Douluo Dalu: 9 Treasure Sword

<Tang San POV>

(It seems that I was being misled by some kind of illusion. By the power of it, the user will be a high-rank spirit master, it may be related to the suicides last week. I will need to let him drop his guard and try to kill him in one-shot).

Suddenly, the illusion broke and I could clearly see that I was outside Heaven Dou City (Why would the illusion break so suddenly) I decided to investigate the cause of it.

1 kilometer away I could finally found what I could expect to be the culprits. I quietly approach hiding my presence, watching them far enough for them to not detect me.

Now that I was near enough I could finally see them, there were 2 people. One of them an old man that I recognized as Shi Nian, the vice dean of the Blue Sunshine Academy. The other one seemed a lot younger, with black hair and a strange air surrounding him.

Shi Nian showed his 7 rings pressuring with his spirit sage realm. For the boy side, he only showed his spirit one moment, and he didn't even use it. It was two cylindrical caps with something white between them, it has 5 black rings around it. This configuration should be impossible unless he had twin spirits, being that one his second one to put rings. The boy cultivation seemed strange and I couldn't detect exactly what realm he was.

Then, both of them started to fight, Shi Nian tried to attack, but the boy invoked a black sword and dissolved Shi Nian attack. Black aura expanded from the boy (Domain!) sweat started falling at my neck's back.

I could sense death from it, my instinct telling me to not go near it. The boy shot a black sphere to Shi Nian who couldn't defend against it and Shi Nian was killed instantly.

"Fenrir" the boy said, appearing a big wolf that swallowed Shi Nian body (Maybe this is his other spirit, like master an alive spirit).

The boy's sword started to exude a black aura and the boy turn to my direction and did a light swing. Following my instinct, I jumped away.

The light swing shot a dark aura that cut more than 100 meters including my previous position.

"Do you think that you could hide from me, I can detect life, main character!" the boy shouted seeming a little deranged (F.u.c.k! He could find me. And what is he referring as main character)

From the boy black aura expanded, this time it surrendered us, creating a barrier. I could sense anything beyond that barrier.

"Don't try to escape, it's useless" he warned "You will be a good mummy, a stepping stone to make me stronger," he said grinning "I will show that I am the main character! There's no need for weakness!" he said charging toward me with his sword.

(He seems a little crazy, but having the capability of killing a spirit sage he is very dangerous) I used my first skill launching Blue Silver Grass to stop his movements.

"Oh, you think that a weak grass would do anything. Let's try fire!" the boy's face changed to an angry one. From his sword came raging fire, even with my grass fire resistance, it could only resist enough to touch him. I activated my second skill Parasite, growing grass around him stopping his movement.

The boy tried to burn the grass, but with difficulty now stronger than before. Taking advantage that he was blocked I shot him with my sleeve hidden weapon, 13 needles were shot all of them with a potent paralyzing poison.

The boy grinned "It's true, you have a good fire and ice resistance thanks to I don't know what poisonous immortal herb" His flames disappeared, changing to lighting turning his sword yellow. The grass in contact with the lighting burned. He swings his sword deflating all the needles.

He shot towards me again, this time more quickly. I activated my external spirit bone, and using the eight lances I impulsed myself jumped to the left evading his attack while shooting him more needles, that due some magnetism created by his lighting were deflected.

"Not bad, it seems that my speed is not enough. Try to stop this" the boy said, his lighting disappeared and his sword became a translucent one. He 'hit' the air around him cracking it, he disappeared in the process. I opened my eyes shocked.

I extended grass around me in all directions, trying to find him. I couldn't detect him, it was like he disappeared with a trace. I calmed myself guarding me against any attack

After 3 seconds, I finally sensed a tuck from my grass, some movement at my back. I turned around protected by the Eight Spider Lances, blocking a strike of the boy who appeared.

"Tch!" clicked his tongue the boy "If only I was the main one, I could easily control the other" he sighed "It seems that this is the maximum that I can. Let's go with what I'm good at".

His sword became black "Your spirit bone is a good one, improving your mobility and giving you a potent poison that can be upgraded with you. But the defense it's not his best property. If you want to live, next time use your hammer" the boy said this time surrounding his sword in a black aura that seemed to circle around his blade.

(The sword seemed a lot sharper than before, and certainly, I couldn't block with my spirit bone, but how can know about my hammer spirit?) I was shocked.

All the plants around him wittered, quickly dying. Observing it I know that my Blue Silver Grass will be useless against.

He light slashed towards, shooting black aura. I hurriedly evaded it using my Ghost Shadow Perplexing track leaving afterimages behind me. His eyes seemed to always follow me.

"When you attain a domain, there's no way I couldn't detect your position, Tang San. Don't play around" he slashed two times forming a cross to my position.

I bend my knees twisting my body passing under the cross, but I couldn't completely evade and two of my lances were cut. If a directly receive one attack of him I'm dead.

Before I could stand properly, he was already at me slashing me. I invoked my Clear Sky Hammer blocking his strike. With his sword blocked, he twisted his body kicking me at my stomach pushing me away while spitting blood.

While in air, I extended both of my arms, shooting 16 needles at the same time. I crashed more than 20 meters away to a tree.

The needles were rebounding between them attacking the boy to impossible angles, the 10th secret technique of Tang Sect Batwing Rebound.

The boy turned serious, exuding a lot of black aura away from him. The needles weren't strong enough to pierce the aura and were deflected by it "A good trick, but it will only be effective in the case that I didn't have spirit energy" with the reflected ones, one needle continued to rebound at shot to his back. This needle was the true attack, Yama's Invitation! All the others were only a decoy for it.

I already recognized his spirit energy as one at the spirit king realm. Yama's Invitation will corrode his spirit energy killing him.

The boy's face became alarmed and before the needle could hit, unlike the other one that was deflected, he evaded it bending down. The needle passed across hitting a nearly already dead tree, that at being hit by the needle started to dissolve.

"That was near, this will be too much to take. I already met Yama one time, it will be better to avoid its invitation rather than defend against it" the boy said.

"Ho-how could you know it? Who are you!" I shouted shocked.

He approached me with his sword at his hand and grinned "I am Paul Blanch, nice to meet you". He then lifted his sword and slashed at me.

I was very injured, his previously kick was not a normal one, I could detect my organs weakening. Knowing I couldn't evade his attack I went for all. I pierced with all my lances towards him, if he wanted to evade, he should stop his attack.

What happened next surprised me a lot, he grinned and stopped his attack. His aura moved from the sword to his body creating a light film around. My Spider Lances pierces through with difficulty, only leaving light injuries, but good enough to poison him.

I could see the places where I pierced started turning purple "Thanks. I will be careful with the rabbit if I were you, losing the herb will be her end, at least like a human" this was the last words that I listened before receiving a hit at my neck and falling unconscious.