1823 Alone

The clan leader punched out at full force.

Sam used his spatial energy to dodge the punch barely, but it still grazed him on his shoulder, making the joint crack.

He slipped and slid under the arm and threw a kick of his own into the armpit of the clan leader. The void style activated as a spatial energy explosion occurred right under the armpit of the clan leader.

“Argh…”

The clan leader growled a bit, but he already turned around and threw a punch at Sam who blinked from the spot and disappeared from there. But before he is gone, the shockwave of the punch already hit him.

When he reappeared behind the clan leader, he spat out a mouthful of blood and was unable to continue with the attack he planned. The clan leader turned around and launched another punch to Sam’s chest before he could even land from the spatial blink.

*BAM*

Sam took the punch to his chest and he flew in the air with a beautiful arm the blood spilled from his mouth creating a trail on the way.

But he wasn’t even allowed to hit the ground as he was caught by the spiritual robe and pulled back forcefully.

.....

On the way, his body changed from spatial fusion to lightning fusion. He gritted his teeth and the lightning energy surged into his palm.

The clan leader was swift and decisive, he didn’t want Sam to use the technique he used just before. He is still feeling the effect of lightning. His body is not as nimble as before. He punched Sam once again in the stomach trying to disperse the energy accumulated.

But the attack wasn’t as clean as before.

Sam blocked the punch with some Divine energy concentrated on the point of impact.

At that moment, the clan leader felt a stabbing pain on his shoulder.

Sam is holding the Divine Lightning Saber that came from Indra through the Palace of Inheritance. Half of the saber is stuck in the clan leader’s shoulder as the lightning surges into his bloodstream.

He could clearly sense the attack through his body.

This is another bloodline attack from Raiju.

This is called Lightning Fang and usually, this is done through the bite. The beast will inject its fangs into the enemy’s bloodstream and the lightning will target the internal organs through the bloodstream. Instead of carrying oxygen, the blood will now carry lightning all over the body.

The clan leader felt like his whole body froze for a moment, but he gritted his teeth and forcefully moved to hit Sam.

Sam disappeared from the spot and this time, he managed to not take the hit. He reappeared at the rear of the clan leader, his body turned to the metal as the magnetic storm brewed within, all of which is concentrated on his leg.

He dropped a hammer kick on the saber handle that was still stuck inside the clan leader.

By now, the clan leader turned around, as he absorbed the kick on the saber.

The saber dug deeper and the cut almost reached the wound he had on the back.

But the clan leader didn’t care about that anymore, he grabbed Sam’s leg and broke it before slamming Sam on the floor forcefully.

*BAM*

Sam felt his whole back hurting crazily. He forcefully tried to change the fusion back to space element, but the clan leader disrupted the energy flow destroying his first two attempts as he kept on bashing Sam to the ground.

*BAM*

*BAM*

The ground cracked and the cracks only spread wider and wider with every hit.

The players couldn’t help but wince as they looked at the horrible bashing Sam is taking.

“When have we ever seen him like this?”

Noah muttered under her breath.

To them, Sam was always the guy that came out on top no matter what the opponent did.

“It’s all because of the timeframe. If he was given more, he would have killed the clan leader by now. He didn’t have time to prepare. As soon as he entered the city, the task started.”

Kumar spoke.

The rest of the players agreed.

“But still, his endurance is beyond my expectations.

Every hit of the Divine Plane cultivator could destroy cities and Sam is taking those concentrated attacks with his body as an Astral Plane cultivator. Just how much stronger did he grow? We are going through the same training regiment as him, aren’t we?”

Akhil asked curiously.

Among the group, he is the most familiar with close combat that uses brute force. Even Kumar relies mostly on his spear skill and he fights medium-range and long-range as well. But Akhil is more familiar with brute and straightforward close-range melee.

More than the other players, he can see what Sam is taking on clearly.

As they are speaking, Sam finally managed to escape from the grip and appeared far away.

By now, both his legs are done in and he can barely stand on them.

He could faintly gauge some cracks on his back.

“Are you a fucking roach in your past life? Why are not dying, you bastard?”

The clan leader roared in frustration. He is pretty sure that he could have killed a peer by now much less a guy who is a realm lower than him.

He never saw someone disregard the difference between Astral Plane and Divine Plane and survive this long.

Even though Sam looked nothing like survival.

His face is swollen, he is covered in blood, and even his feather coat is damaged viciously. His arms and legs are broken and he can barely stand. His back and spine are full of cracks.

He looked like he could die anytime.

The clan leader placed his hands on the saber stuck on his back and forcefully removed it.

Blood spurted out and he could barely move his left arm.

“You should still feel proud of yourself, this is as far as an Astral Plane cultivator could get, particularly when they are alone.”

Sam’s body is limp and almost ready to collapse. But he still has some energy left and he is actively regenerating, although not fast enough.

He gritted his teeth and activated wind elemental fusion. The wind appeared on his back and he turned off the fusion again.

He is now floating just a foot above the ground.

The clan leader was stunned for a moment and so was the spectators.

Sam is not using the wings for any combat. He doesn’t want to go onto aerial combat at all, because the clan leader as a divine plane cultivator can actually levitate freely. Sam wouldn’t get the leverage he gets on the ground.

The clan leader frowned and he didn’t want to Sam to play any more tricks. He is already feeling disgraced to suffer to such an extent.

He flashed forward and caught hold of Sam by his throat.

“You still have a move up your sleeve. But what can you do now? I won’t let you get away. I am sure, you don’t have any strength left to pull another trick.”

As he spoke, divine energy surged out of his hand and entered Sam’s body as he tried to wreck Sam completely.

He used his divine senses to see why exactly Sam is so strong and everyone could see Sam’s pain as if his every cell is being attacked at the same time.

As he observed more and more, he felt that Sam’s body is indeed weird. His expression turned to that of surprise and then to immense shock.

“What kind of abomination are you?” The clan leader said in astonishment.

Sam smiled with his bloody mouth and all of a sudden he spoke.

“You know what, I kind of agree with what you said. This is as far as I can go alone.”

The clan leader frowned. He just stayed silent and raised his other hand as he proceeded to jab into Sam’s chest to finish him off.

“But unfortunately for you, I am not alone.

Sam’s wings flapped as a ring slid down his finger.

The wind blades hit the ring far away in the distance and the next moment, Sam activated fire elemental fusion and turned into a flaming body.

The clan leader suddenly felt a sense of threat and turned around.

The jab missed Sam’s heart just by a bit, but he didn’t care about that, he turned to look at the ring and he wanted to use the spiritual energy rope to drag it back.

But before he could do that, he saw a huge and majestic bird with a golden bird come out of it as its activating its own golden flame fusion.

*CAWW*

Yanwu crowed in anger as it looked at Sam and locked onto the clan leader. He noticed that Sam is already in fire elemental fusion and didn’t hesitate.

Blood Line Art.

Yanwu’s lungs expanded to the maximum and golden flames exited his mouth as they launched at the clan leader with a huge crow.

*CAWWWWWW”