Eternal Thief

Chapter 148 - Hundred-Face Deception Mask

When this staggering news reached Zeldaʼs ears, she also didnʼt dare to believe it, but after seeing the wanted poster, she had to!

Zelda was as if she has seen a ghost and immediately contact her aunt Layla who was very dejected after that incident and even punished by elders of their family. 

Layla was flabbergasted, hearing this astonishing news, and reported this to the family head who was also her Eldest Brother and Zeldaʼs father. 

And just like that, the entire organization shakes when this truth was confirmed that boy of low lands managed to escape from the sky-changing borderʼs formation without the sky-changing pass! 

Now almost every big shot of Pill Flame knows about the existence of Blood Rose and, most importantly, the earth-shattering secret that thief had on him! 

They quickly raised the bounty on him and even sent a group of envoys to the middle-lands to capture that thief alive, so they could obtain his secrets. 

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Three months pass and Ace didnʼt leave his cave. He was completely clueless about the storm he causes just by showing off his abilities! 

At this moment, Ace was completely focused before his eyes.

There was the needle-like light element soul Qi thread, which was moving in the air, creating a complex white structure in the air.. 

Two complete white structures were hovering in the air beside the new one that he was making with extreme care. 

Sweat was beading on Aceʼs forehead but he didnʼt lose his focus and controlled the soul thread with extreme care. 

With a hair margin, the soul thread was moving around a triangular pattern when it suddenly collide with it, and like a little firework, those three structures explode simultaneously.

”Damn this earth rune, why the hell is it so difficult!” Ace cursed while gritting his teeth. 

For three months he was trying to form the earth rune but failed every time. 

But his progress was noteworthy since he can form two structures and is only a little away from the third. 

One thing that was worth mentioning was he finally attained low-level proficiency in camouflage steps a week ago and start learning the Misperception Steps of Misperception Sky Art.

”I should get going now. Iʼll practice it after taking care of the participating business.” Ace sighed helplessly. 

”System I want to buy Hundred-Face Deception Mask.” Ace said pensively.

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”[Hundred-Face Deception Mask: Grade-2 Rune Item]”

{Purchase successfully}

{50,000TP has been deducted}

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[Thief Point(s): 26,530]

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”Where is the mask?” Ace questioned in confusion because nothing emerge in his thiefʼs space. 

”[Host, please remove the two-face mask.]”

Ace was started, but he did as he was told and disabled the two-face mask before taking it off. 

Before he could ask any further questions, abruptly a dark blue streak shot from his glabella!

The very moment thereafter, the two-face mask started to vibrate and suddenly the two faces of Javier and Victor faded! 

After that, the mask began to change and become completely pitch black as a white gem appeared on the forehead. It has become completely blank and faceless.

Ace was bewitched by it as he looked at this inky, faceless mask with a white gem. 

System sweet voice buzz at this moment in his head,

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[Hundred-Face Deception Mask: Grade 2 Rune Item. Upgraded version of Two-Face Mask]

[Ability: It can save 100 faces in the {Grade-1 Memory Gem}. It can also increase and decrease cultivation realms according to the wearerʼs will. The cultivation realms are only limited to the actual cultivation of the wearer and it cannot cross the wearerʼs cultivation base limit until the wearer broke into a higher realm.] 

[Description; It can trick Martial Sense of Qi Soul Martial Cultivator and Soul Sense of Soul River Core Soul Cultivator.]

[Warning: Cultivators of Soul Manifestation Martial Realm and Soul Embryo Realm can easily see through this maskʼs formation.] 

[Current Save Faces: 2]

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”What happened to my two-face mask?” Ace asked in bewilderment.

”[System has upgraded the Two-Face Mask into Hundred-Face Deception Mask.]” 

”To hell with your upgrade! I want my Two-Face Mask as well. I pay for it, damn it!” Ace instantly snap because he never thought this black-hearted system would not give him a new item and only upgrade the old one! 

After all, he had paid 50,000TP that he painfully collected and now his one item was taken away from him and he didnʼt even get a damn refund. How could he not be aggrieved? 

