Chapter 141: Face To The Fight
After witnessing what had happened, Zen came up with an idea. He took the opportunity to summon the life energy in his body. He waved his fist as he shouted, “Ogres Shaking the World!”
When the black shadow formed by the demonic life energy punched the giant hawk, the color of the hawk began to change from grey and brown to black.
A smile appeared on Zen's face. He hooked his finger at the hawk and watched as the bird flew to him and settled on his shoulder under his instruction.
“Hey, young man!” The Illuminating Soul Realm master who had summoned the giant hawk shouted as he pointed at Zen.
“Haha...you'd better mind yourself!” Seymour ignored what the man said and continued to chase the Illuminating Soul Realm master with the jade sword in his hand.
The person who survived the battle would get everything in the fairy palace. Even if all opponents survived, the person with the rightful claim over the contents of the fairy palace was driven to kill his opponents as he didn't want to share the benefits with the others. After all, greed and selfishness are innate human qualities.
Zen walked on the edge of the pavilion with the giant hawk on his shoulder. He didn't intend on participating in the fight at this time.
If someone's life vitality avatar came close to him, Zen would instruct the black hawk on his shoulder to devour that person's life vitality.
After a short while, the black hawk began to grow in size. Soon, it expanded to over thirty feet in height!
What a giant monster!
The hawk was so big that it couldn't rest on Zen's shoulder any longer. Therefore, Zen ordered it to hover around and wait for his command.
Those Illuminating Soul Realm masters whose life vitality Zen had devoured were shocked and confused. However, because they were fighting with other masters who were at the same refining grade as them, they couldn't shift their attention to Zen. They watched helplessly as their life vitality avatar was consumed.
“Ah! Ah!”
A miserable shriek filled the pavilion as another Illuminating Soul Realm master was killed. A colorful spear had pierced his body. Of course, the owner of the colorful spear was an Illuminating Soul Realm master too.
Not far from them, two Illuminating Soul Realm masters were hunting Sandra with the same long-handled broadswords in their hands.
They were most likely twin brothers as not only did they have the same weapons in their hands, but their clothes were similar. Most importantly, they shared the same facial features.
In spite of her wisdom, Sandra was not good at attacking. Under the attack of the two brothers, she seemed to be losing ground.
"Sandra, don't run! You'd better take off all your clothes and let us have some fun!
The place is so small. Where will you run to?"
The twin brothers bullied and insulted Sandra as they chased after her.
Finally, the twin brothers had cornered Sandra. With no way out, she shouted angrily, “If you dare to do anything to me, word of your deeds will spread. Then even the Yu Clan will not be able to save your lives!”
However, the twin brothers didn't care about her warning at all. “Do you think anyone will live to talk about what we do today?” A smug smile spread on their faces as the brothers replied.
Sandra's face darkened as regret filled her. She remembered the young man in the mask who had reminded her not to move the fifth statue. 'He must know something!' she thought. Unfortunately, she didn't have the chance to undo her actions.
While being hunted by the twin brothers, she noticed that the young man in the mask had used a special method to swallow others' life vitality.
'Maybe he can help me.' Thinking about this, she looked around for Zen. Her beautiful eyes were filled with despair. When she found Zen, she waved to him. Soon, life vitality gushed out from her body.
After a short while, a huge blue light ball appeared over Zen's head.
Zen had seen such a light ball before. He remembered that to prevent the lightning leopard from being affected by the giant puppets, the long-haired woman named Sandra had wrapped it with the light ball.
'Why is she gathering so much life vitality? Is she transferring her life vitality to me?' wondered Zen.
Then he turned to Sandra and saw her nod at him. After that, she burned all the remaining life vitality in her body and then exploded with a loud booming sound.
“What a pity! She would rather die than let us have fun,” one of the twin brothers said sadly with a shake of his head. Just then, he heard a gust of wind behind him.
With a puff, a knife pierced his chest. He looked at the broadsword and found it belonged to his younger brother. He turned around and stared at his brother with disbelief on his face. “Why? Why did you kill me?”
The younger brother shook his head and said, “Sorry! Since only one person can survive today, I didn't want you to become my last rival. I'll take care of our parents.”
Zen couldn't help but sigh at the action of the younger twin brother.
If the long-haired woman had trusted him, these Illuminating Soul Realm masters wouldn't have killed each other. Now, they were caught in a battle to the death and had no choice but to kill each other.
From what he had seen, Zen understood that there was no basic trust, not even between brothers.
Seeing that the blue light ball formed by Sandra's life vitality before her death hadn't disappeared, Zen commanded the bird in silence. The black hawk shrieked as it flew toward the blue light ball.
After transforming the blue light ball into demonic life energy, the black hawk grew even bigger!
Zen wasn't eager to join the fight. He stood still and waited for a chance. .
