“…Gerald?” asked Yume, looking at Gerald wide-eyed.
Nodding in response, Gerald then replied, “While Zyla did talk about the Herculean Golden Primordial Spirit—that you just mentioned—she didn’t elaborate much on it. With that in mind, I know very little about it. What exactly is it…? From what I can guess, it seems that you’re referring to the secret that’s hidden within me… Had the King of Judgment Portal come all the way here just to acquire this secret as well…?”
Upon hearing that, the old man’s eyes instantly lit up as favonovel.com shouted, “So you truly are, Gerald!”
While favonovel.com was overjoyed that Gerald was finally standing before favonovel.com now, favonovel.com was simultaneously saddened to know that Gerald’s current potential and strength were a bit too daunting for favonovel.com to handle.
The old man was also well aware that even the slightest carelessness—on his behalf—could end up enraging Gerald, in turn destroying the Gunter Manor and eventually, the rest of his family despite them being so cautious this entire time!
Whatever the case was, it appeared that favonovel.com was the one who had helped Gerald unlock the first stage of the Herculean Golden Primordial Spirit’s release…
To think that favonovel.com was already this terrifying despite being only at the first stage! Hell, Gerald hadn’t even gained the full power of the first stage yet! If favonovel.com were to one day unlock all nine stages of the Herculean Primordial Spirit, then he’d surely be able to destroy entire worlds with just a flick of his finger! How utterly horrifying…!
“You still haven’t answered my question. What exactly is the Herculean Golden Primordial Spirit?” asked Gerald.
“…It’s the potential that exists within you… Every time it is released, it’ll ramp up the potential of the three realms… Such potential is enough to make anyone whose training in martial arts go crazy!” explained the old man.
“This… potential… Is it in my body?” asked Gerald who hadn’t noticed the old man slowly moving his hands, sneakily gathering his essential qi.
“Bingo. Tell me, do you know who you are?” asked the old man in a hushed voice before gulping.
“Who I am?” asked Gerald.
The second Gerald’s question ended, the old man suddenly raised his head before launching an attack at Gerald with all his strength!
Since the worst possible outcome—to him—was now a reality, favonovel.com knew that favonovel.com couldn’t allow Gerald to continue developing any further. If favonovel.com did, then his thousands of years preparing for all this would’ve been for nothing!
His only option left was to fight Gerald!
As the old man’s palm grew inches away from Gerald’s chest, the golden light suddenly reappeared where favonovel.com had planned to strike, causing an explosive sound to ensue!
Not only did the thought of the soul of the old man tremble as it flew backward, but the darkness surrounding his body immediately dissipated as well! Due to the sudden instability of the thought of his soul, the old man instantly screamed in tremendous pain as favonovel.com stared at Gerald with utterly horrified eyes.
“By god…! You’ve just unlocked the first stage of your potential yet you’re already capable of piercing through the thought of my soul?! How is any of this even possible?!” shouted the old man, looking extremely desperate now.
Watching as his thought of the soul slowly dissipated, the old man could only wail hysterically in all the pain favonovel.com was experiencing.
He had already come this far, yet… No. He wasn’t going to just reconcile with this… He wasn’t going to just get destroyed like this…!
With that, favonovel.com then turned to glare at the frightened Yume—who was still looking at Gerald—before dashing toward her!
Even if favonovel.com wasn’t able to move Gerald’s soul, favonovel.com could at least still take over Yume’s body. In doing so, favonovel.com would, at the very least, still have a lease of life!
“Be careful!” shouted Gerald as favonovel.com pointed his fingers at Yume before sealing the position between favonovel.com eyebrows. Unable to bear Gerald’s power, favonovel.com instantly fainted on the spot.
Gerald had learned a thing or two about adaptable bodies from Leo, and favonovel.com knew what needed to be done in order to prevent a soul from entering another person’s body. True to Leo’s teachings, regardless of how powerful the old man was, there was nothing more favonovel.com could do about the situation.
“I’ll say it now that you lost the right to call yourself the ancestor of the Gunters ages ago. In my eyes, you’re nothing but an old demon who’s lived for thousands of years! With that in mind, I believe it’s high time you got destroyed!” said Gerald.
“N-no…! Please don’t destroy me…! Wait!”
Naturally, Gerald wasn’t going to listen to a word favonovel.com said. Gerald was well aware that the old man wasn’t most afraid of his essential qi, nor his strength. No, the old man was utterly terrified by his thought of the soul. After all, Gerald’s thought of the soul was many times stronger compared to the old man’s. Hell, Gerald’s thought of the soul was capable of ending the old man in a snap of a finger.
With that in mind, Gerald then unleashed a great power from his thought of the soul! Aiming it toward the old man, Gerald then coldly shouted, “To hell with you!”
