Dual Sword God: Book 7: The Crimson Devil of the Redlands

by Shadows Finger

  Cough! He coughed out a few bits of blood as wounds started to appear on his skin, but as if he didn’t care he gritted his teeth turning into a streak of lightning that headed towards Azger.

  "Jade!" Lang Kuang yelled in concern as he shrugged off the rocks and tried to hurry over.

  At this time, Azger was only a few feet away from Miren Fei, but suddenly, the space above him rippled as Tiana appeared from out of nothingness, stabbing her daggers towards his neck.

  "You dirty uncle! Die!" Tiana cried out as her adorable face now had a hint of savageness, true to her primal nature.

  No one knew just how Tiana had looked up to this big sister of hers; she would slaughter any who dared to harm her.

  "Hmm? The power of space, if you had hidden, I couldn't do anything, but for you to attack me shows your immaturity child."

  As he spoke, Azger quickly shifted his body to the side, avoiding Tiana's strike, but Tiana didn't seem finished; she twirled her body like a gig, chopping her daggers once more.

  Looking at the girls' efforts, Azger felt it commendable, but he wasn't one to spear his enemies.

  "Go to hell!"

  With his mindset on destroying her, Azger swung his halberd with great force, aiming to end her life.

  "Tiana!" Toram and Tira looked at this in alarm; they were originally wondering where she had hidden, never did they think she'd directly attack the enemy.

  "Nooo!" Tuzi Baoli cried out, looking at the scene from afar.

  "Shit! That stupid brat, what's she thinking?" Lang Kuang cursed in his mind as his eyes flashed with a tinge of anxiousness, his body hurried from one side like a blood-red and silver ray of light.

  Dai Lin also moved rapidly; he was hoping to catch up in time despite knowing it was futile.

  Miren Fei looked at this scene with her pale face; she touched the marking on her forehead, causing it to shift into a flood dragon symbol. She quickly sent it a mental message, ‘Little Blue, can you appear now?’

  The flood dragon at the center of her spiritual sea opened its eyes as it spoke, "I am unable to manifest; you've used too much of your energies; if I were to appear now, you'd suffer a terrible backlash."

  Miren Fei, hearing this, bit her lips and cursed to herself, 'Darn, I shouldn't have kept it hidden, I have should have just used it from the start. Since it can't help, I'll have to take drastic measures."

  With her thoughts decided, Miren Fei showed a firm look as Little Blue, who could sense her intentions had wide eyes when he exclaimed, "Huh... mistress, what are you doing? Don't be so reckless!"

  His voice sounded from the core of her mind as Miren Fei acted as if deaf to his words.

  Pan Mang also had a pale look on his face, he tried to help by tossing out his threads, but as Azger's battle qi was too powerful, it repelled it like paper.

  "Damn! We have to—" Pan Mang wanted to say something, but right at this time, his eyes widened as if he saw a shocking scene.

  "No, you can't go in your condition!" Pan Man exclaimed.

  “Miss Fie!” Pan Shin also cried out, but it was too late; Miren Fei had already swept ahead like blurry flicker, appearing before Tiana.

  "Miren Fei, get back!" Dai Lin, Lang Kuang, and the others shouted as they saw her reckless act. However, Miren Fei ignored them as she wrapped her arms around Tiana, her skin turning into a darker jade color.

  "Big Sister Fei!" Tiana shouted in alarm as she saw Miren Fei appeared in front of her during her moment of crisis. Her big innocent eyes now shedding tears as she knew she wouldn't survive the hit.

  Miren Fei gave Tiana a gentle smile as if trying to assure her as she closed her eyes while thinking, ‘This is my last option; if I'm lucky, then my evolved Unbreakable Jade Body can resist it. But if I fail, then young Master... it looks like this is where we part ways.'

  Azger made a sly smirk at this scene; he had deliberately held back his attack from arriving at Tiana in hopes for such a scene. Naturally, he had clearly understood the dangers of Tiana's ability, much like Miren Fei's, he hoped to destroy them together to rid himself of potential setbacks.

