Chapter 886: Strongest Descending Step
Raze was unable to progress further with his Dark Edge Sword Arts, unable to learn the 5th to the 8th forms in the book. There was something lacking, and Raze most likely felt it was his Pagna Qi.
He needed to be a higher-level warrior, or either increase his magic power and pool to make up for his lack of Qi, and then maybe he could somehow perform the final steps.
However, as Raze grew stronger, it became harder for him to advance further. He was a five-star mage, and the best power stones that could help him progress were nearly impossible to come by unless he ventured into higher-level portals and fought against a Dimension boss.
He was now a middle-stage warrior, so extracting Qi from regular middle-stage warriors didn’t give him the shortcut it once did. Cultivating like everyone else would take too long.
The dangers of Pagna were increasing, and he would be long dead if he relied solely on conventional methods.
Knowing that his enemies would grow stronger, he needed to find ways to increase his power.
First, using the gifts given to him, he had enchanted each blade with different types of magic, making them more powerful and granting special traits.
He didn’t just create powerful weapons for others but had crafted things he could use as well.
Second, he had done what he could with the existing Dark Edge Sword Arts he had learned, such as using the Eclipse Strike with both of his weapons, doubling the output of power.
“Dual Eclipse Strike!”
Two large strikes of magic and Qi left both of Raze’s blades. Giant lines of strikes covered the sky in temporary darkness, consuming everything in their path.
They continued and struck Sha Mo right on his body, pushing him deep into the ground. The attack completely engulfed Sha Mo, and no one could see what was happening.
To avoid getting caught in the attack, Rayna and the others, with the little strength they had, ran as quickly as possible. A few moments later, they turned around to look at what had taken place.
“That attack was what he used at the Martial Arts Tournament,” Mantis said.
“And it was twice as large this time,” Rayna replied.
Now, where Sha Mo once stood, there was a giant crater, incredibly deep, as if a meteor had crashed.
Raze was seen falling to the ground, and due to the curvature of the crater, they couldn’t see him or Sha Mo anymore.
Quickly, they ran up to the edge of the large crater, and they were all stunned by what they saw.
Sha Mo was still in the crater, and of all things, he was standing.
“Hahaha! You are certainly strong!” Sha Mo said, waving his arm.
The shirt he had been wearing was completely torn off, revealing his large, muscular upper body. There were two marks across his chest—deep bruises, but the skin hadn’t torn, and there was no blood. Other than the bruising, Sha Mo seemed perfectly fine.
“That’s it? That’s all that attack did?” Liam said. “I know Raze is incredibly strong, but how is he meant to go up against that giant monster?”
“Don’t worry,” Rayna said. “Can’t you tell? Even after using that strike, Raze isn’t done yet. He has more… he can give more.”
The strikes had used up a large amount of Raze’s energy, but thankfully, unlike his previous battles, he hadn’t had to exert too much power to reach his opponent.
Although he had used some energy against the Deleter, it was nothing compared to his full capacity, so Raze could still fight on.
‘Those attacks didn’t finish him… which means I need to produce even stronger attacks.’
Thinking this, Raze quickly twisted both of his feet. At that moment, giant pillars formed around Sha Mo, locking his movements in place.
They came up across his arms, in front of his legs, and beneath his feet until he was completely immobilized by the pillars made from the ground. The only part visible was his head.
‘I know attacking his body won’t do much… I need to perform the strongest attack I can muster!’
Raze thought as he lifted his foot. The first descending step was used, and Qi erupted around the area. Raze then moved onto the second step.
“The descending steps, huh? It’s impressive that you know them and can perform them so well, but let me show you,” Sha Mo said, breaking through the pillars of earth with a single movement.
The pillars shattered and crumbled, falling to the ground. The others saw Sha Mo lifting his knee into the air, and then he said something no one had expected.
“The first descending step!”
Sha Mo slammed his foot on the ground, and the cracks in the crater deepened even further.
The whole area shook, and even those observing from above felt as if they had been slightly lifted into the air.
The powerful movement filled the entire crater, interrupting Raze’s descending steps. As he looked up, he saw Sha Mo jumping into the air.
“The fourth step!”
Sha Mo’s giant size and his fist were already upon Raze. Raze placed both swords in front of him to block the attack, but the powerful punch exploded.
As it hit, Raze felt his special blazer activate to protect him, but it was useless as he was flung into the curved edge of the crater.
