Chapter 323: I'm so sorry.
As Kazuo's hand came into contact with Haru's chest, a pulse of magic entered his body and began to spread through his veins. The ice from Kazuo's attack started to expand before beginning to form thin ice needles that quickly shot out of Haru's skin as blood began to pour from his body.
"I'm so sorry. They are going to kill my wife unless I help them with this stupid war." Kazuo said before turning his back to Haru as he couldn't bear to look at what he had just done as he knew for sure that there was no way that someone could survive the injuries that he had just inflicted upon him.
He then began to walk back towards the camp as time sped up once again, and he looked at both Captain Liegan and Mishi with a look of worry in his eyes before a voice called out to him from behind.
"Where are they keeping her?" Haru asked as Kazuo began to walk away.
"What!?" Kazuo screamed as he turned around to see that Haru was completely fine without even a scratch on his body.
"I could have sworn that you were dead!" Kazuo exclaimed in disbelief as he couldn't understand just how he was fine after receiving such a devastating blow.
"And I asked you where are they keeping her?" Haru repeated himself as he felt a little annoyed that someone would dare to hold someone's family hostage like that in this day and age.
"Th-that doesn't matter. Even if you knew where she was, there is nothing that you could do. They aren't human. They have purple skin and long black horns on their head. They said they don't come from this world, and no matter what we try to do, we have no choice but to follow their orders or else we will be killed." Kazuo said before dropping to his knees in defeat.
He knew now that he tried his best and still didn't manage to defeat Haru. There was nothing he could do. He would be seen as a failure, and his wife would be killed as punishment, but upon hearing the description of the people who were threatening Kazuo, Haru became enraged.
He flashed through the air before grabbing Kazuo by the collar of his shirt and lifting him up into the air.
"I won't ask again! Where the fuck are they keeping her!?" Haru demanded an explanation from Kazuo as he knew exactly what he was going to be going up against.
'This fucking demon clan! I will wipe them all out and make sure they never come back to this planet! I still haven't managed to seek revenge for Suyin.' Haru thought as Kazuo looked down at Haru with fear in his eyes.
Kazuo couldn't explain what was happening, but as he looked at Haru, he felt like his life was flashing before his eyes, and he was looking right into the face of death. He was even more terrified at that moment than he was when he met the people who kidnapped his wife.
"They're in the capitol building in the United States. They managed to infiltrate the government and ordered the army to attack china. Everything that is happening is all their fault. There is really nothing anyone can do to stop them."
'He might be right. But even so, I have to do something about it. But first, we have to clean up the mess here. I might not be able to hide my strength anymore. But I'm going to need help. I can't do this alone.' Haru thought as an idea came to his mind.
He knew the quickest way to get help wasn't to rely on the army that he had come to China with. He would have to call on cultivators to help him out this time. Yet, he wasn't sure how it was going to work out.
However, he wasn't sure what state the cultivation sects were currently in. If there were many demon clan members still left on earth, they could have infiltrated the sects and been controlling them from behind the scenes.
"Haru!? What are you doing? You're going to choke him to death." Captain Liegan called out as Kazuo's face slowly began to turn blue from being held up in the air by his shirt.
Haru let go of his shirt and watched as Kazuo dropped down to the floor like a pile of bricks before rolling onto his back and looking up at Haru with fear in his eyes.
'I wonder if they put anything in his mind to monitor him?' Haru thought before using his spiritual sense to see if there were any irregularities within Kazuo's body. But there didn't appear to be any, which only left the people in the camp.
They were probably watching and reporting everything back to their leaders.
"Can you two both do me a favour?" Haru said as he turned to ask Captain Liegan and Mishi, who were staring at him with looks of shock on their faces as they watched what was happening.
"W-what is it?" Captain Liegan asked while her bottom lip trembled slightly.
"It's nothing serious. I just need you both to close your eyes and cover your ears." Haru said as he didn't want them to see what was about to happen next. He wanted to keep his power a secret for just a bit longer until he found out who he could trust.
"What!? Why would we take orders from a private-!?" Mishi asked as the request seemed too unreasonable for him, but before he could finish what he was saying, captain Liegan interrupted him.
"Do what he says. There is a reason that he doesn't want us to see what's about to happen, so I expect it to be something that no one should ever find out about. The fewer people that know, the better. It's just for our own protection, isn't that right, Haru?" Captain Liegan asked as her hands began to shake. All though she tried to sound calm as she orders Mishi to listen to Haru.
It looked as though she was trying to convince herself that there was a good reason that Haru was asking them to look away. But she couldn't help but be a little bit frightened of what was about to happen. After all, she had never seen the look in Haru's eyes that he was currently giving anyone.
It was as though he had become someone else entirely as his pent up anger began to slowly flow from his body. Both Captain Liegan and Mishi turned around reluctantly and covered their eyes as Haru didn't answer before raising his hand in the direction of the enemy camp.
[Scorching earth]
[Fireball]
[Howling wind]
[Acid rain]
[meteor shower]
Haru used five spells simultaneously as he imbued them all with Qi to amplify their effectiveness before directing all of the attacks onto the camp.
First, a wall of fire began to surround the camp shooting up from the floor and blocking the escape for all of the soldiers inside, which was soon followed by a fireball the size of a large house that shot down from the sky before striking the centre of the camp.
A large gust of wind shot into the camp, which only served the purpose of making the fire burn hotter than it usually would and just as the fire started to die down, a dark green cloud formed over the camp and began to rain highly corrosive acid all over the survivors and the structures that they had built.
Screams could be heard in all directions as hundreds of people died from the various attacks that Haru had launched before a stream of minor asteroids hammered down on the area to make sure that no one survived.
He didn't want the demon clan to get word that he was there since he knew that if they found out that Haru was still on earth, they would call in more backup to get revenge on what happened during the fight in shanghai and the only way to do that was by wiping out anyone who might be in contact with them.
"W-what?! What kind of monster are you? How did you do that!?" Kazuo asked as he was the only one who witnessed the power that Haru had just displayed.
'It would have been easier to wipe them out with Kun's fire, but I feel like they might be able to sense something like that since it's a rare bloodline.' Haru thought as he took a few steps towards Kazuo before placing his hand on his head.
"This might hurt a little," Haru said as he used his consciousness to search deep within Kazuo's soul to try to find a memory he had of the place where they were holding his wife. A few seconds went by before the memory of Kazuo laying on the floor in a dark room quickly came towards Haru, and he instantly knew everything he needed to before vanishing from the battlefield without so much as saying another word to anyone.