Asura's brows frowned in concentration as he felt the person to be very familiar, but due to the distance, he couldn't clearly see who it was. So he started walking towards the person and as he reached nearer and nearer, Asura's steps started slowing until he stopped dead in his tracks, aghast and shocked at what he was witnessing.
The person couldn't be any more familiar to him.
"Asura, yaar it's getting harder to keep track of you these days." Arhat jokingly said as he hugged Asura, who was still as a statue.
"I... I..." Asura tried to make out some words, but he couldn't as the shock of what he was seeing was too much for him. Surrounding Arhat is the karmic miasma that wrapped around him, densely writhing and wriggling like it was alive. The most horrifying thing is the color of the miasma, which is dark red, like the darkest shade of blood.
'Just what crimes must one have committed to attract such a dense and hateful karma?' The question was repeated in Asura's head as he numbly looked at Arhat's face, who looked so charming and handsome as he happily chatted about his work and other things as he pulled Asura along with him.
"Asura? What happened? You seem to be lost in thought. " Noticing how silent Asura was, Arhat looked at him and asked concernedly.
For the first time ever, looking into those clear brown eyes and the concerned gaze made Asura fearful. He felt as if a devil was watching over him, cajoling him with words and dragging him deep into its trap.
As if noticing his fear, Arhat's eyes glinted and a grin crept up his face and disappeared as soon as it came. Arhat then didn't wait for Asura's answer and kept on dragging him by his shoulder into a small alley by the side and ventured deeper...
"Hmmm?"
Arhat cocked his head to the side when he felt Asura stopped moving with him and asked. "What's the matter, Asura?"
Asura, who was dumbstruck with the shock from seeing the evil karma around Arhat, got back to his senses when he noticed they were entering the alleys. Asura shook himself from Arhat's grip and backed up, feeling goosebumps all over his body.
He then stared at Arhat and growled the words out. "Where are you taking ME and just how many FUCKING people have you MURDERED!!?"
It was now Arhat's turn to be dumbstruck as he stared at Asura with wide eyes.
"Hahaha.... hahahaha... hahahaha..."
Arhat suddenly started laughing uncontrollably wildly, like a fucking maniac. His expression twisted and he spoke with a feral growling voice like he was repressing some beast inside.
"Ohhhh!! My little Asura, how did you find out my little secret? "
"Do you want to know what I did with all of them? Or do you know about it too? Don't tell me you enjoyed knowing about what I did with them? I wouldn't be surprised though, you Asura was a naughty boy since young, as I know what you were doing in your special time'. "
Arhat grinned and teased him as he licked his lips while staring at him. Asura's face contorted in rage as he suddenly took a step forward and punched Arhat's face.
Arhat simply took a step back whilst grinning and watching as Asura lost his balance from the force of the punch and fell down.
He then proceeded to back up even more and taunted Asura.
"Awww... my little baby. Look how clumsy you are. You can't even punch properly now. Ahh, my bad. I forgot you are an expert at getting your ass drilled. "
He shook his head and spoke in a disgustingly high-pitched voice, poking at Asura's character.
"You piece of shit, I will kill you." Asura barked in anger and shame and he once again darted forward towards Arhat's location, bringing his hand backward to give force for the punch.
'Fuck, I shouldn't have overdone with the running practice I did in the morning. Now I can't even use a bit of my soul-power, otherwise, I could have easily taken him down. I will take a feint this time.'
Thinking like that, Asura closed the distance between them in a swift motion and swung his hand forward, but just like the previous time, Arhat dodged it.
"Got you Arhat."
Asura shouted as he utilized the force of the punch and rotated his body around as it moved forward following the pace of Arhat's movement. Under his shocked eyes, Asura's leg rose back, and, with the full force of the rotation, the leg connected with the side of his ribs.
"Crackkkk..."
"Aaaaaaaahhh"
"Thudd..."
The force behind the kick produced cracking sounds from the ribs and a beastial scream of pain from Arhat. His body flew like a broken doll and followed the trajectory of the kick and crashed into the alley.
"Huff... puff..."
Asura stood there panting as he saw Arhat lying on the ground. He then started taking cautious towards Arhat's unconscious body when his vision started getting hazy.
"Huh?"
Before he could understand what was happening, his body gave in and collapsed onto the ground, his face looking towards the body of Arhat. As his eyes started closing down, he tried his hardest to not give in, but whatever was happening to him made it impossible for him to stay awake. After a minute of struggle, his brain could not keep up functioning and his eyes started closing. In the end, he saw Arhat's body jerking and standing up and making his way towards him.
"Good Night Asura" Arhat's soft voice whispered into his ears as his eyes gave in and everything went dark.