Mrs. and Mr. Smith
Chapter 2580 - 2578: Skills of the Heart of the Holy Kingdom

Chapter 2580: Chapter 2578: Skills of the Heart of the Holy Kingdom

"Village chief, how can someone come back to life after dying?"

Maxwell said with sorrow, his eyes still red from crying for a long time just moments ago.

"Some people remain dead, while others can be resurrected."

The village chief said with a smile.

"It’s strange, why hasn’t my power increased at all? I can’t absorb his Divine Power?"

Darkheart frowned, deeply puzzled.

Killing a living being can increase one’s power.

It’s the first rule of the Holy Kingdom that they’ve understood, and there’s never been an exception since they arrived here more than a day ago.

This includes their slaughtering of the villagers here; killing each one has always resulted in an increase in power.

Why did an exception occur this time? Could it be that this person hasn’t died after all?

Darkheart suddenly thought of a possibility, and in the moment of his daze.

A dagger had already pierced through his head.

"What? How is this possible?"

This was his only thought when his world tilted before his eyes.

At this moment, in front of his eyes, Ethan Smith’s body was gone.

As if killing Ethan Smith was nothing but an illusion, Darkheart died without understanding what was happening.

Time rewinds to twenty seconds before.

When Ethan Smith’s head was pierced, he suddenly heard a mechanical voice echoing in his Sea of Knowledge.

"Technique of Retribution, Initiate."

Then the Retribution Seal in his Divine Soul glowed, pulling him along with the Divine Soul of Darkheart into a dark cyan tunnel.

And here, he could also see his body lying in the village.

With each step he took, Ethan Smith suddenly witnessed his pierced head from a second ago regrow mysteriously.

As he continued to walk forward, his body seemed to reverse through time, slowly rewinding.

Although Ethan Smith couldn’t figure out the reason at the moment, as he walked a few steps, he found he could no longer move.

And at this time, his body was just above Darkheart.

His physical form was like it was sitting above Darkheart, unaware.

What a great opportunity!

Ethan Smith’s eyes lit up, and now, with Darkheart still dazed, it was perfect for assassination.

How do I go back there? Hurry up and return!

Ethan Smith was a bit anxious, but this sudden turn of events was undoubtedly great news for him.

As he had this thought, Ethan Smith felt his Divine Soul pulled with irresistible force, wrenching him out.

Then his body appeared above Darkheart, holding the dagger in the exact same position as before.

He naturally thrust the dagger, and it slid into Darkheart’s head.

Boom!

A wave of Divine Power flowed into his Divine Soul, the greatest Divine Power he had ever witnessed.

With the merger of the two, Ethan Smith could feel his body becoming incredibly light.

"This time, I can greatly strengthen my physique. This guy is extraordinary, gathering such terrifying Divine Power in such a short time!"

Ethan Smith was also a bit surprised, even with the help of his Nine Heavens Condensing Pupil, he couldn’t match Darkheart’s exaggeration.

If not for the sudden turn of events, he would have died.

"Brother, you really came back to life."

The voice of the little boy Maxwell interrupted his thoughts, pulling surprised Ethan Smith and an old man, seemingly incredulous.

"Is this your village chief?"

Ethan Smith frowned, staring at the youth who looked like a vagabond, looking skeptically between the boy and the old man.

"That’s me, the local man. A visitor is a guest. Maxwell clean up and make tea for the guest. Maxwell, you go hide in the house first, so you don’t cry again."

The youth said nonchalantly.

Ethan Smith watched with a strange expression as the old man cleaned up the tragically dead villagers and dumped the blood soup brewed by the demon clan, making it look incredibly odd, as if tidying up home affairs.

"So many villagers died at the hands of outsiders, don’t you hate them?"

Ethan Smith asked tentatively.

"Why hate? Survival of the fittest. Their death is their fate. If you must hate, then don’t we also have to hate the demonic beasts devoured over the centuries?"

The youth asked back with a strange expression.

...

Ethan Smith was at a loss for words to respond.

"You’ve been living together for so long, don’t you have any attachment? Moreover, your strength shouldn’t be weak, otherwise Darkheart and his kind should have killed you. Why didn’t you stop them?"

Ethan Smith still didn’t understand, although the youth appeared messy.

But being able to survive the hands of three Demon Cultivators, this guy must be extraordinary.

Moreover, from what the old man said, this guy can transform Beast Spirit into Human Spirit, which isn’t something ordinary people can do.

"I can’t act against outsiders unless they trigger certain Laws."

The youth shook his head.

"Village chief, earlier I heard Maxwell said you told me I was resurrected, is this some kind of rule you know?"

"This is a skill from the Heart of the Holy Kingdom, eighty-one fragments of the Holy Kingdom Heart, each sealing a skill, and your Heart of the Holy Kingdom skill should be Retribution, allowing you to rewind to a certain point before death when your Divine Soul is extinguished, and as your Divine Soul power increases, the rewind time will be longer."

The village chief said with a lascivious smile, as if recalling some strange scenario.

"Using it to watch Widow Zhang bathe, even if she picks up a knife to chop you to death, you wouldn’t be afraid."

...

Cough, cough, cough.

Though outwardly he showed no expression, Ethan Smith was deeply shaken.

Analyzed from the Human World perspective, this is a terrifying Power of Time Retrospection.

And he had never mastered Time Law, could he rely on one Heart of the Holy Kingdom to wield such overpowering force?

He gazed with divine sense at the Retribution Seal within his Sea of Consciousness, which had now completely dimmed.

With trickles of power dripping into the seal from the Divine Soul.

The seal slowly restored a faint glow, though at this rate it seemed it wouldn’t fully recover within ten days or half a month.

"Does the skill have any usage limits?"

Ethan Smith quickly asked, having this would be like a Protective Dharma Amulet in the Holy Kingdom? He could more boldly explore this Holy Region.

"Its use is related to its owner’s Divine Soul Power, and the stronger the skill, the slower the recovery, the Heart of the Holy Kingdom must absorb enough power to initiate the next usage, during which the skill cannot be used."

The village chief seemed extremely knowledgeable about the Heart of the Holy Kingdom and explained everything to Ethan Smith in detail.

"By the way, the Heart of the Holy Kingdom? What is this thing?"

Ethan Smith asked curiously, hearing the name for the first time.

"Aren’t you an outsider? How do you not know this thing?"

Now the youth seemed puzzled.

"Eighty-one hearts of the Holy Kingdom, they can control the entire Holy Kingdom, becoming the master of this realm."