Chapter 806: Time to adapt to my new power!
Bia was at a loss for words, but that didn't stop her from acting on her thoughts. -"Tsk, tsk, if only the dark side realized how easily their own can betray them."
She narrowed her eyes at the phoenix.
-"Okay, from now on, you're going to work as a double agent. To make sure you don't betray us, Nox will mark your soul with a skill he learned recently. That way, you will die if you even think about betraying us."
The dark phoenix's smile finally faded. However, he had seen worse, so he agreed.
Bia chuckled.
-"Don't you want to know your task? It's quite simple. Ceano slips away every time, and we can never locate his true body. You need to lead us to his real form so we can finally eliminate him."
Many people were surprised by her words. They thought Bia was messing around, but it seemed she had a good plan.
Nine chuckled and glanced at the others before his unreadable gaze settled on Lily. After his injuries were healed, he stood up and approached her. Without hesitation, he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"Do you want to travel with us?"
However, in reality, he wanted to do what Kyle had asked him to. He wanted to see her future with his spiritual gaze.
Lily blinked, truly surprised, and agreed to travel with them, driven by her desire to find Kyle and follow him.
He had shot her a glare, and since she wasn't able to enter the rift he created, her only option was to stick with these losers to get stronger and find him.
What she didn't notice was that Nine had already touched her skin. Only Elli sensed that sudden brush of fingers against Lily's neck and glared at him.
Nine's eyes flickered; the golden threads within them shifted, and multiple images flashed in his mind as he read her fate. The more he glimpsed her fate, the angrier he became. His powerful aura erupted, and everyone, including Elli, who was glaring at him, jolted when Lily cried out in pain.
Mia and everyone else shouted at him, grabbing him when they saw him trying to kill the woman who had collapsed from his pressure and was spitting out blood.
"Nine! What are you doing?"
Nine took a deep breath, but he couldn't calm down. His eyes had turned bloodshot as he struggled to believe what he saw.
"I am eliminating future trouble. She is going to kill many of us! Don't stop me!" Instantly, everyone froze. Bia and Nox, who had been drawn in by the commotion, were also shocked by Nine's words. How could Lily, who was so weak and not even at the divine rank, possibly kill many of them? But they knew Nine wouldn't lie about this.
Carcel released Nine and motioned for Mia to step back. It did not matter that Lily was their former classmate; if she was going to be a big threat, it was better to eliminate her before she reached that stage.
Lily's eyes widened in shock when she heard Nine. She couldn't believe him. She tried to crawl away from him, but a brilliant light enveloped her body before she could escape. An agonizing scream tore from her throat, echoing everywhere.
Nine directly attacked her soul and destroyed it, causing her lifeless body to slump down when he was finished.
Yue, Mia, and Elli looked away and shut their eyes. They were soft-hearted, but they also knew when to eliminate future danger.
Nine's breathing was harsh, and only when he calmed down did Carcel pat his back.
"At this point, we all know about your spiritual gaze. What did you see?" Nine clenched his fists.
"That witch... she got together with Jian and, behind his back, signed a dark contract with Damien. I just caught a few glimpses, but she reached the supreme rank... and killed Regius and many of us. Damn it, I know my spiritual gaze isn't 100% accurate, but I just couldn't let her live knowing there's a possibility she could harm us!"
Carcel stopped patting his back, a dark intensity clouding his expression.
"Good. We would have done the same."
With a wave of his hand, Lily's body was enveloped in energy and disintegrated into the air. This scene was witnessed by Odiak and Jane, who had come to talk with the kids to find out what they were planning.
Odiak appeared and glanced at Nine, but before he could speak, Nine interjected.
"We will continue helping the planets that are being attacked. Let's go."
His words echoed in the air as the group vanished along with Odiak and Jane. While they left to battle the dark side and aid the planets, Kyle stood inside a cold cave in the Sacred Divine Land, which he had found using his scent perception skill.
At first, he considered creating a fake body, similar to Ceano, and then concealing his true body in a secluded place to prevent his appearance from influencing anyone.
