A Failure's hopeful Journey

Chapter 128: Awkward Ending.

The people around did not stop their own battles when they saw the kids vanish from the spot. On the roof, You Zhichi was a bit anxious. She wanted to help her brother but before she could act, You Xi Wang asked her to stay away, not because he doubted her strength or skill but because he might need her to attack at a crucial moment.

You Xi Wang and the others moved using the spirit beast skills. They moved through the shadows. The primal soul cultivator could sense them a moment, but they would again vanish as soon as he would attack. He was enraged to find that he was now being played by a kid. The man in the black robe shifted the target for his embarrassment. He moved towards Xia Xue, who was watching over the battle. His figure flickered and just as he appeared next to Xia Xue. He raised his corpse-like pale and bony hands towards her with his fingers forming a claw. 

Xia Xue was a core formation realm level cultivator and was not ready to face such a cruel sudden attack from this Dark Dweller. She raised her hand to block his claw. The man grinned under the hood of his robe. His claw was just a few inches away from Xia Xue. Once the claw comes in contact, his skill will take effect and this woman would be his puppet. Just as he was about to lay his claw on the Xia Xue's arm, a bad premonition struck his heart. He could not retreat. When you cast a powerful attack, you cannot stop it midway or you will face a backlash. His second long hesitation cost him a hand. 

SHING! 

A vibrating sound rang out in his ears and the next moment he felt his extended right hand go numb. He retreated, only to watch his right hand fall down on the ground. He did not even feel pain because the cut was so clean. The man turned and saw his whole right hand has been detached from his shoulder. There were some burn marks on the edges of the wound, it was the flame poison of Purgatory. It would work slowly but surely.

The man wailed. A hoarse voice rang out. People in the surrounding could sense the pain in this scream. All the surrounding people stopped amidst their battles. The primal soul dark dwellers fighting with the You elders cried, "Nightmare."

They wanted to ask more, but just then they saw a bullet flying aimed straight at the man in the black robe. He might be hurt, but he was still a high-level cultivator in this part of the world. He waved his left hand in order to stop the bullet with a sneer on his face, but how was he to know that this bullet was a facade. A spike protruded out of the ground where he stood, stabbed through his left feet. The left hand suddenly wavered because of the pain. The bullet penetrated his hood and landed on his face. The man gave off a muffled scream. 

The elders realized that the juniors did not stop attacking because the opponent was in pain. They woke up from the stupor and immediately attacked their respective opponents. The dark dwellers were distracted, but they sensed some attacks being cast on them, and hurriedly tried to block them. The defensive measures taken in haste were not completely invulnerable. They could offset fifty percent of the attacks, but they still bore half the damage. Ushijima Choma spoke two words, "Frozen Horizon."

This was her strongest attack. She raised her hand and pointed her slender finger towards the lead Dark Dweller. A blue light flashed on the horizon. The targeted dark dweller was already wounded, and this strong attack was too swift. Before he could guess what happened, he felt a strong cold originating from his abdomen. He turned to gaze down on his torso. The scene left him aghast. His torso was split into two parts by a horizontal cut. The more frightening aspect was that the body started freezing at a quick pace. Before he could react, the man had turned into two ice sculptures. A dark light could be seen drilling out of the Dark Dweller's forehead. You Naixin was aware that a primal soul could still live even after the physical body is destroyed. She made her move. 

"Flame Forest." her voice was calm and cold. Soon she waved her right hand towards the dark dweller. Soon shrill cries came out as the frozen dark dweller was engulfed in flames. Both the ladies exchanged a glance and nodded. Ushijima Choma destroyed the physical body while You Naixin took care of the soul trying to escape. They focused their attention on the two primal soul dark dwellers. You Naixin shouted at her brothers, "You Old Men, If you did not wrap up these two then watch how I ask my sisters-in-law to let you kneel on cactus, and ninth brother, your beard will be turned to ashes this time."

The nine men shivered and their attacks became more strong. You Naixin was very good at motivating this bunch of lazy old men.

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Down on the ground, the man in the black robe was not spared even an inch. When he was wailing because of the bullet hitting his face. Yuki appeared behind him and with no hesitations, she drew her Katana out of its sheath. The drawing slash was filled with ice elemental spiritual energy, Yuki was using the shadow walk skill she got from her wolf companion Shadow. You cannot be sensed if you walk through shadows. The night hounds and snow hounds had the best stealth in the world. The upward slash continued with a downward slash. Both the slashes were diagonal marking the back of the black-robed man with an X. The wounds had blue light flashing inside dimly.

This was You Xi Wang's idea, Infiltrate the man's body with your own spiritual energy and disrupt his dark energy. Yuki retreated before the man could attack her. The black-robed man felt cold pain from his back, making him suck in a cold breath. This kind of pain could only be defined as burning. He waved his hand and took out a healing pill. Next moment his hand froze in mid-air. Maya had unknowingly left her guard position and appeared next to the man. You Xi Wang needed to look at the man's eyes to cast a soul spell, but Maya could do that without fulfilling this condition. 

