20 "fierce" engagementS (3)

The commotion was bound to alert the slumbering tiger that was xiao tiannan. Around the vicinity, the xiao sect manor resembled nothing more than a shattered and desolate place that seemingly failed to survive the destruction stemming from an intense battle.

Azazel stood silently within the clearing, bodies littered the floor, and a faint trail of blood scarred the earth with a deep shade of red. the boy stood motionless, thoughts of his current actions assaulting his subconscious and hindering him from thinking of anything else.

he wondered whether his actions could truly be judged with the morale standards present back on earth.

realization and acceptance were 2 different concepts that people intertwined with each other. Yes, he was aware that this was the world of against the gods, yet a lot of his actions were dictated by the thinking and societal standards of the world he used to live in previously. Never was he a fighter, never was he a person who harmed others even in the technical act of self defense, this was a whole new experience for him that made him thrilled, but went against what he has been taught for 12 years.

Did he really accept this sudden change in environment? definitely not. A true cultivator from this world would probably decide to cut off the roots so that a fresh new batch of problems would not arise in the future. however, in clear symbolism of an expected dilemma, he could not bring himself to cessate the biological functions of others, he could not take that paramountly important jump lest he ends up harming himself mentally forever.

Azazel frowned at these distracting thoughts, there was no purpose or benefits in thinking about such things at the moment, especially when another battle was about to issue forth. with a sigh of exasperation, he pushed everything to the back of his mind, forcing himself to enter that state of impeccable calmness.

Azazel waited for the moment of truth, for the big fish to present himself. Chief probably stole all the treasures within the manor, the only ones remaining are the treasures located in the main building of the xiao sect. Of course, in order for thief to steal it, Xiao tiannan must be drawn away from his cave, hence the reason why azazel Purposefully made a commotion to catch his attention.

He did not have to wait long, as expected from an earth profound realm cultivator. The wind fiercely blowed in symbolism of a powerful arrival, the xiao sect branch patriarch landed forcefully on the blood stained ground. His grey eyes glowed with a furious light as his gaze finally landed on the nonchalant little boy in front of him.

" to cripple my son is a sin already worthy of death. To harm my disciples without reservations is a sin worthy of being cut to a million pieces." he spoke coldly, the aura of an earth profound realm cultivator oozing off of his body and shattering the nearby rocks.

Azazel curled his lips, but did not answer vocally. he merely activated the circulation of his profound energy within the meridians and materialized it to cover all of his limbs.

With haste, the little boy pushed off the ground at maximum speed, arriving almost instantly next to his opponent as he released a flurry of kicks and punches, intending to shatter the guard of his opponent.

Xiao tianna was initially surprised at the sheer speed of this boy, it went against the scope he created for what is the maximum battle prowess the youth had,. However, despite being fast, all of his attacks were extremely visible to a cultivator like him. Xiao tiannan sneered as he dodged every single attack, his body, surprisingly, never taking a single step backward.

"That's enough!"

Xiao tiannan coldly spoke while simultaneously releasing his profound energy in the form of a malleable physical substance that sent Azazel soaring backwards.

The boy planted his hands on the ground in order to stop his inertia, his teeth gritting in pain at the process. Their difference could be seen without further battle interaction. The xiao sect branch master sent him flying such a great distance with just his profound energy, and every single attack Azazel released seemed ineffective for they were all dodged without the excretion of stamina.

Azazel sighed to himself, if he could not even defeat someone who was 6 levels above him then wouldn't this mean that he still paled in comparison to yun che? it was of no relevance really, but the thought made him a little annoyed.

The second his eyes focused on the battle again, he found to his surprise that the xiao sect master was completely gone!

without any form of knowing where his opponent went, azazel surrounded himself with the entirety of his energy.

Xiao tiannan swiftly appeared behind The little boy, a sadistic grin on his face as he punched with roughly 70 percent of his strength. Azazel had no way of knowing where his opponent was until he felt a immensely powerful force almost shattering his back and sending him head first into The surrounding walls.

RIP

Debris littered the both the air and the ground as the wall collapsed instantly, a faint trail of blood could be seen among the midst as well.

