To The Brink Of Death

" Kuh! This bastard!"

" Don't hold back! Kill him with everything you've got!"

" Why are you saying cool shit like that?!"

"..."

The 20 or so people suddenly stopped.

They all silently looked at this person as if he were an idiot.

" 1,2,3,4.." Levi began counting and calculating.

" 17 of them are in the mind opening realm, with varying levels."

" And the other 4 are in the heaven and earth stages, but, that bald man is undoubtedly the strongest." Levi spoke to himself softly.

Since the people released their cultivations, he was easily able to calculate their levels.

" Agh, we can chew him out later, let's just kill this guy first!"

One man shouted, bringing the rest of them back to reality.

Qi of varying colors rose from the bodies of the men, as multiple killing intents erupted.

" Ahhh!" The first man shot out towards Levi, his fist coated in a yellow qi.

Levi simply shifted his head to the side, without moving from his spot.

" Haha, got you!" The man shouted, as his other arm became visible.

In his hand was a knife.

Radiating from that knife was a bountiful qi.

Puchi!

" Cough!" Blood was coughed up, before seeping into Levi's body.

Before the knife could touch him, he simply lifted one of his hands.

He didn't even have to do anything, as the man directly ran onto his sharp fingers, impaling himself.

"...Careless" The man's body shriveled as Levi absorbed the blood.

"....Attack together!!"

" Ahhhh!" The remaining men all charged at Levi.

They could only come from two sides since the pit was still in the middle of the dome.

And only about 3 could come from each side.

Fists and palms shot towards Levi, as he stood unmoving.

He twisted his body to the side, avoiding some of the attacks, while he slapped out with the backs of his hands to redirect some, but the people were relentless.

A sword stabbed toward his chest, while a knife coated in qi stabbed at his side.

Sparks flew as he slapped these things away with his hands.

" Descent of the azure dragon!"

A shout suddenly rang out, as Levi felt the prickling feeling of danger.

His eyes shifted, before locking onto the bald man, who was floating over the dome.

He was so absorbed in dealing with these people that he forgot about the real danger.

But what caught Levi's attention, was the qi building up around the man's palm.

' Does it take him a while before he can attack?....Then i shouldn't wait for him..' Levi thought, as he waited for the right moment.

His eyes became serious, as he watched the bald man cautiously.

" You should really pay attention!"

" humph!"

" die!"

3 voices echoed out, from both sides and behind Levi, as the three remaining heaven and earth stage cultivators attacked.

His eyes quickly swept over them, as he swiftly made a decision in his head.

' So he also knows about this delay....It makes sense that he would be protected until he could complete the attack...' Levi thought.

Although they didn't use any skills, the sheer amount of qi the coated their arms and weapons caused his expression to dim.

Although he wanted to focus on the bal man, he couldn't ignore these people.

Crack!

" Puft!" Blood sprayed from Levi's mouth, as the three attacks landed.

" cough! cough!" He coughed blood.

A fist and a palm to either side, causing his ribcages to cave in, along with the sword attack from behind.

The qi that was injected wreaked havoc on his body, even making it difficult for him to breath.

" This is the end for you!" The bald man spoke, as his palm strike was sent out.

A large purple head, with white eyes and gold edged scales appeared from the man's palm.

As it shot out, the body became visible.

A snake like body, with four legs and 3 claws.

"..." Levi was still struggling to breathe, when the attack came crashing into him.

Even the tavern above shook, as a large dust cloud was kicked up.

As the dust settled, the damage was clear for all to see.

A large pocket, that could probably fit all of the men present was opened, as Levi was imbedded deply into the back of it.

" Cough! Cough! Cough! Heuk!" He coughed a couple mouthfuls of blood, as he slowly pulled his body out.

Looking down, his eyes landed on a small blood shield.

inside of this shield were two people.

He had recalled most of the blood energy from that shield to protect himself.

Since the attack was focused on him, he took a gamble and protected himself.

Even if they had not been properly protected, his own life was more important in his mind.

After glancing at the shield to see if the people inside were still alive, Levi's gaze turned to the small horde people.

" What?!" The bald man shouted.

" Hehe, you will have to do better than that if you want to break my wings." Levi laughed out coldly.

He knew that if he had defended against the 3 attacks earlier, the bald man would probably take that chance to attack.

Since he wouldn't have been able to strengthen his defence in that split second, the man's attack would have done more damage.

So he allowed the two at his sides to strike him.

As for the one behind, the sword was stopped by his wings before it could ever peirce though him.

Although, he only made them big enough to shield his entire back.

He sent some of his blood energy though them to harden them, and although the sword peirced through the surface, it didn't leave a scratch on him.

" Useless! All of you!" The bald man shouted.

It only took him a glance to see that Levi was fine, aside from a few broken ribs and a few flesh wounds.

" Hehehe." Levi laughed coldly, as the red and black lines on his wings became more defined and they grew out.

Glowing red lines also appeared on his hands, as his wings once again split, before shooting out towards the two heaven and earth stage cultivators who attacked his sides.

