118 Episode 17: Weakness

For now, drowning within the wave of black words, Feng had read all the walls of text and seen the fifteen pictures provided to him by unlocking the episode no.7. 

'Five years of lifespan, well spent. Am the winner!' Feng thought gleefully.

This episode alone has provided him with enough information of what's to come, and the end goal of the Soul-Devouring creature.

Compare this information to the last five years of his life as a shut-in obese otaku. The difference was visibly large, like a straight line suddenly taking off and soaring upward in a vertical direction in a financial chart. The difference was huge while the price paid was the same, hence the reason why he believed himself to be a winner in this deal.

Only three-episode were left for this comic to end.

At this point, he realized that the wisdom emblem was intentionally trying to scam him of his lifespan, paying to unlock episode 8 to 10 will just be a waste of lifespan.

Feng had read seven-episode, yet he didn't find a single weakness about the soul-devouring creature. He didn't know whether episodes 8 is a mere filler or contains weakness about the soul-devouring creature. 

Considering himself using ten years of lifespan to purchase episode eight which might be full of fillers, made him jump out of the wave made out of black words.

"No way in hell! I am never gonna waste 10 years of my lifespan. This comic isn't as popular as Naruto," Feng shouted at the wisdom emblem. He didn't curse her, making relation worse with the emblem of wisdom wasn't a good idea.

Feng was ready to leave this place, hence he shouted, "Wisdom emblem, send me out."

Wisdom emblem wasn't done with her prey. Feng had disrespected her, after all. How could she let him leave so easily?

"I can orally provide you with the weakness of the soul-devouring creature only for the small price of five-years of lifespan," the wisdom emblem said to Feng, who was ready to leave this place.

Her devilish whisper worked as intended, as he was standing still in contemplation.

"Sure, just take it and tell me the weakness of soul-devouring creature," he said, sacrificing another five years of his lifespan for the greater good of the world. In actuality, he would have left Earth after saving his family but Earth was the only planet that created God-level mangas and novels. For pleasure and self-satisfaction, he wanted to be the hero who saves author-nims and kindly threaten them to hasten the speed of their works release rate. Furthermore, his family might not be willing to leave their birthplace to venture into the space with him.

The only path left was to kill the soul-devouring creature.

"Ok, " The wisdom emblem replied. Being the wisdom emblem, she knew how to take advantage of even the smartest person. What was a mere Feng before her? Nothing but a cow she can milk using words alone.

"The weakness of the soul-devouring creature is simple. Its body is massive and the soul-influx array is affixed in the area it lands upon, hence it can't change its location physically or by using magic. You just need to locate it. Then destroy the physical body and capture the soul body of the soul-devouring creature. Simple, isn't it?" 

Feng puked blood after he heard her reply. The fillers of the comic he read contained both the information provided by wisdom emblem. Soul-influx array pulls the souls of every person that dies towards itself. Feng already knew that.

Feng thought, 'Tracking it down within a year is simply impossible!' 

There were thousands of places he needed to visit if he wanted to uncover the location of this asshole that destroyed his chill and willful shut-in otaku life. A task of tracking down the soul-devouring creature that has the same physical appearance as any other meteorite had a very low possibility of being completed in a short period of time. That meant tracking it down in a short period of time depended solely on luck. 

The thing Feng lacked was time itself.

This weakness provided by wisdom emblem was a piece of useless advice because it needed a lot of time.

He used five years of his lifespan for this, it made him go nuts.

"Fucking return my five years of lifespan, you greedy whore," Feng shouted at her, not giving any face or caring about worsening their unstable relation.

The wisdom emblem couldn't physically attack someone nor did she empathize brutality. She simply kicked him out of her place.

Feng found himself being pulled by a mysterious power and thrown out of the sea of knowledge. He faced a blur and partial unconscious. The time when everything became clear for him, it was already too late.

He crashed on top of Dun-Dun, butts up and face down. His butt cheeks faced elder Bai, who worryingly stared down at him and asked,

"Little wind, are you alright?

Feng did a flip and stood on his own two feet.

"Haha, am totally fine, was just doing skydiving, one without any parachutes, " he eccentrically answered back. Feng wasn't gonna explain elder Bai about how he got looted by the wisdom emblem. That's just asking to be embarrassed.

"So, little wind, did you obtain information about what caused damages in the physical world?" Elder Bai, the know it all, asked Feng Mei.

"A lot of it, actually. It's related to a race called soul-devouring creature. The one we are facing is not too powerful. Though, I am also not at my peak but I can beat the shit out of it only by using my pinkie finger," Feng replied, displaying all the qualities of a narcissist.

"If you need any help, then I am here." Elder Bai said.

"Really?" Feng implored with wide-opened eyes.

"Yes, I will do my best to help you out, " the gentle giant confirmed in a calm and peaceful, yet archaic tone.

"Promise on your name and Evil Empyrean title, if I need your help then you won't decline and definitely help me, period,"  Feng wanted to seal this deal. Elder Bai help will definitely result in him soloing all the enemies in the world.

Elder Bai knew that promises made on one name must be fulfilled, no matter what. It wasn't a matter of life and death but something far great. It was a matter of pride.

Anyways, to ensure the worries of little wind, elder Bai announced, "I, the First Evil Empyrean *Divinator* vow on my name to provide help to the Tenth Evil Empyrean, if he demands for help, "

Elder bai loud voice resonated throughout the soul space, starry oceans and celes riveria both vibrated as if responding to the establishment If the vow made by elder Bai.

Elder Bai didn't know that he had unknowingly sold himself to a bastard that is gonna backstab him. Oh, how shit fate is, to meet a shameless person how bites the hands that feeds it!

Feng, who had obtained elder Bai promise, was ready to begin the last steps of his plan.

He had obtained all the information he needed from elder Bai. The information obtained from the wisdom emblem was a plus one. There was nothing left for him to do in this place. Well, nothing except looting elder Bai! 

Feng suddenly stared elder Bai in the eyes. His red lips moved and four sentences came out,

"Elder Bai,

For each clap, there are two palms.

For each debt, there is a debtor

For each fight, there is a reason

For each grievance I face, there is an equal repayment"

Feng parched lips closed, a thin and wide-smile enchanted his face as he stared in the eyes of the elder Bai.