Chapter 1186: The Knock at the Middle of the Night

Krune's first task was to create a reason he was able to wield such power. And for that, the metal slab was perfect.

It was just a fist-sized chunk of metal that Wang Hu had obtained coincidentally one day while farming. All they had was a small chunk of land, barely twenty square meters in area. The rest had been divided and sold off since he was unable to farm enough.

Also, they were in dire need of cash to feed themselves after the passing of Wang Hu's children.

This small piece of land was all they were left with now. One of the days while he was plowing through it, his plow hit a touch rock. When he unearthed it, he noticed that this was a tough piece of metal.

It was unrefined, containing some impurities. At that time, Wang Hu had thought of selling it. But after thinking about it for a bit, he decided to store it, later planning to use it to forge a knife for Wang Hao.

Even though he was inexperienced, even he understood that this piece of metal was pretty precious and had been naturally refined to have a pretty high level of purity. With a bit of processing, it would become a high-quality weapon.

Unfortunately, he hadn't obtained a chance to forge it as the only blacksmith of their village had died from old age. As for the blacksmith's children, they had left him to pursue their future in larger towns, never returning even for his funeral.

It was a harsh world out there.

Now that Krune held the piece of metal in his hand, he understood its importance. 'I am a blacksmith. I should be able to turn it into decent equipment.'

Of course, he wasn't planning to make a weapon out of it. All he wanted was to create something that would make it seem like he was able to use his powers—an Imperial Arms.

Then again, only trouble would attract him in such a case. So, he was planning to go with the excuse that it was an Imperial Arms Fragment. This way, it won't be surprising that the power he could unleash wasn't on par with an Imperial Arms—which was the case.

As he knew the detailed process involved in the creation of an Imperial Arms, Krune was aware that the piece of metal in his hand was just that, a piece of metal. It was worthless against a Nightmare.

Thud!

Just as he planned to begin carving the piece of metal, he picked up faint sounds from beyond the window, alarming him.

Thud!

The sound wasn't loud, but in fact, faint. Had it been the original Wang Hu, he wouldn't have sensed it. But Krune was different. Not only was he a cultivator with a myriad of abilities, but he had also embarked upon the path of body cultivation.

And among them, there was the Sonic Radar, an ability no different to a bat's echolocation. All abilities of body cultivation were related to increasing the function of a body part to the extreme to generate the ability.

Sonic Radar was stored in his throat, allowing him to unleash sounds to detect everything in his vicinity. It was a simple ability.

Even though he didn't have Sonic Radar now, the experience in using it for countless decades was ingrained in him, allowing him to replicate the same thing here as well.

In his current case, he wasn't making any sounds now but instead relying on the sounds of his breathing to transmit the sound waves and sense his surroundings based on the rebound of the sound waves.

He was able to do this subconsciously. This was the advantage in body cultivation. Anything related to it would be ingrained in one's body as experience. Even if their cultivation was blocked or their bodies were switched, this would allow them to exhibit the same abilities once again.

Though, using the Sonic Radar was his limit now. As for the other abilities, he was unable to use them. Using them required something extra that his body wasn't equipped with.

Even though it wasn't clear enough, Krune was still able to notice something, something humanoid standing at the entrance to their house. It remained still as the faint moonlight caused it to cast a shadow on their house.

As his heart thumped as a result, he didn't wish to take unnecessary risks, causing the Soul Needle to disappear while the Cloud Whale moved to the other end of the house.

This way, nothing amiss would be present in the house—the warmth generated by the Soul Needle and the sense of peace exhibited by the Cloud Whale.

Thud! Thud!

As the room turned dark, Krune watched a shadow pass by the window as he immediately fell asleep, sensing that it would be bad to alarm the other part of him being awake. He instinctively understood that acting asleep was the best solution to survival in this case.

The moment the entity stood before the window, the moonlight caused its shadow to be faintly highlighted through the window that was covered by a cloth—the cloth had countless signs of repair and being mended.

"Umph!" He hurriedly closed his mouth, preventing himself from screaming unconsciously. The one inciting such a reaction was Wang Hu's ego, almost causing his death hadn't Krune reacted fast enough to block his mouth.

A massive head thrice the size of a human's was highlighted for a couple of seconds before the figure walked away.

Thump! Thump!

Krune's heart thumped as his weary body was unable to handle the stress. Once the 'creature' walked away, his hand moved towards the window, intending to see if the creature had disappeared when Krune controlled himself. 'Damn this idiot Wang Hu!'

Of course, it hadn't disappeared. Krune was able to sense its position through echolocation, albeit faintly. Wang Hu's instincts caused him to almost open the window to take a peek. Thankfully, both Krune and Su Zixin's egos suppressed him in time, preventing such a disaster from taking form.

'It'll be impossible for me to do anything if I don't address this internal issue first.' Krune gulped in tension as he noticed the creature stop.

After some time passed in such a fashion, it gently placed its palm on the nearby house's door before knocking a couple of times.