The trio stood together in a triangular formation as they stared forward gripping their weapons tight.
Be ready to strike any moment now". Dacre clutched the sheath of his sword with his left hand and right hand holding the handle of his sword as he glared forward. "According to the records, the beasts here have strong armors as defense which protect them from decaying but all of them have a single weak point; lower part of their head. So, attack their weak point when the battle begins".
"Hahaha... Is there a need to be so cautious ? " Marvyn injected. "It's not like this is the first time we are fighting beasts. Watch my spear, I will kill one with each strike".
"Good. I like your style brother Marvyn". Sam laughingly replied, "It's just some beasts. We will kill as many as they come".
"This is what ignorance is like. Thank god that I love to read". Dacre sighed as he said, "It is not that like the beasts in this area are strong. It's just they are innumerable. You kill one and hundreds will come".
"Geez... Brother Dacre, you worry too much. At this rate you will begin developing white hair at your youthful age. You are single already, I can't imagine you getting mingle if your start to develop white hair. Your future looks bleak". Marvyn joked.
"Brothers you don't have to worry at all. Fight to your heart's content". Sam said laughing, "If situation gets worse, we will just use my one of many brilliant strategies to turn the situation around".
Marvyn was in a great mood as he knew that fight was about to occur. He liked the feeling of adrenaline rushing through his body and blood boiling which occur to him only during battles. He asked curiously, "What is this strategy that you are talking about that could help us when situation gets worse?"
Sam laughed as he replied,"Running. Yes, the best strategy is running for your dear life".
dacre and marvyn also laughed as the mood lighten. The trio knew that a battle would begin soon as they were just trying to loosen their taunt nerve.
Szzzz.....szzzzzz....szzzzz...
Strange noises started to sound closer and closer. As the trio looked towards the source of the sound, black stingers covered with black carapace armors started to rise up from the black landmass.
Then, large bodies covered with similar carapace armors started to rise from the ground. It was enormous creature with segmented body covered with dark shiny carapace armors. It had a segmented curved tail tipped with venomous stinger at the tip at its rear end. The front part of its body had a pair of large pincers as six metals like armored legs were connected to its body. The tip of each parts of its body was shiny and filled with poisons.
If it's stood on its legs, it's body would be atleast three meters in height. Furthermore, there were more than ten of those creatures heading towards the trio.
"The black scorpion, rank 4 demonic beast". Dacre blurted out immediately after getting a glimpse of the beasts. "The black scorpion has high defense. Each of its attack is filled with strong poison. A single scratch from its body could paralazye it's target. And they never hunt alone. They are here means their nest must be nearby. We need to finish them quickly and move forward".
Dacre sprinted forward when he noticed the black scorpions getting on the pathway. He used his movement technique and arrived in front of a black scorpion.
Sizz....
His sword left it's sheath. There was a flashing of light and sound of cracking and cutting.
Sizz....
The sword returned to its sheath as Dacre turned towards other scorpion.
Black blood sprayed as the black scorpion had it's body cut apart cleanly from the middle. Dacre's single sword easily cut through the defense of black scorpion like cutting through tofu as they were killed instantly.
Sizz....Bang....sizzz..Bang....sizzz..Bang...
Sounds of sword leaving its sheath and returning to its sheath sounded out. Each time the sword was drawn, a large body would hit the ground. Within a few seconds, five of the black scorpion were dealt cleanly by Dacre without breaking a sweat.
'They are freaking strong'. Sam thought in his mind. He was aware that both of them were strong after the old man from the city of dead had said they were atleast at the choose level. But experiencing with his own eyes made it all too real.
Choosen were the real monsters among the cultivators. Each choose could easily defeat other normal cultivators at the same level of cultivation. They could even challenge and fight cultivators above their level.
Sam couldn't even properly follow the movements of Dacre with his eyes properly. He only saw a blur and the bodies of black scorpion fell down like they were dead before hand. There was no fancy martial skill involved, only the pure and perfected sword skills.
Sam was awaken from his stupor by a carefree laughter. Marvyn laughed loudly as he picked up his speed, "Hahahah... Brother Dacre, don't just enjoy yourself. Let me have some fun as well".
His body was itself like a spear as rammed forward into the body of black scorpion using his spear as a drill. His spear penetrated through the front and he emerged from the rear of the black scorpion with his spear.
Sam watched with his mouth agape at the large hole that was burrowed through the body of the scorpion by Marvyn with his spear.
Marvyn laughed out loud as he flashed from one point to another he attacked with his spear. By the time he was done, all the attacking black scorpions were dead limping on the floor. He was like different person from his usual self when he started to fight. It was like he was a barbarian as he killed one scorpion after another.
