2.5 Demon Invasion

"Hop on, I don't want to carry you but I have no choice." Mo Li wanted to get there as fast as possible.

"No need." I activated wings of Sylvan and soared into the skies. "Lead the way."

Mo Li and I flew for 15 minutes before reaching the Fire Wolves Territory. When we got there, a sinister aura enveloped us. I quickly used my holy flames and cleansed both of us.

"Mo Li, I don't have enough mana to manage both of us if we go further. I'm afraid that I will have to go in by myself." I smiled bitterly but I had no choice but to send Mo Li back out.

"*Sigh* Alright, be careful. I have no clue what you will run into but I will pass something to you. Hopefully Lord Phoenix God will keep you safe."

[Yo have recieved the Mark of the Phoenix]

[Mark of the Phoenix]

Increases Atributes by 50% for 2 hours.

"Thank you." I say goodbye to Mo Li and advance further while enveloping myself with my holy flame.

After walking for a little bit, I find a cave. This cave was surrounded by a dense dark energy. When I walked in, the dark energy hissed and crumbled while slowly revealing what was happening behind it.

When the dark energy blocking the way finally crumbled, I came upon a scene that shocked me. There were thousands of Undead wolves and demons sitting before a statue. This statue was the Phoenix God statue. The statue was being enveloped by a dark energy but it was desperately fighting back with scarlet colored flames. I then heard some dialogue.

"Why is the Evil Faction trying to bring demons into our plane? What would it accomplish? Wouldn't these demon just end up killing you dogs of the evil faction as well?"

This voice came from the statue. It was very weak but determined. It was unyielding to the dark energy that surrounded it.

"There's not really a reason to bring the demons back to our plane. Our Evil Faction just wants to spread chaos to the 12 continents. A catastrophe more catastrophic than the war between gods and demons. This is our goal. As for why you are being targeted... I'm afraid that even as a ghost, you would never be able to figure it out. Hahahahah..." The Evil Faction really is insane. A bunch of lunatics led by a maniac.

I decide to save the Phoenix statue and Fly inside.

"What's this? Oh, it you. Our leader wants that mask you hold. Why don't you hand it over and I will kill you cleanly. How about it?" He puts on his perfect smile and I feel disgusted.

I let out my golden crow and I summoned my Holy Flames at maximum power. I direct my flames to the statue and the sinister energy hissed and tried to run away but the Holy Flame devoured it before it could get far.

"That's not possible... Holy Flames?" The Phoenix soul inside the statue was surprised and so was the man with a sinister aura. His body shivered when he saw these flames. Every single cell in his body was telling him to run away.

"What... is that? What did you do? I'LL KILL YOU!" The man suddenly shot towards me. I didn't panic and summoned my holy flames again and shot them towards his chest.

"AAAARRRRGGHH!"

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I hit him in the chest and look at his description.

[Demi Human (Demonified)] [High Lord]

Lvl. 35

HP: [92700/100000]

This demi human fell to the ground and rolled to try escape this pain but to no avail. The flames attacked more than his body. They directly attacked the demonic bloodline inside of him and his soul. The wails sounded out while I turned around and enveloped myself in the holy flames once again.

[World on Fire]

This time I used my holy flames and the undead wolves howled while the demons shrieked in pain before turning into purified ashes. I turned back to the demi human whose screaming has turned hoarse. My holy flames were still burning him to my surprise. I even started to pity him for a bit. I took out my bow and the flames on my bow changed as well. Light gold flames waved around my bow.

I wanted to interrogate the poor bastard but the Phoenix soul suddenly shouted. "Kill him now. Take my statue and escape from this place." He was very anxious so I just ended him with the 10 Holy flame arrows. I grabbed the statue and put it in my inventory.

"Thank you for saving me. Is the Fire Wolf Tribe Leader still..." The Phoenix soul sounded mournful.

I smiled and said. "I saved her and she led me here. Luckily, I came just in time." I stopped talking and looked around because I felt someone staring at me. "I need to get out of here." I got up and began to leave but before I could get out. A sinister aura exploded out of the demi-human's corpse. A sudden darkness enveloped the entire cave. This darkness suppressed everything. I tried to use my holy flames but the most I could muster out was a spark. This is when I heard a voice that made everyone of my cells scream "Danger!".

"You and your pathetic light will be sacrifices for my horde. Hahahahah..." After the voice said this, a green portal appeared and things started to come out of it. Demons in all shapes and sizes started to flood out. My eyes widened in horror.

"BloodMoon, I detected you in the radius of the dark energy spike in the flamelands. Are you ok?" The darkness receded and Ivy used her spritual connection to talk to me.

"Master? Master, there are demons flooding into our plane through a portal in the fire wolf territory. I need immediate assistance." I anxiously reported what I was seeing.

"Demons? This isn't good. I tell the Faction of Light to head to your location right away. I'll also head over. Do you think you can hold on for 30 minutes?" Ivy was a little panicked.

"I don't know. I'll have to see..." I looked at my surroundings and brandished my blades. All of the Demons were between level 30 and 30 for now. Seeing this, I jump into action. Summoning my holy flames, I used a new ability.

[Holy Annihilation]

All of the demons within a 5 × 25 meter cone were either killed instantly or killed by the burn damage. I instantly shot up to level 30 with some change. I used gale steps and went to the closest demon using Illusion steps to dodge any ranged attack. When I got to it, I hit it with a temple strike, and followed it up with a smothering strike, then I used Cutthroat and eviscerate and ended its life. When It died, I saw a wisp of darkness get absorbed into my mask.

