opened up a path. At the same time, Xylas wasn’t interested in fighting the others anymore. Instead, he had his gaze fixated on Forlevia. According to Gloria, my technique originated from Evie, so I shouldn’t underestimate her.
Xylas then quickly analyzed Forlevia’s energy waves. Having done that, his expression turned relaxed. Evie is strong. Heck, she might be the strongest individual in the enemy camp. Yet, I’m a lot stronger than her.
“You’re so young, but you have no respect for elders. I’ll educate you on behalf of Levi,” Xylas uttered mischievously.
“You’re not qualified!” Without wasting a second, Forlevia launched her attack.
Her attack didn’t look fancy. On the surface, it looked like an ordinary punch.
Nevertheless, Xylas didn’t dare to treat her like how he had treated Floyd and the rest.
That was because he noticed that when Forlevia launched her attack, it seemed like she had integrated space into her punch.
That punch was filled with the elements of heaven and earth, and its energy waves were strong enough to move the mountains and the seas.
“She’s strong!” Xylas wanted to dodge it, but when he was about to do so, he realized that an invisible force was restricting his movements.
“What’s going on?” Xylas was stunned. This is going to slow me down severely.
By the time he snapped out of it, it was too late for him to dodge the punch.
“Let’s fight, then!” Xylas channeled his technique and threw a punch right back at Forlevia.
“I’m so much stronger than you! I doubt I’ll lose against you!” Xylas strengthened his attacks.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Soon, the scene was filled with sounds of energy colliding with each other.
In a matter of seconds, the two of them had already collided dozens of times.
Powerful energy fluctuations spread out.
As if the buildings at the base weren’t badly damaged yet, the waves of energy had demolished all of them.
Bang!
Another bang rang out in the air.
Following the sound, Forlevia and Xylas were seen sent flying in opposite directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
By the time Xylas came to a halt, he was buried in the iolite ground from his knees down. Only then did the forceful recoil from the impact subside.
Forlevia was sent flying a hundred feet backward. Unlike Xylas, she landed softly on the ground. It was as if her body was supported by an invisible force.
However, the iolite in the surroundings had already been smashed to pieces. Clearly, containing the force wasn’t as easy as it seemed.
“How? How is this possible?” Bewilderment was written all over Xylas’ face. In terms of strength, I’m way stronger than her! Why didn’t I have any advantage when we fought just now?
“In the face of such a big difference in power, I would like to see how are you planning on winning this!” Once again, Xylas channeled Forlevia’s technique. Right then, the spiritual energy in the surroundings was all flowing into Xylas’ body rapidly.
“Where did you get that technique from?” Forlevia was shocked.
“I’ll tell you about it if you can win against me,” Xylas smirked and attacked Forlevia again.
Chapter 3556 The Powerful Forlevia
“Fine! We’ll fight till the end!” Forlevia didn’t flinch, albeit in the face of Xylas’ relentless attacks. She then channeled the technique she had created.
Right then, Forlevia had integrated nature into her.
At that moment, it was as if she was everywhere, and it seemed like she had reached an unprecedented mysterious state.
Clang! Clang!
Both their spiritual energy transformed into physical entities and collided with each other.
At first, the people who were witnessing the battle could still see their figures.
As time went by, they started seeing countless shadows before their eyes, accompanied by piercing sounds of blades colliding.
“Damn it!” After a few hundred rounds of battle, Xylas started to lose his cool.
He had realized that although his abilities were way better than Forlevia’s and he could absorb more energy than her, he couldn’t harm Forlevia as he wished.
He felt as though Forlevia wasn’t fighting the battle on her own. Instead, he was going up against nature itself.
I can’t continue fighting this battle. Once Levi returns, I won’t be able to escape. At that thought, Xylas made a decision and put on a ruse before escaping in the northeast direction.
Forlevia let out a sigh when she saw Xylas vanishing from her sight because her doubts were confirmed. The technique Xylas was using was the devouring technique I’ve created. How would he know that technique?
