Hitman with a Badass System

"The bat is using some kind of noise to move around," said Sarba. He heard a low-pitched whistling noise coming from the bat. Because Michael was born on earth, he knew about bats. Of course, he didn't do masters on bats, but he knew enough to know the bats navigate using echolocation by emitting high-frequency sound pulses through their mouth or nose and listening to the echo.

"Wait a minute. I have an idea," Ayag quickly lifted her head from his armor.

"Grgghh," Ayag growled as though she was trying to belch out something. Michael knew what she was trying to do and gave her the time. He fired flame waves to keep the bat away from him. It took Ayag a few minutes to produce a sonic wave. Michael only saw a ripple in the air but didn't hear anything. However, the bat screeched. It sounded like it was in sudden pain. The bat dived down clumsily. The sonic waves messed up with its high-frequency sound pulses.

"Fuck yeah. It worked," Ayag shouted with excitement.

Michael used this opportunity. He immediately fired a bolt of lightning that hit the bat right in his belly. The bat screamed in pain. Blood spurted out from its belly. However, the abt's skin was surprisingly tough. Even Michael's black lightning bolt was able to penetrate the skin a couple of inches. Michael hit the bat a couple of more times. Unfortunately, when he tried to fly closer and use the dark flames, the bat steadied itself. It quickly flew away from Michael. Meanwhile, Ayag jumped back on Michael's shoulder. Her eyes glimmered with excitement and confidence. This was the first time in a long time Ayag felt such excitement. It felt like something awakened inside her.

"Come here, you fucking overgrown rodent," Ayag shouted. The bat returned her snicker with a roar. It kept flying around Michael, hissing like a snake. Since the bat had recovered from the sonic wave's effect, it managed to evade Michael's lightning bolts.

"Get me closer to the bat," Ayag ordered Michael. He liked the confidence in Ayag's tone. Granted, Michael could have found a weakness using the system and killed it even without the system. However, now he wanted Vedora to fight the bat. He would provide the needed support. Michael flew behind the bat faster than before. The bat was fast, but Michael was faster. If Michael wanted to close the gap between them, he could have done it. Considering Vedora had to fight the bat, Michael kept a safe distance.

Keeping Vedroa safe while battling the bat was Michael's first priority. The bat flapped its wings as hard as it could to boost forward. Any normal man would see nothing but a blur in the sky because of the bat's speed.

"Just a bit closer," Ayag said. Her throat radiated a dim glow. In a blink of an eye, Michael closed the gap between them as Ayag opened her mouth, firing a sonic wave. The bat screeched as it knew what was about to happen. Compared to earlier, Ayag's second sonic wave was a couple of times stronger. The sonic wave immediately disoriented the bat. It groaned, flying clumsily in the air. To Michael's surprise, Ayag quickly shot another sonic wave. As a result, the bat almost fell down from the sky. Michael turned his gaze toward Sarba and Cain, expecting them to do something. Contrary to his expectation, they did nothing. Hence, Michael had to finish the bat. He couldn't drag the battle for long because of the other monsters around them. The arch energy crystals and pills in his storage weren't unlimited. While the bat was clumsily flying around, Michael raised his hand as a bolt of lightning shot out of his fingertips. The lightning bolt hit the bat in the wings. He aimed the bat's wings as which seemed the softest part of its body.

The lightning bolts created several holes in the wings. Soon, the bat started to roar in agony. He quickly flew closer to the bat and cast the ring of fire once again. Thanks to Ayag's disorienting sonic waves, the bat couldn't escape the flame waves. The dark flames burnt its wings. Smoke radiated from its body, along with the smell of burning air. Michael quickly jumped on the bat's body and grabbed its half-burnt wings.

The bat screeched as though it was trying to call for help. Ayag seemed exhausted after producing three consecutive sonic waves. Three was her limit. Luckily, Michael did not need Ayag's help anymore. He grabbed the bat's wings and pulled them toward him. The bat screeched as Michael slowly ripped its wings. Blood spurted out from the joint where the wings met its body.

