The black-cloaked skeletal figure stood there with its empty emotionless face looking in the direction of the fairy in front of it. It didn’t have eyes but if one looked deep within its eye sockets one would find a crimson glow. A terrifying and strange pressure emanated from the skeleton that completely focused on the fairy. Complete silence reigned supreme at the moment as one could even hear the noise of a bird flapping its wings.

“Spare… spare me.” The fairy was utterly terrified right now. “I… I… I am a fairy from the noble Grand Yaga House in the Celestial Night Forest. My elder sister has some status and she will definitely not let you off if you harm me! My father is an Elder of the Grand Yaga House and he won’t let anyone get away with hurting me. My… My…” The fairy kept on muttering about status and power and other things in order to get this skeletal figure from attacking it.

Of course this skeletal figure was Akata. The reason he looked like this was very simple. It wasn’t a transformation technique or a skill that increased his strength. It was actually a technique that Akata had comprehended back in the sect when he had gained it in the trials. Shattering Heart. It was an “attack” that struck the heart and soul and brought the opponents worst fear into imagination right in front of them. It was actually a technique from Monarch Heartsoul that Akata gained in the 10th trial.

The technique was very profound as it made the opponent’s fear turn into reality. Whatever the opponent envisioned to be the scariest thing would appear in front of them. Everything about what they fear will seem real to them from the appearance, pressure, voice, actions, feelings, place, and time. If a person feared being stabbed hundreds of times while deep underwater, then if someone used this move that person would find themselves at the bottom of the ocean with unbearable pain from being stabbed.

Of course this skill was very profound and Akata wasn’t able to comprehend it to a level where he could cause his opponents mind to falter that greatly to affect their sense of location. At his level, all he was capable of doing was changing his appearance to match his opponent’s fear. In reality Akata didn’t think this move was much so he hadn’t used it but after seeing the effects it had on the fairy Akata thoroughly believed in the power of this technique.

At a high enough level, Shattering Heart was able to see through a person’s fears and create them with unbelievable realism. Of course, it couldn’t physically harm the person as it was just a mental attack, but it was entirely possible to destroy a person’s will to fight or even move. In that state, they would essentially be like a lamb ready to be slaughtered. There would be no resistance at all when fighting that person and it would be simplicity in itself to kill them with a single strike.

“What’s going on? Why did the fairy stop attacking all of a sudden?” One person said.

“Yeah, even the pressure that weighed down on us previously just vanished.” Another disciple spoke and said.

The many disciples started to stand up and look toward where Akata and the fairy were at. All they could see was the fairy that had utter fear in his eyes and Akata who just stood there looking at him.

The fairy’s Grand Yaga Sword was still in the air and pointed at Akata’s throat but it didn’t move even an inch closer to him. Akata breathed a huge sigh of relief before stretching out his hand and grabbing onto the sword. With a single thought, a crimson glow emanated from his hand that was holding the sword as he channeled the Outer Element of Souls through his body. The sword in his hand steadily lost its energy as Akata slowly refined the soul energy within it.

At Akata’s comprehension level in the Outer Element of Souls he was now able to slowly absorb the soul energy within objects if there wasn’t any resistance going against him. Even if a tiny bit of resistance emerged, Akata would be unable to absorb anything.

In a few breaths of time Akata completely absorbed the soul energy of the Grand Yaga Sword. It had to be said that the sword was filled with soul energy. Soul energy was the origin of all life; it contained lifeforce, mental energy, body energy, and any other kind of energy. That was all absorbed by Akata right now and it actually improved his own body.

After absorbing the soul energy of the sword, it no longer had any threatening presence towards Akata. But Akata didn’t dare to be at ease. The sword was made from the Grand Yaga Leaf that the fairy could produce on a whim. Therefore it didn’t matter how many of them Akata destroyed.

Akata didn’t waste time. Using this period that the fairy was dazed and frightened, he hurriedly summoned the Blacksoul Scythe that was a Third Rank weapon and channeled all of his energy into it. Akata was only at the First Rank so using Third Rank items drained him of all of his energy.