When he crashed into the wall, it almost looked as if another crater had appeared. Raze was stuck in the wall of the ground, his arms spread apart, and blood dripped from his mouth.
‘My body… even surrounded by Qi and the blazer, a single hit from him causes this much damage!’ Raze thought as he coughed, blood falling to the ground.
He quickly pulled himself out, falling to one knee.
‘This reminds me of the power I saw when Belil destroyed that village… I’m now facing those like them… like them.’
“Now do you understand how useless it is to go up against me!” Sha Mo claimed, his Qi surrounding his body, visually destroying the ground beneath him even further.
It was then that Raze lifted his head, and a smile could be seen through his bloody teeth.
“This is perfect. I need to be pushed to this point,” Raze said, as blue sparks appeared from beneath his foot, sparking high into the air. It looked like lightning was emitting from his feet.
Chapter 887: You’re The First One
Lightning was emitting from outside of Raze’s boots and running up his legs, reaching around his waist.
In some ways, it looked like how Dark magic would appear when Raze gathered his power outside of his arms and channeled it to his sword.
As he knelt on the ground, the lightning struck higher, reaching the top of his head.
“I’ve seen him use lightning powers before but not like that. It almost looks the same as my lightning body,” Simyon commented.
It was the same for the others, but it was to be expected for Raze to show them something new they hadn’t seen before.
When Raze stood up, he stretched out one hand to the side, and a thin, sharp, slightly curved sword appeared.
It was a simple sword; there was nothing fancy about the weapon. On closer inspection, the sharp-edged blade looked almost like a pure line of glowing blue color.
Raze then brought the sword in front of him and placed both hands on the hilt.
‘With my magic power being weakened, I have had to do a lot to learn how to fight in this world.’
‘The Dark Edge Sword Arts were a saving grace for me, but it still didn’t feel natural-it wasn’t a creation that I made on my own.’
‘I pushed away from completely learning Pagna arts because of my stubbornness to magic rather than accepting it. This is the result of my acceptance and dedicating myself to the arts.’
The lightning around Raze’s feet zapped from the ground. It hit the floor, and Raze was seen almost disappearing from where he was. He soon reappeared in a different direction, and it looked and sounded as if lightning had struck the ground in that particular area.
After reappearing, Raze’s body disappeared again until he was right next to Sha Mo. The sword was struck across Sha Mo’s body.
Even though Sha Mo was giant in size, he managed to move, leaving a deep cut on his shoulder and drawing blood.
When Sha Mo turned, though, he was unable to see where Raze was. Once again, he could see what appeared to be a large lightning strike.
The floor beneath where the strike could be seen was destroyed and broken, but Raze had only flashed in front of Sha Mo’s side for a moment.
Once again, Raze appeared, and this time, the sword struck, hitting right across Sha Mo’s neck.
Right after, Raze reappeared but was a great distance away from Sha Mo, holding the sword by his side.
Sha Mo went to hold his neck, and when looking at the palm of his hand, he could see that blood had been drawn.
A look of disgust appeared on his face.
“Is that the Revel Clan’s footwork?” a voice said.
Rayna and the others turned their heads to see a mysterious man standing by their side. He was wearing the clothing of the Flendon guards but had a mask covering his face.
‘I didn’t even notice him next to us?’ Rayna thought. ‘This man is clearly extremely dangerous… The fact that he hasn’t attacked us means he’s not after us.’
“Who are you?” Liam shouted, but Safa pulled on his shirt before more words could come from his mouth.
Everyone else realized the situation, not wanting to anger the powerful stranger who had appeared.
“The techniques he uses, I believe it’s an assassination art from a clan in the Dark Faction.” “The footwork is designed to give one double the speed in a single movement, and holding both hands onto a weapon kills them in a single blow.”
“However, the strange lightning powers he’s using are allowing him to achieve incredible speed, adding randomness to the pattern, making it hard to see where he’s going.”
The stranger in question was Lince, leader of the Lost Clan, and as a gatherer of information, he knew a lot about what was happening.
Although Lince didn’t say more, there was something else he was impressed by. With the added power of Raze’s special power and weapon, how sturdy Sha Mo’s body was, only getting a few scratches here and there.
“So this is what you were hiding?” Sha Mo said. On his body, although the wounds were still visible, blood was no longer being drawn from them.
The Qi inside his body, which helped with cell regeneration, was working fast, keeping him from losing more blood.
