The Blackridge's Blood

Chapter 114 — Blackridge Blood

The Stage 8 Blackridge leader attacked Aether directly.

His blade carried dense Origin Energy.

Aether blocked with his arm.

CLANG!

The impact pushed him backward.

The leader followed with another strike.

Aether dodged.

Blackfang attacked from behind.

The leader turned and blocked.

Ironhide struck him from the side.

BOOM!

The man was thrown several meters.

His expression became ugly.

“These creatures…”

Aether appeared beside him.

“They're stronger than you expected.”

Aether punched him in the chest.

The leader coughed blood.

Two Stage 7 cultivators attacked Aether simultaneously.

He used Shadow Step.

The attacks collided with each other.

Aether appeared behind one.

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His hand pierced through the man's defense.

The cultivator fell.

[Stage 7 Blackridge Cultivator defeated.]

[Origin Points +50.]

[Origin Points: 520 / 1,200.]

The second Stage 7 attacked Blackfang.

The wolf allowed the attack to destroy its body.

Black mist spread across the ground.

The cultivator froze.

Blackfang reformed behind him.

Its claws struck.

[Stage 7 Blackridge Cultivator defeated.]

[Origin Points +50.]

[Origin Points: 570 / 1,200.]

The remaining Stage 6 warriors attempted to surround Ironhide.

The shadow bear roared.

It charged through them.

One warrior was crushed beneath its fist.

[Stage 6 Blackridge Cultivator defeated.]

[Origin Points +30.]

[Origin Points: 600 / 1,200.]

Another tried to escape.

Aether noticed immediately.

He used Shadow Step.

The warrior looked behind him.

Aether was already there.

“You chose to attack me.”

The warrior raised his weapon desperately.

Aether struck.

The man fell.

[Stage 6 Blackridge Cultivator defeated.]

[Origin Points +30.]

[Origin Points: 630 / 1,200.]

The final Stage 6 warrior was killed by Ironhide.

[Stage 6 Blackridge Cultivator defeated.]

[Origin Points +30.]

[Origin Points: 660 / 1,200.]

Only the Stage 8 leader remained.

He looked around.

Everyone else was dead.

His grip tightened.

“I surrender.”

Aether stared at him.

There was no hesitation in his eyes.

“No.”

The leader froze.

Aether stepped forward.

“You came here intending to kill me and steal what belongs to me.”

“I can give you information!”

“I don't need it.”

The man backed away.

“You'll regret this!”

Aether's expression remained calm.

“No.”

He vanished.

Shadow Step.

The leader swung his blade wildly.

Aether appeared behind him.

Blackfang attacked from one side.

Ironhide from the other.

The leader's defenses collapsed.

Aether delivered the final strike.

[Stage 8 Blackridge Cultivator defeated.]

[Origin Points +80.]

[Origin Points: 740 / 1,200.]

Silence.

Every Blackridge cultivator who had entered the valley was dead.

Aether didn't spare them.

He didn't regret it.

He simply looked at the bodies.

“They chose their path.”

Blackfang and Ironhide returned to his shadow.

Aether walked toward the Stage 8 leader.

The man's Origin imprint was still intact.

The System detected it.

[Origin imprint detected.]

[Compatibility: 73%.]

Aether extracted it.

He then looked at the Stage 9 beast's imprint stored within his Origin Core.

Two powerful imprints.

One shadow army.

And a growing amount of Origin Points.

Aether smiled faintly.

“Seven hundred forty.”

He still needed 460.

He looked toward the mountains.

There were plenty of targets.