'What?!'
All the cultivators reacted in shock, staring as the lifeless corpse of the pirate collapsed to the ground.
They all stared at the intruder.
'W-what just happened?!' Chief Omar was losing it.
One moment, everything was going just like he planned, Edward and the pirate suppressing the bounty hunter, about to end her life but the next moment, the pirate's head was separated from his body?
What the heck happened?
Chief Omar stared. 'Who is that?'
'When did Luvre Village have another cultivator?'
'It's definitely not that man, he's always out of the village during this time, so who is it?'
While everyone present at this moment were shocked at the sudden death of the pirate, still trying to process what the hell just happened, Brutus didn't have any of these considerations though.
Immediately after the pirate's body collapsed to the ground, his eyes switched focus to Edward, the cultivator from Vulva Village and he pounced.
As soon as Brutus switched targets to him, this cultivator finally came back to his senses as he glared at the intruder. "You bastard!" He raised his giant sword and charged at the intruder.
Qi energy revolved around these 2 cultivators as they charged at each other, one with a dagger and the other with a giant sword, then they clashed.
CLANG!
No matter how durable a dagger was, it was not supposed to contend with a sword, not to talk of a sword that big but after that initial clash, Edward reeled backward in shock as he retreated.
This was because the dagger chipped at the blade of his giant sword, slightly cutting into it.
'How?!' This cultivator was shocked, and then he finally remembered how the pirates' daggers shattered like they were mere glass.
He looked at the strange dagger, then at the wielder. 'This guy is dangerous!'
He didn't retreat though, even more determined, he charged in. Seeing this, Brutus was relieved. If he retreated, it would have been difficult for him.
'1 down, 2 more to go…' he moved.
Apart from his heavenly touch and his ability to please women, another thing that gave Brutus sheer euphoria was the adrenaline rush of battle.
He enjoyed it because he was incredibly good at it too.
As the cultivator came charging in and slashing with his large sword, Brutus side-stepped, dodging and then he counterattacked.
Bam!
Brutus' leg hit the cultivator's jaw, shattering his teeth.
Brutus was familiar with this cultivator's combat style; he was a momentum fighter. His sword was too big to wield flexibly, so he relied on his sheer physical power and momentum instead, using it to his advantage.
But today, he met someone with far more combat experience than he had, Brutus used his momentum against him.
As his sword cut forward, missing its target, the cultivator would be unable to recover immediately as the weight of the sword would carry him forward.
Edward didn't fight the force, instead flowing with the momentum shift to move after his sword but predicting it, Brutus kicked up with his knee at the perfect angle to hit this cultivator's jaw as his sword dragged him forward.
With that momentum, the impact was devastating.
"Ugh…!" This cultivator coughed blood mixed with some of his teeth.
Seeing this, Chief Omar was alarmed as unsheathing his machete, this chief glared at the matron. "Emily, join the battle!"
Emily didn't react though. Instead, with a smile, she protected her star worker and retreated. "I agreed to be on your side chief, not fight with you".
Chief Omar cursed. "Damned slut!"
This chief finally turned to join the battle but it was already too late, he froze due to what he saw. "E-Edward?!" He stammered in horror.
As soon as Brutus got his first hit in, Edward's fate was sealed.
The cultivator tried to improvise but Brutus could read his moves like a book. With his dagger, he sliced the muscles at the back of both of his legs, weakening them before kicking the back of his knee, making this cultivator collapse on his knees.
On his knees, he didn't have the leverage to swing his giant sword and that spelled his doom.
Before this cultivator could react, Brutus who was already behind him placed his dagger across his throat, and then he slit.
"Ugh…!" This cultivator choked on his own blood to death.
"…!" Chief Omar stared in shock.
"2 down, 1 more to go," Brutus muttered, and then he finally turned his attention towards Chief Omar who staggered backward.
"W-who are you?" Chief Omar stammered.
Brutus looked at him with a cold gaze. "I'm nobody, just a man who loves serving retribution to incompetent old farts like you".
"Please, spare my life, I'll give you money, anything you need".
Thud!
Brutus walked towards him. "I don't need your money, only your life".
At this moment, Leah and Emily froze in shock as they finally saw the face of the intruder properly.
When the unknown person in the dark answered her, hearing those familiar terms, Leah already had a hunch but seeing him now confirmed it.
She stared at him with wide eyes. "You were always a cultivator?"
Brutus answered without looking at her as he walked towards the chief. "No, I just became one less than 10 minutes ago".
'What the f*ck!'
Emily stared without saying a word, an interested look now on her face as she stared at Brutus with gleaming eyes. 'Genie, who are you?'
"I'll make you my interim chief over not just Vulva Village but Luvre Village too after we kill Chief Rarluk, just spare my life".
"No". Brutus now stood over this chief, staring down at his pathetic self.
But as Brutus stared at him, this was when he noticed a sudden glint in the chief's eye. 'What?!'
"Now!" Chief Omar roared, then…
Whoosh!
Brutus felt the air shift close to him as shadows materialized from nothing and from this shadow, a dark arrow shot straight at his heart.
Brutus' eyes widened even as his body reacted instinctively.
With the Blade of Chaos, he managed to deflect the arrow, pushing it away from his heart but it still dug into another part of his chest, leaving a dark wound.
Looking at the wound, with the help of the glow from the moon, Brutus saw dark purplish blood. "Poison". He muttered darkly.
And then, they finally came out.
10 meters behind Chief Omar, a large portal of shadow qi energy appeared and from inside, 3 cultivators stepped out in dark purple robes.
All 3 of them were women.
Chief Omar finally stood up to his feet, staring at Brutus coldly. "I warned you brat, now you forced my hand".
He winced. "The price is significant but it's worth it so long as I can subdue Luvre Village," he laughed in an evil voice. "Luvre Village is mine!"
He stared at Brutus. "Meet the 3 shadow sisters, they're triplets".
Silence.