“Evie, are you all right?” The crowd approached her worriedly.
“I’m fine.” Forlevia healed instantly, and that was the magic of integrating nature into oneself.
After Xylas made his escape, he went straight to the Cetus’ spiritual ley line and told Gloria about the battle.
“Good job. You’ve taught Levi a lesson.” Gloria was happy with how things turned out.
“But Master, Evie is clearly not as strong as me. How is it possible that although I’ve tried my best, I’ve failed to take her down? I felt like she owned nature, and I was completely dominated.” Xylas was entirely crestfallen. My plan was to wipe out Levi’s base. At first, everything was going smoothly. How did I get dominated by a kid in the end? This is nonsense!
Gloria frowned in response. At that moment, she was just as puzzled. She’s Levi’s daughter, all right. She’s something! It’s interesting to hear that she could fight against someone higher than her class.
“Get eyes on the base and focus on those core members. If there’s anything, report to me immediately,” Gloria instructed in a deep voice.
“Noted!” Xylas then asked, “Do you have a master plan in mind, Master?”
“Not exactly, but I think it would be great if we can get our hands on Evie’s spiritual bone,” Gloria answered.
As she kept devouring the spiritual ley lines, she realized she could reach a limit soon. There’s a limit because my spiritual bone isn’t authentic. If I can get my hands on Evie’s natural devourer spiritual bone, I can devour spiritual ley lines with ease. Besides, I could even devour limitlessly.
“In that case, Master, why don’t we divert Levi’s attention and lure him away? While he’s busy with me, no one on the base is a match for you, Master. Wouldn’t you be able to obtain Evie’s spiritual bone easily?” Xylas suggested sinisterly.
Gloria waved her hand in dismissal and answered, “We’ve already done something similar the last time around, so I doubt Levi would fall for the same trick twice. Let’s not think too much about that. Before we plan further, I’m going to finish devouring the Cetus’ spiritual ley lines. Lead the way!”
“Yes, Master!” Xylas answered respectfully.
An evil smirk flitted across Gloria’s lips. Levi, I’m going to crush you after I’m done devouring the Cetus’ spiritual ley lines.
“Wait for me, Levi!” she announced.
Chapter 3557 Xylas Has The Same Technique As Me
Meanwhile, everyone had gone to the underground defensive base to hide. At that moment, everyone’s morale had hit rock bottom, and the atmosphere there was exceedingly depressing.
Floyd could be the one who was dealt the hardest blow.
Although he had already regained more than half of his physical strength, his mental state was far from okay.
Xylas’ mocking and degrading words just kept surfacing in his thoughts.
“You’re embarrassing your master!”
“You’re worthless!”
“You’re a piece of trash!”
For some reason, Gloria’s voice was gradually overlapping Xylas’, and the mockeries and taunts just kept ringing louder and louder in his head.
Like a tsunami, those voices were crushing Floyd from within.
“Argh!” Devastated, Floyd let out a scream.
After that, he buried his head in his arms. All that was left in his gaze was emptiness, and life was sucked out of his body.
Azure Dragon and the others weren’t doing any better than Floyd.
It took them a lot of effort to deal with the trauma of losing their spiritual bones. Right then, they had to overcome an even greater trauma.
“I’m standing right here, and there’s nothing any of you can do.”
“You guys are nothing but a bunch of weaklings!”
“Are you guys seeking revenge? With those puny abilities of yours? Dream on!”
Like Floyd, Xylas’ words kept running through their minds.
Azure Dragon and the others were reliving the night when they lost their spiritual bones.
“Argh!” Azure Dragon and the others shouted in despair.
They were utterly dissatisfied, but there was nothing they could do.
Azure Dragon and others soon fell into the abyss of extreme hatred and helplessness.
Zoey wanted to comfort Azure Dragon and the rest, but she had no idea where to start. Instead, all she could do was sigh helplessly.
Since the leaders were already dejected, the others were in a similar state.
The atmosphere in the underground defensive base was utterly grim and depressing.
When Levi returned, he was shocked to see the base destroyed.
