Stone

[breakthrough countdown (based on the average amount of mana you absorb for the last 10 seconds): 3 hours, 14 seconds.]

Felix was disappointed that the countdown only dropped by a few seconds, indicating how large is the difference of mana between him and the guard.

'My decision to keep the bodies is right.' Felix pushed away the disappointment that he felt, because he can certainly use the dead bodies of cultivators that he collected in the forest earlier to quickly regain mana.

With this newly discovered ability of the system, he doesn't need to fear losing mana again when he get similar breakthroughs.

After absorbing the miniscule mana of the traitor, the clone disappeared behind the captivated traitor, freeing it.

The traitor felt his own weight burdening him like a mountain, making him fall gradually on the road with his face first.

He doesn't even have enough strength to lift a finger.

When cultivating, the mana absorbed from the atmosphere will constantly make your body denser, harder, and stronger.

That's why when mana leaked from his body, he felt his own body burdening him. Added to the fact that there is no mana left to power his body, it will take months before his body can return to its normal density when he hasn't yet started the path of cultivation; it made him feel trapped in his own body.

The guards at the top of the city walls were shocked at what they had seen. But they didn't say anything that can offend the elemental identity realm cultivator.

Felix looked at the burnt corpses, while attempting to receive them in his virtual space.

[Only the body can be retrieved, they don't own their weapons, clothes, etc.]

Information flowed through his mind and he nodded. It seems that he can only keep their weapons or clothes in the virtual space if he kill the owners of the items. They probably only borrowed those items from someone.

Back in the Dale forest, he can collect all the items of the hunters and gatherers he killed because they own it.

The guards at the top of the city wall suddenly saw the burnt corpse disappear out of nowhere, making them astounded.

They can only assume that the expert owns the precious space ring that they all wished for.

Felix shook his head and entered the city with Ron, both of them are just walking under the anxious gazes of the guards.

When Felix left the city, his plan was just to hunt animals and beasts to sell it in the city, but now, it's probably better to clean up the city first.

However, Felix doesn't have any plan on how to start cleaning up the corruption in the city and he doesn't plan to become the leader of the city.

Since he gained the system yesterday, his mentality greatly changed. The once powerful Relyc city in his eyes became weak and pitiful.

One of the guards at the top wearing a leather armor took a deep breath and jumped down from the top of the city wall and ran to catch up to Felix and Ron who was still walking.

"Wait! great venerable!" The leather armored guard shouted.

Felix and Ron stopped walking while turning at him. Felix then raised his eyebrows, "What?"

As he asked this, he noticed a badge of Fal family from the guard's leather armor.

The leather armored guard swallowed his saliva and anxiously said, "What do you plan to do in our city, great venerable?"

"I will just exterminate the Rad family," Felix said truthfully after contemplating on what to answer.

"Why would you do that?" The guard asked nodding at what Felix had said, as if also wanting to destroy the Rad family.

"Because I want to," Felix chuckled, but he knows deep in his heart that the reason why he wants to destroy the Rad family is because of their betrayal on him.

When the previous Family master who took care of him was still alive, no one dared to disrespect Felix, but when the Family master died, he noticed all the members' treacherous nature, making him feel alone from the so called family of his.

'Destroying a Family without a reason? I don't believe it,' The leather armored guard thought, not believing what Felix said.

The leather armored man hesitated for a bit, but said, "Our Fal family will fight with you."

Felix and Ron didn't reply and just continued walking towards the entrance of the Rad family where he was kicked by Edward Rad.

The leather armored guard looked at the silhouette of the two and ran towards one of the Fal family entrance.

After walking for hours, Felix saw the entrance of the Rad family where he got kicked. There are more than a hundred Rad family guards probing around the area, as their attempt to find and recruit the level 9 mana gathering cultivator is relentless.

One of the people in the entrance is Edward Rad himself who ordered hundreds of guards to look for the said Level 9 mana gathering realm cultivator.

In fact, it's not only happening in the Rad family, but it is also happening in all of the 4 families within the Relyc city.

"Sir Edward, we still can't find the level 9 mana gathering realm cultivator. We asked all the people in the area all day, but it seems like the expert had long exited the city." A guard wearing a red iron armor said while panting.

Bang!

"Incompetent!" Edward Rad punched the guard in the iron chest armor, making a large indent in the armor that concaved.

After receiving the impact, the guard was pushed 5 meters away, but was stopped when he hit a wall. He then coughed blood and fainted.

Felix looked at Edward Rad and felt anger and hatred consume him.

Edward is his one of his childhood "friends" when the previous Family master was still alive. He even considered Edward as his best friend, but just like the others, his condescending nature appeared out of thin air when the Family master passed away.