When the Desperate Melee had been triggered, everyone was connected by a thin stream of life vitality. Since there were many people at the beginning, this life vitality had been quite disorganized.
However, as the battle continued, more and more Illuminating Soul Realm masters were killed. The life vitality stream connecting a person to the other participants would break after his death.
Now, only three connected streams of life vitality were left.
They linked Zen with the other two Illuminating Soul Realm masters, Seymour and an old man with a dragon head stick in his hand.
As Zen watched, Seymour fought the old man fiercely.
Since they had managed to survive to the end, both Seymour and the old man must be outstanding in terms of wisdom and competence.
Both opponents knew that only one of them could survive to the end and that the survivor would become the owner of the fairy palace treasure house.
The young man in the mask who had been watching them fight had only reached a half-step into the nature level, so they were not afraid of him at all.
Now, since they were just one step away from success, the fighting between these two Illuminating Soul Realm masters increased in intensity. The raging life vitality burnt crazily and its impact could be felt across all corners of the pavilion. Even Zen, who was watching from a distance, could feel it. To protect himself, Zen stood behind the black hawk.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Hearing several loud explosions, Zen walked out from behind the black hawk. As the burning life vitality faded, he saw Seymour standing with the jade sword in his hand.
He looked utterly bedraggled with torn clothes and burnt hair. Seymour cursed as he limped, “Idiot! Did you think I would die with you, old mongrel? Dream on!”
Just then, Seymour realized that a stream of life vitality still bounded his chest. He had spent all his energy in fighting the old man and had forgotten that there was still a rival in the pavilion.
It came to Seymour that he needed to fight the young man in the mask. However, the thought didn't worry Seymour. A relaxed expression replaced the confusion Seymour felt when he saw the life vitality around his chest. To him, a young man who had just reached a half-step into the nature level was nothing more than a little beetle. Although he was badly injured, Seymour was confident that he would be able to crush the little beetle.
“Young man, you have two choices. Either you commit suicide, or you die by my hand. You'd better choose suicide so that you do not waste my time. Otherwise, as punishment, you'll suffer a lot before you die!” With that, Seymour gradually walked closer to Zen.
Zen narrowed his eyes and replied, “What if I don't choose any of them?”
Seymour shook his head and shouted, “You don't have a third choice!”
“Hahaha...” Zen suddenly burst into laughter. “Who do you think you are? Why should you decide my future? I have a third option. I will kill you!”
With that, Zen reached out, and the power of the Phoenix Crystal in his right hand was injected into the body of the black hawk beside him. After absorbing the power, the speed of the black hawk increased tenfold. Then it flew toward Seymour.
Seymour had already noticed the black hawk standing besides Zen. Not only had it increased in size after swallowing countless life vitality, but its power was also astonishing. Thinking about this, fear coursed through Seymour. However, he reminded himself that the person controlling the black hawk was only a young man at a half-step into the nature level.
With the control ability of a person at a half-step into the nature level, the black hawk would have no threat to him at all.
Since practitioners who were at a half-step into the nature level, had not learned how to transform the life energy in their body into life vitality yet, they were unable to skillfully control a life vitality avatar. Therefore, even if the black hawk were significantly powerful, it couldn't match Seymour, who could move as quickly as a ghost.
However, to Seymour's surprise, when the black hawk was infused with demonic life energy combined with the power of the Phoenix Crystal, its speed had increased tenfold.
With a whir, the black hawk turned into a strong wind and gushed toward Seymour.
Although Seymour had been injured badly when he was fighting the old man, as an Illuminating Soul Realm master, his speed and strain capacity were much better than an average person's. Even though he was limping, Seymour still managed to dodge the black hawk's attack.
“Your black hawk is truly remarkable. It has accumulated such tremendous power so quickly! Even I can't compare with it. However, although very fast, its speed is still not enough. You want to rely on this black hawk to defeat me? Dream on!” Seymour's eyes glittered as he shouted at Zen. Then, he threw himself into the air at an extremely high speed and swung his jade sword at Zen.
If an Illuminating Soul Realm master tried, he could reach incredibly high speeds. With a blink of an eye, Seymour, who had been some distance away from Zen, narrowed the gap between them to such an extent that he was now less than three feet away!
“Wow, so fast!” Zen shouted in shock. He immediately activated the Phoenix Crystal in his right arm. Then his speed suddenly increased tenfold. When supplemented by the momentary burst of power from his legs, Zen was able to push himself more than a hundred feet away. Thus, he narrowly dodged Seymour's sword.
Zen was at a half-step into the nature level, so he could neither burn his life vitality nor fly. Whereas, Seymour could do both of these. Seeing that his target had run away, Seymour gave chase.
As Zen was unable to fly like Seymour, he was inevitably at a disadvantage.