First Kill & Guilty

"PHATEEEEEEE!" Jay and his partner shouted in rage, veins registering on their foreheads. They were so angry; sharp, long, one-handed swords appeared in their hands, ready to attack if the elder allowed it!

The elder cracked in chuckles, amused by Phate's words!

"Now you can begin!" the elder flew out of the ring.

Strangely, none of the two moved; Phate just smiled at them.

"You said so much just to stare at when come one, attack me cowards!" he reprimanded them.

"You dare!" spiritual energy filled their swords...

Swoosh!

Two long sword streaks were heading to Phate at high speed; the smile on his face did not disappear, and he had no ounce of fear at their puny attacks.

"Hmph, child's play!" he sidestepped swiftly without any problem. These attacks were so slow.

He did not know that as he got the time ability, his eye perception and thinking speed increased considerably.

And his body cultivation, having reached the Demigod realm, his ability to move his body per his wish was at an unimaginable level too; his body would turn and bend to an unnatural degree.

But he did not need any of that right now.

He looked at the attacks passing him with a playful smile; they were at a snail's speed if you asked him.

At a quick speed, his eyes darted to his front as he looked at the two men, who had just finished attacking by now.

"you're just a waste of my time and efforts! Now die!"

Swoosh!

Two silver-white daggers materialized in his hands, and he ran to the two men; in only a short instant, he used his ice element, and the whole ring turned into an ice land.

Stab! Stab!

The ice daggers stabbed deep into their hearts from the front, but no blood came out as a sharp, throbbing pain invaded their bodies, accompanied by a gut-wrenching coldness that was freezing them from the inside at high speed.

Their hands dropped their swords as they had lost all their strength; they could not even feel their hands.

Their eyes looked at the daggers still planted deep in their hearts with immense sadness.

Simultaneously, they followed the trail of the daggers to the gentle hands still holding the hilts before they reached his face...

The face of the man who had just claimed their lives was like a heartless demon, a smile without any ounce of sympathy hanging on his face.

"Send my greetings to King Yama; tell him I am sending more fools like you to him; he doesn't have to thank me, no need to be humble!" they saw the moments of their lives flashing before their eyes.

His heartless words were followed by him pulling the daggers out of their hearts!

"Ugh! I a-" They did not get a chance to say their last words; they turned into ice sculptures, and with no support, they fell into pieces.

The whole arena was dead silent right now! Astonishment, amazement, happiness, fear, and many other emotions were going through their minds.

This did not last long, though, before they all erupted into cheers.

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"Thalia...help...help...me...take...me...home!" outside, Phate stood proud and strong like a knight who just won his first fight in the Coliseum.

But inwardly, it was a different story; he sent a voice transmission to all his women, unknowingly begging Thalia to take him out of the place.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Three light streaks broke through the formation around the ring like a hot knife cutting through tofu.

They picked up Phate without anyone having time to react, and they disappeared to God knows where!

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"No, don't say that; it doesn't make you an evil person at all!" Thalia hugged the young teen tight in her embrace.

All four were on the bed, with Phate entangled between the three women.

They felt sad at his state of mind; he was not cherry and vibrant like usual.

"B-But I just killed two innocent d...disciples; they did nothing wrong...right Shen?" tears threatened to escape from Shen's eyes; she did not know what to say now.

Phate seemed to believe she had the same view as his, but did she?

She feared to tell him otherwise than he expected he would see her in a different view...it scared her, but she did not want to lie either.

"Get a hang on yourself, Phate; this is a dog-eat-dog world; in the cultivation world, there's nothing like innocence.

"The ones you feel sorry for would have killed you without any remorse; they would be jubilating now that they had killed the 'arrogant prince.'" Thalia and Qiang thought Shen's words were harsh, but they agreed with her.

"Shen's right, Phate; the cultivation world is a harsh one; even your flesh and blood could backstab you. Don't show any mercy!" Qiang said she tried to be soft.

"Who cares if you're evil...everyone would willingly become evil to protect their own lives; you shouldn't be different!" the dotting Thali said; she pecked his forehead, stroking his cheeks tenderly.

"You have been claiming that you would protect us and cage us in your protective wings...but can you even do a quarter of that with that kind of mindset...laughable!

"How can you protect three lives or more when you can't protect yourself from this stupid attitude and lame mindset? If you can't bear the burden of killing two teens, what would you do if you had to go against the whole world for us, your women? Give up and let us die?"

Tears were coming from Shen's eyes the more she spoke; the three stared at her in bewilderment.

Her words had put some sense into Phate, but she was left hurt; she couldn't stop blaming herself for scolding her lover.

He was hurt and emotionally unstable, but she had to go on and speak like she didn't care about his health.

She couldn't forgive herself!

Phate gathered courage and hugged her; she needed his comfort right now!

While he was taking care of his women, little did Phate know...