With Raul as the center, his surroundings started to dim as though night was falling. A blood-red moon slowly rose behind him, staining the darkness in red.Raul scoffed. "I plan on ending this quickly so you'll know what being truly strong means."Raul had planned on going easy instead of showing his full strength, but he changed his mind the moment he sensed the dense energy in the Broken Soul Blade. He was worried that something unexpected would happen. Even though it was incredibly unlikely, it was better to be safe and merciless than sorry.Raul let out a shout as his hands moved again. The sun behind him started to turn into a blood-red blade. Like an arrow, it shot right at Fane.Fane raised an eyebrow before he slowly pushed forward, sending the Broken Soul Blade toward Raul at an imperceptible speed.The two techniques clashed in the air, and as a result of the collision between the black light and the strange red hue, their surroundings darkened. Even though the lights w
A large percentage of the pain Raul felt disappeared that very moment, and he slowly recovered bits of his rationality. He trembled as his eyes widened, and what he saw was Fane reaching toward his sleeves, taking out the box with the Azure Soul Fruit.The scene greatly affected Raul, and he started to twitch again.His lips were pale as he gritted his teeth and glared at Fane, wanting nothing more than to rip Fane to shreds. He was angry beyond relief, but there was nothing he could do to turn the tables, and he acknowledged this with despair.Looking into himself, he realized that his soul was already ripped apart and a third of his soul was gone. Unless he had a sort of divine medicine, he would never survive this. He would just be in even more pain after that.When he realized this, Raul was filled with pain and hopelessness. His whole body was twitching tightly, and his eyes widened. He looked like someone suffering from dementia.Fane could tell that Raul had resigned himsel
Alfred could not bring himself to continue after that. He felt like he was a burden and knew this, but if he chose not to follow Fane, he would no doubt suffer.Rudy could see how helpless Alfred felt and could feel Alfred's inner turmoil.If he was as talented as Fane, he would have been able to shield Alfred and assure him from worrying. However, Rudy was a burden to Fane as well. If he dragged Fane down with more burdens, he would be too disgraceful.Rudy sighed helplessly, saying softly, "Since Fane hasn't asked you to leave, it means you can still follow us, so long as you don't betray us."Saying that, Rudy looked at Fane guiltily.All this while, Fane heard them mumbling behind them, so he turned to look at the conflicted Alfred. Even though he did not hear what they were whispering to each other clearly, he could tell what they were talking about from their expressions.Smiling, Fane simply said, "I can't guarantee that I'll bring you out alive, but I'll do my best. I don
Unless someone harbored venomous vengeance against these three warriors, this had to be the work of a warrior from a second-grade world. Only they would be so sadistic to warriors from third-grade worlds.After inspecting the corpses, Fane relayed his findings, albeit in a cold tone. "These people were first heavily injured before they were tortured to death. It looks like it was done by a warrior from a second-grade world."Fane was sure of this.Rudy and Alfred nodded in agreement as well. The heavy injuries meant that the corpses had been no match for their opponents. They had been dealt a heavy blow before being tortured to death.If Fane had not saved Alfred, he might have shared a similar fate.The thought of this made Alfred's breathing quicken. His face paled once more, and he started to tremble with anger.Death was something common to warriors and many were accustomed to it, but torture was an entirely different story.Torture was something devoid of dignity.Judging
At that moment, footsteps were heard coming from afar, and Fane, Rudy, and Alfred jumped at the sound alertly. Fane frowned as he looked in the direction of these footsteps, but before they could see clearly, someone shouted out, "Don't be alarmed! The four of us are from third-grade worlds."At that moment, a genial-looking man in gray robes came out with three warriors from third-grade worlds behind him. The group walked toward Fane gingerly.Fane stared at the person for a good while before nodding at him. After the four of them walked over, they greeted each other before revealing their origins.Their group had been temporarily formed. The one who first walked was called Frederick Gaunt from the Lycan Continent, a third-grade world. The three behind him were Len Davis and Trent Walker from Chaos Continent, as well as Conor Rice from White Marsh Continent.The four of them happened to meet and decided to form a small alliance. Them approaching Fane and his company was because th
Conor looked at Fane's cold expression and scoffed. Squinting, he said, "It looks like you don't agree with me. Well, there's nothing we can do, then. After all, this group was formed with only one purpose in mind, which is to get out of here alive. Every additional burden means another layer of danger, and anyone can see this logic."Fane coldly looked at Conor before he said plainly, "If that's the case, then there's no need for us to work together."With that, Fane turned around to leave.A flash of surprise could be seen in Conor's eyes, which Fane noticed and internally scoffed at.He knew what was on Conor's mind.In Conor's eyes, they were doing Fane a great favor by letting him join. Conor thought that Fane would be defenseless without the help of the group, but Fane did not seem to think that joining the group was a necessary choice.He did not see joining the group as asking for protection but merely cooperation. Since they could not come to terms, he could leave at any
Conor was displeased to hear Frederick's words. "We won't benefit from having these two dragging us down!"Frederick turned and looked at Conor unhappily, saying loudly, "It's not the time to be stubborn. Even if they're not strong enough, anything that happens will be their problem. It's not like we're splitting up the resources. There's no reason not to have a few more."Conor raised an eyebrow, somewhat accepting Frederick's point of view. Just like Frederick said, it was not like they were fighting over profit. They were not splitting up any spirit crystals, so one more person just meant one more scapegoat.If there was any danger, they would not need to care about those two.After Conor thought about it, he nodded at Frederick.Conor thus turned around and grabbed Fane's arm, but the latter merely pushed his hand away. "I'm not joining your group. I'm just cooperating with you," he spoke, his tone apathetic. Nonetheless, it clearly showed them where he stood. He did not want
The air around them was quite humid, but it was definitely a safe spot.Conor stood in place and said as he looked around, "Even though we have a lot of cover, we're definitely not completely safe. We should split up and keep watch separately. The moment we see any movement, we should notify everyone else."All of them nodded in agreement. Before the slaughter game ended, they needed to be on high alert. If they fell into any traps or ended up surrounded, then the consequences would be dire. Those warriors from second grade worlds were all sick in the head. They would hunt and torture the warriors from third grade worlds with the cruelest methods.No one wanted to die so horribly, so they were all on full alert. After Frederick thought about it, he decided to rotate the watch. After a certain interval, he would send a different person out as a scout, observing the surroundings for any movements. The moment a dangerous situation was noticed, they would tell the rest with a sound arra