I'm not just human!

But as soon as he landed, he clearly felt his heart pounding violently!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

The massive amount of extraordinary power surging from the bear paw meat throughout his body, especially in his stomach, suddenly converged towards his heart!

Almost instantly, a burning sensation surged from my heart, almost as thick as my index finger!

boom!

The burning sensation immediately exploded and spread, permeating every cell in Xia Fa's body.

The cells rejoiced, eagerly consuming these burning sensations and merging them with the burning sensations that were already present within the cells.

Xia Fa vaguely sensed that the burning sensation, which was originally as thick as a chopstick when all the cells in his body were added together, had now increased to the thickness of a thumb!

If I were to activate "Silver Slash" at noon today, using that burning sensation the size of a thumb, even if my Silver Throne's secret ability had no restraint against the Mountain Dragon Bear, I could still slice it in half with a single strike!

"The improvement from exercising... is indeed significant..."

Xia Fa sighed inwardly, dragging his extremely tired body to lie down on the sofa.

He only intended to lie down for a while, but unexpectedly, as soon as his head touched the sofa, he fell asleep immediately.

However, Xia Fa had only been asleep for a short while when

Suddenly, an eye with two pupils inside the white of its eye appeared outside the bulging window of the living room.

His eyes didn't move; his two pupils were pressed against the glass of the convex window, quietly observing him.

……

As the first hint of dawn appears on the horizon, many fishermen begin to set sail in the bays of the Baron Ocean.

Xia Fa woke up exceptionally early today, mainly because she went to bed early last night, around 9 p.m., and fell asleep after exercising.

Therefore, he got up at six o'clock in the morning, before dawn.

It is now seven o'clock in the morning. Xia Fa is standing on a small boat, and the boatman dressed as a merchant is rowing hard towards a large island not far ahead.

Xia Fa, who had just finished washing up and bought a hot dog for breakfast on the street, was stuffing the last small piece of the hot dog with sausage into her mouth.

Then, with a sudden leap, he jumped ashore from the small boat.

At the extraordinary market, many humans and fog people had already started setting up stalls, busy but with happy expressions on their faces, clearly very satisfied with their earnings over the past few days.

Xia Fa didn't care about all that. He entered the familiar black brick and black wall hut, changed its appearance, and headed straight for the secret trading shop.

To Xia Fa's surprise, it was only 7 a.m., but the fat boss was already waiting behind the counter!

Today, Xia Fa still entered the secret trading shop disguised as a two-meter-tall, skinny bamboo pole, wearing a wooden clown mask on his face.

As soon as the portly shopkeeper saw him, he gave him a warm smile, stepped out from behind the counter, and invited him inside.

Half an hour later...

"Sir, you're such a good customer! You'll definitely come again next time!"

The portly boss had a big smile on his face, a smile that was not laced with any mercenary intent, but rather with genuine enthusiasm, and he saw Xia Fa off all the way out of the store.

Xia Fa was quite satisfied and, unusually, waved goodbye to the fat boss.

This time, he sold all the high-level secret contracts and extraordinary materials from the Mountain Dragon Bear, as well as the extraordinary essence of the Black Abyss Worm with the angelic rank, along with other supernatural creatures and extraordinary fruits he hunted and collected in the Mist God Hunting Grounds, to the fat boss.

In total... a whopping 970,000 gold pounds were sold!

With the 10% discount given by the fat boss, and after rounding it down to zero, he actually received a whopping 1.05 million gold pounds!

With the bank draft of one million gold pounds given by Prince Justinian, Shafa suddenly realized that his net worth... had reached two million and fifty thousand gold pounds!

Moreover, there is another bank draft worth one million gold pounds that can be redeemed in three months, which has not been included in the calculation!

"Speaking of which, my net worth is already equivalent to that of a high-ranking noble in the Kingdom of Augu, right? I guess it's only comparable to Duke Oberon and Duke Shorsa..."

Compared to the Augustus family and the Selene royal family, they certainly couldn't compare. But apart from those two families, it seemed that only the angelic families could rival them among the other noble families.

Of course, while Xia Fa has money, he doesn't dare to spend it recklessly. For example, spending hundreds of thousands of gold pounds to buy a secret treasure or a sealed item is not within his consideration.

After all, once the Gate of Stars, a supreme-level secret contract, is fully understood, and the Mysterious Singularity, another supreme-level secret contract, is signed,

Xia Fa understood that he had to prepare for his fourth overlord-level secret contract, which was essentially the fifth secret contract he would eventually sign.

Even considering the lowest-priced item in the Overlord-level secret contract, the "Forge of All Things," 2.05 million gold pounds would barely be enough.

Moreover, based on recent conversations with aristocratic students and church elites, it seems that only those who sign secret contracts in the mechanical field have an extremely low probability of being able to sign a hegemonic-level secret contract.

Daponz desperately wanted to sign the All Things Forge, a top-tier secret agreement, but unfortunately, that was impossible.

Therefore, Xia Fa can be almost certain that his fourth overlord-level secret contract is unlikely to be the All-Encompassing Forge.

However, unless it's the All-Encompassing Forge, his 2.05 million gold pounds are completely insufficient.

"We need to save up at least three million gold pounds..."

Xia Fa murmured to himself, perhaps because he was thinking of the "Forge of All Things" and suddenly remembered an interesting legend.

It is said that ten years ago, there were two extraordinary individuals in the Kingdom of Augu who were exceptionally talented and surpassed their peers at a young age.

