Chapter 482: Using the Special Talent: The Gift of Eternal Pursuit

‘For now, let’s listen to him, and if he really has a shortcut to breakthrough to the Soul Transformation, I don’t mind using it.’

While giving permission to Ethan to explain his plan, the Ancient Evil Spirit silently thought in its head.

Of course, for now, it was just listening and wouldn’t take such methods.

‘Moreover, I don’t mind giving it a try as long as his methods are useful. But that doesn’t mean I will take him as my slave.’

From the beginning, the Ancient Evil Spirit had no plans to let Ethan leave, even if Ethan was willing to become a slave for it.

According to the Ancestral Knowledge, it awakened during its second awakening, and there were a few Ancient Evil Spirits that were tempted by the Heavenly Sons and the Abyssal Sons with similar contracts.

In the end, within a few years, they easily broke through their Slave Marks and devoured the Ancient Evil Spirits to become even more powerful.

From then onwards, no Ancient Evil Spirit was willing to take any Heavenly Son or the Abyssal Son as their slaves.

So, the Ancient Evil Spirit decided that, after learning Ethan’s all secrets and knowledge, he would devour him, which was a guaranteed method for its breakthrough to the Soul Transformation Realm.

“Keke… go on. I’m listening.”

Soon, its voice returned, calmer but sharper.

“To break through to the Soul Transformation Realm, it’s actually very simple.”

As for Ethan, even though he could not hear the Ancient Evil Spirit’s thoughts, he was sure what it was planning to do to him after learning everything about him.

However, Ethan tried his best not to worry about it and hoped that his plan would work.

“There are actually three requirements, and the first one is the Soul Cores of the Undead Beings.”

Soon, he revealed the first requirement, and the Ancient Evil Spirit nodded and replied, “However, there are no Undead Beings in this province, and even in the other provinces, there are not many Undead Beings, not to mention finding an Undead Being reaching a Nether Soul Realm is impossible.”

Soul Cores are the exclusive orbs that are condensed inside the bodies of the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators, the Nether Soul Realm Undead Beings, or the Demon Soul Realm Demons.

Although they all have the Soul Cores, they are all different as one is condensed from pure Spirit Essence, whereas the other is filled with pure Abyssal Essence and the last one with Demonic Essence.

For the Ancient Evil Spirit, the Soul Cores made up of the Abyssal Essence were very beneficial.

So, the first requirement was nothing surprising to the Ancient Evil Spirit; instead, while looking at Ethan’s Undead Avatar, it claimed that it couldn’t get such Soul Cores.

“What if I say I can give it to you as a gift in exchange for not killing me? I am even willing to become your slave.”

While saying that, Ethan took out a Soul Core from his storage ring and walked towards the Ancient Evil Spirit.

When he was in the Realm of Life and Death, Ethan had lots of these Soul Cores, which he got after killing all the Ghouls.

After using almost all of them, Ethan kept 100 Soul Cores because he planned to turn them into Soul Inheritance Life Cards to reduce his Mandatory Waiting Time in the Soul Realm.

From them, Ethan decided to use one of them for his plan.

“T-this… these are really the Soul Cores containing rich Abyssal Essence.”

Accepting the Soul Core from Ethan’s hands, the Ancient Evil Spirit probed the rich essence inside and became excited to sense the Pure Abyssal Essence.

“Sir, how is my gift? Is it interesting? Do you accept it?”

Ethan asked with a smile on his face; however, he was nervous in his heart regarding whether the Ancient Evil Spirit would accept his gift or not.

Of course, thanks to the Radiant Clear Heart, Ethan was able to maintain his composure on his face, but deep down, he was still nervous.

As for the reason why he started addressing the Ancient Evil Spirit with respect was that Ethan sensed the Ancient Evil Spirit seemed to let its guard down a tiny bit from the moment he started acknowledging it as his creator.

So, he added ‘Sir’ while speaking to the Ancient Evil Spirit.

“Of course, I will accept it.”

The Ancient Evil Spirit checked the Soul Core multiple times and, after making sure nothing was wrong with it, he accepted it without hesitation.

[The host’s Special Talent: The Gift of Eternal Pursuit has been activated]

[The Ancient Evil Spirit has been marked as the target]

[The target’s battle prowess will decrease by 10 percent when fighting against the host]

[Please, make sure the Ancient Evil Spirit uses the item you gifted to increase its penalty to 50 percent reduction in its battle prowess]

At the same time, a series of system notifications rang in Ethan’s head, making him heave a sigh of relief.

