"You idiots mortals!" A distorted voice of a human, with a bloody gash on his chest, sounded. On his forehead, a golden rune pulsed, enveloping the world’s light with its presence.
At the same time, the dwarf rose covered in wounds. He spat out a mouthful of blood, and a similar rune appeared on his forehead. The golden covered the bodies of both the dwarf and the human; in a second, all their wounds closed and their bodies radiated a bloody intent.
Whoosh!
A wave of heat and Qi spread in all directions; a divine and bestial creature emerged. It was a majestic fire serpent, with a body that stretched for tens of meters, appearing in the middle of the forest. Its body pulsed enveloped by white flames, which emanated a sacred Yang attribute; despite the heat, it didn’t burn the forest and the plants around it.
Clamoi assumed her true form; when she activated her entire bloodline, it seemed like thousands of fiery eyes opened around her. The legends of the Yangta say that she lives in the forest, cultivating with the Qi of nature and acting as its protector. Her flames defy natural laws, being the most powerful and, at the same time, only burning enemies.
The whale and the three just watched in silence. The divine beast also activated a golden rune in the middle of its upper scales. The three healed quickly, and now they had no more intentions of underestimating the enemy.
"Wait!" Azja ran and activated her golden rune, trying to stop the three about to attack. "These three have our bloodlines, they are part of the family branch of the planet. We who attacked first, we must talk."
"Get out of the way, girl." The elf’s voice sounded beside Azja.
She turned to him bewildered; did they really think they could defeat them?
"You guys are talented, but you only managed to do that because the three of them weren’t serious! Don’t be arrogant; listen to me, I can still fix this." The elf spoke seriously.
Loeus descended from the sky next to Corin, and both of them smirked sarcastically. Azja saw this and was about to speak again, but the two drew their weapons. The human wielded a sword seemingly made of a common mortal material. The ’elf,’ on the other hand, drew a spear, both weapons as mundane as possible.
But... a rune appeared in the middle of their weapons. Suddenly, the air became sharp, and they pointed forward.
’Divine power... is being suppressed!’ Azja saw a sharp energy coming from the weapons cutting through the golden power; that could definitely kill them.
Slow footsteps sounded from behind the elf; she turned and saw the human approaching. Suddenly, Azja took a staggering step back and almost fell on her butt due to shock. The human smiled maliciously; on her forehead, a golden rune identical to the four appeared.
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"Clowns... came to cause trouble for my master? Let’s play a little..."
Her words sounded slowly, in the next second the rune on her forehead pulsed emitting a bright light like a beacon. The four felt their own runes being countered and widened their eyes. This woman... her power was not inferior to theirs in absolutely anything.
Loeus and Corin roared simultaneously, turning the space inside out.
A Yang tattoo lit up on Loeus’s fist, his whole body resonated, and his thin bloodline seemed to multiply his power hundreds of times. Clamoi looked at the human in complete despair; he clearly had her bloodline, but it was so thin that it was barely noticeable that he wasn’t a pure human. But... why did his Yang seem inferior to his?
Beside him, Corin nodded, and infinite runes with seven different laws circulated around him. His body and muscles crackled; with just this movement, everyone felt how terrible his physique was. Azja felt even more clearly the bloodline of the High Elves Litharion; he was definitely one of them. But... how could an elf cultivate all the natural laws and still have such a powerful physique? That went against the entire essence of an elf.
Ruri waved her katana and mental power. The three unleashed the power of their weapons, and the runic seal on them became apparent to the four. They immediately recognized it; the dwarf Mocel almost dropped his jaw.
"That’s a weapon with the Forge God’s seal! Where did you get that?!" the dwarf roared, pointing at the three.
"Our weapons? We have a high dwarf blacksmith to support us." Ruri smiled and spoke sarcastically. "We’re all protectors and devotees to our god and master. Are you going to kick them out of here, or are you going to bow down and beg for forgiveness? Choose!"
The dwarf and the other three were petrified by this information. A high dwarf made the weapons? A disciple of the Forge God? Their minds couldn’t reason properly.
The human named Fuzyu quickly cleared his mind thanks to his elevated mental power. He drew another short sword and showed no intention of backing down. "Foolish mortals, do you know who the four families are? Do you think yourselves great? That ridiculous whale and this so-called God?"
The three almost chuckled, provoking a disgusted expression from the four. Corin put his hand on his belly and let out a laugh. "Idiots, we’re being kind and kicking you out at the same time as we exercise. If he acts, you’ll simply disappear; it won’t be fun."
The dwarf Mocel took a step forward with his hammer, radiating an endless killing intent. "Great, great. Let’s purge the bastards from our families; acting against superiors is considered a sin deserving death. I saw a distant city, such a prominent high dwarf can only have my divine bloodline; I’ll settle things with him too later."
Extreme malice ran through the three young ones from the families. Ruri, Corin, and Loeus didn’t back down. Ruri’s hero rune power, combined with the runic seals of the weapons, could suppress their three runes. The runic seal of the weapons was single-use, but a single full move was enough; they were all used to fighting on the brink.
Azja immediately grasped the intentions of the three young ones from the families, stunned. Clearly, they felt inferior in every way. The other two weren’t awakened Empyreans, but that could be rectified by their families. If these young ones, with nearly the same age and cultivation as theirs, emerged in the families, their positions would be threatened.
"You..." The elf twisted her face. For the families, a new talented youth was cause for celebration, as their glory would spread. But they didn’t care about their families, only about themselves.
She immediately turned to the distant whale. He had an indifferent look, as if commanding everything and not caring. That meant his subordinates still had many more things hidden.
