Chapter 171: Chapter 171: How could I not be scared?

Ethan was also watching Julian inside the Psychic Sanctuary. He witnessed Julian's madness over the year, even more intense than his own efforts back in the days at the Gratitude Village Forge.

"Your descendant Julian, after years of forging and continuously using his hammering techniques, has mastered a new technique this year—the Thirty-Six Instant Hammer!"

[Thirty-Six Instant Hammer]

[Rank: Yellow Grade]

[Description: The hammer has two layers. The first layer, thirty-six consecutive strikes, stacking power, releasing full force, multiplying strength, leaving the body drained of strength after use! The second layer, an instant burst that concentrates all the body's strength into the hammer, also draining strength after use!]

This year of cultivating psychic powers was not just about the growth of the three young ones; Julian was also on the verge of a breakthrough!

"Your descendant is now engraving the Thirty-Six Instant Hammer into the False Core stage!"

Once the engraving is complete, he will break through to the D level. Although the Yellow Grade technique seems weak, Julian's strength is not in combat but in forging. He has long understood how to forge psychic gear, yet lacked the power. He even has blueprints for forging D-level psychic constructs!

Ethan's basic War AI Bionic Robot has been transformed by Julian, who assembled various psychic gears, giving it the strength of the early Developing Skill stage.

In the scene, Julian, amidst his breakthrough, was still murmuring, "Big sis..."

No one knew how guilty Julian felt; he wasn't really angry at those three kids. It was because he knew that his sister was doing this for the family. She was giving her all to seize this opportunity to connect with the Duke's mansion, ensuring a powerful ally for the family.

This would give the family a better chance to face the countless hidden enemies!

So...

"Boom!"

Julian opened his eyes, and his heavy hammer fell on the uneven iron stone!

"It's my fault. If I could forge more powerful psychic constructs for the family, stronger than D-level, we wouldn't need any Duke's mansion!"

"Our Blackwood would have enough strength!"

"Clang!" Julian's massive hammer fell, sending psychic energies scattering, intensifying the vibrations throughout the Thunderfire Demon Cave. He was embedding the "Thirty-Six Instant Hammer" technique into his Developing Skill—a mere yellow-grade technique, but absolutely perfect for Julian!

Time flew by.

As Julian's activities grew louder, the eardrums of those in the Thunderfire Demon Cave who were possessed by demonic abilities were dominated by the sound of his forging, cultivating a custom of using 'Silence Arrays' to cultivate their psychic powers.

The happiest part of their day was stepping out of the Thunderfire Demon Cave, joining forces with the Demon Hunters Alliance's Psychics to wreak havoc everywhere, lamenting the unrest within the cave.

[Blackwood, Year 96]

The sound of the forge continued, children still ran about, but now, they had removed all the steel bars from the nine-layered heavy armor, running at high speeds around the Thunderfire Demon Cave, with Edward, the most diligent in cultivating psychic powers, able to leap up, while Donna was actually boxing, only Nicholas was slightly behind.

No one knew the hardships they had endured over these two years, beyond the physical and mental breakthroughs, they also had to guard against the pranks of those possessed by demonic abilities in the Thunderfire Demon Cave. These mischievous beings would take them miles away, forcing them to run back on their own.

Or they would use spells to increase gravity several times, making them crawl like turtles.

Or they would place a highly dangerous beast right behind them, scaring them into giving their all to avoid adding new injuries to their behinds... Such torments were countless.

Heaven knows how they encountered so many pranks, and what psychological damage these possessed beings had inflicted on them in just two short years, changing their temperaments.

"Huff, finally free."

In front of a Psychic Sanctuary that emitted a demonic aura and a faint Buddhist light, the three stopped, Nicholas panting heavily and exhaling turbid air.

As they became more familiar with the possessed beings, Donna still appeared fragile, but she revealed a mocking smile, shocking those who could hardly imagine she was once a bullied girl too scared to tattle.

"Useless brother, you shouldn't be thinking about whether we're free, but what we'll face next. Prepare yourself mentally, or it won't just be about getting your butt bitten. I've heard there are quite a few androgynous beings among the possessed."

"Ah???" Nicholas's face changed dramatically, he straightened up quickly, "I understand, sister, I need to protect my little bird!"

Edward, now a young man, looked more resolute, a slight smile on his lips, "Donna, stop scaring the kid. He was captured by one of those androgynous beings a few months ago and wet his pants."

"Brother..." Nicholas's face turned red, "How could I not be scared? They started undressing, and if it weren't for Grandpa coming, I would have been done for."

"Ha ha ha!" Edward and Donna burst into laughter, their demeanor even more like that of seasoned adventurers.

Gradually, they shed their armor, each wearing a look of pride.

If it weren't for their great-grandfather still breaking through, they would have already wanted to go to his Psychic Sanctuary to tell him that they had not let him down.

The moment they took off their armor, they instantly felt a world of difference compared to when they first put it on.

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A surge of psychic power burst forth from their bodies, and they watched in disbelief as their own abilities exploded.

After being suppressed and frantically cultivating psychic powers and consuming psychic pills, they had reached the peak of Foundational Energy!

Once they joyfully adjusted, they put on clothes borrowed from demonically possessed psychics and all furrowed their brows, looking towards the Psychic Sanctuary in front of them.

Unlike other parts of the demon cave, this Psychic Sanctuary had a young man and a young woman sitting on black and gold lotus platforms.

They wore checkered monk robes, one gold and one black, embodying demonic energy and Buddhist power, coexisting yet opposing each other.

It was clear that if these two peculiar monks stood up, one would resemble an angry King Kong and the other a compassionate Guanyin.

"How come Nicholas and his siblings' cultivation of psychic powers turned out so bizarre?" Nicholas voiced his confusion.

These were Charles and Christopher, whom he had known for years, who used to pray and worship Buddha every day.

It was only when Nicholas came to the Thunderfire Demon Cave and joined his brother and sister in cultivating psychic powers here that he saw them in this state.

They just wouldn't open their eyes, and as far as Nicholas knew, they had maintained this posture for two years, just like they used to pray, but they definitely were not believers in the myriad Buddhist gods.

Now, Nicholas realized that despite his years of arduous cultivation of psychic powers, he was no match for Charles and Christopher!