Chapter 42.5 Escape
A few moments before.
The shadow guard who was at the beach saw the 2 Martial Lord stage elders launch their attacks.
The attack broke through the flame sword, breaking the sword and pushing Xavier back.
The shadow guard now saw an opportunity. He withdrew his sword from the hilt on his waist. This sword was way different than the ones which the other guards carried.
It was pitch black, like the shadows in the night and they were covered with gray pattern. This was a grade higher than the weapons the other guards used.
It was a Martial Grandmaster rank low level weapon. It was a weapon which was equal to the stage to that of the Martial practitioner.
He took the sword and rotated it in his hands to make a circle. The sword, which had gray runes marked onto it, started shining with a great light.
The shadow guard jumped and roared," Shadow Whirl slash."
The shadow guard turned and slashed at Xavier.
A gray coloured sword aura erupted from the sword and converted the blade which came near Xavier with blinding asked
But was the shadow guard reached bear the 2 old men who were in front of him, he felt something churn in his heart.
He, a shadow guard if the Wade family had been in training since he was 10 years old, when his attitude was tested to be suitable to practice the techniques of the Shadow Hall of the Wade family. From then, he had been in numerous life and death situation and had honed his senses from such a young age till now, where he was of the age of 27. For 17 years, he had arrived for survival and this instinct had been engraved deep into the should of the Shadow Guards.
He feeling his heart clench in such a manner was an indication that something bad, something very bad is going to happen. He wanted to dodge, but it was too late.
BOOM!
An explosion occurred which was so powerful that the 2 Martial Lords, who were close to each other were obliterated in an instant and the shadow guard who was a little far away and was shut to just make an attempt to evade was also caught in the midst of it and was sent flying.
Xavier was also sent flying, he crashed into the trees behind him and spat out numerous mouthfuls of blood.
He was pale due to the copious amounts of blood he had lost. His bones cracked and numerous bones in his body were fractured.
He took out a green coloured potion which he had kept in his pocket and drank it. It was such a surprise that these videos of potions survived the impacts when even his bones couldn't help but show minute fractures.
These were the potions which Xavier had made himself. They were a grade 3 high level potion called Blood Bone Mending Elixir. It was the best he could do with the materials available for him in the short period of time he had been given.
As soon as he drank the potion, his bones creaked as they started to mend themselves. Xavier was a little surprised by this. His bones had changed so much after receiving the inheritance. They had become many times tougher, it wise with his strength of initial stage Martial Lord, he couldn't even take one attack from a peak Grandmaster expert like the shadow guard much less a Martial Lord like the 2 old men.
And what now, his bones, as soon as they got the energy they needed, immediately mended themselves and started producing blood to replenish Xavier's lost reserves.
He got up to his feet with difficulty. He saw the site of the explosion and he could see numerous bits and pieces of flesh splattered all around the ground.
What was surprising was that the weapons of the 2 elders, which were in close contact with the explosion, were not damaged. When he went towards them and looked at the weapons, he found out that they were Master Level weapons and they were two of the line weapons in that, well compared to the standards of this world at least.
This was one of the reasons why these Martial Lord experts were so stifled in their combat power. If they had a weapon matching they cultivation levels or even grandmaster level weapons, they would have been able to kill Xavier before he could do anything else.
He then looked around to find the shadow guard. To his surprise, the shadow guard was not dead. Instead, he was lying about 20 meters away from the explosion, in a pool of his own blood. He was convulsing due to the pain he felt during the impact.
Xavier saw this, picked up the dagger and made his way carefully towards the shadow guard. He was careful not to let his guard down, as a final desperate attack might cause him considerable harm.
As canter neared the shadow guard, he could see that the first was badly mutilated.
His armour was broken in many places and the skin and muscles underneath the armour armour were burnt badly with bits of them hanging out and blood spurting from his open wounds.
His mask was also completely broken revealing his face but it was also so badly burnt that he looked like a more handsome Freddy Krueger.
Xavier looked at the man and lifted the dagger. The man saw that his life was any to end and made an attempt to detonate himself but to his dismay found out that he couldn't do anything.
His eyes shone in a helpless light as he watched Xavier come closer to him and finally his cousin went dark. Xavier had pushed the dagger right through his skull and killed the shadow guard.
Then he heard a notification.
[CONGRATULATIONS HOST ON KILLING A MARTIAL GRANDMASTER WITH YOUR OWN HANDS. AS HOST HAS KILLED SOMEONE A LEVEL ABOVE YOURSELF FOR YOUR FIRST DIRECT KILL, YOU WILL RECEIVE A BONUS REWARD. PLEASE CHECK THE MISSION SECTION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.]
Xavier was a little surprised, it was not the first time he had killed a Martial Grandmaster. And furthermore he had killed 2 Martial Lords as well. He didn't get why the system didn't consider that his kills.
But before he had the opportunity to think about this, he felt a powerful aura hearing staying towards his position with a fast speed. He quickly bought an invisibility cloak and ran away in the other direction and went off to the City.
But as he was about to get away from the site, a huge pressure came down on him. He turned his head upwards to look at tr man who had come now.
It was Arnold, the man who was in the Wade family manor and was discussing about the Spirit Crystals.
Xavier said in his mind,' Shit!' He had just finished off the others but he was caught by Arnold. Judging from his aura, he was stronger than the other 2 Martial Lords and was more than what Xavier could handle in this battered state.
Arnold, who had just came near the cavern site, looked at Xavier and asked," Who are you? What are you doing here?"
He looked around and saw the carnage near the cave entrance. He saw the dagger Xavier was holding in his hands and recognised it instantly as the weapons of one of the elders.
Arnold wanted to question further what had happened but before he could, both Xavier and Arnold felt the ground tremble.
Arnold's Dave changed drastically as he shut into the cave. But before he fully disappeared, he sent a palm towards Xavier.
Xavier couldn't didn't this attack and was sent flying off into the distance but this time, as Arnold was not fully concentrated on hiring him, he survived with minor scratches.
But he was still livid. He had just came out of a life or death situation and then Arnold had attached him. "Motherfucker, I'm gonna kill him!" Xavier shouted to vent his frustration.
He then turned around and went off in the direction of the city.