Chapter 70: The Embrace of Darkness (1/2)

'Ah! Ah! Ah!' Jake panted.

He stood up limping, as he stared at the masked men.

Despite the activation of his [Akashic Eye], Jake wasn't happy at all.

Far from that, he was tense!

His body was a mess right now, and he had no weapons to fight. He had only activated his special eye to support him.

However, that didn't make him despair. He intensely gazed at the masked men, checking for any weakness he could use to his advantage.

Yet, he couldn't find any satisfactory. The ones he noticed would require him to use his physical body to his limit, something he had already done minutes ago.

If he went past his limit again, he might die or, worst-case scenario, he might cripple his body. That was not a viable solution!

Jake had heard of cultivators crippling their bodies during battles. They become a husk of themselves and lose most of their abilities. Some of them would even be hunted by their enemies and tortured till death.

The part of cultivation is a progressive path. The moment one stops, everything will come crashing down at him like karma.

Hence, he could not take the risk of severely damaging his body.

”Hmm..?” Jake got out of his thought space as he sensed danger around him.

His [Akashic Eye] brightened up as he scouted around, 'It seems they have become rather impatient.'

*Pa!*

Immediately, a familiar bullet-shaped energy came wheezing to his current location.

He easily dodged it, but he instantly realized that it was a trap!

*Shing!*

A weapon was swung behind him. Jake could already feel the sharpness of the weapon as it came down at him, giving him no time to react.

*Shwew!*

The attack sliced Jake's location as it descended to the ground.

Due to the impact, the attack summoned dust that clouded the vicinity and blocked the view of everyone.

Opening his largemouth, the senior blew a terrifying amount of air that was sure to be able to propel a stone.

The air dispersed the dust and the senior waited expectantly to see Jake sliced in half.

”What?!” He exclaimed.

The dust had already cleared and the senior could see everything.

Due to the attack, his weapon was lodged to the ground, but there was no blood on the ground.

Instead, the area was empty of life.

Just as he was wondering where Jake was, he heard a scream!

Looking ten feet away from him, he saw his junior screaming as a pool of blood dripped from his head.

He had thought perhaps it was Jake, but Jake wasn't there. Instead, the most likely cause was that stone, stained with blood beside the junior, had done it. Yet, that begged the question, where was Jake?

No sooner, the senior received his answers as everywhere became dark, like the color of shadows, like a place without light.

”The lights!” the senior shouted.

He had dropped the light lamp when he began his fight with Jake.

The light provided from the lamp had helped both sides to see their enemies, but clearly, his opponent didn't want it anymore.

”Junior, come to me! We will watch each other back,” shouted the senior in the dark.

He hoped his junior could find him through his voice as he wouldn't be speaking twice.

With his rich experience, he understood what his enemy was doing. Stalking his prey in the dark. This was the classic move of predators and assassins.

His opponent had also surrendered his environment to the dark. Clearly, he had enough confidence to fight blind.

In one glance, the senior understood Jake's motive, 'He knew he could not last, so he changed the stage. Somewhere he is more comfortable at.'

Part of the reason for this deduction was his clashes with Jake. He had analyzed Jake's fighting style and halfly understood his thought process.

His body jolted when he felt something behind him. He was about to strike the movement when he heard a small whisper, 'It is me!'

He recognized the voice. It was his junior's voice.

Smiling, he whispered back, 'Good!'

Finally feeling the sense of security behind him, He decided to get over the nonsense.

Brightening up his body with the brilliance of [Spirit Essence], he channeled it into his sword and conjured a flame.

He also made a flame ball on his hand and threw it at his front. Everything the flame ball went, it would brighten up the location.