One month passed since the black mist started to gather around Ace, and the small mountain was now completely enshrouded in that mist!

At this moment, black lightning suddenly shimmered over Ace’s body and spread in the black mist. However, it didn’t vanish as it continuously circulated within the black mist.

Thereby, in front of Ace’s chest, the dark lightning-filled mist started to gather into a tiny ball without stopping.

All that mist accumulated within this sixth month was now gathering in front of Ace, condensing a pitch-black mist ball as its size slowly grew.

Soon, all the black mist was condensed into a three inches ball, which looked black then black as it hovered in front of Ace.

At this moment, Ace’s eyelids snapped open as they shone with despair lightning as he looked at the small black ball emotionlessly.

He suddenly flipped his hand, and his black blade swords appeared. The next moment, the black blades of those swords suddenly shone in a shadow-like sheen before they continued to grow deeper and deeper as those blades look they were made of ethereal shadows.

It was no longer the Half-Sword Sword Intent but the complete Shadow Sword Intent!

Ace has completely grasped the Dual Shadow Swords Basic Technique in his six months of epiphany!

However, Ace looked oblivious to this as he suddenly raised his sword and impaled it into the black ball. The ball trembled, threatening to explode, but in the end, it remained stable.

Then something unexpected happened; the impaled sword didn’t pierce through the black ball, but part of it vanished within the ball, and as Ace pushed the short sword, it continued to get absorbed into that black ball until not even its hilt was left.

It was like the short sword was completely devoured by the small ball.

Ace mumbled at this moment while placing his left hand a few centimeters above the black ball.

“Honesty is not my nature; my sword path is not the path of honor. My path is thievish. Then my sword path shall be thievish and filled with darkness. Soul Thief Sword Core, condense!”

Orange Heavenly Soul Qi suddenly gushed out of Ace’s hand and poured over the black ball like a waterfall as it devoured it like a chasm.

As a massive amount of soul Qi got absorbed, the black ball suddenly started to shake, and all of a sudden, a slit appeared in the center of the black ball, and the next moment it turned into two halves!

Strangely, the soul Qi now only got absorbed by the left half while the right half was completely dormant.

Ace’s complexion started to pale as more heavenly soul Qi got consumed by the half-black ball, but he remained expressionless, like he wasn’t aware of it. His entire focus was on the half-black ball.

Right at this moment, the half-black ball basked in heavenly soul Qi started to twist, and shockingly, it started to shrink as it became thinner until it was shaped into a short blade!

Soon, the half-black ball was completely gone and in its place appeared a tiny short sword that looked exactly the same as Ace’s short sword, which got devoured by the black ball!

Ace didn’t even flinch, and with soul Qi, he started to move that small sword which was only 1-inch, towards his glabella.

The small sword didn’t resist as it followed Ace’s lead, and soon it was a centimeter away from piercing Ace’s skull, but he didn’t stop as he continued to push it toward his glabella.

Just as it was about to touch his skin, an orange sheen shone on Ace’s glabella, and the sword got absorbed into his true soul!

Ace’s body started to tremble as he felt piercing pain in his true soul, threatening to cut his soul part.

Within his true soul, it was currently trembling as a small sword was hovering toward the orange soul core.

The Enteral Thief Fate Compass was majestically revolving above the orange soul core like a protective shield.

“I hope, Sir, Ace knows what he’s doing is pure madness with his current strength.” Moira’s worried voice rang within the true soul, but she didn’t dare to disturb Ace with his current state.

When the small sword reached above the soul core and the compass, it stopped without having any intention of moving from its spot.

Soul Qi suddenly gushed out from the orange soul core, and after bypassing the compass, it directly engulfed the black sword.

The trembling true soul startled to calm down.

Outside, Ace had blood trickling down from the corner of his lips, but he didn’t seem to plan on stopping.

After the stabbing pain was subdued, he then moved his long sword toward the remaining half of the black ball.

Just like the short sword, it was completely devoured by the half-black ball. He then placed his right hand over it.

He stated in a hoarse voice, “Fighting in light is for Hero, not for a Thief in darkness. I’ll rather be the coward who only draws his sword out of selfishness than a hero in light who draws his sword for guarding. Martial Thief Sword Core, condense!”

Thereby, Heavenly Martial Qi gushed out of his hand and started to get devoured by the half-black ball.

Like before, Ace’s expression went paler and paler as this half absorbed even more Qi than the other. It might have something to do with the sword’s size.

After absorbing 90% of Ace’s martial Qi, the half-ball finally started to twist and shrink as it began to reshape in Ace’s long sword.

When only 5% Qi was left, the condensing was finally finished as a three-inch-long sword hovered in front of Ace.

Without wasting any time, he then controlled and moved it toward his solar plexus, where his martial space lies.

Like the true soul, a dark sheen appeared when the sword was about to pierce into Ace’s skin, absorbing the sword into his martial space.

Ace’s marital space, which should be a calm dark sea, was almost empty because of the Qi consumption.

On the other hand, the Dark Void was completely static in its position.

The long sword slowly approached the Dark Void, and when it was above it, it also stopped.

The little bit of dark water within Qi sea started to stir as it suddenly became a small water tornado and directly engulfed the sword core.

Ace was now deadly pale, but he knew he had almost succeeded, and as long as he could take this last step, he would succeed!

Ace had just established a foundation for something no one might have imagined before. He also knew he had a very short window if he wanted to have any chance of succession.

“I’m sending you two out!” His cold voice suddenly rang into the thief’s house.

Without giving Noa or Freya any chance to question or care about whatever they were doing, he forcibly threw them out, and they appeared while holding their weapons.

They thought Ace was in trouble since he would never throw them out like this. They almost believed him when they saw blood trickling from his mask’s edge.

However, there wasn’t any aura around them, and they appeared outside a hollow mountain hole. There were even formations activated which made them bewildered.

“What happened?” Freya frowned her brows as the dark grimoire hovered in front of her.

“Leader, are you alright?” On the other hand, Noa was emitting killing intent when she saw Ace’s blood. She had never seen Ace getting hurt before.

Ace didn’t have time to explain since he had never expected this kind of situation himself, but he knew this chance might never come again.

“Don’t ask. I don’t have much time left. The ‘Goddess Trial’ is about to decent. I’ll give you 1-minute to leave as far as you can and never stop running until you are no longer in the range of the trail.

“You’ll know what I’m about when things start. No matter what happened or what you see, do not approach my trial, or you’ll die if you interfere.

“All I want is for you to take me away from here if I was unconscious when the trial is over and hide in these mountains. Don’t cross the river, no matter what. Wait for my awakening. Take Cyrus with you!”

Both women were flabbergasted by Ace’s gloomy explanation. Nothing was making sense.

The next moment, Cyrus appeared in Ace’s palm. He was clearly sleeping and was jolted awake when he appeared outside and looked around curiously, and his tiny eyes stopped at Ace.

“Who hurt you?” He asked as a fiery aura suddenly released from its tiny body

“Just follow your sister Freya. She’ll tell you.” He sternly ordered before he placed the small guy in front of Freya.

‘Cough…’

Ace suddenly coughed blood as his face became ashen. Both Qis were almost exhausted, and it was time!