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?

Then many people realized that he would be heading to the Bell family! According to rumors, there was a lady by the name of Lena who had been betrothed to Boyce.

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Before Boyce set off for Riverside City, a piece of news rocked the entire martial arts world.

Jacob of North Riverside Province had sent a challenge to Boyce to fight at the border. Furthermore, it was a death match! This was different from the challenges that Boyce did on his march southwards. This was an actual death match which would not end till one party was dead!

Boyce who was in South Riverside Province actually accepted this death match!

Once this news spread, it sent tremors throughout the martial arts world. At this point, Boyce had a reputation of invincibility. His was very strong and his reputation was at its peak. Anyone who wanted to gain instant fame could try to defeat Boyce and if he defeated Boyce, he would be well known throughout China.

But Boyce was a Virtuoso and had a chance to defeat another Virtuoso. There was no good reason for any Virtuoso to fight Boyce to become famous. Even if someone would want to do that, there was no need for a death match. So, everyone who heard this news had the same reaction which was, preposterous!

Who was Jacob? No one had ever heard of him. Was he a Virtuoso? Not possible. Everyone knew that there was no Virtuoso at Riverside City. Furthermore, there were only so many Virtuosos in China and no one by the name of Jacob. Wasn’t he asking for death by challenging Boyce to a death match?

But soon, news of Jacob started to emerge.

South Riverside Province Black Dragon Gang’s Virtuoso-to-be Dark-minded Master once lost to Jacob and Jacob broke his hand. The Goldsmith family Virtuoso-to-be Calvin Goldsmith lost both of his eyes at the Bell family because of Jacob.

When this news spread, everyone began to understand the situation better. It was clear now the reason for Boyce to continue down south and towards Riverside City. The Virtuoso-to-be of the Goldsmith family was blinded by Jacob at the Bell family and Boyce’s fiancée Lena was the head of the Bell family who had a relationship with Jacob.

At that moment, everyone had the same words on the tip of their tongue. Jealousy!

So that’s the reason for the death match. But why was Jacob still looking for his death?

Then, some other news emerged.

Darnell Clifford who was the most powerful people that was inferior to Virtuosos was killed by Jacob with a stoke at the Shaw family. This created yet another shockwave in the martial arts world. Darnell Clifford was recognized by China’s martial arts world as the most powerful people that was inferior to Virtuosos.

After all, he was once a Virtuoso, and although he fell from the Virtuoso phase, he could still utilize some of the Virtuoso techniques. His strength, his capabilities, his title as the most powerful people that was inferior to Virtuosos was recognized by the public.

But he was killed by Jacob with a stroke? Didn’t that mean that Jacob had the strength of a Virtuoso? Immediately, news of Jacob spread like wildfire. Everyone started to focus on one fact, which was Jacob was younger than Boyce by several years.

Jacob continued to challenge Boyce to a death match even when it was clear that Boyce was as strong and as capable as an intermediate-stage Virtuoso. That meant that Jacob was no fool and he was very confident of killing Boyce! If that was the case, then Jacob was a Virtuoso which meant that Jacob was a younger Virtuoso than Boyce! Jacob was more talented than Boyce!

This immediately became the focus of China’s martial arts world!

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The next day, at the border of North and South Riverside Provinces.

The place was packed with many traveling from far and wide to witness the death match. Jacob was too mysterious. Although the fight seemed lopsided with Boyce’s impressive strength, many people were still uncertain of the outcome.

This battle not only drew many from the martial arts world, but it also attracted many high-ranking officials to watch a fight between Virtuosos. It was extremely rare for a fight like this to be done so publicly. Even Boyce’s southbound challenges were open only to the martial arts world.

The fight was scheduled at noon.

Boyce had arrived as planned. Many women yelled when Boyce appeared. He wore white-colored attire and was slim and handsome. He looked extremely elegant. Boyce was here on time but where was Jacob? The people started to look around for the mysterious person.

But Jacob still had not shown up.

“Fuck, don’t tell me that Jacob chickened out and changed his mind at the last minute and decided not to show up?” Some people suspected.

Then at this moment, there was a commotion among the crowd. The people saw four men carrying a casket as they walked towards them.

At the same time, a ferocious sound yelled, “Boyce, they’re here to collect your body!”