The Invincible Full-Moon System

Chapter 1874: My Realm

Rex patiently waited for Jessie to arrive.

He stayed behind the portal after making sure that Shadow wasn’t directly in the line of sight from the portal. As soon as Jessie stepped into the portal, she could not see Rex, but Rex could see her. Like a shadow looming behind, he looked at Jessie, scanning the realm with neutral interest.

Silently, he approached her from behind.

As an expert assassin, she was attuned to any danger that might reach her.

But behind her was a blind spot in her senses because of the portal’s distortion. Tearing through space from the Primordial Meadow needed an immense amount of energy, and is only possible with the use of a Permit.

The combination of both created a constant discharge of energy that distorted the space.

Because of that, Rex’s presence was simply covered by the distortion.

Jessie couldn’t sense him.

To her surprise, two hands came from behind. One held the top of her head and the other her chin.

Rex twisted her head with strength. And with the sound of a tree branch breaking, her neck snapped.

”Bastard!” Shadow roared at the top of his lungs.

Out of fear that Rex would do heinous things to Jessie, he answered Rex’s questions and complied. But despite doing that, Rex wasted no time killing Jessie. He watched her body slumped to the ground and then fall to the side with cold eyes.

Seeing tears falling from Shadow’s eyes, Rex scoffed.

As a senior assassin, Shadow was a little bit of a failure for having that strong a connection with Jessie. Having a strong emotional tie would only be a big hindrance in his line of work, and he should know that. ”Really?” Rex walked over the corpse and stared at Shadow. ”Tears...?”

”You gave me your word!” Shadow barked, grinding his teeth in anger. His tears burned with love, but not the passionate kind. The blood kind. ”You said you’d spare her if I answered all of your questions! What is this?!”

His voice breaks at the end.

Pitiful. Helpless. But those things didn’t sway Rex’s cold heart.

”And you believe me?” Rex chuckled. ”You came to me with bad intentions, and you expected me to, what...? Play nice?” He grabbed a handful of Shadow’s hair and pulled back. ”Judging from this strong reaction of yours, you must be really close to her. But it seemed you’re not that close with her.”

”Wh-What?” Shadow’s brows furrowed, confused as to what Rex meant. ”What do you mean?”

Rex threw Shadow’s head roughly to the side and stood up.

He went to Evelyn and Gistella, who were watching, forgetting that he hadn’t told them what to do.

”Here,” A silvery lotus emerged from Rex’s inventory. Its petals unfurled to the span of four adult hands pressed together. The Realm Fertilizer. He had earned it from the Strength of a God achievement. ”Place it on the ground,” he said, and handed it over to Evelyn. ”Then press your energy and Silverstar Mark to it. It will know what to do.”

”Rex...” Gistella tugged his arm and peeked at the crying Shadow. ”Does he really deserve that?”

”I thought he was a spy. But turns out—he was an assassin, so he deserved it.” Rex’s voice carried no remorse.” He swept her white back and caressed her dewy cheek with the back of his fingers. ”What’s this? It’s only been a few days on your end, and my Gistella has already softened again?”

”Of course, not,” Gistella held his hand. ”If he wants to kill you, then he deserves it.”

”Be it back home and wherever you are right now, it’s the same thing, huh?” Evelyn shook her head. It is always a power struggle, no matter the realm. ”Is there even anything new in there? I’m starting to think you’re always in your element.”

”Pretty much the same thing,” Rex shrugged. ”Just a bit more complicated. As for the places, our realm is way better.”

Evelyn and Gistella went to plant the Realm Fertilizer.

But a few steps away, Evelyn stopped and looked back at Rex again.

”One more question,” She paused, contemplating the question properly. ”Since this is your realm and would be used for your growth, is it really fine for us to be the one to plant this and cultivate the realm? Does it not make any difference whether it’s us or you who cultivated it?”

Rex smiled inwardly.

As always, Evelyn asked the right questions.

Even though the Silverstar Genesis is a realm that was tied to Rex, it’s still completely blank.

He hadn’t touched it at all, so the realm might not have his identity.

Something as vast and intricate as a realm could not possibly bear no trace of its cultivator. Evelyn was certain of that. Even though she doesn’t understand anything about higher power, and though Rex does not say anything about it, she was certain about this.

A realm was not merely land and sky. It was a reflection of its owner. A pet. A child.

Something that absorbed its maker’s essence, whether they intended it or not.

It would learn and mimic from the one with whom it was closest the most.

And since that person wouldn’t be Rex, Evelyn was afraid that it might impact his growth in a way.

”You’re right. A realm inherently knows its owner, but it takes the form of the one who cultivates it in its early stage.” Rex’s gaze drifted away from her eyes. ”That’s why I couldn’t be its first cultivator. It has to be someone else.”

Evelyn looked at him, and her eyes slowly widened.

She heard melancholy in his voice.

Initially, she thought there was pity in Rex’s decision to have them cultivate this blank realm. After all, the two of them were now stranded. Couldn’t go back to the Mortal Realm. Couldn’t follow him into the God Realm.

