Chapter 278: Chapter 278 - Outmatched
After I returned to my body, I clearly felt my divine sense power surging rapidly!
In that moment, the grain-sized glow in my mind had expanded a bit larger!
"Could it be... that consuming others’ divine sense could also boost my divine sense power?" I quickly grasped the concept!
But this approach was way too brutal.
Once someone’s divine sense got consumed, their soul would be completely wiped out!
This was still pretty tough for me to stomach.
"Whatever, it’s time for me to go into isolation when I get back this time," I thought to myself.
I had scored big this time, not only consuming the Earth Fiend Valley Ancestor but also grabbing three bags of pills.
More crucially, I seemed to have discovered a quicker method to boost my strength.
"Mabel, maybe I’ll be able to see you in Capital City soon," I whispered quietly, and a smile naturally crept across my face.
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The plane flew steadily.
Midway through the flight, Watson Thompson finally came to, but still looked pretty worn out.
Rubbing her eyes, she instinctively said, "Where am I...."
"Watson, you’re finally up!" Seeing Watson awake, Diane quickly called out.
Watson shot Diane a cold look, and her expression turned icy.
Diane also picked up on Watson’s shift in attitude and awkwardly said, "Watson, are you still mad at me? I didn’t have any other option in that situation..."
"No other option? Diane, think about it, how many times have I bailed you out? When have you gotten picked on without me stepping in?" Watson snapped angrily.
"When we hang out, we never make you pay for anything, and everyone you know came through me."
"But in the end, you said those things, do you even have a heart!"
As Watson talked, she got more heated and just stopped acknowledging Diane altogether.
Diane got pretty rattled because her family wasn’t as loaded as Watson’s.
Without Watson, she’d probably still be just some regular girl.
"Mason, I really owe you one. Without you, I might’ve died back there." Watson brushed off Diane and snuggled up to me, speaking sweetly.
I rolled my eyes and said, "Just stop running off and getting into trouble. Your dad nearly had a heart attack."
"Okay, I get it, I’ll listen to him from now on!" Watson said earnestly.
The plane touched down in Chuzzle pretty soon.
After we got off, Jasper Thompson’s car was already sitting there waiting.
When he spotted Watson, he rushed over with tears streaming down his face.
"You stubborn kid, you nearly gave me a heart attack!" Jasper Thompson was both furious and relieved as tears poured down uncontrollably.
Watson seemed to feel pretty bad too, mumbling, "Dad, I’m sorry, I...I didn’t think it would go down like this."
"Actually, this whole thing might not be entirely Watson’s fault." Right then, I suddenly spoke up.
Thompson looked stunned and frowned, "Mason, what are you getting at?"
I spoke seriously, "I’ve got a hunch that Watson’s body might be special somehow, which might’ve drawn Earth Fiend Valley’s attention."
"I remember now, they mentioned something about Watson being a pure dark energy body!" Right then, Diane blurted out.
"Pure dark energy body? That makes sense then." Conrad Schroeder’s face shifted slightly.
"You know about this condition?" I asked.
Conrad nodded, saying, "Pure dark energy body and pure yang body are complete opposites. One works with dark energy, the other with yang energy."
"Word is that using these two body types to create medicine can produce top-tier divine medicine."
"There are even stories that combining these two body types can boost someone’s power."
Hearing this, my face couldn’t help but heat up, while Watson also looked pretty uncomfortable.
"Chief Thompson, Earth Fiend Valley won’t be the last group after Watson. You’d better keep a tighter watch on her going forward," Conrad cautioned.
Thompson nodded frantically and said, "Got it, got it."
After that, he also curiously asked about Conrad’s background.
Conrad had no choice but to spill everything.
After dropping Watson off, I was ready to head home.
Conrad had just switched identities and had tons of stuff to sort out, so he didn’t come with me.
I couldn’t afford to waste time. After getting home, I didn’t even take a break before I got ready to make my breakthrough.
After absorbing the Earth Fiend Valley Ancestor, I felt confident about jumping straight to Foundation Building Stage 7.
But just as I was about to go into isolation, I suddenly sensed a powerful presence closing in on me from every direction!
The strength of this presence way exceeded what I expected!
My face changed right away. Based on this aura, the other side had at least one Grandmaster, and there was more than one!
I quickly stepped outside my house and stared coldly at my surroundings.
"Since you’re here, why hide in the shadows?" I said coldly.
"Sharp senses."
Three figures stepped out of the darkness.
Even though these three had masked their aura, I could still clearly feel their terrifying power!
"Who are you?" I asked cautiously.
The other side sneered, "You don’t know who you’ve ticked off?"
"I’ve ticked off plenty of people," I smirked.
"Tsk, tsk, seems like our Michelle Sect doesn’t mean much to you," the other side said casually.
Michelle Sect!
I didn’t expect people from the Michelle Sect to show up this fast!
"Three Grandmasters, you’re really rolling out the red carpet for me," I said, narrowing my eyes.
"Hahaha! To be exact... it’s three Peak Form Grandmasters!" the other side said indifferently.
Peak Form Grandmaster?
My face instantly turned really grim!
This was basically the toughest opponent I’d run into!
With my current power, forget three Peak Form Grandmasters, even one would be way more than I could handle!
"What, scared?" the other side asked casually.
My face looked pretty rough as I quickly gathered my energy, ready to throw down at any moment.
"Hehe, don’t waste your energy. Next to us, your strength is nothing," the three moved toward me slowly.
"Enough talking, let’s do this!" I roared, my energy instantly hitting its peak!
"Clueless idiot," the three coldly dropped that line before crushing pressure swept over!
In a flash, I felt like my whole body got hit by lightning, even my movements seemed locked up!
Just a few levels apart, but the power gap was massive!
"Can’t move, how are you gonna fight back?" the three sneered.
Just then, a figure appeared, blocking me!
"Who gave you permission to enter Pyro’s territory?"
