It was a bright morning in a quiet and secluded corner of the somewhat remote area of Fairfield County.More than a thousand people were gathered in the front yard of a very large, four-story mansion.They were all dressed in black clothes or suits. It looked as if they were in mourning.And indeed, in front of them was a coffin with a photo on it, a photo of the handsome young man who had once been the leader of one of Waterside's largest organizations, Jimmy Walters!"I apologize for not being able to protect you, my son!" said an old man whose hair had partially turned white. "I am truly useless! It should have been me who died, not you!"He continued to shed tears as he placed both hands on the coffin and kissed it several times.Behind the old man, another old man looked at him with sympathy."I know what it's like to have only one child!" Hayden said to Henry. "But I can't imagine what it's like to lose the most precious person in our lives!"Hayden continued to talk about his f
The disciple of Laomen not only shouted.He also raised his hand high and quickly aimed it forward to hit Manley's face.Although he didn't use his full strength, it would certainly be more than enough to seriously injure the old man.Strike!But before his hand could hit Manley's cheek, someone suddenly stopped him."Didn't he promise to give you money? Then why are you making it difficult for this old man to bury his son first?"When the disciple of Laomen looked sideways at the person holding his hand, he saw the handsome figure who was nothing but Henry.Without anyone being able to see Henry's movements, the professor was now standing next to the disciple of Laomen, lightly grasping his hand.He might seem to be holding the student's hand casually, but to the student, Henry's grip on his wrist felt very strong, like steel that could crush his bones."You shouldn't make things difficult for us if you're here for the money, right?" Henry continued, adding a little more pressure to
The disciple of Laomen said nothing for a moment.Doubt was clearly written on his face.Nevertheless, Henry had suspected as much. "It seems that this person would rather die than say anything! Well, if that's what he wants!"Then he used his magic again and a strong root emerged from the ground and wrapped itself around the legs of the disciple of Laomen."Please, forgive me! I beg you!" he cried as the root pulled him down until his feet sank into the ground."If you have something to say, you'd better say it to the King of Hell!" said Henry.A moment later, the disciple's body sank into the ground up to his chest.It was then that he cried out in fear."The key to the ancient kingdom! The chief disciple ordered me to get the key to the ancient kingdom! That's all he told me! I don't know anything else!"Henry stared at the disciple with a furrowed brow. It seemed that his suspicions were correct.For a moment, the root stopped pulling at the student's body.But it didn't last long
"Mr. Walters," Henry said, reaching into the inside pocket of his jacket, "I want to show you something.In the palm of his hand, he displayed a ring with a crescent moon design carved out of a black stone."Jimmy gave it to me before he died!"Manley's expression changed drastically.As he took the ring from Henry's hand, the old man couldn't hold back the tears streaming from both corners of his eyes."Forgive me for not being able to save his life!" Henry said with a remorseful expression.But Manley just shook his head. "No! It was not your fault at all."Henry let the old man cry for a while.Then Henry said. "And one more thing."He held out his left hand, and miraculously, a black vortex appeared in his palm.From the black vortex emerged a black box, which made Manley's eyebrows furrow."This..."That was the only word that came out of the old man's mouth, because of course Henry managed to surprise him."Correct! This is the Puzzling Cube," Henry said, nodding. "I came here t
The last two words out of Manley's mouth took Henry by surprise."What?""The next breakthrough?"When Henry had successfully reached level 10, he thought he had reached the peak of cultivation, where there was nothing beyond. However, Manley's words just now opened his mind to the opposite reality."But is there really a second breakthrough?" Henry pondered.He didn't want to believe something before he could prove it himself. On the other hand, as if he knew what was on Henry's mind, Manley spoke again."I can't tell you right now, but I'm sure you'll find out later when you've successfully achieved it! I'll give you my second-tier energy now!"The second-tier energy is the second cultivation energy in a cultivator's body.This energy is much stronger than the cultivation energy of the first layer, which ranges from 1 to 10.The reason Manley can give away his cultivation energy without fear of harm is because he has these two layers of energy.When he gives his second-tier energy t
After breaking through the thickness of the waterfall, Henry finally arrived at the mouth of a cave that had a large space in it.And as he had seen before, the mouth of this cave seemed very large to accommodate even ten people at a time.In addition, the mouth of this cave also appeared to be quite bright, as if it received enough light from outside.However, when he looked around, he could only see a corridor at the far end.It seemed narrow enough, and only enough for one person to pass through.Henry stepped slowly.In his mind, a cave hundreds of years old should be filled with signs or something on the walls.If he wasn't careful, he might miss an important clue or even... a trap!He had been walking down the narrow corridor for almost thirty minutes when he saw a bright light ahead, which turned out to be another cave mouth.Henry quickened his pace to see what was there."Incredible! Is this the ancient Fairfield Kingdom?" he exclaimed.Instantly, his body fell silent and his
As before, Henry's indifferent attitude towards the chubby man remained unchanged, even worsening."You better show me those girls before I lose my patience!""Huh, it seems like you never learn manners!" Jamyang said, beginning to look annoyed.His calm and friendly expression slowly faded."Just because you have a power level equal to mine, do you think you can act as you please in this place? Truly naive!" Jamyang shook his head, mocking him.Then he approached Henry."I've tried to be kind to you, but you've thrown it away! So don't regret what you've done if I treat you harshly after this!""You talk too much! Just show me the girls!" Henry said just as bluntly.Jamyang then gestured with his head to one of the students who was present."All right, Master!" the student said and stepped away.Shortly thereafter, four people dressed in black entered, carrying a stretcher on their shoulders.There was something on the stretcher that was not very clear because it was covered with a b
"No? What do you mean 'no'?" Mia furrowed her brow and looked at Henry with a puzzled expression on her face."These people massacred the Lane family! They took me, Libby, and the other girls, too! And you say no? Impossible! We have to go save the girls right now and kick those Laomen's ass!"Mia became emotional.The cruelty of the Laomen was still vivid in her mind.Henry, however, shook his head in spite of this.This time, he placed both of his palms on the girl's cheeks."I know what they did, too! But this time, let me go alone! Trust me! I'll make them pay a high price! Besides, the farther you are from that cursed palace, the better it will be for me!"After listening to Henry's explanation, Mia finally understood."Alright! Take care of yourself!" she said.Then she jumped up to the mouth of the cave and left.Ten minutes later.Henry stood in front of a black box and examined it carefully for some time.Although the box was clearly the Puzzling Cube, he first had to find ou