Chapter 134 - Hunting the Hunter - 3 (1/2)

Hei was falling from the sky to impale with his spear Mok Tong-Hyo who was on the ground. The enemy had his eyesight blocked due to Hei's darkness law technique. Furthermore, thanks to the successive hits of Xing, Ye, and Lian, the spirit power layer of Mok Tong-Hyo had been temporarily reduced to the point that allowed Hei to be able to overcome the cultivation gap.

But Mok Tong-Hyo was still a third-stage spirit soldier. He had served the Red Devil Jin-Sang for years and had years of battle experience with him. The number of spirit soldiers killed by him wasn't at all low. So, even in such a situation, he wouldn't let two kids and their spirit beasts take him out.

With his eyesight still blocked, Mok Tong-Hyo tried to use his other senses to understand the situation. He could sense that something was coming from the other towards him. So he repeated the same move. The only difference was that the width covered by his feathers increased, however reducing the density since the feathers had to cover a larger area.

Seeing this, Hei stopped his advance, taken by surprise. Fortunately, Lian, who was always watching him, used her ribbons that were still close to that position to pull Hei backward, bringing him next to her. In doing so, she allowed Hei to dodge Mok Tong-Hyo's attack.

Mok Tong-Hyo then got up. He angrily peeled off the black liquid that Hei had emitted, which had become more like sticky black slime. From the slight blood coming out of his mouth and head, it was clear that he had been injured during the scuffle against the flurry of attacks from before.

”Damn brats. Enough. You pissed me off. I don't give a damn about the Captain's order any more. I swear on my name that I will tear you to pieces. Zhenniao Bloodline, Activate!”

Bringing all the spirit power available to him, the aura around Mok Tong-Hyo began to glow as it took on a purple-green color. His eyes changed to the same color as the blood coming out of his mouth stopped. The next instant, the shoes, and part of the pants that the spirit soldier was wearing exploded, revealing a pair of metal greaves. These greaves differ from regular models since they were connected to a couple of sollerets, resulting in a single piece rather than two separate pieces. Like with the gauntlets, the sollerets had a pointed end similar to claws.

”Now, I'm going to show you the true power of a spirit soldier!”

Mok Tong-Hyo screamed as he condensed his spirit power into both gauntlets and greaves. In an instant, a whistle was produced by these metal protectors as small cracks in the metal were opened.

”Law of Poison, Explosion of Poisonous Feathers!”

Boom!

With a loud roar, the greaves and gauntlets poured out a shower of poisonous feathers created with the spirit power of Mok Tong-Hyo. The quantity, density, power, and number of feathers produced by the technique were by no means comparable to before. It was true even though it was only a variant of the same technique.

”Ye, Xing!”

Noticing Mok Tong-Hyo's change in spirit power flow, Hei yelled at his two little sisters, implicitly urging them to reach him. Having reached the second rank, he could now use the spirit sense technique. However, this technique wasn't only useful in locating enemies from afar but could also be used to observe changes in the enemy's flow even though you weren't always able to react promptly.

Ye and Xing joined their big brother in the blink of an eye and climbed over his shoulders. Hei then pulled Lian to him, squeezing her tightly to his chest and quickly covered all four with his hair. At the same time, Lian maneuvered her two ribbons to create an additional barrier layer.

”Not enough, Battle Formation!” Hei exclaimed, knowing that just with those two techniques, it was impossible to stop Mok Tong-Hyo's attack.

Quickly, the spirit power of the four united, elevating their outflow. The exact moment they did this, the rain of feathers arrived. Since he didn't want them to avoid his attack as they had done before, Mok Tong-Hyo enormously enlarged the affected area. Although it would decrease the density of the feathers, he didn't care since the number of feathers of spirit power was immense.

Peng! Crash! Boom!

Everything these feathers touched would have been destroyed. Roads, buildings, and other objects, regardless of the material, were torn apart. The entire commercial area where they were fighting took on a desolate look as if a violent gust had destroyed everything. Amid that destruction, only the dome created with Lian's two silk ribbons resisted. The spirit power of the four had been raised through the Battle Formation, allowing them to resist the impact of that power entirely.

From a distance, the guards called by the fleeing citizens were watching this scene in horror. With one glance they could understand that the situation was something they absolutely couldn't do anything about. They were third to fourth stage spirit apprentices, with someone reaching the fifth stage. How could they be able to intervene in a confrontation of this magnitude? The Captain of the guards, a sixth stage spirit apprentice, also observed the scene, trembling nervously. It wasn't only because of the destruction he was witnessing, but above all because of a particular detail.

”Lord Mok Tong-Hyo!”

The Captain of the guards recognized the man in the sky who had produced this destruction. As Captain of the guards of the Blue Lobster City, a city with thick ties to the Red Devil Jin-Sang, how would he not have been able to recognize one of the spirit soldiers under the service of the Pirate General?

Mok Tong-Hyo meanwhile let out a deep sigh. The technique he had used had consumed much of his available spirit power. Not only had he utilized the four metal pieces he used as weapons in unison, but he had activated his bloodline to increase the power of his Poison Law. But despite his efforts, he had incredibly failed to annihilate the enemy.

The dome of silk ribbons was still standing, and the four that were hidden inside were still alive. It was nothing but a deep stain for the honor of Mok Tong-Hyo, who didn't expect two early first-stage spirit soldiers to be able to resist his full power. And although they had two spirit beasts at their disposal, these spirit beasts were comparable only to two first-stage spirit soldiers. Therefore, it shouldn't have been possible for them to remain unharmed at all.

”The bloodline you activated... you said Zhenniao, right?” Hei asked while the defense of ribbons and hair dissolved, revealing the young brown-skinned man.

”Yes, and then? What's up? Are you scared?”