Chapter 228


    “I''m the one you''re after, Gabriel. Lah has nothing to do with this, so please spare her life,” Jonathan


    said after giving it some thought.


    Gabriel let out a sinister chuckle. “Spare her life?”


    “She won''t kill you because she still needs your help,” Jonathan added.


    Lah nced at Jonathan when she heard that. What? He''s begging Gabriel to spare my life? Why


    would he do that? I''m the reason we''re in this situation right now! Shouldn''t he be ming me instead?


    “I can''t believe a smart guy like you would say something so stupid, Jonathan. First of all, there''s no


    way to confirm if Lah wille after me for revenge, so that remains unknown for the time being.


    However, I do know for a fact that I am the one in control of her life right now, so why should I spare her


    life? Besides, you two have excellent brain waves and spiritual energy. I''m nning on absorbing them


    for my own personal use!” Gabriel replied coldly with a sneer.


    Jonathan''s heart sank as he realized nothing he said would be of any use.


    Gabriel is a cruel and heartless b*stard. He''s not the kind of person who would show mercy to women


    and children.


    With that in mind, Jonathan kept quiet and tried to establish a connection with his body.


    “Please, don''t even bother. You were lucky Master Yarrow was there to help you out back then, but


    that''s not the case this time. King Sergiu could probably save you if he were toe back to life


    somehow, but his skeletons are all that remains of him now! We''re the only souls in this ce, so no


    one will being to your rescue! Death is all that awaits you two!” Gabriel said with a sneer.


    Jonathan silently clenched his teeth in frustration.


    “I''m sorry, Jonathan. This is all my fault,” Lah whispered from the side.


    Jonathan simplyughed it off nonchntly. “This is my choice too. Don''t worry. I can take


    responsibility for my own decisions.”


    Gabriel let out a chuckle when he heard that. “Jonathan, I was going to use the Curb of Kismet to steal


    your luck back then, but then you lucked out somehow. Let''s see if you get lucky this time!”


    Jonathan shot Gabriel a cold re and shouted, “Look, if you''re going to kill us, then hurry up and get it


    over with! Stop going on and on about it like a broken record, you f*cking w*ss!”


    There was a hint of anger in Gabriel''s eyes, but he suppressed it fairly quickly and regained his


    composure secondster.


    The next thing they knew, he began making his way toward Lah.


    “What are you doing?” Lah asked cautiously while ring at him.


    “Your spiritual energy is pretty strong. I''m going to suck it out of you first. Once I get stronger, I''ll use the


    Curb of Kismet to steal Jonathan''s luck!” Gabriel replied as he ced his hand over Lah''s forehead.


    Jonathan tensed up when he saw that. He had wanted to say something in response but held his


    tongue, as he knew it was pointless.


    Lah isn''t in a position to fight back at all, so nothing I say will make a difference anyway.


    After what seemed like forever, Gabriel finally released his grip on Lah''s forehead. He looked so


    vibrant and full of energy that one would think he had juste back from a spa treatment.


    Lah, on the other hand, looked extremely pale as if she was malnourished. She slumped weakly to


    the ground a few secondster, much to Jonathan''s horror.


    “Lah! Can you hear me? Lah!” he screamed at the top of his lungs.


    “Shut up, Jonathan! She''s not dead just yet. You see, her brain is currently in a spiritual energy deficit.


    Without sufficient spiritual energy to keep the brain functioning, her body will slowly shut down as her


    organs fail one after another, eventually resulting in her death.” Gabriel then paused briefly to look at


    Jonathan. “Enough talk, Jonathan. It''s time we settle our score once and for all. You put me through all


    sorts of humiliation back then. Now, I''m going to return the favor!”


    Jonathan simply clenched his teeth and kept quiet.


    “Hmph, what a disappointing response!” Gabriel mumbled as he pped Jonathan twice across the


    face.


    Jonathan could feel a mysterious sucking forceing from Gabriel''s hand when he ced it against


    his forehead.


    The next thing he knew, he started getting dizzier and dizzier with each passing second.


    It took Gabriel half an hour just to drain Jonathan of all his spiritual energy. By the time he was done,


    Jonathan was so disoriented that he couldn''t even find his bearings. His face was pale as he stumbled


    and copsed to the ground.


    Gabriel then used the Curb of Kismet on him, only to realize halfway through the spell that Jonathan''s


    luck was suddenly gone.


    “What''s going on?” Gabriel eximed in confusion.


    He tried a bunch of other methods, but nothing seemed to be working.


    “I don''t understand... This is so strange...” Gabriel mumbled helplessly to himself.


    There were a lot of conditions that had to be met when I used the Curb of Kismet on Jonathan back in


    Crimson Onyx Town, but that shouldn''t be the case here. Jonathan has lost all of his spiritual energy


    now, so he shouldn''t have any strength left to resist. On top of that, my spiritual energy received a huge


    boost after I entered the Divine Realm and got my hands on all those elixir pills. I can use the Curb of


    Kismet at will now. But why can''t I suck Jonathan''s luck?


    After giving it some thought, Gabriel had a sudden realization and understood what was going on.


    Oh, right! Jonathan is under my control and on the verge of dying! It makes sense for a dying person to


    have their luck run out! After all, you can''t be lucky if you''re dying. I can''t suck his luck if he doesn''t


    have any left, can I?


    He grabbed the Holy Chest and Sinai Bible and left the tomb.


