
Philip, Watt, and Jack searched for several hours but were unable to find any trace of human life near them, not even wild beasts in number.
Sam was still unconscious and his body had several black patches all over his body, they gave off a misty black aura.
Except for the small patches, her skin turned pale and the worst part was, the wounds on her shoulders and chest. He didn't have enough time to heal his wounds.
He entered the shadow world with those injuries and the corrosive energy fully entered the body. They look very dangerous. They didn't even dare to move Sam randomly because they wouldn't increase his damage. They were unable to understand his physical situation, but they knew that this was a life-threatening crisis.
In fact, they were right, if not for the presence of the Shadow rat bloodline, Sam would have already died the moment he entered the shadow world, his current cultivation was simply not qualified to make him enter that world.
He broke the rules and now this was the price he had to pay.
His current condition was indeed very bad and this was due to the combination of damage he received.
First, the spiritual core cracked slightly. Although the damage was light and healed little by little and the problem would not be threatening until he forced himself, the problem was that he was over-exerting himself, and that too he immediately entered the shadow world.
Just like any other part of the body, when injured, the spiritual core will also heal if given enough rest and nutrition.
But before the food could reach it, the corrosion of the shadow world had an impact on his soul and body. Just like any environment, the shadow world also rejects and repels foreign entities, and the soul and body are foreign entities to the shadow world.
Now, Sam's soul and body were somewhat corroded and the shadow rat bloodline slowly absorbed it.
If the spiritual core was at its best, this would be faster and worse, its spiritual energy reserves were almost empty with battles, thunder prisons, and bloodline techniques.
The recovery of spiritual energy took a long time as it partly had to heal the wounds on his body which took longer with the corrosion of shadows, almost paradoxically and everything related.
Only time can make one of these aspects complete and break this chain. Until, then they could only give him some low-level spiritual energy recovery pills to ensure he would receive spiritual energy.
They did not dare to give him a high-tier pill for fear that his body would not be able to absorb energy and suffer a backlash.
Now, they're in the middle of nowhere not at all clear about Sam's condition.
They decided to make a temporary residence in the forest and stayed there temporarily and took turns exploring the area to find traces of the community.
Meanwhile, news of the destruction of the beast faction spread among all the major and minor powers. At first, only the higher-ups knew about this, but now even a small servant knew about it.
And the worst part is that Sam's name and age are widely publicized in gossip.
There are many stories about Sam's origin and how much damage he created. Some say, he came for his rightful place as heir and some say that he went to the pure beast faction to damage due to the feud of his ancestors.
Some even said that she went there to steal something and some said she went to steal the bride.
Those stories are getting worse.
There is no story that confirms his death. Although many of them thought that it was almost impossible to let the faction stay alive after creating such a huge amount of damage, the fact that a young man could kill over seventy percent of the faction members was also considered impossible until they heard this story.
So, either for the sake of abandoning the possibility of achieving that impossible feat or just for the sake of this storyteller harboring some sort of mystery, Sam's death was not confirmed.
Many people wanted to know if he was dead or not. Some of them to make sure that he was dead if not to make sure to make him die, some of them tried to recruit this person and some of them were just curious.
But there is one person who is very worried.
That's Arman.
Now, his constant and anxious speculation leads him to believe that Sam knows that he is monitoring him and he is very anxious and fearful at the idea of facing his vengeance.
He began to think and make preparations for his own safety and for his pleasure, he was still the genius of the thunder god temple and he still trusted the temple to get involved if there was any urge to push.
Then, he was startled by the news of the destruction of the beast faction and the names of the culprits.
He felt so scared that he was a great realm cultivator almost exposed to a fever. He locked himself in his room and did not come out until then.
He was dying to know that Sam was dead.
If Sam is still alive, he can't feel safe, but at the same time, he doesn't want Sam to die. Because he needs a thunder prison.
If Sam were to die, then the thunder prison would fall into the hands of some others perhaps some higher level people in the beast faction.
It would be difficult for him to take it from his hands and it would only become more difficult if that person knew the importance of the thunder prison.
As he opposed himself and lived in his own thoughts, he got a call from the temple chief of the thunder god.
He was surprised by this. He performed the temple chief many times, but whenever there was a chance or a reason.
So, for the temple chief to call out to him at this moment, he had a bad premonition.
When he entered the private meeting room, the temple chief went straight to the point.
"You should've heard the news about Sam."
Arman became nervous, but he did his best to hide it and nodded his head.
"Then you should know you might be the next target."
Arman shuddered and said.
"A..What do you mean, sir?"
"Do you think you're the only one who's smart in the entire thunder god temple? Do you think everything is safe as long as no one sees meeting someone else and secretly makes a deal with the Grand Elder?"
There are very few things that can be hidden from me and even fewer people are able to hide them. You picked the wrong spy. You should know that there are people called double agents who do the job of spying."
Arman felt his throat dry, he didn't know what to say or do.
Should he admit it? Should he run away? Or should it be rejected? Before he could decide, the temple chief continued.
"If I'm not mistaken, Sam is not as stupid as you are and must have known about your actions and you being safe and sound, he uses you to serve his own purpose.
Now, you've outlived your usage, so you'll be the next target.
I'm calling you to say, that dealing with a man like Sam who can deal this much damage to a great power just for the sake of genius is impractical, so if the situation arises, the temple will not side with you. "
Arman began to panic; all the preparations he made revolved around the fact that the thunder god temple would withstand some resistance against Sam.
Even if they didn't fight him, they should at least slightly block him, after all, he believed that Sam wouldn't have the same tricks, which he used on the Beast faction the entire time.
How does he know that? Come on, how can one have such dangerous tricks all the time?
But reality slapped his face. The temple would not side with him, they did not even want to get involved let alone hinder Sam.
When he panicked, said the temple god.
"There's only one possibility that you could get away with this predicament, but I don't know if it's a definite possibility and it's a hundred percent worth it."
"Please tell me. I'd do anything to secure it."
Arman saw a thread of hope in that despair. The head of the temple turned around and there was a faint smile on his face that Arman was completely unaware of.