"What is he doing?" Lah asked Gaya, hovering in the air where he killed Eratos an hour ago. After Michael ended Eratos''s life, Lah told Michael and Gaya everything she knew about Eratos, from when she first met him and thest time he killed Megan. Finally, Michael learned why Lah lived in seclusion on her own ind instead of with Edith. When Gaya asked why she was in the Fire realm, Lah said she entered the Fire realm to help a child born in Hell City named Megan. All those who knew Megan was dead except Nerita and Johana. Thus when Lah heard a girl named Megan needed healing, she couldn''t ignore the plea. Since Lah med herself for Megan''s death, she immediately ventured into the Fire Realm, only to realize it was an ambush set up by Eratos.


    Gaya and Lah watched Michael''s back as he hovered in the air without uttering a word. They thought Michael had calmed down after killing Eratos. In reality, he was preparing to ughter all those people who sent Eratos after Lah. Like it or not, Lah was the mother of Harry, the spirit child. He may haven''t agreed to be Harry''s father, but Michael promised himself that he would protect the mother and son. Deep down, Michael had a bad feeling that Lah was just a distraction and the real target of this drama was Harry. Without Lah to protect Harry in the rainbow inds, he was defenseless. Michael didn''t trust the guardians were capable of protecting the spirit child if someone like Eratos decided to take him away. To confirm his suspicion, Michael ordered Azazel to go to the rainbow ind and ensure the child was safe.


    Meanwhile, Michael prepared himself to face the bastard who dared to touch Lah. The moment Michael summoned the system, he settled his debt to the system, and even after paying the system, he had three hundred thousand badass points left. He willed the system to show his status as the long box containing everything rted to him appeared in icy blue letters before his eyes.


    Host: Michael


    Cultivation Level: Immortal level 10


    Experience Points: 8,000,000/8,000,000 (9,000,000 Experience points yet to be consumed)


    Badass Points: 300,000


    Skills & Spells:


    Wind st - LVL 6 Ultimate form level 1


    Eyes of Doom - LVL 5 Ultimate form level 1


    Responsive Shield - LVL 8


    Environment Scanning - LVL 8


    Ignitia - LVL 8 Ultimate form level 1


    Silenes - LVL 1


    Meteor - LVL 1


    Lightning Dash - LVL 6 Ultimate form level 1


    Energy Devouver - LVL 5


    Soul Eater - LVL 5


    Death Range - LVL 3


    Eyes of Darkness (normal) - Can sense the cultivation level of others/


    Eyes of Darkness (Lucifer) - Can sense the cultivation level of others, Can see through illusions/


    Cloud of Darkness (Lucifer) - Weak-willed enemies will lose their couragepletely and surrender, Death Range will be 50% more powerful, and if activated in darkness, the host''s cultivation level will be boosted 4 levels up regardless of the stage barrier.


    Wordless Spell Caster(Lucifer) - In full Lucifer form, the host just has to think of the spell to cast it.


    Techniques: Swords of Destiny - 98% Mastery


    Ring of Fire - 96% Mastery


    Serpent-Maga - 98% Mastery


    upation: The Guardian of Sunrise Sect


    Lord Lucifer of the Abyssal


    The Dark Lord


    Status: Healthy


    Goals: Control the world


    Grow the Order of Death


    Utility Function:


    Banker - LVL 5 (Ratio - 1000 gold coins: 40 badass point(s))


    Runic Teleportation


    X-Ray Vision (Also integrated with Eyes of Darkness)


    Wealth: 1,000,000 Gold


    Special Trait: 6-Star Alchemist


    5-Star cksmith


    5-Star Inventor


    Subordinates: Gaya - Warrior (loyalty level 100%)


    Raylene - 5-star Chef (loyalty level 99%)


    Aria - Assassin (loyalty level 86%)


    Maxine - Warrior (loyalty level 98%)


    Tiberius - Warrior (loyalty level 85%)


    Sadie (loyalty level 75%)<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    Ricky (loyalty level 95%)


    Titus(loyalty level 84%)


    Optimus (loyalty level 83%)


    The Silent Reaper Crew - Pirates (loyalty level 92%)


    Base of Operation: The Abyssal


    The Crypt


    The Dark Ocean


    Familiars: Nightmare (Royal Dragon)


    Vedora (Three Headed Hydra)


    Elemental Maniption: Wind (41% Mastery), Fire (42% Mastery), Lightning (51% Mastery), Darkness (46% Mastery)


    A long brief momentter, Michael decided to open the Legendary gift box he had received by killing the Half Celestial shadow monster. When he willed the system to open the gift box, a golden box wrapped in red ribbons appeared before his eyes, trembled for a moment, and popped open, revealing a card shrouded in darkness.


    [Congrattions. The host has received level 4 Soul Stare skill]


    [Please be aware that the Soul Stare skill you can buy from the system for 300,000 badass points is nowhere near powerful as the one you just received]


    Michael felt the familiar acute pain in his head that appeared every time he bought a new spell or learned a specialization. The painsted for a few seconds before fading away. Once the pain was gone, Michael focused on the new spell and unveiled its powers.


