Breaking mortal shackles(2)

The more Karl got suppressed the more his body became gravely wounded on the outside as cracks spread out rapidly. Amelithea had a pained expression. This thing was not supposed to happen. How could a devil dare to soul attack her own blood.

Anger was not enough to describe her feelings right now. There was no way Karl could defeat that 'thing'. It was way stronger than him however much it was restricted. A golden lotus symbol appeared on his forehead. His soul was fighting back the corruption.

"I can't help him right now. If I enter his consciousness, his soul shall be destroyed. He cannot handle my presence. But well let's try out this." She muttered softly. The situation was far from good. If the devil defeats him, it will devour his soul and take over his body. The more she thought about it the more irritated she became.

Amelithea bit her finger. As soon as a golden drop came out. Space distorted and the place was immediately destroyed. They were now in a void. She had made sure to protect his body. She directed the golden blood towards his mouth.

As soon as the blood entered his mouth, Karl's inner world shook violently. Their fight stopped. They looked up to the sky in his consciousness. The cracks which had started to spread closed off at an astonishing speed.

Khora felt his powers being sealed at a rapid speed. It didn't take long for his body to return to its peak. Karl looked at the devil with determination. He joined his katanas into one and attacked. The katana was now blazing with flames. His hands were covered in ice.

He slashed forward to which the devil smiled and evaded but it was too late. As fast as lightning, Karl punched it with all his mighty. Khora shot backwards like a broken doll and slammed into a rock.

Boom!!!

Karl wasted no time and shot an ice spear at him. The spear shattered like glass as it struck Khora's body creating a shockwave. This was morethan enough time for him to close the distance.

His hand shot forward like a spear towards Khora's chest. The devil smiled at Karl's stupidity. Khora had peirce his hand through Karl's abdomen. This was very dangerous as miasma rapidly spread to corrode his body.

Khora's smile froze as he looked at Karl's mocking grin. With his tampered body he was sure that Karl couldn't bypass his defence.

How wrong he was as Karl pulled out two things from his chest. They seemed to have life but he immediately crushed them.

"You underestimated me too much. But I respect your strength, you were really a troublesome opponent to deal with."

Thub!

Khora's large body dropped to the ground. Karl also followed suit and laid beside it. Khora's body shattered into light particles which had miasma and assimilated with Karl's soul.

As if on clue, the golden blood released its energy. His body glowed morethan ever and his aura soared as his power increased tenfold. He became more powerful. Both his body and soul were now healed. He needed some rest to recover.

Amelithea looked at the destruction and sighed. If it wasn't for her intervention, the cave and the castle would have seized to exist.

Snap.

Everything was restored back. The cave looked completely fine now. Her spiritual body bust into particles and disappeared. How that devil managed to soul attack made her put more protective runes around Karl's soul.

Still unconscious, his body undergone a transformation. His sliver hair became more bright making it appear shiny. His skin became more flawless free from any spots. The muscles on his body became more refined as he also increased in size.

There was a continuous cycle of life and death around him. Plants died and immediately came to life. His body was giving off miasma and at the same time life energy. His powers were just that broken. If know to the supernatural society, he could gain both enemies and allies but mostly enemies as other races couldn't allow such a power house to grow.

His eyebrows shook as he opened his eyes. Looking around, the cave looked the same as before but far from it he knew there was external help. He would have been blowing wind by now.

He expanded his divine sense to about 400 meters. Karl was shocked as a large stream of information hit his brain. He concentrated further and suddenly, he could effectively see everything in this domain. It was as if nothing could escape him here.

The fight with Khora really gave him a better understanding of what being weak really meant. He knew that that Devil was just toying with him. From the start he was fated to die but he suddenly overpowered it and emerged victorious.

Abundant cosmic energy was rushing through his veins. He needed to consolidate his powers now. Karl sat down and started circulating energy through his body.

After what seemed like an eternity, a surge in aura occurred. He had skipped a whole rank officially reaching the Transcended rank breaking mortal shackles.

What he fail to get was that his soul had assimilated Khora's powers making them his. But even with that much power he only reached the 3rd rank. This proved how much the difference between ranks was. It was like the distance between heaven and earth. That Devil was in the initial stages of Emperor rank. But Karl had no way of knowing this.