Child of Destiny

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of explosions erupted in the air as the hail of feathers and barrage of mental energy swords repeatedly clashed against one another.

David was wearing a solemn expression as he could feel that he was losing in terms of firepower and attack rate.

It was not because of the difference in power. After all, David had a slight advantage in this area since he was a realm higher. He also had some advantage when it came to energy reserves due to the same reason.

The only problem should be due to the opposing side wielding an incomplete Worldly Origin, making it harder for him to counter.

After all, even with his version of Spiritual Force, he was still losing in terms of quality.

Fortunately, he had a bit of understanding when it came to Buddhist Methods after studying them during his journey all around the world, along with his special connection with this place.

His meditation earlier was not only meant to help Shin or fully inherit the legacies left behind by his Ancestors, but also to form a deeper connection with the Head Arhat of the Buddhist Monks who originally established this place.

By reciting a series of Buddhist Sanskrit, David was able to somewhat affect the mind of Demonified Shin, disrupting the chaotic mind that the latter had.

With the help of these mantras, he was able to awaken the hidden spirits residing in the underground temple, who helped him amplify the might of his techniques and match the opposing party.

His Spiritual Force, the Divine Wrath Force, might be a notch weaker than the Worldly Origin. But with the help of these spirits, he was able to elevate the level of this Spiritual Force and combined it with the mysterious powers that the Buddhist Monks used in ancient times.

Boom!

Adjusting the position of the central points of his grand formation, David transformed the nature of the formation.

This time, instead of a huge array of swords, the bunch of mentalism talismans that he had scattered projected the spirits of the fallen monks who were residing in this place, forming their famous battle formation.

At first, there were only eighteen monks in the battle formation since that was the current limit that David could control, given his limited understanding of Buddhist Techniques.

’Eighteen Arhat Array: Subduing the Demon’

It was a special battle formation that monks used during the ancient era, where each monk embodied a specific aspect of power unique to their discipline. In this formation, they would work in concert to subdue powerful demons or rival cultivators.

Hum~!

With a series of chants, the spirit monks started moving in tandem, brandishing their holy staffs toward the demonified person right before them.

Along with the nature of this place, which was their holy temple during their era, the spirit monks gained a stronger power, which they usually wield when they were alive.

Roar!

Unfortunately, their current target was not an ordinary opponent.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Fighting with all his might, Demonified Shin was able to ward off the synchronized attacks of the spirit monks while also throwing a counterattack of his own.

He was able to push all eighteen monks with a series of complicated movements, which seemed to be a combination of Martial Arts skills and Mentalism Techniques.

However, David took advantage of the opening that the spirit monks had created to launch an attack of his own.

Bang!

For the very first time, since they started the battle, David was able to deliver a clean hit on his opponent.

Or so he thought.

Boom!

Right after he retracted his fist, David realized that the only thing that he had struck was the surface of the wings of his opponent, which was so tough that it felt like he had hit a giant and unmovable boulder.

Boom!

Not long after, those wings suddenly unfolded themselves and sent David with the powerful gust of wind that they released, which was also reinforced by a strong current of Worldly Origin in them.

Swoosh!

While David was flying back to his previous location, he made a series of gestures in the air, controlling the spirit monks once again.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

They surrounded Demonified Shin and launched a series of coordinated attacks once again, implementing the famed Eighteen Arhat Array for another time.

The eyes of Demonified Shin did not even move his eyes when he sensed the incoming attacks, utilizing his Combat Talents, which were slowly melding and turning into their combined and more advanced version – the Godly Intuition.

This top-notch combat talent, which was also unanimously acknowledged as the number one talent of the current era, was something that only a single person around the world could possess – Heavenly Demon Adam.

No one knew how exactly powerful this combat talent was since there was only a single person who would wield it. Aside from knowing that it was something formed by combining the Pinnacle Omniscience and Ultra Instincts, no one else knew anything about this apex talent or anything beyond that.

Since Shin and Uno hosted the two talents, who were divided due to their circumstances, it was highly possible for them to combine them and get this unparalleled talent.

Unfortunately, due to the same circumstances, these two talents were unable to fully fuse with one another. Not even the demonified form was enough to achieve this level.

Aside from the inferior version of the Godly Intuition talent and the incomplete abilities that it could wield, Demonified Shin was unable to fully showcase the true might of this power.

Regardless, it was more than enough to handle his current situation.

Whoosh!

While the spirit monks were about to launch their attacks, Demonified Shin suddenly extended his right hand to the side and conjured a weapon with the Worldly Origin that he possessed.

But instead of a sword that Shin and Uno were very familiar with, this demonified person materialized a huge battle scythe, which carried a very strange aura.

Roar!

This scythe seemed to be forged by combining the powers of the Golden Sacred Qi and Primal Demonic Powers. It also had a series of mentalism runes, which were engraved by the densest Divinity Grand Mental Energy.

Crackle! Crackle!

The multicolored lighting suddenly gathered around Demonified Shin, which then turned into a series of flashes that attacked the spirit monks surrounding him.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

At the same time, Demonified Shin suddenly twirled the huge scythe with both his hands, which left a series of afterimages and deadly trails in the air.

Not long after, these sharp flashes transformed into a series of intertwining lines in the air, entrapping all the spirit monks surrounding him.

Roar!

With yet another roar, Demonified Shin suddenly halted his actions for a very brief moment, which his surroundings followed.

The air and the space seemed to have stayed still when he paused in the air, seemingly freezing everything around him.

David, who had just stabilized his body in the air, immediately felt a sudden sense of dread after seeing the actions of his opponent.

Without further ado, he took the initiative to disperse the spirits of the monks before something terrible could even happen to them.

Shing!

Right when he was in the middle of saving the spirit monks, Demonified Shin finally swung his scythe, drawing a full arc in the air that became a symbol of a bloody crescent moon.

Boom!

All kinds of restrictions were suddenly shattered under the might of this attack, which included the sacred powers that the spirit monks possessed.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Fortunately, David was fast enough to respond in time and saved all eighteen spirit monks at arhat level before their last bit of residual thoughts were annihilated by the mysterious power that Demonified Shin had unleashed.

“What kind of power is that? And why did those it looked familiar?” mumbled David as he waved his hand, recalling all the spirit monks back to his side.

Raising his head, he could see that one of Demonified Shin’s pupils currently had a strange pattern or emblem.

It was an emblem of a full crescent moon with a pattern of blazing rays around it. There was also a cross star right in the middle of the moon, with the vertical line extended right outside of the top and bottom points of the crescent moon.

There was also a smaller crescent pattern right in the middle of the cross, which was arching in reverse compared to the outer crescent.

Having a closer look at that pattern through his Enlightened Eyes, David was able to finally recall where he had seen that emblem. “Ah! This is getting increasingly troublesome the longer we drag this battle.”

His expression hardly has any signs of his usual laidback and easy-going attitude. “I know that he has inherited the bloodline that the master has created after modifying her body structure during that time, along with her powers.”

“That monstrous willpower that is seemingly inexhaustible so long as he has that blood flowing inside his veins, and the perfected Spiritual Embryo is just a few of those benefits.”

“But who has thought that even the Mark of Clairvoyance, which is something that only the Master can supposedly possess, will integrate that bloodline as well?”

Taking another good look at his demonified junior brother, David could not help but complain a little. “What kind of demon have those two monsters brought into this world?”

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