Against a Great Emperor
"What?" Bruce innocently asked The Great Emperor expert who wanted to strangle him.
"How dare you kill them all?" The man exerted his aura which blew away the trees in the surrounding.
"Why can't I?"
"There are no rules in the Nether Realm, remember?" Bruce smirked.
"You dare go against his majesty?" The man trembled in rage.
"Hahaha" Bruce laughed out loud as if he heard the most ridiculous thing in his life.
"Your so-called majesty is only the current ruler of the Nether Realm"
"But he is not its creator" Bruce laughed as he didn't feel threatened by the Great Emperor in front of him.
"What are you talking about?" The man didn't understand what Bruce was implying.
Everyone in the Nether Realm basically accepted the Lord of the Nether Realm was also its creator.
"The creator of the Nether Realm created the laws to prohibit powerful beings from attacking weaker beings in the three regions"
"Though, one can attack a weaker being if provoked"
Bruce then waved his finger in front of the Great Emperor expert.
"Here's the thing, your precious majesty didn't create those laws"
"Someone else much more powerful than he did"
"Understand?" Bruce had learned about this from Isabelle when he told her that he came from the Nether Realm.
The reality is that the Nether Realm can be claimed by anyone if they are powerful enough. But they still have to follow the rules of the Nether Realm.
Like any other being, the current ruler of the Nether Realm will die if he tries to break the rules.
The man started to put the pieces in his head, but he still refused to believe what Bruce was saying.
The ruler of the Nether Realm is the most powerful being in the universe. No one should be more powerful than him. Clearly, someone provoking his majesty would be exempted from the protection of the laws.
"Nice try brat, but your death is sealed"
"Alright then, try to attack me"
"Let's see if your precious majesty protects you from the Nether Realm" Bruce taunted. He too was curious about the Nether Realm and its mysterious powers.
Seeing Bruce's mysterious confidence, the Great Emperor hesitated because he had never personally seen anyone attempt to break the rule as there were countless records of rule breakers and what happened to them afterward.
"Hmph, his majesty will deal with you when he leaves seclusion" The man began to leave. He did not want to risk his life in a gamble.
"Coward" Bruce moved right in front of the man and pushed his head down to the ground.
BOOOM
A small crater was created on the ground with the man's head stuck in there.
"You insolent brat!" The man got up from the ground and began to fight back. He no longer had any fear because Bruce provoked him first.
Bruce casually dodged the man's attack. Compared to the opponents in his trial, the Great Emperor in front of him was simply too weak.
The Great Emperor somehow couldn't hit Bruce once even though he was one realm above him. He didn't like how the fight was going and summoned his domain.
To his horror, he could not muster a domain because it was overshadowed by Bruce's domain.
"Impossible…"
"How can you be this powerful?" The man trembled as he looked at Bruce once more.
"It's not that I'm strong, but you're just too weak!"
Bruce swiftly moved in front of the man and stabbed his heart with his gauntlet. Now that his bloodline comes from the Dragon God, the gauntlet's prowess increased even further.
The Great Emperor didn't realize what happened until he saw a gauntlet piercing his chest. With his last remaining strength, he tried to detonate himself.
Bruce quickly noticed that and grabbed Ariel away from the area.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
Everything within a 10,000 KM radius was destroyed except for the neutral cities. After all, those cities are protected under the laws of the Nether Realm.
"Ariel, are you okay?" Bruce looked gently at the beautiful angel in his arm.
Ariel was absolutely shaken by the series of events that just happened. Bruce had become someone too powerful.
"I'm fine" Ariel gestured for Bruce to put her down.
Bruce complied and slowly landed on the ground. He still wanted to feel Ariel's warmth in his embrace.
"Could you let me go now?" Ariel looked at the shameless man who was still hugging her.
"No, my wife still needs healing from me" Bruce shook his head.
"Bah, who is your wife!" Ariel pushed Bruce away while blushing.
"Ariel, you're very cute right now" Bruce smiled at the blushing angel.
"Shut up" Ariel turned around as she didn't want Bruce to see her expression at that moment.
"Bruce, what should we do now?"
"We'll have to run for the rest of our lives because the rule of the Nether Realm will keep hunting me down" Ariel said in a depressed tone.
"Easy, let's return to our respective homes" It was time for Bruce to go home and see his family again.
"That's impossible!" Ariel had already given up returning back to her home until she reached a much higher strength.
She heard that once she joined the Nether Army, she would be granted permission to leave the Nether Realm and travel to other realms for conquest. Her original goal was to obtain the necessary strength and take vengeance for herself.
"Ariel, could you tell me how you died?" Bruce created two ice chairs for her to sit down on.
Ariel sat down on the chair while Bruce sneakily pulled her chair closer to his.
"Stop messing around Bruce!" Ariel blushed.
"I just don't want you to catch a cold" Bruce shamelessly replied.
Ariel rolled her eyes and began to tell him her story.
"I was the princess of the angel race back in my world"
"Due to my immense talent and beauty, my father, the emperor announced me as the next empress of the race"
"I had a little brother who adored me"
"I always played with him and taught him cultivation"
"On my 21st birthday, he called me out to a discreet location to give me my personal present"
"Little did I know, he ambushed me with his men and wanted to rape me" Ariel trembled when she recalled the horror that day.
Bruce's eyes turned dark after hearing the story. No wonder why Ariel had turned into a cold person who killed without batting an eyelid.
"I detonated myself so that he would not taint my body and was reborn into the Nether Realm"
"As luck would have it, unlike other angels that were reborn in the Nether Realm, my wings are jet black"
"I didn't know why this happened, but I felt something bonded to my soul"
"After entering the Hell Spire, I finally figured out why my wings are black"
"It is because the Nether Lord has marked me as his future Death Knight. Which means that he'll be able to draw powers from me"
"Everyone in the Nether Realm is forbidden to kill me unless they want to incur the wrath of the Nether Lord"
"When I reach The Void, I will become a mindless puppet free to use by the Nether Lord" Ariel trembled and cried as she told Bruce the truth.
Her life was truly tragic. From her brother betraying her in the worst way possible to slowly becoming a puppet for someone else. Bruce couldn't help but pity the beautiful angel in his arm.
"Ariel, I can get you your old life back"
"What?" Ariel looked up with her puffy eyes.
"I can remove the seal the Nether Lord has placed onto your soul"
"How?" Ariel didn't think it was possible. After all, The Nether Lord was a godlike existence.
"Trust me, okay?" Bruce moved closer to Arie's face.
"Mm" Ariel nodded.
Bruce slowly leaned in and kissed her beautiful lips.
Just like that, the bandit stole her first kiss.