Brutus was caught in a pinch.
He could tell immediately after a quick tactical analysis.
'This poison,' he coughed dark blood. 'Not only is it weakening my physical strength, it's also tampering with my qi energy'.
His eyes narrowed. 'These sisters are professionals'.
He observed their robes, his keen eyes easily enabling him to make out what was hidden underneath. 'One wields a pair of daggers, she's just like the pirate but I can tell that she's far more dangerous'.
'The other has a grimoire…, a pure mage'. His eyes darkened. 'She's the one who fired the poisoned dark arrow'.
'As for the last, she has a retractable spear; a powerful body cultivator'.
'If I was in perfect condition, with some ingenuity, I would be able to defeat them but now, with this poison,' Brutus grimaced.
He coughed some more blood. "What a deadly poison," he commented with a dark smile on his face.
Chief Omar laughed evilly on seeing this while the 3 sisters stayed silent like ghosts.
"How dare you kill Edward you vermin?!" Chief Omar raged. "Now you'll pay! You have to pay with your life".
"Shadow sisters, kill him!"
At that moment was when Emily finally smiled again. "I can't believe I'm seeing the famous shadow sisters in flesh, it's an honor!" She smiled brightly.
"Chief Omar, you're truly a man to be admired".
Chief Omar stared at her coldly. "I'll deal with you after this is over".
Despite receiving their orders already, the 3 sisters who Brutus guessed were mercenaries did not move yet as they just stared into Brutus' eyes.
Those eyes, they recognized it but they didn't react in fear though.
Rather, the sister in the middle, the mage calmly said. "Chief, your original price just tripled".
"What?!" Chief Omar exploded. "What the heck? That is not what we agreed on, I only agreed to pay you in full if things don't go as planned and you're forced to intervene, what is this about triple payment?"
She replied with a simple sentence. "He is dangerous".
"Dangerous?!" Chief Omar was alarmed.
In the Red Phoenix prefecture, the shadow sisters were renowned as some of the most notorious mercenaries in the region. Their reputation precedes them, a testament to their record and incredible battle prowess.
If these sisters believed this guy was dangerous, then…?
Carefully, Chief Omar took a step back, paying a closer look to the intruder. 'Who is this guy?' He thought.
"Done". He answered the shadow sisters, secretly gritting his teeth.
Immediately, their hands that had been hidden inside their dark purple robes since moved. One of them unsheathed a pair of black daggers, the other brought out a rod and when she shook it, it elongated into a dark purple spear.
As for the last sister, she simply brought out her grimoire.
They got ready for battle.
In the process of retrieving their weapons, Brutus was able to see their face. All 3 sisters were incredibly beautiful and identical triplets.
'To think I have to rough up beautiful girls this time, and such beautiful triplets too'. Brutus sighed.
Yes, he already admitted that he was caught in a pinch but that did not mean Brutus had no trump cards up his sleeves though.
Afterall, he was the Lord of Profanity.
Brutus' body may still just be a Qi Gathering Realm body but his soul was that of a Lord Realm cultivator. Since he was a pure body cultivator in the future, he didn't have effective techniques to make use of his powerful soul.
But still, there was a brute way to make use of a powerful soul against weak cultivators, soul suppression.
If the opponent was a Nihility Realm cultivator, a cultivator of the 6th realm or even a Nascent Soul realm cultivator, a 5th realm cultivator, it would not be successful but this was a Qi Gathering realm cultivator.
Against a Lord realm soul, a Qi Gathering realm cultivator was like an ant. If Brutus unleashed the aura of his soul brashly, everyone here would be affected, petrified with their souls damaged due to the difference in power.
And using that window, Brutus could attack to kill the 3 sisters before they recovered, but there was a complication.
Brutus narrowed his eyes. 'If I use soul suppression, my secret will be exposed. Everyone will know here that I have the soul of a much more powerful cultivator'.
'Is it worth it?'
Brutus didn't have time to think though. The shadow sisters were already moving, forcing him to tighten his hold on his dagger.
'You leave me no choice'.
Though Leah was stunned first by everything that happened, as soon as she finally understood everything again, this bounty hunter stood her ground, standing beside Brutus to back him up.
She was touched by his desire to die for her considering how illogical it was. 'Damn you womanizer! You're making me fall in love now!'
'I guess it can't be helped, I'll die soon'. She was prepared to fight and die.
The mage among the 3 sisters made the first move, chanting a quick spell as multiple shadow portals opened and from inside them, multiple dark arrows like the one that injured and poisoned Brutus at first appeared.
"Dark Poison Arrow!" She muttered.
But just as the dark arrows were about to move, something happened.
"Nullify!"
BZZZ!
All the dark arrows disintegrated just as they appeared.
"…!" The shadow sisters stared in shock.
Out of nowhere, an old man with dark brown hair appeared and he was the one who cast the spell to nullify the Dark Poison Arrows.
Nullify was one of the most basic spells available to mages. It had the simple effect of deconstructing another spell. Every mage could cast it, but few ever used it because it never worked against mages of the same realm.
It only worked if a higher realm mage used it on a lower realm mage.
The shadow sisters stared in shock because Nullify working meant only one thing. This old man… was a Foundation Realm Mage!
"You don't seem surprised to see me". The old man said, looking at Brutus with an interested smile on his face.
"Not really". Brutus stared at him. "Your cave is just in the mountain not far away from here. I just felt it made sense that the tremors of this battle would attract your attention, so maybe you just came to look and then you saw me".
"I didn't think you would help me though".
Brutus said but in actuality, in his mind, he laughed coldly. 'I know you've been watching this battle from the very beginning'.
'My soul already sensed your presence long ago. Actually, the reason I waited so long to use soul suppression is you'.
Yes, this old man was the alchemist that lived in a cave deep in the mountains that helped him forge the Ultimate Pleasure Potion.
Chief Omar stared in confusion. "W-what is going on here?" He stammered.
None of the shadow sisters moved, all silently staring at the old man with alarmed gazes. The old man chuckled. "It's not nice for fine girls like you to stare at me with such hostility".
He looked at them. "Give him the antidote to the poison and leave then I'll pretend that this never happened".
Silence.