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Chapter 727 - 727 382 Undercurrent (4000) _2

Chapter 727: 382 Undercurrent (4000) _2 Chapter 727: 382 Undercurrent (4000) _2 Candle Soul began, “Only Shadow Hunters and Holy Light Hunters within the thousands of hunters in the Hunters Association headquarters have the privilege to go to the source of the Holy Springs Water. There, hunters will have the opportunity to immerse in the Holy Spring water. We’ll need you to do something for us then, rest assured, the means we provide will certainly not be discovered by anyone…”

“What is it? Can you be more specific?”

Although Solomon asked, he had already suspected something. The Dark Hunt Organization has remained prosperous for thousands of years within the Hong Li Empire, serving as the official supernatural suppressive force. The Holy Springs have played an indispensable role.

If there were any issues with the Holy Springs, the entire organization would be shaken.

“I can’t tell you yet. The day you become a Shadow Hunter, I will naturally tell you.” Candle Soul continued, “I have given you the second part of the Sinful Thorn Technique. I believe your strength will experience a phased increase within the next month. You need to become a Shadow Hunter without any doubt. We will help you with that…”

Hearing his somber voice gave an eerie feeling.

“What do you mean?” Solomon frowned slightly.

“Don’t worry about whether it’s honorable or not, becoming a Shadow Hunter is the most important. There are three candidates in total, I will try my best to eliminate one for you. After all, it’s not so easy to act against Florence in the Imperial Capital…”

Candle Soul suddenly changed his tone: “Oh, right. There should be four places, including a hunter named Bai Kui. I won’t help you with this one. After all, a Black Iron Rank isn’t much of a threat. You can leave now…”

Solomon nodded and carefully put the secret manual into his bosom.

With a creak, the door opened and closed again.

Candle Soul stood beside the window in the shadows, gazing out into the unknown.

“Obtaining power through external forces is the most dangerous and the easiest to falter. The Dark Hunt Organization, though successful because of the Holy Springs, may also fail because of them…”

Within the Dark Hunt Organization, there has always been an unspoken fact. Hunters use the Holy Springs Water to enhance their power, and fight against the dark creatures on the empire’s territory. Over time, these battle-hardened hunters gradually would show symptoms of headaches, irritability, and loss of reason. It’s like the after-effects of war, but in reality, it’s more like transformation into a dark creature.

Some hunters believe that this is due to injuries from missions and the corrosion of the dark creatures’ power. But in fact, this only contributes to a very small part of the reasons. The deeper cause lies within the source.

The Holy Springs Water, contains both power and the potential for disasters.

Although minuscule, under the accumulation over time, the day of eruption will surely come. Candle Soul and the organization behind him, merely wish to make this eruption more violent.

After all, an organization that has existed for nearly a thousand years is not easy to deal with. Not to mention that the organization is an official imperial force.

Time returned to today at seven o’clock in the evening.

In the quiet of the night, in Florence, an abandoned monastery in the suburbs.

Casio met Ghost Man and his friend, the Iron Knight. The subject of their discussion revolved around the World of Calamities and Black Rain Villa more than the minor episode about the assassination. These were worth talking about.

Upon meeting, Ghost Man gave Casio the promise of the Hunter’s Badge and the densified Secret Soul Power. He then began to enthusiastically introduce his friend, also a top-tier Knight Rank Marker.

His intention was simple, he had found another person to join the team.

Having someone capable of doing work for him, especially a strong Fighter, Casio naturally accepted. After all, Casio was the only one who could absorb the life vibration energy from the corpses of the dark creatures that Ghost Man and Iron Knight hunted.

Ghost Man and Iron Knight had to pay an entrance fee each time they wanted to use the Shelter Tower to purge the disasterous aura from their bodies. That was the Demon Seed that Casio had dissolved in order to absorb the life vibration energy. He had already studied it carefully and had discovered a special method to refine the Demon Seed using a large amount of Demon Idol Qi.

