Chapter 1028


    Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1028


    Despite that, Gerald wasn’t giving in that easily.


    Utilizing a skill that allowed him to tread extremely lightly, his feet almost never touched the ground as


    he sprinted after the fox.


    After running for quite some time, the holy fox came to realize that Gerald didn’t seem to be slowing


    down. Understanding that it wouldn’t be able to get rid of him easily by simply running around, the fox


    dived into a bush.


    The moment it entered the bush, Gerald lost track of it almost instantaneously!


    “D*mn it all! Did you really just escape again?!” said Gerald to himself as he stopped running, feeling


    slightly depressed.


    However, he hadn’t given up yet. Holding his breath to remain silent, he quickly and carefully scanned


    through the area around him.


    If he wasn’t careful to pay attention while he could, Gerald feared that the fox would end up entirely


    leaving the area.


    He was surprised, however, to suddenly hear voices shouting, “D-don’t kill us! Please don’t kill us!”


    Looking in the direction of the shouts, Gerald saw a few people running toward him, screaming in


    horror as though they were running for their lives.


    Gerald could only frown as he thought, ‘Why at such a crucial time…? Why couldn’t you havee


    earlier or eventer?!’


    Secondster, a few thuds could be heard as the screams of horror finally ended. Though it was


    evident that those screaming had already met their end, Gerald really couldn’t be bothered about that


    right now.


    “Since the few of you followed me all the way out here, what other choice do I have but to kill you all?”


    sneered an old man as he approached the fresh corpses with his hands against his back.


    While he was inspecting the bodies, however, the corner of the old man’s eyes caught a glimpse of


    Gerald who had been staring off into a distance for a while now.


    The old man felt his eyelids twitch after realizing who the person standing there was.


    ‘So it’s you! It seems that you’re stupid enough to choose your own doom when there are obviously


    better alternatives!’ Thought the old man as he sneered.


    “If it isn’t Gerald! Or should I say, Mr. Crawford! I believe you’ve been well since west met?” said the


    old man with murderous intent in his eyes as he approached Gerald.


    Gerald himself had beenpletely focused on detecting any sounds of movement he could register


    from the environment when he heard his name being called out. Turning around by reflex to see who


    had called out to him, Gerald was startled to see who it was.


    “Oh, it’s you.”


    Realizing that Gerald was no longer focused on it, the hidden holy fox—which had been lying silently in


    wait this entire time—knew it was high time to make its next move.


    Sprinting off, it took one leap after another as it quickly disappeared into the valley.


    The valley itself was constantly brimming with miasma, making any sight-based navigation attempts a


    nightmare. Adding that to the holy fox’s immense speed, Gerald couldn’t even see it anymore by the


    time he realized where the fox was escaping to.


    “Don’t run!” shouted Gerald as he gritted his teeth with resentment before jumping into the valley as


    well.


    ‘…Oh? So it seems that he’s be pretty skillful now! Since the kid is a rich young master and I’ve


    already obtained most of the necessary ingredients I need to make the elixir, using his heart as the final


    ingredient will definitely make the elixir more potentpared to using the hearts of these small fries!


    It’s decided then. I’ll kill him!’


    With his mind made up, the corners of the old man’s lips curled into a smile as he swiftly began


    following Gerald’s tracks.


    Gerald himself was now anxiously pulling his hair as he sat atop a rock that he found in the valley.


    ‘Should it sessfully make a full escape, I don’t even know when I’ll be able to catch the beast again!’


    As he tried recalling everything he had read in the Book of Beasts in hopes that something useful


    woulde up, he suddenly came to a realization.


    Blood essence. That’s right, he could still use blood essence!


    He had been so anxious and in a hurry that he had almostpletely forgotten about the method.


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    Smiling as he stood up, Gerald remembered reading about how intelligent the holy fox was, even when


    compared to human geniuses. However, it had one fatal w, that being its greed.


    ording to the Book of Beasts, the holy fox loved drinking human blood, especially if it came from a


    person who had had incredible abilities and a well-trained body.


    Regardless, as long as Gerald was able to get his hands on some human blood and refine it through


    blood essence, the beast would certainly be unable to withstand the temptation to drink it.


    Blood essence, in this case, was an extraction method that also doubled as a way to purify blood.


    While getting the idea had certainly excited him, soon after, Gerald became dejected again.


    After all, he had already run quite a distance from where he hadst stood. He now realized that he


    could’ve just used the blood of the people that the old man had killed earlier!


    Since the distance from where he currently was to the corpses was anything but short, the idea of


    gathering blood from the bodies didn’t seem too appealing to him. After all, by the time he got there, he


    wouldn’t even know if the cunning fox would still be within the valley!


    He couldn’t injure himself just to draw the holy fox out either.


    Could it truly be that he was fated to never get his hands on the holy fox? Was he doomed to end up


    bing a bloodthirsty demon in the future?


    As the depressing thoughts filled his head, Gerald suddenly heard faint rustling not too far away…