Leo estimated that the person who branded the puppet general with the Divine Awareness imprint must have at least reached the Spirit Sect Realm in cultivation.
Regardless, the first step now was to erase the Divine Awareness imprint and then imprint his own Divine Awareness.
Leo closed his eyes, released his condensed Divine Awareness, and entered the space of the puppet general’s Divine Awareness imprint.
At the same time, Leo’s consciousness also entered the space of the puppet general’s Divine Awareness imprint.
In this Divine Awareness imprint space, a ancient altar appeared before Leo.
Standing on the altar was a figure towering at three zhang (around 9 meters) tall.
This figure was none other than the puppet general depicted in the bronze ancient painting.
Compared to the puppet general, Leo’s figure seemed somewhat small.
Upon closer inspection, the puppet general in front of him was different from the one in the ancient painting. The puppet general held an ancient sword in one hand and a huge black shield in the other.
Black flames swirled around the black shield.
Although Leo didn’t know how many years had passed, the swirling black flames were no longer as powerful as before, but they were still not to be underestimated.
In the center of the shield, there was a large “brand” character.
In addition, the black flames spreading from the shield turned into chains of black flames that wrapped around the puppet general’s body through its left arm.
Leo knew that this shield was the key to the Divine Awareness imprint left by the powerful individual.
As long as it was broken, the chains of black flames on the puppet general would disappear, and the Divine Awareness imprint could be erased.
Once the Divine Awareness imprint was erased, the puppet general would become ownerless again.
Excitement filled Leo’s heart as his Divine Awareness surged out.
In this space, Divine Awareness was visible.
The Divine Awareness released by Leo emitted a faint starry light, resembling a silver river.
Then, with a thought from Leo, the released Divine Awareness transformed into a large silver fist.
“Break!” Leo lightly shouted as the silver fist struck towards the shield.
The fist landed on the shield, causing only a few black flames to splash up. The shield itself remained as steady as Mount Tai.
However, the fist made of condensed Divine Awareness shattered after being hit back.
Leo knew that it was impossible to shatter the shield with just one punch. After all, his Divine Awareness strength was still relatively weak.
Since one punch wasn’t enough, he would throw more punches.
Leo retracted and reassembled the shattered Divine Awareness, controlled it with his mind, and transformed it back into a silver fist to strike at the shield again.
Bang!
The silver fist made of Divine Awareness struck the shield once more before shattering again.
Under Leo’s control, the shattered Divine Awareness reassembled and continued to strike at the shield.
With each shattering of Divine Awareness, Leo’s complexion grew slightly paler.
However, during this process, each time Leo’s Divine Awareness shattered and reformed, it became slightly stronger.
After hundreds of strikes, the shield remained as steady as ever. However, upon careful sensing, one could notice that the black flames on the shield had diminished slightly.
“The Divine Awareness imprint is much stronger than I imagined. At this rate, it will probably take a year to shatter the shield,” Leo shook his head slightly with a bitter smile.
If Leo’s Divine Awareness was strong enough, he could shatter the shield in an instant.
Continuing to strike indefinitely was not a solution. After some thought, Leo decided to use his limited knowledge of Divine Awareness skills to break the shield as quickly as possible.
After resting for a while and regaining his mental strength, Leo’s Divine Awareness strength returned to its initial state.
Leo formed hand seals with both hands and uttered a low shout. His Divine Awareness transformed into a rapidly spinning silver top in mid-air.
The top drilled into the center of the shield like an electric drill.
After persisting for more than ten seconds on the shield, the top dissipated and disappeared.
However, it could be seen that attacking the shield with a top was more effective than using fists.
Leo continued to display his Divine Awareness skills, reassembling the shattered Divine Awareness into a top and drilling it into the center of the shield again.
Time passed minute by minute…
In the space of the Divine Awareness imprint, on the altar, Leo sat cross-legged and commanded one spinning top after another to strike at the shield.
When Leo opened his eyes, dawn had already broken outside the window.
After a night of effort, there was only an extremely faint and small pit in the center of the shield.
Leo understood that erasing the Divine Awareness imprint on the puppet general would not be a matter of overnight success.
Ultimately, it was because his cultivation was not strong enough and his Divine Awareness was not strong enough compared to someone at a similar cultivation level.
Leo’s complexion turned somewhat pale. Using his limited strength of Divine Awareness to erase another powerful individual’s Divine Awareness imprint was extremely draining.
Where there is a will, there is a way. Leo made up his mind that he would completely erase the Divine Awareness imprint sooner or later!
After washing up and getting ready for the day, Leo opened the door and walked out.
The courtyard was bathed in sunlight.
After having breakfast prepared by Sakura, just as Leo was about to start his clinic work, Madame arrived.
Leo knew that Madame wouldn’t come unless something serious had happened. He prepared to invite her into the reception room of his clinic when Madame spoke urgently, “Leo, can you come with me to Riverside Village below Front Car Mountain?”
“What happened in Riverside Village?” Leo’s heart stirred.
Leo had been to Riverside Village before and had also been to Front Car Mountain. He even led Professor Orlando and others into the ancient tomb inside Front Car Mountain.
“I can’t explain it clearly for now. You’ll know once you come with me,” Madame said.
Whatever could make Madame so anxious must involve loss of life. Leo couldn’t just stand by and do nothing.
On their way to Riverside Village with Madame driving, she explained what she knew to Leo.
Recently, many people in Riverside Village had died one after another, and they couldn’t determine the cause of death at all.
The police initially thought it was an epidemic in the village, but after inspections by relevant departments, they ruled out that possibility.
Upon arriving at Riverside Village, when Leo used his Divine Awareness to sense the aura on the villagers’ bodies, he had a strong intuition that something was wrong with the ancient tomb inside Front Car Mountain.
Walking into the village with Madame confirmed their suspicions as they saw many families mourning their deceased loved ones.
Leo had a bad feeling and went directly to Georgia’s house with Madame.
The gate of Georgia’s house was wide open. Upon entering, they saw a black tent set up inside with a simple memorial hall underneath it.
A black coffin was placed in the center, and there was a black-and-white portrait of Georgia in front of it.
When Leo and Madame entered, they caught the attention of those handling funeral affairs in the courtyard.
A young man wearing mourning clothes first looked stunned but soon recognized them. He walked over with a sorrowful expression on his face.
“Dr. Bloomer… my mother…” Georgia’s son wiped away tears but couldn’t speak through his sobs.
Leo’s expression turned mournful as he comforted him, “My condolences.”
Taking three incense sticks from beside him, Leo walked up to Georgia’s portrait and lit them. He bowed three times towards Georgia’s portrait.
After three bows, just as Leo was about to insert the incense sticks into the incense burner, his face suddenly changed. He quickly used his Divine Awareness to probe outward.
Under his probe, Leo froze on the spot.
There was actually a strange fluctuation coming from inside the coffin in front of him.
This kind of fluctuation could only be sensed through deliberate use of Divine Awareness.