Coiling Dragon

by welyjesch

  “Clang!”

  A clear metallic sound rang out.

  “Aaaah!” Loysius actually lost his grip on his light blue scimitar. The scimitar fell downwards, while Loysius himself held his head in agony, emitting an agonized scream.

  “Big Bro!” The muscular blue-haired man called frantically, but Loysius didn’t seem to hear him. He continued to spasm there in mid-air, while at the same time holding his head and screaming in absolute agony.

  “Big Bro, what is it? What’s going on?!” The muscular blue-haired man was absolutely besides himself.

  “Stop!” Wyrnessin said calmly.

  Loysius’ agonized screams suddenly halted, and he returned to his senses. He stared in terror at Wyrnessin. “You…you have a Spiritleech?”

  “Spiritleech?” Hearing this title, the faces of the muscular man and the other Fiends turned absolutely white. The term ‘Spiritleech’ was something which experienced people would occasionally hear of. Even in Blacksand Castle, the ‘Spiritleech’, a forbidden item, was rarely available for purchase.

  Even if it was available, the price would be absolutely staggering.

  Wyrnessin chuckled. “Right. I spent a good amount of effort to create this Spiritleech.” “You, you made it?” Quite a few people present were stunned.

  There were perhaps many, many Highgods who had trained in the Edicts of Death. However, those capable of creating a Spiritleech were extremely rare. In the entire Infernal Realm, there were 108 Asuras, but it would be hard to say if there were 108 people capable of creating a Spiritleech.

  “Did you think I would let you die so easily?” Wyrnessin snickered. “You should feel proud that I’m wasting a Spiritleech on you.”

  “Proud?” Loysius’ entire body was shaking. When he thought about the terrifying effects of the Spiritleech and about the pain he had just been in, beads of sweat began to appear on Loysius’ head.

  “Bang!” Gritting his teeth, Loysius attempted to smash his own head in and commit suicide!

  But before his hand touched his forehead, Loysius once more began to scream in agony. “Aaaaaah!” Holding his head, his entire body spasmed, a savage look on his face. Moments later, Loysius stopped screaming, his face ashen as though he were an invalid. He stared in terror at Wyrnessin.

  “I told you!” Wyrnessin, right now, was like a Sovereign, standing far above them and holding their lives and deaths in his hands. He stared down at Loysius. “I would make you regret it!”

  Everyone’s hearts shuddered in terror.

  He was able to create a Spiritleech. This meant that this Wyrnessin had already reached an astonishing level of attainment in the Edicts of Death.

  “Haha.” Wyrnessin suddenly let began to laugh like a madman, the laughter causing everyone, including Linley’s group, to feel terrified. Wyrnessin’s gaze swept across the other Fiends. “Everyone involved in this matter will die!”

  Those Fiends as well as the nearly hundred surviving Fiend trial participants as well as the staff members of the Fiend Castle were all terrified.

  “Boss.” Bebe said with his divine sense.

  “Watch to see how things develop. At the last moment, we’ll have to flee.” Linley didn’t know what should be done either.

  Even someone as mighty as Loysius wasn’t able to resist Wyrnessin at all. Although Linley had never heard of a Spiritleech, from the discussion between the two as well as the expressions on Loysius’ face, he could tell that this ‘Spiritleech’ was definitely no ordinary item.

  “Wyrnessin, you, you can’t!” The silver-haired elder said hurriedly. “Royalwing City is right there, you, you can’t…”

  “Royalwing City is over there? I’m not killing anyone within Royalwing City! What have I to fear?” Wyrnessin chuckled, then swept his icy gaze across Linley’s group. “So what if I kill a few little people like you?”

  Linley was currently thinking at high speed.

  “No. We have to live.” Linley glanced at the nearby Delia and Bebe. “No other choices. We’ll have to flee. When nearly a hundred of us flee, we can’t all be caught. Moreover, we are very close to Royalwing City. We might be able to make it into the city.” Linley continued to calculate their chances.

  “I can’t die!” “I don’t want to die!”

  The other Fiends and Fiend trial participants didn’t want to die either. They were all thinking frantically.

  “Brothers, let’s all flee!” Suddenly, a divine sense rang out in the minds of every person present.

