v243 Everyone Must Go


    Taira controlled his dharma body with cool ease.


    He was a prodigy.


    The physical burden of using Malevolent Dharma is not something that can be overstated. It''s horribly taxing.


    The bigger and more heavily armored the dharma, the more energy it will demand and the greater burden one''s muscles will feel.


    Taira''s dharma was not currently fully armored, but the fact that it had drawn weapons meant that it was exacting quite arge toll already.


    And yet, Taira was picturesque. His face was neither contorted by difort, nor did his eyes betray some semnce of weariness.


    Perhaps he was just too far out of his own mind to care about his own body''s condition. And who could me him?


    He was just about toy his daughter to bed on pillowsced with a crushed powder designed to be inhaled in one''s sleep.


    Shakti, who he was only just realizing he held an attraction to, copsed right in front of him while trying to bring sick children to his attention.


    Something as fleeting as his own difort had no ce in his mind now.


    All culprits must be brought to the justice of his des. And if he could not have the lives of one of them, he would take the lives of everyone even associated with them.


    That poison powder wasn''t just any run of the mill concoction. It was a recipe that was easy to mess up.


    Only a person adept in poison could have created such a thing.


    Whether he had to root out the culprit by ice, de, or fire, he would have their lives.


    The death of everyone else would just be an added tax.


    A st of poison energy rocketed towards Taira underneath the body of the great dharma.


    The fox-kin super condensed the air in front of him; turning the empty space into an invisible wall. n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    The poison st broke against the barrier without so much as soiling Taira''s open gi.


    He kept his hands coolly sped behind his back, and his expression neutral as he searched for the culprit.


    White snow whistled all around the valley; making it difficult for one to pick out the little things in front of them.


    Taira could see a shadow bolting all across the downpour; just barely out of reach of the dharma and his ded weapons.


    Taira could clearly see his level with just this.


    As remedial as it sounds, by now most assassins would be slinging taunts and making veiled threats from every direction.


    It was intended to disorient or put one on guard- but it was a technique mostly used by baby assassins who couldn''t control themselves orcked critical thinking skills.


    Gu Mu-Song was neither.


    Another st came out of nowhere, and Taira defended himself just the same.


    The only difference was that this time, the sts wereing with shorter cooldown times.


    The myriad of directions was hard to keep up with, and the barrier was bing less efficient as time went on.


    It was time to stop the run early.


    "Arcane Gravity: Terraformation."


    Every drop of loose soil, snow, wooden debris, or anything that wasn''t pinned to the ground within twenty yards of him was suddenly lifted up about fifty feet into the air. And then, it was mmed back down into the ground with tremendous force; freeing up more soil, debris, and bodies while the radius of it''s reach also expanded.


    Atst, the entire process repeated itself all over again. It was a dangerously, horrible spell that no one wanted to see reach it''spletion.


    Taira''s right ear picked up a small; insignificant sound. But it was enough. He vanished from his current position and reappeared behind a stumbling Gu Mu-Song. He lifted his hand up high like a de and brought it down in a swift, cruel arc. Gu Mu-Song''s instincts kicked in at thest second and he hurled his body out of the way.


    But Taira was just so much faster than him.


    A searing heat shot through his left side and back, and he knew what was wrong without even examining himself. Due to Taira''s active spell, he never even heard them. The sound of his arm and wing hitting the ground. The foxkin felt a slight burning sensation spread along one of his hands.


    He knew what the culprit was even without thinking about it.


    ''Poison…''


    -


    Dan Master Hideyoshi''s face was grim. "My god... This is gravity magic, isn''t it?"


    "I-It is, but... I''ve never seen a spell like this." Abbott Tang clutched his chest.


    "We have to stop him. He could sink the whole ind if we let him be."


    "Stop him? And end up like Rom??" Josh pointed out. The oni pointed up into the sky, where Rom was fighting against Aleena''s dharma in a rather lopsided battle. Of course, his sect had tried to defend their Grandmaster, but between Lucia''s giant de, sharp winds, and breath of me, they had more or less beenpletely pinned down.


    "We have to talk with him, not try to fight!"


    "He doesn''t have a pen or paper, but this scene pretty much spells out ''I ain''t doing no more talking''."


    ""Joshua!""


    "Shit, fine..." Josh held out his hand and an instrument very simr to Ina''s guqin appeared in his hand.


    He twirled it in his grasp and ced his fingers on one of the strings; preparing to give it a hearty thrum. Hideyoshi and Abbot Tang prematurely covered their ears and guarded their souls. *Pik!*


    A sharp silver sai fell from the sky like ashooting star.


    It pierced the strings of Josh''s instrument and nearly took the tip of his finger off as well.


    "I would urge you all to really think again before you do something like that…"


    High in the sky, Vermeil was descending towards the trio of Sect Leaders.


    "Our family''s sanctity and the health of our sect members werepromised. Even I can no longer tell how far my husband or Aveena are willing to take this. If you value your lives then please… don''t take one step closer." She begged.


    nt workers so lucky they about to be off for like 2-4 weeks AnathaShesha