"How long this will go on? We already traveled half the distance to the capital," one of the bounty hunters complained.
"You choose this life, you stick with it," Blood Vulture said to his men, clearly annoyed by his whiny attitude. The man grumbled but remain silent afterwards.
"Boss, the target are getting close," the Bone Hyena said, excitement in his voice.
"Finally, I want to kill something," one of the bounty hunters took out his weapon of choice, a claw.
"Let's get going. The target is getting closer,"
-x-
"Your Excellency, should we do something about the coming threats?" one of the guards asked the Crown Prince, able to sense the flying bounty hunters.
The Dark Scavanger would have never thought they will come close to attacking the Crown Prince, who is escorted by 2 Noble experts, 3 pseudo-domain experts, and 8 more peak Genesis Sea experts.
"No, I would like to see how strong Ryker is," he said, eying the young man, who looked more annoyed than anything. Which show how powerful he is, as he had told the Crown Prince the number of experts their, no, his foes, have.
"If you say so, your Excellency," the guard said calmly, though inside, he is sneering.
'Let see how badly you will fell, brat. And make the Crown Prince realize how much of a waste you are,'
-x-
Out of all things they expected, the bounty hunters never expected this.
"Took you long enough. I thought I am going to die from boredom," their target exclaimed, eying them like they were the targets. For some reason, they feel like they were the one being hunted.
Blood Vultur shook his head off, trying to clear his head. "If you wait for us, you should know, we are coming," he pointed out.
"Yes, the two servants belonged to the same person, the young master of Eletor Family, right," seeing how they went quiet, they either did not know or surprised he knew.
"Anyhow, let begin this," he said before stretching his body.
"Yes, lets!" the bounty hunter with claw charged at him. With him being at the 8th Stage of Genesis Sea, he thought he would kill the target easy enough. The man create a fog yet he did not let that stop him, jumping into it.
As he entered the mist, he feel his claw pierced something. Yet for some reason, he feel great pain in his stomach.
"How weak-minded," he heard a voice behind him, along with a hand on his elbow. The mist disappeared, revealing he had stabbed himself.
"H-how?" he asked, blood coming out of his mouth as his eyes turned lifeless.
"Because you are too weak," Ryker said before pushing the dead bounty hunter to the side. He then looked to the bounty hunters before saying.
"Who's next?"
-x-
"How dare you?!" one of the bounty hunters yelled before flying towards him. Unlike the others, he did not have any weapon. However, this does not mean he is harmless, as his fists and legs are his greatest weapon.
"A practitioner of Body Cultivation," Ryker exclaimed in surprise, dodging the attack with tremendous ease, not bothering to hit back, yet.
"Fight me!" the man snarled as he continue his attack, the shockwave creating cracks on the ground as his fists and legs created air waves from mere actions.
"Sure," Ryker hold out his palm, the man's fist hitting his palm. The man smiled, thinking he would have blown his arm, at least. To his shock, the attack did nothing except ruffling his clothes.
"Strong, but not strong enough," Ryker returned the punch, not bothering to use Monkey Chief Fist, yet.
The man was then sent flying, though aside from a bruise on his chest, and his clothes turning into rags, he is mostly fine, physically at least.
"HOW!!" the man yelled, feeling pain in his body for the first time in 10 years.
"Like I said, you are not strong enough," the man roared and was about to leap when another bounty hunter flew downwards.
"The boss said to test him and force him to use his life-saving items," the newcomer said, the Body Practitioner merely nodded as he grumbled.
The newcomer eyed the young man. He could tell he never use any life saving items or any pills that will strengthen him, or anything at all. He was able to kill an 8th Stage Genesis Sea expert with ease while fending off another one in the field he was the best at.
He soon spot a shadow moving abnormally. "Looks like Shadow Bettle will make his move," he whispered to the Body Practitioner, while pretending to contemplate his attack. It is merely a ruse though, hoping to make him focused on them while the assassin of 4 weakest members will deal the killing blow.
However, things get out of hand when the young man did not even turned his head yet his hands moved like a viper, striking the whereabouts of Shadow Bettle. He then dragged something, or someone to be precise, out.
The two 8th Stage expert could not help but gasp as one of their fellow team members is killed so easily, his hands pierced Bettle's chest before he was thrown like a ragdoll.
Seeing how their brothers in arm were killed so easily angered them, yet it also make them more cautious. One that turn out to be right as he charged at them, his body glowing with gradient gold.
The newcomer decided to use his specialty, his Soul. A Soul Avatar descends towards the incoming target. Yet, they were surprised when a Soul Avatar intercept his own, the two Soul battling out while the main body is fighting against the Body Practicioner.
In seconds, they found themselves in a disadvantage, their opponents Soul and Body Art must be better than theirs as their cultivation is higher than the person in front of them.
"If we kill him, we can get out hand on those Arts," the Soul Practitioner said with glee, despite being pushed back constantly. The Body Practitioner nodded, his eyes looking at the golden glow with desire.
"If you strong enough," the man said before his Soul let out a powerful sound, disrupting the Soul Avatar and causing the Soul Practitioner's Soul to feel great pain.
As for the Body Practitioner, he was beaten up even more, his body not strong enough to fight his opponent, chunks of flesh being torn off as he could only be the target's punching bag.
"Let's end this," a powerful fist, one that is greater compared to before sailed towards his head. At the same time, the Soul Avatar reached towards the Soul Practitioner's Soul and launched a point black shockwave.
The result is the Body Practitioner's head being blown apart while the Soul of the Soul Practitioner's shredded, killing him as his body becomes a lifeless vessel.