“No. No. No no no no no! Spare me! Spare me! I’m a noble fairy! My name is Lelilio Pu’ Pei. I can give you anything you want! Money, pills, techniques, weapons, I can get you anything you want!” The fairy continued to cry out for mercy.

With eyes as calm as a lake surface Akata held the scythe in the air. Black and crimson hellfire arose on the body of the scythe giving off a cold and desolate feeling. An awe-inspiring pressure soon emanated from the tip of the scythe as gold and crimson light shone off of it. A black light was then summoned on the body of the scythe.

Guillotine Slice. Clear Passage.

Akata’s eyes suddenly flickered with dense killing intent as he swung his scythe down with all of his might. How fearsome was a direct attack from Akata when one didn’t have a single defensive measure up against him.

The thing that surprised everyone was that there wasn’t a huge boom or deafening roar that sounded out once Akata struck out. It was completely silent. The scythe completely sliced through the neck of the fairy as easily as slicing through water with the hand. The head rolled to the ground and the everyone could clearly see the fear still lingering within the open eyes of the fairy.

Bang!

Akata fell to the ground panting heavily. This fight had taken a lot out of him. Not only had he fought right after dealing with a fearsome tribulation, he even used so much energy. The Shattering Heart technique was a skill that was even more precious than an immortal skill, from this it could be seen how fearsome it would be. Along with that ferocity one could imagine the energy needed to use it. But not only did Akata use that skill for the time of a few breaths he even used the Third Rank weapon the Blacksoul Scythe. As of this moment his energy was completely spent and was at a dangerous level.

Roar!

“Crap! We still have to kill off these beasts.” Peizhi Xiuying quickly stood up with a pale face and immediately appeared beside Akata to support him. After that she summoned her Grand Life Vine and began attacking the nearby beasts.

Seeing Peizhi Xiuying start attacking, how could the others not join in. Very quickly the human cultivators began to attack the beasts that were still on the battlefield. With the help of the four leaders, it only took a few moments before the whole area was rid of beasts. After all, the four leaders were even capable of putting up some resistance against a Second Rank cultivator.

Akata was extremely exhausted but at this time his mind wasn’t focused on how drained his body was, he was focused on the changes happening to his body at this moment.

White motes of light that nobody could see were being absorbed right into his body. To be more precise, they were being drawn into his dantion. The white motes of light were gathered together inside of his dantion where they transformed into a small pellet.

Akata had gained a new cultivation base. 1st Grade of the Fay Rank. It was a cultivation base from the Fairy Realm. A slight smile appeared on his face that was full of content.

Soon, however something drastic happened. Akata’s face paled as more and more white motes of light flowed into his dantion. The pellet started to split in half and as it did it started to transform. Small translucent wings formed from the two sides of the pellet.

Fay Rank Grade 2. Fay Rank Grade 4. Fay Rank Grade 7. Fay Rank Grade 9.

The wings grew bigger and bigger until they reached the size of Akata’s mortal cultivation body. All of that energy at once put too much strain on Akata’s body at one time and he wasn’t able to take it all. A stream of blood shot out of Akata’s mouth and he immediately lost consciousness.

He had did what he had said he was going to and absorbed the soul of the fairy, but he didn’t expect for it to have such a strong soul. Although Akata’s soul had reached the Second Rank and Lelilio Pu’ Pei was also at the Second Rank, clearly, Akata's soul was much more weaker than Lelilio Pu' Pei's. Lelilio Pu' Pei's soul was so strong that it was able to directly put Akata's new cultivation base at the 9th Grade.

Seeing Akata pass out Peizhi Xiuying started to panic. She flashed to Akata’s side and inspected him. Upon seeing that it was nothing serious and that he was just exhausted she instantly felt relief. With a flash of an incantation she started to heal Akata and other injured people.

Whoosh! Suddenly, a formless and invisible energy gathered within Akata’s soul region. The mysterious energy was very profound and as it gathered together, it started to form a weird symbol. The symbol looked to be ancient looking and very powerful. The symbol glittered for an instant within Akata’s soul region but then it disappeared within that very same instant. However, within that instant a translucent aura sprang up around Akata. Nobody noticed it and neither did Akata as he was resting.