Chapter 1003 - 510: Advanced Supreme Treasure (2)

The collapse of social order made theft syndicates less apprehensive, leading them to commit reckless crimes—stealing, robbing, killing, kidnapping—they spared nothing.

Bond still thinks of this time as incredibly delightful.

He tasted the pleasures of many women, in numbers so great he couldn’t even remember.

He enjoyed gripping their necks, then venting on them in the most brutal ways; a couple of times, he accidentally killed them.

But it wasn’t a big deal; he sold the corpses to the resource recycling syndicate, because there were so many starving people outside. The bodies would be gone in no time, not even a speck of bone remaining.

Soon.

The theft syndicate planned a big job—stealing a batch of good stuff from the Royal Museum.

Initially, the leader didn’t intend to target the Royal Museum due to the tight security there, but this time was different.

Some insiders at the museum were willing to act as informants for the theft syndicate.

Thus, one night, the theft syndicate went into action and very smoothly extracted a large batch of valuable items from the museum.

Although the times had changed and artifacts weren’t as valuable as before, their total worth was still staggering.

Bond received a significant sum of money and a batch of artifacts, enjoying nights of revelry.

A month later.

Trouble finally came.

But Bond was very cunning and had prepared in advance for this day.

He had long known that being in this line of work would eventually bring big trouble, so he secretly prepared an identity.

As for the original owner of this identity, he had, of course, quietly killed them,

Later, he learned from the media that almost everyone in the theft syndicate, including the leader, had died. He felt very fortunate to have prepared a backup plan.

He moved to the capital of the kingdom, bought a house, and found a decent woman, planning to stay quiet for a few years until things calmed down.

Two more months passed.

He drank a little and forcibly dragged his wife onto the bed, reverting to his previous ways, accidentally killing her.

In his panic, with intense emotional turmoil, he unexpectedly awakened the Purification Superpower.

He tried using purification on his wife’s corpse and surprisingly, erased all suspicious traces, making the corpse appear as if she had died naturally.

He immediately reported it to the police. The coroner examined the body and found no abnormalities, eventually attributing the death to a "heart attack," thus resolving the incident.

Tasting sweetness from this, he then regularly went out at night to commit crimes, using purification to erase traces, conducting dozens of criminal activities without being exposed.

Later on.

On a rainy night, he unexpectedly discovered that one of the artifacts he stole from the museum had displayed an incredible phenomenon.

This was a shield.

An illusory shadow emerged from the surface of the warhorse shield, demonstrating various ancient martial arts.

He researched for several days, once accidentally cutting his finger on the shield.

Blood flowed, the warhorse shield mysteriously disappeared, but he could sense that the shield was inside his body.

He soon discovered that the warhorse shield endowed him with an exceptionally high combat talent; any power technique he saw in a video, he could learn just by looking at it.

More importantly, the warhorse shield gave him unimaginable defensive power, reducing damage from power by over ninety percent.

If he manifested the warhorse shield, it could reflect all damage a hundred percent.

He developed ambition for the first time.

Originally, with such a weak purification superpower, he had little interest in joining the official ranks because even if he joined, he wouldn’t receive much attention.

But now things were different.

With the support of the warhorse shield, he could definitely become a genius superpower user in the Lan Shi Kingdom.

A month later.

He entered the sight of the Lion Heart Crown.

Three months later.

He was excitedly dubbed by the Lan Shi People—Hard Man.

Because he truly had the endurance.

Five months later.

His physical Value sharply rose to 98 points, nearing the limit of advancing to Warrior, he was appointed as the Vice Chief of the Lion Heart Crown.

He earned a more prestigious nickname—Angry Lion.

He also gained favor from a powerful noble and got engaged to the noble’s beautiful daughter, about to ascend the peak of life.

Therefore, he carefully hid his past, avoiding exposure of his theft syndicate experiences and even daring not to reveal the warhorse shield.

Then.

Under the noble’s arrangement, he headed to the North Island Battlefield for gilding.

Everyone felt that with the Great Xia Army stationed at the North Island Battlefield, safety shouldn’t be an issue.

He also thought so, but he never imagined it would be a horrifying nightmare.

"A horrifying nightmare?"

Yang Fan chuckled softly, waking completely from Bond’s memory.

At this time, Bond had lost all memory, leaving only an empty soul shell.

Yang Fan immediately sensed his connection with the warhorse shield had significantly increased compared to before.

But it was still short.

This small gap was insufficient for the Supreme Treasure to choose him.

Yang Fan extended a finger and gently shook it, a strange pale flame suddenly emerging from his fingertip.

This was a secret technique learned from the Qing Yang Book.

Its name was—Soul Flame.

This powerful secret technique was only mastered by Knight Powerhouses.

The nutrient for Soul Flame was naturally the soul.

Thus, every second, Yang Fan’s Spirit Value would decrease by 5 points, and it would be a permanent decrease.

Ten seconds later.

The Spirit Value permanently decreased by 50 points.

The pale flame significantly grew larger.

Yang Fan’s finger moved slightly, and the Soul Flame detached from his fingertip, instantly striking Bond’s soul shell.

"Hoo!"

The flame blazed instantly.

The soul shell began to burn fiercely.

"Ah~"

Bond moaned unintentionally.

It didn’t take long.

The soul shell vanished.

Only a faint silhouette of light remained in the air.

This was the purest Soul Essence, refined by the Soul Flame, serving as a supplement to the soul.

Yang Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead, grasping the faint light with his hand.

The Soul Essence silently merged into his body, a gentle cooling sensation rising from his brain.

The Spirit Value increased by 15 points accordingly.

The net result was a loss of 35 points of Spirit Value, evidently a bit of a loss.

But Yang Fan joyfully laughed: "Come out!"

As soon as he spoke.

"Clang!"

There was a clang of metal collision.

A silver-white tower shield emerged out of nowhere.

This bit of Soul Essence finally made the Supreme Treasure recognize he was Bond, and Bond was him.

The seventh Supreme Treasure was finally obtained!

Yang Fan excitedly raised his right hand, the warhorse shield automatically flew over, firmly landing in his hand.

He carefully sensed it, becoming more delighted: "It seems I’ve underestimated you."

He forcefully swung the warhorse shield, and laughed: "Bond didn’t understand much about Supreme Treasure, but I know you probably are not in your complete form, in your full form, you’re likely a more powerful high-level Supreme Treasure."

"Clang!"

Again, the Supreme Treasure shook.

Seemingly responding to his words.