Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2691 - 2691: Compulsion

Alex cut through the enemy closest to him, surprised by how easily he could achieve that. The man didn't even try to run away like the one he had just bisected. He simply stood there, doing nothing to stop Alex from cutting him.

As the blood of the dead man empowered him, he

"No!" Alex spoke out with clear intent. "Withdraw!"

His irregular heartbeat suddenly stopped before regular beats resumed inside of him. The lull he was put under slowly vanished, along with the pain that it brought.

While his focus seemed to lower, his perception increased, allowing him to take in more things than just what he was focused on. He hadn't realized just how little information he was receiving at each moment.

He had even ignored his spiritual sense in that state for some reason.

His tall body grew somewhat smaller, his form returning to a proper state. Blood dripped from around his body, the blood armors reverting to what they always were.

The itch around his scalp, back, and lower back vanished as well.

When everything reverted, Alex felt as though all energy had been drained from him. He faltered to the ground, tired beyond understanding. His body was still full of Qi, but somehow that didn't help him feel good at all.

He looked around at the things he had done. Killing those that were helpless. These weren't innocents, of course, and yet Alex couldn't help but feel a tiny bit of guilt at killing them.

They had given up after all.

He stood up finally, looking at the scared young boy that was before him.

"Leave," he told the boy. "I won't hurt you."

The young boy opened his eyes and screamed before closing them, staying where he was.

Alex frowned for a moment, but then he looked at himself. The redness around his skin hadn't gone away. It had reduced, but his skin was far redder than it should be.

It would take some time to disappear.

He shook his head and walked away from the street. The boy would know soon he was free to leave.

As Alex walked back, he couldn't help but reflect on what he had experienced. He wondered what exactly had happened. Why was there so much compulsion in him to do harm, to draw blood?

He even feared that had he not trained his Intent for so long while he was imprisoned, he would likely have taken a long time to stop himself from killing many more.

'Was it the half-transformation?' Alex thought. 'Or was it an interference from the seal?'

He wanted to understand what it was that had gone wrong. 'Or is this just what a Devil is supposed to be?'

He feared he wouldn't know for a long time.

Alex walked by the bisected Jianyu, and reached around his body to find his storage bag. He also took the damaged whip, thinking of turning it into a sword as well. While his current sword was good, the metal it was made with wasn't the best.

Making a sword with the whip's metal might gain him a far better sword.

Alex walked back into the compound of the Grayhounds and stopped the moment he walked in. The scene inside was one of a massacre, something he had done without thinking much at all.

It was terrifying how many people he had killed today without even feeling bad for a single death.

Xichen and Goyin stood before a corpse with a sword stabbed into its chest. Walking closer, Alex saw the sword was the half-bent sword he had thrown away, and the corpse was the Grayhounds' chief.

Alex only remembered cutting away the chief's arm. He hadn't killed him.

It was these two, mother and daughter, who had done that. They had taken their revenge where they could get it.