“After getting hit so hard, did you damage your head? If the best you can do is make scratches
on my body, then this isn’t even a fight worth having!” Sha Mo claimed.
This was also the thought of Lince, who was watching from above.
Raze carefully took in a deep breath, letting the blazer continue to heal his body.
Exhaling, he allowed the lightning to explode from his feet once more.
From the numerous things that Raze had managed to obtain when becoming the Dark Faction leader, a large number of the gifts were techniques.
Techniques from numerous clans. Just like the approach he used to take in learning his magic, he applied the same to the techniques he was using.
He went through each technique carefully, observing the faults and pros with each one. Of course, there was no perfect technique, but what he was looking for were techniques that would work well with his magical abilities.
‘The main issue found with the Revel footwork was the large amount of Qi it took to deliver a strike.’
‘The movement was meant to flow Qi from the feet into the sword to perform a one-move kill technique.’
‘If it failed, many assassins would end up losing their own lives. This was the norm for most assassin techniques.’
‘But I never planned to lose my life-not yet, not with this second chance I’ve been given.’
“You’re the first one,” Raze said. “The first one I used this technique on, so I needed to try it out first.”
“I needed to try it before I used it properly.”
Chapter 888 A Smaller Faster Body
There were a few reasons why Raze had chosen the Lightning element to support the technique he was currently using. One of them was that the Lightning attribute was perhaps the fastest casting magic, second only to Wind magic.
It was more explosive, but because of that, it was harder to control. There were added benefits to using Lightning magic though, such as its range, allowing it to hit those around the attack.
In this case, Raze wanted its explosive power and speed, and using it along with a small amount of his Qi meant that he could use the technique many, many times.
Raze held the sword with both hands once again, and a loud bang was heard. Raze had disappeared from Sha Mo’s sight.
He heard the sound of thunder and turned his head, only seeing part of Raze, and before he knew it, Raze was upon him once again. This time the sword struck up his forearm, leaving a large cut.
Sha Mo went to swing his fist at where Raze was, but he quickly disappeared. However, the others could see that the strike of lightning had occurred directly behind Sha Mo.
Raze, lifting the sword above his head, struck down, delivering a larger cut right across his back. He disappeared again and constantly moved at all angles around Sha Mo.
“How… is he able to move so much and use that technique over and over?” Rayna said in amazement.
The swordsmanship and technique she saw were enough to rival the footwork used in the Lost Clan from the Demonic Faction.
Lince, who was watching, was amazed as well, but didn’t speak much about it. He could tell the special trait was the strange lightning power being used.
Sha Mo, standing in the center, looked lost as he wildly swung his arms, trying to hit Raze. With each hit, large amounts of Qi would be sent out, and the pressure from the punch would hit the sides of the crater they were in.
It would shake the ground where the others were watching from. Sha Mo was still very much a giant, and a single hit could possibly end Raze.
“Have you noticed something?” Anna asked.
“Yeah, Raze is kicking Sha Mo’s arse!” Liam cheered.
“Are you not using your system?” Anna asked.
Liam continued to watch. The system was always active, but he couldn’t see anything strange—that was until Liam noticed one bit of information that was changing.
‘I can see what Anna is seeing, but does that matter? Isn’t it because he’s getting weaker?’
As Liam continued to watch the fight and saw Sha Mo miss more and more, he realized, as did Anna, that it wasn’t the case at all.
“How is he getting faster as well?”
“What do you mean?” Simyon asked, turning to Liam.
“Sha Mo… he’s moving faster. I know it’s not enough to catch Raze, but he keeps moving faster. And the strange thing is, Sha Mo’s size—it’s getting smaller as well!” Liam claimed.
Now that Liam mentioned it, although Sha Mo was still large, they could see him getting smaller and smaller.
If he was just reverting to his old size, it wouldn’t mean much. The large explosion of Qi was due to Sha Mo growing in size.
From what they were seeing though, although Sha Mo was getting smaller, his power remained the same.
Raze was aware of this as well, but he was counting on one more thing to work. The number of cuts all over Sha Mo’s body made it look like he had been placed in a blender.
It was then that Raze struck across his chest with the sword, and the edge started to spark. All of the cuts on Sha Mo’s body began to light up slightly, and Sha Mo’s entire body became electrified.
Blue lightning was coming off his body, and his muscles appeared to be twitching, no longer listening to him.