But after contemplating it for a while, he ultimately decided against the idea. First, even though he had many treasures in his mind space, he lacked the knowledge to construct a fake body.
Second, the thought of tearing a piece of his soul to send a fabricated version of himself into battle felt unsettling.
"I have to learn to split my consciousness and soul if I want a fake body. That is too much effort, and it would prevent my real body's agility, strength, and physique from growing if I am using fake bodies."
In the end, he decided to simply change his appearance. While he couldn't do anything about his tall height, he could definitely use symbols to mask his face, allowing others to see him as
an ordinary person.
Kyle went through his knowledge and checked all the presence-concealing and face- concealing arrays he knew. Then he formed new, powerful array symbols that no one had seen before in his mind, tailored specifically for himself. When he finished, multiple symbols lit up all around him. They trembled as more and more symbols lit up and merged with them. In the end, they all combined to form a single symbol shaped like a teardrop glistening in the air.
The symbol moved and engraved itself upon Kyle's neck under his gaze.
He rubbed his neck and waved his hand; instantly, a wall of water materialized in front of him to show his reflection. His crystal like green eyes had dulled to a gray color, and his hair, which had turned silver after his bloodline fully merged with him, had changed to a dark tone. His pale, icy skin tone had transformed into bronze, and he looked just like an ordinary human that people would forget after seeing once.
"Not bad... but will anyone even recognize me in this appearance?"
A mischievous glint sparkled in his eyes as he suppressed his aura to the initial stage of
supreme rank.
However, feeling that it wasn't quite enough to deter people from approaching him, he elevated his aura to the mid stage.
Kyle engaged in a deep stretch, the sound of his muscles flexing echoed through the stillness of the cold cave.
"Alright! It's time to acclimate to my new body and powers and have some fun."
He declared, a grin spreading across his face as excitement surged through him. He had never felt this much power within his body, as if he could destroy an entire planet with just a flick of
his finger.
With a single step, he tore through the fabric of space before him and vanished, directly appearing in the midst of the dark, inky expanse filled with countless twinkling stars and many distant planets. He could feel the spiritual and divine energy surging around him, entering his body automatically as if magnetically attracted to him, while he extended his scent perception skill.
The skill expanded at lightning speed, encompassing a vast area to the point where Kyle almost felt overwhelmed by the multitude of scents entering his nostrils. He had to stop when it became too much to handle, but he was certain his skill could reach even further. "Huh... That's the power of the skill that broke through to the Celestial rank with me. What would happen when it reaches the peak of Celestial rank?"
He chuckled and vanished toward the nearest planet, which was being attacked by the dark side. Kyle crossed the planet's boundary and was immediately met with the sickening laughter of the dark race, echoing ominously everywhere.
He touched down in the heart of the planet. The air hung heavy with the metallic scent of
blood, intertwining with the acrid smoke that billowed from the remnants of crumbled buildings. Around him, the cries of the wounded and dying pierced through the laughter, creating a haunting scene.
The sky was choked with dark clouds, casting an eerie pall over the landscape. Shadows flickered in the smoke, revealing figures struggling for survival.
He frowned when he saw many demi-humans, humans, and elves, who appeared to be coerced, fighting alongside the dark race to destroy and conquer the planet.
"Why? Did they sign dark contracts?"
He didn't receive any answer; instead, a powerful and overwhelming aura surged from his
body, enveloping the entire planet and causing every single person, whether enemy or not, to freeze and fall silent. A shiver ran down their spines.
It was as if a commanding presence, something beyond their comprehension, had exerted its
power over them.
Amidst the frozen debris and dust, Kyle walked and gazed around. He studied the nearest
person to him, who was fighting against his own race with tears streaming down his face. It
was a supreme
rank.
He examined the man's body with his strength, and just as he suspected, the person was
infused with dark energy; he had indeed signed a dark contract.
"Hmm..."
Kyle's eyes narrowed. He recalled how he had once freed Alec from the dark contract. At that
time, he hadn't studied it and simply burned it with his flames. But this time, he stood before the man who trembled at the sight of him and examined the man's body to understand how the dark contract forced those who signed it to obey.