647 Is chaos better than order? (part 2)
Following the trajectory of the multiple severed arms and legs as well as the screams, the elders of the Marsh Domain and Pleasure Palace sects saw that the group which was previously surrounding the girls from the Black Sword faction, were now all missing from two to three of their limbs.
Most were squirming and rolling on the air due to pain, while the only one who only lost one limb, an arm to be precise was pale as a ghost and trembling in fear, it was a member of the Bayer family, one of the many.
'E-Even if runes aren't working properly, just blocking a single casual slash was everything it took for the defensive formation to be destroyed, what the hell is that sword made off!', he inwardly screamed.
Since runes weren't working properly, only formations of a certain level and above could even activate and not only that, but the effects were greatly reduced, that's what caused such a headache to Ophelia and Amanda, since beside being outnumbered they couldn't rely on their spirit treasures at their moment of need.
The guy from the Bayer family felt superior, since as a direct descendant he had access to higher graded spirit treasures, so unlike others he had some extra layers of protection, not to mention that while defensive measures were working at less than half of their usual power, the same applied to attack type formations.
But then, earlier, he barely managed to see a golden flash zig-zagging through his group followed by all of them losing arms and legs, the only reason as to why he only lost one arm is because his clothes took the first slash saving his leg from being taken.
However, the formation exceeded what it could block as of current and was destroyed, not to mention that there was a thin cut on his thigh from which blood was coming, meaning that the attack wasn't properly blocked,
And the worst part is that he could tell that none of the two attacks he received were particularly focused on him, they were part of a series of slashes that came from the golden flash that bypassed them without even looking at them directly.
Seeing the frightened state in which one of the members of his family ended and the miserable status of the other members of the group, the elder of the Bayer family immediately turned to see the elders of the Marsh Domain and Pleasure Palace sects, to then say.
"This is nothing like what you mentioned, what is going on!", he demanded, unfortunately before those two could even finish processing what they were seeing, a plethora of similar screams forced them to look in another direction.
"Aghhh!"
"No, someone block it!".
A few screams later, another round of severed limbs could be seen falling from the sky, this time the perpetrator was clearly visible for everyone, a black-haired youth wielding a golden sword with each hand.
"Boooom!", with lightning crackling on his feet, Aster became a golden blur that flashed through every nearby group of disciples from the sect which were being surrounded and openly attacked with the intention to kill.
Slashes flew in every direction and before they could even react, they had lost legs and arms, curiously, the groups that had less members teaming up against the girls of the sect, lost a smaller number of limbs.
Naturally after an initial period of shock, the scene of their disciples, family members and hired mercenaries, since among the ones surrounding the girls of the sect were also rogue cultivators, the pained screams returned the respective elders to the real world.
"Stop you little bastard!", shouted the masked elder from the Marsh Domain, the ones being mostly targeted were the disciples of his sect, they often ended only having one arm or leg left, of course this was done on purpose by Aster since he noticed that they were all using lethal poisons against the junior disciples, given that unlike the veterans they weren't skilled and experienced enough to forcefully restrain the poison and have a chance to take an antidote.
"Hahaha, good job kid!", William's thunderous maniac laugh was like the sound of nails on a blackboard for the elders, so now imagine how the felt when he mockingly added.
"Don't worry if they surrender and give up all their possessions, they might only lose a limb or two before being beaten up to a pulp".
The elders gritted their teeth, to then glare daggers at Valentina, since there was no point on trying to argue with the crazy bastard from the Talis family, but the Fey were known for their negotiating stance.
"Hey, Purple Lightning Princess, what is the meaning of this!", yelled the blue robed female elder from the Pleasure Palace, seeing that not even the female disciples of the Pleasure Palace were spared from having their arms and legs cut off.
"Tell that crazy bastard to stop, unless you want to openly go on a war against both of us", viciously added one of the half step heavenly realm protectors from the Marsh Domain, an old man with grayish skin, just to see Valentina brightly smiling at them as she said.
"Members of the young generation suffering the consequences of overestimating themselves, isn't a valid reason for an all-out war, but by all means go ahead and fill a complain", Agnes who was fed up by the attitude of those shameless dual cultivators sharply added.
"Wind Vortex!".
