The Devil’s Cage

A sticky, gooey liquid came from the player. It didn’t just block Kieran’s breath, but also caused a lot of discomfort because of the toxin mixed inside.

The invisible toxin mixed with the bloody stench, and when it was one step away from touching Kieran, it suddenly took form.

A green skull as big as a house appeared in front of Kieran. It widened its mouth and silently roared, as if about to devour Kieran.

Then, a magma arm flew out from Kieran’s side and grabbed the seemingly huge green skull.

Pak!

After a clear cracking sound, the green skull was crushed to pieces by the red palm.

Everything then disintegrated into nothing!

The green skull vanished without a sign, the faint burnt smell in the air got carried away by the wind and Kieran’s feathered mantle fluttered in the breeze.

The figure beside the signage was stunned by the scene.

He had known the attack just now wouldn’t be able to inflict any damage to Kieran, but he never thought it would break so easily.

Other than that, he also never thought of how straightforward Kieran would be.

“Very well, as expected of the…”

Bang!

According to the player’s original plan, he would say something to bring himself closer to Kieran and shorten the distance between them, but it seemed like he didn’t know Kieran well enough.

He didn’t understand that a stranger that struck first was considered an enemy to Kieran.

Powerhouses appreciating one another’s strength?

That was non-existent in Kieran’s heart.

Kieran only followed one rule: the stronger his enemy, the more reason for them to die.

A kick landed on the player’s chest.

A force field barrier extended right away, delaying the lethal kick for a bit, but the following kick shattered the barrier instantly.

“Hold on, I…” The player tried to say something, but Kieran didn’t care.

He delivered another kick. This third kick—with the effects of [Barsical Kick] combined with [Viper Kick] ‘s strangeness—became faster and fiercer.

Sss, Sss!

Amidst the irritating snake hisses, the player dodged aside, thinking he had managed to avoid Kieran’s kick, but instead, he saw Kieran’s foot make a sharp turn in mid-air.

The power of Kieran’s kick didn’t diminish because of the turn; it landed heavily on the player’s crossed arms, which he had put up hastily to block the kick.

Bang!

His swift defense collapsed with a single kick.

A strong gale enveloped Kieran’s feet and accumulated into—

[Blade Kick]!

Chang!

At the next moment, after the blade-unsheathing sound, a formless qi energy fired towards the player’s neck.

The player’s face turned sour when he saw the qi energy wave in front of his face; he no longer held back.

Blood suddenly flashed in mid-air. An oval shield then took form from the blood and blocked the qi energy wave.

Upon contact between the shield and energy wave, the energy wave shattered in mid-air while the blood shield showed not to have suffered any changes. Nonetheless, the player was breathing in a hurry, his forehead smeared with sweat.

Hot!

Scorching heatwaves swept the land.

Blazing fires covered even the sun.

A thick devil growl sounded, and the Devil Flame was hurled from his left hand.

Boom!

Blazing flames rose after the explosion; the flame waves wreaked havoc, and a heavy sulphuric smell filled the entire street.

Figures hidden in the shadows then slowly showed themselves. Their eyes were cold as killer intent erupted.

“Kill!”

They charged towards Kieran after many screams that sounded like thunder, but the moment they shouted, their voices were suppressed by a sea of snake hisses.

Ferocious snakes with horns on their heads sprung up from the ground, hissing at the sky.

Silence!

At the arrival of the sea of horned-snakes that came from the ground, the entire street fell into silence.

The attackers that jumped on Kieran froze on the spot.

Their blurred faces showed fear, panic, and struggle, but no matter how hard they tried to free themselves from Kieran’s absolute suppression, their efforts were useless.

Huu!

Devil Flame accumulated in Kieran’s left hand.

Unlike normal times where it was a ball of fire, this Devil Flame instead took the form of a fiery greatsword, following Kieran’s thought.

Swung!

The fiery greatsword produced its own growls.

One after another, the figures were slashed in half.

One after another, the figures disintegrated into light particles.

The battle was over the moment it started.

By the time Lawless and the others grabbed their weapons and came out of the inn, there was nothing but a roasted street in ruins.

“Was it them?” Lawless asked while referring to a particular party.

“Seems to be so,” Kieran replied.

“Seems to be so?” Lawless was confused by the description.

“One guy escaped during these guys’ timely appearance.”

Kieran briefly described the player that had first appeared at the station and escaped during the chaotic scene.

This second wave of attackers appeared too coincidentally.

When Kieran had unleashed his killing moves, these attackers appeared as though they were covering for that one player, giving him the chance to escape.

“Based on your description, the one who escaped should be… Sin-server!” Lawless uttered a name.

“Sin-server? One of the ten Supernovas?” Kieran raised a brow.

“Ya, that guy. But he has always been a loner, even more so than us. Unless necessary, he never shows his face out in public. What does this guy want with you?” Lawless frowned.

“I don’t know. But let’s go ask to find out.”

Kieran then waved his hand at Lawless and the others, rejecting their company for the trip.

“Don’t forget our plan. You guys coming along on a high profile will cause us to fail. Moreover… compared to this Supernova guy, I am more concerned about the auctioning of my equipment,” Kieran shrugged.

He won over Lawless with his reasoning.

As long as Kieran didn’t say anything like ‘You are too weak, you will only drag me down’ or something like that, Lawless was the easiest to persuade among the bunch.

Of course, that was only when it came to Lawless’ friends.

Was it hard to befriend Lawless?

Quite hard, actually.

After all, standing near this simple-minded, cigar-smoking piece of meat were Kieran and Rachel. One would scare the hell out of people and cause them to keep their eyes open when they slept; the other killed without even blinking.

In order to pass these two scary players, one would need more than just luck.

Lawless brought the crowd back to the inn while Kieran went aside.

He began tracking the footsteps left behind by the Sin-server. He followed the visible steps on the ground, going through streets and shuttling across alleyways.

Just when the trail went cold, two people appeared in his sight.

One was the Sin-server, as expected.

The other was… Borl.

When the duo saw Kieran walking toward them from the end of the alleyway, they halted their conversation. Sin-server’s face looked especially inconceivable.

He had tried his best to assess Kieran and predicted that Kieran would come after him, but this fast?

“You are really out of my expectations, you…”

Bang!

Before Sin-server could finish, he was sent flying with a kick again.

Borl stood rooted to his spot.

Kieran wasn’t showing mercy, nor was he fond of Borl, so when Borl saw him, he threw his bag of weapons to the ground and raised his hands in the air.