I Can Contract Beauties

As the drop of Origin Energy circulated around his body to nourish and strengthen it, Miguel suddenly felt a pang of pain in his heart the moment the drop of Origin Energy that he used to circulate around his body neared it.

This sudden pang of pain was different from the nourishment kind of pain that Miguel would feel during a cleansing process.

This time, it felt as though something had stung his heart from the inside, causing him to pause in his actions.

This was the first time that he experienced something like this during a cleansing process and it immediately caught his attention.

Especially since it involved his heart which where the demonic miasma had taken root before it profligates towards his other part of the body a few hours earlier.

Knowing how dangerous the demonic miasma was, Miguel did not dare underestimate this occurrence and immediately inspected his heart cautiously using his consciousness.

Sending his consciousness towards every part of his body was easy for someone like Miguel.

He was even able to access his Innate World which was actually not possible for someone in his rank yet.

This was also the reason why he hurried to the ’source’ the moment Aaliyah mentioned the abnormality in his back earlier. It was because when he sent his consciousness down to his body, he did not notice anything wrong with it but purplish veins had already formed a clump on his back during that time.

It was also during that instance that the ’demonic miasma’ was very dangerous and could not be left alone.

It has a certain hiding ability that allows it to avoid his consciousness. It was only when it started to spread from his chest that he was able to see it.

After he was saved by Edith, he also sent his consciousness down to inspect his body and did not notice any abnormality.

However, from the sudden pang of pain on his heart, Miguel knew that the issue with his demonization was still far from over.

Miguel allowed his consciousness to descend around his heart and inspect thoroughly. A frown soon appeared on his handsome body upon realizing that there was nothing wrong with it. He checked every veins and artery and every corner of his heart, but to no avail.

It was spotless and clean and he noticed nothing wrong in it.

The frown on his face deepened. Miguel did not give up and continued searching once again.

A few minutes later, Miguel stopped the search helplessly.

However, he did not give up.

He only stopped the search because he wanted to try another method.

He pulled the drop of Origin Energy he circulated earlier and hovered it around his heart.

The moment he did so, the pang of pain appeared once again. This time, Miguel made sure to observe carefully, trying to locate where it came from.

Using the drop of Origin Energy as a searching device, Miguel finally found the location of the sudden pain.

It was an extremely small purplish miasma hiding at one corner of his heart. It was invisible and only revealed itself when the Origin Energy neared it.

As the drop of Origin Energy approached it, the purplish miasma also kept on retreating swiftly and changing location, as though it was extremely afraid of coming into contact with the Origin Energy.

Realizing that there was indeed something wrong, Miguel did not waste any more time and allowed the Origin Energy to circulate around his heart in a swift speed.

No matter what kind of thing this purplish miasma inside his heart was, he knew that the Origin Energy was its bane and weakness.

He first dissipated the Origin Energy and enveloped his heart with it, to prevent the purplish miasma from escaping. He then used the remaining Origin Energy to wash his heart clean.

The purplish miasma was finally cornered and upon coming into contact with the Origin Energy, it immediately dissipated without being able to fight back at all.

The pain he was feeling also dissipated along with it.

Miguel heaves a sigh of relief before checking his heart once more by hovering another drop of Origin Energy around it.

After he made sure that the sudden pain was no longer present in his heart, Miguel decided to check the other parts of his body as well with the Origin Energy as a detecting device.

He only stopped after making sure that no other part of his body was ’housing’ that purplish miasma.

"What a tenacious and sinister thing," Miguel commented after a few checks on his body.

When they thought that the demonization was already over, it had actually hidden itself inside his heart secretly.

If not for the Origin Energy being able to detect it, Miguel guessed that it might once again profligate slowly, and then erupt to demonize him once again when he least expects it to.

Perhaps, even the people during Edith’s time did not know of this fact as they don’t have the Origin Energy to detect the sneaky bastard hiding in their heart even after they finished ’curing’ the demonized.

Fortunately, this problem was now resolved once and for all.

Due to this, Miguel also made an unexpected discovery.