“All of the attacks—the buildup of the power from that weapon he has in his hand—he’s paralyzed! Now’s his chance!” Lince exclaimed.
It was true, and quickly, Raze had changed the weapon in his hand back to the Ghost blade as he got into position. The paralysis was only a temporary thing, giving him a few seconds, but it would be enough time.
The Qi and Dark magic formed around the hilt of his sword, and Raze lunged forward.
“Void Pulse Formation!”
The edge of the sword hit Sha Mo right in the center, and a gathering of Qi occurred. It looked like the sword was trying to pierce through some type of Qi barrier, eventually breaking through, and Sha Mo’s body was flung to the other side.
This time, it was Sha Mo’s body that went flying and crashing into the side of the wall, kicking up dust all over.
Raze was breathing deeply in and out. He was tired; the fast footwork had messed up his breathing, so he could only use it for so long. He had used up a considerable amount of Mana and Qi performing those strikes.
Still, Raze had a feeling this wouldn’t be the end of Sha Mo.
“Argh!” Raze felt a sharp shooting pain around his heart and placed his hand over it.
‘My Mana core… it’s acting up again. Is it really trying to go to the next star right now? It’s not like I can just take a break from this fight and upgrade my Mana core!’
What was more worrying was that it was causing Raze’s magic to flicker as he felt his Mana moving toward his Mana core rather than where he needed it.
“Ha, ha, ha!” Sha Mo’s loud voice was heard, and when the dust settled, his body looked different—extremely different from before.
He was no longer a literal giant, nor the giant that everyone was familiar with. Nearly all of his body mass had gone away.
His body was thin in the center of his stomach, his waist small. While still around seven feet tall, his limbs remained quite large.
It was the smallest anyone had seen Sha Mo before, yet the cuts were still prevalent, and blood was pouring from his mouth.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve needed to do this, and a long time since I’ve spilled blood like this,” Sha Mo claimed.
Raze continued to rub his hand over his chest. It was quite possible that right now, he was at his weakest while Sha Mo was at his strongest.
‘He’s strong… he’s really strong,’ a familiar voice sounded in his head. ‘If you want to win this fight, you’re going to have to use me…’ the Bloody Woman said.
Chapter 889 A Takeover From Within
The voice of the bloody woman rang true in Raze’s head. It wasn’t the first time it had appeared either, and if anything, it had appeared more often.
Ever since Raze had used the special Chalice to try and call a Divine being, he thought he might have gotten rid of the bloody woman. She hadn’t appeared in a long time, nor did he hear her voice.
If anything, it felt like her presence had somewhat disappeared. There was silence, but when Raze had attempted to try his new techniques along with Amir in the academy, the voice had reappeared and was talking to him more frequently.
Raze had tried to ask it questions as to who she was, why she had chosen him, and whether or not she was a Divine being, but whenever he asked these questions, he would just hear the sound of laughter in his head.
The only thing the bloody woman wanted to talk about was letting her take over his body—just accepting more of her and drawing out some of her power.
Of course, Raze wasn’t going to let such a thing happen, but one day when he had been training with Amir, and Raze had pushed himself to the point where he was almost completely spent of energy.
He felt something—his hand moving on its own. It was movement as if it wasn’t his own. Stranger things were occurring as his senses were changing, the smell of iron was hitting his nose, and he could feel the flow of blood rushing through his veins.
Keeping his will and focusing, he could use his hand again, but he felt like he had almost lost himself.
‘You think I’m going to lose this fight, you think I would lose to him before I lost to them? Don’t even think about asking such a stupid question!’ Raze said.
With one hand, he held the Ghost blade, and with the other, he was gathering Dark magic around his palm, but as it flowed out of his hand, it seemed to reverse back in.
‘My Dark magic—it really is all flowing to my mana heart. This is not a good situation,’ Raze thought as he looked at the new Sha Mo’s body in front of him.
Instead of using his Dark magic, Raze had switched to wind swirling around his arm, and that seemed to activate somewhat fine.
Sha Mo, on the other side, in his smaller body form, had gotten into a real fighting stance. Bending his knees slightly, he placed one hand in front of the other.
“This will be your grave!” Sha Mo exclaimed as he swung one fist right in front of the other.
Raze quickly moved to the side as he felt a giant shockwave of explosion go off behind him. He pushed himself off the ground, creating a tornado of air, and swung the Ghost blade, firing off a shot of the Crimson Slash.