She had cast an illusion of what the man wanted to see desperately at this moment. He saw himself eat the pill and then he cast a soul skill, killing everyone. The time flow changes inside the illusion depending on the caster. Allan moved at this moment, he cast a fire spell. He spoke two words in his heart, "Flame shower."

He took out his heavy assault rifle and fired at the man from point-blank range. The bullets were all filled with fire spirit energy. The man in the robe could not sense all this as his brain was wrapped inside the illusion. The bullets landed on his body, but they could not leave deadly damage. The physique of a Primal Soul realm cultivator was very strong after years of practice. Allan retreated as soon as the magazine of 100 bullets was emptied. Maya also returned to her position with haste. She had used all her energy. Despite being a level four beast, she was still a cub. Her body could not contain a lot of energy now. The illusion ended, causing the man to wake up. He looked around and found that the situation was still the same as before. He felt strong pain coming from all over his body. He screamed in pain and anger. He could not remember the last time he felt such pain and torment. But will he be given the chance to catch his breath? Only in his grave. 

Neo had earlier pierced through his feet with an earth spike, this time he just made the already stabbed through spike to grow more branches of sharp thorns. The man gritted his teeth and did not give in to pain this time easily. The healing pill in his hand had been blasted off by Allan earlier. He lifted his foot and broke the earth spike tying him to the spot. You Xi Wang flashed and attacked the man. 

He yelled in a low voice, "Piercing Dragon." all his spear intent converged into a dragon in a flash. At this moment he was pushing himself to the limit. This opponent was very dangerous. He could tip the scale of the battle in an instant. If he were to be allowed an opportunity. The spear was aimed at the man's chest. The dragon differed from before. It was as big as a needle and it was golden. Yes, You Xi Wang used his all elemental spiritual energy and concentrated it on this attack. The man in the black robe was startled at first, but when he saw the needle-sized dragon attacking him. He sneered and waved his claw towards You Xi Wang. 

The claw scratched You Xi Wang's chest and blood spilled, but the golden dragon also pierced through the chest of the black-robed man. The man spoke in a wobbly voice, "Humph, mutt wanted to kill me with this superficial attack. You will now be my puppet."

His eyes flashed under the hood. He tried to attack You Xi Wang with his soul. You Zhichi on the roof spoke to Lina, "Shoot that bastard." Lina complied and fired the sniper rifle. A bullet flew and in an instant appeared next to the man in the robe.

You Zhichi had disappeared after instructing Lina. Snow followed You Zhichi. They were both Ice elemental cultivators. They held their swords, forming a cross. They both gathered all their spiritual energy in their swords. They spoke, "Dual Ice Cut."

The man was busy trying to control You Xi Wang and deflecting the bullet. He did not expect this attack to come to his back so suddenly. he hurriedly cast a soul shield to block, but his mind was already doing three tasks at the same time. Allan appeared close to him and fired the gun in his hand. Neo also rushed and appeared next to him and swung his halberd down at his head. Fenny also shot three consecutive shots at him, aiming at all his vital organs. Yuki followed behind You Zhichi and Snow. The moment the sword attack by the two landed, she drew her Katana and attacked the man with her strongest attack, "Luan Slash."

The man had was already wounded and could not block this barrage coming at him. He blocked sword slash, but his right side was showered with hot bullets. He tolerated this spray with his physique alone. His left shoulder was cut by Neo's halberd. This attack was crude and left his arm hanging by a patch of flesh. Fenny's bullet hit the man's heart, liver, and crotch. The man was hurt beyond words. The icing on the cake, Yuki's slash, came at his back which had apparently no protection after blocking the last attack from You Zhichi and Snow. 

Neo appeared next to You Xi Wang, who was sluggish now. You Xi Wang's eyes cleared up as the system acted to flush out the robed man's consciousness. He spoke, "Tell Yama, You Family sends their regards. SuperNova."

Neo supported him and all of them fled. The man in the robe wanted to chase, but he felt his body boiling. He screamed in bewilderment, "What is going on?" he was a primal soul realm cultivator. He was completely aware of his body conditions. He looked at the sky and screamed, "WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? ARGH" 

His screams were useless. The golden dragon inside him refined not only his dark energy but also his soul energy. His body started glowing and then an explosion sounded. 

BOOM.

The man in the robe was reduced to ashes and what left was a crater of a 30-meter radius. The people were shocked by this explosion. Alester Book was monitoring it all, and he was worried about his disciple. He waved his hand and all the dark dwellers froze in the spot. Space tunnels opened behind them. A strong suction pulled them all inside. Just as they were half inside the space tunnel, the tunnels closed. Their bodies were split in two and they fell down. The whole environment was silent and awkward.