Who was Fudu? He was the tall muscular guard with dark skin who had accompanied Kato, Wasswa and Wada; he was the fourth passenger on the giant white bird. When the assassins heard Wasswa’s voice, they immediately made their move. There was no use in hiding anymore.
In the lead was Skeletal Demon. Even though he had given up his freedom by joining the Black Cards Organization, today he was more excited than ever. This was because just a few days ago he had found out about a possible oncoming Demonic Territory uprising. "I can feel it in my bones! The Demon King has descended into this world. Within the next few years, the Demonic Territory will definitely invade Toro and the entire South East region!" This news that would shock anyone in Toro was known only to him. He knew that with a Demon King descending right outside the borders of Toro, the nation would sink into chaos sooner or later. “I only have to rise to a higher rank within the organization and this mission is the way.” His plan was to rise further and obtain a high position in the country so that he would have the power to assist the Demon King from within once the invasion happened.
“That way, I can receive more rewards from the Demon King!" As he thought this to himself, he could not help but let off a maniacal demonic laugh while rushing towards the door of the hut. Although his bony face had a naturally staunch look, what remained of his face could not help but contort in joy as he saw his future right before his eyes. However, at that point someone took one step from within the hut and some of the other assassins sensed something. A shocking strike! Skeletal Demon did not understand what had happened as his body continued moving forward due to momentum with his face still contorted in joy. However, his eyes which used to glow a fiery red had already turned pitch black. Death! A shocking spear strike had ended the life of the pseudo-immortal demonic human. Neither his regenerative powers nor immortality could save him. The mission had barely started yet one of the lieutenants of the 12 Martyrs of Death was already dead!
All the assassins were almost frozen in shock but everyone knew that a moment’s hesitation would reduce their momentum and in turn cost them their lives.
Before Skeletal Demon’s corpse even touched the ground, the second assassin had already arrived. It was another lieutenant, the poison master who went by the title of [Red Mist]. As he reached the door, he released a thick red mist around his entire body. In a split-second this mist split up into 3 parts. One part formed a [Seven Layered Poison Armor] around his entire body. The second part transformed into a red gaseous wall around the hut, the [Red Poison Veil Technique]. As for the last part, it formed a calabash poison gourd. This gourd named Buyu-Tango or simply Buyu was a Spiritual Item used to store over 1,000 lethal poisons. Unlike Red Mist’s usual poisons that came in a gaseous form, the poison in this gourd was in liquid form. Another strange aspect of the Buyu was that while the gourd could fit in the palm of his hand, within it was a poison lake so vast that it could drown out an entire village!
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As Red Mist arrived within attack range, he pointed the Buyu at the inside of the hut. A poison master like him could kill everyone in the room without resorting to physical might. “Sigh, they are done for,” he thought with a sigh. After all, even opponents countless times stronger than him were helpless in front of his poisons. He was not just bragging. Red Mist’s greatest achievement had been defeating a Lord Rank warrior of an enemy nation! His title as a master of poisons was well earned.
In response to Red Mist’s attack, Fudu took his second step out of the hut. The burly man then clenched his free left fist and punched. His punch seemed slow to the observers but it was extremely fast. It only seemed slow due to the time dilation as all the combatants were moving at extremely fast speeds; speeds far beyond the limits of ordinary mortals. The speed of sound which children like Mwana found hard to reach had long been surpassed!
A river of poison that weighed upwards of dozens of tons flowed towards the inside of the hut in a collision course with Fudu. His fist seemed as if a tiny branch trying to stand in the way of an elephant. As the fist and the poison river from the Buyu collided, a shocking scene unfolded. The river of poison immediately evaporated before it even touched Fudu’s skin! Following that, Fudu’s fist continued unimpeded and crashed against Red Mist’s [Seven Layered Poison Armor]. The latter had barely sighed in relief for equipping his armor in the nick of time before noticing that the fist continued moving as if the armor was non-existent! The fist violently crashed into his stomach letting off a loud sound as if an explosion, “Bang!” Red Mist was downed in one punch!
He immediately fell to his knees coughing out several days’ worth of food. Following the vomit was a stream of blood and within the vomited blood one could see chunks of internal organs. Fudu’s punch did not send him flying away like a rocket; instead it had kept all the power and force of the punch within Red Mist’s body exploding within him like a bomb that ravaged his insides.
“What a powerful punch!” Everyone could not help but exclaim in shock. In less than a second, 2 of the lieutenants who were both at the Void Body realm were put out of commission! This was enough to halt the assassins’ steps.
Following Fudu, Kato and Wasswa came out of the hut side by side. As the heir, kato did not intend to hide as his guards did all the fighting. A huge battle was imminent.