The Story Never Ends
Chapter 169 - Where Is The Signal?

"You.." The devil's expression changed when his fist landed on his face. It felt like he had punched a steel plate. He couldn't believe how this human could have such a strong physical body?

"Hehe," Davion chuckled and hit him with his knee. However, the strange thing was that it passed right through him.

The devil then soared into the air and dashed off in a certain direction. He knew this person was not someone he could beat.

"I don't know who you are, but I will definitely replace you in the future." 

Davion saw him hundreds of meters away and heard his voice clearly.

"My physical attack didn't work on him. It's an interesting devil. But I don't think you can handle my spells." He thought and took out the bow from his spirit ring.

He channeled his spiritual energy into it and was about to strike when suddenly he sensed some movement coming from his right. He looked there and saw the bull also flying up in the sky. 

"Did I scare them?" He smiled and produced two arrows made from lightning energy.

"The Hawk's Eye"

Two blue hawks appeared in the air carrying a terrifying aura that reached towards them in the blink of an eye.

"No.." Since the bull was far slower than the devil, he was the first one to bear the brunt of this attack.

The lightning hawk was not like the ice hawk which would freeze on impact but rather it only caused destruction.

"BOOM"

A huge explosion took place, and the charred body of the bull fell down to the ground.

Davion didn't bother where he was alive or not and focused his attention on the devil. He knew this devil was quite tricky and wasn't sure whether he could take him down this easily.

And as he thought, purple devil essence emerged out of the devil and he disappeared from his vision. 

As a result, the hawk missed its target and Davion waved his hand causing it to vanish too. Then he immediately spread his Mind-Eye and found the devil flying in another direction. 

"Teleportation? Huh," He muttered and infused a bit more of his spiritual energy into the bow.

"Divine Lockdown"

He pulled the string and a hundred meters long arrow made from lightning was launched into the air. Indeed, it was the ability of this middle-grade spiritual artifact.

"Haha, do you think it will work against me? It will be the same as earlier." The devil's huge burst of laughter was heard in the air.

He consumed a large amount of his devil essence and teleported far away from it in another direction. So, he was sure the arrow wouldn't pierce him.

"See, I told..." he was about to say something when he noticed that the arrow had automatically bent itself and was coming for his head.

"Fuck," he cursed and teleported again. Nonetheless, the arrow continued to chase after him.

A few minutes later, he landed on the ground and supported himself on a rock as he ran out of gas.

"Damn, it's never going to end, is it?" He had a bitter smile on his face as he watched the arrow approaching him.

"Puchi-"

The arrow penetrated his heart and pinned him on the rock. This didn't end here as the destructive lightning began causing havoc inside his body. Thus, he was zapped to death in a couple of seconds. 

"My god! He took care of them so easily. He deserves his reputation," Ethan who saw all from a distance had his mouth wide open. He still remembered how strong they were and how he was nearly butchered to death.

"Come here." Abruptly, he heard the masked man calling him out.

"Yes." He answered and neared him without any hesitation.

Davion took off the spirit ring from the dead body of the devil and said, "Bring his body back to the sect. Maybe the elders can replace out some secrets about these tattoos."

"I understand," Ethan nodded.

"Humm, take him too." Davion came ahead of the bull and found that he was still breathing. So, he pointed his index finger at his heart.

"No.."

A bolt of lightning flashed and the bull finally lost his breath. Like the devil, he didn't forget to take off his spirit ring.

"Senior Brother, aren't you going to come with us?" Ethan asked.

Davion was about to reply when all of a sudden, a vigorous aura was released from him.

"This.." Ethan found it difficult to stand and was flung a few meters away.

However, this phenomenon stopped at once as Davion suppressed it with all his strength.

"Sorry, I just had a breakthrough," Davion apologized with a calm look on his face.

Ethan nearly puked out blood from anger. How can one break through like this? Nobody would believe this. Nevertheless, he didn't dare to say anything and asked the previous question again.

"I won't be coming. I need to save our fellow disciples." Without waiting for him to reply, he rushed in a certain direction.

"Haiz, I thought that he would be arrogant like Bryant since he left us. But it seems like I'm wrong," He sighed while looking in his direction.

*** 

"Why haven't they sent any signals?" Ambrose, who was sitting cross-legged on the scroll, pondered. He had ordered them to send a signal immediately after they had finished their task. But it had already been half an hour and there was still no news.

"BOOM"

While he was thinking, a large explosion took place from the barrier he had created below.

"Creak"

The barrier cracked and due to it, he suffered from a heavy backlash. Blood dripped out from his ears, nose, mouth, and even his eyes. Not only that, the scroll had already been tainted by blood. So, one could imagine how many injuries he must be tolerating now.

"Ambrose, let's leave. We can't wait for it any longer." The tattooed old man on his opposite side spoke. The other also nodded.

Ambrose glanced at them and found their state much worse than him. They had become thin like a stick due to blood loss and he could even see their skeleton.

"No, just take those potions and recharge yourselves. We won't get a perfect opportunity like this ever again," Ambrose yelled and took out a strange bottle carved with runes from his spirit ring. Then he opened the lid and drank it like water.

The other old men saw this and followed so. The moment they drank it, disgusting devilish energy emerged from their body and they started injecting it on the scroll again.

This resulted in the barrier being repaired and the expressions of the elders becoming ugly.

"Damn, how did it recover so fast?" Vance cursed in anger while wiping some blood on his hands. The elders were also having some difficulties.

"It's useless to worry about it. Let's keep on striking it, we might be able to break it apart in a while. After all, we managed to cause some damage to it," Nelson suggested.

"Yeah, I'm sure they are not replaceing it easy to sustain it." Warren gripped his sword tightly and swung it at the barrier.

"BOOM"

  ***

While all that was going on, Davion was currently in a barren land with the snake on his side.

"So, are the last four apostles here?" He asked.

"Yes. They have built an illusionary formation here which we can't see currently." The snake replied in a shaky voice. 

He was scared to even look at his face. He couldn't believe this person could be so terrifying as he witnessed him brutally killing all his fellow apostles in a single blow.

The only thing he did was take out a bow and fire an arrow from a distance and nobody could survive it. Although he felt pity for them, he didn't dare to send a signal and notify them. Who knew if he would get caught and make him change his mind? Wouldn't he lose his life like them?

"I'm sure you have some way." Davion patted his shoulder.

"Yes, yes." The snake nodded and took out an orb from his spirit ring and explained.

"If we walk two hundred steps ahead and channel our Qi here, then it would get revealed."

"Oh! Why did you all take this trouble for?" Davion was confused.

"This formation actually consists of a killing array, illusion array, and defensive array all combined into one. It was especially laid here to trap the strongest disciple among you all and kill him while making sure nobody notices it." The snake answered.

"Is it Bryant?" Davion asked.

"Of course." The snake nodded and looked at him weirdly. He felt ashamed thinking about it as how could one consider Bryant as the strongest when the disciple infront of him was in a totally next level?

"Thank you." Davion smiled and slowly slid his hand towards his neck. Then before he could react, he snapped it and threw him to the ground.