Mira was shocked when she felt chills passing through her skin the moment Damien's bright purple lightning turned into eerie jet-black lightning.
It was not just the total change in the aura that shocked her but also the drastic increase in the sheer power of his lightning that even began to push back her flames.
"You are done," Damien mumbled as he lowered one of his arms, and just by using one hand, he unleashed a powerful blast of jet-black lightning that annihilated her dark blue flames instantly and struck her body.
"Hmph!" Mira stood in the same spot, unfazed as those jet-black lighting struck her body, but not even an inch of her body was scarred. However, her face was dark, and her expression contorted in shame and anger, not expecting to lose so easily, especially before her Master.
Now wouldn't she think less of her and more of him?
Damien was not surprised to see her remain unfazed since her body was too strong for his lightning to affect her.
"Impressive…You won…" Akira mumbled with a surprised look as she walked over. She couldn't believe that he, who was only at the fourth level of the Heaven Ethereal Realm, was effectively able to defeat Mira if she had the same cultivation as him.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64ce79d606107d003c23ea27", id: "pf-5140-1"})Mira didn't notice, but Akira had actually lowered her suppression over Mira's nethereal energy to let her effective nethereal strength be at the fourth level of the Heaven Nethereal Realm. She did this right as Damien's lightning changed its aura completely to see how powerful his nethereal energy was.
And her findings were that he was a monster of a genius! She knew Mira was a gifted genius who could even take on those having stronger cultivations than her but even then, Damien easily dispelled her flames at the same level.
This made her realize how vast Damien's true potential could be, and she felt even more proud of her nephew.
"Your control over your lightning is impressive. Who taught you? I can't think of anyone in the place you came from to be capable enough to teach you how to control such a wild and powerful seed," Akira asked with a subtle look of disbelief.
Damien had never struggled to control his lightning. It just came naturally to him, while Luna gave him guidance to improve further.
But since he can't talk about Luna, he gave her the half-truth, "I never thought it was hard to learn to control it. The first time I manifested my lightning, I already felt as if it was part of me. I thought this was normal. Is it not?"
Mira harrumphed from the side while Akira smiled and placed her hand on his shoulder as she looked up at him, "It is not normal. Lightning is a very difficult element to gain control over, even for humans. But since you had it so easy, it means you were born a prodigy where your lightning seed was already in complete harmony with your energy. If only your father was alive, he would have laughed like a maniac to have such a prodigy as his son," Akira's expression became doleful for a moment as she thought of the past briefly.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "64cc9e79c7059f003e4ad4b0", id: "pf-5109-1"})Damien also felt regretful that he might never get to experience how it feels like to make his father happy.
But looking at his aunt, he said as he held her hands, "Me too, but you are here, and that is more than I ever dreamed of."
"Damien…" Akira mumbled with a moved expression as she leaned in to give him a warm hug.
Damien's body became awkwardly stiff as her big round breasts were pressing against his chest and making him feel things he shouldn't.
"I used to carry you always as a baby and you always slept peacefully against my chest. Even now…I could feel the same warmth from your body," Akira said in a low voice as she reminisced.
"No wonder I felt your aura familiar as well when I met you here for the first time," Damien said with a subtle smile as he embraced her, feeling lucky to have at least one family member to look out for him.
He also realized that she was fond of hugging to show her affection, though he felt he had to get used to this to not let his thoughts stray.
window.pubfuturetag = window.pubfuturetag || [];window.pubfuturetag.push({unit: "663633fa8ebf7442f0652b33", id: "pf-8817-1"})Mira had a stupefied look seeing the feared and powerful Night Raven showing such a soft and gentle side to someone. Nobody, not even her could imagine such a sight in her dreams.
However, this made her realize how much her Master cared about Damien, and she had no doubt that she would continue to pamper him whenever she could. She felt that this was natural, but still, he looked like a human and had lived among humans all these years. She still couldn't accept this.
"You can have some rest now, Damien. You haven't been able to catch your breath since you came to our world. I will check on you later," Akira said as she gave him a peck on his cheek before walking away.
Damien unconsciously touched his cheek, still feeling the sensation of her soft, luscious lips linger on his skin.
"I sensed your libido spike just now. Do you really want to make her your woman? I won't judge if you really want to. Thinking about it, her intact nethereal essence could boost your cultivation to a great extent. But would you be willing to break the moral shackles of your world for the pursuit of love?" Luna teased, knowing that the world where Damien's mindset was molded in a world where incest was considered taboo. Even in the Rising Sun Continent, only marriages between cousins were allowed. Any relations closer than cousins were considered against the law.
Damien didn't know if he should feel surprised or not to hear that this aunt was still a virgin. He had already learned that his aunt was 1300 years old and couldn't imagine how such a beautiful woman like her never took on a suitor. Or was it that she couldn't find the right person?
Other than that, he wondered why Luna always scans any woman that gets close to him?
Damien maintained a straight expression as he said with a deep breath, "It's just the draconic blood in my body. I can't help it. I will just have to keep my mind steady as always. But I feel that she is not telling me something…something that bothers her…I wonder what it is."
