“Congratulations, Billy, you’ve directly broken through two levels!”
At this moment, Billy heard the voice of Purple Spirit in his mind.
Just as Aubree had guessed earlier, Billy indeed broke through two levels.
“Thank you, Purple Spirit!” Billy said, his consciousness entering his sea of knowledge.
His breakthrough was partly due to his bloodline and partly due to Purple Spirit.
He could clearly sense that Purple Spirit emitted a strong aura that filled his entire body, helping him break through two bottlenecks along with his bloodline power.
Without Purple Spirit’s help, he estimated he could only reach the late stage of the first-rank Otherworldly Realm at most.
“Hehe, I just gave you a little push; it’s mainly thanks to your bloodline power!” Purple Spirit responded with a laugh.
After a brief pause, she continued, “Billy, I need to sleep now. Wake me up when we reach Holy Heaven City.”
“Alright!” Billy replied.
After speaking, he opened his eyes and stood up.
“Billy, did you break through to the second-rank Otherworldly Realm?” Harleen asked as everyone gathered around.
“Yes!” Billy nodded with a smile.
“Really?” Stout exclaimed. “Boss, you really broke through two levels!”
“That’s great!” Judge and Soul Chaser shouted simultaneously.
Opal and Casey also showed joyful expressions on their faces.
“Congratulations, Mr. Billy!” Aubree smiled at Billy. “Mr. Billy is indeed a prodigy; I am deeply impressed!”
Her words were sincere and not mere flattery.
She had met many so-called talented geniuses in her life, but none compared to Billy.
Harleen and Ivy were also considered prodigies, but they were still far behind Billy.
“Aubree, you’re too kind!” Billy responded with a smile.
“Billy, now that you’ve broken through to the second-rank Otherworldly Realm, do you want to see if you can sense the presence of that treasure?” Ivy asked.
“Yes!” White Tiger chimed in. “Boss, give it a try!”
“Alright,” Billy smiled and once again directed his consciousness inward.
He began scanning his body.
“Hmm?!”
Before long, Billy’s pupils slightly contracted.
He could sense that ball of white light!
This was the first time he had truly sensed it!
Of course, besides the white light, he couldn’t see anything else.
After a brief pause, Billy’s consciousness moved closer to the white light.
However, as soon as his consciousness approached the white light, he felt a strong resistance blocking him from getting any closer.
Unwilling to give up, Billy tried several times but couldn’t probe into the white light’s specifics.
After several attempts, he finally gave up.
“Let’s see if I can separate it!”
After a brief pause, Billy muttered to himself.
Not being able to see inside didn’t bother him much; he wasn’t interested in any treasure anyway.
As long as he could separate it from his body, his troubles would disappear.
“Don’t waste your energy. With your current strength, sensing its presence is already impressive. Separating it is beyond your reach.”
Just as Billy was about to try separating the white light, a man’s voice rang out.
“Hmm?” Billy was startled. “Who are you?”
“Who I am is not important,” the man responded. “What’s important is that you remember what I’m about to say.”
“What is it?” Billy asked.
“This treasure chose you because of your past life’s fortune. You should feel lucky; it’s something many dream of.”
The man paused briefly before continuing. “You are too weak now and are in a lower-tier civilization field. You don’t know what it is.”
“When you reach higher-tier civilizations in the future, you’ll understand its value.”
“By then, you’ll definitely…”
“Stop!” Billy interrupted him. “Can you first tell me what it is?”
“You wouldn’t understand with your current knowledge. I’ll tell you when there’s an opportunity in the future,” the man replied.
Billy’s mouth twitched. “Then how can I get it out of my body?”
“You can’t,” the man responded. “Unless it wants to leave on its own; with your current strength, it’s impossible.”
After a brief pause, Billy continued asking: “Why did it latch onto me?”
“I don’t know,” the man said. “You’d have to ask it yourself.”
“You must be the white-robed man I saw in the Misty Forest back then!” Billy said again. “How did your soul end up inside this treasure?”
When the man’s voice first sounded, his immediate thought was that it must be that white-robed man; no one else would fit!
“Next question,” the man replied curtly.
“Were you trapped by it?” Billy pressed on.
“If there are no more questions, let’s leave it at that,” the man said.
“Wait!” Billy called out. “Before you and it entered my body, there was another elder’s soul inside me. Where did it go?”
“I don’t know,” the man continued. “It probably got devoured by it; that’s what it likes doing-devouring souls.”
Billy’s mouth twitched again.
He couldn’t help but think of that old man who had hoped Billy would find him a suitable host for rebirth!
Now not only couldn’t he be reborn but even lost his soul!
“Why didn’t it devour your soul?” Billy asked after a pause.
“If you have no other questions, I’m going to sleep…” The man dodged the question again.
“It should be able to sense Purple Spirit’s presence too? Why didn’t it devour Purple Spirit?” Billy suddenly remembered this point.
“It’s not interested in elf souls,” the man replied. “Alright then, I’m going to sleep…”
“One last question!” Billy said again. “How can I get it to help me?”
“You think it’s some guest elder you’re offering hospitality to?” The man responded helplessly.
“The previous two times it helped were because you were about to die; otherwise, it wouldn’t have bothered showing itself! It has no interest in people from lower civilizations like you!”
“If I’m not mistaken, you must know how to make it help?” Billy asked. “Tell me what conditions are needed for its assistance?”
“I’m sleeping!” The man didn’t respond and went silent after saying that.