Even as Yunaia finished her shog expnation, the expressions of Olivier and Linley remained uurbed. Clearly, both young men had heard Yunaia’s story in the past. But the same couldn’t be said about Ace, Amira, and even Leona.

  A pce like the Gebados Prison where experts couldn’t recover their energy freely…

  You didn’t have to be a genius to uand the implications of such a thing.

  In this universe, one’s energy was tantamount to one’s livelihood. Although you wouldn’t die if you were drained of all your elemental energy if you were suddenly deprived of your energy and then faced with an enemy expert…

  In such a sario, there would only be oe!

  It was no wonder why Prime Saints were pced at the bottom of the peg order. In fact, fet saints; Ace guessed that even Demi-Gods could only hide and cower away for fear of being targeted by more powerful deities.

  “I don’t know how much you know about deities, but for most, even when you break through to the deity realm, your body doesn’t strengthen much, if at all. Well, not unless you’re a Divi,” Yunaia said, gng enviously at the three Apex Divis present and even Linley. “For the rest of us, the only differeween Demi-Gods, Full Gods, and High Gods is their varying levels of prehension and the purity of their Divine Essence.

  Still, because one only express their prehension of their respective Laws or Edicts with the use of Divine Essence, regardless of if you’re a Demi-God, Full God, or even a High-God at the ander level, one runs out of Divine Essence, you’re ner than any other peak saint-level expert without energy.

  At that point, even a saint-level expert who just broke through would be capable of defeating you – provided their energy levels were full.”

  As she spoke to there, Yunaia’s eyes were filled with hope and ambition as she stared at Ace, forcibly suppressing her risiement and anticipation. “But that wouldn’t be the case if one was capable of utilising the power of cepts!

  When using the power of cepts, instead of relying oal energy, you rely solely on muscur endurand the body’s stamina. Something which is virtually limitless as a saint-level warrior.”

  As she said that, she took a not-so-subtle but still very telling g Linley.

  “ht, I almost fot,” Linley said suddenly. “Yunaia here was hoping to learn the secrets of wielding cepts. As was Olivier. But as it’s not my secret to share, I told them that I could only ask you on their behalf.”

  As Linley’s voice waned, both Olivier and Yunaia were staring at Ace with an almost pleading expression and a hint of anticipation. Especially for Yunaia.

  Before entering, back when Lord Beirut first approached her and her grandmother about entering the Necropolis of the Gods, he had mentiohat if she entered and pyed her cards right, there was a ce that she could find a way to ge their destiny.

  At the time, though he hadn’t said it in so many words, both Yunaia and her grandmother believed that he was referring to a way to escape the Gebados Prison Realm.

  But now she believed that he may well have been talking about the use of cepts. Though ultimately, she would prefer to find a way to lead her grandmother out of the prison world that had held them captive for too long, if she were able to learhod of using cepts and teach it trandmother, even if they were forced to stay in the Gebados Phey would at least be able to have an upper hand in that hell hole. Still, it all depended on the youth in front of them.

  Ace’s expression remained unreadable as he stared at the group before him. It wasn’t that he was trying to add pressure to the two hopefuls. Truth be told, he was still processing all the information he had just been delivered.

  First, that there rison world attached to their pne, and then the levels of brutality i was beyond shog, even for him, a reinate who had lived through the brutal pirate era.

  Still, he could uand Yunaia’s desire to learhod of using cepts. It would undoubtedly be a game-ger!

  “That’s fine,” Ace shrugged casually. “You teach them if you want.”

  “Really?” Linley asked hesitantly.

  “Hmm?” Ace raised an eyebrow as he stared at this long-haired rival of his. “What else would there be? Don’t tell me you’re so inpetent as an instructor that you need me to teach them for you?”

  “Of course not!” Linley snorted. “I just meant, are you sure your master will be okay with his methods being spread without his permission.”

