Souta and Draymond fought at an extremely fast speed. Their figures kept flickering as they collided hundreds of times in just a second. Waves of energy kept spreading out like a ripple as sparks would fly out every second.
Bang! Bang!
"You've grown stronger again!" Draymond said as he threw a punch at Souta.
Souta raised his sword and blocked the punch but the force behind it still managed to blow him away. His body crashed into the nearby rock causing the entire mountain to shake.
"Ehe~ while I'm recuperating, I'm also training myself in the past week."
Souta laughed as he waved the vajra sword in his hand. His aura skyrocketed as he activated [Soul Blood Mode] and [Possession]. The blood also coated his body and turned into armor.
[Blood Armor: Great Black Orc]!!
"This again! You never failed to amaze me! If you join hands with me then nothing could stop us!" Draymond said.
"You're dreaming. You don't know how many powerful creatures are hiding in this world." Souta laughed at his opponent's words. He slightly bent his knees and launched himself at Draymond like a rocket.
Swoosh!!
"So be it." Draymond activated his combat arts to boost his strength.
Boom!!
The two collided once again. The collision caused an extreme reaction as energy sparks rained down on the ground.
Despite using several of his aces, Souta was being pushed back by his opponent. As expected, a Four Shackles Realm expert was still too much for him. He was forced to use his release form earlier than he imagined.
Without his universal and dark grade artifacts, he didn't think that he would win against Draymond in a one-on-one battle. He calculated his strength and guessed that his overall stats were between Three Shackles and Four Shackles Realm.
Souta fiercely clashed with Draymond. The release form only lessened a little bit of his pressure but he was finding an opportunity, an opportunity to end this once and for all. This was the reason why he tried to fight Draymond.
Bang! Bang!
"You think you can defeat me?! Without that hydra, you can't stop me. Plus, even if you stop me now. The ritual has already started." Draymond laughed.
"Hmph! I'll kill you." Souta snorted as he swiftly swung his sword repeatedly. In just a second, he threw thousands of slashes at his enemy.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
Draymond was fast. He managed to block all of the slashes and even made a counterattack. He delivered a fast blow on Souta's face and stomach in the blink of an eye.
Bang! Bang!
Ugh! Souta spat a mouthful of blood as his armor formed a huge crack.
"Your subordinate will not return to you! That one is a sacrifice to our emperor!" Draymond laughed as he kicked Souta in the stomach.
Souta's body bent as he crashed into the side of the mountain, creating a huge pit.
Cough! Cough!
Blood gushed out of his mouth as he stared at Draymond who was floating in the air. He gritted his teeth and felt the anger in his heart about to explode.
"You take Yenxa away!! You fucking shit will die today and no one will be able to save you even your shit emperor!!"
Souta said with clear anger in his tone. He lost a lot because of this man so he would get his revenge. He knew that his journey wouldn't be an easy one and there were people that would die.
He already accepted that some of them would die but... He wouldn't let their death be in vain. Souta would murder and rip the souls of the people that killed them. He was a hypocrite. He killed people but didn't want people beside him to die.
Yenxa was taken by these people. There was no witness except for a few that survive that accident. No one could report that the target of those people was Yenxa since they were all in a coma. Even Yuko was still sleeping without a sign of waking up. Although the healers said that she would wake up soon, it didn't mean that Souta wasn't angry about the people that did it to them. It even cost him the death of one of his powerful subordinates, Elder Guan.
"Ah, fuck... I'm done."
He waved both of his hands and controlled all the blood that he gathered before.
The sea of blood rage on the mountain like a storm. It was devastating everything in its path. The blood flooded several kilometers of area within the Mountain of Demise. Everyone could see a pile of redness on one side of the mountain. It was too eye-catching as blood was flowing everywhere in that particular area.
"You will die today!"
Souta tightened his fist as tens of thousands of spears formed using the blood of the creatures he slaughtered in his path. Each one contained a huge amount of best feram so it possessed some kind of power.
"You're really crazy! You're healing yourself with blood and you can even use it as a weapon! What a fucking monster!" Draymond smiled widely. He pushed both of his palms forward and gathered a huge amount of energy.
...
Torkez, Eztein, and Franklin arrived at the foot of the mountain along with the other soldiers of Astros.
In front of them, stood thousands of people from the Hall of Power. Each one of them was radiating fighting intent. It seems that they wouldn't let Astros pass without a fight.
"Boss is right? They divided their ranks so that they could stop him..." Eztein grinned as he tightly held the spear in his hand. "I could feel the boss' energy. It means that the boss is fighting the leader of the enemy."
"Our goal right now is to defeat these guys as soon as possible. While our lord is keeping the enemy's leader busy, we should head to the peak of the mountain." Torkez said in a low voice.
Eztein nodded before he glanced at Franklin. "Hey, do you still have energy left, old man?"
"Don't ask me. I always have spare energy when it comes to battle." Franklin answered before he charged forward at the enemy group alone.
Swoosh!!
"This old man!" Eztein gritted his teeth.
"Follow Franklin, Eztein! Help him! I will stay here and command the soldiers! I can only adjust the formation base on your and Franklin's position!" Torkez said loudly.
"Got it." Eztein nodded before he charged forward to follow Franklin in the frontline.
Torkez glanced at the soldiers of Astros as he raised his hand.
"Everyone, charged! Don't hold back and use your parasites! They have a huge advantage in numbers! Healers, stay back along with the mages! Mages, start building your magic circle! You will fire your spell when I give the signal!"
Torkez quickly commanded the hundreds of soldiers in his back.
Bang! Bang!
Eztein widened his eyes and saw a figure coming at him.
Huh?!
It was Franklin. He stretched his hand and caught Franklin on the waist.
Eztein said, "Hey, what are you doing?"
Franklin wiped the blood on the corner of his mouth before he answered. "Look at the front. The enemy has a strong contender."
Eztein lifted his head and stared ahead. He saw a man with blonde hair, eyes, and a pair of cat ears. He was wearing a white robe and a black shirt underneath it. The aura around him caused the ground to vibrate nonstop. Just from this alone, he could feel that this blonde man was strong.
"Yo, are you people from Astros?! Hahaha, did you come here to take revenge?!" The blonde man laughed.
"Revenge?" Franklin was a little bit confused.
"Oh, you didn't know? Perhaps, you're not with them." The blonde man stroked his chin. He then glanced at Eztein. "But you, I'm sure you're with Astros. Hahaha, let me introduce myself first. I'm, Drayrin, the one who killed most of the people in White Wheat City!"
"You!" Eztein's eyes constricted. A second later, he gritted his teeth. "So you're the one who killed Elder Guan and the others?!"
"Is that his name? I forgot the name of the person that I killed." Drayrin raised his eyebrows. He was nonchalant. He didn't feel that anyone could defeat him from the opposite side.
"Franklin, support me, let's kill this bastard," Eztein said in a cold tone. He drew a deep breath as he held his spear with both of his hands.
Franklin glanced at Eztein and smiled, "Fine, you're going to take the show for today."
"I didn't mean it like that. I know that I, alone, isn't to defeat this man. We must work together." Eztein said.
"Okay," Franklin nodded. He cracked his neck before a string of flesh covered his entire body. In an instant, he turned into a humanoid monster.
Eztein too used his parasite. He wasn't going to hold against a powerful man that could kill Elder Guan and the rest of the Astros soldiers in White Wheat City.
"Oh, I remember this one. That man used something like that too and it made him almost unkillable." Drayrin smiled with interest in his eyes.
