《Nurarihyon System in Another World》


 Chapter 1 New Life; New World

    A young man can be seen standing motionless in a huge hall, he was wearing a black kimono. His entire body was bathed in blood, his hair that was previously tied in pony tail was untied which made it looked loosely dishevelled.


    This young man is called Hannya, the heir of the most well-known yakuza family in the underground world.


    But at this moment, the previously domineering household is now being devoured by the raging flames while multiple gunshots can be heard in the background along with roars of desperation that would resound from time to time.


    Not too far from him, a Yakuza member exerted all of his strength on his both hands, his thick muscles bulge as he swung his katana towards his opponent.


    Seeing the Yakuza''s attack, the mafia on the receiving end immediately dashed to the side avoiding the Yakuza''s attack, when the sword made contact to the ground Sparks from friction can be seen, the mafia member somersaulted while pulling his gun which was aimed at the Yakuza''s head.


    ''Bang''


    When gun was triggered, the Yakuza who was about to make another slash didn''t make it in time and can only stare at the bullet until it borrowed in his skull.


    When the Mafia member saw the death of his target, he roared in delight.


    This kind of battle can be found everywhere. Yakuza''s and Mafia''s were trying to massacre the other''s group.


    Hannya felt pain each time he saw a Yakuza member falls, he''s filled with frustration and powerlessness.


    Despite being in desperate situation he remained firm, atleast on the outside. Even though he was completely surrounded with no means of escape, He refuse to let his enemies and family to see his weakness, the moment he became new head of the Yakuza family, he became their core of belief so if he showed any hints of weakness the clan members ''will'' might crumble.


    But still, seeing countless bodies of his allies shook his will, still he tried to hold on.


    But fate seems to be a lot cruel than he thought.


    At this moment he heard a woman''s shout behind him, his body instinctively turned but what he saw made him tremble with rage inside, he saw a man in suit with poisonous smile took his knife and stabbed it towards the woman.


    He saw the middle-aged woman fell to her knees, but instead of fear what he saw was her smile filled with love and worry.


    It seems like time stopped as he watched her fall and motionless while the knife that was stabbed on her chest is filled with her blood.


    This middle-aged woman was none other than his mother.


    Looking at the dead body of the person who took care and love him from the moment he was born made his blood boil with uncontrollable anger.


    "My child, no need to feel sad"


    Like a stone dropped in a calm lake, ripples spread inside Hannya heart when he heard those words. No need to feel sad? To hell with it. Those mafia started a massacre in his household. He will fight them to death.


    The last pillar that held his sanity crumbled at that moment, his boiling anger reached point blank.


    He completely lost his sanity.


    He shouted with all his might, his bloodshot eyes looked at the mafia who killed his mother.


    The sudden change startled the mafia member, last second this young man was like a firm stone, the next second he became a fierce tiger.


    Using all his strength Hannya ran towards his target. As he got closer.. his expression started to become even more bloodthirsty but when he was about to slash his sword the surroundings suddenly changed, instead of burning household with countless bodies lying around, it was replaced with darkness, it''s so dark that he couldn''t even see a thing. This situation made Hannya feel at loss.This book is hosted on another platform. Read the official version and support the author''s work.


    "No need to feel uneasy"


    A deep mysterious voice emerged from the dark.


    ''this voice!!''


    Hannya heart turned cold, Humans always fear the unknown which is definitely true. He raised his guard and look at the surroundings trying to catch a glimpse of the mysterious figure. This was the voice of the person who told him to not feel sad earlier, he didn''t even pay attention to the person who spoke those words earlier since he was filled with overwhelming rage.


    "Who are you?" Hannya gathered his courage to speak with this unknown entity.


    "Well, let''s just say, I''m the person who governs the life, death and rebirth"


    Hannya was stunned, ''someone who governs the life, death and rebirth?'' he stood in dazed while trying to process everything.


    Seeing that Hannya is not responding the mysterious figure let out a chuckle.


    "No need to be stunned, I am here to give you an opportunity."


    "What opportunity?" After some time Hannya finally regained a bit of his calm and responded.


    He is now at the point where he would accept the devils temptation just to avenge his family.


    Desperate situations can only be solve using desperate measures.


    "I can help you with anything as long as it''s related to Life, Death and Rebirth."


    He was stunned by the unexpected response he got. He was only trying his luck, he didn''t expect that this mysterious entity would give him hope.


    Without an ounce of hesitation he kneeled.


    "Please, if you''re really someone who governs the life and death of people, I begged you to save my family and I shall offer you my soul."


    "I''m sorry but it''s not possible in your world and also I don''t need your soul."


    Hannya froze in place. He felt like everything around him started to crumble while the light in his eyes started to slowly dim.


    "So basically, you can''t do anything to help me?"


    "Don''t feel down, I can still reincarnate your family but it would be in one of my world"


    When he heard this, the light on his eyes slowly regained it''s glory, he patiently waited for other party to complete his words.


    "I will reincarnate your family but you will not be able to stay with them because I need you in a different world, since I''m going to help, you need to do something for me in return."


    When he heard this Hannya felt down it feels like this mysterious person is toying with his emotions. Just when he thought that he will be able to live with his family, the mysterious figure just shattered his short-lived dream without an ounce of consideration.


    "I will do anything as long as you can prove it to me, show me the reincarnation of my clan." Hannya replied with great determination. It was enough for him, as long as his family lives happily, it doesn''t matter whether it''s going to be in another world, still he need to confirm it with his very own eyes.


    "Hoh, doubting my words are we?" The mysterious person chuckled and simply waved his hands.


    Multiple white orbs appeared in the surroundings that gave light to the entire place, the only area that was still covered darkness is where the mysterious person stood.


    Hannya observed the orbs who were slowly forming human figures with transparent features. As he look closely, familiar faces entered his line of vision.


    "Mom! Dad! Grandpa! Everyone!" They were his family, the people who took care and loved him.


    Everyone in his family just gave him a smile and didn''t reply. In just a few minutes the dark place turned transparent and he could see multiple planets in different sizes. Everyone turned into orbs once again and was sent to different planets.


    Hannya can only stand in place with his hands in grasping motion as if he want to stop everyone from leaving.. tears formed in his eyes, threatening to fall anytime.


    "Now, I reincarnated your entire clan so it''s now your turn, I will be sending you to world that is extremely important for a being like me. You should be familiar with this world as it''s one of the books you read in your free time.You will become my representative and I need you to..."


    The latter part of the words were sent to Hannya.


    After settling down his emotions, Hannya looked at the mysterious person who was covered in darkness: "I understand, I shall keep my end of deal. So which world is it?"


    "You will know when you get there. Let me give you something to aid your journey."


    Suddenly a bright light engulfed the darkness.


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    Hannya woke up from deep slumber, he found himself floating in front of a huge revolving planet. Compared to Earth it''s a lot bigger, the entire planet could astound anyone with just it''s beauty.


    While admiring it''s beauty from afar, he was startled by the sudden notification.


    [Reconstructing system 10%..45%..80%..100%]


    [Reconstruction complete]


    [No body detected]


    [Body Creation]


    [Please Imagine a body character]


    Hannya was stunned by the consecutive notifications. A few minutes after, he suddenly felt like smirking but he can''t since he was still in soul form.


    Since he need to create a body, he started searching his memory and remembered his favorite character.


    Being born in a Yakuza family, He was trained with how to act like a leader since he was young, despite everything he still loves watching anime, Nurarihyon no mago.


    Imagining his favourite character Nurarihyon.


    [Nurarihyon character has been selected]


    [Nurarihyon Yokai bloodline added]


    [Creating body 10%..30%..75%..100%]


    [Body completed]


    [Transferring soul to the new body]


    [10%..45%..85%..100%]


    Hannya lost conciousness..

 Chapter 2 World of Cultivation

    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, near the Cyan Forest


    A blinding light suddenly shone near the waterfall between the mountains.


    After a few minutes the light slowly dimmed and a young man can be seen standing in the place where the light previously shone.


    He has a long hair that protruded outward from the back of his head. The top half of his hair is goldish-white while the bottom half of his hair was black.


    Wearing a red cloak over a black kimono and z¨­ri, along with a three-eyed, three-tailed wolf hanging around his shoulders like a shawl. Black ink-like markings could be seen around his eyes and in his hair.


    Together with his striking looks, his entire body emits elegance and mysteriousness.


    The moment Hannya opened his eyes he saw the area on the wall of the mountain that was about two to three hundred meters, he can see a gigantic waterfall rushes down, and crashes into the pool below, causing mist to rise into the air. The enormous deafening sound was like the rumbling of thunder, which traveled far and wide.


    Unlike before, his eyes now shone with a bit of liveliness. After he saw his family was reincarnated in another world, the huge burden in his heart was lifted up. Now it''s time for him to fulfill his end of bargain.


    He carefully observed the surroundings. According to memory that mysterious guy imprinted in his mind, this place is considered as the world of cultivator. He couldn''t believe that such world which was only describe in the novel could be real. Not only that, it seems like it''s not just any other world of cultivation, it was a world which is familiar to him; The cultivation world of "Against the God" a controversial novel in his past life.


    "So this is the world of Cultivators, this place is totally different from Earth." Hannya admired the beauty of this world while breathing fresh air.


    Unlike Earth who is suffering from pollution caused by Humans, this place is the exact opposite. The air is so fresh while the water is so clear, there''s no signs of pollution at all.


    After enjoying himself for awhile, Hannya sat on a gigantic stone. It''s now time for him to start working on how to make a foothold in this world.


    Every Cultivation world that he read always had the same rule.


    "The Strongest is hailed while the weak is Discarded."


    This thought is something that Hannya doesn''t like, for him weak people has their own uses. If a great leader puts them on the correct position, they can be a great help to make a clan prosper even in this world of cultivation.


    He recalled the "ATG novel" and the main character named "Yun Che", from what he remembered the story starts when Yun Che gets reincarnated.


    "System, tell me the current location and timeline when Yun Che will be reincarnated." Without delay he immediately made his first move, which is to gather information to confirm his future plans.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    It would be stupid to ignore the convenient gift by that mysterious entity, so he will use it to the fullest.


    Ding! current location Scarlet mountain range


    Timeline: 11 months before Yun che''s reincarnation


    "Hmmm, so I still have a lot of time to prepare."


    Touching his chin, he started forming a plan.


    He knew the entire story from the novel, the information that he have about this world is not only limited to the novel, having knowledge about the "variables" in this world gives him a huge advantage.


    The most important matter for now is to know more about the system, cause it will aid him in his plans.


    "System, give me some information about your general functions."


    [System has 3 main functions. The first one being the Status, it allows the host to get information about your strength and body condition; you can also view your opponents status if they''re on the same realm as you.]


    [The second function is the Store function. This function allows you to purchase weapons, armor, skills and summons.]


    [The 3rd function is Quest, it assigns you a task to earn rewards and points. Rewards may vary depending on the difficulty]


    "So what do I use to purchase item from the store?"


    [Host needs to use Store Points to make a purchase]


    ...


    After asking a few questions, he learned that SP points can be earned by completing quests or hunting beasts which a bit sad since killing humans doesn''t give him SP at all unless it was for a quest.


    After understanding the systems main function he recalled some information about this world.


    This is where that mysterious person''s imprint came into handy, as it allowed him to review the informations about this world like a book.


    "Cultivation" in this world of "ATG" involves the pursuit of strength by following the ''Profound Way''. The ''Profound Way'' of the world gifts each mortal innate profound veins which allows them to cultivate profound strength.


    It has 6 components; Realm, Profound Veins, Profound Entrances, Blood Essences, Profound Arts and Skills.


    He is also aware that since he chose Nurarihyon''s body as a vessel, he is a categorized as a full demon in this world which means, Profound Veins doesn''t exist in his body, but a demon core instead.