  Linley, Delia, and Bebe, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but decide to move.

  “Westwards. Hurry!” Linley sent with his divine sense.

  In that moment, more than half of the hundred surrounded people began to flee in separate directions.

  “Boom!” In the area around them, all of the black-robed men simultaneously swept out with their right palms. Just like last time, a dense layer of black energy came out from every black-robed figure. If one took a close look, the black-robed figures had complicated magical runes on their bodies or robes. All the black-robed men were joining forces…

  Every single direction was completely locked down.

  A heaven-encompassing net!

  Linley and the others had nowhere to flee. “Aaah!” Those who had moved the fastest and had run into the black web seemed to have been struck by a surge of powerful energy which knocked them back.

  Linley and the others once more returned to their original position.

  “Flee?” Wyrnessin looked disdainfully at them. “If I were to let a group of little fellows like you flee, then I, Wyrnessin, wouldn’t have face to stay in the Infernal Realm any longer.” Wyrnessin glanced disdainfully at the silver-haired elder, then said, “However, I can give you a chance. A chance not to die.”

  Linley and the others couldn’t help but to look at Wyrnessin.

  “It is very simple.” Wyrnessin pointed at Linley’s side. “In your group, one Highgod can live, and one God can live!” Wyrnessin’s smile was so bright. “Don’t say that I didn’t give you a chance!”

  Linley’s group was completely stunned, but then, right away, all of them looked warily at each other.

  “Linley, what should we do?” Delia said with her divine sense.

  Linley maintained his silence, his eyes filled with worry.

  What should they do? What could he do?

  “Slash!”

  Suddenly, someone attacked. Instantly, the ‘thread’ tying them together on the same side was broken.

  “Don’t piss me off!” Linley roared towards the others, brandishing with his adamantine heavy sword.

  Wyrnessin bellowed, his long eyebrows dancing in the air, “I won’t kill the final survivors. Haha, kill, kill!” Wyrnessin’s eyes were filled with wild savagery.

  Right now, Wyrnessin was venting his anger.

  His divine clone was destroyed. Thus, he would make sure that everyone involved would be doomed!

  “Not die?”

  Wyrnessin said to himself. “First, give you some hope. After the final two survivors come out, I will make you suffer the most agonizing torment. I won’t kill you. However, I am capable of tormenting you until you commit suicide!” Whenever Wyrnessin thought of the two people who would be ‘survivors’, and yet would face such a terrifying outcome, he couldn’t help but feel excited and eager. “I told you. I will make you all regret it.” Wyrnessin said sinisterly to himself.

  Since he was going to take revenge, how would Wyrnessin let any of them flee?

  “Hm?” Wyrnessin suddenly narrowed his eyes.

  He saw that all of a sudden that Loysius fell downwards at high speed, this sudden drop causing the surrounding black-robed figures to be unable to block him.

  “Fleeing?” Wyrnessin immediately chased afterwards.

  “Aaaah!” Loysius, in mid-air, once more let out an agonized cry, but only one of his divine clones was screaming. The other divine clone of Loysius actually continued to fly downwards at
high speed. However…Wyrnessin appeared in front of it.

  “You want to run?” Wyrnessin looked at him disdainfully. “Did you think that I didn’t know you had a divine clone?”

  Book 14, Fiend – Chapter 29, Penitent Flames

  Seeing Wyrnessin suddenly appear in front of him, Loysius’ heart shook.

  “I’m finished!” Loysius couldn’t help but feel some despair.

  The Spiritleech planted in his soul was only in his most powerful divine Life clone. Loysius had another divine clone. But now, that clone wasn’t able to flee either.

  “If you don’t want to die right now, then go back!” Wyrnessin barked.

  Loysius knew that by retreating, he would probably die as well, but he still chose to return to the encirclement.

  “Crunch!” A dagger pierced straight into the head of a God.

  And then, with a flip of his hand, Bebe collected the corpse as he flew back towards Linley. Linley, Bebe, and Delia were all in one location. If others didn’t attack them, they wouldn’t attack others either. But once any person attacked them, Linley’s team would immediately kill the enemy!

  Regina was by Linley’s side as well.

