A Cultivation Tale: The Godly Punisher

Chapter 287: Battle I

"Sign a soul slave contract? With you?" Alex asked with a smile.

"Yes. Once you can do that, I will surrender the kids to you" Rebuke said.

"Oh. But who do you think should be the slave master between the two of us?" Alex asked.

"I am the one offering you a soul slave contract. So, it should be me of course." Rebuke said.

"Hmm. Since you have finalized your decision on you being the soul slave master, I am sorry I can't agree to sign a soul slave contract. I would only change my mind when you agree to be the soul slave while I would be the master" Alex said.

Hahahahaha!

Rebuke laughed. Same with his men as they laughed like they were possessed.

"You want me to be your soul slave? In your dreams you bastard." Rebuke said. Then he looked at his men and said "kill him for me"

Once Rebuke said that, his men's eyes shone with unbridled devilishness. Then like they were hungry and raging wolfs, they rushed towards Alex to take him down.

As they ran towards him, they caused a cloud of dust to rise as their feet continually hit the ground, causing dust to rise up into the air.

Then those that were at the front prepared to unleash soul-attacks at Alex.

Suddenly, large amounts of soulforce energy erupted from their soul pillars since they were at the Soulcore Establishment stage. Then this energy that had discharged from each of their soul pillars quickly condensed and took all forms of shapes. Some took took the shape of a fist, some an hammer, some an halberd, some an axe, some a scissor and so on. The people attacking Alex had employed soul-based battle techniques to transform their soulforce energies into these solid shapes. However, one mustn't forget that soulforce energy is unseen to the naked eyes. Only those who are soul cultivators would be able to actually see the attacks, as their physical senses has been attuned to the frequency that soulforce energy oscillates or vibrates in.

Once their soulforce energies took these myriad solid shapes, they shot towards Alex at blazing speeds to enter into his body and into his soul-dwelling region where they would impact his soul-beings extremely hard to crack or shatter it.

As an energy that was bound only to the soul, they couldn't harm the physical body, only the soul.

However, before the soul-attacks would get to where Alex was, Alex swiftly aimed a palm out at their concentrated soul-offensives and shot off in an instant, a tremendous amount of soulforce energy from his body. And once this energy appeared, which was many times the quality and quantity of soulforce energy each of Rebuke's men produced, it rapidly condensed and shaped into a large temple. It was a fearsome, temple-shaped soul attack that Alex generated to utilize in attacking Rebuke's men.

Once the temple solidified from his multi-attributed soulforce energy; as he had infused numerous essences of the severe soul-annihilation tribulations that he passed through into his soul pillars when he was at the Soulcore Establishment stage, his soulforce energy since it already possessed the power of materialization or corporealization, caused his attack which was in the form of a temple to become physical; now, whether one was a soul cultivator or not, one would be able to see Alex's enormous, temple-shaped attack.

One should be able to recall why Alex's soul-energy possesses this unique characteristic; it was the final soul-tribulation attack which was in the form a blood-red blade that he shattered and absorbed it essence that caused his soul pillars before transforming into Soul-Beings to gain this unusual attribute of Corporeality.

Once his soul-temple attack abruptly formed from his soulforce energy, and began to radiate many types of intents that were exceedingly frightening, it shot towards the attacks that Rebuke's men shot at Alex.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Many thunderous bang sounds that couldn't be perceived by the ear of anyone, except that of soul cultivators, immediately rang out when Alex's corporeal, soul-based attack smashed hard into the unseen soul-attacks that Rebuke's men sent out at him.

And once Alex's attack collided into their attacks, tyrannical, tide-like waves of soulforce energy erupted from the points at which Alex's fierce attack smashed into theirs and shattered them into smithereens. Then the raging and fearsome soul waves spread into the far distance in all directions where they entered into Alex's body as he was caught up by them. And immediately they entered his body and appeared in his soul-dwelling region, they heavily impacted his Soul-Beings. But they couldn't cause any damage to them. Their level of devastating power wasn't even enough to shake Alex's mighty and majestic Soul-Beings, talk more of shattering it. And as for some of Rebuke's men that were caught up by the alarmingly powerful soul waves, they coughed out many mouthfuls of blood in mid-air as they were launched into the distance by them. Although soulforce energy doesn't affect the bodies but only the soul, Rebuke's men had been launched into the distance when the powerful and rippling soul waves that appeared because of the heavy collision of Alex's corporeal soul-attack with their invisible soul-attacks smashed into their Soul Pillars after penetrating through their bodies and into their soul-inhabiting region.

