However, Master Mackenzie's speed was incomparable to Fane Woods. He suddenly saw a gold light at the same time Fane Woods slammed his fist onto his shoulders causing his joints to shatter with a violent crack. He let out one curdling scream after another as the feeling of pain shot through his whole body. The punch had crippled his shoulder.
Fane Woods laughed coldly as he raised his left fist again-not giving time for Master Mackenzie to defend himself at all. Gold light flashed on his fist as he slammed it against Master Mackenzie's right chest with a force enough to end anyone's life. The sound of bones breaking sounded again. The punch not only shattered Master Mackenzie's bones but
made him unable to activate his Chi so he fell to the ground like a deflated balloon.
Fane Woods was not done with him yet. He followed him down and grabbed hold of Master Mackenzie’s collar. The next punch would be on Master Mackenzie's meridian points as he planned to completely destroy his cultivation to ensure he would never have a chance to avenge himself.
Master Mackenzie's fearful eyes were wide open as he knew what Fane Woods had in mind. Infinite despair filled his heart, he would be left with nothing if his cultivation was completely destroyed. With the last of his energy, he stared at Fane Woods pleadingly and said, “Don't destroy my cultivation. I beg of you. Don't destroy me. I can be your slave! I can do anything!"
Be my slave?' Fane Woods' cold smile became even more sinister at those words.
In his eyes, Master Mackenzie was nothing but a worthless trash. "Do you know how many people are lining up to wait on my hand and foot? You're not even worthy to do so!"
As soon as those words were said. Master Mackenzie felt a fierce force rush through his meridians. The extreme pain of the meridian being cut caused his body to convulse and nearly cut off his air supply. The next second, he was in so much pain that his eyes rolled back and he fainted. Fane Woods did not plan a quick death for Master Mackenzie. How could he when his opponents had tried to ambush him so many times? Master Mackenzie was carried like a dead dog back to Nine Gods Clan.
By the time Fane Woods was back, the battle had already been won. Without their leaders and Fane Woods' prowess, the Alliance Guard's disciples would have lost their fighting spirit and had given in to their fate. The Nine Gods Clan's disciples slaughtered most of their opponents but did not kill those who had thrown their weapons down. Instead, they confiscated the weapons, tied them up, and left them outside the gate. Their fate would be determined by Fane Woods.
Fane Woods smiled coldly at the tied-up Alliance Guard disciples who were kneeling in front of the Nine Gods Clan's gate with their heads drooping. Though he usually did not treat his enemies with mercy, he also did not wish to kill indiscriminately.
Besides, there were more important things he would need to attend to. Kevin Cabello walked unsteadily toward Fane Woods and greeted him with praises before pointing to the Alliance Guard's disciples. "Master, what should we do with them? I think we should kill them all but their numbers are great. We might anger the gods if we do that."
Fane Woods swept his eyes across the captives who broke out in cold sweat under his icy gaze. They dared not breathe at all. Though Fane Wood was well aware of Pavilion Billow Cloud's dire situation, he would prefer to avoid a genocide if possible. If not, he would not be any different from those Alliance Guard people. He let out a gentle sigh and said, "Let them go. They are no threat to us anymore. They would do well to keep their distance from us if they know what’s good for them.”
He then tossed Master Mackenzie on the ground as if he was a dead dog. The latter did not even make a sound. Emptiness filled his eyes as he had no future to look forward to now that his cultivation had been completely destroyed.
"Let the minions go. As for these three, they don't deserve a quick death. I entrust Master Loader, Master Hackford, and Master Mackenzie to you. Master Mackenzie’s cultivation had been completely destroyed and you should do the same for the other two. I'll leave it up to you to do whatever you want to them after that." Fane Woods did not wait for anyone’s reply and strode back into his room.
Once in his room, he called for Kevin Cabello. He estimated that it would not take him long to advance to the rank of fourth-grade intermediate alchemist now that he was a fourth-grade elementary alchemist.
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