Chapter 881: True Power Of The Demonic Faction
Out on the battlefield in front of the town of Flendon, a large piece of the ground had been broken off by none other than Sha Mo.
The presence of his Qi could be felt deep underground, causing Rayna and the others to quickly jump out from the area.
They soon saw Sha Mo lifting the giant piece of land that was human-sized in thickness with just his Qi alone, then placed it above his head.
“He’s not going to throw that thing at us, is he?” Liam asked.
Anna looked at the wall and saw it still hadn’t fallen. Even though her system had predicted the Behemoth Clan would have been swarming the wall by now, something had changed.
Which meant an unknown variable had caused this situation. Although Sha Mo didn’t have a system like Anna, she was sure he too had an inherent feeling that something was amiss.
“He’s going to throw it at the wall!” Anna shouted.
It was a little too late. Sha Mo hurled the large piece through the air, and he had done so, adding the power of his Qi.
A large current could be seen as the piece flew through the air, and it was on course.
“Everyone retreat, get out of here!” Andy ordered.
Fixteen carried the fallen Froma and jumped off the wall. Once on the ground, he turned to see the guards struggling.
They weren’t Pagna warriors; they couldn’t just jump or quickly move to get out of the situation.
‘I can’t help you,’ Fixteen said in his head, but then he noticed another figure jumping out.
Dame had used the wall as footing and blasted himself forward. He was still in his hybrid form.
Before even meeting with the large piece of land in the air, he swung his arms, firing off his Qi blasts.
As they hit the land, they did nothing to slow it down. It almost looked like the Qi blasts simply bounced off it.
Next came Dame’s body itself. With all of his fists, he lunged at the large piece of land as hard as he could, pouring every ounce of Qi into his attacks.
The land was still pushing him back, and in return, he delivered a flurry of punches. Each punch had extreme might, chipping away at the land.
Every human cell and beast cell in Dame’s body was erupting as he continued to punch.
‘No one ever expected much of me!’ Dame thought.
‘Not my father, not my brothers, not anyone in the clan! It was because of you, Raze, that day, that I was able to see the surprised look on my father’s face!’
‘They all thought I was lazy and had no ambition, but I always wanted to build my own legacy! Rather than take over theirs!’
‘I can tell, I’m not the main person that will go down in history! But Raze, the Dark Magus, whatever title it is that you use, I will be part of that legacy. My name will be written in the books by your side!’
Large cracks had appeared in the giant piece of land, and they had reached the end. Dame’s fists had broken the large piece of land into several smaller pieces.
He could see these smaller pieces going past him, and quickly, he shot out large pieces of web from his mouth.
As he tied up the rocks with the webbing, he then grabbed onto them with his hands. He pulled as hard as he could, throwing them back at the Behemoth Clan Army in front of him. He had done that with a few of the pieces, but that was all he could do.
A few of the large chunks were still able to get past him and crashed into the wall.
Some of the pieces even went over the wall, crashing into buildings and tearing them apart, including the flooring.
As for Dame, he had spent all of his energy. His body was returning to its normal state, and he was falling to the ground.
His eyes were open, but all his energy was spent. He didn’t think he could even stand anymore.
Just before he hit the ground, he felt his body jerk as it was caught mid-fall.
“I agreed that I wouldn’t get involved in this war, so I did not stop the attack,” a voice said. “However, someone like you deserves to see this till the end.”
Dame tried to look at who had caught him, somewhat recognizing the voice. But when he saw him, there were pieces of cloth covering his face, only showing part of his eyes.
“Are you…”
“Don’t say my name,” Lince, leader of the Lost Clan, said. “It’s better if you don’t.”
Fixteen was surprised that Dame had been able to take out such a large piece of land thrown by one of the strongest in the Demonic Faction.
Anyone who saw this feat would now know that he was a contender, an important person for the future of the Demonic Faction.
Still, Lince looked at the destruction that had been caused. The wall-several parts of it had been destroyed.
People were injured, stuck under the rubble, and some of the homes had been destroyed equally.
On top of that, on the other side of the broken wall, the large enemy force could still be seen. “Advance! Take them out now and burn this entire annoying town to the ground!” one of the Behemoth Clan members shouted.
“Too many people have died over this stupid town!”
The wave of the Behemoth Clan, still around 8000 people, was rushing toward the town
again.
