Jacob from the Dark Realm Returns novel Chapter 78

All the bodies and fresh blood of the Derek family members were clearly laid out for him to see.

Not only did Reynold lose his mind but Wilbert also lost his. All their family members died without the time to even yell out!

“Jacob, I will tear you from limb to limb and scatter your ashes in the wind!” Reynold yelled like a maniac and clenched his teeth.

Compared to Reynold and Wilbert’s wild reactions, Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone were much more composed. They exchanged looks and with a trace of horror. As for uch a widespread killing stroke that could decimate an entire family, even their master Boyce who just became a Virtuoso could not do it.

Jacob was younger than Boyce by a few years. This was why Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone never thought that Jacob could be a Virtuoso. Because their master Boyce was China’s youngest Virtuoso and that’s why Jacob could at most be a Virtuoso-to-be. But now Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone were both doubtful and shocked!

“Run!” Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone came to that conclusion at the same time. No matter if Jacob was or wasn’t a Virtuoso, they were not his match. They wanted to run to inform their master!

“Reynold, Wilbert, let’s fight him together!” Santiago immediately said to Reynold and Wilbert.

“Okay, but I’ll trouble you two to keep him alive. I can’t let him die so easily. I want to torture him and let him have a slow death!” Reynold ground his teeth.

“No problem, let’s fight together!” Santiago replied immediately and was about to attack.

Reynold and Wilbert were ready to fight and when they saw that Santiago and Tyrone were about to fight, they immediately rushed towards Jacob.

Then, as they rushed towards Jacob, Santiago and Tyrone both turned to run.

Both of them had the same thoughts which were the two Derek brothers could hold off Jacob for a while as they escaped.

But as Santiago and Tyrone ran, they heard a voice in their ears, “Do you think that you can run?” Then they saw a blur and their bodies flew back faster than they ran out. As they fell onto the ground, both of them spat out a mouthful of blood.

Reynold and Wilbert were stunned that Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone actually wanted to run. More importantly, before they could escape, they were forced back in one stroke and suffered severe injuries!

Now Reynold somewhat came to his senses. He was horrified when he thought about what Jacob just did. Now it was Reynold and Wilbert’s turn to run. But then, they ended up worse off than Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone.

As they flew back, both their legs were broken. At this point, the four Virtuoso-to-bes were terrified as they looked at Jacob.

“You are a Virtuoso!” Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone both yelled. Now they were certain. But what did that mean? That meant that their master Boyce who was recognized by China’s martial arts world to be the youngest Virtuoso in a century and who took the shortest time to breakthrough to Virtuoso, there was actually Jacob who was younger than Boyce. If the news of Jacob spread through the martial arts world, then Boyce’s reputation would become a joke!

“You can go to hell!” Jacob looked at them and said coldly. He then fired four dark vapors which penetrated their bodies and immediately they yelled in agony as if they experienced the most horrible sensations.

Those who practiced the dark arts could see that their primordial spirit or commonly known as souls were suffering in intense agony. It was as if their souls were being dismembered slowly, cut by cut.

When Bernice heard their agonizing screams, her face turned extremely pale. She looked at Jacob differently again. She thought about the night a month ago when she barged into Jacob’s room to threaten him to take her as his disciple. When she saw how the Derek family members died and now how the four Virtuoso-to-bes were being tormented, Bernice’s entire body trembled.

At this moment, a phrase popped up in her mind. Fools were the bravest.

Cornell, Edwin, and the rest looked at Ghosts Santiago and Tyrone and the Derek brother’s agony which was more intense than what they were experiencing. However, Jacob was totally unfazed and not a shred of pity. Anyone who dared to touch his people would end up even worse, no, THE worst!

Jacob walked to Cornell and the others. With the wave of his hand, all of their chains broke and the hooks that pierced their shoulder blades turned into powder. Jacob approached each of them to attend to their wounds and then went back to Ghosts Santiago, Tyrone, and the other two.

“Four Virtuoso-to-bes are equivalent to four Perception Phases and should not be wasted.” Jacob calmly said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll grant you the honor of becoming servants of the Emperor of the Dark Realm.”

In their agonizing screams, Jacob waved his hands, and immediately spirits came out of his hand and descended onto their bodies. Their yells stopped and their gaze became empty as their eyes turn dark. Thereafter, the four of them stood up simultaneously and looked towards Jacob. They said together robotically, “Greetings, Master!”

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After Boyce had an even fight with Ronald Parker, those who monitored Boyce’s march southwards thought that he should now return to the capital. Especially those Virtuosos in the south were afraid that Boyce would continue southwards to challenge them.

The fact that an intermediate-stage Virtuoso couldn’t defeat Boyce confirmed how strong Boyce was. Although it didn’t mean that they would lose face if they lost to Boyce, it would also be a big hit on their reputation if they did.

But to everybody’s astonishment, Boyce did not return to the capital but would continue south towards Riverside City of the North Riverside Province. This puzzled everyone as there was no Virtuoso in Riverside City so why was Boyce going there?