    For Profound Arts, he doesn''t need such thing as the concept of his power is related to "fear" which is similar to Profound Arts that both humans and demons in this world cultivates.


    For skills, he can purchase those from the system as long as he has enough SP.


    The only thing that he needs to work hard for is cultivation in reaching the higher realm as the power of his skills would depend on it.


    After he settled the informations that he had, he then asked the system about the starting points he have available as well as the inventory.


    It seems like that person already prepared something for him.


    [Host aquired attack skill Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui, "Sakura"( "Secret Technique: Soul Mirror, Deadly Water - Cherry Blossoms"), movement skill Ky¨­ka Suigetsu ("Mirror Flower, Water Moon") and 1 summoning ticket]


    [Starting SP: 10,000]


    Hannya pondered for while scanning the details of the skills that he got.


    Ky¨­ka Suigetsu is a technique that covers the host with fear greatly disrupting enemies perception.


    Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui, "Sakura" ( "Secret Technique: Soul Mirror, Deadly Water - Cherry Blossoms") is a technique which utilizes superior y¨­kai sake poured into a large sakazuki cup. By blowing across the liquid, blue flames are produced which burn an opponent. These flames seem to spread according to his will, and can engulf multiple victims at once; almost instantly. So long as the water continues to ripple, the flames will continue until the opponent is reduced to ash.


    "Heh, it seems like I''ll be able to enjoy this world after all."


    Hannya was really fascinated by the idea, things like system appeared in novels so he knows some of the functions.


    "Status"


    A transparent blue screen appeared in front of him.


    [Name: Hannya]


    [Age: 18]


    [Race: N¨±rihyon]


    [Skills: Ky¨­ka Suigetsu , Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui]


    [Summons: None]


    When Hannya checked his status he suddenly realize that he still haven''t used his summoning ticket.


    "System, use the summoning ticket."


    [Ding! Summoning ticket has been used please select a summon]


    After the notification sounded, three names appeared in front of Hannya.


    [Setsura] [Aotabo] [Hihi]

 Chapter 3 Yuki-onna (Snow Woman)

    Hannya pondered while looking at the information of three ayakashi that he can summon.


    He did not know if the world is completely the same as it was depicted in the novel, but it would be wise to heighten his chances of survival depending on the situation. For all he knew, his current location is someone else''s territory, and he might need to confront this monster sooner or later, thus he need to carefully choose his pick.


    Setsura


    Race: Yuki-onna (snow woman)


    Her "fear" is the ability to manipulate ice and cold wind, which primarily enables her to release a long breath of snowstorm that can freeze her opponent. Her ice techniques allow her to model weapons like the naginata.


    Available skill: Noroi no Fubuki, Yukigesh¨­ - a technique that freezes and shatters the enemy to pieces.


    Aotabou


    Race: Demon God


    His "fear" gives him limitless strength, allowing him to crush his enemies skulls and bones.


    Available skill: Katsu a spell which utilizes his rosary. It releases energy that seems to put people to sleep.


    Hihi


    Race: Baboon Yokai (aged monkey)


    His "fear" gives him a tough defense against physical attacks and great agility.


    Passive skill: Strength gain +2


    After scanning all the details, Hannya pondered for awhile, among the three Setsura seems to be the best available choice.


    In the Scarlet mountain range, lays the nest of the Scarlet Dragon; which is known for it''s ability to control fire.


    2 of the available summons were strength type Great Demons which wouldn''t be able to help that much. Setsura on the other hand has the ability to control ice, it may not be the exact bane of fire element but it still has a great resistance towards fire.


    After making his decision, he crushed the summoning ticket, "Summon Setsura"


    Ding! Initiating Summon..


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    When the percentage hits 100% a huge summoning circle appeared in front of Hannya.


    A few seconds after it''s appearance, the entire summoning circle produced a blinding light giving the impression of holiness.


    Slowly, the light dimmed and eventually dissappeared, leaving in it''s wake is a woman with long hair that reaches her waist; colored with a mix of black and varying shades of blue. Her hair, is wavy.


    Her eyes are crimson and somewhat slanted, filled with concentric rings. She is wearing a scarf with a growth-ring pattern and a furisode with a butterfly motif along the hem and the bottom of the sleeves.


    Her beauty and aura can only be described as; Stunning


    Hannya was stunned, watching the appearance of the legendary Yuki-onna. ''Did Nurarihyon really refused the advances of this woman?!'' He thought.


    While lost in thought, Setsura who was summoned was dazed for awhile, it took a few minutes for her to collect herself and slowly surveyed her surrounding until she caught a figure of someone.


    Time seems to stop, as the background slowly dissappeared from her view, only leaving the young man.


    The Lord of Pandemonium, the one who commands the tumoltuous horde of demons.


    She rubbed her eyes, trying to make sure that the man she''s pursuing is truly the one standing before her. She had her doubts for awhile, but it soon vanished like a thin smoke.


    When she realize that it wasn''t an illusion, her lips started to curl up and her beautiful smile blossomed but instead of a beautiful scene, the aura she''s giving is completely different, it was like she found the prey she wanted the most.


    Hannya suddenly woke up from stupor and sensed a great danger, Setsura''s expression right now is extremely scary, it gives him the feeling that he was a delicacy that was about to be served in front of a gourmet.


    Licking her lips, she slowly woke closer to Nurarihyon and flirtily said "Nurarihyon~sama."


    Hannya suddenly felt a cold breeze. No matter how people look at this scene, it would simply paint a beautiful woman flirting with her husband, however to Hannya who was receiving this affection, it was terrifying. Despite the cold atmosphere sweat started to appear on his back.


    He now realized why Nurarihyon rejected this beauty.


    Despite her beautiful appearance, she was covered with an aura of possessiveness. Even though he''s feeling a bit scared from her approach he hid it under his calm smile.


    But what made Hannya shocked the most was that his summons has their on thoughts, he was actually under the impression that his summons would just appear like a puppet and just follow his orders.


    If his summons really has their own will, wouldn''t they kill me if they found out that I''m not Nurarihyon? Hannya asked the system immediately.


    [Host doesn''t have to worry, anyone who is part of the Nura Clan will not suspect you or even betray you.]


    After asking a few questions, he learned that, not only his summons, anyone who joins the Nura Clan and gets acknowledged by the system will be the same.


    Hannya couldn''t help but smile, what kind of army is the scariest? It is a United army, with this function, he will be able to create a terrifying army, a new Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

 Chapter 4 Start of the New Legend

    Even though they wouldn''t betray or even suspect him, their personality is still the same.


    With that information, he found the best way to handle her.


    "Setsura."


    When she heard Hannya called her name, Setsura stood in place, she never heard him called her name before as he would always call her ''Yuki-onna'' and now hearing her name from his mouth all of a sudden was a first which made her blushed.


    ''Just as expected'' Hannya thought and praised himself inwardly, Setsura was always called ''Yuki-onna'' by Nurarihyon so everytime he calls her "real name", her bold personality would disappear completely.


    But seeing her bashful appearance, he wasn''t moved. Normally seeing a girl acting like this would awaken a man''s beastial side.


    Hannya isn''t that naive, we''re not talking about a normal girl here. If he really kiss her, it will be the end of his life.


    He will become the first person to die right after he got reincarnated.


    One kiss from Setsura can froze someone to death, especially right now where both of their strength were on equal grounds.


    "We don''t have enough time to waste, so keep your cool." Hannya spoke seriously to change the subject.


    And just as he hoped for, she jolted out from her bashful state when she heard Hannya''s serious tone. As far as she can remember he always shows a carefree attitude, he only turns serious when he encounters a huge problem that even he can''t accomplish alone.


    After seeing Setsura composed herself, Hannya continued: "Since you checked out your surroundings, you should''ve realized that we are currently not on Earth."


    ''Huh?''


    The information that escaped from Hannya''s mouth caused Setsura to feel like she was hit by a bolt of lightning. She slowly observed the place she can found a huge waterfall, it was so gigantic that she can''t even catch a glimpse of top part.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    A huge mist covered the upper part making it look mysterious.


    Setsura had never seen or heard of this waterfall on Earth, finally realizing that what Hannya said was the truth.


    When she arrived here, she didn''t pay any attention that much in her surrounding especially when her eyes was caught by her beloved.


    Seeing her state of enlightenment, Hannya can''t help but smile wryly, '' damn, so she didn''t really realize.'' he felt stupid for acting like he knew her thoughts.


    Setsura frowned as she asked, "Where are we?"


    "I don''t know the name of this world, I only know that our current location is known as Scarlet Dragon Range" Hannya replied however he hid some details, otherwise he would be bombarded with lots of questions.


    "Hmmm." Setsura closed her eyes and started to digest all the informations that she gained. She''s trying to slowly accept this sudden development.


    Hannya only watched Setsura while she''s accepting the current situation. He doesn''t want to rush her, since they will be staying in this world after all so he needs her to accept the reality.


    Time slowly passed and after an hour, Setsura slowly opened her eyes and Hannya could see her crimson eyes shone with great determination, she calmly spoke, " The world doesn''t matter, as long as I''m with you everything will be fine."


    With a flirtatious smile she added: "Also, there''s no way a world like this can stop the domination of the Supreme Commander, right?"


    Hannya was stunned and shivered from hearing those cringey words but forced himself to play along and tried to elegantly laugh , " Hahahaha, that''s right. How can this world restrict me. I''m Nurarihyon after all, a yokai who embodies freedom."


    Elegance together with arrogance erupted from Hannya''s entire being. His entire aura is currently shouting with charisma.


    Setsura, silently vowed that she will give her everything to help this man reach the apex of this world.


    Hannya started to calm down, looking at the sky he calmly said, "Let''s go, follow me on my back and we shall start creating a new Legend."


    Hannya spoke like a Great Yakuza Leader, with the combination of his background as a Yakuza leader and Nurarihyon''s charismatic aura, he can make people follow him wholeheartedly.


    With strong determination, Setsura looked at Hannya''s back and responded, "Yes, Nurarihyon~sama." with a smile she silently followed.


    ''This world will sooner or later submit under your rule, my dear Supreme commander. I shall kill those who gets in your way''


    When this thought appeared in mind, her crimson red eyes that were filled with concentric rings turned sharp and emits a strong killing intent freezing the land she passed by.


    Hannya gaze at the horizon for awhile and then started moving.


    Unlike before, Hannya felt lighter, like a feather. It was easier moving compared to a human body.


    His movement were extremely fast as he moved to a certain direction followed by Setsura.

 Chapter 5 Surprise

    Scarlet Dragon Range, Edge Area


    Two shadows can be seen flickering from one place to another; because of their extreme speed, after shadows can be seen everytime Hannya and Setsure moves.


    While they were running, Hannya is communicating with the system in his mind.


    ''System, are we almost there? How long until we arrive?''


    [Ding! Estimated arrival: 1 hour]


    "Setsura, Let''s pick up our speed we''re about to reach our destination."


    Seeing that they still have a long way to go Hannya started to accelerate his speed, he put more strength in his foot and with a breeze his figure suddenly dissappeared.


    Setsura followed and started speeding up albeit slower than Hannya.


    Time slowly passed, half an hour passed.


    [Ding! Destination reached]


    Since Hannya and Setsura increased their speed to maximum they arrived in their destination earlier than expected.


    From their position Hannya and Setsura can only see a forest, the entire place is filled with gigantic trees and rolling mist.


    But to Hannya who was equipped with system, this place is a treasure. According to the system, this place is a Demonic Spiritual Gathering Land.


    If a Demon stays in this place for a long time, their cultivation speed would increase, while their demonic core quality would be enhanced.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    This place is an ideal area for Hannya to set up the Nura Clan''s Headquarters.


