Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Qing Ming City.

 Downtown.

 A dark red figure sprang from the ground, appearing in front of Lu Ming. It stared at Lu Ming fiercely like a tiger, looking mighty and overbearing.

It was a five-star spirit body!

 Spirit body…

 There was indeed a spirit body!

 Lu Ming's eyes lit up. What was happening!?

 Should he give it to Brother Cat?

 It was no fun…

 Oo…

 This was a good opportunity.

 Lu Ming came to his senses. The reason why the spirit body hunters did not make a move or flout the rules was not because they were scared of offending him. In fact, it was because there were no returns!

 Why should they take risks when there were no returns?!

 This was the most fundamental reason.

 Well…

 What if there were benefits?

 “Hurry!

 Tell them there is a spirit body!”

 Lu Ming felt excited.

 Look!

 A spirit body was here!

 As long as they saw the spirit body, they would rush over. Then, there would be a fierce battle! He could make use of the opportunity to obtain more vocation cores!

 Hahaha!

 He was too smart!

 “Xiao-Xiaojian, keep a watch on this,” Lu Ming instructed.

 Hence…

 He walked to one end of the street.

 Since he was here, the spirit body hunters had left after searching around. The entire street was empty. There was no one there!

 “There is a spirit body!” Lu Ming yelled.

 Shus.h.!.+

 The spirit body hunters who sensed a spirit body with their detectors rushed over as well. They noticed the flas.h.i.+ng lights on the detector. If they were right…

 There might be a spirit body!

 Oo…

 It seemed to be a five-star spirit body.

 At the thought of this…

 Everyone was excited.

 They felt even more thrilled when they heard a loud yell and they hurried towards it. However, when they saw the person looking excited at one end of the street…

 Shus.h.!.+

 The world turned silent.

 “L-Lu Ming?”

 “d.a.m.n, was it Lu Ming who shouted to us just now?”

 “Why did he yell?”

 “Perhaps he is using the card spirit to bluff us again…”

 Everyone was appalled.

 Lu Ming was too outrageous.

 They were merely spirit body hunters who caught spirit bodies and sold them for money. What about Lu Ming? d.a.m.n it! He was a spirit body killer! No matter how many stars they had…

 Once he targeted the spirit body, they could never escape!

 Since this was the case…

 Why did Lu Ming call for them?

 “There might be a trap.”

 “That is possible!”

 Everyone thought so too.

 If there was a spirit body, Lu Ming would have killed it!

 If there was no spirit body, Lu Ming might be up to evil deeds to lure them over.

 Hence…

 They glanced at each other and turned to leave.

 Lu Ming was dumbstruck.

 “h.e.l.lo…

 There is a spirit body.”

 Lu Ming lamented listlessly.

 “Yes, it's a spirit body. You can have it.”

 The cultivators left politely.

 Lu Ming was silent.

 Why weren't there any fools among them?

He was certain that if they saw the five-star spirit body and its value, they would be greedy and they would fight among themselves!

 It was a pity…

 They refused to come.

 No one believed that there was a spirit body!

 “Do I have such a bad reputation?”

 Lu Ming was between laughter and tears.

 “What do you think?”

 Xiao-Xiaojian laughed by the side.

 “Alright.”

 Lu Ming felt very helpless too.

 He looked into the distance. The five-star spirit body had targeted him. There was no way to retreat…

 Hence…

 Shus.h.!.+

 When it launched its attack, he stuffed it into the Sea of Consciousness…

 Bang!

 The spirit body was thrilled.

 The Sea of Consciousness!

 It had gone into the Sea of Consciousness directly!

 Haha.

 This was the most comfortable place for a spirit body!

 Especially since…

 There was a sleeping spirit body in the Sea of Consciousness. It seemed very weak. Haha. If it devoured it, it might become stronger…

 At the thought of this…

 It rushed toward the black thing.

 Bang!

There was a deafening sound.

 Calm was restored in the Sea of Consciousness.

 “Has it been wiped out?”

 Lu Ming stole a glance.

 The so-called arrogant five-star spirit body dropped dead in the Sea of Consciousness like a dead dog. It could be dealt with anytime.

 Well…

 He looked at the spirit body that had just been caught. It was an intermediate five-star. It was arrogant. How dare it provoke Brother Cat. It was courting death!

 It was a pity…

 He already had a sword spirit. He had no use for it.

 “Aren't you going to devour it?”

 Lu Ming looked toward Xiao-Xiaojian. “I remember that a spirit body can devour other spirit bodies to become stronger.”

 “I don't need it.”

 Xiao-Xiaojian was proud of itself.

 It was an ancient sword spirit!

 It was of a different level. All it needed to do was to recover!

 Devouring others?

 That was not very useful.

