"You joined the Natural School? It's also related to that paper... What on earth is going on?"

Renn was quite surprised and looked at scholar Dennis in confusion.

The super force of the Natural School is notoriously difficult to join, and the threshold is extremely high.

Unless they are geniuses who have been cultivated by the school since childhood, only Sanren who have been promoted to the fourth level before the age of 30, or scholars who can publish two influential papers in top journals, may be invited to join the Natural School.

Dennis doesn't meet the criteria.

He is now in his forties. The last time Renn met him in the plains, he was still a third-level peak [Mimetic Druid].

Dennis's academic level was not low, but it did not meet the extremely demanding standards of the natural school.

The so-called papers with great influence, if put on earth, are almost the papers that publish academic achievements that can win the Nobel Prize.

"I'm lucky. Several elders from the Natural School are studying the resentful spirits. After all, it's related to the second impact...

My paper on the ancestral spirits of the Kangao people attracted the attention of a certain elder."

Dennis looked a little lucky, joining the Natural School was the dream of every scholar-type professional.

On Earth, this would be more gratifying than winning the Nobel Prize.

"The Natural School is studying the Wraith Spirit? Wait a minute." Ren was stunned for a moment, then realized, "You just said that the second impact...is it related to the Wraith Spirit?"

Regarding the second impact, Ren only knew that it was about to happen.

What it refers to specifically is unknown, but according to the roar of Prince Milo's clone before it fell, it seems that the impact of the second impact is not beneficial to humans.

"It's not related to resentful spirits, but existences such as spiritual bodies and semi-spiritual bodies were affected first. It's more of a kind of pollution than an impact..."

Dennis pushed up his glasses and said in a very professional tone.

"Spirit body, pollution?"

After chanting a few words, Ren suddenly felt an inexplicable throbbing in his heart, as if something bad was about to happen.

"Scholar Dennis, how much do you know about the Second Impact? When did it happen, and what does it specifically refer to?" Lane couldn't help but ask a series of questions.

Scholar Dennis has joined the most mysterious natural school and may know more inside information.

"The second impact has already begun, but it has not reached its peak. As for the specific situation, I actually don't know...forget it, come with me and take a look."

Dennis rubbed his sore eyelids and slowly stood up.

He walked to the inside of the shop, pushed open a stone door, and asked Ren to go in with him.

This is a small laboratory. As soon as he entered, Renn could smell the smell of various plants and herbs.

The light inside is a bit dim, and the most eye-catching thing is a white experimental table with test tubes, distilling bottles, crucibles, tweezers, alcohol lamps and other items placed on it.

In a translucent glass counter next to it, you can see the body of a two-tailed lizard, bitter lilac, red heart grass, as well as yellow spring flower petals and other materials.

"Ren, come and see for yourself." Dennis came to the experimental table and pulled out a black cloth strip.

Under the cloth strip is a long glass container.

This glass container is 1.5 meters high, with some golden sealing runes engraved on it, and it is filled with light green liquid, emitting a strange fluorescence.

Pa Pa ~

A white skeleton was soaked in the liquid. His bone claws were constantly beating against the glass wall, his upper and lower jaws were opening and closing, and forest-white flames were beating in the eye sockets.

"This is a demonic Viscount from the Bone Clan?" Renn was a little surprised and asked Dennis confusedly next to him, "Why are you showing me this?"

"Ren, do you think that as long as it remains in this situation and is soaked in this liquid, the strength of a demon ghost can be improved?" Scholar Dennis asked.

"Of course not!"

Ren touched the outer wall of the glass container, and the aura of holy power on it was very strong.

A powerful sacred text seal is applied to the outer wall of this container, and the energy contained in the liquid inside is neutral.

The semi-spiritual monsters and ghosts that feed on negative resentment and essence and blood are trapped inside and cannot be replenished at all. It's not bad if they are not weak. How can they improve their strength?

"This was originally a Dark Baron-level monster, close to the Viscount level. I had imprisoned him for a month... Four days ago, he broke through to the Dark Viscount level."

Dennis's voice was very calm, but there was a strange look in his eyes.

"How is this possible? He can be promoted without any supplements?!"

Ren was very surprised and stared intently at the demonic Viscount in the glass container.

This is not scientific at all, energy is not conserved... Well, in short, this is too strange.

This is just like an ordinary person who, after not eating or drinking for almost a month, not only did not starve to death, but became weak, he also became stronger... Isn't this a ghost?

"But this is the fact, and this is not an exception!"

"According to the speculations of the elders, this is a more advanced and hidden form of radiation, pollution, penetration... and even blends with space fluctuations. It can affect spiritual bodies regardless of distance, making them stronger and more bizarre...