    Earlier, while he was waiting for Setsura to accept everything, he was communicating with the system.


    There he found out that he got a previlege gift after the successful summoning a Great Yokai for the first time.


    That gift was the Nura Clan Headquarters Summoning token.


    The moment he got this reward he asked the system to locate the most suitable place for him to plant their roots in this world, after the entire place was scanned, the system was able to locate the best place.


    The entire area was a hidden place found by the system at the edge of Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, the entire place is covered by multiple trees which could act as a camouflage to hide their base from the view of other people which is extremely to Hannya''s liking especially when they just arrived and were still weak.


    After making his decision a notification rang.


    [Ding! Area is suitable for summoning Nura Clan Headquarters]


    [Would you like to use the summonig token?]


    [Y/N?]


    "Yes, summon headquarters!" Hannya said in his mind, who would''ve thought that he was able to find a treasure in this place.


    A system can really be convenient especially in this type of world.


    The land started to tremble with intensity almost throwing Hannya out of balance. Countless flying beasts resting on the trees were startled and flew away from fear.


    Multiple trees were uprooted while a huge magic circle appeared beneath those trees.


    Setsura who was standing behind Hannya didn''t have any idea what''s going on when she suddenly felt the land tremor she immediately raised her guard up and extended her senses to find the cause, a cold breeze expanded in all directions.


    When she didn''t find anything in her scan, Setsura started to feel uneasy. She looked at Hannya and found him staying in place with a smirk on his face which made her feel puzzled. ''What''s going on?'' is her only thought.


    After half an hour the earth started to stabilize, the entire land was covered with smoke caused by earthquake.


    Setsura, manipulated her ice element and froze multiple dust particles using it to spread in all direction causing the air to go along.


    With a shout, the entire smoke covering the area was blown away by the freezing wind.


    When the smoke dispersed what stood in it''s place is a large, old-style Japanese mansion. The entire building gives off a gloomy and dark aura causing the profound beasts in the area to run a few miles away.


    Fog seemed to linger around the entrance of the mansion.


    Hannya had a satisfied smile on his face, this place will become the foundation of his clan.

 Chapter 6 Store Opening

    "Th-tha-thaat?" Setsura was stuttering while pointing at the building which was both comical and adorable in Hannya''s opinion. Setsura is currently having a hard time composing herself. She was transported to this unknown world that she can accept but right now in front of her stood an extremely familiar household.


    It''s none other than the the main house for the Nura Clan, located in Ukiyoe Town, Tokyo. It is the home to many ayakashis. It also serves a meeting place for the heads of other y¨­kai clans that serve under the Nura banner.


    "Calm down Setsura, this is-" Just when Hannya was about to explain what''s going on, she was interrupted by the freezing air emitted by Setsura.


    "Calm down?! What do you mean CALM DOWN?! What''s going on?! Isn''t this a new world?! How come the Nura Headquarters suddenly appear in this place?!", Setsura entire body is red with shock, excitement, anger and confusion.


    Hannya was flustered by the sudden outburst of Setsura. He doesn''t know whether to laugh or cry while looking at Setsura''s current state. He felt guilty for not being able to explain everything while he was amused by how adorable she looked in her current state.


    Calming himself he started explaining the emergence of the headquarters with half-truth and half-lies. "When I was transported to this world, I gained the ability to summon people and objects from earth in a certain level." Sighing a bit he continued. "But in order for me to transport something or someone here I need an incredible amount of energy."


    Hannya slowly explained everything with a soft voice as if he was explaining to a child what she did wrong while consoling her at the same time.


    After who knows how long Setsura slowly came to accept it and gaze at him with admiration. On the other hand the system for the first time sneered at his lies about a large amount of energy.


    [As if you need energy! Pweh]


    Hannya was gazing at the sky pretending that he didn''t notice those admiring crimson eyes. He was enjoying the interaction when he heard the systems reaction. He almost lost his serene and calm demeanor.


    ''What the fu- you actually have an emotion?!


    He was extremely shocked when he discovered this sudden revelation. When he was still back on earth he had never read a novel with the system that have some emotion.Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.


    [Hell yeah I can!]


    ''Why does it seem like your tone changed. Where you pretending to be a mechanical machine earlier?''


    [I wasn''t, the one who gives you notification it was my other half. My soul was merge with this system by that freaking ********]


    [Huh?! Why can''t I say that bastards name?]


    Suddenly sounds of metal clashing with intensity sounded in Hannya''s head, while he was confused about the situation he heard the same mechanical notification.


    [Ding! Invader has been successfully punished, invader soul will stay in hibernation]


    [Loading 10%..35..50....100%]


    While the mechanical voice was counting down, Hannya can hear noises and curses in the background. When it reached 100% the noises ceased to exist.


    ''What was that all about?'' Puzzled by what happened Hannya asked.


    [Ding! Host is not strong enough to know]


    Weak? Then he suddenly remebered that he''s only a bit stronger than profound elementary beast at the moment.


    ''System, do you have any recommendation to increase my strength?''


    [Ding! Host can use the points that you received from the package or you can hunt monsters and increase your level]


    ''Oh, damn I totally forgot about the points.'' Hannya was grinning from ear to ear when he remembered that he can buy multiple items from the store.


    Imagining so many cool skills that Nurarihyon had. He didn''t realize that his evil desires is starting to take over he looked extremely evil.


    Setsura was looking at Hannya''s golden eyes that''s shining with desire, countless of thoughts came into her mind painting her cheeks red with excitement and expectation.


    ''Hehe, what a closet pervert'' thought Setsuna while imagining ''some'' moments with Hannya.


    While the snow woman was on her own world, Hannya is currently checking out the store.


    ''Open the store'' with a thought a transparent screen emerge out from thin air in front of him with different categories.


    [Nurarihyon Store]


    [Weapon] [Outfits] [Skills] [Summons]


    ''Hmm'' Hannya first checked the Weapons. It''s extremely important right now.


    [Weapons]


    Dual Sickle of Tono (weak version) - 1000 SP


    Chain Strings (weak version) - 1000 SP


    Nenekerimaru (weak version) - 5000 SP


    Long Sword of the Three Tails (weak version) - 5000 SP


    Spear of the Four Tails: Tora Taiji (weak version) - 6000 SP


    (Note: Items from another anime will be available after system upgrade)


    [Shields]


    Iron Fan of the Two Tails (weak version) - 4000 SP


    (Note: Items from another anime will be available after system upgrade)


    Hannya checked first checked the Weapons Descriptions.


    Dual Sickle of Tono - The Sickle is a quick and nimble melee weapon, when covered with ''fear'' it increases it''s sharpness.


    Chain Strings - The strings can be used to strangle multiple enemies to death, when covered with ''fear'' it makes it harder as chain.


    Nenekirimaru - an exorcism blade which only harms y¨­kai, (altered) it can now only harm cultivators, when covered with ''fear'' it enhances it''s sharpness.


    Long Sword of the Three Tails - A lengthy sword, extremely deadly in battlefield, when covered with ''fear" it attacks with curses affecting mental stability.


    Spear of the Four Tails: Tora Taiji - A demonic spear which consumes blood when piercing the opponents body . When covered with ''fear'' it enhances piercing ability.


    Hannya scanned through all the details. ''Hmm, what should I choose.'' He''s slowly pondering while the sun is starting to set.

 Chapter 7 The Night Hunt

    When he''s done checking the items he made up his mind and purchased the Long Sword of Three Tails.


    He doesn''t know how to use sickles and strings so it''s not a good option. As for the nenekirimaru, it''s restriction of only killing cultivators doesn''t fit much in his current situation.


    The spear of the four-tails has a good ability but he''s not proficient in using spear so he decided to go with the Long Sword of Three Tails.


    After purchasing his weapon, he then turned his attention to the only defense item that is available.


    Iron Fan of the Two Tails (Nibi no tessen) a massive iron fan with good defense, when reinforced with fear, allows the user to deflect 30% damage back to the enemy.


    Seems like a good item for defense so he immediately bought it from store which leaves him 1000 SP points.


    ''System, do you have something you can recommend? Something that can help me in hunting?


    [Ding! Host can buy Tsuchinoko summoning token, it''s a flying yokai mount, it costs 1000SP]


    When he heard this recommendation, his golden eyes flashed with excitement and expectation. How can he forget this Nura Clan Main Mount.


    [Would you like to confirm the purchase?]


    [Y/N]


    Without delay he immediately purchase the token. It''s already night time when he ended his purchases.


    Darkness already covered the entire Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Edge area.


    Multiple howls and roars can be heard from afar.


    The moon was shining brightly in the sky, illuminating the sleeping snow woman on the Nura House entrance.


    Hannya silently watch Setsura for a few minutes and then his figure suddenly dissappeared from his original location.


    In mid-air his figure started to fall but was caught by a gigantic snake, it has the head of a human. Sitting on top of Tsuchinoko with his hands inside his sleeves their figure slowly dissappeared to the clouds.If you come across this story on Amazon, it''s taken without permission from the author. Report it.


    There''s was saying back on earth, "While the day belongs to humans, the night belongs to yokai".


    It''s true especially when the yokai we''re talking about is the Lord of Pandemonium.


    ...


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, edge forest


    The wind howled and blew a bitter chill past the trees; it danced with the leaves and dragged them away unwillingly from the ground.


    The floor was damp and stagnant with the odour of woods and bloods of the weaker profound beast who died at claws of their predators.


    The forest seemed to never end; tall silhouettes shadowing the ground, flying profound beasts circling overhead, and screams echoing through the wind.


    Multiple red eyes hidden within the scattered tall grasses in the area. A pack of wild wolves at the elementary profound stage lurked in the area.


    This wild wolves were hunting weaker beasts while oblivious that they were preyed to a being looking down from the sky.


    Behind the dark clouds, a golden slanted eyes shone with murderous intent while surveying the entire forest.


    When Hannya found a smaller pack of wolves he tapped Tsuchinoko, they slowly descended to the ground.


    A wild wolf a bit far away from the pack is currently staring at it''s prey, covered in grey fur it slowly crouched down while it''s demonic eyes is completely salvage with killing intent. It was about to leap from it''s location when a flash of light flickered


    A red line slowly emerge from it''s neck, causing it''s slowly head to slowly slid from it''s neck. A wolf head dropped rolling on the ground leaving it''s body which is still crouching while blood spilled like a water fountain.


    The whole process was so smooth and fast, not giving the wild wolf some time to even release a sound.


    A silhoutte emerge from the shadow, standing beside the decapitated corpse.


    With the help of the moonlight, the figure slowly came into view.


    Aside from his face which was covered with darkness what can be seen is His body, red cloak together with the three-tailed wolf hanging around his shoulders like a shawl fluttered along with the wind.


    A stream of ''fear'' slowly emits from his body rises and into the air, dancing with wind, creating swirling patterns. Raising his hand, a sword covered with blood can be seen, the sword was swung down and blood splattered on the ground. The rising dark smoke from the ''fear'' flows with it''s surroundings, creating an eerie but demonic charisma.


    That figure is none other than Hannya.


    ...


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Nura Clan Headquarters


    At the Nura House Entrance, Setsura''s eyelids trembled and slowly open, her crimson eyes scanned the surroundings seeing that Nurarihyons figure isn''t around she Slowly and reluctantly, sat up slowly streching her arms above her head and yawn.


    Streaks of moonlight penetrated the entrance. Extending her senses she realized that Nurarihyon is not in the headquarters.


    ''So that closet pervert left and did nothing while I was defenselessly waiting for his assault?, shaking of her thought she left the headquarters to find his whereabouts.

 Chapter 8 Battle

    After killing the wild wolf a notification from the system rang in his mind.


