The Rise of David
Copyright© 2025 by RichXpower
Chapter 44: I Am Your Master
“You’re fine, David? You’re alive!”
Josephine sprinted over emotionally and hugged David tightly.
By then, she no longer bothered about other people’s presence. She clasped the man tightly to her, her grip unrelenting.
His body was still chilly to the touch, but even so, she clutched him tightly.
“Let go! If you don’t loosen your grip, I’m really going to suffocate!” David urged, coughing.
Hearing that, Josephine was so stricken that she hurriedly dropped her hands from around him.
However, David was just fine. In fact, he was even looking at her with a smirk on his face. At that, Josephine threw him a glare and kicked him hard.
Meanwhile, everyone was thrilled that David was alive since it meant that Falcon couldn’t have his way anymore.
“Kid, who exactly are you that you’re still alive even after absorbing frosty energy?” Falcon asked with mystification etched on his face.
“I’m your master!” David’s face contorted into a mask of fury. When I was cultivating the frosty energy earlier, he seized the opportunity to injure Tommy and even insult Josephine! In truth, he heard all that, but he couldn’t move.
“You must have a death wish!” Falcon’s expression instantly darkened at that jibe.
“If you give me the Starry Compass now, I might grant you a less painful death!”
David beckoned at the man, not in the mood to bandy words with him.
“Ah, so you want my Starry Compass?”
Falcon’s expression changed, darkening frightfully. He clutched the Starry Compass tightly, seemingly disinclined to give it to the man.
“I gave you an opportunity, but you didn’t appreciate it!”
David stared at the man indifferently, his eyes teeming with murder.
“Even if you didn’t die from absorbing the frosty energy, kid, you’re no match for this Starry Compass of mine! Hence, stop bragging here! Let’s have it!”
A searing murderous intent radiated off Falcon.
He didn’t dare underestimate the man, for someone who could remain alive after absorbing frosty energy was definitely no ordinary person.
“Thank you for saving my daughter’s life, Mr. Chance! I have no way of repaying you, so I can only do so with my life today. I’ll hold him off. In the meantime, you all make a run for it!”
Erasmus was already heavily injured, yet he struggled to his feet once more, planning to hold Falcon back at the price of his life for David and the others to make good their escape.
Unexpectedly, David stretched out a hand and stopped Erasmus. His lips curving into a faint smile, he remarked, “There’s no need to forfeit your life to deal with a useless piece of trash that only depends on a magical item!”
After saying that, he disdainfully flashed Falcon a thumbs-down.
“I’m going to kill you, kid!”
Falcon went into a towering rage, upon which the murderous intent emanating from him intensified. At the same time, the Starry Compass in his hand also emitted a faint light.
Noticing the perpetual glow of the Starry Compass in his hand, Erasmus, Walter, and the others were all shaken.
Conversely, David merely gave a bark of contemptuous laughter and snagged a chair before plopping right down.
“Do you have any other skills besides using your magical item?” David inquired impassively.
“There’s no use provoking me, kid! I’m not going to fall for it! You didn’t perish even after absorbing frosty energy into your body, yes? In that case, I’ll let you absorb more frosty energy. We’ll see how much longer your body can withstand it!”
When Falcon finished saying that, he held the Starry Compass out. At once, a burst of frosty energy blasted out from its center.
The temperature in the room promptly plummeted to freezing point, and everyone hugged themselves, so cold that they shivered violently.
Contrarily, David remained sitting on the chair without twitching a single muscle. He did not feel the slightest bit cold.
Frosty energy enveloped him and seeped into his body through his orifices. Slowly, frost again started forming on his hair.
“Haha ... This time, I’ll freeze you and smash you into pieces. We’ll see how you’re going to remain alive!”
At the sight of the frost manifesting on his hair once again, Falcon guffawed triumphantly.
Alas, the frost on David’s head disappeared quickly at a rate visible to the naked eye. No matter how much frosty energy penetrated his body, it couldn’t cause any more change in him.
“How is this possible?”
Utterly shocked, Falcon immediately released all the frosty energy in the Starry Compass.
All the frosty energy from the Starry Compass was absorbed from Renee’s body. At that moment, it was all released and engulfed David.
With an imperceptible smile on his face, David culminated Focus Technique to its maximum potential, cultivating the frosty energy entering his body.
As he had attained Level Six Energy Cultivation, his speed had evidently skyrocketed.
Even until all the frosty energy from the Starry Compass vanished, he was never once frozen again. Instead, his capabilities further improved significantly.
“This Starry Compass is indeed a great item! I must get my hands on it today!”
Undisguised greed gleamed in David’s eyes as he stared at the Starry Compass in Falcon’s hand.