When the selection process began in the Earthly God Kingdom of the [Silver Universe], the two overcame numerous obstacles and challenges to reach the final battle arena.

But only one person can gain the qualification to enter the earthly kingdom of gods.

One of these two extraordinary individuals was Prince Justinian, who had already reached the demigod level ten years ago.

At that time, although He had not yet been able to sign the "Fairy Tale World" hegemonic secret contract, as the son of a ruler, especially with his father being an extraordinary monarch, Prince Justinian's strength and trump cards were far beyond imagination.

Even so, He was still defeated by another superhuman who was about His age.

That extraordinary individual was none other than Avalon, hailed as the greatest mechanical genius in the Royal Academy of Mechanical Sciences in a century!

Looking back now, although there are no concrete rumors, it seems that... Avalon did sign the All-Encompassing Forge, a top-tier secret contract.

"The Forge of All Things, I've heard, doesn't have any specific secret abilities; it's an extremely special overlord-level secret contract..."

Xia Fa couldn't help but let his imagination run wild. According to what that fat man Dapanz said, if he could get Dapanz to sign the All-Encompassing Forge, he could create a mechanical armor a thousand meters tall in no time, or a magical mechanical cannon that could shatter a mountain.

But when asked about the remarkable features of the All-Encompassing Forge, Daponz couldn't answer, saying he only knew them from his mother, but she didn't elaborate.

As he pondered this, Xia Fa walked to the outside of the Selenes Bank, located on the west bank of the Extraordinary Market.

The bank located in the Extraordinary Market was originally intended for extraordinary individuals who did not wish to reveal their identities. Surprisingly, Shafa's exchange of the bank draft for one million gold pounds given to him by Prince Justinian went exceptionally smoothly.

Not long after, he walked out of the bank, only to find that the black bag was very heavy.

After all, it contained a full two million and fifty thousand gold pounds in banknotes, which would be quite a large pile if stacked up!

"Time to go find some chestnuts. After the date, I'll check out the area outside the Augustus family palace while I'm at it..."

Xia Fa's gaze narrowed slightly. Whatever the reason, he desperately wanted to kill Pompeii. He had been waiting for this day for a very, very long time.

Besides, it's time to fulfill the promise I made to Dick Tudor...

……

An hour later.

Augustus, the Holy Cathedral.

As the center of the Kingdom of Augustus, the once bustling and vibrant city of Augustus has been rather quiet these past few days.

For no other reason than the Fog Carnival descended upon the three citadels of Augustus: Rum, Riverwind, and Brandy.

This has led to the fact that nobles and even commoners in Augustus have been flocking to the three small towns these past few days to enjoy the festivities, shopping, eating, and other activities.

This suited Xiafa's wishes perfectly, because according to his memory, the ancient capital of Augustus, whether in the upper or lower city, was always bustling with people and vehicles.

It was lively as it was, but it was inevitably a bit crowded.

"Xiafa!"

As Xia Fa walked to the entrance of the Holy Cathedral, he saw Chestnut waving at him from afar, looking extremely happy.

Today, Chestnut is finally not wearing that pure white teacher's robe. Instead, she's wearing a blue and white striped crop top that shows off her fair arms. Her slim-fit jeans and platform shoes perfectly accentuate her pert buttocks and long, curvaceous legs.

She walked happily toward Xiafa, carrying a small crossbody bag embroidered with a kitten pattern. Xiafa was momentarily stunned because Chestnut's outfit was too modern.

Especially with her pretty and lovely face and fluffy round ears, she looks like she's at the forefront of fashion.

Fortunately, the solemn bells of the holy cathedral, which stood a hundred meters high beside him, rang out, pulling him back to reality.

This is still the world dominated by steam and machinery.

As soon as she approached, Chestnut's little face flushed red, and she spoke excitedly:

"Xia Fa, I'll take you to a place I've heard is really fun. I've wanted to go there for a long time!"

Chapter 158 A game developed by the gods? It's so much fun!

"Where?"

Xia Fa asked with great curiosity.

Chestnut suddenly grabbed his hand and smiled mysteriously:

"Come on, you'll see when we get there!"

She was quite shy yesterday, but today she seemed to have suddenly figured things out and boldly took Xia Fa's hand.

Feeling her delicate, smooth little hand, Xia Fa couldn't help but chuckle to himself, but he let her have her way and immediately let her pull him towards the lower city.

The upper town was where nobles lived, while the lower town was quite chaotic, with all sorts of people from different walks of life.

Furthermore, the Dames district, located between the upper and lower city areas, serves as the dividing line.

The closer the downtown area is to the Dames neighborhood, the better the security and management.

The further away from the Dames neighborhood, the worse the security and management, and the more thieves and hooligans there are.

The Holy Cathedral of the Silver Church is located in the center of the Dames neighborhood, directly opposite the Holy Cathedral of the Natural Church.

The Holy Cathedral is the center of the church in every country; there is only one cathedral per country and per church.

The people of the Kingdom of Augustus generally worship the two righteous gods, the Silver Universe and the Nature Monarch, and the two sacred cathedrals of the Silver Church and the Nature Church are both located in the city of Augustus.

I've heard that the Holy Cathedral is presided over by a cardinal archbishop, a figure who commands all cardinals and is only one rank below the patriarch.

Chestnut pulled Xiafa along, and they arrived at the entrance of the Damais district. Then they went into a small alley, wandered around, and stopped in front of a gate.