Billy slumped on the ground, his heart filled with shock and turmoil.
He was certain that the purple flame that had just attacked him was the culprit.
But he was at the solid cultivation level of the eighth-rank Sacred Realm.
Moreover, with the activation of his bloodline power, he had reached the late stage of ninth-rank Sacred Realm.
With his current strength, even a second-rank Holy Realm opponent would not be able to easily harm him.
Yet, this small flame had sent him flying with just one collision.
It was unbelievable!
“Can you understand me?” Billy stood up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, speaking to the flame.
Of course, there was no response.
At that moment, the flame began to rapidly spin around him.
Its speed increased, reaching its peak in no time.
Billy couldn’t even see the shadow of the flame, only feeling the rapid movement of the air around him.
Additionally, he vaguely sensed something similar to spiritual power scanning his body.
After a few minutes, the flame stopped and hovered near Billy once again.
“Can you really not understand me?” Billy asked again.
Before he could finish speaking, the purple flame turned into a purple light and disappeared directly into his forehead.
“Huh?” Billy’s pupils contracted.
The next moment, he felt a dizzying sensation in his brain and fainted to the ground.
Soon after, silence fell upon the underground space.
“Hmm…” After an unknown amount of time, Billy slowly opened his eyes.
Shaking his head to adjust to the light around him, he stood up from the ground.
“Fainted for half a month?” Billy exclaimed in surprise after looking at the date on his wristwatch.
After taking a short rest, he walked to a nearby fruit tree and picked a few spiritual fruits to quench his thirst.
Then, he focused his consciousness on his body, trying to find any trace of the purple flame.
However, there was no discovery at all.
Billy was unwilling to accept this and scanned his body twice more, but still found nothing.
This made him feel uneasy. How could something just disappear like that?
The only consolation was that his body seemed unchanged.
At least, for now!
Furthermore, during these two scans of his body, he made a new discovery.
He could actually sense the soul of the old man sealed in his bloodline!
He remembered that the old man had mentioned this before.
When his cultivation broke through to the late stage of the Sacred Realm, he might be able to sense him and even attempt to release the seal actively.
Now it seemed that the old man hadn’t lied to him.
“Let’s give it a try!” Billy said to himself.
Then, he activated his bloodline power.
“Kid, you’ve broken through to the late stage of the Sacred Realm so quickly?” Soon, a slightly surprised voice came from his sea of consciousness.
“Is it really possible?” Billy ignored the old man and his eyes lit up. “Let’s see if I can seal you again!”
“Hey, kid, hold on…” The old man hurriedly shouted.
But before he could finish speaking, everything fell silent.
“It worked!” Billy’s lips curled up slightly.
After resting for a while, Billy released the seal on the old man once again.
“Kid, are you playing with me?” The old man was furious.
“I have a question for you. You should know how to get yourself out of my body, right?” Billy asked.
For him, now that he could control the seal actively, he naturally wanted to be able to remove the old man at any time.
That way, he wouldn’t need to personally deal with troublesome opponents in the future or let them use his body.
In that case, it would be like having a powerful bodyguard by his side at all times!
“Kid, you have quite an imagination!” The old man understood Billy’s thoughts naturally.
“Tell me!” Billy said casually.
“You want a free bodyguard? No way!” The old man replied.
“Not willing to say?” Billy said casually.
“You should know that your life now depends on me alone. I advise you to cooperate!”
Indeed, he could control the life and death of the old man now.
As long as he wanted to, he could make him cease to exist at any moment.
“You…” The old man was furious and wanted to curse at him again.
After calming down for a moment, he continued, “I used to be a peerless…”
“You still don’t want to say?” Billy interrupted him.
Then, narrowing his eyes, he applied pressure on the old man’s soul using his bloodline power.
“What are you doing, kid?” The old man immediately shouted when he sensed the pressure.
“If you have the ability, then don’t speak!” Billy retorted.
“Stop!” The old man shouted immediately.
“With your current cultivation level, you can’t remove me from your body unless you break through to the Holy Realm!”
“Really?” Billy asked.
“Really!” The old man’s voice trembled slightly.
“Believe you this time!” Billy released the pressure.
The old man took several deep breaths.
After a short pause, he gritted his teeth and said angrily, “Kid, you’re an ungrateful jerk…”
“Do you feel anything abnormal in my body?” Billy interrupted him directly.
“Abnormal?” The old man was slightly stunned. “What do you mean?”
“Have you noticed anything new in my body?” Billy added.
“What?” The old man spoke again. “I haven’t noticed anything! What did you do?”
“If you haven’t noticed anything, forget it!” Billy responded. “Alright, go back to sleep. We’ll talk next time!”
“Kid, wait…” The old man hurriedly shouted.
But Billy was no longer in the mood to continue talking with him and sealed him once again.
In the following days, Billy consolidated his cultivation while wandering around in the space.
Although he already had some speculation in his mind that the purple flame from half a month ago might be the origin of Spiritual Line, he couldn’t confirm it and could only continue exploring in space.
Time passed quickly. Seven or eight days flew by in no time, and Billy didn’t encounter any abnormalities anymore.
On the twenty-ninth day in the afternoon…
Billy left the underground space and returned to the peak of Ether Mountain.
“Billy, you’re back!”
As Billy landed by the poolside, Eliza Rice approached with a group of core members from Ether Mountain.
Sebastian Fennimore, Shep Ravenwood, and Roger Meskill were no longer present. Casey and Azure Dragon were also nowhere to be seen.
“Peak Master!” Billy smiled at Eliza Rice.
“Young Master, how are you? Are you okay?” Adam asked as he spoke up.
“I’m fine!” Billy smiled again.
“That’s good. Let’s go back to the inner courtyard and talk!” Eliza Rice checked Billy’s body and felt relieved when she confirmed that nothing was wrong.
Fifteen minutes later, everyone arrived at the reception hall in the inner courtyard and took their seats.