[Mask Of Sylvan Update: The wielder can now absorb the remaining energy from demons and the undead. Once 30 demons or undead's energies have absorbed, the energy can be used to with one of these 2 skills. The first skill is called [Supercharge] and the second is called [Void Splitter].

[Supercharge]

Raises the damage and range of next 2 skills or abilities by 300%. Resets cooldowns on all skills and abilities. Increased mana cost by 150%

[Void Splitter]

Pours all of the energy collected into your blade and you release the energy through the air in a 4 meter area for 15 meters.

These skills appeared on my skill tab and they were grayed out with a 1/30 over them. I looked at it for a second and immediately refocused on surviving the predicament.

With the help of my flames, I managed to kill around 20 enemies within 3 minutes. And was currently cutting them down. All of the sudden, they all began to shriek and turned way more aggressive than they were earlier. I detected this change and went into stealth and looked for a clear area.

Once I found a clear area, I used [Beacon of Light] and healed myself. I then had an idea. I began to pour my Phoenix flames into my beacon of light and it became wider and gave me a buff. I exited stealth and the demons ran over, but when they got inside the beacon, they began to disintegrate. They turned into ashes and filled up my mask and my xp bar.

[You have become Level 31]

After my skill's duration ended, I had killed 230 demons and reached the 57% mark in my level. I immediately used [Supercharge] and all of my skills and abilities were ready to be used. I roared wildly in my heart from joy.

I immediately used World on Fire with my Phoenix flames and my light mana. The demons shrieked and made my ears numb. Everything in the 60 × 60 area was turned into ashes and the demons were just running into it. At this point, level 40 demons were showing up. While the flames were doing thier job, I brandished my blade and used [Holy Annihilation]. All of the level 40 and under demons died in the 6 × 30 area that my attack enveloped. After my flames died down, i leveled up again.

[You have reached Level 32]

I went back to kiting my enemies for about 15 minutes. I leveled up 2 more times in the process. I had just activated supercharge when the ground had started to shake. A bigger portal appeared and a huge demon came out of it.

"BEARER OF THE LIGHT, LET MY SOLDIERS FEAST UPON YOUR FLESH!"

[Demon General Zod] [Demonic Lord]

Lvl 44

HP: [90000/90000]

It looked like a giant gargoyle covered in golden armor. Its wings spread out from behind it and it began to fly towards me. I took out my bow and knocked an arrow. My holy flames enveloped the arrow and I released it. Zod was about to take the blow so he could finish quickly but discovered that the arrow wasn't normal but by the time he reacted, it was too late.

*Puchi*

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"AAARRRGGGHHH!" The general fell down the ground screaming miserably. Its eyes opened widely at me while glaring ferociously.

"You sly human dog, I'LL TEAR THE MEAT OFF YOUR BONES WITH MY TEETH!" Zod once again began to charge at me but he had already been on the ground for around 10 seconds. While he was plummeting earlier, I had already begun to charge up a [Blazing Sunray].

A flash of light gold passes through Demon General Zod and he freezes in place.

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1 Hit Kill!

Zod began to flake as the ashes finally separated from eachother and dissipated into the air. I sighed in relief and sit down as all of the demons are once again enveloped by my [World on Fire]. At this moment, A deep and foreboding voice pierced my mind's thoughts. "My demon race will soon take over. Losing one portal won't matter. The other portals are working just as planned. Bearer of the Light, you stopped your kingdom from being invade but what about the others?... MMMMMWWWWAAAAHAHAHAH..."

The laughter became distant as the portal began to close. My back was covered in cold sweat and I had froze. At this time, Ivy contacted my through our spiritual connection.

"BloodMoon, are you alright, we are almost there." Ivy was very anxious. She even came 10 minutes earlier than she was supposed to.

"I'm fine but I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I have prevented the demon horde from invading our Buckwheat Kingdom."

"You did? That's great. You did even better than we thought. So, what's the bad news?" Ivy said as she relaxed.

"The bad news... is really, really, bad news. This wasn't the only portal open on any of the continents. This is only one out of the thousands of portals they have opened in the world. We need to inform our kingdom's army so they can be prepared for what may be a second great war." I smile bitterly while saying this.

Ivy froze. Everyone around her looked at her and an old man from the temple of light asked. "What's the situation?"

Ivy looked back at him and the fear in her eyes could be seen. The old man and the rest of the people the temple of light sent had a bad feeling.

"My pupil stopped our kingdom from being invaded by demons but who ever is the demon's leader said that there was more than one portal linked to our world..." The more she spoke, the more dread everyone felt.

The old man told the 3 people behind him. "You three, see if you can check the situations in the Twilight and Vermillion Kingdoms. I will go with master Ivy to check the situation here."

After saying this the old man and Ivy flew on their hawks for 5 minutes before reaching the fire wolves territory.

I was already outside with Mo Li the Fire Wolf Tribe Leader. "Teacher? You're here. The situation is under control here."

"You are tainted by the dark energy?" The old man asked suspiciously.

"Dark energy? No, I used this to keep the energy from entering my body." I released my light energy and Phoenix flames and combined them once again to create my holy flames.

"The Legendary Holy Flame?" Both Ivy and the old man exclaim in surprise. "No wonder you could hold them off. This is great but we have more pressing matters. We need to head to Luminous City right now. We'll give you a ride."

The old man offered me a ride on his hawk and I accepted.

We then headed for Luminous City.