  "You can both die together! Mountain—"

  Azger was about to push one of his strongest attacks forward to eradicate them with complete certainty, the audience looking at the scene in terror, knowing that they had lost this battle. However, right before he could even finish, a cold and utterly emotionless voice sounded, followed by a new change.

  "You... what do you think you're doing?"

  Chapter 320

  Feng Yu’s Divine Ability

  A few moments before the current scene, Feng Yu, who had suffered the directly full-powered attack of Azger's Mountain Fission Art, laid half-conscious in a pile of rubble. He knew that the only reason he survived was due not only to his overwhelmingly powerful Devouring Thunder Sword Arts but the excess energies from the Sacred Phoenix Feather.

  Nevertheless, though he had survived it, he wasn't in good condition at the moment; his body was covered in blood, as even his bones felt a bit broken, this was the most severe state he'd ever been in ever since his battle's in the Ancient Dragon Battlefield.

  “Damn... I was arrogant, sure we have trump cards, and I’m from a powerful family in this life with many opportunities. But how could I forget? I’m not the only practitioner with special encounters, anyone can have a trump card. Now I have to pay the price for my stupidity.”

  Feng Yu cursed while coughing up a bit of blood, he could slowly feel his consciousness slipping away as if his body wanted to rest. However, he couldn't help but hear Dai Lin's and the other's cries right now.

  'This... what's happening?'

  Feng Yu thought as he couldn't speak anymore, due to his throat's soreness, he tried to move his head, but no matter his effort. He couldn't seem to move it properly; he could only shift his eyes towards the source.

  Upon doing this, Feng Yu's eyes soon widened in shock as he saw something he didn't think would ever influence his mind. There, before his very eyes, he saw a desperate Miren Fei embracing Tiana from Azger's attack. Still, as she did this, he saw a menacing look in Azger's eyes as he erupted a terrifying power preparing to finish them together.

  'Nooooooooo!'

  Feng Yu cried out in his mind as, at this point, he felt an unparalleled amount of rage, a feeling the likes of which he had never felt before. His thoughts focused only on Miren Fei, who was about to meet her end.

  Soon, his mind became blank as the only thing he felt was an endless murderous desire. His entire body, which laid on the ground, became filled with a blood-red aura as his surroundings took on a dark hue.

  'No one harms my Fei'er, no one!'

  Feng Yu cried out in his mind as his eyes also turned blood red, looking no different from the berserk demon. In this instance, his body seemed to have found strength that it no longer possessed, forcing him to rise up in a standing position after a flash of thunderous scarlet light.

  As if something had been waiting a long time. A familiar voice sounded at the core of his mind, seeping into the depths of his soul.

  "You have achieved the standard emotional state for divine ability pre awakening, but as you have yet to achieve the Third Stage of Mortality, you must offer a suitable power source to temporarily wield its power." The Eternal Ancient Will said.

  Feng Yu, who was in an enraged state, didn't even care what the system asked; he only wanted to be able to properly move and annihilate Azger.

  'I don't care, use it! Use every ounce of that Sacred Phoenix Feather have!'

  Feng Yu shouted in his mind. Quickly, the remaining number of amber-colored lights that resided in his body, gathered into Feng Yu's forehead where a vague mark of a flame divided by a bolt of lightning appeared below his mask.

  In this instance, Feng Yu felt a change; his body felt as if it was burning on fire as steam started to rise from his flesh when the Eternal Ancient's voice sounded once more.

  "We are Thunderblaze, the union of the supreme
and sacred. Our power must first start from rage, for only with an endless desire no different from a raging flame can you wield it, the first power of our roots, the Scorching and Sundering Eyes of the Primal Dragonix!"

  As if Feng Yu understood those words, an ancient knowledge transmitted to his mind seems to have been there from the very beginning. He felt strange as if he was disconnected from the world and returned to his origin. He could see countless scenes, and one of them showed himself utilizing a strange but powerful eye ability.

  'This knowledge, yes... so this is how it happens? This is how a bloodline gains a divine ability, or maybe, my way is different, as I am a new breed of lifeform.'

  Suddenly, his eyes shone as the symbol of a phoenix and dragon appeared in both of his pupils. His body then started to blaze in his golden flames as multi-colored thunder sparked around him, instantly healing his previous wounds.