Sha Mo, staying in his position, swung his arms, and before the attacks even hit him, they seemed to be destroyed by some strange force.
Raze had landed quite close to where Sha Mo was and went in to attack him directly with the sword.
At that point, Sha Mo crossed his arms, and in doing so, a force was felt slamming right through Raze, left and right. It hit him strongly, shaking his entire body.
His legs skidded across the floor, and as he coughed, specks of blood came out from his mouth. A strange pain and heaviness could still be felt throughout his entire body.
‘What was that? I wasn’t within range of his attack,’ Raze thought. ‘It’s almost like a Qi blast, but projectile Qi was said to only be possible from Divine beings or special items. I can tell he has no such items on him.’
Ricktor and Mada, who were watching the fight, had a strange sense of familiarity as they saw this.
Raze couldn’t stop to rest, though. Just as his legs stopped skidding across the floor, he could see Sha Mo in the air, still around twenty or so meters away from him, spinning his body.
“Dark Pu—” The Dark magic still didn’t surround Raze’s hand, and he was unable to fire it away.
Switching to wind, he pushed his body to the side, and just as Sha Mo landed on the ground, a large crash occurred by his side.
When Raze looked at the floor, it looked as if a giant pillar had been smashed onto the ground itself. The floor was dented beyond where Raze was, and it led all the way up to Sha Mo himself.
‘It’s not like projectile Qi. Projectile Qi can detach Qi from his body. He’s just extending it out from his body and able to fight as if he has giant weapons in his hands.’
This was why Ricktor and Mada had a familiar feeling when seeing this. What Sha Mo was doing was quite similar to what one of the Pillars they had fought against could do as well.
The issue was, because it was Qi, it was incredibly difficult to see.
“What’s on your mind?” Sha Mo said as he landed next to Raze and stomped on the ground. Suddenly, Raze was lifted up off his feet.
Before he knew it, a strike from above landed on him, crushing him onto the ground. More pain was felt, as it didn’t feel like ordinary Qi was being used.
With every hit, Raze’s cells seemed to be affected, and he felt like his body was slowing down and listening to him less.
When Raze got up from the floor, he could see Sha Mo. Before Sha Mo reached him, Raze activated lightning around his feet and quickly disappeared from the situation.
He had gathered distance from Sha Mo, but there was clearly one person who was far more hurt from everything that was happening.
‘Not only can he do this strange stuff with his Qi, but he’s also faster and more agile as well. He’s definitely stronger than Murkel, but I’m not sure about the Red Hybrid.’
“It’s fine,” the bloody woman said. “Continue fighting. The more you lose control of your body, the more I can take over.”
Chapter 890 Get Out Of My Head!
Raze’s Dark magic was being fickle with its uses, and it was his most powerful type of magic when it came to destruction. His body was reacting strangely to the Qi that was being used by Sha Mo, and finally, there was the annoying voice playing in his head that just wouldn’t stop.
All of this was occurring while Raze was fighting Sha Mo at his strongest. The world was against him, but he couldn’t stop here.
“I already told you, I’m not giving you my body, so shut up, and let me focus!” Raze shouted as he thrust his sword.
This time, the back of his weapon only had Qi being used rather than magic and Qi. He was performing the Void Pulse, but there was something else that was odd as well—Raze was using this technique quite far away.
‘Void Pulse, Wind Tunnel!’
When Raze thrust his weapon forward, he shot out the Wind magic from the edge of his blade. The attack wouldn’t be as strong as Void Pulse hitting a person, but the explosive power of the technique combined with his wind attack would create a single stream of wind blasting in the other’s direction.
It hit Sha Mo, who raised both hands and was swirling around the force. It skidded him across the floor for a few moments, but that was all before the attack had completely disappeared.
‘I told you this one was strong,’ the bloody woman laughed. ‘You should have just let me deal with him. I dealt with all your problems just like I did with Murkel.’
Sha Mo smiled as he stood there.
“Did you think just because I controlled the biggest clan in the Demonic Faction that I was weak? People follow power… that’s why there are so many behind me.”
Sha Mo kicked off from his position, and Raze readied his sword, but as Sha Mo came toward him, Raze felt something wrapping around his waist.
He couldn’t see it, but having felt it before and carefully looking at Sha Mo’s hand, he could see it was Qi.
In Sha Mo’s hands right now, one had to envision two large snakes that were completely under his control, and now one of them had Raze tied up.