But to Aceʼs dismay, the system didnʼt even bother to give him any explanation and completely ignore his protest. 

”Iʼll remember this system!” In the end, he could only give up after threatening the System. 

After his empty fight with the system, he finally laid his eyes on the inky mask and couldnʼt help but grin because this is all he needed and it can increase or decrease the cultivation that he wanted for a long time. 

This means, now he can even pose as a mortal if he wanted to!

Furthermore, it can even fool a soul sense of someone at Soul Embryo Realm! 

Although it was a realm lower than Martial cultivation, it can still save his life.

Soul Cultivation also had eight realms.

Like Martial Cultivation, six know realms, Qi Gates, Qi Foundation Building, Qi River, Qi River Core, Qi Soul, and

Qi Soul Manifestation. 

The six known Soul Cultivation realms were Soul Gates, Soul Foundation Building, Soul River, Soul River Core, Soul Embryo, and

Soul Embryo Manifestation.

Ace ecstatically put the new inky mask on his face and the systemʼs voice sounded. 

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”[Hundred-Face Deception Mask is activated!]”

[First Option]

[Which face would host like to wear?]

[Face 1 or 2?]

[Please state the cultivation realm and stage for the face.]

[Note: You can only increase your cultivation up to High Stage of Foundation Building Realm.]

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[Second Option]

[Did the host only want to mask his cultivation?]

[Please state the cultivation realm and stage.]

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Ace snorted after hearing the systemʼs voice because she hadnʼt answered him when he protested just a few moments ago. 

But when he saw the new option, his eyes sparkled.

ʼOh, even that old ghost empty dream wasnʼt able to see through my Heavenly Cultivations. This is more convent. With this second open, people will be able to see my cultivation and it would be worldly cultivation.ʼ Ace was exhilarated.

”Use Victorʼs face with fifth Qi Gate cultivation,” Ace commanded with a snort. He still didnʼt forget about his two-face mask scam! 

The very next moment thereafter, Victorʼs face appeared, but his cultivation aura was of a fifth Qi Gate cultivator. 

As for why he specifically said fifth, not peak, it was because Ace knew about the cultivation techniques different in the upper lands, and this mask can even create the aura of 6th, 7th, 8th, or even 9th gate cultivator like himself!

In this part of middle-level lands, the sixth gate didnʼt exist just like low-lands, and only the top ten kingdoms had that method. 

Ace found a method in Dulceʼs ring which he gave away to those girls he rescued once in the luminous city. 

Ace chose victorʼs face because it was most likely that Skyler would never agree with her brotherʼs face to become wanted, nor her mysterious and powerful mother or the family behind them. 

Thatʼs why they could only give away Javierʼs face despite knowing he can transform into Victor as well and his hypothesis was right. 

After Skyler reunited with her brother, who was found by a servant in the same hotel room where Ace was staying. She had a sigh of relief.

When Patrick found out that Skyler was going to her mother and taking away Victor as well, he wanted to kill this unfilial daughter of his on the spot but encounter sullen Olivia. 

She was in a terrible mood after that scoundrel stole 10% part of her wealth and Patrick became her punching bag. 

But since Patrick had a relationship of husband and wife with Skylerʼs mother she didnʼt kill him and just left him there and take away both Skyler and enthusiastic Victor who was looking forward to meeting his mother and even forgotten about what Ace has done to him. 

Patrick can only resentfully watch and Nikoʼs complexion was also not good, but what can they both do in the face of an angry rune crafter bitch?

As for Aden, he stayed in the Regal Capital with his brother in the name of finding that thief who stole his entire wealth, but the main reason was he didnʼt want to go back at all. 

After making sure everything was fine, Ace exited the cave after three entire months and headed to the Royal Capital of Regal Kingdom. He canʼt wait to see this big city and stole everything he could from there.

ʼLetʼs see how the capital of the kingdom looks like.ʼ A smile creep out on his face as he vanished into nothingness.

But he didnʼt know the hidden forces were closely watching and waiting for the next appearance of the infamous Sky Stealer!