  However, those flames soon transitioned once more, turning full crimson as if the mask on Feng Yu's face had only just regained the power to hide his bloodline after being momentarily obstructed. Now, he was akin to a crimson fire and thunder god, giving off a truly awe-inspiring and deadly aura.

  As if he felt ready, Feng Yu glared in the direction of Azger, whose halberd was one step from piercing Miren Fei's back, but oddly enough, it seemed as if he was moving in slow motion.

  Feng Yu had a stern look on his face when he slowly took a step forward, but as his foot touched the ground, his body vanished, leaving behind a flaming footprint with no trails.

  Instantly, he arrived before Azger and reached out his hand, which grasped his halberd before time seemed to have returned to normal. However, as it did, his voice sounded across the entire meeting grounds.

  "You... what do you think you're doing?"

  Hearing the voice and seeing the person before Azger, everyone looking at the scene had looks of shock on their faces.

  "Huh? What the hell is going?" Someone from the audience said in alarm.

  "That Crimson Mask, how can he so casually block the strength of that monster? Wasn’t he heavily injured just now?" Another person said in horror.

  Han Yi looked at this with surprise as he spoke, "He's different; he's not like when he was prior."

  "Indeed, I can feel it; it's his bloodline; it's had a slight change..." Bai Zan said with a look of bewilderment on her face, she knew that any form of bloodline change is likely a blessing for bloodline practitioners. It can lead to great powerups, especially if it's related to the awakening of an ability.

  'Could it be that he's awakened a powerful ability? But of it he did, why is there no Heavenly Recognition?' Bai Zan thought as she felt it strange, normally there should be a grand scene in such events.

  Naturally, she wouldn't know that this was just a pre awakening and not the complete thing. It will only last temporarily and awaken in full the moment he achieves the True Foundation realm.

  "Young master, are you...?" Dai Lin wanted to ask something as he landed nearby, his figure looking akin to a thunder deity ready to smite the world out of existence. However, closely observing him, one noticed that the clusters of lightning bolts rolling from the pores of his flesh, had some unusual kind of defects.

  Azger felt a scary feeling from Dai Lin, but not nearly as much as Feng Yu. He looked at Feng Yu in shock; he never felt such terror before in his life, not even from the master or his master's master. No, this was a kind of fear that couldn't come from a normal lifeform, having nothing to do with strength but a difference in their state of existence.

  "You... you... how?" Azger said confusedly and fearful; he didn't know what to ask, whether it be how he could stop his full power technique with just a grab of his hand or why he made him feel such terror. In fact, the only thing he wanted to do right now is escape this place as fast as possible.

  Feng Yu paid no attention to him; he looked at Dai Lin and spoke in a calm tone, "Dai Lin, you should cancel that technique, your body right now is in no condition to handle it."

  Dai Lin, hearing this nodded, he could feel Feng Yu's current power; he wasn't fearful that he couldn't end the situation. Instantly, his glowing pure white hair that emanated thunderous energies along with the thunderous entity that shrouded his figure was sucked up by the thunder mark on his forehead.

  As this happened, Dai Lin coughed and wiped his mouth corners; his body was covered in blood, looking as if he had suffered a great wound.

  'I can't use this ability in a short time; it seems I'll need to recharge at that special zone...'

  With such thoughts in mind, Dai Lin observed the scene with calmness, as by now, Leon, Myria, and the others had arrived nearby. Feng Yu looked at them and spoke, "Wait a moment, I will end this quick; we need to be finished with this mess."

  "Understood." Dai Lin and the others said, not making a move.

  Feng Yu turned his attention to Azger, who took a step back in fear, as he spoke as if trying to come to his senses, "I... I... wait, don't—"

  With the innate suppression of Feng Yu's bloodline's prestige, or rather, his racial aura that was temporarily in effect, no ordinary being could insist in front of it, especially when that being was a target of that lifeform's rage.

  Not even bothering to listen to another word, Feng Yu's eyes that now had the dragon and phoenix glowed. A pillar of scarlet fire and lightning erupted from his body, rising high before forming into his very same eyes. Eyes that seemed no different from deity’s before overlooking the world with the dragon and phoenix symbols around the cold golden pupils, both with a cruel and merciless look.

