Grey stared at the duo, his greatest problem was the young man at the Peak. Not just because he was the strongest, but because he was blocking his escape path. If he were to use the Great Void technique to escape, then he would only be giving up on his chances with either of these young men.
"Unlike you, I don't run from a battle." Grey stated confidently as he looked at the young man at the Peak.
The other young man looked at the duo, only after Grey spoke did he realize the duo had crossed paths, and from Grey's statement, the young man at the Peak actually retreated. The view he had of the young man changed, but he still didn't dare to attack him.
"Heh." The young man scoffed but didn't respond any longer, without waiting for Grey to make a move, he attacked.
Grey, seeing the incoming attack from the young man steadied himself, dodged the attack, and before anyone could realize what was happening, he bolted for it.
Why would he waste his strength to fight against the duo here, when he could easily be attacked by more of the people from the Gnome race if he stayed for too long?
Both young men from the Gnome race paused in confusion. Originally, they felt after Grey dodged the attack, he would counter, but Grey did not even spare them a glance as he ran off. It was clear that his objective from the start was to escape.
"Shameless." The young man at the Peak cursed under his breath.
The other young man looked at him.
"What are you looking at? After him." The young man at the Peak gave the order as he rushed after Grey.
As they chased, he soon noticed something strange about Grey's movement. Just when he was about to give them a clear distance, he would slow down, seemingly waiting for them to catch up.
The young man at the Peak had so many questions in his head, but he couldn't ask them. Unlike him, the other young man didn't care about all these, all that mattered was defeating Grey.
The young man at the Peak took a glance at the other young man before smiling to himself. He would taste the waters with this guy, if he doesn't come out after five minutes, then he would leave Grey and focus on his training and breaking through.
If Grey could kill someone in the Eighth stage, even if it was with the help of an external helper, it wouldn't change the fact that he was a formidable foe.
Time went by and the familiar cave came into view once again, the young man at the Peak paused outside the cave, while the other young man didn't waste any time waiting. He headed right into the cave and jumped into the secret space with Grey already waiting for him to appear.
…
In the secret space.
After Grey entered, he didn't head far from the place he appeared, he hid somewhere as he waited for his victim.
Seeing only the young man in the Eighth stage entering, he heaved a sigh of relief. Although he might be able to kill both of them had they come in together with Void's assistance, this was still a good option since they would be able to take out the young man faster.
The young man looked in the direction Grey was hiding, since he still had the mark, it was very easy for the young man to locate him.
"Come out and face your owner." The young man said coldly.
Grey stepped out with an expressionless face. He studied the young man from every angle before nodding his head.
"You'll do."
The young man was taken aback by Grey's statement, unsure of what he meant by that.
Grey didn't say anything else as he charged forward, his body covered with red lightning as he boosted his strength to the Ninth stage of the Sage Plane. The reason for this was that he wanted to end things as soon as he could.
The young man from the Gnome race was flabbergasted when he sensed the sudden spike in Grey's level. He couldn't even say a word as he hurriedly set up a defensive shield to block Grey's incoming attack.
Boom!
The attack hit the shield and it broke apart, the young man on the other hand was sent flying, crashing into the ground with an open wound on his chest.
He stood up and looked at the injury on his chest. He grimaced in pain before he quickly tried to counter.
Grey was already standing close to him, so his attack missed by a lot. Unfortunately for him, his back was clawed by Grey's hand which had lightning claws on it. Each claw dug deep into his flesh, letting the lightning roam freely in his body, causing havoc and unimaginable pain to the young man's body.
The young man screamed in terror, he could see his life flashing through his eyes. With blood dripping from his mouth, he made a last-ditch effort to try to reverse everything. Rushing to his feet, he threw different attacks at Grey, even bringing out his puppets.
The puppets didn't move before they were both destroyed by a powerful attack. It was Void's spatial distortion.
"Give up, you can't win."
At the moment, Grey's voice was like a God's voice, and the young man almost gave up fighting, but he soon snapped out of it as he attacked once again.
Grey had little problem with dealing with the attacks before slowly incapacitating his opponent. Before long, the young man could barely move his body, although he was still alive, it was safe to say that he was wishing for death at the moment. Both hands and legs were missing, and he was bleeding profusely from almost every single part of his body. His face was unrecognizable.
Thinking that everything happened in the span of just over three minutes was shocking.
The young man soon started to regret his decision in chasing after Grey. He chased after him only to end up being tortured to death by him.
