Chapter 247: It's Just Pain...

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*Jiggle Jiggle!*

Those two perky bunnies attached to Boundless appeared to resist such an activity, as they bounced and ricocheted a little too violently.

"..." Azmond stared blankly at such a 'view' before his gaze turned back to the crimson-colored world around him.

He still couldn't believe that such a personality was linked with such an unholy body, but that's besides the point!

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*Cough Cough* Azmond coughed a little to refocus his mind, as before he knew it, that voluptuous body of hers had already clinged onto his back.

|Let's go, Azmond!!| Boundless beamed, her slopes dangling over the top of his head again.

'Why does she always impair my vision like this? What if an enemy attacks from above?'

He couldn't help but have useless thoughts as he took Emu in 'Quantum Katana Flux Form', and continued on his journey to the south.

That was where he would eventually find the elusive and mysterious 'Nightmare Council' that had been the main subject for quite a while now.

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A few more days passed, as the two-week mark had already flown by.

Azmond and gang had been discreetly hunting all the monsters they found on their way, gaining insane amounts of experience points, gold, and cultivation base!

He had already advanced to the peak stages of Peak Core Formation, and it didn't look like he was planning to stop with just that.

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His monster hunting frenzy continued on for another week, as Azmond had finally reached a point where he could break through into the Golden Core Formation Realm!

He was still a few weeks out from the territory of the Nightmare Council, so this was the perfect opportunity to breakthrough while he still had the chance.

And that was exactly what he did, as a few days passed by.

BZZZT!!

WAAAA!

"Mhmu"

And it looked like she wasn't the only one in such a despondent mood, as Emu watched its hunting companion get bombarded by the Qi in the air.

It wanted to help its companion!

But, companion said no

Companion said something about the 'Qi becoming so reactive due to his own doing', but Emu didn't really understand all that.

Emu just wanted to help its companion!

"Mhmu!" Emu was about to go up there and devour that stupid Qi!

But then again

Companion said Emu would get no monster treats if it interfered

"Mhmu" Emu immediately calmed down before going back to Boundless's bed of soft, brown hair.

It was helpless in this situation...

RUMBLE!!

Tremors went through a part of the Crystal World as the Qi made one last final attempt at thwarting Azmond's breakthrough into the Golden Core Formation Realm!

Even the very world itself seemed to be preventing him from fully forming his golden core!

And that wasn't the only force working against him

CAAACAAWW!!!

A screech so loud that even the crystal surface began to crack echoed out across the lands!

"Hmm?" With his face only having one eyeball regenerated, Azmond turned his apathetic gaze toward the source of such a screech.

His indifference leaked out onto his expression as he saw a large, blue Vermillion bird flying in the distance.

It really only looked like a dot from where he was standing; however, as long as this bird followed the same trend that all the previous beasts sent after him did, then he had a feeling this bird was going to be utterly massive!

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