Child of Destiny

Chapter 1945: The Young Ghosts of the Valentine Family (Part 1)

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In the meantime, when the battle between Butcher and the duo of Shiella and David was currently underway, another intense battle was taking place on another part of the battlefield.

Spellbreaker was among the main forces that the Black Serpent Mafia had found to deal with certain operations aside from the agents that they had trained.

People like him and Butcher, who were notorious criminals, naturally had a lot of enemies and dozens of forces gunning for their heads.

It was not strange for them to seek shelter under powerful organizations that meet their standards. Their relationship with these organizations would either become a contracted one, as if they were mercenaries, or become a real part of the said organization.

Butcher and the likes were working with the Black Serpent Mafia for two main reasons. One was about their personal agendas, while the other was because they were too scared of the mysterious head behind the organization.

Some of them were forcefully captured, while the others took the initiative to submit to ’them’. Some had been in a worse state, particularly the ones who had turned into mindless puppets, and those became a vessel.

Spellbreaker, Butcher, Coffin Maker were among the most fortunate ones since they chose to submit willingly.

Among people like them, there were also those with specific specialties who had been especially targeted by the Black Serpent Mafia, coveting their respective talents.

Coffin Maker was known for his expertise in espionage and trickery, while Butcher was infamous for his battle physique and combat strength.

Spellbreaker, on the other hand, was notoriously known for his killing methods and assassination techniques. He was quite a rare Mentalist, who majored in assassination.

He was also well-known for abduction and similar criminal records.

His techniques mostly focused on killing his opponents through illusions and other secretive methods.

His name was also quite synonymous with the Butcher’s due to a lot of similarities that they had, particularly with their ’achievements’.

Butcher had made his name known for slaughtering famous clans and plundering their treasures and martial arts.

Spellbreaker, on the other hand, had made his name resound throughout the world due to the mass genocide that he had committed in the Lost Soul Continent.

This incident had alarmed the whole world greatly, making him one of the most dangerous wanted criminals throughout the world.

He was also quite feared within the circle, especially when most people who died under his spells suffered miserably. He had a habit of torturing his victims, which made his name quite notorious even within this field of expertise.

His Mentalism Techniques were also quite well-known to all the Mentalists around the world, particularly his Illusion Techniques, which were said to be impossible to break free from once someone was caught in them.

Even though it could be just an exaggeration, these Illusion Techniques were still said to be one of the strongest techniques of their type under the Exalted Realm.

It was also acknowledged by a lot of Mentalist Clans throughout the world, especially so when it became the ’Authority’ that Spellbreaker wielded when he achieved the Venerable Realm.

However, no matter how powerful such a technique was, they were still bound to have a certain weakness.

His powerful Illusion Technique could fool all kinds of senses. Even the Spiritual Sense of a Mentalist, the Mind’s Eye of a Martial Artist, the Sword Heart of a Swordsman, or any other type of special sense, all of them were useless under this ’Authority’.

Unless the target had had a much stronger will than him or they were more skilled in this area of experience, or someone capable of breaking through, escaping from him would mostly be impossible.

However, some people were immune to such illusions.

Among them were those who wield a powerful talent, the Clairvoyance, who were also known as Clairvoyants. These people were capable of seeing through the truths of the world and foreseeing the future.

There were also the Seers. They were mostly similar to Clairvoyants in several areas, but their main expertise was Divination rather than possessing a natural ability to see through the world.

Then there were those so-called Prophets and Oracles, who had the ability to receive prophecy from a higher entity or the will of heaven itself.

There were also the Sages, who carried endless wisdom and profound understanding of the world.

Aside from these people, there was also a certain group of individuals who were capable of breaking free from his influence through their will alone.

Among these people, one was standing right before him.

”A person with a Killing Star?” mumbled Spellbreaker while looking at Jeremiah with a solemn expression.

A Killing Star – a natural and perfect vessel for killers.

It was said to be one of the greatest blessings of heaven for those who were destined to walk the path of slaughter.

It could also be considered a curse since such people were destined to become a slaughtering demon once they fully awakened this talent.

There were a lot of descriptions about this ’blessing’ or ’curse’.

Some even claimed that it was a Divine Body, perfect for Killers and Assassins.

What was a Divine Body? It was a perfect and the highest manifestation of a blessing from the heavens. They had a lot of forms and varieties.

It was said that when the talent that an individual had gained during their birth reached the highest level possible, it would then turn into a perfect vessel meant to pursue a certain path.

The Heavenly Martial Body, which was the perfect vessel for Martial Arts due to its great compatibility with all kinds of arts in the world, was among them.

There was also the Spiritual Embryo, which was a special physique that was naturally nurtured by Mental Energy.

Another example of this was Heavenly Demon Physique, which was a type of body that could devour and contain all kinds of energies of the world.

These were just a few of the said Divine Bodies and Special Physiques.

As for the Killing Star, it was quite a strange one, which could be or could not belong in this category.

The Killing Star was such an odd talent or physique that made a lot of people dizzy, especially when it had a variety of abilities that came alongside it.

A Berserk State was just one of these abilities. But the real reason why the people called it the perfect vessel for the Killers and Assassins was because of the ability to read the Killing Paths.

What about the Killing Paths? It was the general term for the ways to kill an individual.

A person who was said to be a wielder of a Killing Star could see these Killing Paths more clearly and was capable of executing different kinds of killing techniques more naturally than other people.

Those with more proficient mastery over these abilities could even use a more bizarre means to kill their targets, making it much harder for other people to predict their moments.

Aside from reading through these Killing Paths and using all kinds of Killing Techniques, a possessor of a Killing Star was also able to naturally sense the ’life’ around them.

Since they were known to be natural killers, sensing ’life’, which was also their main target, was one of their core abilities.

They were also capable of distinguishing the differences between all kinds of lives. Different beings and people had a unique life signature, so they were also able to differentiate between these targets.

Since Jeremiah, who was a possessor of a Killing Star, could read through these life signatures, he would not have trouble seeing through all kinds of illusions.

No matter how hard Spellbreaker tried to trap him in his illusions, everything would be useless.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Swoosh!

Fortunately, his other skills were not that bad either. Even though his core abilities were currently useless against a possessor of a Killing Star, his skills as a Venerable Realm Mentalist were still present.

Boom!

However, it still greatly weakened his strength, which was also affecting his combat prowess.

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Looking at Jeremiah, Spellbreaker could not help but frown quite deeply.

Just like how all things had their weakness, a Killing Star had one too. Moreover, this weakness was quite obvious and hard to overcome.

Once the possessor had activated their Killing Star, they would slowly lose their reason, which would eventually consume their sanity over a longer period of activation.

However, it was clear that Jeremiah, who was right in front of him, was not having any of it at all.

The great ferociousness that he possessed after activating the Berserk State, which was supposed to get worse with every passing second, seemed not to be worsening at all.

”Moreover, this brat seems to be getting stronger the more he fights due to the overlapping effects of the Killing Star,” he mumbled with a slightly troubled expression. ”The number of Killing Paths will only increase as the battle progresses. I have to finish this as soon as I can.”

”But there is another problem that is troubling me aside from this one,” he added while glancing at the darkness around him.

”The Valentines, the Kings of the Darkness,” he mumbled while recalling his time in the Lost Soul Continent.

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