Child of Destiny

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Shin stayed still on his spot, maintaining his stance and waiting for the right opportunity to strike. His eyes were closed as he focused his senses on feeling the movements of everyone fighting within the black dome.

The people on the other side seemed to have sensed his presence too as they started moving accordingly. The opponent was doing his best at avoiding the places that were dangerous for him while the four Void Manifestation Stage guars worked together to lock him down in place.

Communication between the people inside and outside of the black dome was supposedly impossible. This was why Mad Dog was originally confident with it. Aside from him, no one was supposed to sense what was happening outside.

But through unknown means, the person from the other side of the dome was able to communicate with the four experts that he was currently facing and started giving him some pressure.

At the same time, Mad Dog quickly realized that Ghost Chopper failed in his attempt of abducting their target and might even die during the process. With that, he knew that he could no longer stay in this place and had to escape as soon as possible. Dragging this fight would only lead to his demise since more powerful experts could arrive at any time.

But he could not carelessly turn around and reveal his back to his opponents. It was a foolish thing to do since it will be no different from asking to die. In this kind of situation, revealing his back to his opponent was obviously a suicide attempt.

He had to think of a way to break away from the formation of the four Void Manifestation Stage Experts and escape this particular predicament.

While fighting, he also noticed that the four experts seemed to be leading to a corner and were planning to do something. And when he realized that, he quickly had an ominous feeling. And the culprit behind it was the person standing outside the black dome.

He was confident about this special technique that he had created, especially when it was enhanced after his breakthrough. But for some unknown reason, he got a feeling that whoever was on the outside of the black dome seemed to have found a way to destroy it.

This black dome was the one that gave the four guard captains inside a lot of trouble. It was not only giving Mad Dog a seemingly endless supply of energy, but it was also enhancing his strength while weakening theirs.

As a Mentalist with special ocular technique, Shin was able to decipher some of the mysteries of this black dome. And from what he could see, the dome itself was a special manifestation of Mad Dog's superpowers.

If it was before he fought Flame, the guy who had the Fire Elemental Superpowers, which he somehow absorbed after the battle, then he would not be able to notice anything.

But now that the Fire Elemental Superpowers fused with him – particularly his mentalism powers – he became more sensitive when it came to the flow of energy that these superpowers had. And through it, he was able to unveil some of the abilities that the black dome had.

He did not know all of the abilities that it had yet, but he could see some of them. And from his shallow understanding, it seemed like the black dome was impossible to break from the outside due to its unique ability to absorb any type of energy that would try to destroy it.

If he carelessly attacked, then he would only reinforce the defensive capabilities of the black dome.

Destroying it from the inside was somewhat similar. But instead of reinforcing the black dome, the energy sent into it would be converted and strengthen Mad Dog instead.

The trick behind this special technique was Mad Dog needed to continuously circulate his energy and superpowers together so that he could keep the black dome active. The black dome resonates with the circulation which was completely unseen from the people who were caught inside it.

If something disrupted the circulation and break the resonance between Mad Dog and the black dome, then the latter would quickly crumble. And due to that, the people inside and outside of the black dome needed to work together to achieve that feat.

Shin relayed his intention to the four experts fighting inside through the special communication technique of the Four Symbol Scripture, a higher form of telepathy. But since it had to go through the black dome, Mad Dog somehow sensed it and realized that he was in deep trouble.

The mercenary knew that he would not be able to leave this place unless he took the risk. He had to gamble with his life if he wanted to create an opening and escape this predicament.

Left without a choice, he chose to stay in a single spot before pouring out everything he had to defend himself while preparing a powerful martial skill that he had. It was one of his most powerful trump cards.

It might be powerful but it came with a huge price. It could pose a huge threat to his opponents, but it would also harm him seriously once he used it.

"It is just an arm. I can always head to the Dark Continent and look for those fugitives of the Sun-Moon Kingdom to make me a mechanical arm to replace it," he thought to himself while decisively hastening the accumulation of energy toward his left hand.

The four experts realized what he was planning to do, so they quickly jumped into action. They did not hesitate and used the strongest attack that they could possibly use.

This was also the moment that Shin was waiting for, so he quickly unsheathed the black katana and unleashed all of the accumulated energy that he had gathered up until now.

He was still a little unfamiliar with the sword-drawing techniques that the Jade Kirin Scripture had in the real world, but his experiences inside the game gave him enough understanding to unleash a strong attack.

But despite that being the case, he also knew that this attack was still way weaker to put serious harm to a Void Manifestation Stage Expert such as Mad Dog, especially with this sturdy barrier blocking his way.

If his goal was to defeat the mercenary with this attack, then he would fail without a doubt. Fortunately, it was not his goal. What he wanted to do with this attack was to disrupt the energy flow of the black dome.

At the same time, it would also greatly weaken the power that Mad Dog possessed, giving them the chance to take him down.

Shing!

Bang!

Right after Shin swung the katana, a blazing energy wave was released from it and slammed against the black dome in front of him. This sword-drawing technique was inspired by one of his self-created skills within the game. He combined the quick draw techniques of the Jade Kirin Scripture and the newly acquired power that he just got while also utilizing the Celestial Vermillion Bird Method.

'Jade Kirin Scripture: Quick Draw – Solar Flare'

Normally, it would be hard to recreate such a skill from the scratch. But since he had a lot of experience in using that skill inside the game, doing it in the real world would not be that hard.

The flame quickly spread on the surface of the black dome right after the explosion. And since it was also not an ordinary flame, it quickly clashed against the black aura that the dome had, especially when it came from a similar source of power.

With it, Shin was able to achieve his goal and disrupt the flow of energy that the black dome had. What was left now was for the four experts fighting Mad Dog to do their part.

Fortunately, they did not disappoint him. Right after they saw Mad Dog abandon the offensive stance, they quickly prepared their strongest move and simultaneously threw their attacks at the mercenary in a coordinated manner.

Boom!

Their attacks landed almost at the same time, creating a powerful explosion that disrupted the energy flow within the black dome. Then it quickly resulted in the collapse of the 'cage' since the balance that was maintained disappeared.

But before the four experts could even rejoice, they quickly noticed a strange phenomenon happening ahead of them. And when they looked closely at the spot where they threw their attacks, they saw a spiraling energy revolving around Mad Dog.

They quickly had a bad premonition about what it was and quickly warned each other.

"Something is coming!"

"Watch out!"

"Take cover!"

"Careful!"

Those words resounded throughout the whole place as they quickly used their remaining strengths to summon their best defensive skill to save themselves.

On the other hand, Shin quickly noticed the strange phenomenon through his Spiritual Sense. He might not be able to hear their warnings, but based on what he could see from the chaotic flow of energy gathering in a single location, he knew that it would be something terrible.

He quickly moved his feet and appeared on the spot where the girls were currently located and recuperating from their injuries. He then pulled out the two katana from their sheath and stabbed them on the ground before clasping his hands together.

He summoned all of his Mental Energy and summoned a barrier around them before making a series of hand seals while also chanting out some mystical mantras.

Not long after, the appearance of the barrier that he had summoned turned into the shell of a turtle with hexagonal patterns. There were also glowing runes at the center of each hexagon, reinforcing its defensive capabilities greatly.

'Four Symbol Scripture: Heavenly Black Tortoise – Aegis of the Ocean Deity'

And right after the formation of that barrier, a powerful explosion quickly erupted, centering the black dome in the distance.

Boom!

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