‘Thank goodness, it is working.’

Although Ethan was confident regarding his Special Talent: The Gift of Eternal Pursuit, there was a tiny bit of doubt whether it would work or not.

Thus, after seeing the system notifications, he could not help but heave a sigh of relief.

‘It’s no time to be happy, as I have a more difficult step to complete.’

For the full penalty to activate, the target who received Ethan’s gift must use it.

Compared to gifting an item, making the other party use it right away was a bit difficult when the other party was planning to kill you and would be very careful.

That’s right!

The Ancient Evil Spirit was being very careful that no matter how excited it was after taking the Soul Core, it didn’t use it.

If it were used, the full penalty would have been activated already.

Nevertheless, Ethan had no other choice but to continue with his plan to get out of this situation alive.

“Sir, why don’t you use it and tell me whether the Abyssal Essence in it was pure or not? If you approve it, I can provide you with more such Soul Cores in the future.”

Ethan slowly asked the Ancient Evil Spirit to use the Soul Core.

“No, I can’t do that.”

The Ancient Evil Spirit shook its shadowy head and explained, “Actually, I want to use it very badly, but since it is your first gift, I am planning to keep it in your memory forever.”

‘What a load of bull…..’

Ethan scoffed in his heart; however, he knew what the Ancient Evil Spirit was trying to do.

‘He just wants more Soul Cores from me.’

Ethan was sure about it, but he didn’t bring any more Soul Cores out.

It was because he sensed that the Ancient Evil Spirit had no plans to use the Soul Cores right now, even if he gave it more.

‘I have to give it something that should be used right now… what should I use… what should I use?’

His so-called plan was derailed in its initial stages, making Ethan a bit frustrated; however, he didn’t give up but tried to find an alternative that the Ancient Evil Spirit would use right away.

“So, do you have any more Soul Cores? If you give me 1,000 Soul Cores, I will let you go without even turning you into my slave.”

Seeing that Ethan was not giving a reply, the Ancient Evil Spirit directly asked him for 1,000 Soul Cores.

“Sorry, Sir. I had only one Soul Core; however, every month, I can give you one such Soul Core.”

Ethan bitterly shook his head as his head was constantly working for an alternative for the Soul Cores that the Ancient Evil Spirit would not only accept but also use right away.

‘Wait a second… I wonder whether he would be interested in it?’

Suddenly, Ethan thought of another item and hurriedly said, “Sir, aren’t you interested in the other two requirements?”

“It is hard to believe that you have no Soul Cores on you. But, you can still claim your life by stating the other two requirements.”

The Ancient Evil Spirit believed Ethan still had more Soul Cores; however, he decided not to bother with it much and focused on the other requirements.

“The second requirement is the real shortcut for the Soul Transformation Realm.”

Ethan tried his best to make the Ancient Evil Spirit curious with his words and actions before slowly revealing, “Sir, have you heard of Void Beasts?”

“Of course. Void Beasts are extremely powerful beasts that live in the Void. Even the weakest Void Beast has the strength of Nascent Soul Realm Cultivators.”

How could the Ancient Evil Spirit not know about the Void Beasts?

As soon as Ethan asked the question, it spoke like a sage who knows everything.

“The second requirement is to use the Pure Blood Essence of a Void Beast.”

While saying that, Ethan took out a jade box and informed, “Luckily, I have a drop of Void Beast’s Blood Essence in this jade box.”

Of course, Ethan didn’t open the jade box as he gave a reason, “According to the Nature Spirit that gave me this Jade Box, the moment it is opened, the Void Beast’s Blood Essence will lose its efficiency.”

While saying that, Ethan directly opened the jade box.

Inside the Jade Box was a fist-sized dark blood-coloured orb, which was none other than the Void Beast’s Blood Essence that Ethan got from the [Interface of the Killer’s Stats].

“So, this will be my second gift for my creator.”

In the next moment, Ethan lightly tossed it to the Ancient Evil Spirit, which hesitated a bit but still caught the Blood Essence.

‘T-this… is really a Void Beast’s Blood Essence.’

The Ancient Evil Spirit checked it and, after confirming that its information was correct, the Ancient Evil Spirit swallowed it without hesitation.

[Ding! The target has consumed the host’s gift. Full penalty will be activated]

Your gift is the motivation for my creation. Give me more motivation!