By injecting the Demon Seed into a certain fixed part of their bodies, such as a finger.

This way, the Demon Seed can absorb and temporarily store the life vibration energy. This type of Demon Seed has a time limit. If it doesn’t return to the body within twenty-four hours, it will automatically dissipate.

This way, Ghost Man and Iron Knight don’t have to worry too much about the exotic Qi in their bodies.

This demon seed could be treated as an externally attached tool, similar to the hunter’s badge. Once you kill the dark creature, you can absorb it with ease.

The operation process is not difficult; it is simple and easy to implement.

During their conversation, Casio did not reveal any information about the False Death Elixir, as it was not the right time yet. When their cooperation had reached a degree of familiarity and tacit understanding, and after he had recovered to the level of a Fighter.

He can confidently expand his external forces.

Casio believes, no top Knight-Rank Markerholder from Black Rain Villa will be unaffected. This is the only chance to break free from the control of Black Rain Villa! If this opportunity is missed, there may not be another chance.

Rarity has its advantages, so he is not worried about attracting strong individuals to join.

After the three finished talking, before leaving, Casio asked Ghost Man for a favor. To take down the headquarters of the Shadow Stab organization, and to find out who was planning to assassinate him. In this respect, Ghost Man is quite professional.

Casio doesn’t plan to take action himself. After all, his physique hasn’t yet recovered to the level of a Fighter and can’t bear Qi power. In addition to that, he had just acquired the power of the Secret Soul and wanted to study it thoroughly.

Thus, he had to ask Ghost Man for a favor, which he saw as a way of repaying a favor.

Ghost Man expressed that there was no problem at all and that this little matter did not equate to favor. In fact, he was in Florence timed with an assignment in Black Rain Villa and had to stay for a few days. In his spare time, he was fully capable of eliminating a single assassin organization.

At the latest in three days, at the soonest in one day, Casio could hear the news of the Shadow Stab Organization’s destruction. As for revealing the forces behind it, Ghost Man also had some confidence. To him, even an iron mouth can be pried open sometimes.

The Shadow Stab Organization was indeed known for its tight lips, but under the threat of death, some cowards would kneel down and spill intelligence.

Hoping that Ghost Man would spare them.

These kinds of people, he had seen plenty.

In the abandoned monastery, the three had a fruitful discussion and planned to meet in Ash City in the World of Calamities, at the boundary line between night and day tomorrow.

Around eight-thirty in the evening, Casio returned to Florence alone.

He entered the Hunters Apartment, into a specifically assigned covert room.

The oil lamp lit up, illuminating the entire living room with a soft, yellow glow.

Casio sat in front of a table on which lay a triangular-shaped badge. It looked like metal but inexplicably gave off a stone-like feel.

On the other side of the badge was a bottle, about half the size of a fist.

Casio reached out and uncorked the tightly sealed bottle.

Immediately, a familiar scent wafted out. It was a faint sense of chill, like the cold, deep water beneath the moonlight.

This was the power of the Secret Soul, a specialty of the Baptism Church in Black Rain Villa.

Casio had become very familiar with this substance after his third retrospect. It was an energy with unique properties that could enhance the power of various schools within the Black Rain Villa. In fact, Casio had used it to enhance Hard Qigong and Secret Martial Arts related to the Wind Elephant. This meant that the power of the Secret Soul could influence the human body’s three fundamental elements i.e. physique, Qi, and spirit, and was of a high order.

It was quite a coincidence when Casio found that the Holy Spring Water of the Dark Hunt organization also had properties similar to that of the Secret Soul. Newly joined hunters had bizarre Source Energies, either bodily, Qi-related, or related to spirit. Yet, all of them could have their Source Energy enhanced through the Holy Springs Water.

Therefore, Casio was somewhat curious. What would happen if the Holy Spring Water and the Secret Soul were fused together?

Casio was quite intrigued.