…”

"Ren, you are a demon hunter who specializes in dealing with cases of demons and ghosts harming people. You should know that recently the ghosts and demons are more active than before, right?"

Dennis calmly narrated, his words made Ren a little embarrassed.

"Well, I actually haven't handled many cases and completed very few demon hunting missions." Renn's face turned red for the rare occasion.

He, the "master demon hunter", is simply incompetent, that is, he only wears the skin of a demon hunter and is not as professional as Shirley.

"That's right. You're much better at attacking people than you are at hunting down demons. You killed Marcelo the ghost and the drug lord Matt, right?"

Dennis's mouth twitched, as if he thought of something, and continued teasing:

"When I was in the plain area, I heard that the 'human rights fighter' Sir Ackerman was committed to the peaceful coexistence of the indigenous people and citizens, and the 'justice ranger' Master Ackerman designed to destroy the Skeleton Gang and the traitor Marcelo.

‘Crime Buster’ Master Ackerman fights against the drug lord Matt... Except for not being able to hunt monsters, you are doing very well in other jobs, why not change your name to Human Killer.”

Ren rolled his eyes upon hearing this.

Before breaking through the "Dark Cave" in the Demon Realm, he was not really unknown, but his "glorious deeds" were basically spread around the plains.

To be honest, in the Durham and Wilton areas, everyone of some importance knew him.

"Dennis, are you still laughing at me? Aren't you also not doing your job properly? The other druids are studying plants and potions... but you are studying spirits.

You might as well change your career and become a wizard."

Not to be outdone, Ren made some sarcastic remarks, and Dennis laughed and was not angry.

After the two chatted for a while, Dennis regained his composure and said seriously:

"Some things have been foreshadowed for a long time. Even if you didn't go hunting for demons, you still know that Carlos the Gunman has broken through the sanctuary."

"Is the Gun Ghost's breakthrough into the Sanctuary also related to the second impact?" Renn raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

This is all going nowhere, it can't even be hit with eight poles.

"Of course, do you know what Carlos practices?" Dennis asked thoughtfully.

Ren was startled and subconsciously blurted out: "It's the Twelve Movements of the Netherworld, The Soul-Eating Spear of Ten Thousand Ghosts!"

After Carlos became a saint, his deeds and a lot of information came to light.

Back then, Carlos, who was a member of the [Lancer] profession, took a different approach and integrated several movements from the "Twelve Movements of the Netherworld" that were most suitable for practicing in the [Shadow Warrior] profession into his own spear skills and fields, and developed a soul-devouring weapon.

The soul-eating spear of the power of resentment!

"No wonder Carlos's very unreliable method of forcibly breaking through the sky with a bloody battle was successful..." Ren suddenly had a realization.

He looked at scholar Dennis beside him, who nodded and sighed:

"It is indeed as you think. Originally, Carlos was only one chance away from becoming a saint in the pinnacle of the temple. No external force could help him break through the heavenly barrier, but..."

"... Carlos's weapon, the soul-eating gun, swallowed up too much spiritual resentment... Many of them even became the prototype of his domain and part of his own strength."

"The power of the resentful spirit skyrocketed due to the second impact, pushing Carlos' power to continue to rise. Coupled with a bloody battle and killing, the soul-eating...the internal and external forces converged and exploded...he forcibly broke through the heavenly barrier and established the holy realm!

"

This is the secret and reason why Carlos, the gun ghost who had been unable to break through, suddenly became a holy realm!

This is why people like Alex the Axe, Kelvin the One-Armed Killer, and Roland the Illusionist are not the ones who have made breakthroughs.

They were no worse than Carlos, they just lacked an opportunity.

"This..." Listening to Dennis's analysis, Ren felt a sudden realization. He said, "The ghost prince who suddenly revived──Christian, he..."

If he remembered correctly, Prince Milo had always been causing trouble in Pineapple Town on the Pugni Plain.

Christian, the prince of the demon clan, suddenly woke up.

And he still seems to be in peak condition!

"That's right, after Prince Christian woke up, he was not as weak as Prince Milo for several years... That's why he was almost in full swing as soon as he woke up!"

Dennis said very calmly.

He pointed at the demonic Viscount in the glass container who was constantly beating the glass wall and appeared to be "full of energy".

Under normal circumstances, a demon who wakes up from "sleep" will be weak for a period of time. This is the case with Prince Milo, otherwise Gonzalez would not have been able to hit him so easily...

After all, although Prince Milo is not good at pulling, he still has two brushes.

Dennis covered the glass container with a black cloth:
To be continued...