 “I am at a higher level.”

 Xiao-Xiaojian was proud. “Devouring spirit bodies is meant to allow weaker spirit bodies to increase their level. I am a super advanced spirit body. There is no need for me to break through!

 “It is because of my owner that I seem very weak.”

 Lu Ming was silent for a moment before he grabbed Xiao-Xiaojian and gave it a round of beatings.

 So what if it was powerful?!

 He stuffed it into the card?!

 “Are you the one who did that?”

 Xiao-Xiaojian was contemptuous.

 It was ridiculous!

 This shameless guy. It was the black cat who did it. If not for the black cat, a sword spirit like him would not be in such a G.o.d-forsaken place!

 Cras.h.!.+

 A black shadow flashed.

 Xiao-Xiaojian had been blasted to the ground on the spot.

 Cough.

 Lu Ming looked at it and remained silent.

 Tsk.

 Brother Cat seemed to be getting more and more hot-tempered lately…

 At this very moment…

 Somewhere.

 In the forest.

 Many men in black were on standby.

 Black was everywhere.

 “Remember.

 “The plan is about to start!

 “Once it has started, our future will be in front of us!”

 The leader of the men in black announced.

 “Yes!”

 Everyone was submissive.

 There was a burning desire in their eyes.

 They had waited very long for this moment and they had sacrificed a lot for this. Several batches of Scouts had been replaced!

 “How's the deduction of the plan going?”

 The leader of the men in black looked toward the leader of the Scouts.

 Buzz—

 Buzz—

 Before his eyes…

 The star chart flashed.

 A corner of Qing Ming City was flas.h.i.+ng. It would be completed anytime. However, just then, the lights were suddenly extinguished.

 Eh?

 Everyone widened their eyes.

 “The spirit body has… disappeared.”

 The leader of the Scouts was dazed.

 “Uh?!”

 The leader of the men in black found it weird.

 Disappeared?!

 How could it be gone?

 “Didn't you put it there in advance?” One man in black asked.

 “Yes.”

 The leader of the Scouts was dazed. “But it suddenly disappeared !”

 Shus.h.!.+

 The screen in front of him.

 The data that should have belonged to the spirit body had turned into countless zeros. The location, the aura, the energy, the integration level, everything became blank.

 The leader of the men in black frowned.

 They bought the spirit body and placed it in Qing Ming City…

 Yes.

 They were the ones who released the spirit body!

 Due to a mistake in planning, for one of the stages, the deduction of the Scouts team was disrupted and all the plans turned out to be very odd.

 Therefore…

 In order for everything to return to normal…

 In order for the deduction to be successful, they personally bought a spirit body and sent it to Qing Ming City, to create the false impression that ‘spirit bodies were roaming' so that the plan could be back on track!

 And so…

 The plan was on again!

 T-that was their new plan!

 However…

 n.o.body would have thought that the spirit body, which had barely appeared and was immediately sent over would disappear…

 Was this a joke?!

 They placed an intermediate five-star spirit body over there. It was a wild and untamed spirit body that was very ferocious and powerful!

 Even if it was discovered, others had to spend a long time subduing it!

 And what about their plan?

 All they needed to do was to place the spirit body in the designated location and replace ‘it'! As for whether it was dead or alive…

 n.o.body cared!

 However…

 What was shocking was…

 They had just delivered the spirit body and it was gone! It had yet to replace the original spirit body and it disappeared without a trace!

 “How was that possible?”

 The men in black were in disbelief.

 A powerful Scout veteran had been transferred away after the ‘Human and Beasts Scandal'. Why would this happen again?

 “Release another spirit body!”

 The leader of the men in black gritted his teeth.

 “We have limited funds…”

 “We still have to do it!”

 The leader of the men in black was solemn.

 They had no other options now!

 They had prepared for this for a long time. Nothing could go wrong now! In order to be fool-proof, they had prepared several spirit bodies…

 Shus.h.!.+

 Another spirit body was sent there.

 Shus.h.!.+

 The screen turned blank after thirty seconds.

 It was gone!

 It disappeared again!

 All of the men in black widened their eyes.

 How could this be possible?!

 This was a five-star spirit body!

 It was impossible for anyone to destroy it easily!

 Or perhaps…

 They had secret devices?

 “Release another spirit body!”

 It disappeared again!

 “Release a four-star spirit body.”

 It disappeared again!

 “d.a.m.n it!”

 The leader of the men in black looked sullen.

 Right then…

 He remembered something from his childhood. He tried to light firecrackers in the cold and bitter wind. The firecrackers were ready. All he had to do was to ignite them with the matchsticks in his hands. He lit dozens of sticks but they were doused out immediately. In the end, he carried the firecrackers back with him… He could not ignite them.

