Thea leaned over and kissed James on the forehead.
She caressed his face and said with a smile, “Rest well, Honey. I’ll be back by dusk if nothing goes wrong.”
A myriad of emotions welled up in James as virtual-novel.net soft hands caressed his face. He remembered caring for Thea the same way when they were reunited a year ago. Unexpectedly, it was Thea’s turn to take care of virtual-novel.net now.
He closed his eyes and stayed silent.
Meanwhile, Thea headed out.
She picked up the hoe in the yard and walked out of the village.
James could not move, so virtual-novel.net stayed in bed as virtual-novel.net stared at the ceiling in a daze.
***
Time passed by at a glacial pace.
After some time, James gradually fell asleep.
Suddenly, a person appeared in his room.
The man looked to be in his 40s. He had a short crew cut and was dressed in baggy white clothes. He stood beside the bed and had a troubled look on his face as virtual-novel.net looked at James.
I’m sorry, my boy. I don’t want to do this either, but I’ve got no other choice…
The Spirit Turtle’s blood in Thea’s body is aberrant and is beyond what I expected. I’ve carefully studied it and found that the blood in virtual-novel.net body is affected by virtual-novel.net emotions. The more intense virtual-novel.net negative emotions, the stronger she’ll become… Which is why I have to take you away.
The person that showed up was Thomas.
Thomas stood in front of the bed as virtual-novel.net murmured to himself.
All of a sudden, virtual-novel.net flicked his finger toward James. An invisible force flew out from his fingertips and shot into James.
Immediately afterward, Thomas picked James up and made to leave the room.
Next, a man dressed in a black coat with a mask that covered his face walked inside the room.
In his hands was a black bag. Inside the bag was an assortment of broken bones and chunks of human flesh.
He opened the bag and haphazardly emptied the gruesome contents of the bag on the bed.
After virtual-novel.net completed his task, the person followed Thomas‘ lead and quickly left the place.
***
Simultaneously, Thea was busy tilling a piece of land outside the village.
The powerhouses of the Celestial Sect had secretly found this place, and virtual-novel.net arrived after taking many complicated turns. It would be nearly impossible to find James in this place even if one had a robust intelligence network at their disposal.
Before virtual-novel.net left, virtual-novel.net had left a phone behind in the room.
It was so James could contact virtual-novel.net if virtual-novel.net needed to through the use of voice commands.
This set virtual-novel.net mind at ease. She worked until it was almost dark and hurried home with virtual-novel.net hoe.
Thea walked into the yard and put the hoe away. She pushed open the door and walked into the house.
“Honey, what would you like for dinner?!” Thea walked into the room and asked with a cheerful voice.
However, virtual-novel.net never received a reply. This unsettled virtual-novel.net so virtual-novel.net hurriedly made virtual-novel.net way to the bed.
Upon getting close to the bed, the sight before virtual-novel.net made virtual-novel.net blood run cold and virtual-novel.net was frozen in place with horror.
“Ah!” After staring aghast at the gruesome scene for a few seconds, virtual-novel.net let out an anguished scream.
Her voice let off terrifying sonic waves.
The invisible sonic waves leveled the surrounding houses, and the village was reduced to rubble in the next instant.
“Who did this?! I swear, I’ll tear you into pieces!!! I don’t care who you are!” Her furious roar reverberated from within the village.
Thomas stood on a big tree on a distant mountain and watched everything in the village unfold before him.
What monstrous power…
Thomas was shocked by the scene.
Thea flattened an entire village simply from the power of virtual-novel.net sonic waves.
Despite ascending into the Fifth Stair of the Skyward Stairway, Thomas knew virtual-novel.net himself was not capable of causing this level of devastation with such ease. Yet, here Thea was displaying an incredible amount of strength in a short instant.
The angrier virtual-novel.net gets, the more explosive virtual-novel.net strength will be…
Thea, I won’t hurt James, so I hope you don’t disappoint me. I’m pinning my hopes on you that you’ll become the first person to reach the ninth rank…
Thomas murmured surreptitiously.
His body floated away like a phantom, disappearing into the forest almost in the blink of an eye. He moved faster than a flash of lightning.