Xiao tiannan narrowed his eyes dangerously, despite punching this boy with 70 percent of his power, the profound energy that surrounded the boy did not collapse one bit!

Azazel coughed up both dust and blood, his eyes still impeccably calm as he wiped the remnant blood on his lips.

"you have an extremely thick profound energy, sturdy as well. However, you are still not my match. I will enjoy torturing you here. not to mention, I sent word to all the elders in the city to come back as quickly as possible. Azazel, you will die here today!!" xiao tiannan spoke amids maddening laughter, his profound energy rising linearly with the decibel level of his voice. He took a quick glance at the perfectly sculpted face of the boy, only to see that same serene silence on his contours.

Xiao tiannan gritted his teeth inconspicuously, he expected the little boy to cower in fear after knowing the date and place of his death. yet this bastard acted as if he did not even hear him, or did not care at all!

"keep up that false bravado. I can't wait to hear your screams" xiao tiannan harshly spoke, his body once more disappeared into thin air as he sped forth towards the little boy, this time releasing an energy infused back kick towards his opponent's crane.

Azazel ducked quickly, only to suddenly notice that Xiao tiannan's other leg was flying towards his position again!

he raised his left arm in order to shield himself from the devastating impact.

Crunch

the sickening sound of a bone being crushed plagued the eardrums of both parties. Azazel's arm twisted at an awkward angle as he was sent flying into the air once more.

" does it hurt? Come on, tell me it does" Xiao tiannan taunted the little boy again, that feeling of shattering someone's bones, it was so freaking pristine and arousing. his pupils were twitching in sadistic pleasure.

"so that's how it is" Azazel indifferently dusted himself, the arm that was supposed to be shattered surprisingly already healed completely.

" I thought you had some sort of ability that allows you to teleport, But no. You turn invisible and simultaneously move at extreme speeds, fooling the enemy into thinking that you are warping."

"so what? it does not made a difference.?" xiao tiannan asked warily. He was inherently shocked that this mere true profound realm boy could figure it out. Granted, it was a simple trick, but this was a 12 year old little boy for goodness sake. 12 year olds are not supposed to be this goddam advanced.

" oh but it does." azazel narrowed his eyes dangerously as he continued. " I can see you"

"we will see about that!"

xiao tiannan activated his invisibility and began testing the waters. His body slowly moved to the left while his eyes looked at the little boy, what he saw sent a jolt of surprise down to his core. Those scarlet eyes.... they were following his every movements!

Fear of unknown origins shrouded Xiao tiannan's heart.Without knowing what to do, his body reacted on its own as he flew towards his opponent. A battle cry escaped his lips while his fists shone with green splendor. Soon after, he released a combination of both kicks and punches that flew almost simultaneously towards the boy.

Azazel shifted his body to the side, weaving through every single attack without wasting the slightest energy.

"Impossible!" The xiao sect master bellowed out aloud after seeing another one of his attacks miss its mark. "impossible!" again, his kick was cleanly dodged. "IMPOSSIBLE, IMPOSSIBLE!!"

The little boy twisted his body to the side, sending a soft palm under Xiao tiannan's extended hand,which consecutively sent the older man up in the air, his body horizontally inclined.

The xiao sect master watched in fear as Azazel followed up his previous maneuver with another devastating punch towards his exposed belly, shattering the almost nonexistent profound energy there.

XIao tiannan spat a massive amount of blood, his body continuing along its original motion into the air until he fell head first on the ground below..

"cough, cough. You bastard!" xiao tiannan sluggishly hoisted his body up. It dawned to him that this opponent is the real deal! he has completely underestimated him and thus did not protect himself with any energy. This caused the heavy injuries he sustained. however, how in the hell did he suddenly get so.... knowledgeable? this was completely different from the little boy he saw earlier.

Wait a second... Xiao tiannan gazed at his opponent's forehead, only to notice that the needle drawing is glowing with a scarlet light. Previously, from what he could remember, that needle mark was never glowing in such a manner. Just what is this boy

Azazel slowly began walking forward, a purely scarlet energy highlighted his body as it intensified with each passing second.

The boy nonchalantly clasped his hands together, the needle symbol on his head glowing even more brightly.

