Child of Destiny

Chapter 1949: The Young Ghosts of the Valentine Family (Part 5)

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

While Jeremiah was on a rampage, Spellbreaker kept on summoning more clones and mirage beasts to overwhelm him.

However, the battle prowess that Jeremiah was showcasing was already approaching the level of a real Domain Realm Expert if it were just about his physical capabilities alone. Even his destructive power and combat techniques were already reaching that level.

Aside from that, Vincent had also made his move. Aside from summoning those dark chains to restrain all the mirage beasts that Spellbreaker summoned, he was also repeatedly appearing and disappearing within the battlefield, taking down one clone after another.

Even though Vincent was within the Mentalism Array, Spellbreaker was still having a hard time locking him in place, much less trapping the opposing party with his illusions.

Vincent seemed to have already figured out how most of Spellbreaker’s techniques worked after a period of observation.

Even though Spellbreaker had never succeeded in trapping Jeremiah with his illusions, he was still trying to throw a few attempts from time to time, testing the mind and willpower that the latter had.

He was trying to see if he could affect Jeremiah’s mind and disturb his consciousness, attempting to create a distortion for the latter that the Killing Star and the Cursed Artifact could take to seize his body.

Fighting a mindless demon was much easier to deal with compared to a conscious monster before him.

Through close observation, Vincent managed to find the pattern in how Spellbreaker set up his illusion traps and such.

He found out that so long as he was able to dodge Spellbreaker’s line of sight and didn’t get caught by the latter’s Spiritual Sense for more than two or three seconds, he would be fine.

So long as he was much faster than the Spiritual Sense of his opponent, he would not be able to get caught by those illusions.

It was quite simple based on how it sounded, but such a feat was much easier said than done.

Saying that he only had to move much faster than the Spiritual Sense of a Mentalist was not something that an ordinary individual could do, much less when the said Mentalist was someone at the Venerable Realm.

A Spiritual Sense was no different from a thought, so Spellbreaker only needed an instant to lock on a specific target once his Spiritual Sense caught on to them.

Trying to escape from it was close to impossible.

Vincent was doing his best to pursue the limits of speed. He was challenging the absolute limits just to outrun the instantaneous locking of his opponent’s Spiritual Sense.

With his current speed, saying that even his shadows could not catch up to him was not an exaggeration.

He was indeed not leaving any shadows whenever he moved throughout the battlefield. Even the array that Spellbreaker had sent up could not catch him, despite his feet needing to touch the ground where the array was drawn.

Vincent did not even leave an afterimage whenever he was on the move. The clones would just shatter like broken glass and scatter in the air whenever he struck them. He would then disappear as if nothing had happened and proceed to his next target.

Seeing all these happen, Spellbreaker, who was on the receiving end of the combined forces of the two, could not help but feel some pressure.

He could not believe that he would be in such a situation when facing a pair of greenhorns of the younger generation, who had just broken through the Void Manifestation Realm.

Moreover, he was even losing to them at a steady pace.

Even though he could tell that Jeremiah was slowly reaching his limits, he still felt that he would be the one losing in the end, especially when Vincent started being active on the battlefield.

The assassination technique of this young assassin was truly scary, forcing him to constantly summon more clones and mirages on the battlefield.

Spellbreaker was also forced to constantly swap places with some of his clones during the process, purposely avoiding being discovered by Vincent.

He knew better than anyone how scary it was when an assassin from the Valentine Family had locked on their target.

”This brat sure is talented,” Spellbreaker could not help but comment after seeing Vincent in action.

”Judging by his techniques, he seemed to have mastered two of the major paths of assassination under the Valentine Family, the Art of Sleath and the Pursuit of Speed,” he mumbled, trying to study the techniques of the young assassin.

”I wonder if he has also mastered the other paths as well,” he added.

There were multiple subdivisions when it came to everything, and the art of assassination was not an exception.

Aside from the Art of Stealth, which majored in hiding and erasing one’s presence, and the Pursuit of Speed, which was challenging the limits of speed, there were still other subdivisions of assassination.

There were also the Poison Alchemy, which involved the study and use of poisons; the Art of Hidden Weapons, which focused on the creation and utilization of hidden weapons; the Art of Deception, which specialized in deceiving others through disguise and similar means; and many more.

The Valentine Family was said to have mastered multiple arts of assassination, which made them one of the most notorious families in the said field.

