This time, they attacked while empowering their weapons with the space element as well. The only way to counter space was with space. It was a well-known fact and of course, these elite assassins were aware of that much. Things had simply moved too fast previously. This time, they were prepared.

Of course, the leader wasn't going to simply let things happen either. He circulated his own energy and activated his own self-fusion technique to turn into a cloud of green poison. The hook went through the mist.

At the same time, the six weapons went through the elder. They were the ones whose image flickered out of reality this time while the elder did not. They had distorted the existence of their weapons but, of course, Seo-Jun had felt it. As such, he remained in this reality.

For the second time, all the cultivators missed the mark.

The leader's voice was heard even though he was no more than a mist: "Are you idiots?! Don't use it all at the same time!"

He was obviously referring to the element of distortion. In fact, if the six hadn't all applied said element, Seo-Jun had planned to use distortion to teleport aside and dodge. He would have had to give up on the attack but it was better than being cleaved in halves.

Of course, this didn't happen. And Seo-Jun was on his third move of the hook towards the mist. This time, he made sure to add the law of the three states into his spiritual energy so that he could effectively contact with the mist that was the leader. And kill him even in his poison mist form.

Unfortunately for the leader, he could not do anything more as he had to keep the prison up. He had to put his survival in the hands of his men if he wanted to survive this.

Which he didn't.

He deactivated the cage as he dodged. And he was glad he did so as the six weapons went through Seo-Jun without dealing damage once again. He simply distorted his reality in the trajectories of the weapons that didn't flicker. For an expert in spatial elements, it was as easy as stealing candy from a kid.

The leader wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead in fright...oh wait, there had been sweat there.

After this attack, there wasn't even a pause as Seo-Jun moved again, sending his hook forward towards the leader. The leader backed away in hurry to dodge while his men tried to attack Seo-Jun again. However, as they did so, Seo-Jun sent his second arm out while something got out of his sleeve...A second weapon!

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This was another hook. This one only had a single blade but it was much longer and curved like a half-moon. Of course, longer only meant that it was bit larger than a forearm. But this was enough. The second hook moved at incredible speed and managed to cut one of the unprepared men.

This time, not only had Seo-Jun dodged their moves but he had also taken one of them out.

The leader's face was pale and his expression grim.

Not only had they failed to keep the kidnapped girl but this man was decimating their force. The leader made a decision at that very moment. He shouted: "Escape!"

As they heard him, all five survivors turned into elements and darted away in different directions at top speed. The leader was no exception. The only thing that accompanied their escape was the elder's laughter.

Since they were all escaping in different directions, even if he could catch up to one, he wouldn't be able to do much more. Maybe two at best? But what was the point? He had gotten the girl back and forced them away. His job was done and it was a success.

After he used spiritual energy to sense his surroundings and didn't catch a single glimpse of the men, he retracted his two weapons inside his sleeves and with a wave of his hand, a distortion appeared. He sent his arm in there and as he took it back, Min-Su's sister's body was grasped in his hand.

He was glad that they didn't hurt her. He wouldn't have known how to answer to the powerful monster who hijacked their clan otherwise... He picked the girl gently within his arms and began to make his way back to the clan. This adventure hadn't taken so long so maybe no one would notice anything.

Hae-Hyuk had noticed it since he was the one to send the elder on his way. And he had witnessed everything from his spot in the floating island. He saw it all. He laughed at the ten assassins throughout as well as the man behind them. Of course, he knew him. There was only one idiot who would try that under his watch...

Anyways, the crisis, if it could be called so, was averted. He turned his gaze back onto his disciples. They were both chatting with an elder from the Ryu clan about storage rings. If not for some particular rules, he would have simply given them the rings filled with the elements and much more... He sighed. This was the reason why getting this thing had always been so difficult.

In the main hall, Jin and Min-Su were explaining to an elder what they needed. The elder was listening closely and nodding at their demands while noting them in his mind. After a dozen minutes, the order had been placed. Jin and Min-Su had soon realized that only a few rings wouldn't be enough and might lead to problems too in their own ways. They only had so many fingers after all.

So, they asked for armbands to be made. Armbands that had dozens of small locks on them so that they could put many rings there. They planned to not only were a ring at each finger but to also have dozens of them strapped to armbands they would wear.

Never would they be lacking in quantity. As for quality, they kept it at the five origins for now. They were still in beta-testing phase.