Chapter 120: Quest And Purchase
Few moments ago...
Now that they were gone, the E-Boy slowly turned its head.
Its gaze landed on a particular location.
There, hidden among the shadows, was the Baby Catarat.
The E-Boy watched silently.
According to the original flow of events, the Catarat should have obeyed its master’s will.
It should have delayed the group and wasted their time, prevented them from reaching this place so quickly.
Instead, it had done the exact opposite.
It had actively guided them.
This puzzled the existence observing through the E-Boy.
After all, the Catarat was her familiar, yet some unknown force had interfered.
A force so transcendent that it had overridden the familiar’s natural loyalty.
Even now, she couldn’t understand it.
The Baby Catarat simply yawned before curling into a ball.
Then the E-Boy’s body also dissolved into multicolored light before shooting like a star, it ascended into the sky.
Moments later, it crashed directly into the descending continent above.
And the battle in the sky continued.
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Caelum and the others suddenly felt their vision expand as if they were forced to see space expand.
The moment the world vanished, their consciousness was violently pulled back toward the Present as countless memories flooded into their minds.
Or rather, their own memories returned to them.
’This is crazy...’
Caelum felt a slight headache as scenes rapidly flashed before his eyes.
Only now did he realize something.
Perhaps all this time they had only been acting through their spiritual bodies or something similar to that.
Meanwhile, their real bodies had been fighting continuously in the Present.
As the memories settled, Caelum couldn’t help but glance at Skyler.
His expression immediately became complicated.
That crazy saint actually had N-tinum bombs with him, and the even crazier part was that they had apparently used them themselves.
[Nothing will change the outcome, even if my powers are reduced!]
A distorted voice echoed across the battlefield as the very air trembled from its intensity.
Caelum looked toward the source of the voice.
There stood a ten-foot-tall being with its face was horribly distorted.
Simply looking at it was enough to give someone nightmares for a hundred days straight.
Piercing its chest was a dark banner attached to a black wooden pole with carious engravings as countless ghostly wails emerged from it.
The cries of the dead filled the surroundings.
’So that’s the Soul Banner of an Evil Cultivator, I even got a quest for that...’
Caelum’s expression became strange as he looked behind the creature.
’Oh, f*ck.’
Everything behind it had been reduced to ashes.
Ghosts no longer existed there, and even the surrounding space appeared distorted and unstable.
The aftermath of a terrifying explosion remained visible everywhere.
’I don’t want to feel happy seeing that explosion, but...’
Once again, he glanced at Skyler as the saint whom everyone was giving glances. immediately looked away.
Now definitely wasn’t the time to discuss where he got those explosives from, because within the Zenith Empire N-tinum bombs were banned to public and were only used by the military.
Instead, Caelum reviewed the item he had purchased with One hundred thousand System Points.
Though the item didn’t even possess a rank and was simply classified as a No-Tier purchase, it did prove to be useful.
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Soul Banner of an Evil Cultivator
Once belonging to the Evil Cultivator Jiang Moqin, who transformed an entire world into a city of the living dead by devouring souls and controlling corpses.
Now it is nothing more than a husk of its former glory.
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After that, Caelum checked the quest he had received upon arriving here.
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Quest
Description: You are once again unluckier than a dog! You can’t even enjoy swimming on a summer day! Now fight and carve your way back!
Reward: Stone of Fä’l
Failure: Soul Corruption
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Caelum resisted the urge to complain before he turned his attention toward the others.
Bonjour was covered in injuries.
Most were minor wounds, but blood still flowed from several places.
Sénior was in a similar state.
The others weren’t doing much better.
Everyone had suffered injuries while fighting the countless ghostly underlings commanded by that monstrous being.
Currently, the battle had entered a temporary stalemate.
The reason was simple: The interference of the Past and the appearance of the Soul Banner.
However, their situation was still worsening.
Ghostly energy saturated the battlefield and each passing second weakened them.
’The flow of time here is definitely different...’ Caelum narrowed his eyes.
According to his memories, they had spent a considerable amount of time in the Past.
Yet from the perspective of the Present, only a short period seemed to have passed.
The difference was impossible to ignore.
He then looked toward Jojo as the panda’s condition appeared particularly bad.
"Jojo, are you alright?" Caelum asked.
"Haa..." Jojo struggled to steady his breathing.
"I-I’m f-fine."
Despite his answer, his condition clearly wasn’t fine.
His beastly instincts were raging nonstop.
Caelum, Bonjour, and Jojo had taken the front of the battle against the ten-foot monster.
"Get ready."
Bonjour spat blood onto the ground as his expression was grave.
"She’s coming again, and the power the Future lent us has disappeared."
The atmosphere became heavy.
There was only one reason they had been able to fight an existence at the Peak Master Stage or a Fourth Circle High Mage, which are considered natural disasters in itself.
The Future Lady had temporarily lent them strength.
More importantly, she had protected them from the overwhelming ghostly energy of the Present.
Now that protection had vanished they were prune to more damage.
Caelum tightened his grip on the black rectangular box.
In his other hand, he held his sword as sharp blue light gathered around the blade.
His eyes remained fixed on that monster.
’Come.’
The moment the thought appeared, the [Soul Banner of an Evil Cultivator] trembled violently.
Then it flew through the air and arrived beside him.
Countless ghostly screams erupted from the banner.
The ten-foot being immediately reacted.
[KYSAAAHHHHH—!]
A horrifying screech shook the battlefield as ghostly energy surged in all directions.
The sky trembled.
And once more, their battle resumed.
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