To fill their time until there was a way to return, Rex gave them the task to shape the realm.

But that wasn’t the case. Not even close.

As he said, a realm would take the form of the one who cultivates it in its early stage. And with a pair of hands that know only violence and blood, this blank realm would only turn into an ocean of blood— and gore.

Rex has the vision to make a peaceful world, but shaping it is entirely out of his hands.

His hands dripped with too much blood to draw with a different color.

It has to be someone else.

”I say this with certainty,” Evelyn held the Realm Fertilizer better, feeling its weight suddenly increase from that realization. She held back a tear. ”We will make this realm as beautiful as it can be. I promise you that.”

Rex was surprised by her answer.

But it seemed she could see through him and understand him.

His lips curled into a smile as he turned away, walking back toward Shadow.

”Stop crying,” Rex crossed his arms as he stood beside Shadow. He was staring at Jessie’s corpse with a probing gaze. ”She’s not dead. Your partner... Jessie has two lives. I thought you were pretending not to know, but it seems like you really didn’t know.”

”Huh?” Shadow blinked. ”She’s alive?”

”How long are you going to pretend to be dead?” Rex asked, his voice louder now.

Almost instantly, like a puppet being fixed and attached to the puppeteer’s strings, Jessie’s broken neck snapped back in place, and he slowly rose to her feet. She combed back her hair and stared at Rex with a wary look, ”How did you know my name? And how did you know I’m not dead?”

”See?” Rex ignored her questions. His focus shifted back to Shadow, smiling. ”Crying for her was your mistake from the start. Instead of worrying about her, you should have thought about where you stand. It’s too late now.”

Shadow opened his mouth to speak, but blood burst out instead.

His eyes stretched wide; a wet, broken sound escaped as he looked down at his chest.

A hand was protruding out of his chest, gripping something red and pulsing. His own heart. Beating the last remnant of his life within a stranger’s grip. ”You have something I need,” Rex whispered into his ear. ”And I’m taking it.”

Splash—!

Rex pulled out the heart, glanced at Jessie, and put it away into his inventory with a smile.

Seeing her partner killed sent Jessie into madness.

”No!”

A scream tore from her throat as she lunged with lightning-fast speed. Faster than Shadow ever could be, but not fast enough to escape Rex’s perception. Her energy sword hummed to life—and she moved for the kill.

A blur of motion wrapped around Rex, a dome of strikes that came from all sides.

In less than a second, she had already struck dozens of times.

But each time, her attacks were either blocked or parried by Rex’s claws.

’How...?’ Jessie thought inside, still moving, still observing, still searching for a weak spot. She could not tell how Rex could easily block her attacks. It almost felt like he could see into the future. ’We have been hunting down many visitors. Many of them are exceptional and have a dangerous trump card, but this man... he was having it easy against me?’

’Is it his mask?’ Her eyes narrowed. ’It only covers the right side of his vision. A weak spot.’

Jessie’s eyes shimmered as she split into another body.

Since she suspected the mask, which covered only the right side of his face, was the key to his uncanny defense, she reckoned that attacking his left side would be the only way for her to break through. And that was exactly what she intended to do.

As the other body circled Rex, she landed a distance away.

She stood on her tiptoe with the other leg stretched backward, boasting her flexibility, as she charged her energy sword with more and more energy. It took a few seconds, but her energy sword shifted from blue to red.

And with a sharp dash, she cuts through the distance like she was warping space, and thrusts forward.

It was so fast that she seemed to blink in and out of existence.

Swoosh—!

Rex glanced over his shoulder and tilted his head at the last second.

He watched as the red energy sword missed him by a centimeter and then locked eyes with Jessie.

Not many people could survive this attack on her. Only those with extremely quick reflexes or warping ability could avoid her thrust, and there are not many people who have that. It was the reason why some contracted her as an assassin.

But that signature attack of hers was flawlessly avoided.

Instead of counterattacking, Rex grabbed her wrist.

She tried to break free, but his grip only tightened the more she struggled, even breaking her bones.

”Shadow had only his Stealth Oustification to negotiate with.” His voice was a low, menacing whisper. Then, without Jessie’s consent, he forcefully moved her hand along with the red energy sword and drove it toward his own neck.

A touch from it would be lethal.

But he didn’t even blink.

And when her energy blade neared his skin, she finally understood why he was confident.

Right before touching his skin, the blade was stopped by a reddish energy that she couldn’t perceive. Someone from the lower planes shouldn’t even have an energy remotely close to this, but Rex has.

”And that’s not enough to buy his life,” Rex’s eyes bore into her soul.

BAM—!

Jessie coughed a mouthful of blood when a fist drilled into her stomach, bruising her internal organs— and also disrupting her energy flow. She was then hauled off the ground by her neck. ”How...?” She asked through choked vocal cords. ”How are you this strong?”

”Haven’t you noticed it already?” Rex’s lips curled into a nasty grin.

He gestured with his free hand towards the entire place, making her look around.

”You’re not in the Primordial Meadow,” He brought her face closer. ”You’re in my realm.”