“We were lucky that Dame came back and blocked most of that attack,” Alba said as she readied her weapons for another round.
“But if Sha Mo were to do something like that again… no one else has the energy left to stop him!”
“We can’t, we can’t let him do that again!” Rayna said. “Everyone, if there’s anything you have that can beat him, we need it now!”
Sha Mo started to laugh, and with each laugh, the Qi around his body rose more and more. First, the flooring around a meter from him started to shatter. His laughter grew louder, and the floor around two meters around him shattered, breaking apart.
It continued to extend further and further.
Everyone there could tell at that moment.
“I thought because his men were dying, he was giving it his all against us, but it looks like he was playing with us all along,” Safa said.
Only now were they starting to witness the true power of one of the strongest in the Demonic
Faction.
Chapter 882: A Giant Mess
Nearly every person on the battlefield could feel Sha Mo’s Qi. That included those in the town of Flendon.
Even the non-warriors, the citizens that lived in the town who had never gone against or maybe even seen Pagna warriors fighting, could tell something was strange.
They held onto each other’s rooms and were praying for some type of miracle, knowing full well what situation they were in.
Those that had to stay in Flendon had no choice but to rely on those that were outside.
On the field itself, those next to Sha Mo could feel it the most. The only one who had felt Qi close to this before was a particular individual.
‘This is close to my father’s power… which I’ve only seen once before!’ Rayna thought. ‘It’s no wonder that my father never did anything, even though he was so annoying and pushy in the past.’
It wasn’t that Rayna thought her father was weaker than Sha Mo, but seeing his strength and the large mass of members, it certainly would have done a lot of damage to the Neverfall Clan. Especially if all of the Pillars were present like they were in the past.
“Don’t you think you’ve already lost too much, Sha Mo?” Rayna shouted at the top of her lungs.
The Qi that was exploding out of Sha Mo’s body had stopped around ten meters from his body. It was still affecting the ground, breaking apart the smaller pieces of dirt.
The rainfall that was constantly dropping was breaking apart when it got within the area.
It was quite clear to Rayna that they weren’t able to win this fight, so maybe she could talk her way out of it.
“Listen, Sha Mo, it’s clear that we never stood a chance, but you should know that this town was given to me!” Rayna shouted. “We had to protect it, along with its people.”
“You know as well as I do, when you brought everyone here, that you weren’t going to return without something to show your achievements.”
“You’ve shown the strength of your clan, we will admit defeat, but there’s no need to go further! Doing what you have done, you will get your response from the Dark Magus, but he’s not here right now!”
Sha Mo didn’t extend his Qi further. Although he wasn’t speaking, Rayna felt like her words were being heard because of this.
“Think about it, you’ve lost all of your Pillars and over half of your Clan! The people in there are desperate, if you lose more it will be hard for the Behemoth Clan to recover.”
“I’m close with my father. I can talk to him. I can persuade him to help you.”
“Help me… help us?” Sha Mo said, and his Qi extended out further.
Rayna had to be careful; she was walking on eggshells that were ready to explode at any
moment.
“Everyone knows you deserve your position as one of the three major clans in the Demonic Faction, but you have to know the other powers as well.”
“I’m sure the Lost Clan and the Neverfall Clan are waiting for an opportunity to strike. If they see weakness in your clan, they will attack.”
“That’s the Demonic Faction’s way, but if I speak to my father, there can be a truce, and he can stop the Lost Clan, or any of those other worms from rising and trying to take your position!”
Anna, when listening to Rayna speak, knew she was speaking lies, particularly when talking about her father.
The Demonic Faction’s way wouldn’t intervene with what was happening. Her father wouldn’t agree to such a thing, why would he just because his daughter asked?
If anything, she would be lucky not to get punished for losing the town of Flendon to Sha Mo. “Who do you think you’re talking to? How dare you disrespect me by saying such a thing? Do you think I’m scared of those two!” Sha Mo shouted and lifted both of his hands.
In an instant, his Qi spread out further, and it encased Rayna and all of her allies. They felt the heavy Qi slam them into the ground.
Just like the floor itself, their bodies felt like they were being ripped apart. They were unable to move, and even if they tried to use part of their Qi, it was being suppressed.
“It feels like a thousand needles are attacking us!” Liam shouted.
