Chapter 1391 Heartfire Pill
“Jonathan?”
Joshua slowly turned his head to look in the direction of Jonathan.
Thinking that Joshua had woken up, Jonathan quickly nodded at him in response.
Upon meeting Joshua’s vacant gaze, Jonathan couldn’t help but feel that something was amiss.
“Joshua?”
Jonathan tried to awaken Joshua’s Anima, but in the next moment, Joshua directly materialized a spiritual needle and launched it straight at Jonathan’s skull.
“F*ck you!”
Accompanied by loud curses, seven spirit shields appeared around Jonathan.
Before his brow, the foot-long spiritual needle astonishingly pierced through all seven of the spirit shields before it slowly came to a halt.
Even so, the spiritual needle pierced about an inch into Jonathan’s forehead.
The flying needle was not a physical entity, so it wouldn’t cause any harm when it entered the head.
Had the flying needle been allowed to pierce through, Jonathan’s consciousness field would have definitely exploded completely.
Even if Jonathan managed to survive, he would definitely be severely wounded.
Jonathan slowly stepped back, drew Heaven Sword, and pointed it directly at Joshua.
“What is going on, Cypress?” Jonathan shouted.
The seal on Cypress’ skull was lifted, and upon hearing Jonathan’s question, he let out a cold, mocking laugh.
“And here I thought you knew everything. If you want to know why, ask him yourself!”
“F*ck you!”
With a swift backhand, Jonathan unsheathed his sword.
The blade of Heaven Sword skimmed past Cypress’ scalp, slicing through his green headscarf and slicing some of his silver hair off in one swift motion.
Graeme stood directly in front of Jonathan, blocking his way as he said, “Jonathan, we need to enter Yannopolis, and we still need the power of the Mallory family. Divine Realm cultivators are a rare existence in the small world!”
Jonathan’s face turned incredibly unsightly as he stared at Graeme.
“Mr. Blackwood, do you think the Mallory family will still help us enter Yannopolis?”
At this point, Graeme understood that the hatred between the Mallory family and Jonathan was irreconcilable.
Turning his head toward Cypress, Graeme said for the last time, “Cypress, I hope you can let go of your past resentments—”
Before Graeme could finish his sentence, Cypress interrupted him with a sneer, “Stop trying to persuade me. People of our cultivation level and age do not fear death, Graeme. My plans against him have failed today, and I fell into his hands. I accept my fate.”
Cypress’ gaze was as sharp as a sword when he looked at Jonathan. “Let me tell you something, kid. I will surely kill you if you’re soft-hearted enough to let me out!”
Upon hearing Cypress’ words, Graeme sighed and returned to Sirius’ side.
Jonathan looked at Cypress, seeing his fearless acceptance of death, he slightly waved his hand.
Much like a puppet, Cypress was bound by numerous formations. He was summoned by Jonathan to stand in front of him, taking the position he had previously occupied.
The spiritual needle, frozen in mid-air, was aimed straight at Cypress’ forehead.
At that moment, all Jonathan had to do was lift a finger, release the formation that bound the needle, and it would pierce right through Cypress’ consciousness field, turning him into a complete living dead.
“I’m giving you one last chance, Cypress! Will you speak or not?”
Cypress looked at Jonathan coldly as he replied, “If I’m dead, the Mallory family will be without a Divine Realm cultivator and will inevitably face the consequence of being taken over by the other families. Since the Mallory family would be no more, why should I care if you people can get out or not? May you and the remnants of the Whitley family perish completely in this small world! Haha!”
Accompanied by Cypress’ manic laughter, Jonathan raised his hand and forcefully smacked it on Cypress’ forehead.
“Divine space!” Jonathan whispered softly, and the spiritual needle that he released penetrated through his palm and pierced into Cypress’ consciousness field.
Bang!
Just a soft grunt echoed, and Cypress’ body seemed to lose all its strength, slumping weakly against the coffin wall behind him.
As Cypress fell to the ground, Jonathan also staggered toward him.
“Jonathan…”
Graeme wanted to step forward to help, but he was stopped in his tracks by a restraining barrier summoned with a wave of Jonathan’s hand.
“Jonathan, have you lost your mind after all that killing?” Sirius shouted loudly at Jonathan.
Jonathan looked at Sirius with a pale face.
“I’m sorry, Sirius, I can’t trust anyone right now!”
Just now, Jonathan had relied on his powerful spiritual sense to forcefully activate the divine space.
Normally, even if a Divine Realm cultivator suffered a severe blow to their spiritual sense, they absolutely could not be controlled by a God Realm cultivator like Jonathan.
But with Joshua’s spiritual needle, it was entirely possible to shatter Cypress’ consciousness field.
What Jonathan needed to do was to pull Cypress into the spiritual sense field he had created the moment Cypress’ consciousness field was completely shattered. He would then meticulously explore Cypress’ memories, relying on the divine space’s cultivation method of ignoring the concept of time.
Of course, taking such a risk would be extremely dangerous. The precise timing depended entirely on Jonathan’s judgement.
If Jonathan entered Cypress’ consciousness field too slowly, and Cypress’ spiritual sense had completely shattered, then no useful information could be found anymore.
If he entered too early, however, Joshua’s spiritual sense attack would kill two people instead.
Fortunately, Jonathan succeeded.
Although he entered a bit later than expected, Jonathan continually reinforced Cypress’ memory before entering, allowing him to constantly ponder over Joshua’s situation.
So, it was quite easy to find his last memory fragment.
The Soulbinding Herb thrived in the supremely negative places, drawing nourishment from the resentment and corpse energy of the dead. It was the supremely negative object in the world.
Although this item would greatly benefit one’s spiritual sense, it had to be absorbed slowly when consumed. Moreover, it required something supremely positive to neutralize its medicinal effects.
Otherwise, one would end up like Joshua. Although his consciousness had recovered, his mind was entangled with all sorts of negative emotions.
If these issues weren’t quickly resolved for him, it was possible that Joshua would completely lose himself under the weight of those negative emotions, becoming a monster who only knew slaughter.
Jonathan nearly fell a few times when he walked toward Cypress, who was less than five meters away.
Half-kneeling beside Cypress, he lifted Heaven Sword and severed Cypress’ fingers.
“Heartfire Pill!”
According to Cypress’ memory, Jonathan pulled out a palm-sized jade box from the storage ring.
This object was the exact opposite of the Soulbinding Herb. Even through the jade box, Jonathan could still feel the scorching heat it emitted.
“Come over here!”
Jonathan reached out and forcefully grabbed Joshua, who was several meters away, and pulled him in front of him.
Opening the jade box, Jonathan took out a golden medicinal pill that looked like a soybean.
“Whitley, one must never lose their conscience in life. Whether I can go out and see my wife and children, it all depends on you now!”