430 Laying Out The Cards (1/2)

”Err…”

Leon was speechless for a moment before he said, ”Never mind that. What do you think of this medicine? Do you wish to purchase it?”

Chief Valencia carefully studied Leon's expression for a moment, as if trying to gauge his secrets. Unfortunately, she was unable to discover anything unless Leon was willing to explain.

”I doubt you brought this medicine out just to sell it for some Dark Crystals. What is it that you want in exchange—?”

”Chief, the team is ready to set out for the expedition! We are just waiting for you, chief!” A warrior reported clearly upon arrival.

Chief Valencia furrowed her brows slightly before she said, ”Let us continue to talk along the way.”

”Alright. Let me go call Darlene.”

Leon nodded.

Shortly after, he returned to Darlene's side, who was still cultivating with deep focus. Seeing her like this, Leon did not interrupt her immediately.

He watched the spatial elements gather towards her at a consistent rate, neither fast nor too slow. While the gathering speed was steady, the refining speed was on a whole different level.

After entering Darlene's body, it was like the spatial elements were pulled into a region of strong gravitational force. It revolved through the circulation route at an accelerated rate before rushing into the Spatial Seed.

'This is should be part of the benefits of having the Void Soul Constitution…' Leon pondered silently.

The body was like a bottomless rift that swallowed everything without changes. The gathering speed was simply unable to keep up with the refining speed for Darlene to cultivate effectively.

'She could be cultivating much faster.' Leon concluded.

He briefly turned to Chief Valencia and said, ”You won't mind waiting a bit, will you?”

”Not at all. The others can wait.” Chief Valencia responded nonchalantly.

Even if the other warriors waiting on them were not happy, they could continue waiting for all she cares. She was much more interested in what Leonhardt was planning to do.

”Thanks.”

Leon quickly took off and flew into the sky above Darlene.

The rocky plateau was already roughly 200ft high. However, Leon flew higher than 300ft above the plateau and still failed to sense the sky's suppressive force.

He knew that the sky's suppressive force in the Dark Continent was much weaker, but he did not know to what extent.

He thought it had something to do with the crack in the sky in the Land of Darkness, but it was actually due to the encompassing dark clouds covering the sky that lifted the suppressive force like the World Tree's cover, perhaps?

Leon spread out his senses and began gathering the spatial elements towards him with Divine Will. He used his strong mental strength to gather them like a tempest.

However, he did not absorb them for himself but funnel them straight down to Darlene below him.

While Darlene was in the middle of her cultivation, her mental state was very serene, like she was a leaf floating on a body of water without any ripples—When suddenly, a torrential amount of spatial elements rained down on her.

Her body crazily devoured the spatial elements and transformed them into Spatial Energy before being similarly consumed by the Spatial Seed and stored.

Darlene's cultivation rose quickly and nearly broke through to 3-Stars Ranked Awakener Realm in a single leap. However, the burst only lasted a moment before losing all its momentum.

She opened her eyes shortly after with a sigh of disappointment. After a moment, she recovered and began to look around with confusion, wondering where the burst of spatial elements came from.

Leon slowly descended in front of her, causing her to be mildly surprised before she got up and approached him.

”Hubby, did you do something just now?” Darlene asked with doubts and uncertainty.

Leon quickly admitted with a smile, ”That's right. Did you like the gift?”

Darlene quickly nodded.

She wanted to continue asking further about it, but Leon suddenly patted her butt and said, ”Alright, put on the Enchanted Equipment I bought you. We are heading outside the tribe with Chief Valencia and some other warriors. Let's not keep them waiting.”

”Where are we going?” She asked with surprise. She was taken aback and caught off guard by the sudden news.

Nevertheless, she still did as she was told and took out the Tier 2 Enchant Equipment from her Interspatial Pouch and equipped it over her current clothes.

”The Black Swamp. We are joining Chief Valencia on her expedition. However, we will also be parting from the group midway. I will be taking the Teleportation Array to return to my homeland. You will soon learn about who I truly am—that is unless you do not wish to follow me and stay back in the tribe.”