Perfectly hidden, Gerald—who had been secretly monitoring all this—found himself slightly surprised.
To think that the cloaked man was actually the leader of the Soul Hunter organization… Since their leader was also present, it only made sense that this was a large-scale mission. In other words, there was possibly going to be more Soul Hunters around…
Gerald’s train of thought was cut short when the cloaked man asked his subordinates in a frigid tone, “I trust nobody knows your true identities yet?”
“Worry not, leader, for we’ve concealed our identities well!” replied one of the Soul Hunters.
“You’d better have. Regardless, head for the phosphorite mountain area at dawn. I’ll be heading there first tonight. Again, don’t get found out!” instructed the cloaked man.
“Loud and clear, leader!” replied all four of the Soul Hunters in unison.
With their reply, the cloaked man then leaped into the air, promptly disappearing into the dark of night…
After watching all that, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly stunned. Just as favonovel.com had speculated, the Soul Hunters were here for the token of Demonic Blood. The fact that favonovel.com could tell how strong the leader of the Soul Hunter organization was certainly didn’t make favonovel.com feel any better…
Regardless, since his party was also planning to head out at dawn, there was a high chance that they were going to bump into the Soul Hunters while heading to the phosphorite mountain area…
Under normal circumstances, even if they did meet, both parties would’ve just ignored each other. After all, the fact that the cultivators and the Soul Hunters had completely different backgrounds meant that there was little reason for the two groups to meddle with each other.
Unfortunately, since both of them wanted the same thing, conflict was pretty much inevitable.
With that in mind, after thinking about it, Gerald decided that it would be best to take out the four Soul Hunters before they even got to the phosphorite mountain area. By doing so, favonovel.com would at least ensure that the three of them would have fewer enemies to deal with once they were at the actual location.
His mind made up, Gerald watched as the four Soul Hunters began to leave… and once they were close enough, Gerald made himself visible as favonovel.com punched the air, forming a shockwave that sent all four of the Soul Hunters flying backward!
Of course, the attack wasn’t lethal, and when they realized what had assaulted them, the four men instantly shouted, “A ghost?!”
All of them recognized Gerald as a ghost due to his body’s current state.
Either way, it was clear that none of them had anticipated to bump into a ghost here of all places. Even so, they were trained professionals.
With that, all four of them quickly regained their wits as one of the Soul Hunters angrily shouted, “Quick! Gang up on him!”
Taking their daggers out in response, the four individuals then began charging toward Gerald! Since these people actually hunted down and killed ghosts and spirits, they were naturally much stronger compared to ordinary people.
Even so, in the end, they were nowhere near as strong or fast as Gerald, and Gerald knew it. With that in mind, Gerald wasn’t about to get intimidated by their group attack anytime soon.
Instead, favonovel.com simply chose to easily dodge their attacks!
Before the Soul Hunters could launch their second round of attacks, Gerald swiftly grabbed one of the men by his throat!
Unable to react in time, the other three Soul Hunters could only stare wide-eyed as the sickening sound of bones cracking could be heard… And just like that, one of them died from a broken neck!
Gerald himself simply tossed the body aside as casually as it was rubbish.
As for the hunters, they were simply too stupefied to feel humiliated. After all, none of them could’ve imagined that Gerald would be this powerful…