As Sha Mo pulled with one hand, Raze was lifted off his feet.
Raze composed himself and readied his sword in front of him, but it was knocked away by Sha Mo’s hand. Then Sha Mo delivered a large headbutt, knocking Raze’s head back.
Qi transferred into the attack, affecting his whole body once again. Combined with the added power of being pulled, it almost looked as if Raze’s eyes were going to roll to the back of his head.
When his head snapped back, the attack had caused his mind to go blank for a second. Raze’s hair started to grow out, and a change began.
“No!” Raze shouted. “I’m the one that will complete my revenge!”
Lifting his hand, an earth pillar rose between the two of them, and Sha Mo let go, breaking them apart.
Blood was dripping from Raze’s nose, and it was even coming out of his ears due to the attack. He was quite lightheaded, but the changes had reverted, and he was back to himself.
Yet it didn’t matter because Sha Mo was already upon him. A fist was delivered, hitting Raze right in the stomach, causing a bunch of spit to flow from his mouth as he was lifted into the air.
Before he could move any further, Sha Mo grabbed Raze by the back, then pushed his body down and kneed him in the stomach again. This time the hit was more violent, causing blood to splatter out of Raze’s mouth.
“It appears as if you’ve suddenly slowed down. It looks like you’ve grown weaker,” Sha Mo claimed.
Sha Mo was ready to attack again but quickly pulled back, and in the next moment, the entirety of Raze’s body electrified, striking the rocks beneath him.
“I might not have known what your powers were in the beginning, but did you really think I wouldn’t notice a pattern or predict what you were going to do?” Sha Mo said with a smile and charged right in.
He threw a fist out but didn’t even touch Raze, yet great pain could be felt in Raze’s body. Sha Mo quickly moved to the side, constantly throwing punches while moving rapidly.
It was a replica of what Raze had been doing a moment ago, only these were fists filled with Qi, and Raze was getting badly hurt. Each blow was pushing through, and it felt like the insides of his body were being destroyed.
Powerful hits pummeled him from all sides, and Raze’s body was clearly heavily injured. His clothing was beginning to soak with blood, but the changes that had occurred moments ago weren’t happening anymore.
“Hey, if we don’t do something, isn’t Raze going to die?” Liam asked.
Simyon wanted to move, he wanted to go down there and stop it, but his hardened body wasn’t activating—nothing seemed to be working.
Just then, for a brief moment, Sha Mo’s attacks stopped. He was seen looking at Raze’s pummeled body, and lifting his hand up, Sha Mo shoved it onto the ground.
From above Raze, it felt like an invisible weight had just crushed him, pinning him down to the floor. It was constantly pressing on his body, and all of his cells were vibrating as if on fire.
Raze let go of his Ghost blade. He was no longer holding it and could barely lift his head as he looked at Sha Mo.
“I thought the person who managed to take over the Dark Faction would’ve been stronger than this. It seems the only people I needed to worry about were the others in the Demonic Faction.”
Sha Mo claimed, still holding one hand hovering, pouring Qi down on Raze and pinning him in place. Then, with his other hand, a blaze seemed to ignite on his entire fist. It was the first time Sha Mo’s Qi had become visible.
“Let’s end this!” Sha Mo said as he stepped forward, lifting Raze with one hand and wrapping his Qi around him, keeping him in place.
With Raze directly in front of him, Sha Mo threw his fist as hard as he could, and directly in the path of his fist, an individual appeared.
Sha Mo didn’t slow down, though, as the fist continued forward, piercing right through the person’s stomach. The remaining power hit Raze, causing him to fly and tumble to the ground.
‘What was that… someone came in the way and stopped the punch… who was it… who was it…?’ Raze quickly spun his body and looked up, clutching his stomach in pain.
There he could see it, a person with their head turned, their eyes filled with tears, and a large hole right through their stomach.
“Ra—Ra—” Blood filled the person’s mouth, making it almost impossible for them to speak.
Sha Mo had already pulled his hand back, and as the person fell to the floor, they only had one more word to say.
“Brother…”
Chapter 891: Dark Burst
Standing on the outside of the crater where Raze and Sha Mo were fighting, several of Raze’s closest allies were watching everything take place.
They were beyond exhausted, and just standing was taking up a lot of their strength. They had constantly been fighting up to this point and had all received their fair share of Qi from Sha Mo.