"Damn it." She spat dryly, then a golden crystal appeared in her hand.
Crack!
She shattered the crystal, the three heard and felt the fluctuations from it. They just smirked sarcastically. "It will take a minute for the emergency portal to be created. We have enough to kill them."
Clamoi said dryly, but there was no hatred or greed in her words. She looked at the human with his thin bloodline and there was only a lack of willingness in her. If she were kicked out of her position... them being of opposite genders... her future was clear. She didn’t want to submit easily like that; she’d rather die fighting.
Meanwhile, the human Fuzyu was the complete opposite; he was so excited he wanted to jump. A woman with his bloodline, and still as beautiful as a fairy. He would subdue her, not kill her; he would definitely take her with him to the family. His eyes measured and passed over Ruri eagerly.
The whale looked at the three satisfied, everything was going as planned. Such a small investigation mission could only be assigned to inferior elders, or promising young ones from the families as a test. Luckily, the young ones came, just beat them and wait for the elders to arrive.
Suddenly, the whale’s eyes froze. He sensed the clear intentions of the Moonlight human, and Ruri quickly felt the same. Suddenly, a real killing intent surged within her.
’Shit, she’s not going to hold back! She’s going to kill him mercilessly!’ Bruno spoke, stunned.
Alm spoke clearly, irritated. ’Just cut off his balls, I want to see him being so virile without them.’
Ruri’s katana pulsed and space distorted. A violet lotus emerged around her, her golden power mixed with the lotus creating phenomena and images like a shadow behind her. She was almost spitting flames and definitely not going to hold back.
As for the four from the families, they looked at the shadow behind her and their hearts beat like drums. "This... the manifestation... impossible!" Fuzyu let out in trembling words.
Alm and Bruno heard that and felt that something new was happening with Ruri’s power. They didn’t notice anything different in that shadow, it seemed just a ripple without power. But they didn’t exactly know the difference between a Hero and an Empyrean; that should be a sign of something good. With the four going to the families, it was a great opportunity to gather information about it.
BOOM!
Without any warning or fluctuation, Ruri attacked with the spatial shadow. To the relief of Alm and Bruno, she turned the blade of the katana and struck. This peculiar weapon had only one sharpened side, the other side without the edge caused blunt damage, but didn’t cut.
The world turned violet and an explosion followed by the sound of bones being destroyed in the most violent way possible echoed. They saw a human figure rolling and destroying the ground for several meters without stopping. His blood sprayed everywhere, there were no intact bones in him anymore, and his body was twisted like a meatball as he rolled.
At the same time, a sword cut through the firmament. Pure Yang seemed to cover Loeus as if it were one with him. Clamoi saw him cutting in her direction and a mortal premonition struck her.
Whooosh!
All of his bloodline power was burned, the beastly snake roared, and a sea of white flames rushed toward the human. But, contrary to logic... he kept advancing... no! he simply passed through the Yang flames as if they were a warm, refreshing breeze.
"His body wasn’t affected... he... he has a pure Yang body!!!" The Yangta woman spoke in total disbelief.
CRACK!!
The divine beast was directly cut. Its scales shattered, and its body almost exploded in blood, flying away, curling its body like a mediocre serpent with no defense whatsoever. It was a serious and humiliating injury, but not lethal.
Azja saw the two fall in one motion and then felt a violent tremor in the earth that almost made her fall. She looked at a point and saw Mocel on his knees... he was covered in infinite runes of multiple colors. There were so many that only his eyes could be seen; his entire body was sealed as if...
"He can use all elements at the same time without any deviation?!" The elf murmured disbelievingly.
CRACK!
Corin kicked the dwarf’s chest. It was a slow and gentle movement, but it made the dwarf shoot out blood. His entire metallic body was shattered, and the region of his chest turned to dust. His body was even more powerful than his elemental talents.
Alm and Bruno didn’t even look at Corin. He managed to complete the Strength and Flesh Training of physical cultivation in a short time. Only the Viscera Training was left for him to complete the first level, but that would consume a lot of Qi. It was better for him to continue in the future, stealing the family’s resources.
But even with that, combined with the power of his bloodline that internally created a small elemental armor in his muscles, he was physically more powerful than the whale when they were on the same level. Of course, Alm and Bruno had the power of earth and bloodline to add to their physique. Going all out, their physique was much more defensive and heavy; increasing brute power. Corin had a physique more geared toward being flexible and agile, they were different.
The whale’s eyes were fixed on Ruri. She gripped her katana tightly, her gaze emanating intense killing intent. But to their relief, she didn’t allow her emotions to take over.
’Phew... it seems like she really has grown. If it were when she was 17, there wouldn’t be any chance of her not trying to kill him,’ Bruno said relieved.
Alm sighed and looked up at her, something strange passed through him. ’We were very straightforward about how they should act, she wouldn’t dare to go against our orders. She has grown and is now reliable, great.’
After he said that, they felt a fluctuation. Four spatial distortions appeared on the horizon, and four spatial channels materialized.
’They’ve arrived, right on time,’ Bruno said, and with the whale, he waved upward.
Immediately, almost a million warriors emerged from all directions. A massive army covered the horizon and surrounded the three wounded with sharp blades touching their throats.
The atmosphere of the entire sacred forest grew cold, and the smell of blood covered everything. Azja remembered those hundred from the beginning and what they felt coming from them. Now almost a million emerged, and their wills to fight were ignited to the limit. Everyone wanted to fight to the death, and their wills combined. The elf couldn’t move a single muscle, and there was certainly a sharp spear pointed directly at her head from behind.