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“…Both of you, stay here. I’m heading there to have a look!” instructed Gerald as he got up and took his empty glass before walking in the direction where the four men were sitting.

Since the customers had to refill their own drinks in this restaurant, it was perfectly normal for Gerald to get more water for himself. On his return trip, however, he made sure to ‘accidentally’ drop his glass right next to the four men’s table!

Seeing that some of the water had accidentally splashed onto a few of the men’s pants, Gerald quickly reached for the glass while ‘apologetically’ saying, “I-I’m sorry!”

In response, one of the men simply got Gerald’s glass for him before handing it back to the youth while saying, “It’s fine. Be more careful!”

“I-I will!” replied Gerald as he noticed the tattoo on the man’s wrist while taking his glass back.

Following that, he then hurried back to his dining table. The second he sat down, however, his expression instantly turned slightly unpleasant…

Noticing the change in his mood, Juno was prompted to ask, “…What’s wrong, Gerald? Did you manage to gather anything…?”

“…Well, for one, those aren’t ordinary people… They belong to the Soul Hunter organization!” whispered Gerald.

“The Soul Hunters? That’s them? To think they’d be here as well!” replied the shocked Juno in a hushed voice.

Raising a slight brow, Rey then asked, “…Um… Who exactly are the Soul Hunters…?”

As the name suggested, the Soul Hunters were an organization that specialized in hunting and killing ghosts and spirits. Naturally, they also possessed special equipment that would help them detect the presence of what they hunted.

Regardless, Gerald ignored Rey’s question before saying, “…Since they’re looking for the Demonic Blood Clan’s territory, they’re definitely after the token of Demonic Blood as well…”

If that group managed to get their hands on the token, then the consequences would be near unimaginable… After all, they would be able to rule over every ghost and spirit on the planet! Things would surely go out of hand by then! With that in mind, there was no way Gerald was going to let them have their way.

“Figured as much… Still, what are we going to do now? Are we getting rid of them?” asked Juno.

Shaking his head, Gerald then replied, “Negative. While it’s true that there are only four of them, if I attack them now, I fear that the entire Soul Hunter organization will come after us to have their revenge. That wouldn’t be beneficial at all. With that in mind, I propose that we spy on them first.”

Hearing that, Juno could only agree.

With that, the trio then returned to their rooms to rest after their meal.

Well, Juno and Rey did. Gerald himself simply couldn’t allow himself to remain idle. With that, he began meditating… and soon enough, he was able to have an out-of-body experience. With his mind now free to explore, Gerald—who was now invisible to the naked eye—immediately began searching for the four Soul Hunters again.

It didn’t take long for him to find them, but by that point, all four of them were already sneakily leaving the hotel despite how late it was.

Watching as they entered the darkness, Gerald knew that he had to tail them.

A few minutes later, the group of Soul Hunters found themselves approaching a forest… And standing before that forest, was a mysterious-looking cloaked figure who had his back against them… It was evident that he was waiting there for them…

Seeing him, the four Soul Hunters then hurriedly stood at attention—behind the man—before respectfully declaring, “Leader!”

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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 he had speculated, the Soul Hunters were here for the token of Demonic Blood. The fact that he could tell how strong the leader of the Soul Hunter organization was certainly didn’t make him 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, he 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 he 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, he 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…

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“…What power… What kind of monster even are you?! Regardless, we bear no grudges against you! What reason do you have to kill us?!” interrogated one of the Soul Hunters.

After all, he was right. Gerald had simply attacked them out of the blue! It certainly raised quite a few questions.

“Hah! I don’t need to explain anything!” retorted Gerald, finding it laughable that they even considered the possibility of him telling them his motive or his identity. That was simply impossible!

With that in mind, Gerald then made his move… and in the blink of an eye, the three remaining Soul Hunters found themselves dead as well. To think that they weren’t even able to find out who Gerald really was before death…

Regardless, now that all four of them were dead, Gerald began searching their bodies… and eventually, he found four Soul Hunter tokens.

