The Titan's Throne

Freak of Nature

Bastian looked at the white-haired boy with curiosity in his eyes, whereas the giant and his partner had ugly faces.

"Oh no, the blind disaster has awakened!" said the giant's partner.

Before Bastian could question the two, the white-haired boy let out a blood-curdling scream and lunged at the giant's partnership with an unbelievable speed. Before Bastian and the giant could react, the white-haired boy had ripped the head of his victim, with his bare hands.

Although Bastian and the boy were chained together, Yahd was actually closer to the white-haired boy than Bastian. An unfortunate coincidence, the chains linking partners were neither long nor short, allowing for fighters to exhibit proper mobility.

Bastian and the giant looked on in shock. Both were shivering and had ugly expressions. The giant looked at Bastian in pity and swiftly backstopped.

Although both the giant and Bastian had ugly expressions and were both shivering, it was for completely different reasons. The giant was afraid, were as Bastian was angry.

When the giant thought he was at a safe distance, he looked toward Bastian, making sure his vision did not leave the white-haired boy, who was ripping apart the remains of his victim in frenzy.

Goodbye old friend. May you rest in peace.

The giant could only mourn for his partner in his heart, for now, was not the time to lose concentration.

Bastian looked at the white-haired boy and pointed at him. "Listen you freak. Apologize for taking my valuable experience or I'm going to kick your ass!"

The giant was stunned. He never expected Bastian to actually shout at the white-haired boy.

Oh no! He is a newbie! He doesn't know about the blind disaster!

The giant wanted to warn Bastian, but unfortunately, he was too late, the white-haired boy had already focused on Bastian and lunged at him whilst screaming like a madman.

Bastian was alert this time, so he responded. He also lunged toward the freak.

The white-haired boy reached out with his right hand, trying to grab a hold of Bastian's head, only to grip the air. Bastian had weaved at the perfect time. Then with all his might, Bastian greeted the white-haired boy with a counter. A right hook, aimed at the latter's head.

Using his body weight, Bastian then used the momentum of the strike to lift up the freak and slam his body into the ground in full force.

Boom!

A wave of wind spread from the epicentre of the impact point on the ground. Large cracks spread from the floor all the way to the wall.

Everyone observing the battle had their jaws wide open in surprise, from Kai and his Master to the giant. It was a completely one-sided exchange, ending with Bastian's complete victory.

Bastian looked down at the dust-filled ground, like a glorious king looking down on a pathetic foe.

Bastian struck both fists against each other and breathed out. "That's what happens when you take my stuff."

...

Bastian was ripped. First, the baldy and his companion had finished all of the available prey. Now the white-haired freak had killed the giant's companion. This was bad.

It was quite clear that the giant and his partner were at a higher tier than the rest; therefore Bastian figured he could replace quantity with quality. The giant was big and strong, while his companion was fast, accurate and agile. They complimented each other and covered up the other's weakness

Bastian was positive that facing both of them would be quite the challenge, after seeing the m******e they had just done. Yet now one was dead, which significantly lowered the difficulty.

At first, Bastian was intimidated by the giant, but after seeing him in action those thoughts faded.

Bastian knew he could easily defeat such a slow target, so his anger toward the white-haired boy got serious.

After pounding him into the ground and declaring his stance, Bastian looked at the white-haired boy's face, to see his work. The gauntlets he was wearing were incredibly hard, and they had virtually deformed the white-haired boy's face.

Bastian couldn't care less about whether or not they were partners, so he felt no pity for the freak.

That is what happens when you attack me first.

In fact, Bastian was surprised that he didn't do more damage. He had expected that to at least turn the freak's head into mush.

"Hhmm?"

Upon closer inspection of the freak's head, Bastian noticed something.

His head is repairing itself!

The white-haired boy's head was repairing itself at a speed visible to the naked eye. Such a thing should not have been possible, considering that everyone's cultivation had been sealed.

Not to mention spells, techniques or objects that could repair someone so quickly were not cheap.

"What the heck are you!" shouted Bastian as he kicked the white-haired boy's body.

"Wait, young warrior stop! Don't touch him!" shouted the giant but it was too late. As soon as Bastian's foot made contact with the freak's head, a strange soul like energy rushed into Bastian's body. The energy was composed of many parts, each part sharp and deadly like a needle.

Bastian panicked. These shackles completely of restricting Soul Force, preventing you from using it, so Bastian had no means of defending himself, or so he thought.

Somehow the moment the needle-like energy entered his body, the effect the shackles had on Bastian's body disappeared. By reflex,

Bastian's Soul Force attacked the needle-like energy.

The energy was like a swarm of a thousand needles, each rotating fiercely. Usually, a person's Soul force would be like a rock. Easily penetrated by the thousands of needles and destroyed.

Unfortunately, this swarm of needles was not facing a rock, it was now facing a mountain!

Bastian's Soul Force immediately crushed the invaders, without leaving a single trace of energy.

This may have taken time to describe, but it took less than a second to occur.

As soon as Bastian retracted his foot, he looked at the white-haired boy and frowned. After thinking for a few seconds he kicked the boy again, only to have the same thing occur. The energy would rush into Bastian's body and Bastian's Soul Force would crush it.

Bastian repeatedly kicked the boy on the ground, eventually stepping on him. At some point, he stopped lifting his foot up.

Bastian discovered that as long as he was in contact with the white-haired boy's body, as long as he allowed the needle-like energy to enter his body, he would be able to smoothly operate his Soul Force.

Interesting, just what kind of energy is this? It can't be Soul Force, it's too vicious in nature.

Bastian activated his e-vision, trying to see what exactly was in the boy. Whether it was World Energy, mana or qi, they all followed the normal colours of blue, yellow, brown, grey or red. Thereby representing the five elements. Yet the energy inside the boy was Black!

Not only that, the energy had permeated throughout the boy's entire body. It was painful and corrosive, Bastian had felt that, and yet it was all over this boy's body.

He must be in agony. No wonder he is crazy, how can he survive like this.

Bastian then shifted his attention to the boy's head, only to be shocked. The needle-like energy had concentrated there, and where ever it went, the flesh would regenerate.

It corrodes and repairs at the same time?

Bastian was astonished by what he saw. The energy seemed endless, and it continuously repaired the boy's body, and corroded it at the same time, whenever the energy seemed to get used up, it would instantly get replenished, and very quickly at that.

This meant that this boy's body was in a constant state of destruction and repair.

Even if he wanted to kill himself, I doubt he could.

This was without a doubt a poison, and a very high ranking one at that. Only a high ranking alchemist can make a poison this effective. And if Bastian was correct, then this poison would not be easy to deal with.

Bastian's expression darkened. Such a cruel method of torture on such a young boy had enraged Bastian to the limits.

After seeing the concentration of the energy inside the boy, Bastian had no doubt that it was endless.

No wonder he is always shivering. Let me help him out.

The giant had been silently observing Bastian the whole time.

Normally if someone touched the blind disaster, they would convulse and scream, dying in a matter of seconds. Eventually their flesh would fall apart as if it had rotten, and they would turn into dust, leaving only bones.

Yet Bastian was perfectly fine. The giant was at a loss.

*Swoosh*

Suddenly from nowhere, Bastian kicked the freak's body upward. The freak's body reached its highest point at Bastian's eye level, as it was about to fall, Bastian's leg quickly got into position above the freak's body so he can look for an opening