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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 1028

Despite that, Gerald wasn’t giving in that easily.

Utilizing a skill that allowed him to tread extremely lightly, his feet almost never touched the ground as he sprinted

after the fox.

After running for quite some time, the holy fox came to realize that Gerald didn’t seem to be slowing down.

Understanding that it wouldn’t be able to get rid of him easily by simply running around, the fox dived into a bush.

The moment it entered the bush, Gerald lost track of it almost instantaneously!

“D*mn it all! Did you really just escape again?!” said Gerald to himself as he stopped running, feeling slightly

depressed.

However, he hadn’t given up yet. Holding his breath to remain silent, he quickly and carefully scanned through the

area around him.

If he wasn’t careful to pay attention while he could, Gerald feared that the fox would end up entirely leaving the

area.

He was surprised, however, to suddenly hear voices shouting, “D-don’t kill us! Please don’t kill us!”

Looking in the direction of the shouts, Gerald saw a few people running toward him, screaming in horror as though

they were running for their lives.

Gerald could only frown as he thought, ‘Why at such a crucial time…? Why couldn’t you have come earlier or even

later?!’

Seconds later, a few thuds could be heard as the screams of horror finally ended. Though it was evident that those

screaming had already met their end, Gerald really couldn’t be bothered about that right now.

“Since the few of you followed me all the way out here, what other choice do I have but to kill you all?” sneered an

old man as he approached the fresh corpses with his hands against his back.

While he was inspecting the bodies, however, the corner of the old man’s eyes caught a glimpse of Gerald who had

been staring off into a distance for a while now.

The old man felt his eyelids twitch after realizing who the person standing there was.

‘So it’s you! It seems that you’re stupid enough to choose your own doom when there are obviously better

alternatives!’ Thought the old man as he sneered.

“If it isn’t Gerald! Or should I say, Mr. Crawford! I believe you’ve been well since we last met?” said the old man with

murderous intent in his eyes as he approached Gerald.

Gerald himself had been completely focused on detecting any sounds of movement he could register from the

environment when he heard his name being called out. Turning around by reflex to see who had called out to him,

Gerald was startled to see who it was.

“Oh, it’s you.”

Realizing that Gerald was no longer focused on it, the hidden holy fox—which had been lying silently in wait this

entire time—knew it was high time to make its next move.

Sprinting off, it took one leap after another as it quickly disappeared into the valley.

The valley itself was constantly brimming with miasma, making any sight-based navigation attempts a nightmare.

Adding that to the holy fox’s immense speed, Gerald couldn’t even see it anymore by the time he realized where

the fox was escaping to.

“Don’t run!” shouted Gerald as he gritted his teeth with resentment before jumping into the valley as well.

‘…Oh? So it seems that he’s become pretty skillful now! Since the kid is a rich young master and I’ve already

obtained most of the necessary ingredients I need to make the elixir, using his heart as the final ingredient will

definitely make the elixir more potent compared to using the hearts of these small fries! It’s decided then. I’ll kill

him!’

With his mind made up, the corners of the old man’s lips curled into a smile as he swiftly began following Gerald’s

tracks.

Gerald himself was now anxiously pulling his hair as he sat atop a rock that he found in the valley.

‘Should it successfully make a full escape, I don’t even know when I’ll be able to catch the beast again!’

As he tried recalling everything he had read in the Book of Beasts in hopes that something useful would come up,

he suddenly came to a realization.

Blood essence. That’s right, he could still use blood essence!

He had been so anxious and in a hurry that he had almost completely forgotten about the method.

Smiling as he stood up, Gerald remembered reading about how intelligent the holy fox was, even when compared

to human geniuses. However, it had one fatal flaw, that being its greed.

According to the Book of Beasts, the holy fox loved drinking human blood, especially if it came from a person who

had had incredible abilities and a well-trained body.

Regardless, as long as Gerald was able to get his hands on some human blood and refine it through blood essence,

the beast would certainly be unable to withstand the temptation to drink it.

Blood essence, in this case, was an extraction method that also doubled as a way to purify blood.

While getting the idea had certainly excited him, soon after, Gerald became dejected again.

After all, he had already run quite a distance from where he had last stood. He now realized that he could’ve just

used the blood of the people that the old man had killed earlier!

Since the distance from where he currently was to the corpses was anything but short, the idea of gathering blood

from the bodies didn’t seem too appealing to him. After all, by the time he got there, he wouldn’t even know if the

cunning fox would still be within the valley!

He couldn’t injure himself just to draw the holy fox out either.

Could it truly be that he was fated to never get his hands on the holy fox? Was he doomed to end up becoming a

bloodthirsty demon in the future?

As the depressing thoughts filled his head, Gerald suddenly heard faint rustling not too far away…