  “That old ma care who learns it,” Ace shrugged. “As far as he’s ed, the more people who learn it, the better. He believes that only when it bees a mainstream method of cultivation will all its secrets be uhed.

  If not for Arianna f him to keep it secret until our feud with the New Yun Empire has been resolved, then he probably would’ve publicised it long ago.

  As for Olivier and Yunaia. Well, I trust that her of them would spread it to our enemies.”

  As he said that, Ace’s eyes fell owo young adults standing alongside Lihough he wasn’t actively doing anything to exert pressure oher of them, both suddenly felt their hairs stand on edge, as though Ace wouldn’t hesitate to attack with io kill should they give the wrong answer.

  The fact that Ace was able to put so much pressure on them was odd, especially as both of them were fearsome Soul-Mutates capable of challenging aing even Prime Saints. Still, they uood the opportunity that had beeed to them, aher were willing to say or do anything that could jeopardise their ces.

  “You have my word!” Both Olivier and Yunaia said with hurried siy, as though they were scared Ace would ge his mind.

  “Good! Then I have no problems with it,” Aodded.

  “Thank you!” Yunaia suddenly interjected, stepping forward to take a solemn bow. “Thanks a lot!”

  “No need for all that,” Ace sighed, waving his hands dismissively. “With you being a true Qingya desdant, I very much doubt either Arianna or the old man would have a problem with it. In fact, I’m pretty sure they’d probably give me an earful if I said no.”

  “What do you guys intend on doi anyway?” Amira asked, ging the subject. “You gonna stay here on the fifth floor or head up to the floor?”

  “We’ll probably spend a while longer on the fifth floor,” Linley sighed. “With Felicia having probably headed up to the higher floors, it’d be suicide to head up as we are now.”

  “Felicia? As in the High-Priests sed disciple?” Ace asked curiously. “Why would running into her be suicidal?”

  The st time Ace saw her, she was still just a powerful peak saint. As far as Ace was ed, at best, she would’ve broken through to the level of a Prime Saint, which was why Linley’s words came as such a surprise.

  “I haven’t seen her in six months, but st time I saw her, she had already begun fusing the profound mysteries of the Essence of Light and Purity of Light.”

  Though he didn’t say anything else, both Amira and Ace were knowledgeable enough to uand what Linley was implying.

  In terms of talent, there wasn’t a perso from both Ad Linley’s groups that wasn’t far superior to her in terms of talent, but as a peak saint who had begun fusing at least two mysteries, her breaking through to bee a Demi-God was a guarantee.

  And in the Necropolis of the Gods, where the elemental essence was so dense and pure in parison to the Yun Pne, her rate of growth would be like a rocket.

  Though it had only been six months, there was no telling how much she had improved. ces of her having bee a Demi-God were slim at best. Still, she had likely reached a level none of them were capable of fag – at least not on their own.

  “Iing,” Ace smiled, a hint of excitement fshing across his dark iris’. “She’ll serve as a fine warm-up before the mai.”

  He may not have said it in so many words, but there wasn’t a soul present who didn’t know he was referring to O’Brien. Still, no ohought he was being tant. His rate of improvement was simply miraculous!

  “What about you guys?” Bebe asked, hopping back to his usual spot on Linley’s shoulder from the top of Olivier’s head. “Where do you intend on goi.”

  “We’ll probably try and look for Kong and the others ,” Mira said.

  Although she was fident in their strength, she’d be lying if she said she wasn’t worried about the results of them running into Felicia. Still, finding them in here was easier said than done, especially with their spiritual essence so heavily restricted.

  “But before that, I think it’s about time I raise my cultivation level,” Ace voiced, causing Amira and Leona to turn ba in surprise.

  “I thought you wao wait until you had reached the limit for prehension at your current level,” Amira asked back. “Don’t let the news of Felicia’s strength get in the way of your future.”

  “Don’t worry, I’m not,” Ace shook his head with a smile. “After that battle with Lachapelle, I sehat I’ve finally reached the limits of prehension for the seventh rank.”

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