  "You shall witness my Eyes of the Primal Dragonix and perish to its wrath. Ignite and Sunder - Primal Thunderblaze!"

  With Feng Yu resonant cry, the symbols in the giant flaming eyes shone in a bright hue before fire two rays of scarlet gold light towards Azger.

  Feeling the threat of death, Azger wanted to escape, but sadly, it was only the thought to run, as his body didn't have the time for such an action.

  Instantly, the rays connected with his flesh before igniting him ablaze with a terrifying flame, lightning snaked about his form like a murderous snake strangling its foe in a cluster of raging flames.

  "Ahhhhh!" Azger cried out in horror, unable to speak as if the pain brought by this technique rendered all other functions useless leaving only pain. It was unknown how long he cried out for, whether it was Feng Yu deliberately prolonging his death or another reason, but after a good while, his cries faded as his figure turned in a pile of ash that faded from the world.

  The audience looked at this scene in fear as Bai Zan clenched her trembling fists tightly. Unable to hide her shock at the skill, she muttered, "S-such a terrifying bloodline ability, for him to eradicate a monstrous being like that with strength almost infinitely close to True Soul realm. This man... no... this devil, should never be underestimated."

  "Indeed... I thought his strength was good before, but that was only to the standard of setting the base in these southern lands. Now, his devilish strength will be something no one in this south can make light of..." Han Yi said with a serious look in his eyes.

  As of someone in the crowd heard their words, he spoke, "That's right, only such a title could fit this kind of being, look at the mask he's wear, no different from a devils' face. This devil called Crimson Mask..."

  More persons began to share their sentiments with those words, as the crowd felt both fearful and interested in the change it might bring. Yet, as if the target of their words didn't care, he merely turned his attention to elsewhere.

  Cough! Feng Yu's Bloodline Ability ended as his current power started to fade away with a light cough. Quickly the amber-colored lights from the piece of Sacred Phoenix Feather he consumed exited his body before disappearing into thin air.

  Once this happened, a feeling of weakness came over Feng Yu, but he didn't dare to show it in these circumstances, suppressing his urge to fall down.

  'He's weakened.'

  Dai Lin,
Lang Kuang, Leon, and Myria thought as they were the only one's more robust enough to sense it, Miren Fei also sensed it and felt a bit regretful that she had forced him into using such a card in hand.

  Feng Yu then turned to look at Miren Fei; sensing his gaze, she lowered her head, feeling a bit silly for her previous actions she clenched her fists tightly. She then lifted her head and spoke, "Y-young master, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to—"

  Miren Fei was about to say something, but suddenly, Feng Yu held her chin with his finger and spoke with a warm smile and a tone she had never seen him used before.

  "Fei'er... you win."

  Miren Fei was shocked; she never expected to hear those words from her young master. Startled by the current change, she found herself confused as she looked at him with a dumbfounded look.

  Lang Kuang looked at this and laughed on the side, "Haha, Jade, you should see the look on your face, you should know what the young master means?"

  "Hehe, you silly girl, what are you doing acting so shy at this time?" Tuzi Baoli said as she walked over while holding her gut, seems to be suffering from some injuries.

  Miren Fei, having finally realized the main stared at Feng Yu with a lost look, her eyes soon flowing with tears, Feng Yu seeing this sighed as he thought he was a foolish man. After expressing the scene just now, he now knew that certain affairs shouldn't be dodged and only faced directly. Otherwise, there will be scenarios where one would only wish to have that chance.

  His fingers wiped the corners of her eyes as he spoke softly, "Fei'er, let's talk after we're done here."

  Miren Fei, having regained her state of mind, finally nodded as she blushed while making a soft answer, "Yes."

  The two looked at each other for a while as the sweet moment seemed as if it could last forever, but suddenly, Tiana popped her head out from Miren Fei's arms as she spoke, "Hey, what are you doing?"

  Miren Fei and Feng Yu felt embarrassed; they had almost forgotten that they were at the center of attention.