He is one of the people who keeps stealing the resources left by him by the ex-family master.

Edward felt a malicious intent heading towards him. He looked towards the direction where the malicious intent came from and he saw a fit young man with a child on his side.

He looked at the robe of the Felix and Ron, and although it looks very clean, it is also very common. In fact, it was one of the cheap robes sold by the shops of the Rad family within the city.

After assessing what level of respect or disdain should he show for the young man that is emitting the malicious intent, he snorted and said angrily, "Have you seen a level 9 mana gathering realm cultivator!?"

He is really, really adamant on finding the said expert because one of the family master promised to give him a condensed pill that can help him break through the level 6 mana gathering realm.

"No." Felix and Ron said simultanously.

Felix didn't know that the level 9 mana gathering realm cultivator they are trying to find is him, because he is just a level 5 mana gathering realm cultivator back then!

The foolish guard who shot him in the back with an arrow yesterday mistook him for being a level 9.

"I only said to allow those who have any idea about the expert to come here." Edward said calmly after hearing Ron and Felix.

But the guards surrounding him, felt beads of sweat forming on their foreheads when they heard his calm voice.

The guards then looked angrily at Felix and Ron while raising their respective swords.

"Die! Die! Die!"

The guards exclaimed this word loudly and simultanously while sprinting towards Felix and Ron.

Ron felt a lot of pressure burdening him when he heard their loud exclamations. This is one of the techniques of war, and it can be used to perish enemies' morale.

Felix saw them and nodded while thinking, 'They are better guards than the guards of the city, it seems like they keep their best guards for their own family, while they just leave those untrained guards to protect the city.'

The guards in front of him didn't underestimate him, making him nod in approval.

"I'll give them quick death." Felix said, after seeing that most of them are level 3 mana gathering cultivator, whereas one of the guards is a level 4.

Ron saw his brother lowering his body, procuring 15-20 small stones in the road.

He also helped his brother by collecting the stones, not knowing what will his brother do with these stones.

The guards saw that they are just like playing around even after using their morale perishment technique. They got even more livid and exclaimed "die!" louder.

As they got closer, Felix rested a stone in his index finger, while his middle, ring, and pinky fingers are holding other stones. His thumb is behind the rested stone of his forefinger. He did this for both of his hands, as if he will flick a marble ball.

The level 4 mana gathering realm guard got 10 meters away from him, even laughing at his weird position.

Bang! Woosh!

A loud bang exploded and a stone traveled in an extremely fast rate towards the level 4 guard's forehead, leaving a trail of dust as it travels!

Dust rose from Felix hands as he flicked his thumb towards the resting stone.

Clang!

The level 4 guard didn't even have time to react as his consciousness went blank, not even knowing how he died! A small hole formed in his red iron helment, directly penetrating his forehead!

But it didn't stop there! The stone continued to travel in the air after also penetrating the back of his skull, not even slowing down!

Woosh!

The stone hit another guard, just behind the level 4 guard, instantly killing it!

Finally, the stone stopped after hitting the back of its skull, turning into dust, escaping on the atmosphere!

Edward Rad's expression turned from indifference to shock!

"What kind of weapon is that!?" He shouted at Felix greedily, not believing that Felix only used his hands.

Instantly killing a level 4! Even if he is a level 5 mana gathering realm cultivator and has double the power of that level, he can't beat them in one hit!

Thud thud

"Get it for me!" Edward Rad shouted, almost salivating from greed, not caring about the dead guards who fell with on the ground with a thud.

"Just a random stone!" Felix replied while laughing.

Ron find it hard to believe that a level 4 cultivator can be easily killed just like that, but he has no reason to believe his brother can't.

"Damn! You can use random stones as a projectile! I want that weapon!" Edward Rad shouted even more stronger, but too scared to fight. That weapon can take down a level 4 instantly, even if he can't die from getting hit by it, he will be surely injured!

Felix just laughed at Edward's expression as he reloaded his left hand with another stone.

Bang! Bang! Woosh! Woosh!

The four sounds almost exploded simultaneously, while 10 of the hundred guards immediately died with just 2 bullets!

Dust escaped again from Felix hands, as Edward looked at the trails left behind by the stone bullet.

Edward didn't care that ten of the level 3 mana gathering guards died and thought, 'Those dusts are probably a way to hide his weapon from being seen.'

After seeing 12 guards dying, the hundred guards don't want to continue hunting Felix anymore and just retreated in fear!

"Who dared to disturb my sleep!?" A loud and hoarse voice shouted, while the aura of level 9 mana gathering realm cultivator leaked!

"Master!" Edward Rad bowed at the level 9 mana gathering realm cultivator.

"You finally came out," Felix said calmly while looking at a middle-aged man wearing a blue crown.