“What happened here?” Levi went to the underground defensive base and asked in a deep voice.
Despite Levi’s arrival, Azure Dragon, Floyd, and the others were still disheartened. After all, they suffered the biggest mental blow.
Zoey went on to tell Levi exactly what had happened.
“Xylas became that strong within a month?” After being puzzled for a moment, Levi quickly came to his senses. Xylas must’ve used that woman’s method to strengthen himself. In that case, that sick technique they’re practicing seems like a common thing to them, and they’re not planning on restricting its usage. At the same time, the threshold for cultivating seems low. This is bizarre and interesting!
“Dad, I think the technique Xylas was using was…” Forlevia paused and glanced at Floyd concernedly before continuing, “His technique was similar to the one I’ve created.”
As soon as those words fell, everyone was taken aback.
Floyd, who was utterly disheartened, suddenly sat up straight. At that point, his disorganized thoughts couldn’t help but focus on a specific person.
Gloria!
Gloria’s name immediately popped up in Floyd’s mind. If the technique Xylas was using was indeed the technique Forlevia had created, there’s only one way he could’ve gotten it. No! It can’t be Gloria. She has had so many chances to get Forlevia’s technique, but she had never made a move for it. I was even the one who voluntarily revealed Forlevia’s technique to her. How could it be Gloria, then?
Floyd kept trying to convince himself otherwise.
“Carry on, Evie. Tell us what’s on your mind,” Levi urged.
Everyone’s attention was on Forlevia.
Floyd was paying her the utmost attention because he was afraid that she would conclude that the technique Xylas used was hers.
Chapter 3558 Levi Found A Way
In fact, he was even praying for Gloria. Please! Don’t be involved in this. Otherwise, there’s no way she can clear her name. It can’t be her. Someone else must’ve leaked it. After all, everyone in the base knows about Evie’s technique.
Forlevia explained, “During the battle, Xylas had absorbed the spiritual energy and the five elements in the surroundings for his own use. Luckily, I’ve recently learned something new about my technique, so I was able to appear from different angles at once. Otherwise, he would’ve defeated me.”
With a darkened gaze, Levi asked in a deep voice, “If he could absorb life force and the five elements for his own use, doesn’t that mean he was using your technique exactly? Why did you only say there was a similarity?”
“Daddy, the thing is that the technique I’ve created is aimed at integrating oneself with nature. At the same time, I’m abiding by the laws of nature. Xylas’ technique was taking spiritual energy by force, and it was an aggressive technique. Although it’s still possible to strengthen oneself in a short period, it threatens the balance of nature. I think this method will lead to terrible consequences!” Forlevia explained.
Levi nodded and glanced at Floyd from the corners of his eyes. At that moment, Floyd looked depressed, but he didn’t show any abnormal reaction.
Seeing that, Levi felt slightly relieved.
“Evie, you said Xylas had absorbed the five elements for his own use, right? Does that have anything to do with the spiritual bones he had taken?” Levi asked.
After pondering for a while, Forlevia replied, “The elemental spiritual bone has a special perception effect on the five elements. With the help of the deviant clans’ special technique, it’s safe to say that it’s possible.”
“That explains it, then.” Levi didn’t want to doubt the people close to him, but it was an important matter. He had to verify it, to be sure.
“Everyone, stay here and stay alert. I’m heading out. Before I come back, no one is allowed to leave this underground defensive base,” Levi instructed. This underground defensive base is the safest place now.
Everyone agreed. With that, Levi immediately went to the Holy Guild. To have peace of mind, I must verify it at the Holy Guild.
“Mr. Garrison, what can we help you with at the Holy Guild?” Everyone was curious when they saw Levi appearing once again.
Levi went straight to the point and asked, “According to the Holy Guild’s ancient manual, does elemental spiritual bone have devourer elements?”
Moments prior, the Holy Guild was told about what had happened at Levi’s base. Hence, the people there knew what Levi was asking about.
