Chapter 83 - Aurora Soul Burning Technique

The figure standing before him was the Guardian eagle, in its new form, that he had gained after devouring Zagan's life force. 

Looking at the giant monster before him, Sir Jean stood up at once and called Howk, "Yo kiddo, can you handle that? Or should I come?" 

"Hehe boss, no need to worry for now. If I mess up, you are free to join, but not before that," replied Howk.

"Then you better put on your armament suit, I don't think you can defeat him with your normal mode," advised Sir Jean.

"Yes, I was thinking the same."

"Hmm… Then go berserk and kick his ass," ordered Sir Jean and disconnected the call.

Once again a yellow light flickered in Howk's eye, and this time it was way more domineering than usual. Inside that light contained the enormous power of two deities and one demon. He closed his eyes again, like the last time, and dived into his soul sea. 

This time he went near his cultivation star, the star of the Chaotic Abyss Demon, and made a waving gesture before it.

Suddenly, the star showed some movements and started shaking.

Howk made another calling gesture, and the star began to shine. Howk retreated back to some distance and let it shine even further. After some time all the radiance started gathering at one point and that part detached itself from his cultivation star.

A wry smile appeared on Howk's face, seeing the detached part. He went near it and grabbed it.

Shahh!!!

He abruptly opened his eyes and looked down to his waist. His Howzer was not there, not anymore. 

Seeing the Howzer vanished from his waist belt, the guardian eagle started laughing, "Wahahahah, wahahaha, you puny little ant, I will crush you now. Even heaven is on my side today. How are you planning to fight with me, without those little toys of yours?" 

Listening to his mockery a smile appeared on Howk's face, not a smug nor a grin but a smile of pure evil and wickedness.

Sinister aura was oozing out from his body, the atmosphere was getting heavy, and the guardian eagle was having a hard time breathing under such conditions.

He looked around and discovered a shocking fact about his surrounding. The barrier that was in the arena earlier was not there, not anymore. And none of the spectators were facing any difficulty in breathing like him.

He roared and started cursing, "You fck***, son of fck*** bit**. What did you do with me? Why can't I breathe?? And why am I feeling heavy now???"

Listening to his curses, Howk laughed again and didn't reply anything. He pointed out his finger towards the Guardian eagle and snapped his finger. 

Whoosh!!

Whoosh!!

Whoosh!!!

Three columns of pure chakra energy gushed out from the arena. Making a triangular formation around Howk. Guardian eagle of Eternal Darkness observed his actions but didn't interfere. He was getting a feeling that if he interferes, then the person staring at him from a distance will come down to join the game. And this person was none other than Sir Jean.

The three pillars of chakra energy came closer...closer…. And at last collided with each other, with Howk in the middle. The result of the collision was the formation of a bigger surge of energy, having Howk in the middle.

Aryan, Yoshino, Sir Jean, and the spectators none of them could see Howk's figure in the middle, even the faint outlining of his body that they could see earlier disappeared. While everyone was pondering over his disappearance, something happened again to attract their attention.

The mass of pure chakra energy gushing out from the arena became dark red, the heaviness that the Guardian eagle was feeling earlier faded down. He took a sigh of relief and looked at the red chakra pillar. Nothing was visible to him from the outside, while he was contemplating whether to throw an energy wave towards it or not, something came out from inside.

It was Howk's hand covered in black gloves, with shining red patterns on it, in place of blue. The red on the gloves was not any ordinary red, but a crimson red with evil vibes around it. 

Guardian eagle was feeling somewhat uneasy with that color when another hand came out, with the same gloves and the same color. His uneasiness increased. The more he was seeing this color the more he was getting tensed.

He himself was somewhat similar to an evil deity, but when it came to the materialized demon deity of Howk's cultivation technique his bone trembles in fear. It was just a materialization of cultivation techniques like others. Even then he was feeling restless.....

Howk came out from the chakra pillar and his figure became visible to everyone. His new chakra suit's design was exactly the same as the blue one used before, just the color was red all over, giving him a more dashing look than before.

This time there was a black glass fitted onto his helmet, hiding half of his face and his eyes.

He looked towards the VIP zone and showed a victory symbol to Sir Jean. Seeing his gesture, Sir Jean calmed down and sat back in his seat. All this time he was keeping the Guardian eagle in check with his chakra force.

Guardian eagle took the chance of the opening and tried to press his gigantic hand onto Howk's small body. But to his dismay, the tiny figure he wanted to crush disappeared before that.

Krchhhhhhhhh!!!

A sound came, and black liquid gushed out. His eyes became blurry because of the liquid flooding into his eyes. He touched his head and found the cut mark just before his eyes.

He wiped out the liquid with his feathers and tried to sense Howk with his divine sense. Abruptly he opened his eyes and looked down. Howk was standing there, about to attack his legs. He shook his leg and kicked him hard.

Fushhh!!

A sound came.

He was happy then that he kicked him hard and didn't miss, but just within a fraction of a second, his reaction changed.

Krchhh!!

Another cut mark on his leg. He looked towards the figure that he had kicked and saw it disappearing midair.

'Shit!!! It was an after-mirage. That kid has gotten a power-up, he isn't gonna stop with these normal ways, I have to do something else for him,' thought the Guardian eagle.

While he was pondering over it he felt a pulling force on him. It was from the place where he was sealed with his original body. The soul present in the arena was just a fragment of the original soul.

He could have used this force to escape from that place but to his dismay, he had already signed a contract with Zagan, that clearly says that after consuming his soul if he doesn't complete his task, half of his soul will get destroyed and to add up his frustration if he doesn't return to his sealed place half of his soul in will get destroyed according to the ancient characters written on that cave walls.

Either way, half of his soul was gonna lose half of his soul. After contemplating for a while he made up his mind and decided to burn down half of the soul fragment present in the arena, to power up himself.

Losing a small part was way much better than losing half. So he greeted his teeth and chanted the sutra that he had learned from the Sage Emperor. 

Suddenly, out of nowhere, an aurora formed in the sky. Aryan was the first one to notice it and draw Sir Jean's attention towards it. He looked and gasped in astonishment, "Sutra of the Heavenly Sage Emperor, the Aurora Soul Burning technique." he blurted out.

Similar to his expression, Grand Elder and Aditya on their way to the cultivation fair saw it and stopped at once.

"The heck!! Pops isn't that the Sutra of the Heavenly Sage Emperor, the Aurora Soul Burning technique?" asked Aditya.

"Yes, it is."

"Hmmmm…."

"Do you think Jean is the one using it?" asked Grand Elder in suspicion.

"No way he will use that. Rather than that he just knows about that technique, he doesn't know how to execute."

"Ehhh...!!" exclaimed Grand Elder.

"What's with that ehhhh of yours?!!" 

"You never taught him? Isn't he your bestie?!!"

"Sigh…. It's not that I never tried, it's just that he could not comprehend it's profoundness."

"Then what about shari…."

"I have tried that too, but still a big no," replied Aditya.

"How can it be possible? I have measured his compatibility with that technique and it was over eighty-nine. Hmmm….. It's not making any sense." said Grand Elder with a confused expression on his face.

"Well, I am sure it's not J, it must be someone else, we better hurry and take a look at the situation there."

"Yes, let's go," said Grand Elder and flew faster towards the cultivation fair.

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Don't forget to drop the stones >.<