"You just worry about your dear life, Gail."
One of the twelve people spoke. Gail looked at him and smiled.
"You are the old man from Mari Clan, aren't you? How is Sin doing? I heard he had to spank his son Sivan a bit recently. If you don't know why it is because my nephew and his friend kicked his ass in multiple ways on a single day."
The Old man's face twitched.
Sin is the nickname for Sivan's father and many people just called him that. Everyone in the higher circle particularly within the Grey circle knows the weird relationship Sin and Gail have.
They are members of two clans that are archenemies from generations. But they have this love-hate friendship. They are intense rivals, but they respect each other so much. They came to blows many times, but they also saved each other when someone is scheming against them.
Nobody knows what is wrong with them. But the Mari clan knew better than to include Sin in the plan of dealing with Gail.
As for why Gail brought up the Sivan's incident, it is just to piss off this old grand elder, who is obviously stuck in his old times and couldn't stand when someone from Gaja clan gains a little victory over them.
No matter how petty the victory might be.
"You are going to die for that impudence.
It is expected of the barbarous clan of Gaja anyway. How can you know about respecting elders when you grew up there?"
"Really? Can't do anything better than that? You mapped out a whole tournament to get us here. At least stop using the pretentious bullshit.
You and I both know that you are way past hiding behind some made up shit about each clan."
Gail said as stretched his body in the spot as if he is warming up.
One of the twelve stepped up. He is a young man with red skin. He looked mostly human, but there is a scaly texture to his skin.
He bowed in front of Gail and said.
"I am really sorry to have met you like this Sonic Prince.
I know, I have no right to say this, but please forgive me for what I am about to do. But this is for the greater good of the realms.
I would not deny your right to defend yourself, please do so with all of your might and if you really can kill all of us and win, please do so by all means, I would just succumb to my fate and die in your hands.
And dying in the hands of the Sonic Prince is not to be ashamed of.
But I truly hope that we would be able to win and kill you today for the greater good of the realm."
Gail looked at the young man and sighed.
"The Draconian tribe. I might not have much contact with you guys because of your secular living within your realm. But I do respect one of your ancestors that participated in one of the great wars of Divine Graveyard.
Whatever you are doing, you seem like you are convinced that you don't have any choice. May I know why I am a hindrance to the greater good?"
"Star eye sect has a prophecy. He said that the Gaja clan would be having a new gift from the heavens and they would be the origin of a new war that would cause massive casualties in the realms all across.
For that to stop, we need to eliminate the Gaja clan as fast as we can.
First, we will finish you and then go and attack your clan. In fact, this whole tournament is a giant plot orchestrated by all of the powers to kill you, your brother and your brother's wife along with some of your grand elders.
This would be enough to weaken your clan and we can eliminate them, much easier."
"Seems like Star eye sect really managed to convince you guys. But too bad they didn't inform you properly of what would happen when I am cornered."
As soon as he spoke, his aura changed. The peak stage Astral plane Consummation cultivation showed its might as it pressured everyone to put their guard up.
The twelve of them took their weapons and got ready with their spells. Gail looked around and smiled, before snapping his fingers.
*SNAP*
The snap of the fingers is unnaturally loud with the aid of spiritual energy. It even created a ripple in the fabric of spiritual energy and all of the cultivators surrounding him suddenly flinched.
The sound hit something in their ears that they felt like an explosion happened right beside their ears.
Within that moment of flinch, Gail made a move. His first target is the old man from Mari Clan.
He moved like a flash. He didn't use any elemental partial fusion technique, he didn't use any spatial element, it is spiritual energy enhancing and amplifying the speed of his body.
But still, it almost looked like he disappeared from the spot as he reappeared right beside the old man who didn't even manage to recover from the flinch with his eyes partially closed.
*BAM*
A punch landed straight on his temple from the side and the old man flew in the air.
*BAM* *CRASH*
By the time everyone recovered from the flash, the old man already crashed into the nearby tree and then into the ground.
Everyone else that are still standing was stunned. They gulped down nervously as Gail took a fighting stance.
One arm raised up and the other arm, let loose on the ground as he hopped on his feet. He looked at the twelve of them and said.
"There is something wrong with the prophecies, the more you try to eliminate them by eliminating the possible threat you see in it, the more it has a chance of becoming real.
So, you guys might have just been the trigger for the war that you dreaded oh so much."
*SNAP*
Gail snapped his finger once again and this time the sound is way too much than before. The people flinched once again and Gail disappeared once again. When everyone thought he would be coming for them, he actually went to the old man that crashed into the ground and punched him as he got up.
The punch landed on the throat and the trachea got crushed with that one blow.
The old man tried hard to breathe as he stood there. Gail didn't let him and kept on punching him on the lungs and heart.
The punches didn't cause any damage that caused bleeding externally, but inside every punch crushed the lungs and every punch broke the ribs.
By the time the group recovered, the old man almost collapsed into a puddle, but Gail caught him and used him as a shield.
*BOOM*
A large eagle manifested from pure flames came at him at the same time and landed on the old man who was already on a verge of death.
The fireball definitely didn't help and just became the final blow.
*SNAP*
Another fiery eagle was on its way along with a spear, but a snap of his fingers actually disrupted the fiery eagle and even altered the trajectory of the spear.
Gail disappeared from the spot along with the dead body and he reappeared right in front of the person who threw the fiery eagle at them.
But this time, the draconian man managed to get out of the snap effect faster than the rest a spear with red hot flames made its way towards Gail who was about to land a punch.
When the spear neared him, instead of dodging, Gail snapped again, the fire around the spear got disrupted a bit and the dead body of the old man popped out of Gail's storage taking the spear hit for him while Gail himself proceeded with the punch.
*BAM*
The punch landed on the temple and the man landed on the ground face first.
The spear landed into the dead body and slowed down. Gail caught the dead body that came at him and stored it away along with the spear, before snapping again.
*SNAP*
Gail landed in the middle of a group of three and landed a punch on one of them, but the other two managed to get out of the effect faster than before.
They are managing to get a hang of it and they attacked Gail from behind.
But Gail turned back and blocked one of the kicks by catching the leg he used his elbow to block a punch that was coming at him.
He threw the leg to the side and ducked down to avoid another blow before throwing an uppercut at one of them while getting up.
The other man who was about to kick him got his balance back and wanted to land a blow on Gail from behind, but Gail dodged to the side and weaved in before throwing a punch right under the armpit.