Which was why, when they saw the situation that Raze was in, the pain he was going through as he fought Sha Mo, and the damage his body had taken, they all wanted to help. They wanted to do something, but they couldn’t.
Their bodies were beyond exhausted. At most, maybe they could slide down the crater along the side and manage to not even get close.
After all, with each hit, Sha Mo’s Qi was expanding outward as well.
However, this wasn’t true for one individual. There was one person who, even in the middle of fighting, with every breath they took, continued to cultivate their powers.
On top of that, they held a great weapon that allowed their body to heal as time went by at an incredible speed.
Not only that, but this person, even if they weren’t injured, would have done everything they could to move, which was why Safa had moved.
She jumped down, sliding across the crater, and with her feet, she kicked off as hard as she could. She needed to get to Raze as fast as possible.
“SAFA!” Simyon yelled. “What are you doing, come back… even if we go down there, there’s nothing we can do!”
Simyon tried to force his body to move, but he eventually fell to the ground, and all he could do was watch Safa move faster than he had ever seen, rushing to the center.
All eyes were focused on what had happened, and without any hesitation, before Sha Mo even threw his fist, Safa had leapt in the middle of the two fighting.
The powerful fist was thrown by Sha Mo, and unlike Raze, who had the protection of the Blazer and mid-stage Qi protecting him from Sha Mo’s strikes, Safa had none of that.
The powerful fist had ripped a hole right through the center of her stomach. Parts of her guts had already been torn out and were on the floor at that point.
Raze, who had been knocked away by the second-hand power of the punch, looked up and could see the face of the person who had practically saved his life.
“Safa…” Raze said.
Safa turned back, her face filled with tears, but of all things, there was one thing Raze noticed -after she said her last words, she was smiling.
“Brother…” Safa quietly said, her face satisfied that she had at least seen Raze was still alive and well.
Raze didn’t blink, he continued to stare at the spot where Safa lay on the floor. He was waiting for her body to move. He was waiting to wake up from this nightmare.
“Why… why… why are you here… why did you…”
Raze couldn’t get his thoughts straight. His mind was rampaging, filled with pain, and his heart was beating aggressively.
As Raze looked at Safa, the images and memories returned to him. Of the day he had gone back to the apartment, and on the ground, he had seen her there, just like Sabrina.
“It happened again… it happened again. Everyone who gets close to me, anyone I start to care about for just a second, they get taken away from me!”
Raze still hadn’t blinked. His hands were clenched to the point his fingernails dug into his palms, and blood was dripping down.
“ARGHHH!” Raze let out an almighty scream as he banged his head on the floor.
“WHYYY!!!” Raze shouted again.
Sha Mo looked at the woman on the floor, the student.
“She was quite reckless, jumping into the middle of that while being so weak. What a fool. What did she think she was doing?”
“She just wasted her life for no reason. There’s only one person that needs to die, and that’s you. I bet she thought she was helpful, but she just delayed your death in the end.”
Sha Mo then walked over and looked at Safa’s lifeless eyes on the floor.
“This body is in the way, and it needs to be removed,” Sha Mo stated as he lifted up his leg. “DON’T!” Raze screamed with his hand out. “DON’T TOUCH HER!”
In an instant, Dark magic came swirling out of Raze’s body. It spread out and traveled all over Raze, a large amount of it. It looked like dark sprites were floating in the air around Raze.
Until so much Dark magic had been unleashed that it covered where Raze was like a dark ball. The immense power and the chills that Sha Mo felt caused him to stop for a moment and look in Raze’s direction.
‘This power…. this isn’t Qi… I’ve never felt something like this… what have you done, Dark Magus?’
The dark ball of energy that surrounded Raze was shaking, and then it exploded outward. A dark mist spread through the entire area. It continued exploding out from the crater, covering Rayna and the others.
As it touched their bodies, they only felt a slight burning sensation, but their view was
obstructed.
It didn’t take long for the dark energy to disappear into the air and for the others to look back
down.
“What’s that… what’s happened to him?” Rayna asked.
Raze could feel it, the mass amount of anger, the dark energy that had been swirling around him, and the feeling around his chest and mana coursing through his entire body.
He was the first mage in history to activate a breakthrough coming from a mage with a Dark Core, but what was the meaning of this?
Why would his breakthrough be this, of all things?
“What has happened to you?” Sha Mo asked. “Why have you turned into… an old man?”
