Rise of the Alchemy God

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Ethan wasted no time and, with another gesture of his hand, he completely destroyed the bodies of the two demons, transforming them into spheres of demonic Qi that he took and absorbed.

He had ensured that their souls were not damaged, so the two spheres, if freed from the seals placed on them, could have completely reconstructed themselves and returned to life.

But now that they were in Ethan's hands, they no longer had that possibility and could only accept their fate in silent.

Ethan didn't need the entire timeline of their lives, only the part related to this encounter. Therefore, he conducted a quick search of their souls and soon discovered several things.

Having finished, he could finally focus on planning his next moves.

He then looked toward the unconscious elf lying on the ground, now drenched in a pool of her own blood.

It was obvious that if she wasn't treated soon, she would die on the spot.

Ethan stared at her a little longer before shaking his head and walking toward her.

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In a room of an old building, an elven girl was sleeping.

The building in question had a dated appearance, and anyone passing by wouldn't think for a second that this was an inn.

Outside, above the wooden entrance of the building, hung a large sign with the name of the inn: "The Dead's Haven."

When Ethan saw it, he immediately thought he was in the wrong place, but according to the information he had extracted from the souls of the two demons, this was a relatively frequented inn by soldiers, offering an environment that was, in a sense, peaceful, and most importantly, away from prying eyes.

If it weren't for this last characteristic, he would not have chosen such a place.

He still remembered how the plump receptionist at the inn's counter didn't concern herself at all with the unconscious elf girl on his shoulders, simply asking him what he needed and handing him the key to a room.

Ethan didn't have the currency of this place, and while spiritual stones were, in a sense, a universal currency in the mortal plane, they didn't seem to hold the same value here.

He had discovered that this place had a counterpart to spiritual stones: demonic stones.

That said, he used some of the money he found on the dead demon guards and booked the place for a month.

At the moment, he had just finished healing the elf girl and was absorbing the demonic Qi from the two mortal realm demon soldiers.

Now that he had time, he could absorb it safely without risking being caught.

Of course, his minor dimension would have been better for this task, but it wasn't necessary to go there just to absorb such a small amount of Qi, so he stayed here and quickly absorbed the two demons.

Ding!

[You have gained +211 STR]

[You have gained +150 AGI]

[You have gained +95 INT]

[You have gained +32 Soul Strength]

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Name: Ethan

Cultivation: Soul Awakening (advanced)

QI: 100M / 100M

Physique: Minor Demonic Physique

Strength: 42,576 → 42,787

Agility: 36,427 → 36,577

Intelligence: 21,114 → 21,289

Soul Strength: 4,982 → 5,014

[Shop]

[Storage]

[System Points]: 468M

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Ethan quickly absorbed the two demons, and just as he thought, the number of stat points gained from the two demons was relatively low, much less than the demons of the mortal rank he killed when he was on the beast continent.

It wasn't unexpected, after all, the two were much weaker than those demons, so he didn't pay too much attention to this small increase in strength.

He shifted his gaze from his status panel and directed it toward the sleeping elf girl, who now had a much healthier complexion.

Even the wounds on her leg and the one caused by the arrow that struck her back, nearly grazing her heart, had completely disappeared.

The elven girl, at this moment, had a slightly furrowed brow, and her eyelids were trembling faintly.

Ethan thought she might be having a bad dream or something, so he didn't concern himself too much.

He had used his wood element to heal the girl, and strangely enough, her body had responded very well to his treatment.

It seemed she had a certain affinity with the wood element.

The elf girl's eyelids trembled a little longer before finally opening.

Slowly, she opened her eyes as her senses began to return bit by bit.

'What happened to me?' she thought as she gradually regained consciousness.

She didn't know where she was, as her vision was still coming into focus, and the only thing she could say for certain was that she was lying on something comfortable, warm, and very soft, similar to a bed.

But she involuntarily dismissed the thought because she had never had the luxury of affording a proper bed before.

What she usually slept on was more of a makeshift bed, lacking a mattress or any soft surface, made instead from long leaves woven together to form a net capable of supporting her.

While those things were not bad, left visible marks on her body, and she often woke up with her back slightly aching due to the uncomfortable position in which she slept.

Bit by bit, her memories of what had happened began to resurface.

'Am I... dead?' she wondered, recalling what had happened to her, before she lost consciousness.

She was sure she had been struck by two arrows and had fallen to the ground, fainting.

It didn't seem possible that the two demons had let her go just like that, so now, noticing that she felt no pain and even felt much better, as if she had been reborn, she thought perhaps she had died.

Just as her thoughts were spiraling further, a voice interrupted them.

"You are not dead."

Hearing the sudden voice, the elf girl jolted, almost falling out of the bed as she shifted her gaze toward a figure sitting on a chair a few meters away from her.

'What a handsome... wait, no, what am I thinking? Who is he, and why is he here? Have I been captured by someone again?' she thought, starting to panic for her life, which she had just discovered she hadn't lost.

Ethan, seeing the elf's reaction, didn't know whether to laugh or sigh. Before she could plunge into another series of thoughts, he interrupted her.

"Calm down, you're safe here."