As the two walked closely to one another, one of the weaker guards scoot closer to the prince.
"Don't you think this has gone far enough?" unlike some of the guards, he respected the young man, who could beat up someone with greater cultivation than him.
Sure, there are some that could do that, but how many can actually bear someone else at one major realm higher than them? The fact he could do such thing shows his future potential. Yet, his future might be cut short if the Crown Prince remained watching.
"Don't worry, while it might be because of his confidence, I have no doubt he would have asked for help, even if it's not from us," the Crown Prince said. The guard looked at him in confusion before deciding he would never knew what is going on inside his Prince's head.
Instead, he focused on the fight, watching as the two began to attack the other person.
-x-
"Corrosive Blood Sea!"
"Ethereal Purification Lake!"
The two fighters are currently unleashing their attacks, with Blood Vulture using his mastery of Lore of Blood while Ryker combat him using Law of Water.
The two technique clashed as the fifth goes on a stalemate. Yet, Bloof Vulture have a worried face. After all, if peak Genesis Lake could contend with him, there is no telling what the young man could do when he grew older.
His eyes narrowed as murderous thought formed in his head, 'I cannot let him leave this place alive!'
With that thought in mind, he took out a dagger, one that emmits crimson glow. It is one of his prized possession. He had only used it to kill two person before. Now, there will be a third one that will bathed the blade with his blood.
"Be honor, for I have never used my prized artifact to kill you," he dived into the sea of blood. Ryker used his divine sense to find him but feel a profiling pain at his soul whenever it get to close to the blood sea.
"This is troublesome," Ryker exclaimed. In the end, the man in front of him have countless experience in fighting others, so he would know the best way to defeat him.
"In that case, let's do this," he commanded the lake to rush towards the sea of blood, the two body of water and blood began to grind one another.
"And add this as well," a drop of condensed death qi formed on his finger, before he flick it towards the sea of blood.
The death qi then began to cause some part of the blood sea to rot at a slow but steady rate. He watched calmly on top of the lake, seeing the sea of blood slowly being pushed.
As he keep his eyes on the blood sea, he did not notice a small clump of blood escaped from the sea of blood, heading towards him.
When it get close enough, Blood Vulture come out of blood clump, his hands on his dagger as he stabbed Ryker.
He smiled, before it turn to a frown, as his cherish blade did not manage to harm him.
"My turn," the man heard as Ryker swing his sword, coated with deathly water qi, the fusion of water and death qi.
The man managed to summon his pseudo-domain, stopping himself from being harmed by the attack, yet he looked at him with rage.
To think him, a Haf-Noble expert, was forced to such position by a mere Genesis Lake expert. If anyone heard about it, he will be humiliated for the rest of his life.
"You forced my hand, brat," he said before the pseudo-domain engulfed him, the blood entering his body and making it turned red.
Yet, Ryker could feel his vitality and strength increased, as well as the toughness of his body. Realizing the danger posed by the man in front of him, Ryker used his Celestial Body, as well as adding a Body Technique he learned from Boundless Water Mantra, Dense Water Body.
He could feel his Body Technique become even stronger as the Celestial Body seemed to make it even stronger.
"Do you think you can beat me? Think again!" the man yelled as he charged at Ryker, Ryker doing the same thing. Soon, they exchange hundreds of punches as they fly through the air.
"I will kill everyone here after I am done with you!" Ryker almost laughed at such proclaimation. After all, there are several people more powerful than the bounty hunters in the caravan, two of them are even esteemed Noble experts.
He will just court his death by doing so.
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After almost a thousand exchanges, they distanced themselves as they look at their body. Ryker could see some part of the Dense Water Body had been corroded by the blood qi, with some even managed to reach his skin, corroding it.
There are also moments he was injured by the dagger, leaving some gashes on him. However, his opponent also did not escape unscath.
His arm was almost torn apart by one Monkey Chief Fist, while his left shoulder are bleeding extensively. The two stared at one another before he grunted. "You are truly powerful. Only a Noble expert could kill you with ease. Anyone weaker will need to make an extensive plans. No wonder that man paid so much for us," he shook his head.
"However, this ends here. Surrender now or your companions will get it," the man said.
Ryker merely raised his brows before pointing at his lovers and siblings, all watching him fight.
"What?" for the first time in a long time, Blood Vulture found himself speechless.
"Your companion is dead. My companion kill him easy enough," he said, before clapping his hand. At that moment, Tashirn emerged, in her mouth, the body of Bone Hyena, his lower body are no longer there as blood poured from his torn half.
Blood Vulture found himself trembling, watching as his right hand man died to a Spirit Giant Tiger. Realizing how much in danger he is, he began to do one thing he never did in a long time; he ran.
"Tashirn, kill the two," he ordered before he flew after the man. Sensing him, the man used his blood essence to speed up, at the cost of his lifespan. Then again, he can live for 100 years more, so it not to lethal for him.
However, Ryker did not intend on letting him go. Using the Law of Space, he tore the space and find himself on top of the man before kicking him into a nearby mountain. The kick is empowered by his Celestial Body, which make it even more deadly for the man.
As he embedded the man into the mountain, Ryker create a spear, one created from water and death qi.
"I will call you, Deathly Lake Spear," he said to himself before throwing the spear towards the man. The man could barely react as the spear struck his stomach, Blood Vulture looking at the spear in shock before life slowly fade from his eyes.