He was surprised to see that even Simyon was being affected by the Qi, even with his body, which proved that the Qi was attacking them from the inside rather than the outside.
Suddenly, though, the feeling stopped. When they looked up, they could see a visual representation of the Qi returning to where it had come from.
It had condensed into Sha Mo’s body. Everyone was slowly getting up from the ground, the rain falling on them once again, hitting them hard.
Yet they couldn’t focus on that. Instead, they were looking at Sha Mo himself, and as they stared at him, a shadow was starting to cast over them, and slowly they lifted their heads.
“Did… he just become a giant?” Liam said.
They weren’t sure if it was a visual Qi trick or what, but now Sha Mo was at least 12 meters tall in the air, with the same thickness as before.
“That’s got to be fake… right?” Liam said.
A giant sweep of Sha Mo’s hand didn’t even hit them, but just like before, they all felt a strange pain in their bodies as the Qi hit them, and they all skidded and fell back onto the
ground.
Slowly, they started to get up off the ground, but they were all in no condition to fight.
‘My boots… they didn’t even work either.’ Rayna thought. ‘We can’t fight against this… we can’t fight against that.’
Rayna thought as she wiped the water dripping from her hair. It was then that she noticed
something as she looked up.
“Did it stop raining?”
Chapter 883: This Town Is Mine
Being in the rain for so long, Rayna’s head was soaked. Her black hair was extremely heavy on her head at the moment because she had used up nearly all of her energy.
It wasn’t just her, but all of those around her were in the same state. When they had come to the aid of Safa and the others, they were already spent.
Not only had they taken on the Pillars of the Behemoth Clan, but on the way here, they had to fight a large number of Behemoth Clan members.
Right after that, they had faced Sha Mo himself. Being inflicted by his attack, the strange Qi that surrounded his entire body and the swing of his arm, had taken everything out of them.
It had taken every last bit of energy, and they no longer had the will to fight. Wiping her head in that moment was when Rayna had noticed.
‘Did it stop raining?’
She looked at where Sha Mo was, and there was no rainfall. When she looked around, it was the same, but that was what was strange.
The sound of rain could still be heard in the distance. Looking further out to where the wall was, where the other members of the Behemoth Clan were, she could still see rain.
“It’s not raining, why isn’t it raining?” Rayna said.
“Have you gone mad?” Liam said, holding onto his stomach, using everything just to stay on his feet. “Why are you talking about the rain, does it even matter?”
“No, but look, she’s right. For some reason, it’s just not raining here. Is this Sha Mo’s doing?” Simyon asked.
When looking at Sha Mo, though, in his large giant form, he was looking into the crowd of men, and in the direction he was looking, the rain had stopped there as well.
“Arghh!!” Loud screams were heard coming from the distance, one after the other.
They continued, and it caused the rest of the group to turn their heads in the same direction, wondering what was going on.
As they looked off in the direction of the sounds, there was a wall-to-wall group of people, but it was only for a moment. A person had come flying out from the center. The other warriors had moved away, making a clear line.
Then a Pagna warrior lay there on the ground, with a hole right in his chest.
As Sha Mo looked down the clear path that had opened up and the area where there was currently no rainfall, he could see a white-haired man, wearing a particular blazer on his body.
“The Dark Magus,” Sha Mo said under his breath.
Raze carefully walked down the path, one step at a time. As he walked, one of the Behemoth Clan members came straight at him, trying to strike with their sword.
Raze blocked the attack, hitting the hand away, and then punched the man in the stomach, sending him flying.
He continued forward, moving toward where Sha Mo stood.
Another came to attack with a spear. Raze spun his body, avoiding the attack again, and lifting his foot, he slammed it right on top of the spear.
It had broken the pointed end, and with his hand, he thrust it forward, shooting out a Dark Pulse. When it hit the warrior, the magic went right through his stomach, killing him on the spot.
As Raze made his way to Sha Mo, this constantly happened-those trying to attack him by surprise, and Raze dealt with each of them with ease.
Now, he was finally here, in the area where the others were, and where Sha Mo was present. “It’s Raze… he’s finally here!” Rayna said.
“I wonder what it was that had taken him so long,” Anna commented.
“I don’t think he would have arrived late on purpose, a serious matter must have occurred,” Ricktor said.
