"Clack, clack, clack."
The Ninth Tier Elder of the Sanders Family could clearly hear his own teeth chattering.
"Y-Young Master... run!"
The boy facing him was only of the Eighth Order Demon Race, yet the Sanders Family Elder could not muster the slightest will to fight him.
Only one thought remained.
Run!
Get the young master away!
Take word back to the Family. Tell them never to provoke Black again!
But...
"Run? You provoked me, and now you think you can run? Dream on!"
Black snorted and stepped forward.
The Thunder Long Whip appeared again, this time lashing straight toward Young Master Sanders.
Young Master Sanders's face changed drastically.
The Sanders Family Elder appeared before him in an instant and raised his Domain Power.
"Young Master, run!"
"Uncle Luwen..."
Young Master Sanders's eyes filled with tears.
Uncle Luwen was putting his own life on the line to hold Black back and buy them a chance to escape!
Grief tore at Saunders, but he kept his head. He seized his sister Campbell and prepared to flee.
He could not let Uncle Luwen's sacrifice go to waste.
Why would Luwen, a Ninth Tier fighter, have to sacrifice himself against Black, who was only Eighth Order?
The bodies strewn across the ground said enough.
Saunders had made the right decision.
But he was still too late...
Black was not surprised by the domain the Sanders Family Elder had raised. Instead, he smiled as if to say, I knew it.
Then...
Hum—
A wave of spiritual energy suddenly rippled outward.
Divine Ability: Soul Control Secret Technique!
Luwen's domain could block Law attacks, but not an invisible, colorless Mental Power Attack.
As the Mental Power swept over him, Luwen's eyes instantly turned cloudy and unfocused.
Then...
Squelch—
The long saber in his hand stabbed out