Even Michael couldn't rip its wings off so easily. His muscles and veins under the skin bulged up. He could toss a stone weighing a ton simply but had a difficult time ripping off its wings. The bat flew backward and upside down to shake him off, yet Michael stood firmly on its back. Eventually, the wings slowly started to come off of its back. The blood spurted out of its back stank to high heaven. Finally, Michael let out a roar as he tore off the bat's wings completely. The bat roared in pain as blood oozed down. Without its wings, the bat lost control of its body. It began to dive down toward the ocean, but Michael grabbed the bat by its neck and flew upward. The bat's eyes burned with rage. It tried to rip Michael apart with its claws. Michael let go of its neck and grabbed the bat's claws. The two of them made direct eye contact. Unlike the bat, Michael's eyes were as calm as still water. He just had a smile on his face. Michael locked his hands with the bat's claws, slowly squeezing its claws. Ayag hissed as she heard a sickening crunching noise coming from the bat's claws. Michael crushed the claws with his bare hand to make the bat suffer. He was simply annoyed by the bat.

Suddenly, Michael's eyes turned pitch black as the dark beams shot out from his eyes. The bat finally stopped moving. In its head were two large holes where the dark beams went through. Michael looked at the bat from head to toe as the dark beams cut the bat in half. He tossed one half into the sky above, quickly cut a chunk of flesh, and scooped up a blood sample from the other. By the time the second half of the bat reached him, he cast the ring of fire to burn the body to ashes.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a Fusion Stage level 5 monster. The reward is 500,000 Experience points and 10,000 Badass points]  He heard the system's voice in his mind.

Before Michael could rejoice about the experience points, he noticed another bat flying toward him. Looking at the bat, Ayag slowly raised her head.

"I'll take care of it," Michael simply said. He was nonchalant. Slowly, the area around Michael darkened.

He waited for the bat to come closer, and when it did, Michael cast the Silenes spell to slow down the time itself around him. The bat didn't even realize it was trapped in a time-slowing bubble. Michael immediately cast Ignitia, the ring of fire and eyes of doom at the same time. He went all in to finish the bat. All the spells hit the bat, ending its life in an instant. His power almost reached the peak of the Immortal stage. The bat simply stood no chance against Michael. Plus, it was trapped in a time-slowing bubble where the bat couldn't react in time to avoid the spells.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a Fusion Stage level 6 monster. The reward is 500,000 Experience points and 20,000 Badass points]

Even Sarba and Ayag were surprised by what just happened. One moment the bat was reaching out to claw Michael, and the next, it fell down, burnt, and cut. After Michael had killed the bat, he sensed several monsters moving away from him. They were intelligent enough to back off. The cloud of darkness freaked out the weak-willed monsters. They may have been strong in terms of cultivation, but they possessed a weak resolve to fight. Hence, they flew away from Michael when they saw the cloud of darkness. Instead of chasing them down, Michael continued to head toward the demons grave. If he wasted his energy hunting them down, he would be at a disadvantage after entering the demons grave. Judging by the monsters he had faced till now, he could only imagine how powerful the monsters inside the demons grave would be.

Michael cracked his neck before heading out. He slowly flew toward his destination, enjoying the sight. After three days, he had grown accustomed to the eerie red atmosphere and the monsters lurking under the sea. The following day was uneventful. He faced a couple of monsters, but they all ran away after sensing his power. At the end of the fourth day, Michael noticed a tear on the horizon. The realm tear glowed like a bright green star on the red horizon. According to the map, the realm tear was still two days' journey ahead of him. He stopped in the sky to look at it for a few moments. Even from miles away, Michael was able to sense a strange energy radiation from the realm tear. This feeling was similar. It was the same energy radiation he felt inside the shadow realm.

Now that Michael had seen his destination, he increased his speed. While flying toward the realm tear, Michael wondered how's Gaya was doing with the dwarves and their new weapons. Vedora fell asleep without a worry in the world. The hydra felt safe with Michael. At that moment, neither of them had an idea about the connection between hydras and the demons grave. They only considered the part demon in the name demons grave and ignored the grave part. They were in for a surprise inside the demons grave. Having no idea about the things waiting for them inside the realm, Michael and Vedora flew towards it.