Pale mes shot up in the altar, and it was not long before the snake''s fang was engulfed in them. The screen lit up, showing that Wilbur had acquired eight


    thousand grace points.


    Wilbur was beside himself with glee at the sight of the number. After all, having eight thousand grace points was a significant sum. The truth was that Bahamut''s power was nowhere close to the Blood God and the God of Destruction, and getting eight thousand grace points out of a fallen snake''s fang had more than exceeded Wilbur''s expectations.


    Besides, things were different now. The Dark Messenger hade looking for Wilbur, and the Child of Light''s formation would onlyst three days. It would be gone after that, and the Dark Messenger would surely show up again after that.


    Despite Wilbur having improved his skills by a great deal, he did not have the confidence to take the Dark Messenger now. Thus, getting eight thousand grace points to spend on important power-ups was extremely important to him.


    Wilbur was overwhelmed with emotion. "You really helped me out at the perfect time, Honorable Dragon God! You know, it would be even more perfect if you could drop me a few more thousand points."


    The Dragon God''s voice was not heard this time, and Wilbur could not help butugh at himself. What a greedy ask that was!


    "Hahaha!"


    He realized thatughing might be inappropriate the next second, however, and stopped abruptly. He looked back at the screen. Eight thousand points would get him ten Thunder-type Healing Pills. Coupled with the five Healing Pills he had left, he would have a total of fifteen.


    Having those fifteen Thunder-type Healing Pills would give him... a thirty percent chance at defeating the Dark Messenger.


    Wilbur was just about to make the purchase when his gazended on the screen and was instantly drawn to the first option.


    [Aura Return: This skill allows one to teleport to any spot within the area of their dragon aura. Costs eight thousand grace points.]


    Wilbur blinked at the description, a thought popping into his head. If he could teleport to anywhere his dragon aura covered, that would mean that he could attack or defend from anywhere, and even try to escape.


    On the other hand, this was probably no ordinary cultivation method if it cost eight thousand grace points. Using a power like that was bound to consume arge amount of strength and spirit energy.


    That would mean that the power could not be used repeatedly. Only being able to teleport once or twice within a hundred-meter radius really was not that big of a deal.


    The thought disappointed Wilbur quite a bit. He fell silent for a bit but still ended up purchasing the Aura Return skill. This was because he realized something extremely important about Aura Return. He could use it to show up behind his opponents when they least expect it and attack them from behind.


    Wilbur had battled countless elites by now and knew that attacking head-on, from the side, and from behind werepletely different things. Attacking head-on would usually result in the opponent being able to defend themselves at full power, whereas attacking from the side would reduce their defensive efficiency to around eighty percent.


    There was already a sizeable enough gap between a front and side attack, and Wilbur had been quite shocked to find that most cultivators did not have any defenses against attacksing from behind. Even if they did, the effectiveness of their defense would at least be halved.