Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

Of course Charley had not expected that there would be such a strange thing. But the next moment, he slapped Jimmy's back with his right hand and sent him flying into the air. Jimmy blacked out as blood started gushing out of his mouth.

Zachary's face darkened. He kicked hard against the ground and leaped into the air to try and catch Jimmy.

At the same time, Charley had gathered all his martial energy, which was peculiar to a warrior at the fifth grade of King Level.

"Fiery Claws!" Charley launched a martial art at the medium stage of King Level. The effect was immediate and remarkable. The space was filled with claw shadows, and cracking sounds rang through the air. The attack came as quick as lightning.

Zachary did not slow down and caught Jimmy midair. In the blink of an eye, they were engulfed in Charley's claw shadows. Unchecked martial energy of King Level savagely rushed all around them, leaving deep claw marks in its wake.

"You are asking for death!" Charley bellowed, thinking that Zachary was biting off more than he could chew.

Soon enough, to Charley's surprise, a purple figure broke through the claw shadows and charged at him. Jimmy was long gone.

Charley was amazed that Zachary still had the strength to fight back. He was too close to Zachary that he did not have time to dodge Zachary's strike. But with his martial energy armor, he was not afraid. Zachary was only at the medium stage of King Level, the same level as him. Zachary could not possibly injure him fatally, so Charley stood his ground, watching with amusement and curiosity as Zachary attempted to pierce his armor.

Zachary waved his hand, and in a heartbeat, several needles flew out and fell to the ground behind Charley.

"You can't hurt me," Charley laughed mockingly. He had expected another trick up Zachary's sleeve, but it seemed that he was out of trump cards.

"Really?" Zachary flashed an evil smile.

Charley froze. Suddenly, he could no longer keep hi

was left.

A moment later, Zachary's body radiated a thick purple light, and a strong streak of martial energy swirled all around him. The disciples present were dumbfounded.

It did not take long for the purple light around Zachary's body to disappear. He pulled back his hand from Charley's chest. The Holy Bone Bracer on his wrist was completely clean while his hand was covered in Charley's blood.

Charley fell to the ground, a look of contempt frozen on his mummified face.

Zachary took a glance at Charley's corpse and turned to the disciples, who were now watching him. With one hand covered in blood and an evil look on his face, Zachary looked like the devil, and the disciples trembled in his presence.

"I should kill you all, but I take no pleasure in killing. So here's the deal—I will spare your lives today, but from now on, you must change for the better, straighten yourselves out. Take no orders from Michael, and no more bullying others. Forget what happened here today. I assume you all know how to explain Charley's death. If you ever tell anyone about this, you will end up just like him. Now get out of my face!" Zachary stared at these disciples with a hint of wickedness and cruelty in his eyes.

Trembling, the disciples took one last glance at Charley's dead body and scrambled away.