Based on what Spellbreaker was seeing, Vincient seemed to have mastered at least three types of assassination arts at the very least.

”No wonder he is one of the chosen Young Ghosts of the Lost Soul Continent,” he commented before turning to Jeremiah. ”And this one is worthy of his reputation as well.”

Seeing the current situation, he fully understood that he was not in a good position at all.

BOOM!

That was when a massive explosion erupted on another part of the battlefield.

Turning his gaze, Spellbreaker saw Butcher receiving a serious injury from the final struggle of the pair from that side of the battle.

Moreover, that injury on Butcher’s lower rib seemed to need immediate treatment, especially when the powers of Shiella’s unique Natural Forces seemed to be invading his partner’s system at an unimaginable speed.

Butcher did not even have the luxury to care about Shiella and David, who were currently in a terrible state.

Spellbreaker could not help but frown deeply when he saw that.

He was in the middle of dealing with a tricky situation when his partner seemed to have suffered a serious injury.

”This operation is a bust! We must retreat now,” he mumbled, realizing their current position.

This thought had just crossed his mind when he suddenly felt something amiss. He swiftly swept his gaze in the surroundings, trying to find the source of the sudden unease that he was feeling while also preparing a counterattack to deal with it.

However, he failed to find the source even after a few seconds.

Then, a sudden thought flashed through his mind, making him move almost instantly.

Bang!

Swoosh!

He swiftly ditched Jeremiah, not caring about this little demon anymore. He just left his clones and Mirage Beast to deal with him while swiftly running toward Butcher, who was currently kneeling on the ground while also trying to suppress his worsening injuries.

During that brief pause, Spellbreaker had realized that the pressure coming from Vincent had sharply dropped. It was as if the young assassin had suddenly disappeared altogether.

Spellbreaker did need to guess what was about to happen next, especially given the nature of Valentine Family’s teaching.

That young assassin would, without a doubt, shift his target to someone easier to kill.

”Butcher, watch out!” shouted Spellbreaker as he flew straight to his partner at breakneck speed.

Whoosh!

Butcher did not hesitate either after hearing those words. He swiftly urged the energy within his body, forgetting about the berserk foreign forces wreaking havoc within, and formed a Qi Armor to protect himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Dark chains suddenly appeared on the ground, wrapping themselves around Butcher.

Hiss! Hiss!

The Qi Armor that Butcher had barely formed started emitting smoke due to the corrosive substance coating the chains, trying to melt it in the process.

Butcher was able to immediately break free from those chains due to the timely reminder of his partner.

However, he could not he but become a bit confused since no follow-up attacks came immediately after, especially when it was such a perfect opportunity.

Spellbreaker noticed it as well, making him frown quite deeply.

It was at this moment that a sudden sense of dread enveloped Spellbreaker, making him realize something.

”It is a trap!”

He instantly realized that Vincent had most likely used that opportunity to lure him out of the array that he had sent up and reveal his true body.

”Sh*t!”

Spellbreaker tried his best to escape, but it was already a bit too late to realize the trap now.

Shing!

A deadly flash suddenly came out of nowhere and headed straight to his neck, threatening to take his head.

Swoosh!

However, his reaction was not that slow either. He swiftly leaned his head backward while also raising his arm, which was coated with his mental energy to block the incoming strike.

Shing!

Unfortunately, that little defense was far from being enough to stop the incoming attack.

A deep cut wounded his arm right after the bone dagger slashed through it.

Moreover, the wound immediately became hideously looking, indicating that an extremely potent poison was spreading through it and invading his body.

Puchi!

Spellbreaker did not even think twice and decisively cut his arm off from his shoulder, preventing the poison from spreading further and invading his system.

Seeing that even Spellbreaker was injured, Butcher instantly realized that this operation was already beyond salvation, so he immediately ordered their retreat.

They had already spent quite some time here, so the reinforcements of the opposing side should be coming at any moment now.

Adding that they were currently seriously injured, they were not in a position to fight any stronger opponents now.

They had no choice but to retreat, abandoning their initial plan.

”Retreat!”

Swoosh! Swoosh!

The two then ran away from this place as fast as they could, fearing that the experts of the Springfield Family and the Flying Dragon Corporation would catch up to them.

Vincent and Jeremiah did not try to pursue them, knowing they would not be able to fight those two together, despite their injuries.

Moreover, Shiella and David were seriously injured and needed immediate attention. The safety of the two was much more important than capturing those two criminals.

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