Deng!

Ting! crack!

The attack was blocked by their defensive qi, as cold sweat appeared on their faces.

"..." Levi silently smiled, as thin black threads grew out form the tips of all of his fingers, before shooting towards the bald man.

" Humph! Do you think your weird techniques can touch me? Know your place!" He shouted, as a torrent of azure qi defended him.

He wanted to destroy the threads, but to his surprise, they were only deflected.

Watching this, Levi smiled.

The threads were deflected, as they shot into the croud of people.

" aghhh!"

" my arms!"

" my eyes!"

Cries of pain rang out, as blood flowed.

The threads wrapped around people, stabbed people, and because they were made from his flesh, with just a light twitch of his fingers, body parts were cut off.

Defensive qi was cut through like paper, as people lost their limbs.

' I didn't think that it would work this good!' Levi was slightly surprised.

The fact that he could control the spider's bloodline to this extent already surprised him greatly.

" Attack him! What the fuck are you standing around for?!" The bald man shouted, as he pointed to Levi with a frown on his face.

"..." The three heaven and earth stage cultivators looked at each other before nodding.

They all then shot to Levi, whose eyes flickered between them.

" I was waiting for you!" He shouted with a smile.

Three orbs of a black, almost transparent mental energy shot out towards each of the three respectfully, as Levi's smile deepened.

" What is he doing with those balls of mental energy?" The bald man's eyes narrowed in thought.

He then felt a tiny amount of qi excaping Levi's body, before shooting in three different directions.

" No!! stop!!!" The bald man shouted after a bit of thought, but before the three could react, three deafening explosions rang out, as a cold grin formed on Levi's face.

The three cultivators weren't able to escape the explosions, as they happened right in front of their faces.

" Dammit! I said to STOP! Can't you fools even follow orders?!?" The bald man shouted in anger, his face turning red.

"....Heaven and earth stage after all..." Levi mumbled to himself.

Although the mental enegry and qi exploded right in their faces, aside from blood running from one of their noses, and ruffled robes and hair, they were all fine.

Slightly dizzy, but fine.

"..." Veins bulged on Levi's body silently.

" I only have a bit of time left." Levi spoke, as a bead of sweat rolled down his face.

The blood of the people he had just cut up with his silk rose from the ground, before flying towards him.

Blobs of blood splattered on his body before seeping in.

Blood energy exploded from his body, as it's level rose.

" What a disgusting technique. Kill! Kill him now! Since he can't fight back right now, strike!!" The bald man shouted.

He had assumed that Levi couldn't move when he was absorbing blood.

boom!

Since Bart's blood had raised his blood energy level to 19, it was now at 20 and continued to rise.

boom!

Boom!

BOOM!

" The 23rd blood energy level." Levi mumbled.

He glanced at the three people rushing towards him, before waving his hands.

" I guess how many levels i rise depends on the quality of the food..." He mumbled.

His black silk moved to his will, the small red lines on them brightening as they shot towards the three.

" Haaa!" The one with the sword sensed danger.

He suddenly stopped, turned around and cut the silk appart, before continuing towards Levi.

Levi's eyelid twitched from a small amount of pain when his silk was cut.

Puchi!

" Ughh! Huh?!" Before the man could reach Levi, he felt something like needles stabbing through his legs.

As he looked down, the silk he had just cut off was imbedded deeply into his flesh.

" Humph!" One of the two remainders snorted, as he punched out towards Levi's head.

Boom!

Before he could touch him, Levi slapped out with one of his wings, as blood energy coursed through it.

The man's defensive qi was shattered, as his body slammed heavily against the wall.

Without his defensive qi to protect him, the man's bones shattered from the impact, before he fell limply on the ground.

" huff huff..." Levi panted.

He was begining fo feel nervous, since his bloodlines were still not acting up.

The more nervous he became, the more power he put into his attacks.

He had a feeling that when they did act up, that he would be unable to even lift a finger.

" You-You-You!.....USELESS!" The bald man shouted, as he shot towards Levi.

Seeing that the man himself was coming, Levi became cautious.

The difference between this man and the other heaven and earth stage cultivators was clear.

While they only used crude attacks, this man had a skill.

" Dragon's descent!" The man shouted, as his palm shot towards Levi.

Levi didn't try to move, as he felt a force pulling him towards the palm.

" Humph!" He snorted coldly, as he sent blood energy through his hand, before stabbing out.

Crackle!

" Haaaaaa!" The man shouted, as his palm and the tip of Levi's pointy fingers clashed.

His azure qi rippled out, destroying anything in it's path.

" Cough!" Levi vomited a mouthful of blood.

"..." He silenly gathered all of his available of his blood energy, and channeled it through his hand.

But even with that, it still didn't seem to be enough.

" Kek!" The man suddenly coughed a small mouthful of blood, as he persisted with his attack.

" You...kill..him.." he forced out, as his bloodshot eyes shifted to the side.

