"W-Who are you?"Nox ignored him. He turned around and looked at Sofia. "Is he with the Curseland Five?"Sofia nodded almost robotically. "Yes.""Then they must die," Nox murmured. He made hand seals with his right hand, and the rampaging air current turned into a mountainous sword made of air. Nox pointed it at his enemies. "Kill them."The air sword charged forward and bore a hole through the Flames' fighters before they could even scream. They died.Shocked that Nox destroyed all his men with a single blow, the old man let out a strangled scream. "By the gods…" He then clapped his hands and shot more poison-tinged needles at Nox before turning to escape.Yet, there was no escape from Nox. He pointed the air sword at his enemy, and the weapon zipped through the air. The needles were blasted away, and the sword stabbed itself through the old man's throat.Blood spurted from the old man's throat. He held his neck tightly but to no avail. In the end, he dropped dead in a pool of
'He wants to wipe them all out?' Sofia's heart beat faster than ever. She looked at Nox as if he were mad. "Y-You're going to wipe them out alone?""I'm more than enough," Nox said coolly. "Now can you take me there?" He looked at Sofia calmly, as if wiping out a whole clan was just another Tuesday for him.Sofia was petrified. She looked at the corpses of her friends, thinking about what Nox said. It would be a bloody night. If she was right, the Flames were already attacking Blathanna Sect. If she didn't do as Nox told her to, her friends would all die.Sofia clenched her teeth. "Fine, I'll do it."A smile crept up Nox's face. "Thanks. Let's go."After a short pause, Sofia quietly picked up her bloodstained dagger and led Nox to the Flames' mansion.The Flames lived on the outskirts of the southwest. They were rich, powerful, and housed thousands of clansmen, though most of them were out attacking Blathanna Sect tonight.Only a few hundred were left holding the fort. The mansi
Nox's refusal to comply riled up the guards' leader. "You're not listening, punk. How dare you come closer? Kill him!" he roared.A pair of guards charged at Nox, bearing blades, but a devastating aura burst forth before they could get close. Nox flicked his fingers, and two flashes of light shot ahead.The pair of guards burst into smithereens, painting the air with clouds of blood.Nox had killed two people with a flick of his finger. The guards felt their hearts skip a beat, but they were elites after all, and they quickly unsheathed their weapons."We have an enemy in sight! Kill him!" the leader ordered. The twenty or so guards lunged at Nox.In the face of overwhelming numbers, Nox stood in his place calmly. He looked up into the sky. "Not a bad night to kill." He drew a line with his fingers in the air. The energy swirling around him turned into an air blade about thirty feet long.The blade shimmered brightly, tinging the night sky with a golden hue. Nox swung his arm. "C
The moment Nox barged into the manor, sirens screeched across the estate. "Enemy attack!"The Flames' clansmen came swarming out like bees, all of them bearing weapons and firearms and charging at Nox.In the depths of the manor stood a gigantic bedchamber. An old man, gaunt and shriveled, lay on a crystal bed. Five naked beauties lay on the spacious bed, all leaning against the old man.The skin of the young girls were fair. The oldest of them was only twenty or so. They held wine glasses as they pleased their master.And then, a panicked voice cut through the air. "Sir, sir! Someone's attacking us!" A Flame clan member came running in and kneeling before the bed.Darius quickly sat up, staring at the intruder darkly. "What on earth are you talking about, you bastard?""Sir, it's unbelievable, but we're under attack, and he broke through the entrance!" the man said with a trembling voice."What? Who dares? They will die for this!" Darius screeched."We have no idea, sir, but h
Nox easily killing an elder struck fear into everyone's hearts. Even the rest of the elders stayed mum.Just as Nox was going to continue his massacre, black energy came galloping from the depths of the manor. Then, an ear-splitting screech came from the darkness. "How dare you, lad? You will die for this!"The air itself seemed to take on an icy, eerie note. An old git came like the wind—Darius.He was a Top Origin Realm, and his energy seeped into everything around him."It's the clan head!""The clan head's here!"The Flame clan whooped and cheered. Nox looked at Darius coldly. "You're the leader of this clan?"Darius was holding a black cane. When he saw the manor littered with the corpses of his clansmen, he roared, "Yes, I am! Who are you? How dare you barge into my clan's manor? You have killed innocents!"Nox laughed. "Innocents? You're accusing me, you old git? When the Curseland Five committed far worse crimes than this?"Darius roared, "You have no right accusing us
The sky was covered with a blanket of black snakes, but Nox didn't even look. He stomped his foot down, and the plaza shivered. Everything in a thirty-yard radius around him shattered.At the same time, golden light sprang forth from Nox, undulating across the plaza. The moment it touched the black snakes, they screeched and turned into dust. That was Nox's Ultimate Sun Dragon Manual's power.The sight of his snakes being defeated made Darius' face fall. He knew his power. He thought that was enough to take down Nox, or at least seriously injure him. He wasn't expecting Nox to take the snakes out with a single stomp.'And what is that golden light? Nothing can be that powerful,' he mused."Who are you?" asked Darius again."You're not good enough to know my name, but I'll give you a chance to live. If you can survive three blows, I'll spare your clan. If you can't, I'll wipe it out," Nox declared.That did not sit well with Darius at all. "If that's a challenge, then I accept! Do
The snake wasn't the only casualty; Nox had left a deep gash on the plaza.Darius stared at the empty air with wide eyes. "Goddammit. What is he?" His face was contorted, and his eyes twitched. "He destroyed the snake's avatar with a single blow?"Darius was strong enough to fight a Rank Nine Greater Grandmaster, but before Nox, he was powerless. "No. No. He's a Legend Realm?"Nox's icy voice broke Darius out of his reverie. "That's one blow."Though shocked by Nox's power, Darius was still the head of a clan and an Origin Realm. He let out a bellow and smacked his forehead. Rivulets of black blood trickled out of his mouth.It was something he called curse essence. Darius had been cultivating it for a hundred years. It could power him up for a while at the cost of his lifespan. It was a cost he was willing to pay to take Nox down.Darius made more hand seals, and curse energy swirled around him like whirlpools. The darkness of his energy blotted out the sky."Supreme Curse! Wit
As Nox had promised, if Darius could survive three blows, his clan could live. Otherwise, it would die.Not a moment after Nox said that, he zoomed at Darius like a golden comet. That sight scared the soul out of Darius. He flailed his arms, and black energy formed a big, circular shield before him.At the same time, Darius swung his cane, weaving a web of snakes to stop Nox. Alas, it was of no use.Nox shoved his hand ahead, and the air rumbled. Magick slammed down on Darius' shields like lightning. Something exploded, and Darius' shield shattered. Even his cane shattered in two.Right away, Darius pleaded, "Spare m—"Too late," Nox snapped. He shoved his palm ahead and crashed into Darius' chest.The air rumbled, and the impact of Nox's attack ruptured Darius' innards. He crashed into the ground like a comet and died."Clan head!" The Flame family members looked at the crater, screeching together like a strangled chorus. They couldn't believe their leader just died. Nox killed