Destruction & Re-Creation

Long Chen smiled and said "Sorry to take you away from your important work fighting against the demons, seniors. It was me who broke the teleportation formation." he pointed to the limbless old man and said "This old man, had it not been for me and my brother's quick thinking and quick actions, perhaps this entire boat of disciples and us two would be dead. I refuse to die like this, so I sounded the alarms, hopefully Seniors can get justice for us."

The man in the sky laughed and said "I see.

Cross looked at the old man and pressed the blade deeper into his neck, the old man said "Master, don't listen to his nonsense! They killed innocents! I-" Cross pulled the blade further, cutting into flesh and spilling blood, the old man paled and stopped speaking.

The man in the sky shouted "Enough! Shut up! You think I'm as stupid as you? These two are the same kind of people as us! Where's the Head of the Law Enforcement Division!"

Another man appeared in the air, but he only had one arm. He said respectfully "Brother Feng, it's been a while." Feng looked at the one armed man and sighed "To see you like this, I'm truly sad. I remember the days we fought side by side." he sighed and the one armed man looked sad as he said "Brother, the years have passed. Dust clouded my Dao heart, I can't do it anymore. After she died..."

He stopped speaking and just sighed, Feng patted his shoulder and said "It's okay, leave it in the past. The war against the demons is tight, we're leaving soon. I wanted you to come here and give these little brothers a fair account."

The one armed man felt his blood boiling a little bit as he asked "Brother Feng... The war..." Feng smiled and said "It's not convenient to talk about it here. In short, this matter will be handed to you. If I'm alive the next time we meet, we'll have a good discussion then!"

Cross snapped his head up and looked at Feng with a praising gaze. This guy! He's just like him! Cross was slightly awed and Feng looked down at Cross with pursed lips, he patted Cross' head and said "Perhaps you'll treat me words as fart, but I hope you will listen."

Cross looked at Feng, who smirked and said "Your sword is like a butcher's knife, this isn't a bad thing, but even butchers take breaks..." he paused for a moment before adding "The pig will always fall under the Butcher's knife, whether the pig lives for another day or not... There's no difference in the end."

Cross didn't say anything but just stared at Feng in a daze, Feng smiled and looked at Long Chen, patting his shoulder as he said "Your sword is rusty." he smirked and said "Your brother is a butcher and you're a rusty blade. Little brother, don't be shy and introverted. Being low-key will have negative results. Grow up quickly, don't waste time here. The dragon will rise eventually, how can you mix in with a group of loaches?"

Long Chen was slightly dazed but responded seriously "Little brother, understands." Feng smiled and said "Good." before leaving, the rest of the man all talked to the one armed man before giving Long Chen and Cross thumbs up.

They all left and Cross was still slightly dazed, as a result, the old man escaped his clutches with a neat cut on his neck that sealed itself.

Cross stood on a black lotus, holding Yuanyuan in his hands as he looked into space. The words Feng told him rang in his mind constantly, his entire life flashed before his eyes. His attitude on the streets, when he got taken in, the huge changes during Hogwarts, when he arrived on the Profound Sky Continent, during the time he stayed there, in the God Realm, during the way here, and finally his attitude in the Immortal World.

When did he become so arrogant?

... Was it right to be like this?

Long Chen was talking to the one armed man, when everyone heard a crack. Long Chen looked at Cross in shock, Cross was trembling and blood seeped from his lips as the light in his eyes was dimming quickly.

Long Chen was getting anxious and he shook Cross, shouting "Oi! Wake up!" the one armed man looked at Cross in bewilderment. He knew what was happening, the same thing happened to him! Cross' Dao-Heart was cracking, if he doesn't overcome this, he'll become a waste.

Long Chen threw Yuanyuan to Ying'er and slapped Cross, roaring "You bastard! Wake the fuck up! Your Dao-Heart is shattering!" Cross' eyes twitched and Long Chen shouted in his ear "Idiot! What are you doubting yourself for?! What about all your speeches!? Are you willing to break and become a waste?! Wake the fuck up!"

He slapped Cross hard and shouted loudly "What about your family!? What about your unyielding heart!? What about what you told me a while ago?! If you let this happen, you'll lose them all!!"