The remaining heaven and earth stage cultivator looked at this situation and grit his teeth.

Puchi!

"!!" The bald man's eyes widened, as he stiffly turned his head to look at his back.

There were five black threads of silk stabbing through his back, and slowly going towards his heart.

He didn't know that he was going to be stabbed from behind, so he couldn't defend himself with qi.

Although heaven and earth stage cultivators had slightly more durable bodies than lower level cultivators, it was still easy for Levi to damage them, as long as he used a weapon or him bloodline abilities.

"....Fine then. WE'LL BOTH DIE!" He suddenly shouted crazily.

Since the shadow of death was looming over him, he would at least drag his killer down with him.

" Wa-Wait! i-i am! If you go all out i will get caught in your attack! Wait until i get to a certain distance!" The heaven and earth stage cultivator who was stabbed in his leg with levi's silk shouted, as he slowly crawled to his feet.

Feeling the swell in the bald man's qi, Levi's expression dimmed, as his arm trembled.

It took everything he had to keep the man's palm from moving, as his muscles screamed in protest.

" Let you get to a safe distance?! If it wasn't for your incompetence, i wouldn't be dying in the first place!" the bald man shouted, as blood sprayed out with every word.

" Since i am dying, why don't you join me?! That way, you can still serve me! Even in hell!" The bald man shouted, as he raised his free hand.

" No!! Stop it! Let gooo!!" The heaven and earth stage cultivator shouted, as a strong suction force pulled him towards the man.

This was something heaven and earth stage cultivators could do, using the qi of heaven and earth to create forces to draw things in or push them away from themselves.

Their ability to do this increased with every breakthrough.

Obviously, this could be used for better things than forcefully dragging someone towards you.

" HAAAAA!" The man shouted, as his eyes rolled up into his head.

The heaven and earth stage cultivator tried furiously to get away, but his ability to control the qi of heaven and earth was near non-existent.

Levi's legs trembled as he was pushed back slowly.

' Hurry up!' Levi thought desperately.

" Ughi..." The man's body shook for a few seconds.

" ...HAAAAAA!"

Levi's expression darkened again.

Although he had just destroyed the man's heart, his qi continued to swell.

" DIE!!!!!" The bald man shouted, as qi and blood burst out from his forearm.

" Kegkk!!" Levi was being pushed back, as more qi bombarded him.

He gathered a small amount of blood energy to defend his body, but still kept the majority going through his hand.

" Ahhh! let go!" The heaven and earth stage cultivator shouted.

The qi rising from the bald man's arm scorched his and the cultivator's flesh, as it poured out swiftly towards Levi.

BOOOM!

" AGHHH!" Levi was once again sent crashing into the wall, as qi continued to pour from the man's body.

" AGHHHHHHH!" Levi screamed as the qi scorched his skin, and melted his flesh.

Although his sense for pain seemed to have dulled, the feeling of being cooked alive wasn't a pleasant one.

The qi pinned him against the wall, as it continued to destroy everything in it's path.

Although he protected his body with blood energy, Levi's body was still being burned by the astronomical amount of qi.

"...haaa...." The man's shouting slowly came to an end, as the thick and bountiful qi began to dissapate.

The arm the man had attacked with, all that was left of it was bone.

After a few seconds, even the bone broke off slowly and scattered like ash, and his body soon followed.

As for the heaven and earth stage cultivator, he couldn't endure the pain of having qi melt his skin and died from the pain.

His body dropped as the hand that was holding him broke off and scattered.

Levi's eyes were rolled back, as his body was in a wretched state.

His muscles twitched from the pain, as blood slowly poured from his melted skin.

His arms, legs, chest and face were partially melted off, with his face being the least damaged.

' Blood! I need blood!!' He thought furiously.

" Krgrug..." Only the sound of guargling escaped his throat.

He stifly moved his broken arm, as he reached out.

Any blood that didn't belong to a living person slowly creeped on the ground towards Levi.

Noah, who was watching this scene, vomited whatever was in his stomach.

He had been watching the fight from the safety of the pit for a while.

After collecting himself, he unsteadily got up.

He used the pile of mutilated bodies and rubble to climb out of the pit, before walking towards Levi.

Instead of walking until he reached Levi, he stopped short.

On the ground was two people.

The cage they were in had long been broken, and they were sprawled on the ground.

Somehow, they were alive, but unconcious.

" Da...mn..it..." Noah suddenly heard a voice that made him snap his head up.

" You...Levi....how are you still alive...." Noah asked.

Instead of focusing on Noah, Levi used all of his will, to gather every bit of blood he could.

" That....bastard turned....into ash..." Levi turned his gaze towards a pile of ashes.

If the bald man didn't turn into ash, he wouldn't have been it this state.

" Ack..." Levi slowly pulled his tattered body from the wall once again, and stood unsteadily.

Although most of his skin was healed, certain parts of it was still in that state.

And because he used the blood to heal his flesh, he couldn't mend his broken bones.

His golden eyes shifted, as he desperately searched for a source of blood.