As for Safa, she didn’t say anything. With her magic, she decided to activate her special God Eyes. In doing so, she could see a heavy shroud of darkness covering Raze.
She had seen this before, but the dark energy surrounding Raze was purer than before. It was almost impossible to even see Raze’s figure itself.
What was even stranger was looking at the swirling energy that was moving in the air. The dark energy that usually only stayed around Raze was spread out.
Using God Eyes strained Safa, so she quickly stopped, and as she did, she noticed that where the rain had stopped, it was the dark energy that she could sense, which was spread around all over the area.
‘What’s happening to Raze right now? What happened to him? There has to be a reason why he’s so late as well.’
Raze, standing there, could feel his magic going wild. Even when he had used the Dark Pulse back there, he had been trying to get it under control.
However, he had no time to wonder what was happening to his Magic Heart. The fighting had gone too far. Looking around, he was relieved, relieved to see that everyone was fine.
His head then turned to the large, practically giant, Sha Mo that was right in front of his eyes. “You look quite different compared to the last time we met,” Raze stated.
Sha Mo looked at Raze-the Dark Magus. The face was similar, but his hair-it was black the last time he saw it during the Martial Arts Tournament.
He knew this person gave him a tingling feeling, and Sha Mo knew this day would come. “I’ll be honest, I never expected to see you,” Sha Mo said. “I thought that you might react or hide behind your new Dark Faction that you managed to obtain.”
“It’s quite amazing how you got here so fast, but what do you plan to do? Just because you managed to take down the Dark Faction, you don’t think you can stop me, do you?”
Raze lifted his hand. Dark magic swirled around, and the Ghost Blade appeared in one hand. As he stretched out another, a light, thin sword with a green-colored hilt appeared in the
other.
“I don’t care about these fake titles, the Demonic Faction, the Dark Faction. All I know is you attacked Flendon, and this town belongs to me.
“I won’t let anyone take anything away from me anymore!”
Chapter 884: How Strong is Raze?
Raze and Sha Mo appeared to be having a type of stare-down with each other. Although Raze had drawn his weapons, he hadn’t moved.
It was the same for Sha Mo, who was standing there, looking at the small white-haired student.
‘This is the person who took over the Dark Faction. I would be a fool to completely
underestimate him,’ Sha Mo thought. ‘That might be why so many failed before and why the first attack by the Clan had failed as well.’
‘Besides that, he seems to have strange powers. It doesn’t seem to be like artifacts, and the powers vary greatly.’
While Sha Mo was standing there along with Raze, one person in particular couldn’t hold in their curiosity any longer.
“Raze, what happened, man? Why did it take you so long to get here? What was the hold-up?” Liam shouted.
“There were problems at the academy,” Raze answered. “A Deleter appeared.”
Everyone’s hearts sank the moment they heard that. Due to Himmy appearing at the academy before they had left, they had learned about the power of a Deleter.
If the Deleter’s strength really was as described, it was no wonder Raze was late.
“Is he hurt?” Rayna asked Anna, as she was aware that she had some abnormal analysis-type skills.
“He doesn’t appear to be, but it’s hard to tell. Who knows if he’s using some strange type of pills to cover up his pain or magic,” Anna answered.
Being part of Alter, she was more aware of the Deleter’s powers. It would be near impossible that Raze had come out unscathed or at least without using a lot of his energy.
Still, she had one hope or thought, and that was Zon was in the academy city, and if it was him, he could deal with the situation.
“What about the academy? Is that alright?” Mada asked.
“I think it’s important I deal with the situation in front of me,” Raze said as he shuffled his feet.
“We need to head back to the wall and the town. They will need our help anyway,” Anna said as she went to turn, but her lack of energy made her nearly fall straight to the floor.
It was the same for the others as well-they could hardly move. The area a kilometer out in every direction from Sha Mo had remained clear.
No one had come close during the fight, and they had remained at their distance away.
The others were around 50 meters away from the edge of where the Behemoth Clan was. Some of them were still pushing forward, others watching the outcome.
It almost appeared like a giant arena had been made for the two of them.
“You don’t have to worry about the wall. There’s someone strong enough there protecting it,” Raze answered.
At the wall itself, although the force of the Behemoth Clan had been pushed back by the arrows, after a few moments of seeing no more arrows fall, the clan members were starting to become a little braver and had charged forward.