Cross trembled.

Inside Cross' mind space,

Cross was watching his life when he heard Long Chen's shouts. He was conflicted, from what he saw, he had borderline multiple personality disorder. He watched the images as a stuffy feeling appeared in his chest, a voice sounded in his mind "Isn't it better to just give up? You've been fighting for so long..."

Cross said "But what about the others.." the voice replied "They can protect you, you won't have to do anything anymore..." the voice was sweet and enticing, luring Cross to give up and go against his beliefs, second guessing himself at every turn.

His Dao-Heart was cracking quickly and Cross was slowly succumbing to the voice. A shadow Cross appeared, whispering in his ear "They'll all be fine, all you have to do is bend your knees.. This bloody path.. It's not for us. We're a good person, those people are so strong, what can we do against them?"

Cross felt his body twitching in denial and suddenly he heard a series of voices. He looked up and saw the girls smiling and saying "We'll protect you, don't worry. Just let us do everything." Cross blinked before looking confused, the shadow Cross said "See? Even they want you to stop..."

Cross whispered "No..." the shadow Cross froze and a crack appeared on him as the scene in the Turtle trial appeared in his mind space, Cross muttered "No." before waving his fist and roaring "NO!" he punched the air and shattered the visions, along with the shadow him.

His Dao-Heart stopped cracking before shining and repairing, but going even further beyond! It shined gold before devouring the white-gold flame that was inside his heart. His entire heart burst into white-gold flames and turned completely white gold.

Long Chen was pushed away as Cross roared in the sky, the aura of a supreme King burst out of his body and his suppressed black seed exploded into a raging black flame, burning brightly and lightning up every single one of his star spaces.

A pillar of black light shot up from his body into the clouds and the One armed man jumped in shock before grabbing Cross and flying away quickly. Long Chen was startled and got back on the boat as the one armed man shouted "Get the elder and place him into custody! When I return, we'll hold a trial!"

A bunch of disciples came and took the limbless old man as Long Chen tore the net on the boat and shouted at Mu Qingyun "Go! Follow them!" Mu Qingyun jumped in fear and hurriedly controlled the boat to fly after the one armed man and Cross.

they reached a deserted valley and the one armed man threw Cross down before backing off, coincidentally the boat was there was well. He landed on the boat and looked up at the sky in shock, Long Chen looked at the clouds and trembled as he said "Aiyo... This is to kill people?"

The 6 kids were trembling in anxiety, while Ying'er held onto Yuanyuan tightly, looking at Cross on the ground.

Cross was engulfed in black flames as every single type of rune was as black as can be and massive. All the runes represented a different path a cultivator could take. Wood, Fire, Water, Earth, Metal, Lightning, Ice, Light, Dark, Blood, Qi, Soul, etc. Depending on the darkness and size, that would display the talent the cultivator has for the specific Rune.

But all of the Runes Cross had were Blacker than Black and gigantic!

Cross suited himself in his armor and roared, the Divine Void Dragon on his back eyes flashed and a large blackhole appeared on his back, sucking in all the runes as his flames got darker and darker but also hotter and hotter as they pierced the clouds.

A giant lightning sword fell down from the sky onto Cross and slammed into his chest, piercing through and stabbing into the ground behind him. Cross grunted and clarity came to his eyes as the sockets in the armor started to glow violent red, he grabbed the lightning sword and shattered it before it was sucked into the black hole.

He looked up and his fist caught fire, he threw a punch at the clouds and a pillar of black flames burst the clouds open! The disciples were shocked, Lord Fifth was a true madman! Long Chen said seriously "All of you watch very carefully. This is what it means to yield to absolutely nothing. This is your teacher's Dao. Maybe you'll have some inspirations."

The disciples nodded and watched carefully, the one armed man had a face full of praise for Long Chen. He was quite the good seed! Lily grabbed Long Chen's robe tightly and whispered "Uncle Long... Is my dad going to be okay?"

Long Chen would normally be angry that someone was grabbing his robes, because it was extremely important to him, but he saw the tears in Lily's eyes and his heart softened. The rest of the kids were fighting back tears as well, Long Chen smiled. Even though they're killing machines they still are just kids after all...