    Gabriel didn''t kill Jonathan and Lah with his own hands. Of course, that wasn''t an act of mercy on his


    part, nor was it a careless mistake of not tying up loose ends. It was simply because Jonathan and


    Lah still had strength in their bodies even though they had been drained of their spiritual energy.


    Their bodies would still instinctively respond to danger even if their minds weren''t functioning well.


    Gabriel figured he would only get killed by Jonathan and Lah if he tried to take their lives.


    Since he knew where the exit was, he grabbed the treasures and quickly made his way out of the tomb.


    The sky was still dark when he got out, and an endless desert was all that he could see.


    Strong winds were blowing sand all over the ce.


    Gabriel wrapped the treasures in a rag and fired a signal re into the sky.


    About fifteen minutester, Isaac''s helicopter came flying toward him. Gabriel boarded the helicopter


    and headed straight for Yeringham.


    He wouldn''t tell anyone about King Sergiu''s secret, as it would be of use to him in the future. On top of


    that, he had total control over Isaac. He could erase thetter''s memoriespletely. Therefore, he


    had no reason to worry about Isaac plotting against him.


    Meanwhile, Jonathan and Lah were still on the verge of dying from mental exhaustion inside the dark


    tomb.


    Unbeknownst to Jonathan, the Lunar Pendant that he had on would end up saving his life.


    The Lunar Pendant had secretly stored all of Jonathan''s luck inside itself when Gabriel was sucking his


    luck earlier. That was why his luck had disappeared all of a sudden.


    As the Lunar Pendant activated itself, it returned all of Jonathan''s luck to his body and released a


    powerful wave of spiritual energy into his mind.


    All Jonathan felt was a chilly sensation on his chest as icy-cold energy flowed into his brain.


    About an hourter, Jonathan''s eyes shot wide open. He had regained his spiritual energy as well as


    his physical strength.


    Still feeling a little woozy as he leaped to his feet, he shook his head to clear it up.


    That was when he recalled what had happened earlier.


    Wait, I remember now... Gabriel sucked all the spiritual energy out of me! But if that''s the case, why am


    I perfectly fine? Wait, I recall feeling an icy-cold sensation in my body earlier... Oh, I get it! It''s the Lunar


    Pendant!


    Jonathan felt the same chilly sensation again when he retrieved the Lunar Pendant and held it in his


    hands, albeit to a lesser degreepared to before.


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    Fortune favors fools, huh?


    Jonathan was about to celebrate with joy when his gaze fell upon Lah, who was lying motionless on


    the side.


    Her condition had worsened a lot throughout the past hour.


    Jonathan quickly rushed over and held her in his arms as he checked her breathing.


    He knew her life was in danger when he realized that her breathing was getting weaker with each


    passing second.


    Ah, maybe I can replenish her spiritual energy with the Lunar Pendant!


    Jonathan quickly held the Lunar Pendant against her forehead. A few minutes soon went by, but


    Lah''s condition showed no signs of improvement.


    It seemed the Lunar Pendant wasn''t helping her at all, much to Jonathan''s dismay.


    Oh, no... What do I do now?


    He didn''t want Lah to just die like this because he had feelings for her.


    Jonathan knew Lah had only fallen for Gabriel''s tricks and turned against him because she was still


    upset about that incident.


    “What should I do?” Despite Jonathan''s high level of cultivation, he couldn''t do much to help with


    matters rted to the mind.


    Oh, right! Lah has lots of Spirit Gathering Pills on her!


    Jonathan began searching Lah''s body for those pills.


    Given the urgent nature of the situation they were in, he couldn''t care less about it being inappropriate


    as he ran his hands all over her body. After a bit of fumbling about, he managed to find a pouch


    strapped to her thigh.


    He retrieved that pouch and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Spirit Gathering Pills inside it. He


    took two of those pills out of the pouch and was about to feed them to Lah when an old-sounding


    voice boomed in his head.


    “You fool! Her body cells will absorb all the spiritual energy from those low-grade elixir pills before her


    mind can get any of it!”


    Jonathan tensed up and looked around in shock. “What the... W-Who''s there?”


    “Don''t bother looking for me. You may think of me as King Sergiu, but I am in fact just a fragment of his


    soul,” the voice replied.


    “A fragment of his soul?” Jonathan was confused.


    As the voice was inside his head, the two of them weremunicating directly with each other''s


    consciousness, so thenguage barrier wasn''t an issue.


    “I used the Holy Chest to travel through time and space, which is actually a forbidden and punishable


    act. In order to escape my punishment, I abandoned my physical body and cultivated my soul. Now, my


    soul has already made it to the holynd in the West. Before I went there, I left a fragment of my


    thoughts here. Do you understand now?”


    “Yes, I do!” Jonathan replied. Our souls are made up of all our thoughts and desires. Therefore, a


    complete soul consists of countless thoughts and desires. I mean, we all have lots of thoughts all the


    time, right? Every idea wee up with, every decision we make... Those are all our thoughts. King


    Sergiu''s thoughts must''ve gained a consciousness of their own through his cultivation.


    “You must have a way to save Lah, right? Please, I''m begging you!” Jonathan pleaded.


    He figured King Sergiu wouldn''t have said all that if he didn''t have an idea in mind.


    “I do indeed have a way to save this youngdy. However, I was only able to sustain this fragment of


    my consciousness by absorbing the raw stone energy from the Holy Chest. Now that the Holy Chest


    has been taken, it won''t be long before I fade away...” King Sergiu replied.