As the name suggested, these tokens represented their status as Soul Hunters, and anyone who was accepted into the organization would receive one. Either way, after obtaining the tokens, Gerald kept them by his side before swiftly leaving the scene…

As for the four corpses, while someone would probably discover them the following morning, Gerald wasn’t too worried about being a suspect. After all, he had attacked them in his Avatar form, which meant that he wouldn’t have left behind any traces of physical evidence no matter what he did.

Whatever the case was, now that he had the four tokens, Gerald felt that he and his party would be able to enter the phosphorite mountain area a lot more smoothly. At the very least, the trio wouldn’t be targeted too quickly by any other Soul Hunters they bumped into.

While this was slightly underhanded, all was fair in love and war. As long as he was able to obtain the token of Demonic Blood, Gerald didn’t mind doing all this.

Regardless, Gerald quickly made his way back into his physical body—back at the hotel—before promptly falling asleep…

The next morning, all three of them awoke pretty early and after checking out, they instantly headed for their car. Once they were inside, Juno and Rey raised their heads as they heard Gerald say, “Here, take these!”

extended their hands out… only for Gerald to hand a Soul Hunter token to

asked Rey

to look at Gerald. Though she asked

night before and after dealing with them, I took their Soul Hunter tokens! With them, it’ll be much more convenient for us to enter the phosphorite mountain area since we won’t easily be found out by the other Soul Hunters.

Juno and Rey realized that Gerald had secretly taken out

pretend to be Soul Hunters since we now have their tokens?” asked Rey for

our goals right under the noses of the other Soul Hunters!”

gas and immediately began heading toward the phosphorite mountain

area was

was in the area, the locals would sell them to manufacturers who would then use the raw materials to manufacture other chemical substances. Aside from that, the phosphorite would

rely on that

two-hour drive from Sunset Village to their destination, and by the time they finally arrived there,

were just in time for lunch, Gerald then parked his car at a parking lot before leading Rey and Juno to a

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couldn’t help but whisper, “Did you two see all that phosphorite out

across is that the phosphorite is supposedly unlimited. Once an area is completely excavated, more phosphorite will simply reappear after some time!

could undoubtedly become rich just by relying on

and Juno could only shake their heads. As

an outsider, Rey. If you even dare touch the phosphorite, you’ll surely be beaten up by the locals in no time!” replied

locals were the rightful owner of the phosphorite and they used it to gain riches, there was no way in hell that they were going to let some random nobody take that

he

about the money. After all, he was a person who had near endless wealth, so money wasn’t really an issue for him. Besides, it

in… and upon realizing their presence, the trio instantly put their guard up. After

tattoos… They’re Soul Hunters, right,

I must say, their

they would bump into other Soul Hunters here of

calm. Don’t let them find you suspicious!” added

made sure to lower his head, afraid that

the three

them realized that the Soul Hunters were staring in their direction. What more, they appeared to be

been looking at us this entire time, Mr. Crawford…! Have we

he glared at Rey, knowing full well that panicking would only make

the Soul Hunters got up and began walking over

right by Juno’s side, the Soul Hunter completely ignored both Gerald and Rey as he looked at her while asking, “Well hello there,

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minor business, mister!” replied Gerald with a subtle smile as he stood up the

at Gerald with a bleak expression before arrogantly retorting, “And who the hell are you? Can’t you see that I’m talking to her? Do you think any of

the Soul Hunter knew, he was already flying backward

Hunters immediately got up, unsheathing their daggers at the same time as they glared

had expected Gerald to make the first move.

