Monarch of Darkness

Evan felt his excitement going up after every killing. He completely submerged himself in the feeling of slaughter and he felt more intoxicated as every second passed.

Slaughter energy gathered around him and Evan could feel his surging slaughter aura. 

He used the Slaughter ghost dance technique and moved around. Wherever he went, peak stage Meridian opening realm enemies fell down like dried twigs. Evan employed his sword skills and killed to his heart's content but suddenly a dangerous feeling came from his behind. Evan used Slaughter ghost dance technique and changed his location.

A long sword slash appeared on the ground where Evan was standing just a moment before. A golden armoured warrior appeared nearby and fiercely swung his sword toward Evan again. Evan dodged again and moved outside the crowd.

He was fighting far from the location of Sylvia clan warriors so that he could avoid suspicion. He called back the purple striped thunder tiger who was fighting nearby and flee the battlefield at full speed. Evan knew it was going to be a difficult fight but he was not afraid. The person infront of him was a commander ranked warrior from Golden orb kingdom army. 

The area they passed by became devastated as a result of fierce hacking by the golden armoured warrior. Inch deep holes appeared on ground where the golden armoured warrior passed by. It was the prowcess of a middle stage Profound transformation realm expert.

The difference between each cultivation realm was vast and the chasm between realms grew at higher cultivation realms. Meridian opening realm warriors could only use whatever elemental energy they stored in their meridians but it was different in case of Profound transformation realm warriors. At Profound transformation realm stage, one could manipulate elemental energy more freely. They could turn elemental energy into pure energy and store them inside their body. 

It could be seen from the attacks of golden armoured warrior. Evan had yet to witness his elemental prowcess. The warrior was only channeling his stored energy through sword slashes. The meridian opening realm warriors could not use long distance slashes as they had limited energy in their meridians. As a result, they were suppressed by a Profound transformation realm expert.

Evan moved rapidly toward the nearby White Orchid forest and the Golden armoured warrior followed after him. It was clearly visible from the attacks of Golden armoured warrior that he was greatly angered. The capable subordinates under him got massacred infront of him and he was feeling deep hatred toward Evan now.

The golden armoured warrior was feeling frustrated now. It was clear to him that the blackrobed youth infront of him was only at Meridian opening realm but the reason of his frustration was that despite his superior cultivation, he couldn't catch the blackrobed youth.

Suddenly the Golden armour warrior felt something and looked at his side. Two fierce eyes were looking at him as if he was the prey. Evan also stopped running. Now with the help of purple striped thunder tiger, he didn't fear the attacks of a middle stage Profound transformation realm expert.

The golden armoured warrior clenched his sword more tightly. "Brat, who are you?", he yelled at Evan. He realised that the advantage he had, disappeared with the addition of a early stage Profound transformation realm magical beast. "State your identity first", Evan said calmly. 

"I am Shartos. Sixth division commander under general Gowther. Now tell me who you are and why you are helping the Thousand swords kingdom army?", the golden armoured warrior asked in one breath. From his perspective, there was no such warrior in the army of Thousand swords kingdom. So, he speculated that Evan most be from other organizations who were supporting the Thousand swords kingdom. "First defeat me, then you will get your answer", Evan replied with a grin.

"Brat, are you playing with me? Don't think that a magical beast can protect you from me", the golden armoured warrior shouted. He took a fighting stance and his sword started to glow in crimson colour. He swung his sword and a crimson coloured sword slash went toward Evan. Evan used the Slaughter ghost dance technique and dodged the sword slash hurriedly. This time he himself moved toward the Golden armoured warrior and swung his sword toward him.

"Die for me, you arrogant brat", the golden armoured warrior became furious after seen Evan moving towards him. In his perspective, it was underestimating his prowcess. He swung his sword to meet with Evan's sword.

Evan took four steps back to stabilize his body. It was natural because there was a huge disparity in strength between himself and the golden armoured warrior.

He again launched himself toward the golden armoured warrior. A fierce fight happened between Evan and the Golden armoured warrior with a magical beast as the witness of their fight.

After several rounds, both of them stopped. The golden armoured warrior looked at Evan as if he was witnessing a monster. There was two small holes in his armour and a long cut on his face. Evan's condition was worse as he was gasping for breath. Shallow wounds had appeared all over his body. This was the result of his collision against trees.

Despite his injuries, a grin appeared on face of Evan. He used this chance to police his own techniques. As s scholar himself, he knew the importance of facing life threatening situations. As a devil himself, these life threatening situations were more important for him to become stronger. Evan didn't want to miss such chance. So, he took the initiative to attack the golden armoured warrior.

The golden armoured warrior was looking at Evan with disbelief in his eyes. He knew the strength of his armour which could withstand the attacks of a peak stage Profound transformation realm expert but there were two holes in his armour now. He knew the blackrobed youth infront of him was only a Meridian opening realm brat but what astonished him must was Evan's physical strength.

Evan didn't give him much time to recuperate. He attacked him again and used this chance to experiment with his attack. After fighting for some time, Evan instructed the purple striped thunder tiger to keep the enemy busy.

Evan used this chance to rest for a period of time and then used his soul to test his own speculation. He separated a strand of his soul and turned it into a spike. Then he spread his soul consciousness and located the soul of the golden armoured warrior. He launched the soul spike toward the soul of golden armoured warrior.

The golden armoured warrior felt a bonebiting pain coming from his body. Sword slipped from his hand and he clutched his head with both of his hands. Evan felt happy after witnessing the scene. Before this, it was merely a speculation but now his speculation turned true infront of his eyes.

There was no race better than devil race when it came to controlling soul. Evan had read many scriptures depicting various type of soul attacks. The soul of every Profound transformation realm expert was almost same. Although he could not directly subdue a middle stage Profound transformation realm expert but he could still give him a soul injury.

Evan again separated a soul stand and pushed it toward the injured soul of Golden armoured warrior. This time, his soul easily invaded the soul of the Golden armoured warrior and a grin appeared on the face of Evan. This was his second human slave whose cultivation was at middle stage of Profound transformation realm. The golden armoured warrior regained his bearing after some moments. He kneeled down infront of Evan and shouted, "This lowly slave greets master."