Hitman with a Badass System

Michael completely transformed himself into the Dark Lord. Except for the face mask, he equipped every piece of armor. For the first time, he saw his real face in the Dark Lord armor. The guardians continued to fall from the skies. Michael smiled, looking at the death and destruction of the guardians. Some fell on the boulders and died instantly. Some broke their bones and groaned in pain. Those wearing metal armor from head to toe escaped death by falling down. The same could not be said for the mages who only wore robes.

Tiberius stared at his surroundings with a bewildered look. He wondered where he was. This place had a strange aura to it. Besides, Tiberius had never seen such an impressive army collapsing within a few seconds. Thanks to the special device on his neck, he could feel a strong surge of energy in the atmosphere. He looked at the Dark Lord and the two girls on the ground.

He could vaguely see the back of the Dark's head. Not every day could he see the Dark Lord without covering his face. Tiberius felt curious. Judging by the look of others, everyone shared the same feeling.

"Everyone, please close your eyes," said Azazel. The subordinates followed Azazel's order. They quickly closed their eyes, although they wanted to see the Dark Lord in action. Gaya was one of them. As much as she wanted to kill the guardians with her own hands, she was ordered to cultivate with the others absorbing the Cosmic energy. Even if Michael allowed her to participate in the battle, she would be in mortal danger. Why? Because Michael used the system to reset all of his subordinates' cultivation levels. Simply put, they were all at the Arch sensing stage level 1. To absorb the Cosmic energy, they had to reset their cultivation. Otherwise, the CCosmic energy would collide with the Arch and Celestial energy in their body.

If one absorbed the Comsi energy without resetting their cultivation stage, they would explode into specks of energy. That was the reason Maxim Barnes and everyone who used Cosmic energy went through the process of resetting their cultivation stage. Without the system, one would need powerful rituals to go back to the Arch sensing stage. Thanks to the system, Michael achieved the same goal with just three hundred thousand badass points.

As Azazel ordered, the subordinates closed their eyes. The silver hand-sized round plate on their chests glimmered. Each plate had a single crimson-red rune engraved onto it by Elidyr. This special rune enabled the subordinates to absorb the Cosmic energy at a rapid rate.

"Feel the energy around you," said Azazel.

"Focus only on my voice," The subordinates heard Azazel as they tried to cut out all the screaming, explosions, and thunder rumbling.

"Now, slowly absorb the energy into your body. Feel the energy traveling into you and strengthening you,"  said Azazel. Since Azazel's cultivation directly depended on Michael, he didn't have to absorb the Cosmic energy to level up. Instead, Azazel was ordered to guide the others in their cultivation process.

Meanwhile, Michael picked up a red-haired man in silver armor from the ground. Although the man looked rather normal, he was a Half Immortal.

"What did you do?" The man growled. Michael floated toward Edith.

"Let him go," said Edith.

"This is your doing, Edith," Michael snickered. The very next moment, hot blood splashed on Victoria and Edith's face. The blood made Edith close her eyes instinctively. When she opened her eyes, she saw a headless body hit the ground. Micahel crushed the half Immortal's head with his bare hand.

Michael did not receive any experience points since he made them powerless using the Hydra's shout. However, he did receive badass points. By killing the Half Immortal, he received 20,000 badass points.  Michael did not waste too much time, as time was of the essence. First, Michael targeted the strongest Guardians. That way, even if the effects of the Hydra's shout wore off, he could fight off the rest. Michael wanted Edith and Victoria to see all the death and destruction. He even sensed a couple of recording stones lying around. If he had to guess, he would say the guardians brought the stones with them to record his capture and use them to clear their names. Only his capture could bring the guardian out of the shit storm Michael created by exposing their connection to the vampires.

Although Michael could easily destroy these stones, Michael chose not to. He wanted the entire world to see what the Dark Lord was capable of. One could argue that using Hydra's shout and killing them wasn't exactly showing his true power. However, Michael always considered his brain as his biggest and most powerful weapon. His plan and intelligence made the guardians lose their powers. He took the risk of negotiating with Mugashuku and containing its shout in a space ring.

No one else could have brought one of the powerful battalions to its knees than Michael. This was his true power.

Michel slowly raised his hands. He willed to cast the ultimate Ignitia. The sky rumbled as the clouds turned darker. Anyone could feel the tingling due to the high electric energy in the air. Soon, thunder rumbled as hundreds of lightning bolts struck down from the sky.

