12 The Man in Altar.
"Still....since I am a Buddha...even though you tried to kill me...I will forgive you this one time...but remember I will forgive you people only this one time." Sun wukong said with a hesitation which resulted in the Ghost Dipper squad almost drenching in cold sweat.
"Don`t rejoice yet, even if I forgave you this time, you people need to be held responsible for your deeds and pay the price for it... So I will allow you people to live but I shall seal your cultivation base and you people will live the lives of mortals." declared Sun wukong as he pointed hand towards the Ghost Dipper squad in front of him and drew runes in but an instant in the air.
The runes which are drawn by Sun Wukong turned into 8 chains and flew towards the Ghost Dipper squad to seal them...
"Not...so fast.."
~huff~ ~huff~
A small rusted dagger flew towards the chains and disintegrated them to dust..after which it returned to its owner and rotted to dust...
When Sun wukong turned to the direction of voice he saw Xu Shi holding a small dagger in his palm which shattered and turned into dust, he was barely standing at one side catching for his breath.
"These insects are my possession granted by my master since they can`t be used by me, I will not allow you to do as you please either..."
"Soul Sacrificial Talisman Magic." roared Xu Shi as he took out some black talismans from his spatial ring and tore them to pieces while taking out a vial which contained black blood and poured the blood on the torn talisman pieces.
"Middle tier-divine magic" Sun Wukong sucked in a cold breath as he realized the tier of incantation cast by Xu Shi. He immediately plunged towards Xu Shi without demur but it was already too late...
Huge purple-black colored runes instantly formed on the earth where the black blood fell and the runes formed a giant transparent barrier covering Xu Shi and the Ghost Dipper team in inside...
The moment the barrier rose, everyone inside felt as if their strength was being pulled apart...
"You BASTARD...I curse YOU...I curse you to die a dog`s death." Captain yelled pitifully as his Life essence, flesh, blood, bones, soul and cultivation base... every inch of his existence itself turned into a stream of energy and flowed into purple-black runes on the ground.
Sun Wukong blasted his fists continuously on the barrier but all it did was create ripples on the barrier nothing more...
"High-grade treasure...who is this fellow?" Sun Wukong was lost in thought as he understood that the situation is awful.
In the meantime, every squad member`s body disintegrated into streams of energy and flowed into the runes on the ground until the runes sucked everything from the team members and it didn`t even stop after that...as even Xu Shi`s body started to disintegrate...
"N.o...no...no.no.no...don't want...I don`t want to die.." roared Xu Shi. He didn`t think that even he would be sacrificed in the process and now it`s too late to stop the magic.
(Looks like I miscalculated the range of magic and the price I have to pay for it became my life...no...no, it`s my master who gave me this magic talisman and told me how to use it, he should have surely known about it...it`s his plan all along...YOU CHEAP BASTARD...)
That was the last thought of Xu Shi as his soul and body completely exterminated while the huge stream of energy flowed towards the runes making it glow with holy brilliance while emitting strange and ghastly Qi.
.........
At a desolated starry space somewhere unknown, a huge bronze broken altar drifted alone in the space in an irregular path.
On the altar, there was a man who sat on a majestic chair perfectly suiting his huge body. A sharp and overbearing pressure was overflowing from his body which even cut apart the surrounding space creating spatial chasms around the space.
The bronze altar was shivering with creaking sounds as it was being suppressed and destroyed under the pressure emitted from that man. But strangely, the destroyed part of the altar recovered itself in a mere moment and the cycle of being destroyed and recovering in a flash continued.
It was like a cycle of war between life and death...
Suddenly a black hole materialized in front of the altar and a man appeared from inside it.
"My Lord, your slave has a matter to inform." said the man from the black hole as he did obeisance outside the altar.
"Um. Tao Fen, what matter brought you to this far away place?" asked the man in altar while still closing his eyes.
Surprisingly, it was the same man who had warned Xu Shi not to misuse the Ghost Dipper squad without the permission from the organization.
Tao Fen stood up and clasped his hands in front of his chest and remained in a respectable manner towards the man in the altar. He could see that the man in the altar had his eyes shut, but he felt like he was being stared from all directions as if he is a prey being stared by a predator, which clearly depicts how deep and formidable expert the man in the altar was.
"My Lord, young master Xu, he did not heed my words and went after that Monkey God and even summoned Ghost dipper squad without permission from the organization." Tao Fen said straightforwardly.
"I know...it`s all going according to my plan." said the man in the altar.
"My Lord....you mean, young master is acting according to your plans?" asked Tao Fen with doubt.
He really can`t understand the situation, after all, Monkey God was a formidable expert who had battled the man in the altar and wounded him so gravely that it took him a whole 1800 years to heal fully even with the help of so many heavenly material treasures. Let alone Xu Shi who had just ascended godhood, even if he was given another 10,000 years it would be hard to defeat the Monkey God.
"No. He didn`t know a thing about my plan. I only gave him some soul sacrificial talisman to take his sweet revenge and sow the seeds for the future of my greater plan." said the man at the altar as he chuckled softly.
"My Lord,...wouldn`t that kill young master too?..." asked Tao Fen with disbelief as he knew what those talismans could do.
"Who cares...as long as he could weaken that smelly monkey...all would be worth it...then I can immediately strike and kill him. Once I have achieved that I will become a peerless expert under the Supreme realm and will become Sovereign of Bai Hai universe. I will even attain my long yearned treasure at that point of time. or do you mind...If I toy with Xu Shi like that?" asked the man in the altar as his voice as his voice carried playfulness and innocence.
"N.o...no my Lord, your slave understands...we all are your playthings after all..." Tao Fen hastily replied with a smiling face but the cold sweat on his face and the violently beating heart betrayed his facial expression.
"Humph" the man in the altar coldly snorted as he saw through the facade of Tao Fen.
"......" Tao Fen.
"Ah..." the man in altar suddenly gasped in surprise.
"What happened, my Lord?" Tao Fen asked hastily.
"Looks like I am going to reap my benefits a bit early....Xu Shi`s soul jade crumbled and the soul sacrificing talismans had been activated..." the man in the altar said in an excited voice as the jade talisman he took out from his spatial ring crumbled to pieces.
"Tao Fen, I am going to Star Earth... it`s your duty to block this piece of news from 'ORDER'. Until I come back, no one is allowed to disturb my deeds, understand?" the man in the altar rose from his chair and walked down the steps each at a time while the pressure in the altar increased a notch up until the man opened his eyes at the end of the steps...In that instant, the pressure emitted from him was like an explosion of a universe...
Tao Fen soon couldn`t handle that pressure as he coughed blood continuously and almost passed out in that endless void.
"Your slave understands...your slave understands...I will defend here with my life, my Lord." said Tao Fen while still coughing blood in the void.
"Good" The man in the altar only uttered a word before he sliced open the space in front of him into two halves with his pointing finger as if he was caressing a fragile picture and disappeared into the tunnel created by him...
