Dylan stood calmly in front of the group of hunters. The Waning Moon Sword had blood dripping down from it and coldly said, “You all still want to have a go?”

The hunters were daunted by Dylan. His swiftness and decisiveness to kill lead them doubting themselves if they could fight with him or not. He did not bat an eye as he killed his enemies. It was quite hard to believe for someone who seemed to be less than 20 years of age to be this decisive.

“Don’t be afraid! He was only able to kill Arjun because he was careless and did not use his Avatar!” A large hunter jeered. His fellow hunters were suddenly awoken and they immediately released their Avatars after.

“That’s right! We won’t repeat the same mistake as Arjun! We’ll attack altogether!” A dwarf like hunter raised his weapon and attacked​ Dylan.

“Avatar: Three Eyed Wolf!”

“Avatar: Blood Stained Scimitar!”

“Avatar: Venomous Flytrap!”

“Avatar: Spike Mace!”

“Avatar: Earth Leopard!”

…

In just a matter of seconds, a horde of avatars were all summoned forth and was used against Dylan.

“Move in groups of 2s and 3s and attack from different directions. We’ll enclose him like an animal trapped in a cage of blades!” The black haired youth suggested.

Seeing this, Dylan put away his Stealth Cloak because it has zero use now since it has been revealed. The cloak is only effective when it is activated when no one is around. Of course, there are exceptions like the people you trust and your loved ones. Continuing to wear the cloak would only hinder himself from agilely moving and decisively attacking. He also summoned forth his Shield of Dusk to get ready for the long battle ahead of him.

“Get ready to be killed! Thunderbolt Mace Shoot!” The first to attack was a bald man who had the Spike Mace as his Avatar. The attack was as fast as lightning and it seemed that if a person were to get hit by that lightning-fast mace he would be brutally puncture due to the spikes it has with it.

Dylan rolled over to the left in order to dodge the upcoming attack. He used the shield to block of another attack from the left which was from the man who had a scar of the figure which encompassed his face and the point of intersection was the nose.

“Die! Bloody Scar!” The man with the X Scar roared with a Battle Technique using his Avatar the Blood Stained Scimitar. When Dylan used his shield to block his second attack, Dylan used the force of the attack to maneuver himself away from the redirected Spike Mace. Dylan leaned to his right in order to change the trajectory of his body and was shot away from the clash.

When he stabilized himself, three other hunters were already expecting his arrival and launched a three pronged attack at him.

“Time to die, pretty boy!” The three hunters called out.

“Rat Fang!”

“Leaf Knives Barrage!”

“Poison Blade!”

“Energy Slash!” Dylan injected energy to his Waning Moon Sword and released three consecutive Energy Slash to block the three attacks of the attacking hunters.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!* *BOOM*

Three explosion of energy happened. The 3 Energy Slashes cancelled out the three techniques. Fog spreaded within the cave due to the explosion but it was immediately fended off by a hunter who executed a wind based element.

Dylan was gritting his teeth when he saw two trio’s of hunters heading to where he was. He was just two or three steps away from the formation. He could not afford to fight the hunters within the formation because it might disrupt the formation and cause the formation to leak energy. Dylan did not want that to happen since he still wanted to attempt to level up his Legendary Core once more.

He gripped the Waning Moon Sword tighter than before and charged to the two trio’s coming at him. He launched two Crescent Moon Slash and went all out!

Dylan could no longer easily defeat any 12th Awakened Spirit Realm Expert like he used to since he was one level and three stages lower than he used to be. But he could still aim and instantly kill the low staged 11th Awakened Spirit Realm hunters.

“Iron defense!”

“Hardened Snail Shell!”

“Rock Wall!”

…

The trio’s tried to defend the Crescent Moon Slash with defensive techniques. They were only able to reduce the power of the Crescent Moon Slash to a considerable extent before it completely destroyed all of the defensive measures they have set up.

*BOOM!* *BOOM!*

The two groups of trees were blown with off with some injuries from the weakened Crescent Moon Slash. Dylan used this opportunity and used the Seven Crane Dances! Dylan was well accomplished in his Movement Technique and managed to break through to Expert Mastery recently since he diligently practiced it everyday for the past two months along with his high intellectual prowess. His experience with his Four Soft Steps also helped his comprehension with this technique even faster since they all stemmed from the concept of harnessing speed through the use of minimal and flexible movement of the body. Incorporating what he has previously done and his own insights​, he was able to speedily master a Mid Spirit Rank Technique to the third stage, Expert Mastery!

If others were to know of his speed of comprehension, then they would be slacked-jawed for his speed was truly that of a genius!

“Die!” Dylan dashed to the group with two 11th Awakened Spirit Realm and a High 12th Awakened Spirit hunter. He then used another Crescent Moon Slash before they could even recover which simultaneously killed the three hunters with their bodies severed in half!

“Nooo…” A hunter among the three unwillingly screamed.

Dylan used the momentum he built up and executed the fourth dance of the Seven Crane Dances, Crane Somersault. He somersaults in mid air cleanly and landed on the second trio who was just finished steadying and planting their footings and quickly killed them with another Crescent Moon Slash aimed at their necks. Decapitated heads with shocked expression hit the grounds while blood squirted like a fountain from the headless bodies as they fell.