The Origin Energy was the bane of demonic miasma and could even neutralize it perfectly without leaving a trace behind.

He reckoned that if he used it when it was still just a clump of veins in his back, he might be able to resolve the situation easily.

Unfortunately, this idea did not occur to him at that time. After all, he was already pressed on time and was severely worried about the undetectable demonic miasma.

Anyways, the Grimoire Summoning Energy around the area was finally sucked dry after he helped the grimoire store some for its reserve.

He also used another drop of Origin Energy to continue his intentions on gauging the next limit before he could breakthrough, and with the other one he used on his heart, his Origin Energy drop was now back to two.

They were not wasted though and they served their purpose well.

Miguel had now estimated that he might need the cleansing of 9 Origin Energy drops, including the 1 he used earlier, before he could breakthrough to the 4th stage of Cleansing Realm.

After this little cultivation session, Miguel stood up and continued walking forward once more in this dark tunnel beneath Ghost Wail Mountain.

A few hours later, Miguel noticed that the wailing sound had already stopped. He guessed that it was already morning and the wailing sound would only return later during the middle of the night.

Miguel did not stop and continued advancing forward, determined to arrive at the destination as soon as possible.

A moment later though, Miguel soon stopped once again when he realized that something had changed with the [Divine Sense] that has always been active.

He summoned the grimoire out and noticed a few words in the first page.

[Due to your constant usage, your Skill, [Divine Sense] received Level +1]

His [Divine Sense] had actually been upgraded to level 2 to his delight.

Upgrading once skill in this world was not easy.

Aside from receiving a reward directly from the World’s Will, one would need to rely on their own ability to upgrade the effectiveness of their skill by using it constantly. This rule applied to Beast, Martial Artists and Summoners alike.

Miguel knew that this [Divine Sense] would be upgraded sooner or later as he was constantly using it but he did not expect that it would be upgraded this soon.

He checked its changes and realized that it only increased its detecting range and penetration ability. Unlike before, he no longer needed to put his entire focus just to ’see’ what was behind a solid object. If he focused enough, he would also now be able to detect what was behind a very thick solid object.

Not wasting any time, Miguel immediately tested it on the cave wall beside him.

He pressed his hand on it and used [Divine Sense] to determine its thickness.

However, Miguel was surprised a moment later as he realized that it was actually not that thick, and was only five meters in width. He continued to probe with his [Divine Sense] and realized that it was just another tunnel parallel to where he was.

Miguel moved to the other side and probed with his [Divine Sense] once again. The same thing happened as another tunnel-like structure appeared once again in his ’vision’.

Miguel advanced forward as he continued to probe the sides with his [Divine Sense], monitoring the tunnel parallel to where he was.

A few moments later, Miguel noticed that the tunnel walls were getting thinner and thinner.

Miguel’s imagination ran wild, as he immediately realized that he was nearing his destination.

The tunnels grew bigger the deeper he went, so it was only natural that it’s walls would get thinner as other tunnels would also occupy the other side, until the tunnels would all converge into one spot at the center.

Knowing that, Miguel immediately ran forward, eager to arrive at his destination.

However, a gurgling sound suddenly made him halt his movements.

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Meanwhile, at the southern part of Ghost Wail Mountain, in a well-lit spacious cave hidden behind a humongous rock.

The group of bandits and captives had just heaved a sigh of relief after the wailing sound that echoed throughout the cave like a gong finally subsided.

"Hmpp! I told you a few days ago that it will go away automatically once morning arrives. All the gossip in Red Cliff City is still all just gossip in the end. We have scouted this area since a few weeks ago and nothing has happened to any of us even until now."

"This Ghost Wail Mountain is actually not as dangerous as they think it is," the bandit leader smirked as he looked at the others’ fearful and terrified expression regarding the wailing sounds in Ghost Wail Mountain.

He then turned to look at the side and stated, "Randy, is there any news regarding the thing that we want in exchange for this brats?"

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A/N: Only 1 Chapter for now guys as I will be going to the city. I will return to upload 2 chaps per day a few days later, including the extra Chapters from the achievement rewards.

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