“Mr. Garrison, the elemental spiritual bone does have devourer elements. However, we don’t have the relevant technique in our records.” The person in charge paused and continued, “With that being said, the Cetus possesses the technique to strengthen oneself. According to the ancient manual, a leader of the Cetus had achieved rapid improvements centuries ago.”
“I knew it!” Levi felt relieved. It seems like that mysterious woman and Xylas had most probably cultivated a technique from the Cetus. That’s how they could improve themselves rapidly. Indeed, it’s not because someone close by had leaked Evie’s technique.
Apart from feeling relieved, Levi was elated. My disciples didn’t disappoint me.
“By the way, as far as you guys are concerned, are there other spiritual ley lines besides the ones recorded in the Ecclesiastic Order’s ancient manual?” Levi asked.
The person in charge pondered for a while before answering, “The Cetus. They have large spiritual ley lines.”
Upon hearing that, Levi narrowed his eyes. No wonder that mysterious woman didn’t appear near medium spiritual ley lines. She must’ve gone to devour deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines!
Chapter 3559 An Intense Sense Of Danger
With those thoughts in mind, a name instantly popped up. Xylas. He’s the only descendant of the Orthus and the Cetus, so he knows all the secrets of those two deviant clans. Besides, he had the balls to show up on his own to show off his strengths at the base. That’s enough to show that the mysterious woman behind him had already gotten her hands on the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines.
The mysterious woman knows about the devouring technique, and Xylas knows where the spiritual ley lines are. Are they trading something with each other? Are they in an alliance? Could it be both? Did one of them recruit the other?
Right then, Levi’s expression turned grim. If that’s the case, things are looking really bad. Although I’ve yet to face that mysterious woman in battle, I still remember clearly how she used God Crusher to ambush Floyd. That was a strong blow. Besides me, I doubt anyone else could withstand it.
Even if Evie were to try to withstand it, she could end up getting heavily injured. If the mysterious woman ends up devouring the spiritual ley lines of both deviant clans, she could even beat me! Moreover, based on the experience I have after dealing with her multiple times, I can tell that not only does the mysterious woman have high combat prowess, but she’s also highly intelligent.
Heck, it even seems like she has eyes all over the place. I won’t be surprised if she has eyes on someone close to me. Without clues, it’s going to be hard to guard against her. Since it has been a while since the time when she found out I was ambushing her, it’s possible that she has almost achieved her goals! I must do whatever it takes to stop her.
Upon that thought, Levi uttered, “The Holy Guild has got to do everything it takes to locate the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines.”
“Don’t worry, Mr. Garrison. I’ll do my very best.”
The temporary person-in-charge promised Levi unhesitatingly.
He didn’t do that just because it was an instruction from Levi. In fact, it was because he was fully aware of the circumstances.
It was important to note that the Ecclesiastic Order and the Holy Guild were behind the annihilation of the two deviant clans prior to that.
Hence, it was safe to assume that Xylas had been itching for revenge ever since.
Not only was Xylas getting stronger rapidly, but the mysterious woman who was familiar with the Ecclesiastic Order was also supporting him.
If the two of them were to be left unchecked, the Holy Guild would undoubtedly get attacked in the future.
Meanwhile, both the Ecclesiastic Order and the Holy Guild had suffered huge losses, so they weren’t as mighty as they used to be.
If they were to fight against Xylas and the mysterious woman, they would most probably lose.
“Keep me updated.” With that, Levi left and went back to the underground defensive base.
Levi did the same thing by instructing his subordinates to locate the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines.
With the base camp as the center, everyone spread out to conduct the search after getting Levi’s instructions.
By then, Levi could sense an intense sense of danger approaching. The mysterious woman and Xylas are getting stronger at an extreme pace. Once she has successfully devoured the spiritual ley lines of both the deviant clans, her strength is going to increase again.
When she had gotten the ability to go against me, Xylas would be strong enough to slaughter everyone in the base. If that happens, I think Evie will be the only person who’s capable of fighting back. As for the rest, they would be as powerless as sitting ducks.
