Chapter 142: Harvest

If there was no time, it would be fine to leave the body undisposed.

But if there was time, the corpse must be completely destroyed.

In the supernatural world, certain special means could induce a state of suspended animation.

If one truly believed the enemy was dead and did not dispose of the body, the enemy might revive using the corpse after leaving.

Gunie had encountered over a dozen powerful methods that could enter suspended animation and then revive.

Moreover, Gunie had begun secretly collecting these means and abilities of 'suspended animation and revival.'

On one hand, they might come in handy sometime.

On the other hand, they naturally served as cover for the system's 'reincarnation' ability.

The Snake Demon clan contractor was third-rank; a mid-rank 'Azure Soul-Destroying Water' would suffice.

As the Azure Soul-Destroying Water was poured onto the Snake Demon's corpse.

Splash...

Blue flames quickly ignited, and the third-rank Snake Demon's flesh, bones, and scales visibly turned to ash as the fire burned.

The Azure Soul-Destroying Water not only destroyed the body but also scorched the residual soul consciousness.

If it was suspended animation, under the effect of the Azure Soul-Destroying Water, the suspended animation would instantly become true death.

At the same time, the Azure Soul-Destroying Water could deliver a devastating blow to any remaining spiritual residual soul consciousness.

Even if the enemy tried to commune with or summon the residual soul consciousness, it would be difficult to obtain useful information.

In less than two minutes, the third-rank Snake Demon contractor's corpse had turned into a pile of ashes.

After destroying the Snake Demon contractor's corpse, Gunie walked back toward the small alley.

There was still the werewolf warrior's corpse there.

A moment later, Gunie also searched the dead werewolf warrior's corpse, then used a bottle of mid-rank Azure Soul-Destroying Water to destroy the body.

After doing all this.

Gunie glanced lightly at the sky.

Under the blood sea night, it was even redder than before, pressing down closer to the Sog Ruins City.

The terrifying presence was drawing nearer to the Sog Ruins City.

At this moment, the entire Sog Ruins City was bathed in a sea of blood.

Even the white snow had turned into 'red snow.'

With a brief glance, Gunie inadvertently glimpsed the golden eyes within the blood sea again.

The head that had been impacted by the Snake Demon's 'Snake Demon Wail' began to throb again with this slight glance.

"Huff..."

Gunie took out a bottle of 'Calming Spirit Potion' and gulped it down.

Only then did the pain ease.

During this time, whenever he had free time, Gunie would brew potions for himself.

Such as 'Calming Spirit Potion,' 'Flash Arc Potion,' 'Refined Dragon Blood Potion,' and 'Refined Nightmare Potion.'

These potions were all useful to Gunie himself; he brewed them for his own consumption and rarely sold them.

Gently rubbing his temples, which were throbbing less intensely.

Gunie quickly summarized this battle in his mind.

"My soul is still a bit weak—not that it's weak, but compared to my physical body, it's not as tough and resilient as I imagined."

"Being hit by a third-rank Snake Demon's Snake Demon Wail and not falling to the ground in agony, but still standing on the snow, is already quite impressive for a second-rank spellweaver."

"It seems that my path of a thick soul volume and aiming to be a domain caster is very correct."

"Although this path... hmm... might require a bit more time in terms of idle cultivation."

"But at least it won't leave me with a weakness in the soul. It might even allow me to contend with high-rank supernaturals while at low rank."

"Moreover, idle cultivation makes my progress very fast; even if I spend more time idling, I still completely outpace other cultivators."

Whenever he thought of his soul, Gunie couldn't help but think of the Secret Pattern Potion and Dr. Henry.

"Originally, the Secret Pattern Potion should have yielded results. Today, Dr. Henry came to see me, possibly to talk about this matter. But it's a pity."

Gunie shook his head gently.

Suppressing these thoughts, Gunie drank a bottle of mid-rank Refined Source Power Potion, as the battle had consumed much of his source power.

Then, Gunie slipped silently through a quiet small alley, moving away from Deep Marquis Castle.

Earlier, Gunie had seen many guards protecting the alchemists as they fled Deep Marquis Castle.

He too needed to leave here quickly.

Walking through the Sog Ruins City shrouded in a blood sea.

At this moment.

The entire Sog Ruins City was in complete chaos.

Explosions.

Sounds of fighting.

Wails.

Roars.

If one listened carefully, these sounds came from near and far, rising and falling, interweaving from all directions.

The entire Sog Ruins City was now completely engulfed in battle.

Fortunately, Gunie was familiar enough with the Sog Ruins City not to get lost in the intricate alleys and streets.

As he moved forward, Gunie checked the spoils of this battle.

The third-rank werewolf warrior and the third-rank Snake Demon contractor were both quite powerful.

Among third-ranks, they were formidable characters.

Their storage equipment was about two cubic meters each, and the storage equipment alone was worth four thousand gold pounds.

Moreover, there were many good things inside the storage equipment.

Some rare ores, uncommon supernatural herbs, and some supernatural texts, etc.

The two storage items, plus some supernatural equipment on their persons, had a total value no less than twenty thousand gold pounds.

This was more than the income from Gunie's two transactions of Life Spring Water.

"Indeed, murder and robbery is the correct way to get rich overnight," Gunie mused.

When he reached the junction of 'Antu Kang District' and 'Black Tu District.'

Gunie stopped in a dark corner of a small alley.

"How about going to St. Mary's Abbey?"

At that moment, a bizarre idea suddenly surfaced in his mind.

That was the entrance to the writhing flesh; perhaps he could encounter some enemies waiting there.

After thinking it over, Gunie abandoned this suicidal idea.

That 'Barbarian Saint' and 'Scion of the Evil God' might be leading a group of high-rank supernaturals there, or might have already arrived.

Going there would be like walking straight into the line of fire.

If he had the strength of a Grandmaster, he could go and wipe them all out.

But now, that would be a foolish sacrifice.

"Indeed..." Gunie shook his head lightly and smiled bitterly.

"When you're weak, nothing works."

Just as he was thinking, Gunie suddenly looked up.

His originally calm eyes turned bloodshot.

Even a thick killing intent faintly emanated from Gunie.

Sniffing lightly in the air, Gunie's eyes grew sharper.

In the air, where other supernaturals could detect nothing unusual, Gunie smelled the blood of the Human-Faced Flower King.

Once the Blood Pool tasted a creature's blood, Gunie's ability to sniff out that blood was as keen as a shark in the deep sea.

"Human-Faced Flower King, and an injured one at that."

Gunie, who had not known where to go or what to do, suddenly had a target.

"Earlier, Veya told me that those Human-Faced Flowers were still hiding in the Sog Ruins City."

"Tonight, those aliens and evil god cultists have all come out."

"That means the members of the Human-Faced Flower cult have also come out tonight."

"So... tonight is a perfect opportunity to kill members of the Human-Faced Flower cult."

"Maybe I can even find traces of Meisha from these cult members."

With this thought, the bloodthirsty killing intent made Gunie even more excited.

"Let's start with this injured Human-Faced Flower King."

Gunie leaped, following the scent of blood like a bloodthirsty shark, quickly pursuing it.