Chapter 75 (1/2)

Chapter 75: Retreat In Defeat

Translator: Yukidaruma Translations  Editor: Yukidaruma Translations

‘How could he be so fast?

‘How could he be so fast?’

Too many emotions – shock, astonishment, nervousness and many others flashed through his mind. But during the short time in which Fang Xingjian had thrust his sword out, Griffin was given no time to process all the emotions he was feeling before throwing out the Reduced Force Field by reflex.

At this most important moment, Griffin performed the most simple and basic life saving technique of every first transitioned Knight.

With Griffin as the center, raging energy shot out in all directions, and circles of ripples seemed to discharge from his body into the air. They were a type of explosive impact waves which formed when the air was pushed out in layers by the Reduced Force Field.

The air currents gushed forth, and Fang Xingjian felt as if the air in the surroundings seemed to suddenly turn very thick as the Reduced Forced Field caged around him. It made him feel as if he had suddenly been teleported deep down in the sea.

However, half of Griffin’s strength was obviously not enough to stop Fang Xingjian’s charge. Fang Xingjian went against the impact of the Reduced Force Field as his longsword inched closer and closer to Griffin.

The time between the explosion of the force field and Fang Xingjian’s sword thrust had been far too short. Just as Griffin’s brain received the signal from his nerves and truly started to feel terror, anxiety and panic, the longsword arrived half an inch away from his forehead.

Finally, under stress from Fang Xingjian’s physical strength, the air pressure in surroundings, and the pressure from Griffin’s force field, the longsword could not handle the impact from the three sources. Just a moment before the sword pierced into Griffin, with a crisp bang it shattered into tens of pieces which shot out in every direction.

Owhhhh!

Griffin wailed loudly. One of his eyeballs had been pierced by the pieces, and blood was gushing out from his eye socket. Frantically, he ran for his life like an injured wild beast.

The speed of Fang Xingjian’s attack had been too fast. Only now did Griffin’s brain finally react to it. His whole mind was filled to the brim with the fear and terror of almost being killed.

Fang Xingjian stood there unmoving, looking coldly at Griffin’s silhouette as the latter frantically made his escape. Fang Xingjian only looked but did not chase him. Once his longsword had shattered, he had lost the effect from the specialty ‘Single Sword World Subjugation’, and his powers had now been reduced to less than half of what they were before.

More importantly, he had seen a streak of ember sparks surging into the skies. He did not know what secret technique the First Prince had performed, but the fire clone had charged through Huang Lin’s and the Headmaster’s trap, had grabbed Griffin and dashed away. In but a moment, the two of them had disappeared.

“Huang Lin, Jackson, I shall remember what happened today. We’ll meet again at the Association’s trial.”

Huang Lin was looking at the First Prince’s disappearing silhouette, his gaze filled with killing intent.

Headmaster Jackson who, at the side, seemed to have gone back to the kind and amiable old grandfather persona, shaking his head while saying, “This fellow’s mastery of the Purgatory Demonic Compendium has improved. To think that a clone alone is able to escape from our joint efforts!”

Huang Lin coldly said, “That isn’t just any clone, but one of the clones from his thirty-two paged Devil’s Note. There’s a total of thirty-two pages in the Devil’s Note, and each can be used to create an extraordinary clone which would not only have the power to control the person who signs on it, but it would also have 10% of the powers of the First Prince himself.”

“Is it that powerful?” Fang Xingjian’s eyes narrowed as he asked, “What is the First Prince’s second transition job? Is this specialty alone so unbelievably powerful?”

Jackson laughed bitterly and said, “That is one of the secret second transition jobs in the Ancient Path of Hell, Demon Overlord. If he himself were to come today, or send a few more clones together with the people he has a contract with, we would be the ones who’d need to run.”

Huang Lin added, “Xingjian, you’ve always felt that the Empire is the strongest faction in the world. Then do you know that the Empire’s first generation King was the Sovereign of the Ancient Path of Hell back then?

“The Ancient Path of Hell is the faction that the royal family belongs to. They choose the two most outstanding princes from each generation, one to inherit the throne, the other to become the Sovereign of the Ancient Path of Hell, and to pass on the legacy.