Chapter 107: Vance Came Through

Chapter 107: Chapter 107: Vance Came Through

Derrick stepped into the bathroom and caught his reflection in the full-length mirror.

He froze for a second.

He had gotten taller again, his height now pushing a full six foot five.

His shoulders were broader, his chest thicker, and his entire body was packed with dense, razor-sharp muscle that looked like it was carved out of marble.

He turned on the shower and let the hot water wash away the thick layer of black impurities covering his skin.

I wonder how much my status had changed.

Derrick tapped the system panel in his mind, bringing up the expanded details for his newly upgraded skills.

The glowing blue holographic screen hovered right in front of his vision:

[SKILL STATUS PANEL]

1. Calm Mind (Passive - Upgraded)

Description: Completely insulates the host’s mind from mental interference, fear, and emotional overload.

Upgrade Effect: Now active continuously without energy drain. Suppresses psychological pressure from higher-stage entities and completely blocks low-to-mid tier mental attacks or hypnotic probes.

2. All-Seeing Eyes (Active - Upgraded)

Description: Allows the host to perceive energy flows, hidden structures, microscopic details, and covert technology.

Upgrade Effect: Active duration increased from thirty seconds to 5 full minutes. Visual range doubled. Can now trace deep spatial fluctuations and faint energy trails left behind by high-tier entities.

3. Veiled Presence (Active/Passive - Upgraded)

Description: Conceals the host’s true energy signature, stage, and presence from outside detection.

Upgrade Effect: Automatically masks the host’s energy by default. Higher-stage cultivators up to the Super Power Stage will only perceive host as what he wants them to see.

[NEWLY AWAKENED ENHANCED ABILITIES]

Enhanced Body: Physical density, skeletal structure, and organ durability doubled. Muscle fibers can withstand extreme physical impact and rapid energy circulation without tearing.

Enhanced Energy Detection: Grants natural passive awareness of hidden energy sources, foreign implants, and ambient energy movements within a fifty-meter radius.

Enhanced Energy Control: Allows precise manipulation of the newly anchored energy in his dantian, letting him channel power smoothly into specific body parts for defense or offense with zero wasted energy.

Enhanced Attacks: Physical strikes now carry the dense force of his dantian energy, drastically increasing output and punch force.

Enhanced Senses: Vision, hearing, reaction time, and spatial awareness tuned to superhuman levels. Can track high-speed movements effortlessly.

As for his current statue.

[HOST CHARACTER STATUS]

Name: Derrick Storm

Age: 16 (25)

Race: Human

Cultivation Base: Enhanced Being Stage (Early Stage)

Next Breakthrough: 0/4 Enhanced Pills.

[Note: It is recommended to not experience another breakthrough for a three weeks and let the body adjust to the major transformation you have been through.]

"What a level cap." Derrick did not like the break system was suggesting but he decided to follow it. It was better to be cautious than ignore warnings like that.

Derrick turned off the shower taps, watching the last of the dark grime swirl down the drain.

While he dried himself off, he pulled open the newly unlocked Golden Pill section of the system store.

He typed "Evil Extermination Pill" into the search bar, eager to see what it would cost to cure Keira’s grandfather.

The search results loaded instantly, floating right in front of his eyes in glowing text:

[SEARCH RESULTS: EVIL EXTERMINATION PILLS]

1. Evil Extermination Pill (Purity: 100% - Divine Grade)

Effect: Completely cleanses and purifies any foreign, malicious, or corrupted energy inside a Golden Pill Stage entity. Restores original energy pathways with zero side effects.

Price: 5,000,000 Golden Credits (5,000,000,000 Social Credits)

2. Evil Extermination Pill (Purity: 80% - High Grade)

Effect: Purges 90% of foreign energy. Leaves minor residual fatigue for three days.

Price: 2,500,000 Golden Credits (2,500,000,000 Social Credits)

3. Evil Extermination Pill (Purity: 60% - Medium Grade)

Effect: Purges 70% of foreign energy. Requires secondary healing pills to fix damaged channels.

Price: 1,200,000 Golden Credits (1,200,000,000 Social Credits)

4. Evil Extermination Pill (Purity: 40% - Low Grade)

Effect: Suppresses foreign energy temporarily and purges up to 40%. High risk of internal recoil.

Price: 700,000 Golden Credits (700,000,000 Social Credits)

Derrick unconsciously swallowed hard, staring at the sheer absurdity of the numbers.

Five billion social credits for a single top-tier pill.

Even the lowest, most dangerous 40% version required seven hundred million social credits.

The price gap between regular superpower stage pills and Golden Pill stage items wasn’t just big—it was completely astronomical.

Derrick dismissed the search screen with a wave of his hand, letting out a long, heavy breath.

He pulled on a clean set of clothes and tossed his towel onto the rack.

Stepping out of the steam-filled bathroom, he walked straight into the living room to break the hard news to Keira.

Keira didn’t even bat an eye at the astronomical price.

"I’ll take the five billion credit one," she said without a single second of hesitation, her voice firm and resolute.

"I don’t care how much it costs. I’ll get you the money immediately if it means saving my grandpa completely."

Derrick stared at her, slightly taken aback by how casually she tossed around billions, before clearing his throat.

"That’s fine, but we have to wait until my accounts are completely unfrozen," Derrick explained, pulling out his phone. "Vance is still working on clearing my legal—"

Keira suddenly burst into a light, amused laugh, interrupting him.

"Derrick, check the time."

Derrick blinked and glanced down at the top corner of his phone screen.

He froze.

Over two full hours had already passed while he was going through his breakthrough and shower.

He unlocked his device, and a flood of notifications immediately popped up across the screen.

His bank accounts were completely unfrozen, fully restored, and cleared of every single hold with a full legal pardon attached.

Scroll down further, there was a short, smug text message from Vance Sterling sent over an hour ago:

{Done. 40 minutes. I am not going to say I beat your shitty ass timer but I kicked ass today. Enjoy your unlocked funds, Mr. Ghost.}

Derrick stared at Vance’s message, a cold spark of respect flashing in his eyes.

The man didn’t even ask Derrick to fulfill his end of the bargain first.

He was putting his trust straight on the line to prove his worth.

"Not bad, Sterling," Derrick muttered under his breath.

He rushed over to his terminal and his fingers flew across the keyboard like a blur.

Derrick executed a complex string of automated commands he had prepared beforehand.

The code compiled every single piece of dirt, corrupt transaction, and illegal scheme tied to Blackwood Holdings.

Before deploying it, he scrubbed every trace of Vance and Madalyn’s past involvement from the files, leaving them completely invisible.

With a final keypress, he routed the entire package through a dozen dead-end proxies and dumped it straight into the Federal Investigation Agency’s master server.

Blackwood Holdings was about to get dismantled from the inside out.

Once the breach cleared, Derrick sent a encrypted copy of the files directly to Vance’s personal terminal.

He typed out a short, simple reply:

{When the time comes, we shall meet. We are going to have so much fun working together, Vance.}