Against The Eternity Chapter 91: [90] Chapter - 55: First Group (Part - 2/2)

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[90] Chapter - 55: First Group (Part - 2/2) Eklavya slowed as he approached the location marked on the map and gradually reduced his speed until his movements became almost imperceptible. By the time he was only a few trees away from the enemy group, he had already concealed his presence completely. His breathing grew faint, his aura suppressed to the point where even a trained cultivator would struggle to sense him. From his position behind the thick trunk of an ancient tree, he carefully observed the area ahead. Between the trees lay a small clearing where the forest canopy opened just enough to allow dim light to reach the ground. Five men from the Falling Leaf Sect were gathered there. They had built a small fire using dry twigs and scattered pieces of wood collected from the forest floor. The flames flickered weakly in the restless wind, casting dancing shadows across their faces and armour. The men appeared relaxed, speaking quietly among themselves as if they believed this part of the forest to be safe. After a short while, one of the men pushed himself up from where he had been sitting. He stretched his arms above his head and rolled his shoulders, clearly tired from long hours of searching. With slow steps, he walked away from the fire, moving a little farther from the group and disappearing partially among the surrounding trees, unaware that someone far more dangerous than the forest itself was already watching him. Eklavya stepped lightly onto the next branch, shifting closer to the clearing. Now, only a single tree separated him from the group below. From this position, he could clearly see the flickering fire, the scattered shadows, and the men sitting around it, unaware of the danger watching them from the darkness above. The wind brushed through the branches, carrying the faint smell of burning wood and smoke upward toward him. Calmly, he raised his hand toward the centre of his forehead. His fingers moved slightly, as if guiding something that existed beyond ordinary sight. A moment later, the demonic needle emerged from the space between his eyebrows. The thin weapon appeared almost like a fragment of darkness itself, hovering silently in the air before him. Eklavya’s hand shifted with precise control, directing the needle toward its target. Then, with a subtle flick of his fingers, the weapon shot forward. The moment it launched, the air around it bent violently. A sharp crack tore through the silence as the needle ripped through the atmosphere at terrifying speed. In the blink of an eye, it crossed the clearing and struck its target. The weapon pierced straight through the chest of one of the two-star Master Warriors, passing through his body as if resistance did not exist. The attack was so sudden, so impossibly fast, that none of the others even had time to react before the man’s body jerked and collapsed beside the dying fire. For a brief moment, the clearing froze in stunned silence. Then the remaining warriors sprang to their feet. Three of them immediately dashed several steps backwards, drawing their swords from their sheaths with sharp metallic sounds. Their eyes scanned the surrounding trees, searching for the unseen attacker. One of them, a five-star Master Warrior, stepped forward slightly, his voice filled with anger and disbelief as he shouted into the dark forest. “Who dares to attack us?!” Eklavya stepped forward and dropped lightly from the branch above, landing a short distance in front of them. His feet touched the ground without a sound, as though the forest itself had accepted his presence. At the same time, his fingers made a subtle pulling motion, and the demonic needle that had just claimed its first victim curved through the air and returned to him, hovering above his palm as it slowly revolved like a silent predator waiting for its next strike. “It was me.” The remaining warriors finally saw him clearly. A mask covered his face, dark and unmistakable—the same mask they had seen illus