"Sergeant Pyke and two more soldiers will hold this guy at level 43, Sergeant Nedo and two other soldiers will hold the one at level 42, and I'll support both of the groups," Minos declared.
"As for the rest, kill one at level 41 quickly and return to assist the two groups to deal with the rest," Minos continued decisively.
He was not a benevolent person. Having learned from Henricus Longus' experiences, Minos knew how problematic a simple situation could escalate if a problem was not dealt with immediately.
Thus, since Darell's group came to kill and steal them, then they could only expect the same from Minos.
"Damn it!" The protector of the Silva family, who had the weakest power among their group, cursed Minos upon hearing the boy's words.
"Brat, aren't you going too far? You don't think the Silva family will let this slide if you kill us, do you?" Philip growled with a serious expression on his face. He hoped to appeal to anything that could save their lives. Otherwise...
When Minos heard this, his group had already entered the formation while focusing their attacks on each of the protectors just like they were ordered before.
A smirk appeared on Minos' lips as he spoke, "Do you think I'm an idiot? If I release you, then I would only have to flee, and always be at the risk of being killed by the Silva family all my life. But if I kill you… it might even take years before they would be able to find out!
There's not much to think about, haha," Minos shook his head with a laugh before unleashing another sword attack in Philip's direction.
Spatial Sword!
Of course, with the difference of ten whole levels in strength between the two parties, Minos would not be able to prevent Philip from moving, but that guard still activated his defense technique and tried to dodge the attack.
However, at the same time that Minos' attack landed, three other soldiers at level 40 also did the same, launching their attack techniques on the protector Philip.
'Hell!' Philip activated his defense as much as he could while trying to dodge attacks.
He could only think of trying to defend and not attack.
Meanwhile, the weaker protector was increasingly at a disadvantage when being faced with four soldiers at the same time and it wouldn't be long before he fell!
Boom!
Just as things were getting dire for the Silva family's protector, the young Darell finally recovered from the spiritual array's stunning effect which Minos had previously prepared. He could see a series of lights and hear a loud noise all around him.
'Damn it, what happened?' Darell asked himself, feeling a considerable discomfort in his vision.
He recovered quickly since his subordinates had set up a defensive array as soon as they were ambushed, lessening the stunning effects and protecting the young master of the Silva family from the ongoing fight in front of him.
At this point, Darell witnessed many attacks being launched on the three men in front of him, along with that, he could also see a lot of light effects and explosions happening around him.
Boom!!
Darell gazed up and saw a large black circumference, resembling a ring, with a fog of the same color on the inside.
A few cracking sounds were heard by him up close, causing discomfort to rise in his heart as he saw that there were cracks developing on the defensive formation.
Crack!
However, before the defense array was destroyed, Darell saw a deeply shocking scene. Protector Bayo, the one who was at level 41, was being brutally murdered!
'Damn it! I can't take it anymore,' Bayo thought to himself as he felt that his defense was going to collapse at any moment.
Wind Palm!
One of Minos' soldiers activated his attack technique, releasing a large wind blast in Bayo's direction.
Tum!!
A muffled noise was heard and the Wind Palm technique collided with Bayo's defenses, releasing a crisp cracking sound.
Crack!
However, this time Bayo was unable to defend himself and shortly after that, his body was thrown away, with his chest caved in his own body.
He had died!
Darell saw this with terrified eyes, he was just unable to believe that this nightmare was unfolding in front of him. 'How did this happen? Guard Bayo just died?'
'Damn it! Bayo fell, and now we will be next,' Quent thought as a trickle of blood could be seen coming out of his mouth.
Sergeant Pyke then shouted at the remaining four soldiers who had just now taken care of the third person, "Two of you come to my group while the other two attack this level 42 guy."
As the struggles of the two protectors continued, the defensive spiritual array that protected all this long Darell finally collapsed.
Crack!
Darell's face became deathly pale as he thought, 'I have to run. Otherwise, we will all die. But, if I escape now, I can get revenge in the future!'
However, just as he prepared to flee, Minos slowly appeared in front of him.
