Chapter 363: Gate of Noctem (1/2)

”Fuck you, old man!”

”You fucking wish bitch!” Folio yelled, slapping the back of my head, pointing towards the large pot boiling seemingly about to overflow. ”Now eat the damn thing so you can leave my damn house! It's been three weeks already. It's the last of all we have!”

”And those three weeks has been the worse types of hell. Every day I was forced to swallow that shit. Fuck off!” I fired back, glaring with untamed hatred.

”I don't care! Eat and leave! My god! While I may be old, I do get some! But with the damn Ashen King at my door! All the bad bitches are leaving!” The perverted beast shouted, crossing his arms with steam flowing from his ears.

Clenching my teeth, I bit my lips till the blood ran cold against my chin. Trembling, I turned back to the amused face of my worse enemy.

”Go on,” He pushed with a chilling smile. ”Eat it up!”

”I thought you all were supposed to be scared of me? Why the hell are you torturing me?”

”I am Gaint, Boy! While we may fear, we will not cower even if you kill us all. There is something those spineless Elves and humans lack.” He pridefully exclaimed, holding his head high, ”not to mention my instincts are telling me that you will not kill us.”

Twitching my brow, I sighed, approaching the bowl that had been plaguing me for almost an entire month. Glaring till my eyes dried and my fist began to bleed, I lifted the entire pot to my lips. Ignoring the burning heat that did nothing, I swallowed it all down without a single drop being lost.

It was strange, but my vital qi was not recovering. It was almost as if I was stuck. Usually, all living creatures would have a flow of vital Qi and said qi would grow till adulthood and fade as one age. This would not change no matter how strong one is unless an individual became a high god where true immortality awaits.

But devils were different. While their qi never diminished, it would always grow till we were full. But mine didn't. It would not fade, nor would it grow as devils do. It was simply still, almost like I was stuck in a single moment in time.

This was a massive problem for me because even humans' vital qi would recover. While they could not stop the diminishing of Vital Qi permanently, they would at least be able to recover their qi if lost.

Finishing the last drop of fish soup, I resisted the urge to vomit, but tears still managed to fall as the taste of the memories of its taste stung upon my tongue.

”It's amazing your body refines such foreign vital qi so easily. It would seem the devil's body is no different from a wild beast.” The old man enviously uttered, stroking his long unkempt beard.

”It's the sweetness,” I said with solemn air, ”It's the sweetness.”

”My ass!” he shouted, pointing towards the exit, ”Are you ready? Or is another day of what we eat enough.”