Admittedly the horrid looking man knew he was in a terrible state.

Blue flames still violently rampaged inside his body, and his soul was still critically injured from Darcel's attack.

Plus, he had poured the last renaming bit of his power into the Qi Claw attack, further severely weakening him. At best, the man fathoms he was as strong as True Soul Core cultivator.

But this didn't matter to him compared to his enemies' pitiful state.

"Heh….heh….hahaha!!! Even with all of your annoying surprises, all of your final hours have arrived! In the end, you'll be killed, my ha-"

"No! In the end, you'll be killed at our hands!!" The horrid looking man was sharply cut off by Aniela's booming voice.

His eyes snapped over to the now rooted Darcel and Aniela. And ultimately, the man couldn't help an utter hopelessness feeling wash over him seeing these brats state now.

Darcel and Aniela stood upright, hand in hand, killing intent booming into their eyes. An incredible aura gushed out of them, making the horrid looking man feel utter terror in his mind, soul, and body.

Really, compared to everyone there, Darcel and Aniela had the least strain on their prowess. Granted, both were nowhere near their peak condition. But to kill the weakened standing before them, what they had now was more than enough!

The most terrifying note the horrid looking man picked up on Darcel and Aniela's current state was that still throbbing silver Core in Darcel's left hand.

It was then, the horrid looking man knew he really only had one option left.

And that is to make a hasty retreat!

The horrid looking man notice Darcel and Aniela were taking tiny panted breaths, though their bodies were tensing to attack.

But before disaster for him could happen, the man tightly clenched the silver Core in his hand.

'Hua!'

The horrid looking man's body burned with exhaustion and pain, but he didn't let this stop him from sprinting off into the destroyed trees and bushes of the Darkness Woods.

"Ah! You're not getting away!!"

Aniela roared as she tightly clenched Darcel's hand.

Over exerting their souls so much truly was leaving them winded. Still, the duo had their mind set on killing that horrid man tonight!

This time, using only the remaining Nascent Qi coursing their bodies, Darcel and Aniela simultaneously blasted off in the horrid man direction!

Even as both sides were fatigued, both Darcel, Aniela, and the wretched-looking man's speeds were all swift.

Vice Principal Zelle could only tiredly look on as Darcel, Aniela, and the horrid looking man all soon disappeared from her sight in a few seconds. Their three figures vanishing right into the dreary Darkness of the woods.

"Haah….haah….damn."

Vice Principal Zelle began to fully calm her body to gain back a bit of energy. Her eyes trailed over to Elder Leweyn and Erin to see both of their statues indeed wasn't the best.

Erin was knocked out cold, and Elder Leweyn's body was struggling to pick himself up.

However, with their already powerful bodies and souls, Vice Principal Zelle knew their grave injuries would be healed in due time.

The only worrying thought she had now was Darcel and Aniela.

If she could've, she would've prevented Darcel and Aniela from chasing that creature of a man. It was far too rash and risky since none of them were at their optimal state.

'But knowing them, they probably can pull out an amazing victory from out of nowhere. Still….this doesn't lessen the badly odd feeling about them specifically going in that direction.'

Vice Principal Zelle rummaged to herself as her eyes linger to where the duo was chasing that looking horrid man.

….

"Seriously, what's with this guy? You wouldn't be able to even tell he was injured at his constant speed."

While blasting through the Woods, Darcel lightly snided to Aniela.

"More than that….our big scale fight truly did a number on everything. At least making it easier for us to follow!" Aniela somehow found a bright side to this as their speeds didn't decrease in the slightest.

Their enthralling chase went for a minute already, and yet the horrid looking man had no intentions of stopping.

Even as all the joints in his body roar in agonizing pain, he knew stopping only meant his terrible death.

And while they chase, Darcel and Aniela did take a little notice of the mile's destruction in the Woods. Black glossy trees and branches spread out everywhere in tiny bits and pieces.

The ground was cracked for miles, and some spots even had small craters.

Furthermore, Darcel and Aniela also spotted crimson blood in destroyed bushes or wrecked trees.

Although the peculiar thing was, there was no corpse or any sort of body part attached to these spots of crimson blood.

But these small details all paled in comparison when Darcel and Aniela finally sensed the horrid looking man's speed decreasing!

Darcel and Aniela's eyes brighten, seeing their opportunity slowly come to them.

"Well! It seems like for all that speed before, not even you can hold on for long!" Aniela cruelly mocked from behind as the two were quickly nearing the wretched-looking man.

All the while, the horrid looking man ignored Aniela's mocking calls.

Now at the final dead-end of his line, the horrid man got rid of all of his hesitations. His nearly split, damaged soul was on the verge of completely shattering, but the man still surged what remained of his soul.

All at once, the man's soul fell into an even more chaotic state as he completely erupted his soul essence!

