Child of Destiny

Chapter 2005: Genius Monster versus Freaks of Nature

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“What is going on?” Shin could not help but feel a bit worried after realizing that something was wrong with Uno’s current situation.

He quickly recalled everything that had happened since earlier, trying to find where things had gone wrong.

He first thought that it had something to do with Rowan Blade, but he quickly rejected the idea since he fully trusted that Uno would not be that careless. The two newcomers were possible suspects as well, but he also denied that thought for the same reason.

That was when something came to his mind.

“Could it be because of his repeated contact with that strange energy that carries that ‘scent’ of Origin?” he mumbled, thinking that the possibility was quite high.

Based on what Uno had said earlier, the Origin Powers that Andras and Feng had temporarily wielded were something formed by a mixture of origin source and artificial origin.

Shin was not sure about the specifics since he was not as familiar as Uno when it came from the subject, but he could tell that there was something wrong with the powers of Origin. It was most likely corrupted by something as well, which somehow affected Uno due to the repeated contact with it.

Thinking about this, Shin could not help but become a bit more curious about those powers. After all, it had affected Uno without being noticed, which was something that even Shin would not expect.

Uno was supposed to be immune to all types of corruption, so this form of corruption should be something special on its own.

When he realized this, Shin swiftly made his move. He did not care about the current situation outside and forcefully pulled Uno back to the depths of his Sea of Consciousness before taking over the control of the main vessel.

On top of that, he also started chanting a series of Buddhist Sanskrit and focused it on Uno, making sure that no accidents would happen.

If Uno was indeed affected by this unknown corruption, then he would be able to help the latter cleanse it with the Buddhist method that he recently learned.

Hum~!

Right after being pulled, Uno instinctively fought back, especially after finding himself being bound by a bunch of golden chains wrapping all around his body.

There were also talismans pressed on his forehead and chest, seemingly trying to purify him.

Along with the Buddhist Mantras ringing throughout the Sea of Consciousness, Uno was suddenly snapped out of his state, returning to normal.

“What are you doing!?” he first tried to question Shin about what he was doing, but he quickly realized what was going on in just a couple of seconds.

“What!?” Even he could not believe that he was suddenly subjected to a certain corruption.

But he later realized why it was the case. “I now remember! It must be because of those dark influences!”

“Dark Influence? What is it this time?” asked Shin, trying to understand the situation.

Unfortunately, Uno did not reply to him and just asked. “You want to deal with them on your own?”

Seeing that Uno was purposely changing the subject, Shin smirked. “Since you don’t want to share any information, just stay here and be obedient. Let me deal with these old friends.”

“By yourself? Do you think you can handle them?” said Uno with a smirk.

“I should be fine,” said Shin before adding. “If it is in regular times, then I will most likely not be their match. But since you have destroyed almost all of Rowan’s swords and injured Prabal with that elbow strike earlier, messing up with his innards with that chaotic energy you infused inside his body, fighting with them should be much easier.”

“If ever, I only need to keep a close eye on Zhou Ci to avoid any accidents,” Shin was quite confident that he would be able to pull it off, given the conditions that Uno had set.

If he could not defeat the three of them, then he could still run away with ease with his current abilities.

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“Prabal and Zhou Ci. Tsk! These two are not so easy either,” mumbled Shin after taking over the main body.

Rowan Blade was known to be the number one genius of the Executioner Camp. His talent rivaled Dylan White’s in terms of swordsmanship.

Dylan White was said to be the brightest Sword Genius of the younger generation, with a talent rivaling his father, the Sword Immortal Eugene White.

Rowan could learn all kinds of sword techniques regardless of their form or the sword type they were meant to be used with. He was also capable of fusing these sword techniques, producing a whole other set of sword movements that surpassed the original.

His greatest strength was to use all these sword techniques that he had learned together while utilizing numerous swords in battle.

The more swords he had, the stronger he could become.