If it was in the past, Dylan could no longer have handled doing what he has done this night. Being able to use 5 Crescent Moon Slash and 5 Energy Slash was beyond what the past Dylan could handle. Even if he could have handled it, Dylan would use his moves conservatively and selectively while searching for the right moments to strike​. But now, thanks to the Legendary Core, he has tremendous energy reserves in his disposal which could allow him to create the opportunities himself instead of waiting for it. Now, he could execute a total of 25 Crescent Moon Slash or 50 Energy Slash before completely depleting his stock of energy.

This evidently showcases the true strength of the Legendary Core! Dylan was inwardly happy while he indulged himself in the excitement of battle. He just killed 8 of the 15 hunters who came for him and were all stronger than him cultivation wise.. The power he gained from his newly acquired Legendary Core was beyond rewarding.

Suddenly, a large plant appeared behind Dylan. A venomous flytrap that was about 7 feet tall with giant roots portruding out of the ground! It was from the Initial 13th level Awakened Spirit one-eyed hunter who was several meters away from him. It opened its mouth and tried to swallow Dylan awhole.

“What?!” Dylan was stunned when he saw the sudden appearance of the plant monster and distanced himself from it with a sidejump. “Take this-… Vines?!” He was just about to send another Crescent Moon Slash to finish off the Avatar of the one-eyed hunter when a school of vines shot out from the ground and started constricting his movements!

“Get ready to be eaten alive! Hahahaha!” The hunters celebrated.

“Your dead meat now, boy! My Venomous flytrap will slowly give you death as it will digest your strength through its acidic and poisonous fluids on its insides! Hahahaha!

The one-eyed hunter laughed victoriously because he knew that they have finally managed to kill the young man and take the Minor Heavenly Refining Formation for themselves and breakthrough to the Origin Realm!

Dylan struggled and tried to get out of the vines but the restrictions only strengthened as he struggled! He could not hold on to his weapons and could only let the vines disarm him. The plant monster took this moment and lunged forward to him.

“Hahahaha, struggle all you want my vines will only tighten as you attempt to escape!” The controller of the vines laughed as well who was also at the 13th level Awakened Spirit.

Dylan’s struggle intensified but it was futile because the plant monster already opened its mouth and took the meal prepared for him.

Witnessing the giant Venomous flytrap devour Dylan, the hunters rejoiced. However, the celebration was cut short as one certain topic. Who will gain the refining formation?

“Since it was my venomous flytrap who finished him, the formation should be rightfully mine!” The one-eyed hunter declared.

“No, it should be me. If it weren’t for my vines trapping him, he would have easily destroyed your attack with that slash of his!” The vine controller argued strongly.

“No, it should be mine! If it were not for my strategy, he would have easily destroyed us!” The black-haired youth said otherwise.

“Bah! If it weren’t for me waking you guys up to use your Avatars, you guys would have been slaughtered from the fear!” The large hunter spoke in disdain.

“Psh, what bullshit! We would have killed him without you saying that!” The one-eyed hunter rebutted.

“Hey guys, there’s something strange happening to the plant-” The guy who noticed the sudden increase in size of the Venomous flytrap said but was disregarded and even interrupted halfway by the large hunter.

“Then, I guess we can only settle this with a fight!” The large size ferociously uttered.

“Wait-” He tried again but failed.

“I guess it all comes down to who is the strongest! Now, all of you, die!” The vine controller shouted while he send out vines to attack the four others.

“Someone just listen-” With another attempt, this time increasing his voice because he saw the abnormal growth of the plant monster and tried to alert his brother in urgency.

“You guys are the ones who will die!” The one-eyed hunter roared.

“Fine…” With everyone ignoring him and being overwhelmed by the temptation brought upon by the diagram at the end of the cave. He could only shut up and go back to the sidelines.

A fight broke out immediately after. Avatars were summoned and techniques were executed. In a short amount of time the hunters who worked together was now engaging in a battle for the possession of the energy refining formation.

*BOOOOOM!!*

But shortly after it started, a large explosion and an aftermath of thunder roaring and lightning squirming! The hunters were shock and speechless when they heard the explosion. When they came to their senses, they saw the plant monster was no more and lightning could be seen coming out from where the 7 foot monstrosity where a cloud of thunder floated.

“What is that?” Someone uttered among the hunters. This was also the thing the others were wondering what was that cloud?

“Look, someone’s under the cloud!” Another hunter pointed out.

Indeed, there was truly a guy who was standing below the cloud and who else could he be other than Dylan Ford? He stood there with lightning and thunderclouds continuing to docilely dance around him like he was their lightning monarch! and smiled, “Ready for Round 2?”

“Wait, isn’t that… the guy we just killed?! Why… why does he seem even stronger?!” Another told his fellow hunters with fear written all over on his face.

“What?! Why didn’t anyone tell us about anything strange happening on Paju’s Avatar?!” The black-haired youth complained angrily.

“=_=” The guy who was ignored had that expression and ranted: “I told you but no. No one would listen to lil old Barry. Now all of us are going to die at the hands of this lightning kid!”

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