Chapter 749 Meeting The Lord Of The City At Last (Part One)


    The thought of the approaching victory made Jim quite pleased with himself. He wanted to taste the


    sweetness of his sess so much that he decided to strike while the iron was hot. Before anyone


    could notice, his shadow vanished from the stone pir.


    When he reappeared, he had silently moved onto the pir, behind all the cultivators.


    Without getting in their knowledge of where he had gone, he stretched out hisrge hand and swept


    through the bodies of the three cultivators of the Imperial Realm who were near him. He acted so fast


    that they could hardly understand a thing or respond.


    Almost instantly, the spiritual souls of the three men were dragged out of their Soul Seas. The souls


    kept reeling and swaggering up in the air until they floated above the altar.


    Jim acted quickly and shoveled one of those spiritual souls into his mouth and swallowed it.


    He was about to get hold of another one to further fill his hunger for power. Just then, a grey shadow


    crossed his vision and he paused. The shadow surprised him.


    He followed the shadow, and gazed at it when it stopped. It was a little beast, simr to a little dog. The


    little thing was moving very fast. It quickly jumped andnded between the other two spiritual souls in


    the air. The next moment, it grabbed hold of them.


    What happened next shocked and enraged Jim. The remaining two spiritual souls were gobbled up by


    the beast!


    "A gnome?"


    Furious at the loss of the two spiritual souls, Jim recognized the beast. He had started to take great


    interest in this kind of creature, and had thoroughly studied about them recently.


    Right after the gnome had devoured Jim''s trophies, it shook making ripples in the air. The space


    around it immediately underwent a change.


    The gnome disappeared from the middle of the ripples in the blink of an eye. It vanished just as fast as


    it had appeared.


    "Space Teleportation!


    So it is true that the gnomes are talented at space teleporting!"


    Jim''s mind was assessing the sight he had just witnessed. He remembered having read about it in


    some ancient books, but seeing it happen before his eyes made him believe it.


    It not only amazed him but also annoyed him. He realized that it was not the right time to sit back and


    study the creature. A legendary gnome had taken the spiritual souls he had earned and vanished into


    thin air! He must take back what was his!


    He quickly unleashed his spiritual sense and searched for the little beast desperately.


    Before all of this had happened, the gnome had been traveling with Austin and the others. They were


    heading in the direction of the altar, getting closer and closer.


    They tried as far as possible, but could not speed up much, since there were so many spell formations


    and traps of delusional space on the way. They needed to be cautious and not do anything in haste.


    They marched on carefully. About half an hourter, the gnome who was walking in front suddenly


    came to a halt. It tilted its head, as if it had sensed something. After analyzing the situation for a while,


    it turned and conveyed something to Violet, excitedly.


    "It says there is an altar ahead of us, and something very interesting seems to be happening there,


    master. It wants to go first and see what''s going on there, if possible."


    Violet informed Austin about it through their spiritual senses.


    "Oh! Did it say what might be happening at that altar?"


    Austin was surprised to hear about the altar and wanted to know more from Violet or the gnome.


    "Well, in fact, you can talk to it directly now, master. Itsst breakthrough has made it possible for it to


    understand you,"


    Violet announced as she kept giggling, covering her lips with her hand. She found it amusing.


    "What? You mean, I canmunicate with this guy, without your help?"


    Austin asked, looking dubiously at the gnome, and then at Violet.


    "But why didn''t it start any conversation with me all along the way?"


    "Err, perhaps because it is not ustomed to talking to you yet. After all, I''m the only one who has


    beenmunicating with it, all this time,"


    Violet tried to exin.


    "What a picky fellow!"


    Austin sighed, feeling confused as to how he would make a connection with the gnome, with whom he


    had never spoken earlier.


    "Hey, how are you, bloke?"


    While Austin was thinking of the right words to start the conversation, a strange voice arose in his Soul


    Sea. It was like that of a young person.


    "Is it you, gnome?"


    Austin inquired, looking at the little thing in astonishment.


    "That''s right!" the gnome said. Austin found it amazing that he could understand itsnguage now.


    "I think you need a bit of exnation here, bro," the gnome continued. "Beasts of my kind are a bit


    different from the othermon species of beasts, in some ways. One of the major differences is that


    we cannot speak yournguage or take the shape of a human until we have made it to the Changeling


    Stage.


    But now, I have possessed the ability tomunicate with you through spiritual sense," the gnome


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    said, pride clear in his voice.


    ''Now, this makes sense, '' Austin thought after taking in the information revealed by the gnome.


    "We can talk moreter, but now I need to go and check what exactly is happening up ahead,"


    the gnome said before Austin could reply.


    As soon as the gnome finished speaking, Austin saw something which Jim got to see a few moments


    It left as if it was sucked into some kind of space at the center of the air, like a whirlpool.


    "What the hell happened just now?"


    It was yet another surprise for Austin.


    With his powerful spiritual sense, Austin discovered that the gnome wasn''t leaving by using any


    magical bodily movement skill at all. If it had, Austin would have been able to find it somewhere within


    the range of his spiritual sense. But there was no sign of it anywhere, which suggested that it might


    have simply disappeared from the spot! That left Austin more amazed at the abilities of the gnome!


    "What was it, Violet?"


    he asked the fox at once, hoping that she could shed some light on the matter.


    He thought she knew more about it, since she had been the one whomunicated with the gnome


    most of the time.


    "The gnome had talked about it once. It said that a kind of moving skill has developed in it after this


    breakthrough. This enables it to teleport to a short distance. So, I think it was Space Teleportation that


    you just saw."