Especially now, seeing that part of the wall had fallen. It was quite clear whoever had shot those arrows was unable to shoot them consecutively.
The Crimson Crane were gearing up-they looked to be the only ones that could somewhat still stand, but they weren’t so sure they could fight.
As the people charged forward, a large object landed from the air, heavy on its feet.
For a brief moment, the Behemoth Clan members rushing forward stopped as they could see the figure raising its hand.
It had its palm out, clearly indicating for them to stop.
“Is that a moving statue, or is it just someone that’s painted over themselves to look like stone?” a Behemoth Clan member said.
“Don’t be stupid, there’s no such thing as a moving statue. How can one be alive? It must be some type of illusion art. Just be careful and keep going forward.”
Seeing the statue in front of them was a relief for the Crimson Crane, though, as they had seen its powers before.
As the warriors charged forward, it held a stone sword in its hand, placed it near its side, and then let out an almighty slash.
A large force of Qi ended up hitting hundreds of men and had sliced them apart, pushing some of them back.
After performing a single attack, the stone warrior placed its palm out again, indicating for them to stop and even shook its head.
“That stone statue was the one that was even able to go up against Murkel for a bit. It has the same strength as a high middle-stage warrior! With it, we can recover our energy for a bit,” Alba said.
The statue had been placed in Safa’s possession for a long time, but Raze had borrowed the statue from her.
There were a few tests that he wished to perform on the statue to try and see if he could replace those who had droplets of blood, increasing its strength even further.
He hadn’t yet found a complete way, so he hadn’t handed the statue back. Arriving at the situation, Raze had quickly ordered Stoney to not let anyone pass the wall, and it was now doing its job.
The Behemoth Clan, thinking it was only a statue, would quickly learn they were going up against an extremely powerful warrior, one that wasn’t human, and one that didn’t tire either.
Back at the academy, with Skyler and the help of the volunteers, they had managed to help as many students as possible.
They were only getting a fuller grasp of the situation as they went from area to area.
It was unbelievable that so much trouble had been caused by one person.
Walking from area to area, Amir and Zon were together.
“That individual has a temperature that has reached 40 degrees Celsius. He needs to be treated,” Zon quickly pointed out and continued.
“I wanted to ask you, do you think Raze is strong enough to take out a Clan Head of the Demonic Faction?” Zon asked.
“I have been training with him for a while,” Amir answered and paused. “The power he displayed against Murkel-it seems it was not his power. Because of that, I would imagine
it’s a tall ask.”
“You see, there is one clear fact: the Demonic Faction has the most powerful leaders. It’s only because of their poor management skills and the fact they are less united with far fewer people that they have never managed to take control of the whole of Pagna.”
“But if we were to look at the major powers of the Demonic Faction alone, they are far
stronger than the others.”
“If he somehow manages to use that power he used against Murkel again, he will win. But I can tell, even if he had the chance, he is extremely reluctant.”
“The way you talk, it makes it sounds like he can use that power again.” Zon asked
There was an air of silence.
Chapter 885: Sha Mo Vs the Dark Magus
Out on the field, Raze gripped the hilt of his blades, holding onto both of them firmly. Sha Mo stayed in position, looking at the Dark Magus.
The two of them were done talking. A lot of heat had led to the disagreement between the two -Sha Mo believing his clan had been disrespected from the beginning by a young fool.
While Raze, with the aim of getting stronger, wished to protect what was his. But in the back of his mind, he had another thought.
‘If I take him down and use the extraction technique, then I will certainly reach the next stage! And then I can push forward, get rid of Alter, and finally take down all of the Grand Magus!’ Raze thought.
Raze exploded from his feet, running around the edge of the arena, and the first thing he did was swing his light sword incredibly fast at the large size.
‘Crimson Slash!’ Several red slashes of attacks came out toward Sha Mo. Lifting up his large giant forearm, the attacks seemingly did nothing as they hit him.
“It’s the same!” Liam complained. “Just like when all of us attacked. Sha Mo’s Qi is so powerful-Is this guy a monster?”
Raze had to admit, his fast slash attack, mixed with Magic and Qi, having no effect at all, was a first, but he had somewhat expected it as well.
After blocking the attacks, Sha Mo moved. His large body seemingly disappeared and was right in front of Raze.