They landed on the ground in the distance with a heavy thud and began to roll about on it with a loud shriek coming from them. And as they rolled on the ground, they grabbed their heads which felt like it would explode into bits the next moment as a great and unbearable headache afflicted them.

But after sometime, the headaches that afflicted them abated and disappeared like it was never there. Then they stood to their feet and looked at Alex with fear in their eyes.

What kind of soul-attack did he unleash that actually possessed a physical form?

As they thought this in their heads, Rebuke also pondered deeply about this too in his head.

Besides, another thing that caused Rebuke's men fear was how Alex's single attack destroyed the attacks of more than nine soul cultivators.

'What a fearsome genius. He truly shouldn't be underestimated. I think we have dipped our hands into something that we shouldn't have dipped our hands into. But we should still be able to slay him. I don't believe we have run out of options already. If things eventually go out of hands, I would simply activate the Trinity Darkstar Lotus soul-butchering formation to destroy his soul. Then when I successfully do so, I would keep and preserve his unique and powerful body until I reach a stage where I would be able to leave my body and reside in his, taking total control of it. Haha. Bastard, you don't know what you are in for' Rebuke said inwardly in a devilish tone.

Then everyone of Rebuke's men quickly sent out full-powered attack at Alex.

However, Alex put both hands out and discharged great amount of soulforce energy from it. And once this energy erupted from his palms, it rapidly condensed and shaped into a massive, dome-shaped barrier that totally, physically concealed his figure.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Numerous bang sounds rang out as the attacks launched by Rebuke's men collided into the corporeal, dome-shaped soul barrier that he generated.

However, being an energy of higher quality and density as Alex was at the Soul-Being Creation stage, the attacks unleashed by Rebuke's men who were at the Soulcore Establishment stage couldn't cause the dome-shaped soul barrier that Alex put out to shake, talk more of crack or explode into bits.

When the men saw this, frustration and fright of a higher intensity set into to their hearts.

'What kind of monstrous-level soul power does this boy actually have? How did he gain such power of the soul? He must have come across a tremendous cultivation fortune that was related to the soul. I am certain of that' Rebuke who was somewhere watching the ongoing battle said inwardly with shock and even slight fear in his tone. He was starting to get slightly terrified of Alex's formidable soul-battle prowess. 

While Rebuke's men who gazed at Alex with astonishment and fear in their eyes wished there was a soul-killing weapon. It was what they believed that they would be able to use in slaying his soul.

"My turn" Alex said from within the corporeal soul-barrier that enclosed his figure.

Abruptly, soulforce energy discharged from one of Alex's numerous Soul-Beings and then erupted from his entire body in shocking quantities.

Once the multi-characterized soulforce energy that discharged from one of his mighty Soul-Existences gushed out from his body in large quantities, it rapidly partitioned into many parts with these parts instantly condensing and shaping into enormous spears that was red-hot and chilling cold at the same time. Also, it emanated a soul-suppressing force; a force that acted strongly on the soul by restraining it and generated a type of pressure that would simply shatter it into smithereens. Then also being continually released from these floating soul-spears was a type of strange power that would completely immerse one's mind into a literal unbounded sea of despair, sadness and sorrow. Once one's mind was captured by this despairing power, it was extremely difficult to break away from, as one's heart would be totally engulfed by gloom, or covered by an intense dark and stygian atmosphere. But apart from these unusual attributes that can be felt by the soul and physically seen with the eyes, spine-chilling intents of Slaughter and Soul-Severance; the power to butcher all forms of life and sever the soul of myriad of creatures respectively, endlessly emitted from the spears that Alex formed from his soulforce energy. Then lastly, thin lightning arcs of jet-black and violet-golden, soul-tribulation electricity could be seen moving round the surfaces of the colossal soul-generated spears. And as the dual-colored arcs of soul-tribulation lightning moved round it, they crackled, invoking great terror in the hearts and minds of Rebuke's men.

"Go!" He said coldly and emotionlessly while aiming his right palm out at some of Rebuke's men that were in his sight.

Once he mentioned 'go' and then at the same time aimed a palm at his attackers, the corporeal, spear-shaped soul-attacks that he created shot out at blazing speeds towards the people that Alex targeted.

Then the instant that the multi-attributed soul-spear attacks appeared in front of the terrified men, they shot into their bodies and into their soul-inhabiting regions where they went on to impact the soul pillars of some of Rebuke's men.