Loud glass shattering noises reverberated throughout the man's mind and body, nearly feeling everything crack into a million pieces.

Still, the man violently gnashed his teeth, shattering it, and managed to cling on to dear life. He used the eruption of his soul essence to pour all of his power into the silver Core clutched in his palm.

'Sariel….protect me….and kill these brats!' The horrid man pleaded in his mind to the silver Core.

It was his last desperate attempt to live but his only drastic option he had left.

And immediately, the man was shocked with a prompt reaction from the cracked silver Core. His near shattered being was pushed to a frozen state and a bright silver radiance spewed from his entire body!

'Hua!'

In a bright silver streak of light, the horrid man blasted off towards a specific direction in the Woods.

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And from behind, Darcel and Aniela was shocked but shocked for only a second.

"You're not getting away!" Darcel utter as he and Aniela, together, flashed with the same bright silver radiance!

Simultaneously, they erupted their Darkness soul link causing their souls to frantically surge.

In this state, Darcel harmonizes with the last remaining power in the silver Core clutched in his hand. He and Aniela felt the last rush of energy flow their bodies like running water.

Their Spirit Senses kept precise track of the horrid looking man, and they had then pinpointed his direction.

Similar to the horrid looking man, Darcel and Aniela blasted off in a bright silver streak of light, following right behind the man's direction.

Two streaks of silver lights, dashing at the same speeds, illuminated Necropolis Woods for miles. Both sides didn't know how far deep they were going into the Woods, but neither had the intention to stop.

It wasn't until a couple minutes passed that the horrid looking man finally felt a throb in his soul and the silver Core.

Up ahead, his gaze had then fallen on to a strange but mesmerizing sight.

Simply, it was a large blue rock sitting all by its lonesome with nothing surrounding it. However, upon the sizeable blue rock were beautifully crafted symbols; one's eyes would stop to turn and fawn upon it.

The symbols that man saw appeared to match fox-like insignia symbols.

For such a uniquely designed rock to be stranded in the middle of the wilderness was already weird enough.

And yet the throbbing silver Core in the man's hand kept on blasting him straight towards it.

"This thing….it seems familiar…."

The horrid looking man let out a small breath to himself as he rapidly approached the blue fox rock. Without any resistance, the man's hand crashed into the rock, and the silver Core was immediately submerged in the rock.

Darcel and Aniela were just behind the man and quickly made it to the same blue fox rock. Their eyes glazed over in zealous, killing intent once seeing the horrid man seemingly stuck on the rock.

"It's over." Darcel ominously utters as he and Aniela didn't slow their charge at all.

Only a few meters of distance separated them from the man. The duo already crossed half of that distance in a single second!

However, right when they were nearly approaching the horrid looking man, an intense throbbing in Darcel and Aniela's soul completely froze them up.

Abruptly, their eyes snapped to the blue fox rock, and they witnessed a magical transformation!

'Chi!'

A blindingly bright blue and silver radiance mix burst out from the blue fox rock! Tremendous surges of power stormed in the air, causing the wind to kick up in a fierce storm.

At the top of the blue fox rock, Darcel, Aniela, and the horrid looking man all watched as the man's silver Core suddenly burst from the tip of the rock.

Rays of fiery blue light discharged from the silver Core in an astonishing display of pure power.

Right when the horrid man removed his hand from blue fox rock, his face still in slight awe, the silver Core had then dashed right back into his hands.

Promptly, the man's eyes burst open as a rush of fiery power overtook his whole being!

Darcel and Aniela cautiously stayed rooted in their spot.

They knew whatever that silver Core does, it will have heaven-defying effects. And from the increasingly smiling face of the horrid man, they just knew the situation suddenly turned even more troublesome.

"Heh….heh-hahaha!! Now, this is unexpected! Sariel's Core would've come to this spot no matter what because of....I get it now! I thought you two merely got lucky and was grace with a bit of Sariel's presence when you fought red prime. But in actuality, you brats met Sariel's pure Spiritual form in the Aslyum place, didn't you?!"

The horrid looking man spouted a crazed expression while shouting to the duo.

But what he did say caused Darcel and Aniela to momentarily think. This man kept on mentioning this Sariel person repeatedly, so of course, the duo attached that name to Sari.

Not only were the silver Cores precisely the same aura Darcel and Aniela felt when first meeting Sari. They also just recently heard her voice go off in their heads.

Yet now Darcel and Aniela could safely say everything here is connected to her after the man's words.

"Heh, you stopping already confirms the truth. Now everything makes some sense. Just several weeks ago, I felt Sariel's Cores violently react as if something or someone powerful penetrated into our Mortal planet. I would've ignored this as this happen a couple of times before.....but, this time, Sariel herself manipulated the World for whatever the powerful presence was to come nearly close to her. And now I can clearly sense her mark in you two brats! Both of you must hail from those high mystical realms!"