    [Ding! Congratulations for successfully killing a wild wolf with sneak attack]


    [Host earned 500 points]


    [Congratulations Host for levelling up to Level 1]


    Crack!


    A clear cracking sound could be heard within Hannya''s body. The whirlpools of ''fear'' power emerge at the center of his chest and rushed into every part of his body, allowing him to feel a huge increase in overall abilities.


    Feeling the power of levelling up, a smirked escaped from his face. He scanned the area with his fear.


    ''System, do you have something that can help lighten up this area?''


    Hannya plans on leaving something here before he proceed with his hunting to avoid problems from occuring when it''s time to return.


    [Ding! Host can purchase 10 Onibi summon for 500SP]


    After hearing the recommendation Hannya recalled something about Onibi.


    It is one of the more dangerous types of hi no tama yokai, onibi is a beautiful but deadly phenomenon. Its name means "demon fire," and it certainly earns that moniker.


    ''Purchase and summon atleast 2 Onibi''s''Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    [Purchase complete]


    [Summoning... 10%..100%]


    Out of thin air a small ball of flame appeared, floating in his side around the eye-level. This orb of fire is 30 centimeters in size, lighting up Hannya''s surroundings.


    But what he didn''t expect was that the sudden emergence of light within the pitch black darkness caught the attention of the wolves.


    Hannya saw several wolves approaching him with steady and careful steps. Their salvage and murderous eyes turned sharp when they realize that it''s enemy is stronger than them individually. If it''s only one wild wolf it would definitely avoid this person but since it''s pack they bared their fangs.


    ''Damn, how could I make such a rookie mistake?! '' grumbled in his mind while preparing to defend against these monsters.


    His plan was to hunt the wolves one-by-one but because his mistake it''s no longer possible.


    Without any AOE skills he definitely won''t stand a chance.


    Three wild wolves were the first to come forth encircling him, while the remaining 5 spread around all sides cutting all his paths for escape.


    One of the wolf crouched and leaped towards Hannya, slashing it''s claw towards his chest.


    "Ky¨­ka Suigetsu" an overwhelming amount of "fear" wrapped his entire body which frightens the wild wolf, thus making it unable to sense Nurarihyon''s presence.


    When it''s claw landed in Nurarihyon''s figure it trembled and dissappeared like illusion. The wolf scanned the surroundings when an overwhelming essence of the devils grasp shadowing it''s body with murderous intent.


    When the wild wolf sensed the danger, it tried to maneuver it''s body to escape but..


    ''Swosh''


    The Long Sword of Three Tails penetrated the escaping wild wolf''s body.


    When the pack of wolves saw the death of their kin, their eyes turned bloodshot, one of the three wild wolves that came first was the second to attack after the death of the other one.


    Hannya swung his sword as fast as a lightning strike. The wolf''s head flew into the sky, blood raining down from the sky painting the pack with red.


    The remainings wild wolves immediately howled and leaped together.


    When Hannya was about to use Ky¨­ka Suigetsu to escape from this group attack, he felt a cold wind blew past him.


    Cold mist slowly covered a large area, multiple white dust particles dropped from the sky as if it''s snowing.

 Chapter 9 Wild Wolf King

    Thud''


    Multiple wild wolves who were frozen in mid-air dropped to the ground with a thud, crackling sound echoed in the forest.


    All the wolves were shattered into pieces.


    Within the silent night, other than the rustling of trees caused by a cold breeze, there was no other movements.


    Hannya looked at the figure who killed the wolves. Multiple notifictions rang in his mind.


    [Your level has risen.]


    [Your level has risen.]


    [Your level has risen.]


    [Your level has risen.]


    [Your level has risen.]


    Hannya didn''t have enough time to check everything because a white figure appeared in front of him. A pair of indescribable crimson eyes met his. It was as if the world''s most beautiful ruby gem laid deep within her eyes. Her jade-like skin and face were as white as snow under the dim rays coming from the moon.


    "So you still haven''t fix that bad habit of yours, leaving me alone as you like." Her lips curled up.


    She may be smiling and it didn''t seem like she''s angry when you just look at her appearance but the aura coming off from her is extremely scary.


    Hannya felt a chill, a bead of sweat formed in his forehead despite the cold atmosphere.


    "Hahaha, sorry. I didn''t want to disturb you so I left silently." With great difficulty Hannya was able to maintain his calm demeanor while laughing it off as if nothing happened.


    A sigh escaped Setsura''s mouth when she saw him laughing. This guy is still the same, but what can she do? She had already decided that she will stay with man forever.


    "So what should we do now?" Setsura asked while looking at the multiple dead bodies on the ground.


    Touching his chin, he acted like he was thinking while he hurriedly activated his status window.


    [Name: Hannya]


    [Age: 18]


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    [Uniqueness: Lord of the Night]


    [Level:7]


    [Skills: Ky¨­ka Suigetsu , Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui]


    [Summons: Yuki-onna, Ningen no hibi, Onibi]


    Store points: 2500


    Hannya surveyed the scanned his status for awhile, and when he was about to reply he suddenly felt his instincts giving him warnings about an upcoming danger, he immediately activated his ''fear'' and used Ky¨­ka Suigetsu.


    A gigantic shadow with opened wide jaws tried to devour Hannya but what happened next stunned the wild wolf.


    An illusion akin to an afterimage dispersed when his fangs came in contact with the target.


    Hannya''s figure appeared beside Setsura, looking at the wolf-like figure who sneaked attacked him.


    It is covered in grey fur while it''s eyes has a golden lustre, it was twice the size of the wild wolves that they killed, this beast is almost three meters long.


    ''Scan''


    Name: Wild Wolf King


    Cultivation: Elementary Profound Peak Realm - lvl 9


    The wild wolf king was enraged when he realized that his opponent escaped intact from his attacked, with bloodshot eyes it charged with a defeaning howl.


    "Yuki-onna, distract this pup for a bit"


    With a nod, Setsura formed a 30cm long naginata blade.


    Twirling the blade, a blizzard of cold wind came along, creating an illusion of snow blizzard.


    White figure and grey figure clashed causing a huge impact causing the land to tremor slightly.


    Crimson eyes and Golden eyes met, both eyes turned sharp emitting a dark killing intent, enveloping a huge land, half the land froze while the other half was full of cracks.


    While Setsura and the Wild Wolf King were having an intense fight, Hannya took out a large sakazuki cup.


    ''System, where is the sake?''


    [Ding! Host can purchase the Superior Y¨­kai Sake for 1000SP]


    ''That much?!'' Hannya was stunned by the price, still he clenched his teeth and purchase it.


    Pouring the Deadly Sake into the large cup, he looked at the Wild Wolf King.


    "Yuki-onna, that''s enough."


    With great speed Setsura retreated back to Hannya side followed by the Wild Wolf King.


    Looking at the Wild Wolf King pursuing Setsura he closed his eyes and coordinated with the system.


    ''System, let me know when this pup steps in the attacking range''


    Hannya waited until he heard the notification.


    [Ding! Target has entered attacking range]


    Blowing across the liquid, an overwhelmingly large blue flames emerge, devouring the Wild Wolf King whole.


    "Roaaaaaar" The Wild Wolf King stopped in place and howled in agony. The Wild Wolf King was rolling on the ground, the muscles of it''s blood-drenched body spasming and twitching. Every now and then, hoarse howl could be heard from it''s mouth¡­ proving not only that it was still alive but also that it still retained some semblance of consciousness.


    "Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui, "Sakura", if you didn''t sneak attacked on me and just stayed in your lair, you wouldn''t have this pitiful ending" Hannya said while looking at the Wild Wolf King.


    Controlling the Flame at will, Hannya increased it''s power to maximum making the Wild Wolf King Howl in despair, if it knew that this person was that powerful it wouldn''t have attacked, this were it''s last thoughts before it closed it''s eyes.


    A light breeze passed across. The cool breeze blew up a cloud of dust from the battle aftermath, and a few leaves floated about in the air before finally landing on the ground.


    Silence¡­


    [Ding! Congratulations Host for killing the Wild Wolf King earning 15,000SP]


    [Your level has risen.]


    [Your level has risen.]


    [Your level has risen.]


    In just a few minutes the blue flame continued to burn but they had grown much smaller than before, showing a large figure charred with smoke rising from it''s body.


    [Congratulations Host for reaching level 10]


    [Cultivation option has been added.]

 Chapter 10 Discovery and Training

    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Nura Headquarters


    Beside the large old-style Japanese mansion, stood a tree unique to this world, the color can be described as soft champagne pink, when looked from afar it would look seem as Pink clouds stuck in clusters around the branches.


    The Nura House''s sakura tree''s blossoms blow off in the wind, a figure can be seen sitting on top.


    It was none other than Hannya.


    He was currently reminiscing about his past life back on Earth. Growing up, He was surrounded by a wide variety of yakuza''s - many of whom watched after him at his grandfather''s behest. He frequently pulled pranks on them, and viewed his grandfather and the yakuza world with a sense of awe.


    When he was 5, his father was assassinated by one of the most deadly sniper in the underground world. Because of that, the only one left to inherit the position was him.


    As a child, he was excited at the prospect of succeeding his grandfather and becoming the Clan''s Third Head until the age of 12.


    Some of his memories were gone around the age of 13 until he reached the age of 16, he was told that it was because of an ''accident'' so he didn''t dwell too much about it.


    On his 18th birthday, he was about to officially succeed the position, it''s supposed to be a happy event yet instead of happy memory it became an unforgettable nightmare, what he witnessed was a massacre.


    A huge killing intent swirled inside of him but in a few minutes he was able to calm himself, sighing he closed his eyes and silently vowed to become stronger so he will never be in the same situation again.


    -------------------------


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, waterfall between the mountains


    At the edge of the waterfall, a topless figure was currently swinging his sword towards the screen of water that looked humongous exerting a huge amount of pressure. On his back an image of buddha surrounded by Asura and Devas signified his identity as ; Yakuza.The narrative has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the infringement.


    Hannya came to this place to train his sword skills.


    All his profound devil core strength was being released without reservation in every slash.


    His figure seemed especially miniscule under this gigantic screen of water. Although the height of this waterfall wasn''t too ridiculous, the force of the water crashing down was still enough to easily smash one''s body into pieces.


    There were no physical changes. However, Hannya felt it instinctively.


    ''I have changed. No, I''ve learnt.''


    He changed the way he held the sword. He increased the gap between his legs and gripped the sword with more strength, made a clear trajectory with the sword.


    A small part of the water screen was split.


    "Hmm?"


    Setsura who was admiring his figure on the side made a sound. Hannya was enjoying it a little bit and asked acting cool, "What is it?"


    "No, I just felt like you''ve become more handsome."


    So, he tilted his head to the side. His face seemed like he had heard something incomprehensible.


    "So, that''s it?" He thought that she noticed his strength , he even felt a bit high and mighty.


    "Yeah, so how about we go back and drink sake, just the two of us." Added Setsura with a smile while licking her lips.


    "Not this time, I need to train." With that reply he continued his training.


    He need to become stronger. He would move forward faster than anyone else.


    This fact was very important. Hannya couldn''t do anything unless he was strong.


    Let''s assume that modern people entered the world of the ''Against the Gods''. How would he become the ruler if he doesn''t have strength.


    Of course, he would collect talents. No matter what, he would try to secure talents that would help him together with his soon to arrive hundred demons.


    But there was one problem. It was meaningless if he know where to find them but doesn''t have strength to make them submit in defeat or in awe.