The sky rained lightning bolts instead of water. The entire place lit up as each golden lightning bolt hit the ground, electrocuting a guardian. Despite the ominous crackling noise the bolts created, Edith was able to hear the screams. Not even a minute passed as the air smelled of blood and burnt skin.

This was a massacre that Michael enjoyed. The Guardians played a big role in messing up his birth and life. Finally, Michael started to pay them back with interest. Every life he took made Michael happier. Finally, after a few minutes, the rain of lightning bolts stopped. The air still became electrified as Edith's hair stood straight up.

Edith's mind went blank by all the death and destruction. No one could say she wasn't to blame for all this. The guardians would have been alive if she hadn't brought the guardians here. Once again, Edith paid a steep price for not listening to her sister Lailah. She doomed more lives than she saved. She led a herd of sheep into the den of wolves. Michael played her right from the start. At some point, Michael really did hope that this girl would listen to Lailah and go with her to the rainbow islands. Instead, she chose to stick with her best friend, which Michael admired about Edith. Eight or wrong, Edith stood by her friend's side. But admiring her didn't mean Michael would let her do whatever she wanted.

Michale wasn't satisfied by the burnt bodies around him. He wanted to eradicate the guardians completely. Even after using the ultimate Ignitia, many escaped the spell's wrath. But before he cast another spell, Michael's gaze turned toward Maxim Barnes. Victoria hugged her father tight. The look in his eyes terrified her. Michael dashed forward using a lightning dash, grabbed Maxim Barnes, and flew back to the sky.  Everything happened before Victoria could realize her father was gone.

"FATHER!" Victoria shouted. She tried to get to her feet only to receive a bolt of lightning through her gut. Victoria dropped to the ground, holding her stomach. Her clothes slowly got soaked as blood poured out of her gut.  She gritted her teeth to fight the pain. Seeing the wound on Victoria's stomach, Edith panicked. She couldn't even access her space ring to give Victoria a healing potion.

"VICTORIA!" Edith screamed.

Michael held Maxim by his head. He put a slight pressure on Maxim's forehead with his thumbs. The skull slowly cracked. Maxim hissed in pain. Michael applied more pressure as blood seeped through Maxim's forehead skin. Maxim's legs frantically quivered.

She lost her ability to cast a spell or fly toward her father. Hence, Victoria could only scream. Michael kept applying pressure little by little as the skull slowly cracked. The crunching sound of Maxim's skull sounded like music to Michael's ears. Edith was absolutely horrified at the scene. She couldn't stop her body from shivering to see the blood ooze down from Maxim's head. Michael took his time. He slowly ripped Maxim in half. Blood and guts fell down. Edith jerked her head aside as she started to throw up. It was a horrible sight.

Victoria, on the other hand, outright fainted on the ground. While Edith was puking her guts out, Michael turned his focus back to the guardians. He dashed toward the ground, firing lightning bolt after another at the guardians. Each bolt ended a life. Michael zig-zagged around the field, leaving nothing but a death trail. The recording stones captured nothing but his afterimages. Michael was simply too fast. In a sense, these guardians were truly lucky. Compared to Maxim, their deaths were quick and merciful.

Meanwhile, the subordinates inhaled the air mixed with the Cosmic energy. The rune on their neck glowed brighter and brighter. Each of them felt rejuvenated by the Cosmic energy. The guardians were not in a state to stop Michael's subordinates from cultivating. Azazel noticed everyone's energy radiation getting stronger by the second, especially Gaya's.

She went from Arch sensing stage level 1 to Body Refining stage level 7 in a few minutes. The other subordinates slowly became stronger but at much less speed compared to Gaya. Azazel saw the guardians crawling on the field. He wanted to join the Dark Lord in slaughtering the guardians. However, the Dark Queen's words resonated in his mind. She ordered him to keep his blood lust in check. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and turned his gaze away from the guardians.

Michael used the eyes of doom and the dark flames at the same time to kill the guardians. The dark beams zig-zagged through the field, killing the guardians in an instant while the Dark Flames evaporated the weaker guardians to nothingness. Michael's heart ached to see the Immortal Cultivators. He would have earned millions or billions of experience points if he had killed them without the Hydra's shout. For now, Michael could only sigh and take solace in eliminating potential threats.