Chapter 127: Successful Escape Part 5

"Let's go" decided 2 as he abruptly turned around with 3 and dashed away, not willing to risk their own lives for the reward, that although was incredible, wasn't worth their lives.

After activating his Soul Spirit, they knew that he would no longer care about anyone or anything other than killing, and even with it, it would be almost impossible to defeat all the royal guards and eliminate the target, especially with the pesky archers.

"You backstabbers left me alone, but I will still kill everybody and get the reward for myself" roared 1 as his aura become even more sinister and sliced off the hand of one of the guard using one his daggers.

His Soul Spirit would grant him massive power, but it would cloud his judgment and make it so that his only instinct was to kill. He would enter a berserk state where he would continue to kill no matter the harm he suffered or who he was killing, and it was very hard for him to control and subdue his Soul Spirit.

It was an ability that would only be used in life or death situations or when he couldn't kill the target using only his power and skills, and he had never once had to use it when pursuing a target.

He had to find out what his Soul Spirit was the hard way, and after activating it, the only way to stop it was to kill everybody within his vicinity or be taken down. After awakening his Soul Spirit he was unsure of what it was and upon activating it, even as an ordinary child, he was able to kill everybody in his small village.

After his Soul Spirit was deactivated, he didn't feel guilty in the slightest even after slaughtering his entire family and dozens of others, and from then continued to kill for a living and for his own enjoyment.

Bernard let out a sigh of relief seeing that two of the assassins were pushed back and that the one that stayed was being fought by most of the royal guards that were stationed at that gate.

However, he knew that it wasn't over and if the royals didn't agree to help them, they would have merely escaped from the hyenas to entered the lion's cave.

"He is powerful, I will engage him in close combat while the archers support me. Take him to the infirmary to be healed and get ready to attack if he pushes me back" instructed the guard leader while pointing at the guard who had his hand cut off.

His loud voice was authoritative and resounded throughout the area, as all the guards and archers within his unit did as he ordered.

"I will kill you all" roared 1 as he dashed towards the guard leader and slashed at his neck.

However, unlike the previous guard leader that was merely the leader of a small mercenary group, he was the leader of a royal guard unit and was a peak Mortal Cultivator.

Blocking the attack with his sword, the guard leader despite his strength, was wary of the insane robed figure that had gone berserk.

1 was just as powerful as the guard leader in his berserk state, but when he entered the berserk state, the skill and accuracy of his attacks were reduced along with his combat prowess.

But although his combat prowess was reduced, his pain tolerance and stamina were increased with him no longer caring about the backlash that his body suffered. His Soul Spirit would also increase his power the more he killed, and as long as he continued to kill, his bloodlust and power would continue to rise.

The robed assassin continued to relentlessly attack the guard leader who was on the defensive and continued to parry, dodge and block his attacks, wanting to tire out the assassin before striking back.

Elizabeth and Bernard were being held by the guards that were still at the gate, and although the male guards had lustful expressions and desired to touch Elizabeth, they didn't dare to do so until they found out who she was.

If she was a princess of the royal family or the daughter of a noble family, not only would they be killed, but so would their entire family to punish them for daring to touch her pure body.

"Prepare long spears and circle around me and the attacker. Once I push him back and order it, all of you attack him with your spears at once" instructed the guard leader to his men, seeing that the assassin wasn't aware and he wouldn't have been able to do anything about it even if he was aware.

The guard leader didn't send any guards after the two other robed figures that had managed to get away, and continued restricting 1 by blocking his attacks and surrounding him with his troops, that had all equipped a long spear, like he had ordered.

"Attack now" bellowed the guard leader as he dodged the assassin's attack then kicked him backwards.

He had fought against him for a few minutes and had only suffered minimal injures, and at the moment that he had pushed him back, jumped away from the robed attacker.

In the berserk state, he wasn't taking his fatigue and energy storages into consideration and was rapidly exhausting his External Energy as his body began to burn his blood, vitality and his cultivation to sustain the berserk state.

All the assassin could think about was slaughtering everybody and no longer cared about what happened to his body, as his power surged once again after his Soul Spirit began to sacrifice his body in order to increase his power and bloodlust.

However before he could use his increased power, all the guards that had surrounded him attacked all at once and all pierced the spears that they had prepared into the assassin's body.

With 20 spears stabbed into his body, he had no chance of surviving as blood poured out of his body and he collapsed and died within seconds.