14 Chapter 13: Disturbances (6)
Chadero appeared in the Brahma Monarch God Realm.
He had left Hong'er with Jasmine. Yu Luo had the nen seed inside of her, so she wouldn't do anything harmful. "They shouldn't have any problems." he thought.
However, as Chadero hovered down, a giant formation suddenly appeared, surrounding him. Before him appeared numerous people who were apparently invisible before. They all poured in their profound energy and suppressed Chadero. From afar was Qianye Ying'er, pulling and powering her bow.
The inscriptions on it glowed crazily and a blinding arrow shot towards Chadero. Chadero suddenly moved his head and dodged it out of instinct. Inside him was his battle intent shooting up again. After absorbing the memories of all those fighters, coupled with Netero's , Chadero's fingers began to fidget in anticipation.
Qianye Fantian entered the formation and stared at the suppressed Chadero. "I give you two options. Join me or die."
Chadero chuckled and readied his spear. To prepare for any sneak attacks, he used Gyo, but he saw a disgusting aura from Qianye Fantian. It was like polluted life force, and it was massive. To get such an amount... the Wood Spirit Race.
He remembered the story, the Wood Spirit Race, seeking protection from the Brahma Heaven God Emperor were plotted against. Their family was nearly wiped out and now they're sold as slaves and hunted down. The future of the race did not look good.
"Qianye Fantian, you really are fated to die." said Chadero coldly.
Qianye Fantian snorted and got out a spear of his own. It exuded a sense of majesty and he got into his stance. The formation suppressed Chadero's raw power. Qianye Ying'er harassed him from afar. Qianye Fantian recognized as the strongest cultivator in the Eastern Divine Region.
From a bystander's perspective, things were not looking good for Chadero. For this battle, rather than abusing his overbearing power, Chadero wanted to focus on his spear and technique. He leveled out his nen and released his bloodlust.
Unlike most bloodlusts, which are actually slaughter energy, Chadero's bloodlust was formed and refined by the experiences of the master-level practitioners. Throughout their life, the master-level practitioners fought and fought, striving to reach the peak; though none did. However, their bloodlust focused on the intent to kill their enemy, to be the last one standing, to live till the end.
Slaughter energy was unrefined and merely forged from the despair and dying will of the people.
A person could massacre an entire planet, but he would not gain true bloodlust. Only through numerous battles of individuals would it truly form.
Chadero in a way was their spiritual successor. He inherited all of their techniques, experiences, wills, and intent.
Chadero's bloodlust manifested itself through his nen. An illusory red giant demon head formed and surrounded Chadero. His white crystal spear turned into a deep blood red. The formation faltered. Qianye Ying'er lost her concentration. Qianye Fantian's spear stood still in fear.
"Triple Thrust."
Chadero's spear shot out thrice. The first time, Qianye Fantian managed to regain his bearings in time and blocked it. But his arms softened and his body ached from the force. Immediately after, a second spear strike shot out, this time, Qianye Fantian could only manage to move a bit. It took out a chunk of his shoulder.
"Damn it!" said Qianye Fantian.
The spear shot towards his head. Suddenly, his forehead glowed and a third eye appeared, stopping the spear. However, Chadero's nen shot out of the spear and into Qianye Fantian's head. A sharp pain and a red mark appeared on the third eye. It let out a repulsive force and sent Chadero flying back.
"Enough!" shouted Qianye Fantian. He raised his hand and a ball of lightning suddenly grew. He shot it at Chadero like a beam. Chadero thrust his palm out and a golden hand emerged. The collision sent out a wave that destroyed the formation and knocked everything away.
The Brahma Heaven God Emperor sent his full power into this one beam of lightning and lightning clouds formed above him to assist. In addition, the laws of lightning ranked among the strongest in terms of destructive capabilities. The palm was slowly disintegrating.
During this struggle, Qianye Ying'er prepared an arrow of ice and aimed at Chadero's head. "Niflheim's Frost!" Fully curving it, she shot the arrow out. Wherever it passed through, the air and earth around it would be frozen solid. Space was rippling around it.
The arrow blinked in and out of existence and suddenly appeared near Chadero's head. Chadero's eyes constricted. "Evolved Golden Demon Form 1." A red aura expanded out of Chadero and blocked the arrow. Chadero's nen and the arrow conflicted causing spatial cracks to appear everywhere. Eventually, Chadero's nen won and the arrow disappeared along with the spatial cracks.
"What?!" exclaimed Qianye Ying'er.