After the battle with Xylas, almost all the buildings in the base were destroyed. At the same time, a lot of elites and apprentices had perished.
As for the core members, such as Azure Dragon, Floyd, and the others, they were utterly demoralized.
Floyd was behaving like a walking corpse. It seemed like Xylas’ words had destroyed him.
Azure Dragon and the rest were also just as dispirited. It was as if they were reliving the trauma of losing their spiritual bones.
Xylas alone had inflicted all that.
“Darn it!” Enraged, Levi clenched his fist so tightly that it let out a cracking noise. “Just you wait, Xylas. No matter what it takes, I’m going to find you, and I’m going to kill you.”
Chapter 3560 Psychologically Destroyed
A cold glint appeared in Levi’s eyes when he uttered, “I swear I’m going to make you pay.”
Meanwhile, somewhere near the Cetus’ spiritual ley line, Xylas was heard sneezing a few times in a row. He even trembled because he felt rather chilly. Azure Dragon and the others must be cursing at me.
Gloria was sitting cross-legged as she made her final preparations for devouring the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines. I must take the magical herbs from the deviant clans before devouring their spiritual ley lines.
Initially, she planned to just devour their spiritual ley lines straight. However, she realized it could be a hard task. I shall strengthen myself so that I can devour their spiritual ley lines with ease. In order to do that, I shall take the magical herbs from the deviant clans.
“What do you have on your mind? Spill it,” Gloria demanded in a stern voice.
Xylas then answered cautiously, “Master, there’s something I don’t understand. Would you enlighten me?”
“Ask away!” Gloria uttered.
“Master, judging by Floyd’s capabilities, he’s rather useless, no? Why don’t you just kill him?”
“It’s not that I don’t want to kill him. It’s just not the right time yet. Besides, he can come in handy if he’s alive.”
Still puzzled, Xylas asked, “That piece of trash could come in handy? Are you expecting him to kill Levi?”
“Well, that’s a very difficult task for him.” Gloria paused for a while before asking all of a sudden, “Don’t you think it would be interesting to tell Floyd that he had caused harm to everyone around him?”
Gloria thought killing someone was a cheap method. Instead, she wanted to control someone’s actions and mind completely. What gave her the most satisfaction was to make someone’s life tough while still serving her loyally.
That was exactly what she was doing to Floyd. She planned to destroy him psychologically instead of killing him right away.
“That’s incredible, Master! You’re so intelligent and profound. How shallow of me!” Xylas took the opportunity to fawn over her.
Gloria then suddenly said, “By the way, I need to quickly devour the Cetus’ spiritual ley line.”
In response, Xylas asked confusedly, “Why is that, Master? I’m the one person who knows where the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines are located. Nothing’s going to go wrong.”
“You’re right, but you shouldn’t underestimate your enemy, especially Levi.” Upon seeing the puzzled look on Xylas’ face, Gloria explained, “Now that you’ve gone to Levi’s base, he’s going to start asking questions. Besides, our disappearances might get him to realize that our goal is to go for the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines. It’s even possible that Levi had already instructed his people to locate the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines!”
“He’s not that fast, is he?” Xylas doubted Levi’s ability to come to his senses so quickly.
Gloria’s expression turned solemn when she said, “Remember this. If you underestimate your enemy, you’ll pay the price.”
“My apologies!” Xylas was wise enough to lower his head and apologize instantly.
Gloria merely nodded in satisfaction and kept silent.
Although she had told Xylas not to underestimate the enemy, she also thought Levi would have trouble keeping up with her. After all, he’s out in the open while I’m operating in hiding.
Even if Levi could figure everything out and get people to locate the deviant clans’ spiritual ley lines, he would be looking for a needle in a haystack because he wouldn’t know where to look.
By the time they could locate the spiritual ley lines, I would’ve already successfully devoured everything. Once that happens, I’ll be strengthened, and I might be able to surpass Levi’s abilities. By then, I can kill him with ease.
“Levi, I’ll defeat you.” Gloria grinned and chuckled coldly.