"needle Realm!!!"

the air, the earth, everything. Everything that one tried to look at, the only thing you will see are needles... needles that are almost infinite in numbers.

Xiao tiannan's hands shivered in awe, what sort of power was this? to be a happening from a mere 12 year old boy! this was practically unheard of. However, he was not discouraged, needles have low penetrating power anyways. With his advanced cultivation level, it will be almost impossible for him to sustain damage. And so, in act of safe measure, he activated his profound barrier and awaited in silence.

"you see" the boy began. " this entire time, I was circulating energy within my meridians all for the sake of this arcane activation of the spell. it does not matter if you are 6 levels above me when it comes to cultivation. you.already.lost."

Azazel disappeared completely. Teleporting to a needle behind Xiao tiannan as he quickly punched with all of his might. The barrier surrounding his opponent shaved off all of the force behind the punch, yet the assault did not end there.

BEfore the xiao sect master could even turn around, his body disappeared again, teleporting into another needle just within proximity of the opposition as he released another devastating punch.

The same process occurs again and again and again. XIao tiannan's eyes shifted directions every so frequently, yet he absolutely could not track where this little boy was teleporting to. To his dread, his barrier was losing its strength each time the boy punches it.

Azazel brilliantly teleported above the xiao sect master, eyes glowing fiercely with power as he punched outwards with the strength of a mighty dragon. This time, the barrier shattered completely, revealing the shocked appearance of xiao tiannan. It was game over.

The little boy jumped upwards into the air and executed a weird hand gesture while his lips parted slightly.

"heavenly assault"

the same technique he did against the xiao sect disciples made another appearance. This time however, because there was already a lot of needles created as a result of the "needle realm" there was no need for the procreation of any new needles, making the process much more faster.

The needles, in unison, flew towards the defenseless earth profound realm cultivator, showing no mercy as they pierced his entire body full of holes.

There was no screaming, only the satisfying sound of Xiao tiannan's body falling to the ground like a sack of heavy potatoes.

Azazel floated downwards and landed next to the downed opponent. his brow scrunched up in conflict. the same thoughts that plagued his subconscious surfaced again. Should he kill or should he not?

He did not want to experience the mental problems that will come with killing, it was a little scary and foreign to him. Yes, One can say he was a huge coward when it comes to these things.With much decisiveness, he decided to simply cripple xiao tiannan, this way he would not be attacked directly in the future....right?

The boy promptly created a needle and stabbed downwards towards the daitian of the xiao sect master, shattering it completely as profound energy leaked out of his body in gushes.

Xiao tiannan spat a massive amount of blood, his eyes rolled upwards and lost consciousness almost instantly.

Azazel sighed in exasperation, his emotionless eyes gazing at the skies. Instead of seeing the moon, however, he saw a little girl about 12 years old floating like a fairy under the grace of the wind. she had flaming red hair and a beauty that simply could not be described with mere words. The girl was none other than princess jasmine. She has been watching the entirety of this confrontation from beginning to end, her lips frowning the entire time.

4 scarlet eyes stared at each other. Azazel showed no visible surprise at the beauty he was seeing above, his pupils were glued indifferently at the equally red eyes of jasmine.

No one said anything. this continued on for as long as 20 seconds until Jasmine's figure swayed and disappeared under the moon, the only witness of this silent interaction.

"is it over" chief appeared from thin air, his voice extremely cold.

"yes." azazel attentively responded.

"are they dead?"

"not quite, all of them are almost crippled though."

" I see" chief's figure flickered as he continued "there is a needle Implemented in a nearby hotel room. You should have enough energy to teleport there. Go rest quickly before the elders come back."

the little boy nodded tiredly while his body suddenly disappeared into nothingness.

Chief looked at the unconscious xiao sect members in silence before speaking ruthlessly

" how naive"

his body glowed with a red light that symbolized nothing but murder. a huge needle shaped like a spear warped unto reality as it stabbed every single soul within the xiao sect manor. soon after, the needles on the ground also disappeared completely, effectively effacing all traits of this massacre.

chief looked at the manor one final time before similarly disappearing in an extravagant fashion.