CHAPTER 47 BATTLE

Scarface immediately curled up, Shadow slashed his back, then circled him again, then slashed. This keeps repeating even though [Iron Skin] made Scarface defence really immense with the continuous attack by Shadow numerous

slash marks were made in his body, but Shadow was still relentless with his attack.

After an hour, Shadow was still slashing. The [Advance Wind Dash] was already integrated, so the amount of energy used in using the skill was not that great. The scarface situation kept getting worse and worse, and the slash mark on his body was getting denser. Some of the attacks had already broken his defence.

'If this keeps on going, I will die' Scarface suddenly stood, roared, and swung his huge sabre downward, breaking the ground. Shadow retreated hurriedly, then cast a flame blast towards Scarface.

Scarface just slashed the [flame blast] and recklessly charged at Shadow without regard to his defence.

Shadow then kept backing off while firing [Chaotic Fox Hellfire].

Scarface kept charging at Shadow. He cut off some of Shadow's attack, but some hit him, causing his [Stone Skin] to get even more badly destroyed.

Shadow was using [Advance Wind Dash] to gain some space and kept attacking Scarface at a distance until destroying his defensive skill.

Shadow had the upper ground of the fight when suddenly Scarface let out a roar so loud that the ground under him cracked.

Shadow stops and immediately covers his ear while gritting his teeth. Scarface then quickly follows his attack by leaping towards Shadow.

'Not good. I need to gain some distance to win' but his feet can't move. The Scarface roar took a toll on him. His chest felt heavy and his ears were bleeding.

Scarface swung his huge sabre, slashing downward. Shadow hurriedly parried the attack but still took damage with the earlier injuries caused by Scarface's roar. Adding to this attack, Shadow was forced to kneel and spit blood.

Scarface kept slashing Shadow with all he got. Shadow was in a tight spot but still held on, and he realised something: it seems that Scarface's strength is diminishing. This continuous attack was like a last ditch to defeat him. The roar earlier used all of Scarface's energy; now he could only use all the strength he had and continuously attack into overwhelming Shadow.

Shadow then just got on defensive, knowing that Scarface would eventually exhaust himself, but he was also injured by the relentless assault. His injuries kept getting worse, so he made a decision. He channelled all the energy left on his body and used the [Flame Blast] towards Scarface, even knowing that the attack would hit him too, but he got an ace of his sleeve, the [Advance Wind Dash]. He was readying it to flee from the blast.

*Boom* A huge explosion occurred. Shadow sprinted back to avoid the blast, but it still got him. His clothes looked like beggar clothes with burns inflicted on them.

Shadow slumps into the ground. Not an ounce of energy was left in him. He looks at the surroundings, knowing it is dangerous to just sit there, but still can't even lift a finger. He used all the consciousness he had left and ordered Vixen to guard him, and he fainted immediately.

While Shadow and Scarface were facing each other, the others were also fighting and protecting the caravan. When Scarface told the mercenaries his name and title, their faces paled, and the guards faces also paled, but when Shadow leapt towards Scarface to face him off, it gave hope to others, so they also braced themselves and faced the incoming bandits.

Scarlet was moving through the battlefield facing NORMAL LEVEL bandits. Vixen was on her head, not even uncomfortable. When Scarlet was moving vigorously, it also helped the mercenaries by firing [Chaotic Fox Hellfire] towardss the GOLD LEVEL. She also used [Advance Soul Attack] and [Spirit Blast] to stun the bandits. Also, any bandits that had SILVER LEVEL and above coming towards Scarlet were whipped by Vixen tails.

When Vixen saw Shadow was having a hard time fighting Scarface, she fired [Chaotic Fox Hellfire] to give Shadow a chance to attack.

The fight lasted for a couple of minutes. Scarlet was very tired of continuously fighting the bandits, as were the mercenaries. If it weren't for Vixen, the battle should have been lost. The mercenaries and the guards kept bowing to Vixen; they knew her attacks were the only thing that made them win. While they were resting, Vixen heard Shadow's orders. She immediately became bigger and dashed towards Shadow. She saw Shadow sleeping beside the corpse of Scarface, so she carried both of them.

When she arrives at the caravan, she puts Scarface's corpse into the waggon and carries Shadow on her back.

Night came. Shadow woke up looking at Vixen and Scarlet next to him. It seems they were in a room. Shadow quickly deduced that all of them stopped at a town to rest. The caravan owner can't blame them. The battle was gruesome and very tiresome to face one of the overlord bandits, the Scarface Bandits.

When morning came, they set off again. There was a lot of trouble that came, including bandits, some beasts, and sometimes other races. A week passed until they finished the escort mission, and Shadow became very popular with the group. Some of the mercenaries even wished to join his gang.

After finishing the escort mission, Shadow then brought Scarlet and Vixen to sightseeing and relaxing for three days, then they went to Flower Scent Village to kill the nest of Devil Hornets. When they arrived there, they were welcomed by the village chief, who briefed them about the situation.

The hornets started attacking their town just a month ago. Their numbers were so overwhelming that the Sunshine City lord requested the mission to be posted in the mercenary guild as an A-Rank mission of the highest priority, but none of the mercenaries dared accept it. The number of hornets was just too many. This mission difficulty should be S-Rank, but the requirement to have an S-Rank mission is to achieve Xiantian Realm.