“You’re not going to put your foot on the ground again, Jim,” Tenzin pulled Jim’s body with the help of her soul-pulling pot.She then thrust her trident at him while spinning it. “Heaven Breaker!”Jim forced himself to maneuver through the midair and dodged the trident before punching at the pot. “Soul Breaking Fist!”It felt like hitting a strong force that repelled him. He pushed it back and managed to put cracks on the pot.The cracks soon spread, and the pot broke into bits.She twisted her wrist and bent it so that the trident now flew at Jim again. He blocked it with his bare palm. A layer of spiritual vivre repelled the spear, making it bounce out of her hand.Tenzin grabbed the air and conjured a scarf-like cloud, which grew in size and swiftly wrapped itself around Jim’s body and then went onto wrap itself around his throat and squeezed him.“HAA!” He howled, and his sheer roar was able to make the cloud scarf disperse and fade away. The clouds around them spread away. Even
Both were attacking each other viciously, but neither of their attacks quite damaged the other.“Crescent Demon Kick!” Tenzin crafted a crescent-shaped kick that Jim deflected, which then went on to cut through clouds for miles in the path.“Dual Meteor Blitz!” Tenzin backed it with a chain of punches that were destructive and hot enough to erase district-sized lands from the face of the earth.Jim tanked these heavy-handed punches without even using vivre. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to use vivre but just that he couldn’t.However, now that Tenzin’s attacks turned from being cold to hot, this helped Jim steadily regain his ability to use vivre.Like a volcano bursting out at once, Jim unleashed vivre attacks one after another.“Ethereal Monkey Barrage!”“Celestial Phoenix Whip!”“Million Pound Spear Shock!”All these attacks didn’t just trouble her but made her bleed. The last attack especially ripped her shirt to pieces and badly hurt her organs. She bled from her eyes, nose, and
The pillar of black flame made most souls on the island go crazy. All lifeforms were affected, whether it be humans, animals, bugs, or worms hiding underground. Such was the power of the radiation the demonic energy had.Gabe, who was fighting the seven masters, had to pause and look at the pillar of fire, and he could see the smiling faces of thousands of demons manifesting in that.“Damn… Were they all living in that woman?” Gabe wondered. “There are thousands of them.”The seven masters, who were significantly injured, had to flee now. And they bailed in different directions.Gabe didn’t bother chasing them now as black flames shot out in every direction and caused further destruction.The pillar of fire moved like a living tornado.Gabe was about to move toward it, but then the black flame pillar was burned by up a white light. The demons screamed in pain and anger as they had no choice but to disappear from the world of living now.“So he’s alive…”Gabe’s expression was still seri
Gabe stayed behind on the Beast Woods and arranged planes for the slave survivors. Though there were still many survivors of the beast brotherhood, none of them fought him because many had tried and miserably failed.He commanded the animals on the island to help the wounded, even the ones that were part of the brotherhood.Instead of killing them, he took pity on them and gave them another chance. Some thanked him, but some still saw him as an enemy that must one day be erased.After taking care of things on this island, Gabe was heading back home on his wolf Reyes. He was holding a blue crystal in his palm. It was colder than ice. It wouldn’t have stayed solid at normal temperature and would have evaporated into thin vapor, but Gabe was keeping its form intact with the help of his energy.“A piece of the firmament,” he smiled slightly. “The proof that we live in a sealed system. I’ll show this beautiful piece of handiwork to Mia and the kids.”Meanwhile, somewhere else in the city.
The woman in the pink shorts came home.Her house was built in 15,000 sqft, and it was worth over five million dollars.Her dad, a strongly built man, was eating snacks outside in the cool evening breeze. “The watermelons are very sweet today. Come and grab some, Caylene.”“Sure, Dad,” she sat down and ate the deseeded watermelons and loved their taste. “Yeah, they are good.”“Tomorrow, there’s a board meeting at the company. I want you to come with me so that you’ll get an idea of how things work.”“I’m not interested, though,” she said.“Just come and watch. That’s all I’m asking,” he said. “I have shares in many companies, but none like the Draknor Finance. All businesses pale in front of finance. Even real estate doesn’t hold a candle to it in the long run. That’s why we must put our focus on this company so that our influence will grow in that company. The more shares we buy, the more secure our future will be.”“Since you are insisting that much, I’ll come,” she said.“Good girl
On the same night.Jim, Rena, and Shiney slept in the same hotel room but on three different beds. The sisters did not quarrel with each other, not even once. But they weren’t being friendly, either.The next morning.About an hour before the sunrise, Jim woke up and found Shiney sleeping in his bed, right next to him, with one of her legs on top of his leg.He thought it was Rena, so he was a bit shocked to see that it was actually Shiney.He quickly got out of the bed and then walked out onto the balcony.In the past, he would generally hear the traffic. The heavy trucks that would be traveling fast on highways, and the noises of the horns and so on. But right now, he was able to hear very many distinct things.The most peculiar thing he noticed was the chirping on the birds in the trees. And he was able to see that the voices of the birds actually helped the plants wake up from the night before the sunrise.It was so beautiful to see while hearing the voices of the birds that he ha
After Shiney woke up, Rena didn’t quarrel with her, but she did give her the side-eye for a little bit.Jim just wanted the sisters to be friendly and not attack each other.After all, Jim did not have any male friends growing up. His parents were his only friends. And then, it was Shiney. And then, it was Rena. He owed these four a lot.So, he didn’t want his two still-living friends to be fighting right now. That was the last thing he wanted.Jim never experienced intimidation before, not even when he was fighting the three immortals or the eight masters in the Beast Dungeon, but right now, he felt chills when the sisters were looking at each other and not exchanging a word.He was losing his HP just by being in the same room as these sisters.Life felt like a game, like a simulation he couldn’t escape from.Yes, at this moment,he didn’t want to be in this room.“Girls, let’s go to breakfast,” Jim said.Both of them turned their heads and coldly looked at him.“T-This is…” Jim backe
The three of them returned to the room after finishing breakfast.“Jim, there’s a carrom board, so why don’t we play carroms?” Shiney asked him.“Sure,” he looked at his wife. “You want to play, too?”“Of course,” Rena replied. She couldn’t just leave those two alone, so she had to agree.They sat down in three chairs, with him sitting between the sisters. He sprayed powder and arranged coins on the board. “These smell like tamarind,” he said. “They must have been made from tamarind wood.”“Do you remember that we used to eat tamarind candy together when we were young?” Shiney said.“How can I forget that?”he quickly said. “The pocket money that my mom gave was spent on buying candy for you.”“Hahaha,” Shiney laughed as if she was proud about it.Unlike Shiney, Rena didn’t have many memories with Jim. They were mostly distant to one another, but she was always attracted to him because of his looks and the fact that he was a very hard worker. The reason Rena respected her mom but not h