Chapter 1495

“If I may, who exactly are you, sir?” asked Gerald as he looked up and narrowed his eyes at the evilly grinning man.

From what he could sense, this person’s training aura was considerably more powerful than Julian’s. With that said, Gerald really couldn’t help but have a higher opinion of the old man.

Truth be told, ever since Gerald exited the Waddys family manor, he had felt the presence of a person who had trained to attain spiritual enlightenment. However, since there were too many people there—due to the underground festival—and the person didn’t seem to be interested in revealing themself at the time, Gerald simply ignored them.

However, when the old man released his essential qi earlier, it instantly became obvious to Gerald that the old man wanted him to follow him. With that in mind, Gerald—who wanted to see what that person wanted from him—simply followed him here, eventually leading to the current situation.

Whatever the case was, the old man simply ignored Gerald’s question and laughed aloud before saying, “To think I’d bump into such a talented young person today… I have to say, you’re much more powerful than Stetson! Heaven truly makes good judgments!”

Not getting his reply, the annoyed Gerald gloomily repeated, “… Again, who exactly are you?”

Tilting his head back as he laughed maniacally yet again, the old man then replied, “I hope you listen closely before you die, boy! My name is Carlos Xenes, and my laugh is capable of stupefying ordinary people, you hear?! Tremble before my terrifying voice! Hahaha!”

As clouds of dust began swirling in all directions the louder his laugh got, Gerald simply shook his head before replying, “I’ve never even heard of you before.”

Upon hearing that, Carlos instantly stopped laughing. As he narrowed his eyes and his expression turned into one of anger, the old man then said, “I have to admit that you’re more daring than I initially thought, young man… Still, know that even those who have trained themselves to attain spiritual enlightenment-”

“Look, let’s just skip all that. You told me to listen closely before I died, right? Does that mean you intend to kill me or something?” interrupted Gerald.

Carlos had wanted to say that even those who had trained themselves to attain spiritual enlightenment would behave respectfully before him. With that in mind, being interrupted by Gerald only increased the old man’s dissatisfaction.

Despite Gerald’s arrogance, Carlos kept his cool. After all, he knew for a fact that Gerald was going to pay the price soon.

“While you’re definitely smart, you’re unfortunately equally as stupid! After all, with how calm you currently are, it appears that you’re still a bit too ignorant to realize that I’m as strong as a demon king! Also, you said you’ve never heard of me before, right? Well, I’ll just make sure to drill it into your mind before you die!”

With that, Carlos then let out a booming laugh… which resulted in a shock wave that not only caused the surrounding trees to crack, but also sent the river water surging as though an explosion had just taken place!

“D*mn it, he’s doing it again!” growled Gerald, feeling like he was going to have a mental breakdown if he heard any more of that laughter.

Had it not been for that old man’s strong aura, Gerald would have zero doubts that Carlos was actually someone who had escaped from an asylum.

Laughing hideously, Carlos then roared, “I’ve already been training myself to attain spiritual enlightenment for a long while now, and my specialty is sapping others’ essential qi and holy blood! In other words, you could regard me as a living nightmare for people like you who train to attain spiritual enlightenment! Hahaha!”

“I see… So, you’ve trained yourself by draining the essential qi and holy blood of others… If that’s the case, I’m assuming you came here knowing full well that lots of people—who are training to attain spiritual enlightenment—would be attending the underground festival, correct? Was your plan to continue lurking in the dark? So that you could sneak up on such people when they were alone before draining them of their essential qi and holy blood?” asked Gerald, finally getting the bigger picture.

“You’re sharp, I’ll give you that! Regardless, know that my initial target had been Stetson. However, once I realized that his talent and the quality of his holy blood could never get close to even comparing with yours, I naturally went after you instead! You truly are a great treasure, you know? Once I’m done draining you, my training will surely advance greatly!” replied Carlos before laughing loudly again, now more smug than ever.

“However, you don’t have to worry about the pain! I’m not that cruel a person, for I’ll make sure to sever your nerves first and turn you into an idiot who can’t feel pain anymore!” added Carlos.

“Hold it-”

Before Gerald could even finish his reply, Carlos suddenly began laughing loudly again. In fact, this was the loudest and strongest he had laughed up till this point!

Explosive sounds followed shortly after as the water in the river erupted like no tomorrow and even more trees began snapping in two! Even massive depressions began forming on the ground as the sickening old man laughed on!