Child of Destiny

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

Shiella continued with her offense, not daring to slow the pace. She knew that she had to keep up with this intensity, not giving Butcher any opportunity to recover from his current injuries. It was even better if she could worsen his condition, making it much easier for her.

Unfortunately, not everything would go according to plan.

Who was Butcher? He was a notorious criminal feared throughout the world. His martial arts might not be on the same level as Nathan and the others, but his overall abilities were not that worse either.

His expertise was not Qi practice or Martial Arts Prowess, unlike Nathan, who was widely known for his Martial Arts.

Nathan’s Martial Arts had also greatly influenced his Domain Abilities, which made him famous throughout the world.

His Domain Abilities might not be as strong, but his physical prowess was among the best in the world. He was the same as Thousand Beast Joaquin Giovanni, who was a physical practitioner and a body refiner, and among the very best at that.

There was a saying in ancient times about Body Refiners – Sword Practitioners possessed the strongest attacks, and Qi Cultivators were said to have a variety of means when fighting, while Body Refiners were known for their overwhelming physique and destructive power.

Even during the era of Cultivators, Body Refiners were among the most notorious group, whom people were unwilling to provoke, particularly when they were at the same level of cultivation.

The attacks of a Cultivator might not be able to harm a strong Body Refiner due to their powerful physique, but a Body Refiner could easily kill a Cultivator with a single strike once they get near them.

This situation remained true even in the current era. A Martial Artist with a powerful physique was still favored when fighting against a regular Martial Artist and a Mentalist.

Unless the Mentalist was someone who practiced both in Combat and Psychic Mentalism, fighting a Body Refiner Martial Artist through normal means would always favor the latter.

Even the Sword Practitioners of the current era, despite their powerful offensive capabilities, were unwilling to clash with a Body Refiner Martial Artist head-on.

The earlier accident might have caused Butcher some trouble, especially with the internal inquiries that he had suffered from these two.

However, he was able to quickly stabilize his situation, particularly the troublesome energies that invaded his body from the two previous strikes that he had cleanly received.

After expelling all those foreign energies, suppressing his injuries became much easier. Curing them with his natural healing factor had also become much faster, which then led him to gradually regain his strength.

With all these under control, he was able to slowly pressure Shiella, making it difficult for her to fight.

However, Shiella did not back down, pouring her all into every attack she threw at him.

She might be inferior to him in terms of realm, Qi, and physical prowess, but that did not mean that she could not threaten him with her attacks.

The Martial Arts of the Springfield Family and the Levina Family were no joke, so she was still able to hold her ground throughout their exchanges, especially when she was taking the initiative to attack.

The physical capabilities of the Springfields were not to be underestimated either. After all, they were said to be descendants of a dragon, so their physique should not be any weaker than most of the Body Refiners.

Unless it was someone who truly majored in this path and pursued its pinnacle, Springfield should not lose in terms of physical strength.

With the combined strength of the Dragon Scale and Ice Armor, Shiella’s battle capabilities were promoted to a whole other level.

It was still a bit inferior compared to David, who had the assistance of an overwhelming amount of Divinity Grade Mental Energy and a complete version of Secret Art from the Solomon Kingdom that elevated his overall battle capabilities to match the strength of a Venerable Realm Mentalist.

But the combination of these two techniques was still more than enough to at least match the strength of a regular Domain Realm Expert.

Unless she fully mastered the complete version of these two special abilities or combined them completely, she was still a bit short of matching the special state that David had earlier.

It was a pity that she was still far from achieving this goal. Even if she had created a few Martial Movements based on the insights that she had gotten from Professor Plum’s Yin-Yang Arts and Uno’s Yin-Yang Cultivation Arts, she was still far from creating a unique Martial Art that could fully complement all her abilities, and she could call solely her own.

At this moment, she could only rely on shifting between the Martial Arts of the Springfield and Levina Families while also throwing a few original moves of her own in the mix.

Unfortunately, however strong her current martial prowess, it was still a notch lower than her opponent’s.

The overwhelming difference between their strength was still there. It was a huge wall that she had to overcome if she wanted to escape their current predicament.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Shiella tried her best with her clashes against Butcher, giving her all in every exchange. But just like how David repeatedly suffered a series of drawbacks and rebound effects during his clashes against Butcher earlier, she was repeatedly forced to retreat every time she exchanged blows with the latter.

She was suffering serious internal injuries in every exchange.

However, she remained resolute, keeping her heroic aura while continuing forward. She was fearlessly advancing despite the overwhelming difference.