"Oh! So, now you want to get away? How can that be? Haha, since you came on your own stead, don't even think about leaving," saying this, Minos activated his attack technique while absorbing the young Darell's energy using the Devouring Art.
Spatial Sword!
'Damn, this wretch is draining my energy.'
Darell tried to release his defense technique, but shortly after Minos activated his technique, the surrounding space within a radius of 40 meters was frozen and at the same time, he felt that his speed was reduced to a large extent.
'Shit! Why is my spiritual energy moving so slowly?' Darell cursed.
But the next moment, a blade of energy was hurled at the young master Silva's neck.
"You can't kill me. I am…"
Voop!
Darell could not even resist the attack, and his head was separated from his body!
For a split second Darell could almost see his own headless body falling slowly.
The young master of the Silva family, who was also the son of the current patriarch, had thus died!
The headless corpse fell to the ground as blood poured down the decapitated Darell's neck. His head could also be seen rolling on the soil, and one could also see the terrified look in his now lifeless eyes.
At the same time, the two protectors caught a glimpse of this scene and were even more fearful. There was practically no resistance from Darell as Minos killed him.
The difference in strength between the two is just too big! And this was even with Minos being seven whole levels lower than Darell.
With such a monstrous talent, it would not be long before Minos took revenge on the Silva family for his father's death!
Shortly after that, the disadvantage of the remaining two protectors grew further, with Quent about to be depleted of spiritual energy.
That was then a group of five people then launched their final attacks in Quent's direction.
Hammering the World!
Demon Court!
Blood Sword!
Smashing the Air!
Iron Fists!
Whoosh!
Boom!
Many noises were heard as Quent's defenses were shattered completely.
Followed by a cry of pain as Quent's nearly dead body fell to the ground.
"AAHHHHHHHH!"
"Shit! If that's the case, I will just take some of you with me." Philip barked as he began condensing his remaining spiritual energy into what appeared like a ball of black power.
In that single instant, all the vitality of a Spiritual General, who was just over 800 years old, was sucked into the energy ball. Simultaneously, Philip's appearance entirely changed until he didn't look any less than an old man, full of white hair, completely malnourished, and having skin as white as a sheet of paper.
"Get away and release all your remaining spiritual energy into your defense techniques!" Minos said, sounding concerned as he watched Philip sacrifice himself.
'This guy is truly decisive.' Sergeant Pyke thought about it as he rushed away.
In fact, in the Spiritual World, any cultivator could sacrifice themselves in a desperate time. However, not everyone had such tenacity, as this was a process that could be considered worse than dying from enemy attacks!
It was said that the very soul of the individual who sacrificed himself would be used as an oxidizer for the explosion. This would cause pain that could be considered thousands of times worse than the pain resulting from physical wounds!
And for this reason, even though there was the possibility to harm their enemies by sacrificing themselves, a vast majority of cultivators did not dare to do such a thing!
This was the same case of the two previously killed protectors. As for Darell, well, he didn't even have time to consider doing something like that!
This was another requirement that the cultivator who was going to sacrifice themselves needed a certain amount of time to do so. And since protector Philip had the highest level of cultivation here, he fulfilled this requirement.
Indestructible Body!
Impenetrable Shield!
Steel Skin!
Air Defense!
Many defensive techniques were activated at the same time.
As a result, one could see many pale faces among Minos' soldiers since they tried to protect themselves with every single drop of energy contained in their bodies.
And even though protector Philip was almost drained of spiritual energy after all his battle, sacrifice also burns the cultivator's vitality and soul strength. And even if it wasn't as strong as someone's spiritual power at level 43, everyone except Minos was already exhausted!
Therefore, such a thing was still quite fearful for everyone who was close to Philip.
Boom!
"AAAHHHHH!" Numerous screams of pain were heard from the soldiers.
A big explosion occurred, and then rocks started flying all over that part of the waterfall. A small crater more than 10 meters in radius was also formed on the ground where Protector Philip had sacrificed himself.
Soon after, five people could still be seen standing, while another six were lying on the floor. Nobody knew their fate!