Meanwhile, Prabal Bal was someone from the Vanguard Camp of the Black Serpent Mafia.

The Vanguard Camp was a special camp within the organization since it trained powerful soldiers who did not fear death.

Most of them were a bunch of savages who were caught or kidnapped by the organization from the primitive folks around the world.

The agents trained under this camp were all gifted for battle and possessed a natural physique meant for intense battles.

They were trained to be the shields and killing machines of the organization, particularly for this reason.

The training methods of this camp were extremely harsh and inhuman, which were meant to produce only the strongest warriors.

Prabal Bal was said to be the monstrous talent that the Vanguard Camp had produced. He was gifted with Superhuman Strength and an extremely tough body that surpassed all the people with similar talents. He was said to be a beast in human clothing.

It was said that he came from a certain primitive tribe of warriors, which had been wiped out by the organization to steal these young talents.

Prabal was the strongest survivor of the hellish training sessions, which made him extremely dangerous.

If not for Uno infusing the mixture of Golden Sacred Qi and Primal Demonic Power into this guy’s body to restrict his movements, Shin would want to face this guy in a frontal confrontation.

On the other hand, Zhou Ci was a genius nurtured by the Terror Camp. It was a training camp that specialized in producing the terrifying interrogators of the organization.

The trainees in this camp were taught how to torture and extract information from their subjects. They learned how to deal with the most painful suffering and inflict the most terrifying experience on their targets.

Among the camp, they were among the people with the most bizarre and most troublesome style to deal with.

Due to the training methods of the Terror Camp, their understanding of the human body was extremely deep and precise.

They were not specialized in combat, but they knew how to kill their targets in the most painful way possible if they wanted.

In a sense, they belonged to the category of assassins that the organization had nurtured.

“An executioner, a vanguard soldier, and a terror assassin-… Tsk! Tsk! What a nasty combination,” mumbled Shin while taking out his second katana and hanging it on the side of his waist alongside the other one.

He had also activated his True Sight to the fullest while summoning his Spiritual Force, the Five Elemental Lightning, during the process.

“Huh!?”

Seeing this, Rowan, who had been fighting against Uno earlier, could not help but furrow his brows and stare at Shin intently.

From his perspective, this person before him seemed to have undergone a thorough transformation. It was as if he were facing a whole other person altogether.

The difference in aura alone was more than enough to tell him that.

Aside from this, he also saw that the other party was now using their Mental Energy this time instead of the pair of highly advanced Internal Qi earlier. Moreover, this Mental Energy was at least on the same level as those two, if not stronger.

“Is he trying to change his strategy this time?” thought Rowan after seeing the Five Elemental Lightning dancing around Shin.

With their experience in the camp, they knew that Shin was a Martial Artist, which gave them some of his data that they could use.

Even if a long time had already passed since that time, the organization was still monitoring Shin’s movements and testing his strength through their special means and the spies that they had planted everywhere.

They were also aware of Shin being a Dual Practitioner, a perfect one at that. However, their understanding of his mentalism method was not as deep as their understanding of his martial arts, since he had been training in it for a shorter period compared to the latter.

Their data was not as accurate as the data they had regarding his martial arts.

In truth, their understanding of ‘Shin’s’ martial arts seemed to be inaccurate as well, given all the exchanges that they had earlier. It was much more powerful and profound than the data that they had.

Fortunately, Rowan was quite strong himself, making him stand his ground up until now.

“Be careful, we don’t have enough data on this style of his,” said Rowan, warning the other two.

Prabal tried his best to suppress the raging energies wreaking havoc within his body as he nodded. He did feel a lot of pain due to it, but he had been training under such harsh experiences, so this bit of pain was far from his limit.

Unfortunately, it still somewhat affected his movements, especially when he was trying to circulate his Internal Qi within his body.

Zhou Ci, on the other hand, smirked when he heard that and said. “Then this is a good time to gather as much data as we can.”

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