Butcher, who was also throwing powerful attacks at Shiella, could not help but acknowledge this young princess of the Springfield Family. He had to admit that she truly lived up to her reputation as the Junior Dragoness of the Soaring Continent.

“As expected from someone of the Springfield Family,” he commented before adding. “Unfortunately, that’s all into it.”

Shing!

He swung his butcher knife wide, branching it at Shiella, who was charging at him once again.

Boom!

This time, the spear that Shiella was holding shattered completely right after the collision. She was sent flying a dozen meters away after the impact.

Bang!

Swoosh!

Butcher also did not give any time to recover, charging straight at her immediately after. This battle had already lasted for quite a while now, so he had to end it as soon as possible.

Those exchanges might feel like a long time, but they were only fighting for a minute or so. The two had given their all just to buy enough time for their reinforcements to arrive.

Starting from his exchanges against David, Butcher was only fighting Shiella for almost a minute and a half, which was a bit far from the three-minute estimate that Shiella had for their reinforcements.

They were quite close to reaching their goal, but it was still far from enough.

Swoosh!

Butcher arrived right before Shiella, instantly catching up to her. He then raised his butcher knife and was about to swing it down when he spoke. “This is the end.”

Shing!

However, before that huge knife could even fall, the surroundings were suddenly illuminated by a blinding light that was coming from the ground.

Butcher immediately recognized those familiar patterns on the ground. After all, it was the same grand array that David had summoned earlier.

Butcher was once again standing at the center of the array, where the strongest suppression was present.

Glancing at the distance, he saw David, who had just crawled out of the pile of rubble, staring at him.

The young mentalist looked like a mess, especially when there was blood dripping down from his head all the way to his chin. His clothes were unkept and in tatters, signifying his miserable state.

At the same time, one of his arms was hanging powerlessly down, fully indicating that it was broken quite seriously.

However, despite his miserable appearance, David kept a smile while looking at Butcher. His ’Divine Avatar’ State was still fully active, which helped him recast the grand array.

He raised his hand and made a seal with it before pointing at Butcher.

Clank! Clank! Clank! Clank!

Immediately after, golden chains appeared in the air and sprouted out from the ground before swiftly wrapping themselves around Butcher.

They tightly wrapped themselves around the latter’s limbs and torso and pulled hard, restraining his movements. Content originally comes from novelfire(.)net

This was the opening that David was talking about earlier. It was the opportunity that he was giving her to deal serious damage to this powerful opponent.

Shiella fully understood this well and swiftly reacted, seizing the opening. She forcefully suppressed all the injuries that she had suffered, conjuring yet another spear and summoning the twin dragons around her.

She then kicked the ground, propelling herself and lunging forward alongside her spear.

Roar! Roar!

The two dragons grabbed onto Butcher with their mouths, preventing him from breaking free from those chains.

Butcher could not help but frown deeply, realizing his current predicament. He summoned all his strength to break free from all these restraints, fully understanding the danger that he was in.

Unfortunately, a second was more than enough for an expert to decide the battle.

Both Shiella and David had turned the tide against him at the most crucial moment.

Swoosh!

Shiella then thrust her spear forward, accurately hitting the same spot where she and David had landed their attacks earlier.

No matter how powerful the physique that Butcher possessed, receiving such an attack from a Void Manifestation Stage Expert was still fatal for him.

Moreover, Shiella was not your regular Void Manifestation Stage Expert. The current enchantments that she had on her body were more than enough to match those of the experts at the early phase or middle phase of the Domain Realm.

Puchi!

The cold spear plunged into his ribs, triggering the injuries that he had just suppressed and was starting to recover from.

“Argh!” Butcher could help but grunt in pain, especially when Shiella twisted the spear to further worsen those injuries and widen the wound.

Shiella was not done yet as she quickly channeled her remaining Interna Qi into the spear, planning to detonate it.

Butcher quickly sensed the danger and did his best to escape this predicament. Unfortunately, it was already too late since the spear was already in the midst of exploding.

Boom!

The explosion immediately followed.

Swoosh!

Shiella was even sent flying after getting hit by it. She had already lost her strength after pouring everything into this final attack. She could no longer escape from the range of the explosion.

Seeing this, David urged his body to move.

Bang!

With the final bits of strength that he had left, he rushed at Shiella. He intercepted her mid-flight, using his body as a cushion before gently pushing her away right before they collided on the huge boulder behind them.

BOOM!

David hit his back and head upon impact before fully losing his consciousness.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

His body slid down before being buried by the piles of rubble.

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