The Prowess of the Death Book

Davis, who had returned to the Imperial Castle, couldn't wait to see Evelynn alone, as he now liked her to a certain degree than any woman he had seen in his previous life as a mortal.

In the Study...

"Davis, what happened?" Ellia asked Davis with a weird expression on her face.

"Hmm? Nothing happened."

"No matter how I see it, you're smiling creepily from the time you entered the Study. Don't tell me you have been seduced by that vix… your future concubine?" Ellia almost screamed but held back at the last second.

"Eh?"

Only did Davis realize that he was smiling like a fool after checking his face.

'Have I been seduced? Or did I fall for her by myself? There is no way she could have seduced me! My soul is more powerful than hers!' Davis thought as he slapped his cheeks.

"It's not like that, but I think I have started to like her..." Davis replied sheepishly.

"You! Didn't you say that you will release her from this marriage if she doesn't like you?"

"I did say that, but now, if she said that she didn't like me, then I will just have to make her like me."

"You're going to use unscrupulous means?" Ellia had her eyes widened.

"Hey! I never said that!" Davis hit her head lightly while Ellia pouted.

"I won't do that, and she's not taken as far as I know. I'll try my best to win her heart since it is rare for me to like someone in the first place."

Ellia glanced at him complexly before as she asked, "What if you can't?"

"Only time will tell," Davis said with a profound expression on his face.

'What time will tell? You'll only bully her just like you bullied me!' Ellia thought hatefully.

She didn't know why but she almost felt slighted.

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Night came as daylight hastened away.

Davis snuck out smoothly as he was pretty used to this now. He made his way to the Southern Gate, hoping to spot Harman again while using his soul sense to scan the area around him.

"Fuck!" He blurted out loudly as he could see many people fuck in their rooms, bathe in their restrooms. His soul sense was mostly concentrated on women for that moment as if it was natural instinct before he quickly pulled back his soul sense.

"Ah, my soul!" 

Davis held his glabella.

'What the hell? Why didn't these people setup stronger formations around themselves? I can see them fucking around like dogs! Arghh... Why didn't the novels I read mention this before?' Davis had every cell of his brain turn hostile to the authors of the web novels he read.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down.

This time, he used his soul sense to avoid the places where he last saw people acting indecently.

His soul sense can extend up to extended up to fifteen kilometers, while normal Peak Level Infant Soul Cultivators can only extend their soul sense up to three kilometers.

This again proved that Davis had a very powerful soul.

Since he was at the Infant Soul Stage and had a soul comparable to Young Soul Stage Experts, he felt that he could truly summon his soul out of his body.

And as a matter of fact, he did try to summon out his soul when he was in the Mid Level Infant Soul Stage, and he was able to summon it smoothly.

However, when he summoned his soul out of his body, he realized that he couldn't control his body to his horror. He was dismayed for a second before calming down because it made sense that he was unable to control his body with his soul being outside.

He then thought that he would be able to control his body after reaching a higher stage in Soul Forging Cultivation.

He tried performing some battle techniques in the soul form. 

Body Tempering Cultivation and its related techniques were totally useless in that form as he was not able to cast them without circulating his energy through the relevant meridians. He could only unleash his Soul Forging Cultivation and a bit of Essence Gathering Cultivation.

But the Essence Gathering Cultivation techniques he cast were weak, insignificant, and couldn't bring harm to another cultivator, so he realized that his soul form could only be used to escape in a life and death moment.

Just when a few seconds passed, Davis's eyes lit up.

'He finally arrived!' 

Davis became jubilant because he wouldn't have to waste his time while waiting for this target anymore.

There was a shady silhouette in the alley a few kilometers away from the Southern Gate. That silhouette looked as if it was searching for something or inspecting something.

Davis knew that the silhouette was his target because his soul sense could penetrate the silhouette's concealment and disguise without even alerting it.

Harman would only find if Davis's probing was deep, like inspecting his body for a few seconds. Otherwise, he wouldn't feel a thing.

This applies to almost all cultivators, and that's why powerful soul cultivators were deeply feared. Their ability to probe someone without that someone being able to notice the probers often left them paranoid, especially when they do something wrong or sneaky.

Who would want their privacy to be invaded?

Davis casually moved and headed to the alley where Harman was at.

After a few minutes, he arrived at that place silently.

"What are you searching for?"

Harman, who was minding his own business, was startled. He quickly stretched his soul sense out and began to look around for the source of the voice.

But to his astonishment, he couldn't find anyone with his High-Level Infant Soul Stage Cultivation even after probing.

Suddenly he felt his senses tingle, telling him to dodge. Without hesitation, he quickly dodged sideways.

*Splat!~*

Blood gushed out of Harman's neck in the side as he felt his neck corrode and burn. He immediately tried to suppress the rampaging energy, but to his surprise, he found out that he couldn't stop it even though the prowess of the essence energy running berserk inside him was of Energy Condensation Stage.

"What is this!? Who are you?" 

Harman shouted fearfully as he totally lost calm. He could instantly tell that his foe had a powerful Soul Forging Cultivation.

Davis deactivated his Dark Concealing Shroud Art. He still had his disguise on.

"Tch! What is a vermin doing sneaking around the Imperial Capital?"

"Senior? Are you one of the cultivators from the Imperial Family? I guess we are fated, so there is no need to fight." 

Suddenly, Harman's eyes abnormally glowed as he looked at Davis.

'What the hell is this person saying?' 

Davis was confused but still had an indifferent expression.

"Senior may not believe me, but I received divine intervention from the heavens to come to this place and wait for something or maybe someone. Since senior is here, then it must be related to you." Harman hurriedly explained.

"Ahh!" Davis finally understood.

'As I expected, it looks like the Death Book can even really whisper into one's soul and deceive them. Or did he believe himself to be a chosen one and got delusional?'

Since things were like this, Davis decided to play a little with Harman's delusions before killing him for good.