Raindrops the size of beans pelted the window. Thunder roared outside, and before six in the evening, the world beyond had already turned pitch-black.
Boom!
Dull thunder exploded outside the room. In the warm interior, Su Xiao sat before the fireplace, tossing papers into the flames. They were confidential documents and had to be burned after reading.
"I haven't got a clue."
Su Xiao tossed the last document into the fire. The paper yellowed and curled in the flames before finally burning to ash.
Su Xiao was gathering intelligence on the Immortal King. He had a feeling that whether it was the Eye Chamber, the Joshua Family, the hybrids, or anything else, they might all ultimately point to the Immortal King.
If the Immortal King was merely a relatively powerful ghost, that would be fine. But if it was something like an 'evil god,' then things would become much more troublesome. The Ghost Continent seemed unrelated to the divine side of things, but the reality was different. The energy within ghosts was called 'soul power.' If Su Xiao's perception was correct, it was a product of combining souls with energy. Although its effects were relatively limited, its rank was higher than Chakra or Nen energy.
In a world without 'divine miracles,' if strange 'deities' appeared, they were very likely powerful energy lifeforms from the Void or a high-risk world.
The energy lifeforms of the Void had absolutely no morals. Or rather, they were very similar to the evil gods of legend. They were willing to accept sacrifices and grant small favors, luring 'believers' step by step into constructing summoning arrays to bring them into a certain world. Afterward, they might devour all the lifeforms and energy in that world.
What was even more shameless was that these creatures often changed