Child of Destiny

Chapter 1444: Calming Down

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

Samuel could not help but frown deeply as he looked at the Demon in front of him. Even if its strength was still far from being enough to threaten him or someone on his level, the current strength of this demon had already reached most of the Demon Generals.

But this was his secondary concern since the primary problem that they had how were the injuries that Shinʼs body was slowly accumulating.

It was not some injury that the demon had suffered from any attacks as Samuel did not even throw his fist even once. All he did was block all the attacks that the Demon was throwing at him.

The injuries that the Demon had suffered could be described as self-inflicted injuries. It could also be described as the body collapsing due to the overwhelming powers that he currently possessed.

The powers that the Demon was drawing from Shinʼs body were burdening the body itself. Shinʼs vessel was still not strong enough to carry the burden of wielding both the Primal Demonic Powers and Divinity Grade Mental Energy.

Moreover, the Demon was also forced to contain these powers within his body, destroying the vessel and its foundation. Aside from that, the Demon was also trying to forcefully fuse the two special physiques that Shin and Uno were supposed to have, the Spiritual Embryo Physique and the Heavenly Martial Body.

Due to the different properties of these special physiques, the energies that they resonated with were also repelling one another.

The Primal Demonic Powers favored the Heavenly Martial Body as this physique perfectly matched all kinds of energies that were meant for Martial Arts.

On the other hand, the Divinity Grade Mental Energy and Spiritual Embryo Physique were a perfect match for each other.

These pairs of energies and special physiques were also the highest among the ranks where they belonged, acting almost as the ceiling for the others. But since the two energies were standing at the opposite end of the scale, they were instinctively repelling each other while the two physiques were fighting one another instead of merging together.

Since Shin and Uno were taking over each ʼvesselʼ, they were able to harness their respective powers while avoiding any issues from occurring.

But this time, as the Demon took over the reins of controlling the body, the two physiques and the pair of energies were forcefully merging, causing the entire vessel to collapse.

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Right now, there were multiple ʼcracksʼ across Shinʼs body, making him look like a stone statue that was on the verge of collapsing.

In the gap between those cracks, subtle light was leaking out along with a black sticky liquid that looked like a goo or something similar.

At the same time, the Primal Demonic Powers were also forming a makeshift armor to cover his body. But due to the Divinity Grade Mental Energy constantly repelling it, the demonic armor was repeatedly being broken, forming cracks on its surface, and falling out into tiny pieces.

Aside from the pair of claws forming over his hands and the demonic ʼmaskʼ made of demonic energy covering his face that was barely maintaining its form, the rest of the armor was in a repeated cycle of destruction and reconstruction.

Grr!

Growling at Samuel, who was calming looking at him, the Demon paused its assault for a moment and tried to catch its breath. Even if it was not supposed to feel any tiredness, neither physically nor mentally, it felt too exhausted trying to fight this old monster in front of it.

It felt like it was trying to climb an insurmountable mountain in front of it.

On the other hand, Samuel was feeling quite troubled as he was not sure what to do. He might be powerful, but his expertise was to destroy anything in front of him rather than restraining someone.

As he was thinking about what to do, the Demon somewhat recovered itself and was about to launch a powerful attack.

It crossed its arms in front of it before raising them along with his head. There was also a strong gust of energy being sucked toward its mouth.

Roar!

With a deafening shout, it was about to release a powerful demonic beam from its mouth.

Samuel was about to raise his hand to block it, but he was somewhat worried as well. It was because this powerful attack could further harm Shinʼs body once the demonic beam was fired due to the overwhelming power that it had.

Swoosh!

But before he could even make his move, he suddenly sensed a strong fluctuation rushing toward this direction.

He frowned as he suspected that it was one of the experts from the World Government. After all, those people would not let another powerful demon be born into this world, especially due to the nature of the Demon Pillar that Shin had summoned.

Any of the old monsters in the entire continent could instantly tell that it was something more terrifying than Jan Mateo, the Great Demon himself, and somewhat comparable to Adam, the Heavenly Demon who stood at the very peak of Demonic Practitioners.

There were also the leaders of the Divine Cult and Blood Fiend Sect, who were not trying to concern themselves with the matters of the world, but they still remained threatening to the World Government due to their unrivaled powers.

The notorious reputation of the Demonic Practitioners of the past era made people look at them quite unfavorably. There were also the Evil Partitioners with a very bad reputation around the world, who were somewhat similar to them.

This was the reason why most of the powerful experts of the Demonic Practitioners were laying low.

Fortunately, he realized that his suspicions were wrong once he felt the Mental Energy coming from the other party once they came a little closer. It was also because of this reason that he could not sense the latter until they came a little closer.

It was at that point when the demonic beam was about to be fired from the mouth of the Demon in front of him.

But before it could even happen, Evangeline, who finally reached a decent range from them, extended her hand, manipulated the surrounding energies, and turned them into Mental Energy.