have a reason for being here! Get them!” declared one of the Soul

the other Soul Hunters instantly bolted toward Gerald and his

all. With another force palm, Gerald sent a wave of energy toward the assailants, causing all of them

to escape, Gerald immediately grabbed onto Rey and Juno’s arms before

unable to even find

got back to their feet and ran out of the restaurant, Gerald and his party were nowhere in sight…

extraordinary! Hurry and report this to the

approach… Gerald and his party had been found out

to catch his breath after panting for so long. He truly hadn’t expected

Gerald before admiringly saying, “You really are something else, Mr. Crawford! Sending so many of them flying in a

be a bit calmer in the future…” grumbled Gerald as he raised a slight eyebrow while looking at

and awkward Rey simply lowered his

topic by asking, “…Either

created, the alerted enemies would

in the shadows while they’re doing things in public, I believe we can

waste too much effort on three nobodies. After all, their main

long after, the cloaked man—whom Gerald had met the day before—could be seen

bumped into three peculiar individuals in a restaurant

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hearing that, the cloaked man stood up as well before asking, “What

though we assume that they’re

Well, pay more attention to them from now on. If you discover the trio, then report back immediately! If they attempt to get in our way,

leader!” yelled the soul

be seen setting up their tents after

short while, Rey couldn’t help but look at Gerald as he asked, “…Is… there a reason we’re

Soul Hunters are tracking us down now, remember? Staying in

everyone from the Soul Hunter organization was here, then staying in a hotel

stood up before

jogging toward some bushes. Since they were in the wilderness, there really

be facing a bloody battle with

before replying, “I know. However, we don’t really have much of a choice. After all, if the Soul

to control all the ghosts in the world. With that in mind, if the Soul Hunters got their hands on it, then the ghosts would surely be used to conquer all of humanity! By that point, everyone

thought about it, Gerald then tried to change the topic by asking, “Speaking of which… You’re currently at the Sage Realm

at the peak

continue to train in hopes that she would be able to break through into the next realm. Sadly for her, she had already been training tirelessly for a few months by

think of a way to help you breakthrough!” said Gerald

Juno then nodded, placing her full belief in Gerald. He was definitely going to help her improve in

was at that moment when both of them suddenly heard

both of them got up before running toward

Gerald as he

hadn’t even put his pants on properly yet—was

Juno soon found it odd that they couldn’t find anything out of

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to Rey when they heard his quivering voice say, “I-it was so terrifying, Mr.

at Rey’s fearful expression, Gerald then frowned slightly as he asked, “What is? What did

seem to be anything around…” muttered Juno who was feeling

Rey wasn’t a ghost.

either… But just as I got up after doing my business, I suddenly felt a cool breeze blow past me… But… then…” muttered Rey who was now shaking so much that he couldn’t even

“…Then what?” asked Gerald.

and looked up… I saw a pair of bloodshot eyes staring right back at me…! I-It was so terrifying…!” stuttered

again, neither of them was able to see anything that Rey had just described. All

don’t think either of us see anything like that…” asked

then determinedly replied, “I swear on my life, Mr. Crawford and Miss Zorn! I’m not joking around here! There really were a pair

how sure he appeared, Gerald and Juno knew that he wasn’t playing around. Adding that to the fact that

don’t worry, I’m here now. Nothing will happen to you! That aside… Pull up your pants already!” said Gerald as

before turning to look at Gerald and Juno again. It took him a second, but when it finally set in that his boxers were in full view this

Gerald then consoled Rey again by adding, “Alright, let’s head back to our tents first. If

this was the only way Gerald could think of that could slightly put Rey at ease. Even so, he knew that his words didn’t help much since Rey still looked so terrified. The image of

here for any longer definitely wouldn’t help, Gerald then led

got out some warm alcohol and poured a

that horrible memory

any experience with the real world, yet here he was. Out here on an adventure with Gerald. With that in mind, Gerald knew that it was his

his still trembling hands

how frightened Rey still was, Gerald couldn’t help but feel slightly worried that the ghost was still lingering around. While he did do a quick scan through the area, it was far too dark

alcohol, Rey appeared much more relaxed than before. At the very least, he wasn’t

at Rey, Gerald then asked in a concerned tone, “Feeling