"Feed?"

"What the hell are they talking about?"

"Forget that! Who the fuck are they?"

Now that they no longer felt the pressure from the attacks of the Plebeian forces, the surviving Edgar scions could once again yap their gums.

The Six Blood knights, however, did not bother to pay heed to their words.

Instead, their eyes were hungry as they started at the assailants as though they were cattle.

Juicy cattle for Juicy Beef steaks.

The Six could not believe their luck.

Just three days ago their Master had organized a Cultivation paradise for them.

One in which they had spent their time cultivating at a Ten to one, Time warp ratio.

Their none existent cultivation foundation strengthened and they quickly advanced to the Cosmic Pearl realm.

However, from that moment, their cultivation speed slowed dramatically and they still needed to make it to the peak of the Cosmic Pearl realm in a Month.

Their Master's requirement was not as strict with the Blood Knights as with the others because they had been tasked with infiltrating the Great families.

But every Blood knight wanted to make him proud in spite of their circumstances.

It had been despairing when they were stationed to guard the Edgar scions and would have loved to spend the time cultivating to advance in the difficult Cosmic Pearl Realm, Alas,

They were to maintain their orders and not to leave anything to be desired in their stations.

It was the reason they were half-hearted in repelling the Plebeian assailants, merely focusing on defending themselves.

But this,

This was an opportunity.

"So what do you think? Each of us gets five?" One of the Six said and the Plebeians stopped walking back.

Instead, they resisted the pressure and stood in place as they clenched their first in outrage.

"Aren't you looking down on us too much?" Said one of them as they began to gather their courage.

The six cracked their knuckles,

"Who knows?" Said one and they all vanished as they dashed towards their first victims, while leaving a trail of red fog behind them.

They would seize the initiative and the element of surprise along with it.

*Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!* *Bam!*

Six strikes!

Six bodies!

And six satisfied Semi-fiends!.

The Six reveled in the Essence they had begun to siphon. Unlike Hal, they could not use the Essence to improve their bloodline.

The Strenght of their Bloodline was reliant on the strength of their Master's bloodline.

The stronger he became, the stronger they would as well.

That said, the Essence was perfect for the Battle type Cultivation techniques Hal had bestowed to them.

They were so excited that they began to refine it on the spot, completely disregarding the other assailants that were on the scene.

This of course did not mean they were letting them go, they were simply very confident in catching up to them, should they try to run.

The assailants, however, had no intention of running.

"Thank you for presenting yourself as easy targets, You fools" They yelled and attacked the Six.

As they got closer, the body of the Six emitted thick red fog that seamlessly came together and blasted all attackers away in one sweep.

*Wham*

It knocked into them with the force of several tons and they all went on to smack into tree branches, tree trunks, and essentially anything that would stop their backward trajectory.

All through this, the Blood knights never turned or gave any indication that they knew what had happened.

But they did.

Soon they had absorbed the blood essence from their victims and could feel themselves finally making progress towards the next stage.

Then they turned and faced the fallen assailants who were slowly rising to their feet.

All Twenty-four of them harnessed immense Cosmic energy and focussed it all on the six Blood knights.

The Knights grinned and dashed forward and with the combination of their own Cosmic Attack and Blood fiend fog, they pierced through the Amalgamate of attacks.

The attacks went on to destroy numerous trees behind the six, but they gave it no notice as they continued their dash to pierce through the chest of their victims,

But the element of surprise was gone and this time, the assailants were prepared.

They knew to be careful of the Red fogs the knights were emitting and while that would make fighting them difficult, at least there was hope.

They came here for an ambush and it would reflect poorly on them if they were ambushed in return.

They successfully stopped the strikes of the Knights by seizing their fists.

The moment the Knights had been stopped, all assailants dashed forward and attacked them together with a barrage of punches, kicks, and Cosmic attacks.

This was their chance as the Knights were now disoriented.

Or so they thought.

The Edgar Protectors stood in place as they watched the Six battle against Twenty-four Plebeian assailants.

And the number was only Twenty-four because those Six had succeeded where they had failed continuously and killed six of the assailants.

They were rooted to the spot.

They could not look away.

And even as they saw the combined attack against the Six, they knew, it could not simply end like that.

Those Six must have something up their sleeves.

And sure enough...

"Booooommm*

The sound was loud and it was followed by the painful cries of the Plebeian assailants as they were thrown away for the third time.

This time, however, they had succeeded in infuriating the Knights whose Blood red eyes were glowing a malevolent shade.

The assailants were far from ready to back down.

None of them knew why, but they could feel that should they attempt to run, they would only be making it easy for these demons to kill them.

And they were Demons.

Only Demons could feel so evil and malevolent.

The assailants fought hard but it was all for naught.

They fell one after the other and unlike before, the Blood Knights did not stop to absorb their essence.

Instead, they seemed more interested in the complete decimation of the Plebeian forces.

Thanks to the Battle type Cultivation techniques Hal had given to them, it was not only through absorbing of Blood essence that they could satiate its peculiarity.

The mere act of battling alone was improving both their constitution and comprehension, the former which improved their resilience and flesh strength while the latter provided long-term increment in their Cultivation speed.

This whole experience was Exhilarating to the Six.

"We won't go down without a fight" Snarled one of the Assailants and his words caused the Blood Knight who was about to seal his fate to pause.

"It's incredible to see someone who preys on kids who are weaker than him speaking as though he has honor" The Blood knight said with boisterous laughter that turned into an angry expression the next second and he vanished from the assailant's sights.

It was as though his anger fueled his speed because he did not even leave a trail of fog as he dashed forward...

*Bam!*

...and pierced his fist into the Assailant's chest.

"Don't make me mad!" He yelled as the assailant's body became lifeless.

He pulled his hand out and turned to the eight assailants that were left.

Faced with the Blood-red eyes of the Six Blood knights, the remaining lost any battle spirit they still had left and fell on their butts.

The six began to close in with no intention of sparing anyone of them when they stopped and perked up.

"Having fun?" Asked a smiling voice that was so close they were caught by surprise.

The Edgars were immediately startled,

Where did he come from?

There was however no one more shocked than Alexander who stared at Hal with his Jaw dropped.

Unlike the others, he saw where Hal had come from.

He came from nowhere.

He simply appeared suddenly as though he had been invisible the whole time.

But that made no sense.

He must have just been too fast.

Meanwhile, Hal could not care less about their disorientation, his whole attention was on his Blood Knights who shivered in his presence.

"Hmm?" Hal cocked his head to the side to indicate that his question had not been answered.

"Well, I -it's been a little fun" One of them said and the others nodded.

The spectators were confused.

Why do these Demons fear him?

Alexander could make a guess and he hoped it was not true.

"Ah. That's good. It's good to have fun once in a while. But you have been unnecessarily careless and that does not make me happy"

He said as he moved away from them just as Marla arrived followed closely by Jack who took care to walk behind her.

She grabbed Hal's arm while her eyes surveyed the scene.

"Hal, he's staring at me again" Marla said while pointing at Alex whose eyes widened and was about to yell that he had not done so but before he could even say a word...

*Smack*

...he felt a stinging pain on the back of his head, which made his vision blurry instantly while he struggled to remain standing.

As his eye began to water, he heard the voice of one of the knights,

"How dare you?!"

"I didn't..." He began to say but another interrupted,

"One more word and I'll cut out your tongue"

At those words, Alex wailed internally,

Where's the justice?

I obviously wasn't staring!

You know what, Miss? I think I might hate you more than I hate your boyfriend!