The remaining four middle stage Star Tribulation enemies, were all energy cultivators, they divided in teams of two and attacked Aster from afar at the same time, the result was a fierce fire explosion caused by the fire and wind complementing each other, those were techniques used by the male disciples of the Pleasure Palace.
Even if the Pleasure Palace's main focus was dual cultivation, only the top disciples were taught yin or yang-oriented techniques, since they are rarer than the usual elemental ones.
"Booom!", a loud explosion echoed through the sky as the fire spread in the vicinity, producing a large fire cloud that swallowed Aster, or at least that was the idea, but he simply dodged it by flashing upwards, to get out of its range.
"I've got you now, you slippery bastard, Swamp Dragon Thrust!", the guy from the Marsh Domain appeared in front of Aster, with his dark green spear aiming at his chest.
He knew that he was no match to Aster in terms of speed, so he made the energy cultivators force him to move so that he could attack him by surprise, he disregarded his previous words about Aster needing to ambush his enemies after seeing him kill those two so easily.
"Crack!".
"Aghhh!".
But he was the one to be surprised, his dark green spear was cut in half by one of those golden swords, not only that the attack continued and slashed his chest, however, the next round of fire and wind wide area attacks arrived just at that same moment.
"Booom!", a second fire cloud manifested in the sky, the fire shrank revealing an Aster who once again wasn't hit by those four's attacks thanks to his extreme speed, as well as a masked guy with a large slash on his chest, he did survive though, since those four attacked Aster in time.
"Cover me!", shouted the Carnal Disaster cultivator, as he retreated towards the girl from the Pleasure Palace, the four energy cultivators saw Aster going after their sole body cultivator and they gritted their teeth, if that guy died then no one will be able to tank even one of Aster's attacks, so they poured everything they had into their next attacks.
"Fire Pillar Break!".
"Wind Piercing Vortex!".
A fire cloud of about three times the size and intensity of the previous ones engulfed Aster and everything nearby him, the explosion also sent the guy from the Marsh Domain flying with slight burns, since he was too close as he was being chased by Aster.
"Eat that you bas...", the four energy cultivators who were panting while they kept injecting their spirit energy into the fire cloud to make as much damage to Aster as possible, saw in horror how Aster casually came out of the fire cloud, completely unscathed.
"I-Impossible", said one of the other four, not even the corner of Aster's clothes was burnt, which shouldn't be possible even if he had a defensive treasure, considering the interference caused by the distortions.
Unfortunately, their doubts will forever remain unanswered, since the next second their heads flew out of their bodies, as Aster flashed towards the guy from the Marsh Domain who had nearly made it to the side of the girl from the Pleasure Palace.
"Blegh!", Aster's sword pierced the back of the enemy and came out from his chest, making him vomit blood, however instead of dying, his previously muscular body instead withered, making Aster frown.
"Move your ass already, damn it!", shouted the guy while he was still being skewered by Aster's sword.
"Done!", the girl from the Pleasure Palace shouted back and a strange sight displayed in front of Aster, the body of the enemy split into a thin and withered young man which fled at high speed and a bizarre looking centipede which was being pierced by his sword, the centipede then exploded into a black smoke cloud, which produced sizzling sounds in contact with air.
'Damn I even had to use the Life Saving Centipede, given to me by the envoy of the Poison valley, die already!', inwardly screamed the guy from the Marsh Domain, that was his trump card, a once in a lifetime treasure that could save him once.
Aster swung his sword, dispelling the poisonous smoke, at the same time a translucent blue snake sank into Aster's chest, the girl from the Pleasure Palace saw her yin charm technique successfully landing on the enemy and she took a breath of relief.
"Kill him before he wakes up!", she said in a hurry, the guy from the Marsh Domain, wanted nothing but hack Aster to death, he destroyed his spear and made him lose a precious life saving treasure, not only that but he will be in a weakened state for the next year at least, in fact his realm will probably be reduced as well.
So, he took a poisoned dagger out of his ring and rushed towards Aster's side, just for him to feel his body tremble when he reached around five meters of him, his instincts screamed danger but it was too late, he realized that Aster was conscious the whole time.
"You monster", he managed to say before his head separated from hi