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He's sadistically looking my way, I feel it. He has followed me all the way over here somehow. I had been walking in random tunnels, but that hasn't stopped him from following my trail easily. How? I don't know. He chuckles.

"Do you think you have a chance? If it was anyone else, perhaps. But, you should have heard of me, right?"

Yes, I have, but all that doesn't matter. Now that I'm backed into a corner, I'll struggle with all my might! I simply start talking to him "Why?" but really, I don't care about his answer. I subtly send a message to order my Gus to start the assault!

The ceiling suddenly collapses, right above his head! Even then he doesn't look panicked in the least. He's using a light-powered attack to redirect the falling rocks and melting the ones that come near him.

He also sends a few light-based attacks in my direction. I barely dodge! I can see deep holes left at my previous location. Holy crap! This is so deadly! Good thing I have good combat instincts!

Now, time for the next Gu! A purple poison mist starts filling the room. I can hear the sizzling of the mist getting evaporated by the heat surrounding him.

"Hahaha is that all?! You think such a puny poison will affect me?!"

He's still intact. I order the Deadly-Mist Gu to keep up its effort. I task the Rock Devouring Beetle Gus with accelerating the collapse of this place, the cricket starts chirping. The melody it produces is one that affects everyone including the owner, but I'm used to it.

Sun seems affected. His defenses are clearly becoming less effective! Before he could block every rock, but now some pebbles actually land on him, soiling his clothes.

Time for the Flying-Death Gus! I send them to try and hide in the falling rocks to reach the opponent. Just as they are about to plunge their teeth in his unprotected neck fire erupts from his entire person. Oh crap!

Instantly all the falling rocks and my Gus are getting destroyed. It took me so long to raise those! That's when he smiles and points at me. Then many of my Mirror Centipedes suddenly die!

I see a flash of light, that's the aftereffect! This is insane! His attack was so deadly and fast I couldn't even perceive or dodge it! How many more can I take like that? Two shots at best!

"That should deal with these. Now, about these annoying boulder throwing insects…"

He points once more. A deadly ray later, I cannot sense my Gus hiding in the rock anymore. They are gone, forever! I hate this man so much! Acting all righteous when he's the worst of murderers!

"Now, the one that's doing that poison cloud."

Once more he points and my Gu gets melted instantly without any way to fight back.

"Lastly that one that keeps chirping. A soul attack is it? Not a very effective one."

He burns it too. Simply with a wave of his hands. Just like that, he has destroyed all my life's work. Without a single regret. He slowly advances my way, one step at a time.

With every step, he sends a deadly ray my way. It quickly gets rid of the last of my Mirror Centipedes. Soon, I'm completely exposed.

He sends one last one for good measure, a weaker one this time. I can feel my burning flesh. The pain is intolerable, the smell too. Human flesh getting cooked produces the worst smell!

He is looking down on me, grinning. There is pure joy in his eyes. This man derives pleasure from my suffering. This is why righteous sects are the worst!

"Any last words?" He says playfully.

What kind of last words can I even have?! I'm finished already! I'm but a useless man without my Gus. All my dreams and hopes are gone. There is nothing I can do anymore. Nothing but accept my death.

I wish I could say I at least put a good fight, but no. He has been toying with me all this time. Sure I managed to destroy his clothes a bit, but that's all. The man himself is still intact.

I feel my legs growing weak. I fall to the ground. This worthless existence of mine is about to end. For what? Just so that asshole can add another line to the list of his merits. All for a tyrant to call himself a hero.

Life really sucks at times, doesn't it? Ah, no. It pretty much always sucks. Otherwise, I wouldn't have joined this shitty Gu sect in the first place. Well, it beats joining a shitty and hypocritical sect. Not that I had the choice anyway.

That is when I close my eyes awaiting his finishing move. This is it, goodbye world….

*THUD! *

HAHAHAHAHA, I fucking did it! That was the sound of my opponent falling to the ground. They say the best way to fool an opponent is to fool yourself. I made sure to have the darkest life-ending thoughts possible.

He didn't see the hope I still had. Yes, that one Invisible Killer! It slowly flies toward me and lands on my shoulder.

"Good job little one. I guess it's just you and me from now on."

It has managed where all its brethren have failed and died. It managed to reach him and inject its deadly poison into his blood.

He is doomed. It is a slow-acting poison that doesn't have any cure. This Sun guy is already a dead man. No matter who comes to his rescue it won't make a difference.

There is only one issue however, I am hurting, and I lost almost all my Gus. I decisively leave, I want to be as far as possible when the Light Citadel people show up! They will sense his death when it happens in a few days. But even then, I better not take any chance.

What about the body? I leave it there. Sure, I do feel like finishing him myself. I feel like taking a dagger and slicing his throat with my own hand. But I better not.

I'm sure he has a Mark on him. One that would transfer to his killer or the nearest living being. This is how they make sure to take revenge. Slow-acting poison is the best haha! I won't be here by then...

A few hours later, I'm far away from where we had our duel to death. From now on I am the one that killed the famous Young Master Sun haha. I owe it all to this small Gu of mine. The world may hate Gus, but I don't care. For me, they kind of look cute in their own way.

"Here you go little one, a delicious fruit. When we get back to the sect, I'll buy you some tasty magical ones!"

I can't help but smile as it voraciously devours the fruit bigger than it. But that's when I notice something. The part of its stinger that it applies its poison with …is burned?

Wait…don't tell me?!...