Eternal Thief

Over five hundred miles away from the Demon Continent were three large Islands, each scope in hundreds of miles, and these three islands were in a perfect triangle shape formation.

Right in the middle of this formation was a giant vortex, revolving at an unimaginable speed, creating a sink dark hole in the middle of the sea.

But strangely, its revolving didn't disturb the water level or create any waves outside this triangle formation.

It was clearly a strange natural phenomenon of the endless sea.

These three islands were none other than the mysterious Three Forbidden Countries, Thunder Mountains Country, Beast-Filled Country, and Dark Forest Country.

The Thunder Mountains Country and Beast Filled Country were both opened for young demons below the age of 1000 who belonged to the royal demon nation for adventure and tempering.

But no one over the 1000 years or manifestation realm or from another race could enter these islands, and to assure this, the imperial demon council oversaw this place.

Lastly, the Dark Forest Country was closed entirely to any demons and was the most mysterious of the three. Anything known about this country was it was surrounded by a faint fog, and one could see huge black trees' shadows from any of the other two islands.

At this moment, on the Dark Forest Country Island, which was filled with towering black trees, size 500 feet at least, the highest one was probably over 1000 feet tall!

Unlike the fog surrounding the outer island, the lands were completely exempt from any mist. On the contrary, the Qi density here was even denser than in the royal demon nation, and it clearly something of having to do with those black trees!

But this palace was also filled with vicious beasts and poisonous species, and every being on this island was far more potent than any other place.

For example, every beast born on this island had a beast core which was quite rare in any place except the core areas of the beast continent!

That was one of the reasons this place was kept a secret from others, and only high-level members of the council or the imperial family knew about the novelty of this place.

At this moment, on a 900 feet high black tree, under the shade of a thick branch and large leaves, Archie (Winter) was looking around with a sharp gaze, and after making sure no one was around, she relaxed a little.

She thought as a hazy dark Qi suddenly flashed past her eyes, 'Hundred Beast Transformation: Clover Snake!'

Dark mist oozed all over Archie's body before his shape started to twist and decrease, and soon the mist began to retract, and a pitch black, one-meter snake with a purple clover marking over its head appeared on Archie's place.

This was Myriad Beast Body Transformation Technique unique to Winter or Faceless Thief.

With this technique, Winter can turn into any beast recorded in the Myriad Beast Body Transformation Technique.

The disguise was simply flawless because she could perfectly copy 80% of the beast's abilities recorded in the Myriad Beast Body Transformation Technique!

Her current limit was Hundred Beast Transformation, and this Clover Snake was one of the hundred transformations she learned. However, once she broke into the Manifestation Realm, the limit would reach 1000 Beast Transformation!

The only flaw was the cultivation realm couldn't be controlled, and the beast she transformed will have her actual cultivation, and she could be killed or restricted once she took one of the beast forms.

Nevertheless, this was the perfect technique to get rid of Archie's ID, and no one will be able to suspect a snake in this vast wilderness.

From the imperial domain, the participants from the four demon institutes were bought here by the Northern Council Minister, and then they were told to survive in the Dark Forest Country for one year.

Winter had been pretending to be Archie for over three months after being sent into this dense forest. She knew it was her chance to get rid of Archie's identity without arousing any suspicion, and this place was simply too perfect for cultivation after Thief's House.

She knew Ace might take years to fetch her, and she didn't want to fall behind Freya and Noa in the Thief's house, so she decided to hide in the Dark Forest Country as a magic beast.

'Who could've thought those hateful demons were hiding this place.' Winter's snake eyes shimmered coldly, 'Now, I just need to destroy that soul contract they made me sign, and everyone would think some vicious beast killed Archie. They simply didn't care about these demons' statuses.'

She had long noticed that these demons were entirely dispensable for the imperial domain and weren't the only participants they were nurturing. They might be hiding the actual details about the entrance slots.

So, she knew she could easily get away, and she had to do it before this one year was over because she had this forbidding feeling that she won't get the chance if she didn't do it now!

The next moment, she respectfully asked the 'goddess' to get rid of that soul contract in her consciousness, and then like a dark streak, she vanished within a huge tree crown…

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A cluster of buildings protected by an illusionary barrier was at the entrance of Dark Forest Country Island.

In one of these buildings was the Northern Council Minister sitting cross-legged on a cultivation mat.

Suddenly his eyes sprang open before he flipped his hand, and a broken crystal disk appeared in his hand. There was a name on this disk, 'Archie Soul Life.'

A hint of surprise flashed past Northern Council Minister's emotionless eyes before they returned to cold and indifferent.

'All those rumors and top of our list for Soul Solder Program, but he was only amounted this much, what a letdown!'

Northern Council Minister shook his head with disdain before he returned to cultivation as if nothing had happened!

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While Demon Continent was preparing for the Ancient Allied Gathering with all their might, far away from the demon continent, on the Blood Continent was the Silver Ice Region, filled with ice and cold storms all year long.

Somewhere in the middle of this deadly cold territory was a palace that looked like it was made with pristine ice crystals.

A man with a peerless face and bright silver hair was releasing a blood-freezing aura as he looked at murderously on the large communication cube with his silver eyes.

"Dream Shatter, if you didn't want war, then release my daughter and uncle! I'll compensate you and even give you 50 spots in the gather from Silver Ice Clan!" His voice was filled with killing intent, but there was a hint of fear concealed in his voice.

In reply, a mild voice rang, "Dear Ice Lord, we are old friends, and you know my personality the best. I hate fighting and scheming the most.

"Your daughter is my niece, and your uncle is also my elder. If I want to harm or threaten you, I won't contact you to tell you they are in my care now and together. There's no need to turn hostile."

Ice Lord clenched his fists but didn't have a word to refute since the other party was right.

Ice Lord calmed himself as he asked coldly, "What do you want then?"

"See? Now we're talking like civilized beings and friendly neighbors. All I want is to chat with the Thief named Sky Stealer." Dream Shatter's mildly revealed.

Ice Lord's face fell, and he retorted, "What it had to do with you capturing my family members?! Go and search the demon continent. They will surely welcome the Might Dream Shatter, the Ancestor of the Human Race!"

"Hah, I would trust me. But that person won't come out just because I want him to, right? Even demons are helpless against him. I don't dare to overestimate myself." Dream Shatter chuckled.

Ice Lord sneered with scorn.

"As for why I 'invite' my little niece on this voyage is exactly for this reason. How about you hear it from her? You'll believe then that I didn't want to harm her and just want something of mine taken by the Thief, who actually called your daughter Sister in the past." Dream Shatter divulged.

"What nonsense are you spouting? It's impossible!" Ice Lord instantly rejected it without even hesitation.

"Alright, you can hear from her. You'll believe me then. It's also proved that I'm not making things up." Dream Shatter helplessly conveyed.

"D-dad?" A melodious voice rang before Ice Lord could say anything.

His frosty expression instantly melted, and concern shone on his face, "Alina, where are you? Don't worry. Dad will immediately come to take you back!"

Alina's voice rang again, "No, I want you to come to the Demon Continent directly. We are heading there, and you can take me back from there.

"Also, what Elder Dream Shatter said is true. That Thief might really be my brother who took care of me when that person suppressed grandpa.

"I-I just want to confront him, and if he's really become a thief, I'll break every tie with him and help everyone to capture him before he commits any more evil!"