The palm that Chadero was using to defend against Qianye Fantian grew more and more concrete. Soon, Chadero's palm was pushing forward against Qianye Fantian. He brought out a pill from his private dimension and swallowed. Suddenly, the lightning beam grew stronger.
Chadero laughed crazily. His Golden Demon fully materialized. Its bloody appearance shook the realm. Due to Chadero's bloodlust manifesting through his nen, the earth around him began to decay at a terrifying rate.
"I got carried away. But you two have given me quite a battle. Also made me see some of my weaknesses. For that, I will show you my enlightenment with the spear." said Chadero.
All of Chadero's aura and bloodlust retracted. The beam carried on and enveloped Chadero.
"1 Strike To Decimate The Earth! 1 Strike To Shatter The Heavens! 1 Strike To Break The Will!" resounded a deep voice.
3 impossibly fast thrusts came out of the beam and hit Qianye Fantian. However, the effects were weird. The first strike left a hole where Qianye Fantian's heart was. The next strike completely annihilated the beam of lightning and dissipated Qianye Fantian's cultivation. The last strike was almost illusory, and a dragon could be seen flowing within it. This strike destroyed Qianye Fantian's soul.
Qianye Fantian's body fell down and disintegrated from the remaining aura inside him. Chadero turned his gaze towards Qianye Ying'er who tried to flee. However, like before, Chadero's aura completely took control of the realm's space aura.
He reached out and clasped but a barrier blocked his nen hand. "What?" muttered Chadero. He clasped harder but there was still no change. A needle shot out of Qianye Ying'er and went towards Chadero. Chadero moved to dodge it but it kept following him. He used another nen hand to try to destroy it but it simply passed through.
"This thing... what about the soul?"
An illusory dragon came out to try and stop it, but that too failed. Suddenly the needle disappeared and reappeared in Chadero's heart. Chadero's eyes widened but he could do nothing to stop it.
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Within Chadero's soul.
The needle spread pink mist throughout Chadero's soul. The azure dragon rushed towards the needle to destroy it, but it began to slow down and fall asleep half-way through. However, at this moment, the giant black shadow opened one of its eyes once more. It stared at the pink mist permeating and its eyes shimmered as if it found something good.
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"I can't feel anything." thought Chadero. "Nothing happened?"
He struck out at Qianye Ying'er once more, but instead of the barrier, he felt himself unable to finish it. His veins popped up as he struggled. "Shit!"
Qianye Ying'er smirked as she looked at Chadero struggle. "You forced my hand, Chadero."
"That was the Soul-Bounding Needle. Only a few exist in the entire Primal Chaos Dimension. With it, you can't harm me, but I can't harm you."
"System is there any way out of this?" thought Chadero.
[Responding to Host. It is similar to a curse. Only an exorcism ability will be able to lift this.]
Chadero frowned. An exorcist was extremely rare, he could be able to become one, but it would take time.
"What should I do..."
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In the Northern Divine Region.
"Help! The devils ar—" screamed a middle-aged man before being beheaded.
"Damn you! Betrayers!" shouted a young man that fought with an obscure figure.
Everywhere this scene could be seen. Villages being burnt down, cities being destroyed, entire planets being attacked.
7 figures were conversing in a wasteland.
"The other regions in the God Realm have gotten a hold of what's going on. Where did the leak come from?"
"Don't worry about it. The Emperor has everything prepared. We'll go through the Eastern Divine Region, then to the South, and finally the West."
"Watch out. Word has it that they're preparing to start a campaign."
"Pointless. Our Emperor has already surpassed the Dragon Emperor, after taking him out, the God Realm will be easy to deal with."
"Our personnel in the Eastern Divine Region has reported a figure similar to the Dragon Emperor popping up."
"What?!"
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In the Dragon God Realm.
A handsome tall man is seen looking at a projection of the fight. He was astonished that Chadero was still holding back during his fight. What surprised him more was the fact that Qianye Ying'er had a Soul-Bounding Needle.
Only a few records exist about the Soul-Bounding Needles. It was said that a True God created them to prevent conflict between two people a long time ago.
Once a person was afflicted with the Soul-Bounding Needle, the two would not be able to hurt each other. Any direct conflict would be pointless from then on, and the fighting between the two would eventually recede.
In terms of rarity, it was in a tier that was only below the Seven Heavenly Profound Treasures.
A person besides the handsome tall man asked "Your Majesty, what are your opinions on the boy?"
"He controls himself to not affect the area around him too much. He doesn't want to affect the people around. Quite respectful if you ask me. As long as we don't have any issues, I'd be glad to be his friend." he responded.
"Could stop fooling around so much though." he added in.