  Only, at this sort of critical, life-and-death juncture, Linley’s team didn’t dare to fully trust Regina either.

  Blood splattered everywhere as the slaughter continued.

  “Linley.” Delia looked towards Linley, who squeezed out a smile. Given the situation, and the fact that Wyrnessin had already said that only a single God would be permitted to remain living, there would definitely be casualties in Linley’s group of three.

  Who would die?

  “I would rather die than let Delia or Bebe die.” At this moment, Linley’s heart was in great pain.

  “Even if I die, I’ll die by your side.” Delia looked at Linley, a hint of a smile actually on her face. “I am already very satisfied to be able to be together with you.”

  “What nonsense are you spewing!” Linley shouted angrily with his divine sense.

  But Linley’s heart was tied up in knots. Although Delia wasn’t very talented in terms of training, all these years, she had quietly supported Linley. Her quiet attentiveness and support had imperceptibly transformed their love for each other, engraving it into each other’s souls.

  In neither life nor death would they be parted.

  “You won’t die.” Linley looked at Delia, while at the same time paying careful attention to the surrounding area.

  That white-robed man who had sold quite a few moon rings was staring at Linley’s team. Just then, Linley’s team had already discovered that the white-robed man was indeed very strong. Ten Gods had already died by his hand.

  “I urge you not to come offend us.” Wielding the adamantine heavy sword in his hand, Linley sent his divine sense.

  The white-robed man hesitated as he looked at Bebe. In the end, he didn’t choose to attack.

  Linley and Bebe had killed quite a few people just then as well. Linley used soul attacks, while Bebe used material attacks. They were amongst the most powerful Gods of this group as well.

  “HALT!” A cold shout thundered forth from the direction of Royalwing City.

  Everyone who heard this angry shout felt their head grow dizzy. They lost all perception, and only a while later did they recover. By the time Linley’s team had recovered, they saw that three figures had appeared in mid-air. Beneath the light of the Blood Sun, the shadow of the leader of those figures seemed all the more majestic and dazzling.

  He wore a long golden robe, had white eyebrows, and golden pupils!

  White eyebrows, golden pupils!

  “Governor Royalwing, Seven Star Fiend!” Linley’s heart exulted wildly. Linley, Bebe, and Delia’s faces instantly revealed a look of utter joy.

  Not just them; even the silver-haired elder who was drenched in blood from the battle but had yet to die, upon realizing who had come, let out an excited call, “Lord Governor!”

  “Lord Governor?” Quite a few of the Fiend trial participants stared at the newcomer in excitement.

  As a Seven Star Fiend, Royalwing definitely was one of the most powerful forces of the Infernal Realm.

  “Oh, Stuart [Si’tu’er’te]!” The gray-robed man, Wyrnessin, glanced at Governor Royalwing. “Stuart, can it be that you want to interfere in this matter?”

  Linley’s group was shocked. They knew that ‘Royalwing’ was nothing more than the nickname which the Governor Royalwing had gained upon becoming a Seven Star Fiend.

  As for Lord Royalwing’s real name, not many knew.

  The white eyebrows of Governor Royalwing rose, and he stared at Wyrnessin with a sharp gaze. “Wyrnessin, this is a squad from the Fiend Castle, and they are very close to Royalwing City. Don’t go too far.” Governor Royalwing’s words contained a hint of anger as well.

  “Stuart, my divine clone was killed. You tell me, am I justified or not in getting revenge?” Wyrnessin stared at Governor Royalwing.

  Governor Royalwing frowned. “Your divine clone was destroyed? How could the likes of them have done that?”

  Governor Royalwing knew exactly how powerful Wyrnessin was.

  Wyrnessin hesitated momentarily, then said sourly, “I was staying in my lair, focusing on analyzing the Edicts of Death, but my divine Darkness clone was staying in Moon Lake Castle.” After all, Wyrnessin wanted to enjoy life as well. He couldn’t always spend his time in training.

  “Who would have imagined that such a large number of people would suddenly attack my Moon Lake Castle.” Wyrnessin was furious.

  Governor Royalwing now understood.

  This was very simple. Many experts would choose to divide their divine clones up in multiple locations. That way, if one divine clone fell into grave danger, at least another would survive.

