He couldn’t help but ask, saying ’Was Fern jealous that Amu was rich because Amu was someone’s boy toy?’
Then he thought of a more terrifying possibility, which made him shiver and say, ’Or was Fern just jealous that he was no one’s boy toy and didn’t have a sugar daddy?`
This was the first thing that he thought about after dying because what he saw was so impactful on his senses. But after a few seconds of thinking about it, his mind wandered to thinking about more important things.
The sight of six divine beings surrounding him brought him back to why he had committed suicide. So he said, ’I am not stupid. I just didn’t know. But now that I know that they aren’t blind, I know that I can never appear before them wearing my Shifting Armor unless I want trouble from them.’
’Since I am not stupid, I think it is appropriate to believe that even if I didn’t have the Shifting Armor all over my body and it was tucked safely away in my energy well, they would still notice the Vengeful Bones Metac on my body because they are not blind.’
Then he gritted his teeth in frustration and said, ’If I am right and they have a way to identify Divine Metacs on sight, then I can never appear before a divine being unless I have the power to defeat them and keep my Divine Metac.’
But he soon remembered something worse, which made him say to himself, ’Besides, there is still the three-eyed freak. Even if I can hide from the normal divine beings, that three-eyed freak will be able to spot the Divine Metacs on me. He was, after all, the one who found me first when they entered the small world.’
So he sighed and said, ’In other words, I can forget about earning the reward for the title of the most useful soldier. In fact, I should forget about participating in the Heavenly Battlefield to the end.’
’This means I can never use that token I got from that seer to get a natural wonder. Fortunately, I have a more reliable source of natural wonder.’
As he thought of this, Lady Red flashed through his mind. This time, the thought of meeting her didn’t fill him with dread.
In fact, the thought of meeting her again brought a smile to his face. He was full of anticipation at the thought of encountering the powerful and rich Lady Red again.
As he smiled, he said to himself, ’I have doubled my talent, so the boost to my regeneration and power will surely double now. I have also raised my Dao Status to Level 5 and changed my pathways to more powerful ones.’
’So the Heavenly Battlefield wasn’t a waste by any measure. I just didn’t get all that I wanted from it.’
’Now I have to wonder how Lady Red will be able to manage against me. But before I meet her again, I should fulfill all the requirements to advance to rank 5 that I can manage on my own. That way, she can help me handle the parts that I can’t accomplish on my own.`
There are five requirements to advance to rank 5. They are the energy density of level 16, or what is called the peak of rank 4, Level 5 Dao Heart, 400% energy manipulation skill, a natural wonder, and finally, a rank 5 Core Metac of the Forging Pathway.
According to Amelia, he must meet the first three requirements before he attempts the remaining two. Right now, he has met two out of the three. These two are the energy density of level 16 and the Dao Heart of rank 5.
What is left for him to fulfill is the 400% energy skill manipulation rate. But he is more than halfway there and only needs some time to complete it.
Once he has achieved this third requirement, he plans to have Lady Red help him fulfill the final two, starting with the supply of the precious natural wonder, or what is called the fragment of a world heart.
As he thought of his plans, he chuckled and said to himself, ’I have truly come a long way.’
’At first, I was trying to avoid the rank 5 cultivators at all costs. For the rank 5 cultivators on my side, their mental world protected their minds, and I couldn’t read their thoughts, so I couldn’t tell if they wanted to kill me or not.’
’As for the rank 5 cultivators from the other sects, I was sure that they would kill me on sight, so I aimed to avoid them. But even when I tried to hide, they still found me.’
’There was that time I ran into the deceiver and his team of mimics. That one was on me. But there was also the time I was hiding in the ground, and a seer still found me.’
’I could only be partially blamed for her finding me. If I hadn’t been messing around with the Mind Hunter Pathway, she wouldn’t have found me so quickly.’
’But I am sure that even if I hadn’t done anything and had just lain there like a dead body, she still would have found me. She is that nosy.’
Then he sighed and said, ’It was truly a dangerous process. Hiding and being careful weren’t good enough. Only a strong power was enough to help me secure my life.’
As he was thinking about his recent experiences, Fenrir reached the end of the road. Then it jumped back down into the physical world with his consciousness.
By the time he opened his eyes and could control his body, Slav was already on his knees begging for mercy.
Loki’s eyes flashed with interest as he looked at the kneeling young man. He also thought to himself, ’Right. There is still Slav and his father Skarg to deal with. I should take some time to deal with that in this timeline.’