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Title: You Can Only Die
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Old Charl looked really aged, especially when he smiled. His face would be full of wrinkles.
Given his current chakra level and he still looked so aged, he must definitely be extremely old in reality.
Given how old he was and the fact that his chakra couldn't improve but he could still live so well on the Myriad Islands, one could only say that he is an extremely intelligent man.
After all, it's very hard for one not to offend others here. And at his age, it's only normal for Old Charl to have offended people with strength which surpassed him.
Unless of course all those people he offended had chakra levels inferior to him and were all killed. This is the only reason why he could survive so well.
But no matter what the reason was, there's no need to doubt that he is an extremely dangerous man.
"I'm already so old, I can't be compared to you young lads. I may die if I'm not the slightest bit cautious." Old Charl bowed to Shun, "Brother, both you and me were in the elite sector. How about joining forces? I'm sure not many people would be able to stand against our alliance."
"If we form an alliance, shall we kill the people here first?" Shun smiled.
Old Charl glanced at the two in combat in the air as a smile layered with meaning appeared on his face. Both Ban and Da were extremely dangerous characters. Killing them now was naturally an optimal choice.
"Old bastard, my opponent is his subordinate and you want to join forces with him? You wouldn't even know how you died." Ban roared coldly.
He naturally understood what sort of person Old Charl was. No matter what he cannot allow Old Charl to act against him. Hence, he can only try his best to make Old Charl face off against Shun first.
When he heard Ban's words, the eyes of Old Charl flashed. He glanced at Shun and asked, "Is that true?"
Shun merely smiled. He didn't admit or deny it.
"Truthfully speaking, I'm already at this age. If I continue staying at this level, I'm afraid I would really not be able to continue living. Hence, I have to gain his Majesty's favor and be in the top three no matter what."
"Our aims are the same." Shun lightly nodded his head. He wasn't in a hurry to fight. As long as Old Charl didn't antagonize him, there was no need for him to clash against such a dangerous character like Old Charl.
"Why not fight a little against me? If I win, don't snatch for the opportunity with me. If you win, the same goes for me as well." Old Charl stared at Shun as he spoke. He brandished his saber as he walked towards Shun.
At this moment, a powerful saber light gushed forth enveloping the area. Even the leaves from the forest drifting along with the wind, were directly sliced into pieces. Nothing could get close to Old Charl's body.
Shun held the demon sword in his hand. He stared at the approaching Old Charl as his chakra energy flowed forth in endless waves.
"Bzz!" A shadowy figure lunged out as Old Charl's silhouette disappeared. In the next instant, he was in the airspace above Shun.
The saber in his hand chopped down like a tyrannical bolt of thunder.
As this saber descended, the boundless saber might congregated and formed the manifestation of a gigantic saber. Shun was like the firewood. If he was in the way, he would be chopped in two.
What's even more terrifying was that a surge of terrifying devil might also gushed forth, painting the area black with devilish energy as the outline of a dragon of destruction appeared in the air.
This simple strike caused even the sky to change color. The experts in the surroundings all had ashen expressions. If the target of this strike was them, they knew they would die for sure.
Swift. This incomparably swift saber art was even faster than lightning. There was no more the look of an elderly in the eyes of Old Charl. There was only an extremely terrifying and cold killing intent.
At the time the saber chopped down, Shun's sword already moved, slashing upwards at Old Chai who was in the air.
"Kacha!"
The sword collided against the saber. At this instant, the destructive light which spilled out from the impact caused the hearts of everyone to shudder.
Old Charl and Shun both retreated as the destructive aftershock created an extremely large crater on the ground.
"He blocked it." The eyes of everyone gleamed sharply. Such a terrifying saber attack was actually successfully blocked by Shun. How fearsome were his reactions?
"That saber of Old Charl is clearly a powerful king level weapon." The spectators glanced at the saber in Old Chai's hands. This seemingly harmless old man was able to erupt forth with such destructive might in a single instant. Old Chai was truly too dangerous.
Shun was just as terrifying as well, being able to block that saber strike.
In reality, Shun was sweating as well. For an old monster like Old Charl, how would he so easily believe him? That aged appearance and that kind smile…how could anyone who lived for so long be a simple character? That was why he has always been on his guard, waiting for a sudden attack from Old Charl.
And as expected, the moment the old man acted, he did so with an overwhelmingly powerful strike, directly using a supremely powerful devil weapon. Why would there be any rules here? That strike of Old Charl was clearly meant to take his life.
Although Old Charl was very old, since he could also sit in the elite sector, how could he be weak?
In truth, Old Charl was the most dangerous character at the chakra sea realm living on the Myriad Islands.
As he had failed with that strike, this caused shock in Old Charl's heart. He glanced at Shun as he silently mused at the fact that those who could sit in the elite sector were truly terrifying characters.
A harmless smile then appeared on his face, "Farewell."
As he spoke, he actually turned about and leave, avoiding fighting head-on against Shun.
In a battle where he had no complete confidence of winning, unless he really had no choice, he would definitely choose to retreat. What Old Charl wanted was to reach the very end. He didn't want to chase after some empty glory.