Sha Mo had thrown out a fist from above, and it looked like it would land regardless of what Raze did. Pivoting his foot on the ground though, Raze had activated something.
“Pillar Rise!” Raze stated.
At that moment, right from the floor, a giant piece of the ground had risen and hit the back of Sha Mo’s giant thigh. The pillar continued to grow and had practically thrown Sha Mo off balance.
His fist was hitting nothing but the air, and with the Ghost blade in Raze’s hand, he was ready. Dark magic and Demonic Qi swirled behind the sword as he pushed forward and thrusted his hand, massive amounts of magic exploding from behind the weapon.
“Void Pulse Formation!”
The sword crashed right into Sha Mo’s shoulder, and it pierced through his skin slightly. Equally, it looked like the power of the attack continued as a ripple was seen through the air on the other side of Sha Mo’s shoulder.
“So it looks like the giant can bleed,” Ricktor said.
“Did you see what he did before that though? He shifted the whole ground and raised it up to throw Sha Mo off balance. When could he control the ground like that?” Mada asked.
During the gifting ceremony for becoming the head of the Dark Faction, Raze had received various power stones, and one of them was an earth-based power stone. It allowed Raze the chance to now use Earth magic.
Thankfully, there were also other Earth power stones that had been given to Raze, allowing him to increase his affinity with it. On top of that, Raze also knew the method of how to increase one’s affinity with Earth magic as well.
It was a strange one, one of the strangest of all the different elements, but one needed to increase their knowledge of materials linked to the ground itself.
The earth, the flora that one stood on, after all, was made up of multiple different substances. So one needed to know the breakdown-how plants grew from it and more.
They even needed to learn about different minerals and rocks that could be found. However, there was a key difference as well between knowing and learning.
Just as someone who could copy a formula and receive the right answer, if they didn’t
understand the formula itself, it wouldn’t be true knowledge.
Raze had thought back to the masters of those who knew Earth Magic, and it always amazed him-their dedication and discipline.
In the past, on Alterian, Earth magic was actually considered one of the weakest forms of magic because of the way one needed to increase its affinity.
However, when the portals to other dimensions opened up, those that practiced and had Earth cores grew extremely powerful. It seemed discoveries of new and different types of objects related to Earth increased their power as well.
Discovering rocks and the ground itself on these different planets.
Raze had explored a lot of Pagna, and being a researcher of magic himself, he understood magic more than even talented individuals.
His understanding of things was great, which meant his affinity with Earth magic was great as well.
Using Wind magic, Raze quickly flew up in the air. He saw Sha Mo fall to the ground due to the pillar hitting him, as well as the Void Pulse attack.
The wind-enchanted sword disappeared from his hand, and with it out, the ground started to shift again, creating giant earth-like cuffs around Sha Mo’s hands and legs, pinning him to the floor.
A sword appeared in another of Raze’s hands once again, and this time, it was light blue in color, the metal on the blade looked like a slight frost had already appeared on it.
Raze swung the sword while in the air, and it looked as if he was using the Crimson Slash. As the attacks flew through the air, they didn’t move as fast as when using the Wind enchanted sword.
However, when they landed around the large cuffs, the areas that were hit started to cover themselves with ice.
Raze continued to swing his sword until all of the cuffs were covered in ice.
After he was done, he quickly changed the blade in his hand again. This one was large and jagged, black in color.
This sword, unlike the others, wasn’t enchanted, and there was a reason for that.
While floating in the air, Raze lifted both swords above his head.
‘The Ghost blade grows with power as Demonic Qi is used, and although magic can be used
with it, its magic power isn’t enhanced.’
‘As for the other sword, using Qi doesn’t enhance it at all, but one of the gifts from the kingdoms, it seemed this sword goes quite well with magic!’
At that moment, Dark magic started to creep out of Raze’s hand and swirled above both of the
weapons.
The others watching had seen this before. They knew what was coming as they witnessed both
of the swords covered in black.
“He’s… using that… with both swords!” Mantis said.
As the others prepared to move out of the way.
“The Dark Edge Sword Art, Second Formation!” Raze shouted out as the energy had reached
its peak.
‘I’ve been preparing everything I can to get rid of them, so you stepping stone-get out of my way!’ Raze swung both of his swords down as he screamed. “Dual Eclipse Strike!”
