Leo spun around infusing the Dao Of Will into his arms as an indomitable pressure emitted from him. A cloaked figure dashed forward not allowing anytime to react as a slender rapier sped up to catch Leo’s blade. Leo felt that they were basically equally powerful in terms of attributes. But the assassin was more experienced and had better technique compared to Leo.
Shade wasn’t going to sit around and watch and an abyssal sword stabbed forward to pierce the assassin from the back. Leo could feel the red orbs behind the cloak widen more surprised that Leo could block his strike more than everything. But the assassin was no normal E-Grade Cultivator. A puff of smoke indicated that he was already gone and Shade’s stab landed on nothing. The assassin appeared behind her or should Leo rather say multiple assassins. The mirages of the assassin with the assassin charged all performing unique attacks at weird angles towards Leo and Shades body.
Leo and Shade couldn’t match the assassins speed and bloody gashes opened all over them. Shade activated her Heavenly form and healed immediately stomping sending golden energy surging everywhere pushing out the assassin from the ground. Leo looked on in confusion he was sure that the assassin was among the mirages how did Shade perceive the clearly high grade seed level of some illusion Dao. But while Leo’s mind was stopping to think his feet weren’t. Leo almost felt bad for the assassin whose red orbs almost fell out of his sockets as he realized he’s been uncovered.
The assassin seemed to be still confident though and he took out a rusty worn sword reeking of immense resentment. A weird reddish sludge bursted from his chest and covered the sword with some taboo power. Leo’s attack was rebuffed and chains wrapped around Leo and a piercing sword came from the back piercing towards Leo’s neck. Leo had no choice but to activate [Void Heart] nullifying the chains made of cursed energy. Leo twisted and only felt a slight sickness after consuming E-Grade Cursed Energy. The assassin didn’t seem surprised and he dashed into a puff of smoke. Leo’s follow up attack striking ground.
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A tower appeared on a jagged peak of Tribulation Mountain and the immense smell of putrid death filled the air. Fifty chains shot out of the spores of the tower that was shaped like a mutilated corpse. Leo was ready but he didn’t even have to attack as a wave of cleansing Light. washed over the chains followed up by a wave of endless Darkness. The chains deadly aura was burned away and the darkness made the already brittle looking chains break apart. The tower started to shake and break apart into a pile of corpses. Leo smiled they broke it! But his smile grew into a grimace as an even more disgusting aura washed over. Corpses flew by some invisible force and when they neared they blew up spurting out a weird acid everywhere. Leo’s [Black Steel Katana] was already on its last legs after the parry from an E-Grader the acid was the last straw on the camel and it snapped fully rusted and breaking apart. Leo looked at his broken sword with mixed feelings. It was weak there was no denying that but it had followed him throughout his journey thus far. Rage built up but the assassin wouldn’t just give Leo time to rest. A stab from the back woke Leo up and he turned around only realizing the assassin had somehow messed with his perception and he was actually behind him.
Shade wasn’t fast enough having even less attributes than Leo let alone an Elite E-Grade Assassin going all out. Leo’s chest blew apart as a shiny dagger appeared in his chest. Leo stumbled forward meeting a vicious kick to his left temple knocking him back. Shade went all out and Darkness and Light merged. A Shadow Asura had appeared. The assassin had no time to press his attack as he found himself getting caught up in his fight with Shade. Shade’s wheel turned a couple times each releasing a blast of either Light or Darkness ripping out chunks of the earth with each attack. The corpse tower wasn’t just sitting around either and a multiple howling specters shot out at Leo. Leo dodged the stream of howling shadows and jumped into the fray. Leo went back to his Void State and inky black power surrounded him as he charged at the assassin. The assassin was already hard pressed by Shade’s full power and seeing Leo charge in made him recalculate the meaning of this fight. After all they were both F-Graders and judging by their strength he probably thought they were seeds from some exalted A-Grade faction. Having literal Supremacies down your back was a death sentence for any E-Grader. The assassin groaned as he ripped out his heart activating his last ditch method. A monstrosity of a monster appeared.