    [At the current level, the host can cause and induce the same pain the victim has caused to others in his lifetime]


    [The host has a thirty percent chance to bring down the victim''s cultivation by one stage if the skill was used on the victim for more than ten seconds]


    [The higher the skill level is, the higher the chance of bringing down the victim''s cultivation stage]


    [The Soul stare''s ultimate form would enable to host to control the victim by looking into their eyes from afar]


    "Like hypnotism?" Michael asked the system.


    [At its very core, yes. But the Soul Stare is much more powerful andplex than hypnotism. Once the host upgrades it to higher levels and unlocks the ultimate form, you can turn your enemies against their allies without even lifting a finger]


    Just hearing the system describe the skill''s power made Michael momentarily forget about Eratos and the hit on Lah and feel the excitement coursing through his veins. However, he knew a godly power like this woulde up with a catch. When he thought about it, the system informed Michael about the limitations of the skill.


    [The soul stare cannot mind control adversaries who possess powerful souls]


    [The victim must have nothing to protect their eyes. For instance, if the victim was to wear sses, the soul stare would not work. This can be overridden bypleting certain tasks the system assigns the host]


    "What kind of tasks?" asked Michael.


    [That is for another time, host] The system did not reveal anything about the tasks to Michael. He remembered the system telling him he had toplete some special tasks to upgrade the spells and skills after a certain level. For now, he didn''t have to worry about these tasks. Besides, Michaelcked the points to upgrade his skills and spells to that level. Now that Michael had earned another new skill, he exited the system.


    Then, he immediately contacted Azazel through the earpiece, hoping Azazel would tell him that the spirit child was fine with Nerita and Johana.


    "My lord," Azazel answered Michael''s call. The moment Michael heard Azazel''s voice filled with rage and shock, Michael''s heart skipped a beat.


    "The spirit child is not here, my lord. I am sorry," said Azazel.


    "Where are Nerita and Johana?" Michael asked Azazel.


    "Knocked out, my lord. Whoever took the child knocked them out before they could see his face," said Azazel. Michael had to take a few deep breaths to calm himself and never let the anger blind him. After being silent for a few moments, Michael asked Azazel about the guardians.


    "What about the guardians?"


    "The same, my lord. They were knocked out the same way as the disciples of Lady Lah,"


    After hearing that whoever took Harry was knocked out instead of killed, Michael was able to heave a sigh of relief.


    "I don''t see any signs of a struggle here, my lord. What would you want me to do, my lord?"


    "Kill those guardians and inform Noah that his people failed their duty," Michael coldly ordered Azazel. It didn''t even take a few seconds for Michael toe up with this brutal order. As far as Michael was concerned, they deserved to be killed. It was their duty to protect the spirit child, and they utterly failed in their duty. If Michael was there, their deaths would have been much more painful.


    "As you wish, my lord. I will do everything I can to find the spirit child,"


    "Now I have to break this news to Lah. I will meet youter in the castle, Azazel," Michael sighed, cutting the connection between them. Although Michael partly med Lah for the spirit child''s disappearance, he also med himself. He felt stupid for listening to Lah and promising her he would no longer spy on them. When Michael finally turned around, Gaya immediately saw something was wrong by looking at the grim look on his face.


    He slowly floated toward Lah and took a deep breath.


    "Lah. Someone has taken Harry,"


    Those words hit Lah like a heavy hammer and made her mind go nk. She trembled from head to toe, unable to believe what she had just heard. Even Gaya was stunned by Michael, but she threw him an ''I told you so'' look. She nagged Michael to break his promise and continue to monitor the spirit child. However, Michael wanted them to have a normal life,pletely cut off from him. Unfortunately, Michael learned his lesson the hard way. But Michael couldn''t find a single person rted to him who might want to take the spirit child. It felt like whoever took the child had nothing to do with him but with Lah.


    "I have to go," Lah tried to fly away, only to get stopped by Michael. He grabbed her by the arm.


    "There is nothing for you to do there. Harry is gone. Help me find whoever took him so I can bring him back safely,"


    "You''ve done enough, Ghost," Lah answered Michael with gritted teeth.


    "Don''t put the me on him, Lah. He wasn''t the one who made him get rid of all the safety measures in the first ce," Gaya immediately came to Michael''s defense as tears rolled out of Lah''s eyes. She tried wriggling her hands out of Michael''s grab, but he was too strong.


    "I don''t think my enemies took him away, Lah. Whoever took him is rted to you," said Michael. Finally, Lah stopped resisting Michael inplete shock.


    "It''s not a coincidence that you were attacked, and Harry disappeared at the same time. Someone nned this. I am bringing him back with or without your help. And this time, I am doing this my way," Thunder rumbled in the distance while clusters of dark clouds appeared above them as a warning to whoever dared to kidnap Harry. They just made thest mistake of their life and ended up at the top of Michael''s kill list.