    ''Status''


    [Name: Hannya]


    [Age: 18]


    [Race: N¨±rihyon]


    [Uniqueness: Lord of the Night]


    [Cultivation: Elementary Profound Realm 7th stage]


    [Active Skills: Ky¨­ka Suigetsu Lv 5/10 , Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui Lv.2/10]


    [Passive Skills: Basic Elegant Swordsmaship Lv.2]


    [Summons: Yuki-onna, Ningen no hibi, Onibi]


    Store points: 17,500


    While he was fighting last night, the demonic core inside him started to compress and slowly awaken, with this he can now start cultivation.


    After slashing his sword for a thousand times Hannya left the waterfall and sat at the edge.


    ''By the way system, do I have to buy the low level Y¨­kai''s?''


    [Ding! Host can just buy clan package. It includes the leading Ayakashi with it''s race guardians]


    ''System what are the available clans?''


    Instead of getting a reply, a transparent screen appeared in front of him


    Bakeneko Clan summoning token - 20,000SP


    Kyuso Clan summoning token - 30,000SP


    Gy¨±ki Clan summoning token - 50,000SP


    His eyes widen when he saw the ''Expensive.'' price.

 Chapter 11 Silver Dragon Mercenary Group

    Scarlet Mountain Dragon Range, Nura Headquarters


    A handsome young man wearing red cloak over a black kimono and z¨­ri, along with a three-eyed, three-tailed wolf hanging around his shoulders was sitting with his hand one hand under his sleeves while looking in far distance.


    It''s been 9 months 20 days since Hannya came to this world, even though he spent a lot of SP, summoning the Gyuuki Clan was definitely good investment. During this 9 months they had already cleared most of the profound beast near the headquarters.


    Now that the plot is about to start so he started recalling the information about this world.


    In this world cultivation allows people to increase their profound strength. Cultivation is the primary aim of all profound practitioners. A person''s cultivation level can be separated into the ''Nine Mortal Realms'' and ''Seven Divine Profound Realms''.


    Each realm goes from level 1 to 10 before they can advance to the next one, the 10th level of a realm is considered the peak of that realm. Once someone goes past level 10 of a realm but does not enter the next realm it can be considered ''Half-step'' into that realm.


    When one''s profound strength grows, it essentially means that the density of the profound energy in their profound veins is growing. It can also taken as profound energy being compressed. Every time one rises by a level, it means that their profound energy has become slightly more compressed. Once it reaches a certain level of compression, a fundamental change will occur, that is also when they enter a new realm.


    Entering a new realm is normally a extremely difficult boundary for profound practitioners. This is why there are many who are stuck at the 10th level or Half-step level and never progress in their entire lifetime. This is also why medicine that can increase cultivation are highly prized.


    After going through all the details he checked his status.


    [Name: Hannya]


    [Age: 18]


    [Race:N¨±rihyon]


    [Uniqueness: Lord of the Night]


    [Cultivation: True Profound Realm 10th stage]


    [Active Skills: Ky¨­ka Suigetsu Lv. Max, Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui Lv. Max]


    [Passive Skills: Basic Elegant Swordsmaship Lv.Max(needs to upgrade)]


    [Summons: Yuki-onna, Ningen no hibi, Onibi, Gyuki Clan]


    Store points: 1000SP


    With this amount of strength he should be considered a monstrous genius in this place.


    He then turned his attention to his subordinates status.


    [Name: Setsura]


    [Age: 20]


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    [Uniqueness: Queen of the Ice]


    [Cultivation: True Profound Realm 10th stage]


    [Active Skills: Noroi no Fubuki/ Yukigesh¨­ Lv. Max,


    Noroi no Fubuki, F¨±sei Kakurei Lv. 5/10 /Noroi no Fubuki, Yukiyama-goroshi Lv. Max]


    [Passive Skills: Basic Elegant Swordsmaship Lv.Max(needs to upgrade)]


    Two skills has been added in her sleeves during this 9 months of battle.


    Noroi no Fubuki, F¨±sei Kakurei is a skill that creates a strong blizzard and freezes the enemy.


    Noroi no Fubuki, Yukiyama-goroshi is a skill where Setsura blows out cold air which makes her target sleepy.


    [Name: Gyuuki]


    [Age: 25]


    [Race: Ushi-oni]


    [Uniqueness: Gyuki of Mt. Nejireme]


    [Cultivation: True Profound Realm 10th stage]


    With ''Linking Fear Cultivation Technique'' Hannya was able to share his cultivation but this overpowered ability is only limited to 10 people when it reaches max level. Right now, he can only share it with two.


    And also..


    "Gozumaru"


    "Yes, Supreme Commander?"


    A young man appeared beside the Sakura Tree, His dark brown hair that it is tied up at the back and covers half of his face. He has a katana hanging on his waist.


    [Name: Gozumaru]


    [Age: 14]


    [Lv. 10(no cultivation)]


    [Race: Ushi-oni]


    [Uniqueness: Young Head of Gyuki Clan]


    "Where is Mezumaru?" Asked Nurarihyon.


    "He''s currently in Cyan Town, he was ordered by Gyuki-sama to gather informations so we can be prepared at all times."


    After knowing the details, Nurarihyon tilted his head upward to look at the sky.


    "It''s finally about to start."


    His lips slowly formed a smirk, his eyes turned dark leaving only his golden iris shining with expectation and hunger for upcoming battles.


    ...


    Cyan Forest Town is a small backwater town located between nearly two hundred kilometers west of Floating Cloud City. It is close to the Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range. This town could be considered a necessary route when traveling from Floating Cloud City to New Moon City. The distance from the town to New Moon City is three hundred fifty kilometers.


    The moon illuminated the ground covered in cracks because of scorching heat every morning, The howling sound coming from Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range made people feel more agitated than usual.


    At this time, a Group of six people appeared on the streets in town. The first and leading one had a big and intimidating build, carried an one and half meter long bronze machete while his other hand was holding a bloody corpse of wild wolf. His facial features were demonic, and his eyes emitted maliciousness. The ones behind him wearing jackets made of animal skin, wielding swords, knives, maces and various weapons.


    Their appearance immediately tensed up the atmosphere on the street. Merchants who were about to close their store felt a chill on their necks. all lowered down their heads while staring at the ground, Only until these six people entered a small inn in town, were they finally able to feel relieved and closed their stores in haste.


    ...


    Inside the inn


    A "girl-looking" with twin-pig tails can be seen talking to some customers, ''she'' is wearing a golden robe and an anti-smog mask.


    Who else could it be other than the Mezumaru, he''s currently not wearing his skull mask since he''s collecting informations here.


    While he was busy getting information, he noticed that the entire inn''s atmosphere tensed. Tilting her head she saw 6 people emitting murderous vibe slowly move towards the biggest table.


    Bang!!


    The bulky man wearing silver armor slammed the huge machete that was almost as tall as a grown man into the biggest table at the center of the inn, and roared : "This table belongs to this granddaddy now, scram if you don''t want to die!"


    The customers who were enjoying on the table hurriedly left their table in fear.


    Mezumaru turned to the customer he was talking with earlier.


    "Who are they?" he whispered in low voice.


    "Those six people belonged to Cyan Forest Town''s infamous Silver Dragon Mercenary Group, and the bulky man wielding the huge machete is their leader Yin Long." Replied the main in low voice.


    While exchanging details he learned that this Silver Dragon Mercenary Group is the strongest mercenary group in Cyan Forest Town, their leader has already reached the true profound realm 1st level.


    ''I need to relay this information to Gyuki-sama'' with this thought he bid farewell to the customer he spoke with and slowly made his way out.


    "Hey, young miss. Come here we need someone to accompany us."


    He was about to step out when he heard this, he glance inside to see who the unlucky girl was but soon realized that 6 pair of eyes were looking at his direction. Their savage eyes shone with lust.


    ''Not good''

 Chapter 12 Night Parade of Hundred Demons

    A figure lurking in the darkness was scanning the Cyan Forest Town from the alley when he heard a commotion.


    A scene where a young girl in golden robes that was about to step out from the inn was dragged back by a bulky mercenary.


    The Horse-head yokai was about to help when he met Mezumaru''s eyes, it was a form of signal indicating to inform Gyuki about the situation.


    Without further delay, the Horse-head yokai dissappeared in the dark alley.


    ...


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Nura Headquarters


    A figure of a man with grayish hair at the top with black tips and two wavy horizontal lines.


    The right half of his face is covered by his long hair. A few strands of loose hair that hang on the left side of his face are usually hooked behind his left ear. He has a bit of stubble running across his jaw and chin.


    Clad with purple colored shihakusho lined with white cloth and a green haori.


    "Gyuuki-sama"


    Gyuuki retracted his attention from the documents, "Come in."


    The door opened, a figure of horse-faced yokai appeared.


    "Reporting, 30 minutes ago Mezomaru was abducted by a group of mercenary."


    Surprised by the sudden development, Gyuki asked for more details and hurriedly left his quarters.


    Hannya who was drinking sake while looking at the sky noticed Gyuuki''s state.


    "What happened?"


    "Supreme Commander, a group of mercenary called Silver Dragon Mercenary Group abducted Mezomaru." Gyuki informed told Nurarihyon about the situation.


    Nodding his head, Hannya slowly stood up, donning a dark blue cloak with the "fear" logo. He slowly made his way to the entrance with Gyuuki following behind.


    By the time he reached outside, 20 ox-head yokai''s and 20 horse-head yokai''s emerged from darkness in all sides.


    A cold blizzard also made an appearance near the entrance and a woman wearing a wearing a scarf with a growth-ring pattern and a furisode with a butterfly motif along the hem and the bottom of the sleeves was displayed.


    Her crimson eyes looked at Hannya''s back with expectation.


    Tilting his head to look at everyone behind, the scelera part of his eyes turned black only showing a pair of golden pupils flashing with bloodlust.


    "Shall we do it again everyone? Let''s hunt mercenaries instead of ayakashi this time."


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    The thunder-like response resonated past the horizon and 40 yokai''s left the headquarter. They swore to immediately find the mercenaries location so they can destroy it.


    "It''s been awhile since the last night parade of hundred demons."


    Bloodlust swirled in the entire Red Scarlet Dragon Range, countless crows flew in the air and wolves howled in fear.


    ...


    Cyan Forest Town, Silver Dragon Mercenary Group Headquarters


    A man was walking alone through a dark alley and stopped in front of a four-storey ancient building.


    Age around the mid-forties with a big and intimidating build, carried a one and half meter long bronze machete. He surveyed his sharp eyes around.


    His footsteps stopped as he reached the end of the alley. In front of him was a door protected by 2 mercenary. There also multiple aura hidden from the shadows.


    "Is the girl already inside?"


    "Yes, Boss."


    The mercenary that he addressed replied with reverence, then unlocked the door.


    "Sir, please mind yourself in there. Though restrained, she is extremely aggressive."


    "Hmph, who do you think I am?" Yin Long sneered in response.


    "I''m very sorry, sir!" the mercenary immediately kowtowed, banging his head which painted the floor with blood.


    Yin Long opened the door then walked in, ignoring the mercenary.


    A girl clad in golden robe was affixed to the wall with with chains.


    "Hehe, How are you?"


    At Yin Long''s voice, Mezomaru who was disguised as a girl, bound in chain he raised his head with great difficulty.


    His feminine face was illuminated by the moon ray. When he had been dragged here from the inn, no one even tried to help as they all lowered their heads letting the mercenaries bring him without any hindrance. He tried to resist but was subdued by Yin Long easily.


    "Sigh, I can''t believed I allowed myself to be captured by a weakling like you."


    "Weak, huh?"


    Yin Long''s low-level power punch landed on Mezomaru''s stomach. Bound in place by the chains, He had no way to evade to evade Yin Long''s low-level blow.


    "You brat, I your father can just kill you without using profound strength and you say I''m a weakling?!"


    Yin Long kicked on Mezomaru''s crumpled body.


    He was holding back because he wants to get a few information from her. He saw her one time running at edge of Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range.