"One spear, one kill. Monsters, you guys are monsters". Sam blurted out loudly as he looked at the corpses of scorpion that marvyn killed. Each of them had a hole penetrated through them, the result of a single spear attack from Marvyn.
The group had just finished killing the scorpion when they noticed more strange noises. As they looked towards the sound of the noise, they saw a army of the black scorpions, emerging from the ground.
Those scorpions were unusally agile for their bodies. They ran fast using their six legs, after a few instant they were already climbing the pathway.
As they looked around, they saw black scorpion arriving from all direction.
"We are surrounded. It looks like these scorpion have some intelligence". Sam said as he looked around.
"Haha... We are in for a party. Just more black scorpion for the killing. Let's enjoy ourselves to the fullest". As he was speaking, marvyn had already sprinted forward like a arrow leaving bowstring. He rammed into those black scorpion with his spear. His spear was like sharpest tool which could penetrate through everything. With every swing of his spear, a hole would be drilled through the black carapace armor of the black scorpions.
On the other hand, Dacre fighting style was as elegent as it gets. His sword like flowing water, every swing of his sword would easily cut through the armors severing the black scorpions into two.
Dacre and marvyn took two corners as their battlefield, leaving one for the Sam. Sam also took out his immortal slaying sword from his spatial ring.
"I should kill some these insects too. Lest, they start to think I am some weak chicken". Sam chuckled as he looked ahead. There were twenty black scorpion heading his way.
He unhurriedly raised his immortal slaying sword in front his chest with his right hand. His eyes turned sharp as he channelled his essence energy and swiped forward in the air with his sword.
A sharp and cold sword energy. Shaped like a half crescent moon. It flashed. A black scorpion was severed instantly into two halves by the sword energy, killing it.
"First slash of the six sacred slash".
"I should kill some of them before they reach me. Dealing with many of them in close quarter will be troublesome". Sam said as he slashed with his sword in the air. He sent sword energy hurling forward towards the black scorpion as ten of them were killed in a instant.
"Good enough". Sam praised himself as he also sprinted forward towards the incoming black scorpion. Only nine of them left after surviving his range attack.
Just as he arrived in front of a scorpion, it screeched as it attacked with it curved tail. The black poisonous miasma were released from its stinger. Sam didn't pay it any mind, he flashed away from it using his movement technique.
He arrived before a unprepared scorpion as slashed from its right side severing one of its pincer. Before it could attack Sam, he was already at the left side severing it's other pincer. As the scorpion screeched with pain, Sam jumped forward and slashed with his sword killing it.
The armor of the scorpions were of no use before the sharpness of the immortal slaying sword of Sam which could even create dent in the platform.
After killing it, Sam flashed forwards and melded with the shadow of another scorpion. He emerged from the shadow with his sword pointed upwards from the lower part of the scorpion, killing another scorpion. Sam flashed to and from in the battle field like a ghost as he killed one after another scorpions easily.
Due to his 'Seven steps to reach heavens' movement technique, it was easy for him to launch sneak attacks while flashing from place to another. The shadow merging technique supplemented his technique due to which he could be like a ghost appearing and disappearing from the battle field at his whim.
When Sam was done, he looked towards the battlefield of Dacre and marvyn. They were already done with their battle a few moments ago and were observing Sam's battle.
They were surprised that a essence core realm cultivator could kill those rank 4 black scorpions so easily. It was like he was just slaughtering chickens. But, they paid it no mind nor they asked any question. They just smiled.
Dacre was clean and spotfree like his usual self even after the battle while Marvyn was covered with black blood. "What do you think of my spear techniques? Brother Sam, it awesome right? Right? ". Marvyn asked Sam smugly.
Sam looked at the corpses of the scorpions marvyn had killed. He commented, "Pentrating the defense of your enemies with every spear. Killing by poking hole through with your enemies, what... ".
"Thank you Brother Sam for praising my spear techniques. Brother Sam and I are likeminded people, you.... ", Marvyn thanked Sam interrupting him halfway.
But Sam finished his sentence without paying Marvyn any mind, "WHAT A PERVERTED SPEAR TECHNIQUE".
"Heeeeeeeeeewh? "
Marvyn who was thanking Sam became stiff as wooden staff. Sam's word struck his mind like lightning as he nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood. His spear technique which he perfected by fighting in battlefield was praised a perverted? What the hell?
Dacre laughed out loud as he gave a thumbs up to Sam. "killing enemies by poking holes. Perverted technique indeed".
Sam and Dacre were laughing as Marvyn was crouching at a corner drawing circle with his fingers emitting gloomy air.