"Hmmm....so Sariel is Sari, and she's somehow connected to this planet, got it! Any other last words before your demise?" Aniela may have cruelly spoken, but she and Darcel was quickly becoming innate curious to the horrid man spiel.

Just the mere fact he somehow sensed their teleportation to this realm already spawned many questions in Darcel and Aniela's minds.

"So you two really do hail from the legendary mystic realms! The World may be severely weakened as of now, but for invaders like you two. Sariel may want to protect and use you. But, I and many others will see to it that you will fall on this Mortal planet!"

And without giving the two a chance to respond, the horrid looking man enriched his body in a slight silver glow and shot himself right through the ground!

A large hole appeared before the blue fox rock. It was sizable enough for any adult human to go into.

And of course, Darcel and Aniela didn't hesitate at all seeing the horrid looking man trying to escape. After hearing all of that, the duo arrived at one conclusion.

That man is far too dangerous to them to be left alive!

Darcel and Aniela immediately dashed towards the whole, barrelling straight inside it as soon as the horrid looking man left.

Once the duo barrel into the hole, unknown to the whole World, the blue fox rock immediately experienced a tremendous change.

A luminous blue fire shine burst from the blue fox rock, painting the whole Necropolis Woods in a blinding blue glow!

It didn't matter how expansive the several hundred kilometer Woods were; every inch of it was covered in an enchanting soul capturing blue shine....

….

Back inside the hole, the horrid looking man, Darcel and Aniela already crossed a few miles into the ground.

And upon reaching the third-mile threshold, the horrid looking man felt his silver Core frantically throb with even greater power!

"Yes….yes! It's time for their deaths!"

The horrid looking man went rabid with crazed killing intent feeling the incredible waves of power the silver Core was exuding.

Darcel and Aniela creased their eyebrows seeing the craved state of the horrid looking man. They were finally starting to become a bit worried they wouldn't make it to the man in time.

That is until they and the horrid looking man abruptly felt everything violently quake!

'Rumble!!'

Darcel, Aniela, and the horrid looking man felt as if they were planted right in the middle of several earthquakes, all rumbling on top of each other.

Plus, the quaking wasn't the only thing they felt.

"Wha-Ah! Fire!" Aniela shouted as she, Darcel, and the horrid looking man all turned to the back of them. Abrupt blazing heat suddenly started to drenched their bodies making even them feel hot under the weather.

It was then that all of their eyes widened like saucers as they witnessed streams of intense blue fire roaring down to them!

"What's going on-Ah!! NOO!!"

The despair of the horrid looking man's shout made Darcel and Aniela snapped their eyes back on him.

They both watched on in surprise as the silver Core had promptly flown out of the horrid looking man's hand and barrel straight back up through the dirt.

Looking back down at the man, Darcel and Aniela finally found their opportunity to strike.

The incredible rush of fiery power immediately left the man, returning him to the state of his near shattering soul and body.

"Die!!" Darcel and Aniela roared as powerful thin streams of black flames blasted out of their fingertips.

The horrid looking man could only look on in utter hopelessness at the streams of black flames. As soon as the silver Core left his hand, he already returned to the verge of near death.

And now the duo had just sealed his deal.

'Chi!'

Darcel and Aniela's streams of black flames easily tore through the horrid looking man's chest, utterly destroying his heart and lungs.

The horrid looking man body crashed into the dirt, but right before his death, through the sheer will of his own soul, he somehow manages to utter out,

"Sariel….will….get….sallow-whole!!"

Darcel and Aniela, however, ignored the dying words of the crazed man.

They surged the remaining power in their bodies and shot towards where the silver Core had drilled up to.

Just narrowly, the duo avoided the raging blue fire stream, and they didn't look back as the horrid looking man's corpse was turned to ashes.

They just kept their stride, quickly barreling up to where the silver Core drill through.

'Hmm? This energy….' Darcel and Aniela both thought to themselves as a strange influx of energy washed over them.

The energy was actually making their bodies feel more refreshed….almost as if it was healing them.

Still, Darcel and Aniela didn't stop and continue drilling up through the dirt.

When a few minutes passed, the duo noticed this process was taking an abnormally long time.

They knew they drilled a couple of miles into the dirt, but surely it shouldn't take this long to get back to the surface?

Moreover, during these weirdly long minutes, both Darcel and Aniela felt as if they were entirely healed in body and soul!

And as they felt like they were back in top tier shapes, Darcel and Aniela finally drilled up through the surface of the ground!

"Ah! Fina-ah? Uhm….I think we took a wrong turn, Darcy…." Aniela's face was plaster in extreme shock once seeing the surface.

"Can you even call this just a wrong turn?" Darcel was also in tremendous shock in seeing where they ended up.

Instead of seeing the Necropolis Woods' dreary Darkness, all the duo could see was an endless Tundra land of snow.