    Mezomaru puke blood which splattered to the ground turning into a dark red stain.


    "So spill out what have you found inside the Scarlet Dragon Range and I shall give you a painless death. If you don''t want to be tortured you should kno--"


    While asking, Yin Long put his mouth Mezomaru''s ear. But right at that moment, a mercenary breathlessly rushed into the room.


    "Who gives you the guts to enter without my permission?!!!"


    "I''m sorry Boss, it''s terrible! We have intruders!"


    "Intruders?! How many?!"


    "Unknown! They are lurking in darkness so we are not sure, but we are being completely dominated!"


    "Tsk, very well, I''ll go out myself! Let''s see the identity of these people who got the guts to attacked our Mercenary Group!"


    After clicking his tongue, Yin Long left the room and


    by the time he reached the dark alley, the entire area was already thoroughly dyed with blood. The mercenaries protecting their hideout were by no means weak, Most of them had already reached the 10th level of elementary profound realm among them were even those who have broken through and reached Nascent Soul Realm.


    This is...


    "Impossible! How did this happen?!"


    In this dark alley, multiple silhoutte''s stood on top of the roof, outside the alley there is an entire mountain of corpses.


    Portraying a bloody sight. A flock of crows were flying in circles on top of the headquarters with ''caw'' sounds.


    Yin Long was stunned by this display of domination which clearly shows overwhelming difference in strength between his mercenary and this unknown force. Yin Long''s eyes sharpened as he glared at the group of shadows which were clearly the perpetrators of this horrofic crime.


    This has never happened before..


    No one had the guts to go against him before but now an unknown group is actually not puting him in their eyes? This is a great slap to his face.


    his blood is boiling with anger, with darken face he roared


    "Answer me?! Who gives you the guts?!!"


    An overwhelming pressure made some of the yokai''s fall to their knees.


    A figure slowly walked out from darkness, the moonlight shone down on this figure, A figure of a man around the age of mid-twenties can be seen, wearing a purple colored shihakusho lined with white cloth and a blue cloak with a "fear" logo at the back.


    "So you''re the leader? I''ll be the one to face you. Gyuki of the Nura clan."

 Chapter 13 Renowned Nura Clan

    The moment Gyuuki appeared and introduced himself, alarm bells go off inside Yin Long''s head. There is no particular reason, it is all instinct. Every fiber of his being is screaming at him this man is dangerous.


    With the blood from his sword dripping onto the ground, The dripping increased neither in its rate or its volume, yet by the time his opponent reached a few meters from him it was as if a hammer was slammed near his ears.


    His breathing rate increased as Gyuuki also slowly approach him. The blood dripping down from his sword left a trail of blood behind.


    Yin Long''s profound aura was slowly retracted without him noticing, the yokai''s who were affected slowly stood up one by one.


    "Who are you people? What is your aim?!"


    Yin Long asked while suppressing his terror with great difficulty.


    He never heard of these group of people before, he didn''t know why they targeted his headquarters.


    "Oya? I thought you meant to challenge the Nura Clan when you abducted our comrade. Is it not the case?"


    Gyuuki tilted his head to the side with signifying that he was confuse yet the smile containing a huge amount bloodlust contradicts everything.


    It''s more like he''s saying that it doesn''t matter we''re only here to spread terror.


    When he heard his opponent talk about abduction, he remembered the girl wearing a golden robe, it seems like he need to release her, he doesn''t want to agitate this demons.


    There also two more in the group shrouded with darkness who haven''t made an appearance yet. Just the sheer thought made him shiver in fear.


    To do battle would only be asking for death.


    Even while lamenting his own unluckiness, Yin Long continues to search for a way out of this situation.


    "Wa-wait, I''ll release her. Someone!" He immediately called one of his minions.


    Just in a while, a figure covered in blood was dragged by the mercenary. While Yin Long was out the mercenary he left in the room tortured the girl a bit and only stopped when he heard his boss called him.


    Seeing this Yin Long trembled in fear, turning his head he glanced at the yokai''s and as expected..


    I''m going to be killed!


    Gyuuki raised his sword, his pair of eye pupils shone with golden hue while it''s scelera was painted black. Fear twirled around the sword. It''s power signified the strength reaching the Peak of True Profound Realm.


    He jumped back a step, and revealed a terrified expression: "Peak...True Profound Realm!!"


    Yin Long''s entire body began to tremble, then fell to the ground on his knees and prostrated excessively: "S¡­So¡­ Sorry¡­. My eyes have failed to see¡­.I was unable to recognize great beings such as yourself, I¡­ I deserve to die¡­ I deserve to die!"


    If he knew the girl in golden robes has a subordinate which was actually a master that had achieved Peak True Profound Realm, he wouldn''t have tried anything funny.


    On the other side Yuki-onna leaned near Hannya looking at the mountain of corpse. "How fabulous."


    Hannya turned his attention to Setsura while laughing. "Don''t you think, Yuki-onna?"


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    "No, you''re fabulous. Supreme commander... Nurarihyon~sama." She said while moving her lips closer to Hannya when her chin was softly stopped by his hands.


    "Stop it, are you trying to kill me?" Said Hannya with a smile.


    "Oh, come on. Once isn''t going to hurt. Kiss me." Said Setsura seductively.


    "Not this time, it seems like it''s about to end."


    He turned back his attention to the situation between Gyuuki and Yin Long.


    Gyuuki seemed at lost with this sudden development. If talking about a fight against ayakashi this guy would have already been split into pieces.


    In their world, when you lost your ''fear'' and succumb to your opponents ''fear'' then your life will be forfeited. Yin Long who thought that this people would just let him go because the huge difference strength died when a flash of light went pass his head, red line emerge on his neck causing a fountain of blood to splash painting the ground red.


    The entire scene together with a mountain of corpse looks like the very description of hell causing the guard holding Mezomaru pissed his pants and fled, but was followed by a horse-face and ox-face yokai.


    "Just as I thought, you''re the boldest." Hannya''s figure emerged from the shadows while the moon illuminated his appearance, he looked at Gyuuki with looks of approval.


    "I''m honored by your praise, Supreme commander." Gyuuki replied with a bow.


    Hannya looked at his Night Parade of Hundred Demons and raised his sword in the air.


    "You all, it''s our win."


    A defeaning roar echoed like thunder in the alley full of dead bodies.


    ...


    The Cyan Forest Town, After getting the news about the Silver Dragon Mercenary crowded the former base of the strongest mercenaries, The Xia and Xiao clan from floating Cloud City also heard about the news and sent some people to investigate, after receiving their tasks these individuals immediately rushed to Cyan Forest Town.


    In the instant that the members who Xiao and Xia clan sent entered the Cyan Forest Town and shivered as they can already smell blood carried by the wind, they went to the mercenary headquarters and Once they arrived, their faces couldn''t help but greatly change because at that very moment, the entire headquarters could only be describe with the most fitting word: Hell


    In the alley, former headquarters of the Silver Dragon Mercenary Group


    Although the blood already dried out, they could still see the dark-redness. Blood splattered everywhere, and after entering the town, a strong stench could be smelt. It was the smell of blood.


    "Who could have possibly massacred those barbarians? I really want to thank them." A tall merchant who just arrived was estatic after he saw that scene. Those mercenaries, always suppressed him for the longest time.


    "Maybe those mercenaries offended a large clan?" The tall and big resident expressed confusion.


    "It''s the Nura clan." The slightly intellectual looking replied in a low voice.


    "Nura Clan? How come I''ve never heard the name of that clan?" The Xiao clan investigator closely questioned.


    "I saw what happened last night from the small gap in my window and based on what I heard they are indeed a member of Nura Clan." The intellectual looking resident said while shivering from reminiscing what happened.


    the news of this massacre just like a terrifying hurricane, swept across the Cyan Forest Town until floating cloud city. All the high level members of Xia and Xiao clan received the special report.


    Above these secret report, the name ''Nura Clan'' was clearly written, a mysterious clan called Nura Clan raided the entire Silver Dragon Mercenary Group, and according to the report, it''s a one-sided massacre with the Mercenary group not being able to retaliate at all.


    ...


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Nura Clan Headquarters


    Hannya was sitting on the Sakura Tree, A cool breeze touched his cheeks and neck. The air that blows his hair around also rustles the cherry blossoms.


    Ever since he summoned the Clan''s headquarters he always felt his mind at ease when sitting in a Sakura tree, it must be because of Nurarihyon''s bloodline.


    He was currently thinking about the notification he received from the system the next day after the one-sided slaughter.


    [Ding! Congratulation Host for completing the Hidden quest: Spread the name of Nura Clan within two hundred kilometers]


    [Rewards: Senbonzakura Spirit (can be transferred), Cultivation Booster(high quality)]


    ''System, what exactly can this booster do?''


    [The booster can help circulate the spiritual energy in your body to aid your breakthrough]


    ''Spiritual energy?'' Hannya pondered for awhile until he remembered something. When he first summoned this base he remembered the system told him that this land is a spiritual gathering land.


    ''System, if I use this booster now on what realm would I be in?''


    [Ding! Estimation Realm Level: Sky profound Realm 10th stage]


    When he heard this, Hannya couldn''t help but laugh. He was having a headache while thinking about the Scarlet Dragon living in this area. That monster has the strength of Emperor Profound Realm. Now with the Senbonzakura that he can transfer to the Long Sword of Three Tails, Sky Profound Realm cultivation and his tumoltous horde.


    "Hahaha, interesting." Hannya''s laugh echoed in the entire Headquarters startling the yokai''s.


    The Clash Between the Night Parade of Hundred Demons and Scarlet Dragon will soon commence..


    "The mountain cannot contain Two Tigers."

 Chapter 14 Darkness Starts

    Hannya immediately used the Cultivation booster Pill and began circulating his "fear", all the energy from the soul stored in his body began to move all over. His body started absorbing the energy from the souls!


    The souls started refining his body, his bones, his blood, his skin¡­ Everything was being refined! At the same time, the Cultivation booster pill had also taken effect, helping Nurarihyon get rid of the impurities in his body.


    All the souls his body had consumed during the last 9 months were just too strong. His body literally became a soul storage. If he didn''t complete the hidden mission and earned the Cultivation Booster pill he would have already forgotten that this land is a Spirit Gathering Land.


    "hehe, what an overpowered pill, it''s worth it."


    He said with a low voice with a smirk on his face. The huge amount of souls were continuously refining his body, making it stronger, and turning into "Fear".


    Ka!


    Breakthrough! He reached the Spirit Profound Realm 1st Stage!


    In just an hour, Hannya broke through the barrier, reaching the Earth Profound Realm!


    And after another hour, he broke through the barrier between Earth Profound Realm and Sky Profound Realm!


    Ka! Ka! Ka!


    Third Stage! Fourth Stage! Fifth Stage! Sixth Stage! Hannya continued to break through the barriers, it only stopped when he reached the tenth stage of Sky Profound Realm! All within two hours!


    There were simply too many souls stored within his body, but with the help of Cultivation Booster Pill he was able to refine them all.


    The yokai''s staying in the headquarters started to feel pressure coming from three directions within the house. Both Gyuuki and Setsura also received the same benefits with the help of "Linking Fear Cultivation Technique"


    After a few minutes, the pressure slowly subsided.


    Ding! Congratulations Host for successfully consuming the energy boosting pill.


    Level status can now be changed to cultivation. Would you like to proceed with the changes?


    [Y/N]


    When he heard the details, Hannya pondered for awhile, if he proceeds with the changes instead of level the system will only reveal the cultivation level status.


    After contemplating for awhile Hannya accepted the changes.


    [Level status has been completely changed to cultivation level.]


    Hannya nodded with approval and disappeared from Sakura Tree and appeared in Gyuuki''s room.


