After scanning the area for a while and he was still not able to find the suspect, Jason stood up as he said out loud.
"Since you have the nerves to attack me, I don't see any reason for you to hide or are you scared of me".
"Stop living in dreams boy and face reality, this is called testing the field" replied Fred as he came out of his hiding.
Looking at Fred as he stood on a tree while still wearing a hood, Jason was all frowning as he begin to access the young man before him.
"He seems to be in the fourth stage of the foundation realm just like you but he's much more stronger compare to you" said the bracelet after he was done analyzing Fred.
"It doesn't matter if he is a lot stronger than me as long as he dare attack me when I least expected it, he will surely pay for it" replied Jason.
"I am surprised that you could dodge that attack even when you are unaware of my existence" said Fred with a smile as he look at Jason like a superior being who is looking at his subject from above.
"Did those weak fools hire you to get rid of me since they are unable to" asked Jason with a frown on his face.
"Oh please let's not talk about them, I am here on my own accord" replied Fred with a laugh.
"Then what business do I have with you for you to attack me" asked Jason.
"Hahaha, you can call me Fred, I am a member of the phoenix family" replied Fred.
"Oh now I see where this whole thing is going, are you here on the behalf of that useless thing known as Sam" said Jason when he heard the family name.
"I was thinking of just taking your life without you feeling any pain but after listening to what you have to say about Sam, I am going to torment you that you would even be begging for death" replied Fred angrily.
"Please do as you feel like doing but that is if you can do more than what your fellow useless family member couldn't and prove me wrong that you people are not useless" said Jason with a light laugh.
"That is it boy, I hope your fist is as strong as your mouth mouth" roar Fred as he charges at Jason.
Letting out a deep breath, Jason swung the halberd at Fred who let out a smirk as he twisted his body before slashing his sword down on the halberd as Jason was pushed backward. After being pushed back by Fred's attack, Jason let out a smile as he mutter to himself.
"Guess I've found myself a difficult opponent this time around".
Seeing that Jason was able to stand his ground after their first strike, Fred expression change as he was wondering how Jason was able to take an attack from him when he is in the third stage of the foundation realm but unknowing to him, Jason has already made a breakthrough not quite long.
"It must be a fluke" Thought Fred as he charge at him once more while slashing his blade swiftly as Jason did his best to avoid getting cut by the sword but no matter how hard he tries to avoid the sword, he was still unable to avoid some strike from cutting him and he has no choice but to distance himself from Fred as to catch his breath.
Taking a look at his body and seeing that his robe has already been turned to rag with blood staining some part, Jason couldn't help but say to Fred.
"I have to give it to you that you are stronger than Sam but do you have to go that far as to damage my robe or is there something else you wanted to see".
"If you can just stand still and let me give you a good cut in the head, I will be so happy" replied Fred with a twitched face.
"I am sorry to disappoint you but I don't plan on dying here today" said Jason as he grip the halberd tightly before dashing at Fred but before he could get close to where he was standing, Fred suddenly disappeared only to appear behind Jason as he let out a slash but Jason was able to deflect the attack as he swings the halberd once more at him, only for Fred to disappear again and the moment he appeared this time around, he was able to slash Jason in the leg before pulling back with a smile on his face.
"It is such a shame that your fist is not as strong as your mouth was" said Fred.
"You were just lucky with that attack so I don't see a reason why you should be so happy like you have achieved something big" replies Jason with a mockery laugh.
Fred let out a scoffed as he went from one tree to another as he tries to confuse Jason and after something of moving around the place, Fred sprint forward in great speed as he slash his sword forward at Jason who has his back to him but before the sword could get to him, Jason lifted the halberd as he stopped the attack before throwing a fist at him and seeing Jason using his fist, Fred quickly let out a punch of his own but letting regretted the idea as he was sent crashing into a tree.
Removing the stain of blood from the edge of his mouth as he pushed himself out of the tree while charging forward at Jason in rage, Fred threw a kick at him while Jason use his hand as a shield to protect himself from the attack. They continue with their exchange for a long time with Jason getting the end of the stick as he was knocked back with a kick.
"I have to admit that you are really good to be able to hold on until now" said Fred with a smile.
"And I am quite disappointed on the phoenix family for them to send someone as useless as you to finish with Sam could not" replied Jason as he spat some blood to the side.
"You are calling me useless when you could barely stand your ground, is this you saying your last word" said Fred as he let out a laugh.
"You are the one who is about to die and when you do, please say hello to Sam for me" replied Jason with a cunning smile.
After saying those words, Jason quickly activated the lightning boot while looking at Fred before kicking off as he rush at him in a lightning speed.
"So fast" said Fred in astonishment as he was knocked to the side.
Crashing into a tree after taking a kick from Jason, Fred was just about to get out of the tree but before he could, Jason has already appeared in front of him with a smile that say "I told you so" as he punched him causing him to break through the already damaged tree and crashed into another one while letting out a mouthful of blood in the process.
"Why didn't they tell me about him having this insane power, now I have not even used my technique but has already been turned into a sorry state" mutter Fred as he struggles to get out of the tree.
"Where is the smile you have on your face earlier" asked Jason as he smashed him flying back once again.
After beating him to some extent, Jason quickly picked him up from the ground as he looked at Fred's dead eyes before saying.
"If you were giving the grace to reincarnate again, try not to mess with someone you know nothing about". After saying those words, Jason gather some energy into his fist before punching Fred in the face as his hand went through while opening a big hole in the head.
After defeating Fred, Jason was just about to take his hand off when the blood begin to flow from Fred body as it went through his hand before going round his body and that is when he realized that the strang technique has activated as he began to grit his teeth together as he tried to stop himself from screaming out of pain and after he was done absorbing the whole energy, Jason suddenly fall on the ground powerless as he tries to catch his breath.
"Are you okay" asked the bracelet seeing Jason in this weak state.
"Yeah I am fine, it's just that the pain seems to be getting strong when it has been used on stronger cultivators" replied Jason.
"So what are you going to do about his body" asked the bracelet as he was referring to Fred's body.
"If the phoenix family did not get a reply from Fred after somedays, they will assume that he is dead and will send a stronger opponent next time, so I am going to hide it away from the Fox family" replied Jason.