Harry summoned soul energy as much as he can and then.
'soul barrier'.
This technique was something that he practiced with gracie. His mastery over it was about to be 100%.
This was one of the basic yet fundamental technique that every soul cultivater needs to know.
Soul barrier not only defends against soul or physical attacks but also counter with passive soul attack.
As the beast collided with the barrier, it shattered, soul energy bursting in air. But it took. Beasts momentum with itself.
And the leftover soul energy attacked the beast.
Making it insane, unable to think.
But Harry's soul cultivation was no match to the beast. It gained it's intelligence back but with that came a chilling pain. Because Harry had already thrusted his sword back in it's butt.
The beast was dying from hunger, fat works as an energy source but there was nothing left now its skin was getting consumed.
This time beast didn't make any more attacking moves. It looked at Harry with cute eyes. But it was nowhere looked cute with it's skin tightly stuck to it's bones.
"You have last chance" Harry said and Started forced soul contract.
Harry clapsed his hand in frustration.
"Darn it, it's still not working" but beast was not denying anything.
'Should i kill him, he will definitely make me breakthrough in soul cultivation' but he rejected the idea.
There must be special rewards for stablishing a soul contract.
He set the same condition that he set with John with some twicks.
[I will follow all orders from master Harry, I won't Hurt him or his friends, In exchange the master will help me remove the sword]
Harry didn't know if the beast will understand any conditions.
But the beast saw in front of him with sparkling eyes.
He tried to make a cute woof sound.
But it wasn't cute at all.
[The contract has been stablished, Any breach in contract will come with it's consequences]
Harry and beast both heard same thing at same time.
With that his Qi energy started increasing and he reached Qi cultivation level 3.
"So one reward was instant level up." He dismissed the screen, he didn't have much time to see what other rewards were.
Harry remembers what that consequence would be if he doesn't fulfill his side of conditions, He will lose control of his soul.
He removed the sword and put it back in system space.
We will leave bodies for you to eat, you go hide somewhere, I will come back and take you with me.
The beast again woofed.
"Stop acting, I know how shrewd you are" Harry said and rushed to his friends.
He knew a beast who eats it's own family can't be cute.
Harry took Qi replenishment pills. His Qi was almost depleted, with a burst of energy the pill dissolved giving a soothing feel.
As Harry left the area, a proud and dangerous aura erupted from the wolf.
"You fool, I will definitely kill you one day with these claws of royal alpha wolf". But then a mind boggling pain came to him. Both physical and soul tearing.
His soul was also hurt. He waited for some time and drifted in darkness to find smaller prey to eat and regain his healing skill.
Harry reached his friends, saw Tyler with a lost limb still fighting with the last pair of beasts.
He was still gliding through beasts with Eldrich's sword in his hands, making shallow cuts and dealing damage bit by bit.
Eldrich and Nephis were already lying on the ground drenched in blood. He wasn't sure whose blood was it.
Gracie was somewhat looking in good condition but she too had scars all over her torn clothes.
Harry rushed towards the last two beasts, when Tyler killed the beast in front of him ignoring another beast.
As the beast was about to land a hit, Harry used a sword to block it.
"What are you doing, you wanna die". Harry said. Throwing the beast aside then made a slice across its neck.
[Congratulations....]
[+1000 Exp]
Harry saw it flustered, this was Elemental master lvl 2 beast and when he killed one last time it gave him 20,000 Exp and it has already dwindled to 1000.
He put his black long sword back.
when he saw Tyler in trouble, he knew he couldn't take chances so he used the sword that could give him maximum power.
Well who cares he had already used it against the beast.
But one thing was different, it was his first time when he killed someone with that sword.
Harry backed away from the beast's body and saw towards Tyler. He was grinning for some reason.
"What do you think I am, I am no lesser than a cockroach" Tyler mocked.
Harry ignored his blabbering and checked his half cut hand. It was severed from biceps.
For some reason the blood was not coming out.
Not only that but a skin already formed to cover injury.
"You got healing" Harry blurted.
Tyler nodded in response and winked. Then he went to Eldrich and Nephis. He put his hands where the energy was most severe.
But nothing happened, then he sighed and tried for some time.
"Not this way"
"Neither this"
"It should be like that"
And then after some tries white flakes started coming out of his only hand and the injuries started healing.
After healing both, he lay on the ground, "I am out of energy I can't use healing anymore".
Harry still had some injuries, his healing was nowhere close to Tyler's. He also can't heal others like Tyler.
But that's the difference, his healing was roundabout skill while Tyler's element was solely based on healing.
Gracie also sat down.
"It was our lapse of judgement, if that person wouldn't have come out of nowhere we would be good as dead." Gracie said.
Hearing it Harry remembered something.
'Oh shit, I used the soul judgement sword in front of him, was it the reason he abandoned him?, no Aiden said not many people remember it nowadays, but what if?'
Not another enemy, he was already an enemy of the Edward family and if the soul clan gets to know about it, what were the chances he would survive against a powerhouse which was already against the whole world.
Well that person said something about recruiting him.
"Was he following him, all along" a fear settled in his heart.
"Did he also notice me using the soul eater skill" Harry just sighed, there was no meaning contemplating all these things.
....
In a part of the jungle.
Two injured men stood close to each other.
"He was hard to kill, so many artifacts he had, he was definitely an artifact seller" one of them said,
And continued "But why are you injured".
"What?, am I just looking injured, if I wouldn't have run that beast would have killed me" he said and then explained everything.
"You said when you were running, you saw him use an ominous sword, what makes a soul cultivater feel ominous" he chuckled.
"I don't, I have killed many people but when I saw the sword i felt like..like.. it would swallow my soul".
"I have seen it somewhere in records, I just need to verify".