Swoosh!

Bang!

At the same time, a giant invisible hand appeared in above the Demon and slammed down, pinning ʼShinʼ down on the ground.

Roar!

The Demon struggled hard, trying to break free from the restraints of the invisible hand pressing on it. It tried to flip its body over, but all it could do was dig its body deeper into the ground due to the powerful suppression of the unknown powers of the invisible hand.

Moreover, there was also a strange restriction cast on the invisible hand that was greatly surpassing the demonic power within its body.

The Divinity Grade Mental Energy within its body also somehow became more powerful due to the appearance of the invisible hand, giving it the ability to completely suppress the Primal Demonic Powers.

Due to this, the Demon was instantly suppressed and unable to use its demonic powers to commit suicide as it lost control over it.

In the meantime, Samuel could not help but raise his brows as he watched all this, especially when he saw the ʼForce of Natureʼ filling the air turned into Mental Energy, which was supposed to be impossible.

Or at least that was what he believed.

But at the same time, he also felt that it was somewhat possible if it was that person at the very least.

When he focused his gaze in the distance, he saw the incoming person. Then he suddenly smiled when he recognized that person as was to be expected.

Swoosh!

Not long after, the beautiful woman finally arrived and gracefully landed on the ground above the head of the struggling demon.

Evangeline stared at her son with a pained look on her face. She then pointed her index finger forward and a beam of light pierced through the center of the latterʼs forehead.

The Demon struggled even further as it sensed the gentle energy entering its body. It was the familiar energy that sealed it for a long time, so it instinctively knew what was about to happen next.

”You can rest for now,” whispered Evangeline with sad and sorrowful eyes.

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Inside Shinʼs Sea of Consciousness, Uno, who was struggling in the battle against the Seed of Hatred while protecting Shin, sensed something.

He paused and raised his head and saw a huge pillar of light falling from the ʼskyʼ and landed on the manifestation of the seed.

Roar!

The Seed of Hatred roared with full rage as the familiar golden chains repaired themselves along with the glowing runes engraved on them.

Clank! Clank!

Bang! Bang!

The Seed of Hatred tried its hardest to fight back but it was pulled to the ʼgroundʼ once again where it used to be sealed.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Then the pillar of light suddenly spread across the ʼfloorʼ and repaired the broken seal, creating a tougher and much stronger one than what it used to be.

Seeing all of this happening, Uno finally relaxed. He closed his eyes as he exited all the special state that he was in while also releasing the pair of swords in his hands.

He slowly fell to the ground, completely exhausted.

He then stared at the white ʼskyʼ of this place before turning toward Shin slumbering right beside him. ”Everything has been settled, but we still have some problems.”

”For how long you are going to sleep this time?” he mumbled before closing his eyes.

Not long after, he also fell into deep sleep forgetting everything. He hoped that the next time he woke up, Shin would not be ʼrunningʼ away just like the last time.

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Back in the outside world, Evangeline finally relaxed when she saw that ʼShinʼ had finally calmed down.

But there was still an apologetic gaze in her eyes as she saw the current state of her son. She gently bent down and fixed Shinʼs position, so that he could have a proper rest.

It was only at that time that she turned behind him and looked at Samuel. ”It has been a while, Uncle Samuel.”

She then paused and turned at the body lying behind the old man. There was a sorrowful look in her eyes as she apologized. ”And I am sorry for arriving too late and unable to save Brother Bernard.”

Samuel smiled gently as he nodded. ”You donʼt have to apologize. It is not like you are the reason why all of this happened.”

He then turned around and bent down to pick up the lifeless body of his son.

”But I-… I should have seen something like this ahead of time and prevented it,” said Evangeline.

The old general shook his head. ”Evangeline, I know that you and your husband are doing your best for all of them. But you canʼt always fight ʼitsʼ will. All of them should have been dead a long time ago if not for the two of you taking the initiative to carry the burden by yourselves.”

”And that, we are all thankful,” he added as he recalled the events in the past. But he quickly shook his head as he added. ”But as more time passes, we all know that we are only delaying the inevitable. Sooner or later, their fates will catch up to them and whatʼs supposed to happen will happen in the end.”

He then paused and turned in the direction of the Ace City before saying. ”Letʼs save this for later. For now, letʼs leave before those people discover you and start another unfortunate event.”

Evangeline also turned in the same direction before nodding in understanding. ”I understand, Uncle Samuel.”

It was only at that time when David and Alyssa dared to walk over and greet her. ”Master.”

Evangeline glanced at Alyssa before glaring at David. ”You two, we will talk later. For now, come with us and leave this place.”

She then turned at the trio behind the two and added. ”Letʼs bring your friends as well since I need to say a few words to them.”

Right after she said those words, a gentle energy enveloped the bodies of everyone and lifted them from their positions.

Not long after, they found themselves flying in the air at a speed that made their visions blurry.

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