"So you've chosen death!!!" Watching the elder's body embedded down the bit ignited an intense rage within God's Hand, causing him to scream at Kang before breaking free from Frost Monarch's restrictions.
"Why don't you just calm down? He's clearly fine down there, at least partially. Or do you perhaps think you can take me on?" Turning around, Kang's eyes landed on God's Hand before casually responding.
"Fine, my ass. You broke most of my ribs!" Standing up with a heavy breath, the elder beaconed God's Hand to support him before questioning Kang. Although the elder tried to hide his anger, Kang was very aware. Thus he decided to play along.
"Why did you do this? You destroyed an item and caused tremendous losses to both us and the seller. How are you gonna payback?"
"It was your fault for interfering with my plan, you should have just left the stage quietly the moment I came down. Especially after you've seen the javelin I threw at you. That's besides the fact that your management promised to advertise my service, but I saw nothing. Not even a single mention!"
"Now, do you mind doing the best thing you are competent at? Get back to your seats and let me do my advertising since you failed terribly to do so." Kang spoke while moving toward the auction table before silently eyeing the elder once again since it depended on him whether the rest retreated or not.
"You! You are no longer a member of the Hunter Council! And you, return to your seat!" Looking at the Frost Monarch, the elder held a grudge since he had prevented the interference and thus decided to kick him out of the council before beaconing James to return to his seat as well.
"Whatever, old fart. I was going to leave anyway since Frost Claw will be disbanded." Revealing his intent to join Kang, the Frost Monarch flipped the elder before casually returning to his seat. Since Kang caused the problem, the Frost Monarch knew very well that both sides would be enemies, as such, he had no reason to remain under the council.
Although James wanted to partially apologize for reselling the weapon without Kang's permission, he chose to do it later to avoid causing conflict between Ashford's military and the central hunter council.
'Got you, you bastard! How dare you even think about going against the council?!' Watching Kang prepare to advertise his brand, the elder grinned widely as another elder appeared behind Kang.
"You shouldn't have caused trouble in our territory since you are using our service, don't you agree? Or did you think you could run amok because you are an S-ranked hunter?" Appearing behind Kang, the second elder pierced Kang's chest using his sharpened hand before casually speaking.
"Really, now? Don't think it's better than being a completely passive, useless dead weight as an S-ranked hunter while your world is slowly collapsing?" Responding to the elder, Kang sent a chill down the elder's spine the moment he felt something wrong with the one standing in front of him.
"You give no choice." Using his leg, Kang kicked the elder back before freeing himself as the wound regenerated in front of everyone's eye.
"I've held back long enough to avoid killing you since it means weakening us against the invading forces, but you take it for granted for some reason." Crackling his hand, Kang made his way to the elder who stood against him before activating his crimson armor. Disappearing from his place, Kang escaped the elder's sight.
Surprised by Kang's action, the elder turned around as fast as he could before feeling a sharp knife pierce through his back as Kang's voice rang inside his ears.
"What? I knew the first thing you would think about is checking behind you, so I decided to appear behind you once you've done so." Facing the elder's face, Kang spoke while actively manipulating the elder's blood as he kept him in place using his other hand.
"Looks like your friends are coming, so let's end this. But be proud you will become my first S-ranked victim!" Shouting like a psycho, Kang accelerated his blood control as the elder's blood began turning into crimson spikes that tortured him from the inside while he kept screaming for help from the hunters surrounding them.
"Think carefully, do you wish to become my enemy by helping someone who is nearly dead?" Looking aside, Kang questioned lightly while looking at the hunters surrounding him.
"Why don't we just forget it and treat it as if it never happened? Just consider it a payment for that disrespectful attack." Clenching his hand, Kang caused the spikes' size to increase before extending outside the elder's, forming a bloody, spiky throne made of the elder's body.
[Ding!]
[You've successfully killed a Human (S) and gained 2,500,000 Exp]
[Your level increased! You've gained 5 attribute points!] (2x)
'Good exp! Definitely worth the kill, I should probably devour that corpse later as well.' Dismissing the system's messages, Kang glanced at the remaining while waiting for the response.
"Back off!" Gritting his teeth, the damaged elder gave his orders before remaining silent once again. Although he chose to avoid further conflict, the elder decided not to act further until he discussed the threat with the rest of the leadership. Naturally, those related to Kang didn't interfere at all to begin with, given their own reasons which could easily be understood.
"Wise choice, I will have this fucker's corpse after we are done. Let's get back to where we stopped if you don't mind." Making his voice clear, Kang prepared himself to introduce his weapon and brand.
—— Updated status as promised every 15 chapters. ——
{Blood Warlock System}
[Name: Liu Kang]
[Mind Potential: EX]
[Blood: 127,300 | Lifespan: 2,419]
[Class: Transcended Blood Knight(E)]
[Class Evolution Path: Blood Demon(D)]
[Level: 22 | Exp: 428,000/1,024,000]
[Strengh: 200]
[Dexterity: 180]
[Constitution: 300]
[Attribute Points: 10]
[Race Abilities]
[Detect(EX): Get a basic report on a target]
[Disguse(EX): Imitate the form of one of your victims and hide your true status]
[Lifesteal(B): Steal 10% of the blood and life force from those you kill]
[Power Absorption(SSS): Absorb, alter, or merge one ability from those you kill]
[Class Abilities (2\5)]
[Crimson Armor(S): Consume 7 blood per second to summon the crimson armor. Minimum blood: 50]
[Blood Weapon(B): Consume 3 blood per second to form and maintain a blood weapon. Steal 5% of a single stat from those you kill by the weapon]
[Absorbed Abilities (8\10)]
[Poisonous Strike(A): Strike a target with a weapon for a chance to poison them. Success depends on the target's immunity]
[Precision(A): Passively allows you to control every cell in your blood precisely]
[Disorient(A): Consume 200 Blood to mess up the target's senses and force the target into a crazed state for twenty seconds]
[Blood Pact(A): Offer a fifty-year lifespan to strengthen an ally in return for 1% of the Exp of their feature kills below A-rank]
[Devastating Acid Bomb(C): Consume 800 Blood to fire a massive and bright ball of highly effective acidic blood]
[Compression(D): Consume 2 Blood per second to compress and maintain the blood up to 50%]
[Lightning Field(D): Consume 10 corrupted mana points per second to form and control a lightning field]
[Ability Fusion(E): Consume 3 Blood per second to fuse and maintain two abilities]