 And now…

 It was exactly the same!

 All they needed was a spirit body to be placed at the location and their goal would be achieved and they could start their plan!

 However…

 There was nothing they could do!

 Unless…

 “Throw all of them in!” The leader of the men in black ordered.

 “It won't work.”

 His subordinates were shocked. “If we throw everything in, we will not have any chances left!”

 “Do you think it will be useful for us to leave one behind when it was useless to throw everything in?”

 The leader of the men in black said in a low voice, “Regardless of the technology or devices, throw all the spirit bodies in. I don't believe he can control them!”

 Shus.h.!.+

 There was another round of influx of spirit bodies.

 At that instant.

 Buzz—

 Lights flashed.

 All the spirit bodies disappeared instantaneously.

 They were gone…

 They were really gone!

 They had thrown dozens of three-star, four-star, and five-star spirit bodies into the city. However, in the end, none of the spirit bodies survived…

 At this moment…

 There was a star chart in the air. The last node, which was the only black area on the chart remained. The star chart could not be lit up!

 “Where the h.e.l.l were the spirit bodies?”

 The men in black were puzzled.

 At this very moment…

 In the Sea of Consciousness.

 Lu Ming felt somewhat melancholic.

 It was true.

 He wondered who had poked the nest of spirit bodies, making dozens of spirit bodies spring up from the ground!

 There were four-star and five-star spirit bodies!

 It was scary. Lu Ming had to throw all of them into the Sea of Consciousness…

 Afterward…

 That was it.

 Before his eyes…

 Twenty spirit bodies appeared in the Sea of Consciousness like a family. They ranged from beginner four-star to intermediate five-star and they belonged to various realms!

 “What to do now?”

 Lu Ming glanced around.

 He did not need any spirit bodies.

 It was true.

 He only needed one card spirit. If he had more than one, there would be conflict. It would be great if his sword could absorb the rest, after all many spirit bodies could grow and develop…

 It was a pity…

 His sword spirit had no need to become stronger, therefore…

 All the spirit bodies were useless to him.

 Should he keep them for his disciples?

 Lu Ming thought about it. All his disciples had card spirits!

 “Can a spirit body self-destruct?”

 Lu Ming suddenly asked.

 Xiao-Xiaojian was silent.

 It felt that it was better to not tell Lu Ming.

 After all, his sister, Lu Yan, was a fan of self-destruction. If Lu Ming learned it, he might self-destruct and it would be affected as well…

It had to be low-key, low key.

 “No?”

 Lu Ming was disappointed.

 He thought that like a vocation core, a spirit body could self-destruct as well!

 He remembered that his sister used to say, “When in battle, spirit bodies go very well with self-destruction”… Could it be that this was exclusive to Swordsmen?

 Alright.

 What should he do with them?

 “They are not entirely useless.”

 Xiao-Xiaojian looked at the unconscious spirit bodies in the Sea of Consciousness and it had an idea. “Since they have been knocked out, why don't we… hahaha…”

 “What the h.e.l.l do you want?”

 Lu Ming frowned. Could it be that the spirit body had unknown hobbies?

 “We can wrap them up and give them to Xiao-Xiaobai!”

 Xiao-Xiaojian was excited. “Although I don't need them, we can give them to Xiao-Xiaobai. It is a newly born spirit body. It has to start its cultivation from scratch!

 “If you give five-star materials to Xiao-Xiaobai…

 “It will definitely improve!

 “Oh…

 “The five-star spirit body will affect Xiao-Xiaobai. The devoured personality will change… Wait a minute, let me think through it. How can we temper its energy and get rid of its consciousness? I must change this guy into pure energy and give it to Xiao-Xiaobai to increase its energy! In that case, it will not be a problem.

 “Xiao-Xiaobai can grow and develop well!” Xiao-Xiaojian said excitedly.

 Lu Ming gave it a deep look.

 Xiao-Xiaobai was a newly born spirit body and yet this guy had set its designs on it!

 “You are a hentai! [1. Outside of j.a.pan, hentai (English: “pervert”) is anime and manga p.o.r.nography. In the j.a.panese language,”hentai” is not a genre of media but any type of perverse s.e.xual desire or act.]”

 Lu Ming was filled with emotions.

 “Aren't you one as well?”

 Xiao-Xiaojian sneered coldly.

 It knew why he fed Xiaobai with papaya meals everyday.

 “I am doing this so that she will grow up well.”

 Lu Ming looked solemn.

 “Me too.”

 Xiao-Xiaojian looked righteous.

 The black cat that was asleep woke up due to the noise. It frowned seeing that they were discussing the growth and development of Xiaobai and Xiao-Xiaobai. They were perverted…

 Bang!

A black shadow flashed.

 The man and the card were blasted out instantly.