Thessalia waved her hands, casting, “Fireball!” {Note: From now on, I will describe the shield projection as what it is, instead of characters saying Shield Projection and what mana essence they were trying to gather} Kane wasn’t as slow as well to defend himself, “Reflective Shield!” The fireball was sent back to Thessalia, though weaker than her initial spell. Thessalia …

Zachariel arrived at the lake. He sighed with relief, seeing that there was still an hour before night time. At this moment, the lotus mark on his forehead vanished. Weakness and drowsiness washed over him. `Oh no, I’m about to…` He slumped hard on the ground with blood flowing out of his mouth. His breath was erratic and rushed. The …

Zachariel was teleported mid-air, immediately falling down. He remained calm and carefully took a glance at the area while he was still high in the air. `The lake’s over there, north of where I am.` He then gathered wind mana essence and casted, `Shockwave!`, multiple times right below his figure, trying to slow down his falling speed. He fell on …

Von cleared his throat, “Before we start, let me introduce you to some terms with regards to qi essence cultivation.” Zachariel sat down, placing the polearm on his side.  “Qi essence cultivators measure their strength in terms of qi force. It is the amount of Harvonic force generated for every cubic meter of liquefied qi essence applied when doing a …

“Rargh!” A black striped demon bear lunged at Zachariel. The big beast was rather agile. Zachariel stepped away to the right. The big paws of the bear struck deeply at the tree behind him. Zachariel tried to cut down its paws, but the bear agilely evaded it and counterattacked.  He was forced into a defensive position, grunting as he blocked …

Zachariel stepped inside a large room. There was a wide wooden table at the center, with Lena sitting on a high chair. In front of it was another short table with couches and chairs. Bookshelves surrounded her and a large chandelier styled like a blooming flower hung high in the ceiling. The floor tile was the same as that of …

Zachariel and Von stood apart from one another. “The death of my cousin, Hal Strom, set off a change in both mine and Amelia’s personality, which was one of the main objectives of the hidden enemy. The emotion that resurfaced after I woke up a week after the incident made me vulnerable to their plans.” Von nodded. “The succeeding events …

“Brother… help me! Help! Help!”, a loud voice called out to Zachariel. “Amelia, where are you?!”, he shouted, turning his head all around in the darkness. He ran, and turned, and ran again, searching for Amelia. Her voice was far, yet close at the same time. `Damn it, where is she?!` A childish chuckle entered his ears. “Who are you? …

A few minutes earlier. Helena and Victoria sat under the tree shade alongside Joey who stood in the distance, watching over the vast field of yellow grass. “Victoria, you must have questions in your heart, right? About what happened with my mother earlier.”, Helena looked at Victoria with lowered eyebrows. “Helena…”, Victoria looked at her as well. Seeing the hesitation …

Von freed Helena who then ran towards her mother and hugged her. “Mom, thank you… thank you…”, Helena cried. Lena smiled and patted her head. “Helena…”, Victoria sat on the ground, still dazed on what just happened. Von went to Victoria and lent her his hand, “Sorry about that, young girl.”, he said with a caring tone. “Senior…”, she extended …