    Gyuuki was a high ranking subordinate of the Nura clan, and one Nurarihyon''s advisers in anime. So Hannya told him his plan to conquer the entire Scarlet Dragon Range. He provided all the information he knew about the Scarlet Dragon.


    Gyuuki is the type who ruminates over things much like a cow ruminates its meal. He is a careful and meticulous planner, and his plans always have the Nura Clan''s best interests at heart. He is generally a quiet and calm person who listens to all the facts before passing judgment, and his opinion is regarded highly. Once he reaches a conclusion, he will see it through to the end.Love this novel? Read it on Royal Road to ensure the author gets credit.


    Knowing all this, Hannya was at ease when he handed the planning to Gyuuki.


    Pondering for around thirty minutes Gyuuki told Hannya his conclusion. "According to what you said, this Scarlet Dragon has the strength of Emperor Profound Realm which means his a bit stronger than us?


    "Yeah, that''s only a rough estimate, he may be weaker than that. It''s better to always overestimate your opponents than underestimating them."


    "If that''s the case, then we have to leave the other yokai''s behind and pay a visit to this Scarlet Dragon with just me, you and Yuki-onna. It would only cause meaningless casualties if we bring with us the other members. We need to be careful especially in a situation when we''re not sure of our targets true strength."


    "That makes sense, yosh! Then it''s decided." After reaching a conclusion, Hannya left the room.


    ...


    Scarlet Mountain Dragon Range, Nura Headquarters


    Nighttime falls, With only the stars and moon for light, the blackness was almost complete. Multiple blue flames brought light to the area around the Nura Clan Headquarters.


    At the sakura tree, curls of smoke smoke coming from a silhoutte who stared at the moon in the sky. "It''s almost time." And with that his figure dissappeared from where he stood.


    In the Nura Headquarters Gate, slowly dark smoke conjure into Hannya''s figure.


    Two silhouttes of yokai''s dissolved from inside the mansion and appeared into the gathering entrance where darkness from "fear" is extremely potent. The air cooled and the wolves from afar howled.


    "Let''s go, this where darkness start. The real battle between Ayakashi and Scarlet Dragon."


    ...


    Three black dots from the northern skies flew toward the direction of Scarlet Dragon Prohibited region. After reaching Sky Profound Realm, Hannya received would the Profound Floating Technique from the system and allowing the three of them to fly through the sky.


    "I never expected that despite not having wings, I would be able to fly." Said Gyuuki with a sigh of amazement.


    "Get used to it, this is normal for people in this world." Replied Hannya without turning back.


    "What a magical world." Setsura couldn''t help but add.


    [Violent Nascent Profound Beasts Active Ahead, Those Below Elementary Profound Realm Level Ten Must Not Enter.]


    Looking down from above An aged warning sign came into view. The Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range was very big.


    Not after flying too far, more warning signs appeared in below one by one.


    [High Level Profound Beasts Active Ahead, Below Nascent Profound Realm Level Five Please Leave With Haste.]


    Along the way, they had pass a total of five warning signs. However, the last warning sign was labeled with blood-red colored carved words:


    "Scarlet Dragon Prohibited Region!"


    These were only four words, but they contained enough tension to make one''s heart palpate.


    Everyone inhabiting Cyan Forest Town all knew that the area ahead was a taboo region that must never be stepped into; because out of everyone who entered, none had ever returned alive.


    Hannya halted and slowly descended to the ground and stood in front of this sign.


    "Is this the place?" Gyuuki said while scanning the surroundings.


    "Correct, that red colored region ahead, should be the nest of that Scarlet Dragon." replied Hannya.


    They ignored the sign and carefully made their way.


    Slowly in their view, there appeared a large chunk of a scarlet-red colored region. In the middle of that region, was a nearly one hundred meter high gigantic cave, a barren environment without a single blade of growing grass. Strands of scorching white gas and ember spewed from the cracks in the ground and the caves from time to time, as if it had just been scorched by heavenly fire.


    "So this is the nest of that Scarlet Dragon." Gyuuki spoke with a stern look.


    "We shouldn''t act carelessly. I can sense multiple dangers emanating from this cave ; it would be better to lure this Scarlet Dragon out of the cave." Gyuuki added and then turned around and met Setsura''s crimson eyes. He nodded.


    "I guess, it''s my turn" Setsura licked her lips.


    Her eyes flashed and her snow jade perfect figure released a devastating coldness that seemed to come from the land of Ice.


    At that instant the surrounding air seemed to freeze.


    Her scarf growth-ring pattern and a furisode with a butterfly motif along the hem and the bottom of the sleeves flapped in the air as the sky was filled with a cold icy current that instantly created a snow blizzard that swept across a mile radius.


    "Noroi no Fubuki, F¨±sei Kakurei"


    Si! Si!


    The chilling coldness filled the entire region both the cave and ember spewed from the cracks in the ground were frozen in Ice.


    At that moment in time Setsura was like an ice goddess of a world of ice and snow that controlled everything.


    "ROOOOOOARR!!!!"


    Suddenly, a tremendously loud roar that was loud enough to cause the earth to quake and the heavens to tremble, came from inside the huge cave.

 Chapter 15 Yakuza

    Along with the sound of the roar, suddenly came a blazing light from deep within the cave. It was subsequently followed by the appearance of a pillar of flame tens of meters thick that rushed towards the five in the sky. Miles of the surrounding area became filled with waves of scorching hot air.


    "Hmmph!!"


    Yuki-onna, being associated with winter and snowstorms is not just for show. Waving her sleeves, she manipulated the atmosphere itself. Regardless of air quality, abundant and trace gases, air temperature, etc., all of them converted to ice.


    ''Boom''


    The flame clashed with atmospheric freezing causing the land tremor and the heavens to tremble. Smoke slowly rose from frozen Ice. Cracks started to form like a spiderweb.


    ''Crack''


    The ice shattered to million pieces. By the time dust and ice particles has settled, in front of the cave, the colossal silhouette of a dragon came into view.


    With a height that reached a hundred feet and an entire body scarlet-red, like red-hot steel, its enormous wings and tail lit with a blazing fire. When the dragon lifted its head, its two scarlet-red eyes were full of prestige, and it actually spoke in human speech: "Audacious humans, to actually have the guts to dare froze and breach into this king''s territory, let your leader step out!"


    Its voice was heavy and rough, but even more so emanated a dignity that made one''s heart palpate. Too bad it encountered an Ayakashi, known as demons who induced fears not the other way around.


    Hannya looked at the dragon, asked the system to scan the dragon and found out that it''s still on the Half-step of Emperor Profound Realm.


    Setsura who stood on the side slowly walk back and stood beside Gyuuki. According to their plan they would fight the Scarlet Dragon if it has the strength of Emperor Profound Realm if not the Supreme Commander will take care of it.


    Hannya walked towards the dragon with a smirk. His figure seemed especially miniscule under this colossal dragon.


    It didn''t expect that someone actually has the guts to face him. A fiery-red aura was released from it''s body. It looked at this so-called leader: "You, what''s your name?"


    Hannya looked at the Scarlet Dragon while slowly unsheating his sword and replied: "Nura Clan Supreme Commander.... Nurarihyon."


    "Let me ask you something, why did you stepped forward and state your name?"


    Hannya tilted his head and looked confused, before he could reply, the Scarlet Dragon continued: "I told you to introduce yourself but after seeing the magnitude of my power few would dare. Only fools who don''t know their strength would act like you... Can''t you comprehend the difference between our strength?!!" Huge pressure bore down to Hannya like tidal waves.


    Raising his head, Hannya smirked and replied: "Aren''t you a fool too? You held back your strength earlier, you could have just use your power and injured Yuki-onna. Thus, your foolish actions deserved a foolish response."


    "And if you get in my way in conquering this land, I''ll just have to kill you and move on." Hannya added as he circulated his "fear" around his body.


    The Scarlet Dragon paused and laughed: "Hoho, you observed the ways of chivalry and yet..you''re just an arrogant kid! ROOOAAAR!


    It slammed it''s 100 tons of weight towards Hannya.


    With a backflip he dodged but he felt a scorching force arriving at his back. He didn''t have time to think as he reflexively swung himself to the side.


    The Scarlet Dragon drifted by him accompanied by a loud roar and another fire ball with great speed. When a flame was about to hit Hannya''s body, Gyuki and Setsura tensed and immediately circulated their fear to assist but they stopped when they met Hannya''s eye signifying them to just watch.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    Hannya''s figure who was hit by the flame slowly blurred and vanished along the wind.


    The Scarlet dragon''s flame hit nothing. It was shocked and looked at Hannya who appeared a few meters away from it. "What did you do?" It''s like he can feel and see his prescence but it also feel like he would dissappear at any time.


    Hannya only replied with a smirk.


    "What are you smirking about?!! Just what did you do?!" Scarlet Dragon who doesn''t know about yokai was agitated.


    Hannya ignored the Scarlet Dragon and murmured: "A Dragon with great strength yet weak mind simply can''t win in battle of deception ." He looked at the Scarlet Dragon with his Golden pupils surrounded by black scelera. He raised his sword in his chest, circulating his "fear" and attached it to the blade.


    "Scatter, Senbonzakura"


    The blade separated into a thousand tiny, slender blade fragments, which flew away from the hilt, leaving only the sword''s handle in Hannya''s hand.


    The blades which are too small to be seen normally, was reflected by the moonlight in resembling the cherry blossom petals covered with his "fear" Hannya swung the sword hilt.


    The cherry blossom sword fragments suddenly turned half-black and half-pink making it''s way to the Scarlet Dragon. Scarlet Dragon sneered at this sight, he flew to Hannya''s location.


    ''Wouch''


    ''Wouch''


    ''Wouch''


    ROOOARR! When Scarlet Dragon roared, five scarlet-colored flames suddenly shot out from its body like an explosion, turning into five dragon-shaped flames and gnawed toward Hannya.


    "mush¨­ken; Woundless Zone"


    Hannya who was controlling the blade fragments, spread it around to defend the upcoming Dragon Flames.


    With a heavy bang the Dragon Flames and Senbonzakura collided making an ear-shattering sounds. Hannya counterattacked all of a sudden, with a gourd and sakazuki cup; no one knew when he appeared above the Scarlet Dragon.


    "Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui, Sakura: Secret Technique: Soul Mirror, Deadly Water - Cherry Blossoms"


    A tremendously large blue flames engulfed the Scarlet Dragon.


    ROOOOOARR!!!"


    The Flame Dragon that felt the pain let out an enraged roar and the surface of its body abruptly exploded with a huge ball of scorching flames. The instantaneous blistering heat wave thrown Hannya in the air.


    While in mid-air he swung the sword handle and contolled the fragments to attack.


    Wouch! Clang! Boom! Tink!


    The sound of blade fragment petals cutting through air, the sound of flames exploding, the ear-splitting sound of collision¡­.. almost resounded across the entire Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range as the low level profound beasts in the surrounding areas ran amok in fear.


    The battle became more and more fiercer as the surrounding air temperature continued to rise. Setsura who stood on the size created a snow blizzard to counter the heat which is slowly affecting them while watching the fight.


    The Flame Dragon''s strength was unquestionable, but facing Hannya with countless tricks made it slowly became the one who was suppressed. The area were slashed into pieces one by one, and even the ground became filled with countless fissures like a spiderweb.


    "It''s getting a bit tiring now. Let''s end this."


    Hannya recalled back the fragments to form a blade sword. He muttered: "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi; Vibrant Display of a Thousand Cherry Blossoms"


    Hannya dropped his sword straight down. The sword phases into the ground, as though it were a pool of water. Energy ripples expand out, turning the surrounding area dark, and within seconds. The Scarlet Dragon who was enraged was stunned by the sudden change of the surroundings.