Just like what he said, he was now already extremely old. If he didn't break through to the next realm, he would die sooner or later. He understood that it wasn't an easy task for him to have survive up until now.
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"Old Charl actually retreated." The devil kings spectator from outside were astonished, especially for devil kings of the Fallen God Island. They all knew very well how powerful Old Charl was.
"Seems like although that little fellow kept evading battles, his strength isn't too bad." The devil emperor smiled at Kan, as though he was intending on antagonizing Old Kan. He knew that the one his old friend highly regarded, was Monoshiki.
"He's not too bad I guess but Monoshiki is still more to my liking." Old Kan spoke.
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On the battlefield, Shun glanced at the other experts in the surroundings. Those who chose to remain, clearly intended to be the fishermen which profits from fishing the troubled waters. Da was currently in battle, how could Shun let any of these people take advantage of Da?
"Everyone, please leave." Shun took a few steps forward and coldly spoke.
Although he wanted to avoid needless battles, he didn't actually fear them.
If they didn't want to leave, he would make sure they left.
They currently possessed the advantage if they chose to group together. When they heard Shun's words, cold intent couldn't help but to radiate from them.
He told them to leave?
Shun glanced at their expressions and knew that it wouldn't be so easy to make these people leave. He brandished the sword and walked towards them as a terrifying light erupted from his body, manifesting numerous runic symbols that shot towards his opponents.
Quite a few of his opponents took out their weapons as their devil might surged forth. At this very moment, Shun's silhouette flashed as he disappeared from sight, instantly re-appearing before one man.
The countenance of that man instantly changed, he directly cleaved down with a devil axe towards Shun.
Shun coldly snorted. The sword hummed as he shot forth with extreme speed, radiating boundless sharpness.
"Puchi…"
A light sound rang out. Even before the axe descended, a bloody line already appeared on the throat of the attacker. At this moment, as his axe slammed down, Shun blocked it by lifting a single hand, but the attacker was already dead.
The other experts initially wanted to step out, but all of them froze at this moment as their expressions grew unsightly.
When Shun turned his gaze to them, all of them retreated slowly with trepidation in their gazes.
"Leave. I won't say this a third time." Shun coldly reiterated. The expressions of these people turn ashen as they turned and departed the area. Very swiftly, only the two who were in combat, and Shun, remained here.
"This fellow…" The spectators outside were all speechless when they saw Shun.
He didn't really have a strong desire to battle earlier, yet he is so domineering all of a sudden, telling everyone to scram. How tyrannical.
He evaded battles yet he was no coward. These people who chose to avoid battles couldn't be looked upon with disdain. After all, their goals were all the same.
They all wanted to survive until the end, gaining the attention of the devil emperor and becoming one of the top ten.
Ban's expression was incredibly unsightly. He fought for so long but had no way to take down his opponent, and Shun was eyeing him like how a tiger eyes its prey.
The situation was extremely disadvantageous for him, and his opponent Da, seemed to grow stronger the longer they fought.
Shun slowly rose up into the air. He, who had the demon like sword in his hand, stood at a side as he spectated the battle. He didn't interfere in Da's battle. Da was an expert from the Battle Tribe and he needed more battles to temper himself.
For the Battle Tribe, the more battles they fought, the more they could ignite their potential. This was what Shun gathered after a small investigation back on the Blackstone Island.
"Ban is sure to be defeated." The spectators outside could already tell the ending. The experts from the Royal Devil clan all had grim expressions.
Ban was the third-ranked character on the Devil Rankings, yet he was actually going to be defeated by a random someone from some other island?
"BOOM!"
At this moment, Ban who no longer had the will to fight, took out his weapon. The terrifying hammer smashed towards Da.
"Swish~" At the exact same moment, the demon sword of Shun slashed out. If Ban continued fighting, he wouldn't have interfered. But since he no longer wanted to fight, in that case, let things end here then.
Upon feeling a sense of crisis, Ban shifted his hammer to another direction, smashing towards Shun instead.
"BANG!"
The demon sword expanded in form, and clashed against the hammer. Another terrifying shadow of a dark dragon manifested, shrouding the skies completely. Shun swung his sword out, only for the sword to turn small again as it stabbed towards Ban's throat.
Ban howled in rage and slammed a palm against the sword. Da's attack blasted right into him, causing his expression to turn extremely ugly.
"For the sake of Lady Xin, you can only die." Shun quietly spoke, causing chills to bloom in Ban's heart. That cold voice was announcing his death.
Shun's body radiated a violent surge of devilish might as he appeared directly before Ban. A sword of destruction then manifested and stabbed towards Ban, the pressure engulfing him.
Ban needed to expend so much effort already just fighting Da alone, let alone now with the addition of an even stronger Shun.
Ban howled in rage, filled with reluctance. Under such monumental pressure, there was basically no way for him to break free. He could only wait for death.
The sword stabbed right into Ban throat, seizing his life. Ban trembled as he stared at Shun.
He actually died here because of jealousy over a woman from the Celestial Lodge!
Shun looked on apathetically before shifting his gaze to the demon sword on his hand.
"I randomly created this while imbuing some properties, never thought I'd make a sword with some zanpakuto abilities. Interesting."