He patted Lily's head and said "If this could kill your father, then I wouldn't have the face to call him my brother." Lily nodded but didn't let go of his robes as she trembled slightly. Long Chen smiled and turned to watch.

Cross looked at the massive clouds and sneered, the fire exploded out and was slowly being sucked into the blackhole behind him. The runes, lightning, and flames were being fed through the Divine Void Dragon and into each of his star spaces, strengthening them infinitely. The star spaces slowly started to change looks, as they spun into black holes themselves.

The thunder cloud slammed down another sword and Cross punched out, shattering the sword and devouring it. Then another, and another. 10 more swords came down, it had been 12 rounds so far.

The disciples were numb, even Long Chen looked at the cloud with a frown.

Cross looked at the cloud and shouted "Are you trying to kill me, or tickle me!? Your pathetic attacks can't even put a scratch on this King!" the thunder rumbled loudly, as if enraged, as all the clouds came together to form a giant black thunder blade.

Imagine that. All the clouds forming into a giant sword, this has to be around 1000 meters long and 100 meters thick? How crazy is that?!

Cross grinned and slammed on his armor shouting "Come! Kill me if you have the guts! If I even kneel, you'll be my father!" the thunderclouds were enraged and the color of the sword turned purple. Before it shot down towards Cross.

The disciples were stunned and the one armed man shook his head saying "He's finished." Long Chen frowned and a lightning dragon popped it's head out, looking at the lightning hungrily. Long Chen rubbed it's head with his thumb as he said "Wait, too many people." The dragon 'pouted' and Long Chen smiled.

Cross bent down and jumped towards the lightning sword, throwing a fiery fist at the giant sword and hitting the sword tip. There was a pause before a crack echoed in the valley, the armor on his fist cracked and Cross grinned as he said "Come on! More!" he pushed his fist forward and shattered the tip of sword.

The sword slammed into his body as he passed through the broken tip.

The sword went into the ground and created a massive explosion, leaving a huge crater as the clouds in the sky disappeared. The dust cleared form the crater and Cross was standing in the middle of the hole with half his armor left, the skin that showed was completely bloody and purple lightning crackled around him, the entire sword of lightning was in shattered pieces everywhere and was being sucked into the blackhole behind him, becoming Cross' strength.

Cross took a chunk and formed it into a ball before holding it in his hands as the rest of the sword and lightning was sucked into the blackhole.

Long Chen appeared in front of him and Cross handed him the ball of lightning before saying "Haha... Thank you.. Brother..." before falling unconscious as the blackhole entered his body. Long Chen was stunned, this guy held on to give him the lightning ball before passing out but he was still standing!

Long Chen felt warm in his heart, a brother like this... It made him feel less alone in this new world. Cross's armor receded back into the Prayer Bead necklace and the necklace crackled with purple lightning before it sucked it inside.

Long Chen picked up Cross and brought him back to the boat. The one armed man looked at Cross and said "He's not dead!?" Long Chen grinned and said "Not yet." the one armed man felt his blood boiling as he mumbled "Even a little brother like this has the courage to fight the heavens and yet I lost my own..."

His eyes suddenly burst into flames as his back straightened out and a sharp aura appeared around his body. Cross' unyielding will against the world ignited his long lost flame and made his blood boil again! He said to Long Chen "After I deal with the old man, you will be on your own. I'm going to the battlefield again. Don't speak of this to anyone, understand?"

Long Chen smirked and said "Nice to see your spirit's back, Senior." The one armed man laughed for the first time in a long time as he patted Long Chen's shoulder saying "Call me big brother! Hahah! I'll leave you a gift." he waved his hand and all the disciples blinked before saying "Eh? Weren't we at the school?"

Long Chen shot the man a grateful glance and said "Thank you, big brother." The man shook his head and laughed as he said "Let's go back." he looked at the disciples and said "The old man sure can run, good thing we got him!"

The disciples realized that the man was chasing the old guy and forgot about it soon enough as the boat headed back to the school, while Long Chen held Cross on his back the entire way saying that he fought the old man. The disciples were in awe and convinced themselves to work harder to be like Cross.

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