Chapter 271: Triple Advancement (1/2)

'I can't move it' Ed thought to himself, as he tried to slash the colossal body in front of him. Yet, it couldn't budge a single millimeter.

”So, you've dropped far enough to attack from behind, huh descendant of Vortigern,” Erykytos said with a calm voice. It seemed as if the sword stuck in his chest was a decoration and not a threat to his life.

”Well, it didn't seem like it was very effective, was it?” Ed couldn't help but say with a wry smile on his face. His body slowly appeared out of thin air, causing the bystanders to open their eyes wide in shock.

”I'm rather intrigued actually, how did you make a copy of Sarin so perfectly?” Erykytos asked. In the middle of all the stunned faces, he was the only one calm enough to show interest.

”I'll tell you if you tell me how you're still alive even after I pierced your heart,” Ed said. ”How about it? A fair trade don't you think?”

”Certainly” Erykytos' hand found his chin and started to scratch it. ”Well, the heart is just another muscle. If you train it hard enough, you'll be able to withstand such attacks. You youngsters nowadays lack training, back in our days, everyone focused on their vitals instead of their cultivation level. The latter matters very little when death comes knocking silently from behind.”

”Thank you for your wise words Elder,” Ed truthfully said what he thought. ”Then my turn. That's not a copy of Sarin nor is it a puppet that looks like him. It's just a disguise.”

”hohoho, don't try to fool me now,” Erykytos said as if amused. ”No mere disguise could hide from my eyes.”

”It's a very special disguise you see,” Ed said.

”Well, if you're not going to tell me, I'll find out for myself.”

Erykytos took a step forward towards the two Sarins; the sword still lodged in his heart. Ed felt an immense force pull him to the front, and his body reacted automatically, as he tried to stand his ground. His whole body tensed up and his muscles bloated up to twice their size. Yet, he couldn't stop the advance. He activated his Nen and used all of his power until Erykytos couldn't take another step forward.

”Not bad,” the man, who appeared like a giant, said. ”How about this?” Suddenly, his Qi spiked and his body hurled forward. Ed's resistance meant very little then.

Ed realized that he was simply wasting his time and effort, and thus stored his katana in his Inventory in order to be freed from the person he was trying to kill.

Erykytos stopped and turned to look back at Ed; his face held a tinge of disappointment. But, before he could continue his advance towards Sarin, Dawlish made his move. He deemed the Sarin next to him as the real one and attacked the injured one that was brought in.

”What are you doing?! Didn't you see how he used the Poison!” one of the two elderly men standing by shouted in order to stop Dawlish, but it was to no avail.

”Gobuta, feel free to attack them,” Ed's voice came from the back, undaunted by Erykytos' aura. Dawlish sent his a threatening look but was forced to focus on the Sarin he was targeting, as he felt a murky Qi forming. He felt his head turn slowly, as if he was frozen in time, and saw Sarin breaking out of a shell.

It was like a hardboiled egg being peeled. Sarin's skin, hair, clothes, and injuries, everything simply fell off. And out came a surprise. Dark violet skin and black tattoos all over. Eyes that hinted death and murder, and Qi so violent it wanted to burn the air surrounding it. Gobuta came out and extended his left hand forward, easily catching Dawlish's sword between his fingers. Then, out of his spatial ring came out his great sword.