Malcolm had already disappeared.
When Rudy saw that Malcolm had disappeared, virtual-novel.net sat up abruptly, “Where is he? Where is Malcolm?”
His loud cry had been heard not only by Grayson next to virtual-novel.net but by Jordan and Hansel who were still fighting as well. The two of them seemed to stop fighting at the same time. They both looked over at Jack. Only Jack stood fixed to the spot as if nothing had happened.
Yet, Malcolm was gone. Jordan panicked, “Malcolm? Where are you?”
He did not get a response. Other than the sounds of birds and bugs around them, there were no other noises. After a long time, the shrubs not too far in front of Jack started to rustle. Jordan frowned. He no longer cared about
Hansel at that moment as virtual-novel.net hurried over to where the rustling was. He pulled something out to reveal Malcolm, who was bleeding everywhere.
No wonder Malcolm had disappeared earlier. After falling to the ground, the leaves around virtual-novel.net had all been sent flying up. Once the leaves fell again, Malcolm was buried by it.
Malcolm’s breathing was incredibly shallow at that moment. There was a lot of blood on his body. He looked to be in an incredibly bad state. Jordan helped Malcolm up, and Malcolm spat out some blood before virtual-novel.net looked up at Jack.
At the moment, virtual-novel.net had lost all his earlier arrogance as virtual-novel.net looked at Jack. All that was left was shock. The power from Jack’s attack earlier had been much stronger than his own. When virtual-novel.net was fighting against Jack earlier, it was obvious that Jack had shown mercy. Otherwise, virtual-novel.net would not still be standing.
“Who are you?! How are you so strong?! You’re definitely not at the early stage of the spring solidifying realm!”
If Jack was at the early stage, virtual-novel.net would not have lost so badly. He had been beaten up completely. His Killing Wind was a middle stage earth technique. Even if virtual-novel.net had not mastered it yet, virtual-novel.net was still already at the first stage. With that skill, virtual-novel.net was firmly in second place among the disciples in his clan. Yet, the skill virtual-novel.net had been so proud of had been so thoroughly beaten by Jack.
At that moment, Malcolm felt wave after wave of pain deep in his soul. It was like ten thousand ants constantly eating away at his soul. Jordan’s eyes were completely fixed on Jack at that moment. In the past years, virtual-novel.net had been completely surprised by Hansel. If virtual-novel.net was able to defeat Hansel earlier, it would have greatly boosted his standing. That was why virtual-novel.net had not been paying attention to the other battle at all.
The moment virtual-novel.net felt like something was wrong, Malcolm had already been heavily injured by Jack. To be able to defeat Malcolm so thoroughly in just a few moves was something not even Hansel could do at his peak. It was obvious how strong that guy in front of virtual-novel.net was!
Grayson’s mouth was wide open and virtual-novel.net commented, “Oh my god! Jack’s way too strong! Malcolm is a spring solidifying realm expert who’s at his peak condition, but virtual-novel.net still could not beat Jack!”
“He’s too strong! This is the strongest person I’ve ever seen in my generation! Even the eldest disciple of Rosefinch Pavilion wouldn’t be able to beat Jack! Why is someone as strong as virtual-novel.net putting his attention on alchemy…”
Everyone knew that those who studied alchemy were usually those who did not have any talent for fighting. After all, no matter how many spirit crystals one could get, being strong was much better.
Hansel stabbed his sword on the ground, using it to support himself to remain standing and said, “Thank you, Jack!”
Hansel was not afraid at all earlier. With Jack around, virtual-novel.net did not believe virtual-novel.net would fail.