If I have the Starry Compass, my cultivation will double with half the effort!
Meanwhile, a glimmer of panic flittered across Falcon’s eyes.
That was a ton of frosty energy, yet he’s unscathed? Could it be that he also has some magical item on him?
He suspected that David had a magical item in his possession since no one would dare absorb so much frosty energy with one’s own capabilities, not even his grandmaster, Dorieus.
“Kid, don’t you rely on a magical item as well? Otherwise, how could you possibly withstand such copious amounts of frosty energy?” he asserted while scrutinizing David intently, his eyes narrowed into slits.
He wanted to locate the magical item on the man’s body, but he couldn’t figure out where it was hidden even after studying the man for a long while.
As soon as David heard that, he sneered, “As I said, I’m a magical item myself. Well, continue unleashing whatever capabilities you’ve got!”
“Kid, don’t think that you’re invincible just because you’re impervious to frosty energy. I’ll have you know how powerful I am today!”
While saying that, Falcon moved the seven stars on the Starry Compass and shifted their positions a fraction.
That simple movement had sweat dotting his forehead, and he seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Sharp whistling sounds pierced the air, and clouds of black mist soon drifted out of the Starry Compass before hurtling toward David like rolling thunderclouds.
At that sight, both William and Josephine almost had a heart attack. Walter and Tommy reacted much better since they had seen the vengeful dragons on the Dragon Throne in the former’s courtyard. It was a similar scene, but their expressions still turned dreadfully grim despite having seen it before.
“Sinister spirits! They’re sinister spirits! Watch out, Mr. Chance!” Erasmus bellowed.
He swiftly gestured with his hands while muttering something.
Leonidas, on the other hand, instantly placed a hand on Erasmus’ shoulder. After all, the latter was currently injured heavily and hadn’t sufficient energy to banish those spirits, so he wanted to give him a boost.
However, no matter how much Erasmus recited the exorcism spell, those sinister spirits didn’t seem the least bit afraid.
Soon, clouds of black mist filled the entire room. Wails, screams, and shrieks echoed from every nook and cranny. On the whole, it was very much petrifying.
At that precise moment, the black mist rapidly condensed and became monsters with fangs and claws.
They charged toward David.
“Such measly sinister spirits can’t possibly hurt me!”
The corners of David’s mouth lifted slightly, curving into a contemptuous smile.
Now that I’ve attained Level Six Energy Cultivation, I’m a veritable energy cultivator! As such, I would never be afraid of such paltry sinister spirits!
He flicked his finger, upon which several beams of golden light materialized and hit the black mist. In a heartbeat, the black mist dissipated.
Seeing that, Falcon suddenly bit his middle finger and dripped a drop of his blood onto the Starry Compass. The Starry Compass promptly started whirring and kept churning out a black mist that was shockingly tinged with a faint trace of blood red.
“It looks like the lot of you aren’t going to understand how delusional you are to go up against me if I don’t show you my capabilities!”
In the face of the black mist tinged with a faint shade of red, David abruptly shot his palms out.
A beam of golden light gradually appeared in his palms.
The light started glowing all the brighter until it was so dazzling in the end that it resembled the blinding sun during midday.
“In the name of all that’s holy, the light shall banish all evil!”
Following that incantation by David, the ball of light gave out infinite pressure at once. In the same manner as the radiant sun, beams of golden light shot right at that cloud of black mist.
Like a rat at the sight of a cat and snow in the presence of the sun, the black mist was quickly devoured at the illumination of the light. Then, David absorbed everything since it was all beneficial to his cultivation. The Focus Technique could devour and cultivate everything; that was its uniqueness.
Subsequently, the light faded, and everything was peaceful once more.
The entire room went as silent as the grave, and everyone gaped at David.
Leonidas, in particular, flushed bright red. Recalling his scorn toward the man back then, he felt his face flaming hotly, and mortification flooded him.
With the Starry Compass in hand, Falcon gawped at David, his eyes as wide as saucers.
“W-What kind of technique was that? Don’t tell me it was an immortal technique?”
In a flash, a bone-deep chill permeated him, upon which he started trembling involuntarily.
By then, the initial imperiousness on his face was nowhere to be found. All that remained was terror.
Even my grandmaster might not be able to wield such an immortal technique!
His hairs stood on end, and there was only one thought in his mind—flee!
Crap! I’ve got to flee as far as possible!
Unfortunately, no sooner had that thought occurred to him than David drawled coldly, “Are you thinking of taking to your heels? Alas, you don’t have that opportunity anymore. If you give me the Starry Compass, I don’t mind granting you a less painful death!”