  “How can I possibly not avenge such a huge enmity?” Wyrnessin said.

  To these ultimate experts, their life was of course incomparably valuable. A divine clone’s destruction was equivalent to losing one of their lives. Who wouldn’t be utterly enraged? Wyrnessin had planned long ago to kill all of these Fiends and spare not a one.

  Governor Royalwing was worried as well. He then looked at Wyrnessin and said slowly, “Wyrnessin, I understand how you feel. But…you are acting right outside of Royalwing City. You should at least give me, Stuart, a little face.”

  Wyrnessin frowned slightly.

  Both Governor Royalwing and Wyrnessin had become famous as ultimate experts eons ago in a long bygone era. They had long ago, in that era, become Seven Star Fiends!

  “Stuart, can it be that you want to fight me?” Wyrnessin said in a low voice, frowning.

  Right now, the thirty-plus survivors who were surrounded were watching nervously. Linley and the others knew…right now, their lives were in the hands of these two ultimate experts. Whether they lived or died would depend on the results of Governor Royalwing’s discussions with Wyrnessin.

  “I don’t want to fight with you, but, you can’t go too far either.” Governor Royalwing said.

  Wyrnessin understood Royalwing’s temper quite well.

  “Fine. These little God-level fellows, I won’t kill them. But those four Highgods that are still surviving, I must kill them!” Wyrnessin said with certainty. “The destruction of my divine clones involved those Fiends!”

  Governor Royalwing glanced over.

  “Lord Governor!” The silver-haired elder said hurriedly, and the other three Highgods looked towards Governor Royalwing with supplicating gazes.

  Governor Royalwing spoke out. “Of the four surviving Highgods, that one over there is a staff member of the Fiend Castle.” Governor Royalwing pointed at the silver-haired elder. “He can’t possibly have anything to do with your death.”

  Wyrnessin glanced sideways at the silver-haired elder, then nodded and said, “Fine. I can spare him.”

  “Lord Governor.” The other three Highgods, Loysius included, called out repeatedly.

  But Gove
rnor Royalwing didn’t pay them any mind at all. Governor Royalwing looked at Wyrnessin, sending a divine message. “It is best if you take care of this quickly. You’ve caused so much commotion, and were taking so much time…” Wyrnessin immediately understood.

  Governor Royalwing wanted face as well.

  “Fine!”

  Wyrnessin smiled.

  “Lord Governor!” Loysius, the muscular blue-haired man, and a gold-haired Fiend immediately called out in high voices.

  “You killed one of my divine clones. Hmph!” Wyrnessin’s eyes suddenly turned white, and a translucent ripple spread out, immediately shooting towards the muscular blue-haired man, the gold-haired Fiend, and one of Loysius’ divine clones, invading their bodies.

  “Ah!” Desolate screams were ripped forth from the three.

  At the same time, a translucent flame swirled above the heads of the three, and then the three fell down from the skies, dead!

  “Penitent Flames?” Governor Royalwing’s eyes lit up. “This Wyrnessin has become much more powerful than he had previously been.”

  “So powerful.” Seeing this, the nearly thirty lucky survivors were all shocked. Highgod Fiends had been killed without any ability to fight back by this Wyrnessin, and just then, that formless attack that had created translucent flames was something they had never even heard of.

  Right now, the only surviving Fiend was Loysius. This was the divine clone of Loysius which had suffered the ‘Spiritleech’.

  His other divine clone had been killed.

  “Penitent Flames?” Loysius stared in terror towards Wyrnessin. “The legendary Penitent Flames?” Loysius now fully understood how great the difference was between him and Wyrnessin.

  “You…why haven’t you gone to challenge an Asura yet?” Loysius said.

  Linley had a thought. “Challenge an Asura?” Linley knew that the Infernal Realm had, in total, 108 prefectures, and also 108 Asuras! The Lord Prefect of every single prefecture was an Asura! In the Infernal Realm, ‘Asura’ was a title given only to the mightiest of experts, and there was only one way to obtain it.

  Challenging for it!

  But not just anyone had the right to challenge an Asura. The challenger had to first become a Seven Star Fiend!