The Pinnacle of Life

Pigsy spoke up. “Has it really lost its effect? Hey Rockefeller, doesn’t that mean mine’s lost its effect too? Do I not need to slog for this old geezer anymore?”

Mystic Maiden was furious. “Who are you calling old geezer, Pigsy?”

She then activated the restriction spell on Pigsy. Pigsy suddenly felt as if its soul no longer belonged to its body, as if it were being choked by a large hand. His soul was being suffocated, while his body felt like it was going to catch on flames, it was simply a hellish sensation.

It fell to its knees, begging for mercy repeatedly. Only then did Mystic Maiden calm down.

“What about the Dairaionji Temple? Did you manage to get in? Have you done what you needed to?” Daya asked. Although concerned about her father-in-Iaw, she didn’t forget about the main purpose of this trip.

“Yeah, you said you were going to find the Ancestral Bodhi Tree in the temple. So did you?” Shirley asked as well.

Everyone looked towards Alex, seemingly curious about the Dairaionji Temple. They even wanted to explore it themselves if they could.

“Yep, I did!” Alex replied. “I already sealed my father into the Ancestral Bodhi Tree, so there shouldn’t be any problems for the time being. The most important thing we have to do now is to catch the b*stard behind the Soul Planting.”

briefly explained what happened within the temple to the group, and

temple was actually conquered by a

mind palace out of nowhere and unwilling to leave. Not only was it unbelievable, but he also wanted to

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beautiful moonlight shone down, while nightingales roamed the forest,

time being. He had just come back to the group after all, and since it was getting dark, they decided it best to travel home the next day. The group gathered around a campfire, eating spiritual beast meat and drinking soup made of

I can eat something good! I might’ve starved to death if I kept hanging

was surprised. “Why would

replied that she was on a diet, so she

training after all. Mystic Maiden took even more extreme measures. Since she wasn’t a mortal,

Shirley and Ynes followed in Daya’s footsteps. Despite having shapely figures, they wanted to go on a diet regardless. Alex didn’t

have to