Divine Emperor of Death

The avatar turned into a spherical shaped white and yellow glow and became a streak of light as it shot towards Davis's glabella.

Davis didn't avoid the streak of light and the avatar returned to his soul sea but didn't become one with his soul essence. Instead, it stayed beside his soul essence, shaping into a tiny Davis when the glow receded.

The others looked at the phenomenon and didn't suspect anything. They just casually thought that it was a soul body and became slightly in awe of his actions.

'Such precise control when being weak from an injury required tremendous will' Or so they thought.

They didn't know that he need not actively control the avatar since the avatar is him. Even if he is unconscious in both body and soul, the avatar will still be active since it is a separate entity. This is the enormous difference that separated an avatar and a soul body.

Davis smilingly glanced at Lucas and the latter's expression froze.

At this time, Daniuis who was silent but solemn asked, "What happened? Did an intruder appear?"

Davis looked at Daniuis and recast his gaze towards Lucas as an expression of interest appeared on his face. He too wanted to know what had happened.

Why did Lucas try to enter his room? Even going so far as to enter through the wide windows in a secretive matter?

Lucas looked at Davis and his mind belatedly clicked in realization. He instantly became confused when he realized that Davis was alright.

When he sneaked outside Davis's room at the windows, he was sure that he would be noticed by Davis but wasn't. Wondering what had happened, he peeked inside and unexpectedly saw Davis shiver and bleed out from his mouth like he had been poisoned!

He was instantly shocked!

At that moment, he jerked and inadvertently made the window clatter in reaction to the sound of the tray and the dishes that fell on the floor.

However, before he could realize what had happened, he heard an angry scream asking for who before he got instantly shrouded in green gaseous essence energy.

He tried to shout but he ended up inhaling the gaseous matter in a panic! At the next moment, he fell with a thud and lost consciousness. 

The next thing he knew, he woke up in this place, spitting out liters of black blood!

"I think Lucas should know the whole story as I've only witnessed the latter end of the situation." 

Lucas became inwardly stunned at Davis's sudden words. His mind then worked rapidly to form a story on why he had sneaked into Davis's building.

'Davis got injured through some unknown means... His wife reacted and poisoned me somehow... It seems none of them have been informed of the situation... Father suspects that it's the work of an intruder...'

Within a snap's echo could end, he moved his mouth.

"Uhh... While roaming around the residence, I accidentally noticed an anomaly and found an intruder. The intruder tried to silence me but failed only to poison me next. I eventually lost consciousness but before that, I saw Davis intervene at the scene as they fought to a standstill with just a single move, however, it now looks like Davis got injured from the poison and became weak." 

Lucas's eyes darted around as he explained.

Davis, Evelynn, Logan, and Claire instantly figured out that Lucas had opted to fabricate a story. His explanation was full of holes but the others had no choice but to accept his explanation as it coincided with their earlier hypothesis.

Su Hualing and the others looked convinced, however, Daniuis who was rather sharp noticed a discrepancy.

"How can the intruder fight Davis to a standstill? The poison essence energy's remnant clearly indicates that it was of Body Transformation Stage. Compared with Davis who is at the Fifth Stage and above, how is it possible for the intruder to harm him?"

Daniuis didn't doubt that there was an intruder. It was just he didn't believe a mere Fourth Stage Cultivator could harm Davis.

Lucas suddenly looked at his father in a loss. His mind rapidly worked but he failed to provide an excuse in a moment. He, who was originally bad at lying had somehow miraculously fabricated a story but that seemed to be his limit.

"The intruder released a powerful, colorless, odorless, concentrated and untraceable poison against me..." At this time, Davis interjected, "The poison's undulations were concealed, hence it rather caught me off guard."

He smiled as he cast a peculiar glance at Lucas, "Fortunately, the concentrated poison was just at the Fifth Stage, otherwise, it was possible that I would be in critical condition."

Lucas inwardly felt a chill run down on his spine. He instantly realized the gaze which Davis cast on him.

'Explain yourself later...'

'Alright...' 

Lucas imperceptibly nodded his head, feeling thankful.

He had been afraid that Davis would've revealed the truth! If it was revealed, he didn't know where he should hide his face after this event as he would have to hide an embarrassing episode!

Daniuis furrowed his brows but he nodded his head, accepting Davis's explanation. However, he still had his doubts as he couldn't see the overall picture of this incident.

"For what reason did the intruder target you then?" 

Davis lied without batting an eyelid, "The intruder is likely here for Isabella who won the Conferred King Tournament. As for why the intruder wanted to make contact or poison her, I don't know..."

Daniuis pursed his lips but before he could say anything, Davis continued.

"In any case, Isabella has already given her word to set up Peak-Level King Grade Formations in this place. She had just told me this yesterday, so she is likely wandering the stores on the second level of the city, trying to find a few apt formations for our safety. Just give her some more time..."

No one had seen Princess Isabella in the skies since undulations of Body Tempering Cultivation was rather hard to find. Besides, she was a Martial Master, hence controlling her undulations was perhaps an easy task for her, making it difficult for others to find her.

Daniuis was taken aback. He pondered for a moment before his lips curved, "I'll guard the front gate until then..."

"Well, we'll never know which gate the intruder entered from as the intruder had the means to be undetected by the Low-Level King Grade Detection Formation..." Davis wryly smiled.

The residence had the front gate and the rear gate, only two gates since the sides were blocked by other residences.

Meanwhile, the three behind him wondered why Davis had chosen to hide the truth. It wasn't like this matter happened on purpose or even intent in any case. It was just a misunderstanding that could be solved with discussion.

No enmity would be formed but they also belatedly understood that hard feelings would be left.

Is that why Davis didn't tell them the truth? And why didn't Lucas tell the truth, even going far as to fabricate the story?

While they were sure of the former, they were confused as to the latter.

Nevertheless, they didn't interfere with Davis's decisions, only standing by his side to indicate that they will be on his side no matter what.

Such imperceptible gestures were not noticed by anyone except Davis since he could feel the warmth behind him.

After this, Davis had requested all to leave and give Lucas some space to rest. Lucas reassured his family that he was fine and only wanted to rest for the time being.

Hence, the others all left after a period of time.

In the room, only Lucas, Davis, Evelynn, Claire and Logan were left.