    Two rows of a thousand giant blades rise up from the ground. Those thousand swords scattered, and countless flying blades pierce the Scarlet Dragon. Seeing this, it immediately covered it''s body with profound strength.


    The barrier didn''t last long until cracks started to appear, The Scarlet Dragons mental energy was completely dried out. It was confused and didn''t realize that his mental energy was slowly devoured by curse coming from the sword of Three Tails.


    Countless number of blades generated attacking the Scarlet Dragon from all sides.


    it can''t dodge or even see the movements of these blades. Under the cover of darkness a pair of golden pupils shone with excitement.


    When Hannya transferred the soul of senbonzakura to his sword he realized that the soul emerged from the sakura tree. Senbonzakura trusted Nurarihyon so it also printed Byakuya''s knowledge and experience to his mind.


    After half an hour, Hannya recalled the sword the darkness slowly dissappeared replaced by the Scarlet Dragon Nest. He looked at the scene in front of him...


    The Colossal Dragon who was full of vitality earlier is now laying on the ground covered with blood making it''s body dark fiery-red. One of it''s crimson eyes was looking at his adversary slowly making it''s way to where it laid, with great difficulty it said: "I didn''t expect that my life would end like this. Hahaha who would have thought that someone with my strength would lose. Now kill me!"


    Setsura and Gyuki appeared beside Hannya. Looking at the Scarlet Dragon, Gyuki asked:"Are you going to kill it?"


    "I understand." He didn''t answer Gyuuki, with a hint of coldness in his eyes Hannya slowly made his way towards the Scarlet Dragon.


    "Good just do it." The Scarlet Dragon waited for it''s Death with a hoarse laugh.


    Tugsh!


    "What?! What do you mean by this?!!" The Scarlet Dragon who closed it''s eyes to prepare for death was startled and when it realized that it''s enemy hacked him with sword sheath it became enraged.


    "Listen and don''t misunderstand me.. I''ve taken a liking to you." Hannya ignored the Scarlet Dragon and continued: "You''re arrogant and prideful yet interesting. We''re Yakuza not cold blooded cultivators. We have no interest in taking lives, we only want strong allies!"


    "So, will you lend me your strength?"

 Chapter 16 Nura Rihan

    Dragons are not very social creatures, even amongst their own kind. The bonds of familial kinship were also not very strong among dragons. Dragons would randomly find a place to lay eggs and leave them there, or kicked them out of the nest a year or two after they were born. Right now a man is asking it to lend it''s strength; fighting for someone else...This never entered it''s mind.


    Hannya clad in blue cloak flapping with the wind along with a three-eyed, three-tailed wolf hanging around his shoulders like a shawl. Pitting the back of his sword in his shoulder while his other hand was raised near his chest waiting for the Scarlet Dragons reply.


    As part of Dragon Race it innately got the attitude of someone at the top of food chain and won''t easily lower down it''s head even at the face of death.


    Hannya frowned after seeing the Scarlet Dragon hesitate, he walked towards the Scarlet Dragon''s Head and whisper something which cause it''s eye to widen in surprise.


    "Interesting, why do you think you can achieve that?" Scarlet Dragon replied after awhile. Holding back itself from shaking from excitement.


    "Simply because I''m Nurarihyon." he replied.


    "I think this is the first time I met someone as self-centered and arrogant as you Hahaha.... but I like it! Interesting! I shall join this Night parade of yours and watch with my own eyes whether you can reach the top or fall to hell. Hahah."


    When the Scarlet Dragon accepted his invitation. The notification from the system rang in his mind.


    [Ding! Congratulations Host for completing the Hidden Mission. Recruit the Scarlet Dragon into the Nura Clan.]


    [Linking Fear Cultivation Manual levelled up to level 3/10]


    [Ding! Congratulations Host for conquering the Scarlet Dragon Range


    Rewards: Garasu Tengu Clan Summoning Token/ Nura Rihan (child version) Special Summoning Token]


    This time Hannya was rooted in his place. His eyes focused on the name "Nura Rihan". He communicated with the system.


    ''Are you trying to make me a single father now? How can I explain this to everyone.''


    [Host doesn''t have to worry, no one will think it''s strange for you to have a child.]


    ''That''s not the point. How should I tell Setsura about this?''


    [...]


    ''What the...''


    "Nurarihyon-sama."


    "Supreme Commander"


    Hannya sensed someone calling him.


    Someone tugged his cloak. Opening his eyes he saw Setsura looking at him with worried eyes.


    "Do you have any injuries?" She asked while carefully inspecting his body. He woke from being dazed and replied with a smile: "I''m alright."


    Throwing everything at the back of his head, Hannya looked at the Scarlet Dragon:"How long do you need to recuperate?"


    Closing it''s eyes for awhile feeling the extent of it''s injuries and replied:"One Day is enough."


    Hannya nodded his head:"So what is your name? Calling you Scarlet Dragon is really inconvenient."


    Scarlet Dragon avoided Hannya''s eyes, it snorted and replied with arrogance:"I don''t need a name, such thing is pointless."


    Hannya nodded as if he understand and simply replied: "Right, right. So from now on your called Ddraig, that''s the name of the Red Dragon Emperor of Domination."


    Scarlet Dragon was about to refuse the name but when he heard the title "Red Dragon Emperor of Domination" he stopped.This book was originally published on Royal Road. Check it out there for the real experience.


    Hannya knew that Dragons love Domineering names so he added it when he gave it''s name.


    "I''ll be back tomorrow." Leaving that message behind he left with Gyuki and Setsura.


    ...


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Nura Headquarters


    "Used the Nura Rihan Special Summoning Token." After pondering for an hour Nura reached a conclusion and with Great Determination summoned his son. Summoning circle appeared in the room covered with smoke.


    "Yaaawn!"


    What came out of the summoning circle was a sleepy yawn, when the smoke dispersed what appeared was a child looking around 10 years of age.


    While looking at the little guy''s appearance, Hannya couldn''t help but click his tongue with amazement as he simply resembles him but the kid''s long curly hair didn''t stick up and instead falls down while the back is tied in a long ponytail. The hair on the front of his head also covers the right half of his face.


    He''s just like a small version of Nurarihyon, however, his hair is purely black and more wavy. Rihan eyes are amber like color. He is wearing a kimono with green and black stripes.


    "Oyaji!"


    This sleepy kid immediately became lively the moment he saw Hannya.


    Hannya looked at Rihan''s Status.


    [Name: Nura Rihan] [Human Form]


    [Age: 10]


    [Race: Nurihyon]


    [Uniqueness: Nura Clan Young Master]


    [Cultivation: Sky Profound Realm 10th Stage]


    [Skills:Ky¨­ka Suigetsu Lv.1, Ougi Meiky¨­ Shisui (locked), Spirit Guardian: Senbonyamabuki (locked)]


    [Passive Skills: Basic Elegant Swordsmaship Lv.1]


    Hannya felt as if he was struck by lightning, he muttered to himself: "So that''s why it''s called Special Summoning Token, even without the ''Linking Fear Cultivation Technique'' this guy already had such strength enough to be termed as monstrous genius. If this guy come with him to Floating Cloud City, the events would become more interesting. He ruffled Rihan''s hair and turned his attention into the skill: "Zanpakuto: Yamabuki" which is currently locked. He asked the system the requirements to unlock the spirit skill.


    [Ding! Requirements to unlock: Spiritual Sword]


    ...


    When Setsura discovered Rihan she was shocked, the memories that she had was only around the time when Hannya was still at his peak, before he met Yohime, so she have no memories of Rihan but she can feel that this little guy was related to Nurarihyon by blood just from looking at his face.


    She asked Rihan in a low voice: "Are you the Supreme Commander''s little brother?"


    Rihan innocently looked Setsura and replied: "I''m his son."


    Setsura felt the sense of loss, powerlessness and despair!


    At that moment, Rihan was confused about her sudden action, however as a little gentleman he walked close to her and grabbed her leg just as her boiling rage was wandering without a direction to go, threatening to destroy everything.


    Then, with a pure and naive voice, he spoke what was on his mind: "Beautiful Nee-san" He raised his head to look at Setsura. His handsome and amber eyes looked extremely cute.


    Setsura deeply loved Nurarihyon, so it was a critical hit at that time. Marvelously, Setsura heart which turned cold melted down like ice cream under the hot sun, she couldn''t make herself stay mad at this cute child.


    "It''s not nee-san."


    Setsura lowered her head and met his gaze and spoke in a gentle voice trying to coerce Rihan, just like a pedophile old man trying to coerce little kids with candy.


    "Call me mom from now on."


    "Huh?"


    The child, who was at a loss at what to say after hearing what Setsura said, Hannya who appeared at this time froze, Rihan ran towards him in joy and stopped in front of him.


    "Oyaji."


    "Rihan"


    Beads of sweat formed on his forehead. He slowly looked at Setsura and sighed in relief after seeing that she didn''t seem to be angry.


    "Nurarihyon~sama, you can just leave Rihan to me." She smiled innocently.


    "Y-yeah." Hannya lost his composure a bit at the sudden change of attitude. He had a bad feeling about this and left in a flash..


    When it''s only Rihan and Setsura left, her plan slowly formed in her head. It doesn''t matter who this child belongs to as long he calls her mom.


    "Rihan, call me mom. Mo-m."


    "But it''s nee-san¡­"


    ...


    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Prohibited Region


    Ddraig laid outside the cave when it noticed 3 black dots descending from the sky.


    Hannya descended accompanied by Rihan and a black anthropomorphic crow, he had a dark red tokin on his forehead. He wears a traditional creme colored robe, with prayer beads around his neck and tabi on his feet. His large wings retracted when they reached the ground.


    It''s none other than Karasu Tengu who was summoned by Hannya right after he summoned Rihan.


    "Woah..Dragon.." Rihan''s amber eyes shone with amazement. His figure turned into blur and dissappear from Karasu Tengu''s grasp. The next thing Karasu-tengu noticed Rihan''s already in front of Ddraig.


    "Rihan-sama." With a flash Karasu Tengu appeared beside Rihan while looking warily at Ddraig.


    Ddraig observed the two figure who he saw for the first time, one is a unique beast he had never seen or heard before while the other one is a child that looks familiar.. He then glance at Hannya and then back to Rihan. Then a sudden realization shone in his eyes..


    He looked at Hannya: "Is this your child?"


    "Yeah." Hannya affirmed without a change in expression: "We will be going to Floating Cloud City. Are you coming along?"


    Ddraig looked perturbed and asked: "What will you do in that small city?"


    "I need to recover something that I left and remove a future hindrance." Replied Hannya with decisiveness.


    "What''s your plan after?" Ddraig asked. He didn''t put Floating Cloud City in his eyes so he doesn''t want to come.


    "I''ll be going to Moon City."


    If that''s the case, I''ll come along at that time."

 Chapter 17 Floating Cloud City

    Floating Cloud City is the starting place of the story and where both Yun Che and Xia Qingyue are from. It housed the Xiao Clan and the Xia Clan.


    As what Hannya remembered this city was described in the novel as the smallest city of the Blue Wind Empire, it was so small that it wasn''t even suitable to be called a city. It is situated in the far east and is the most geographically remote in terms of location. The population, economy, and even the average Profound Strength were the lowest of the low. The city''s profound strength is so weak that in the past few centuries no one has ever stepped foot into the Sky Profound Realm. Floating Cloud City''s residents often mock themselves for being a forgotten corner in the Blue Wind Empire.


    "Karasu Tengu, transform into a human form and find an inn to stay for tonight." Hannya said.


    "Yes, Supreme Commander." Karasu Tengu immediately replied and dissappear into the outskirts of Floating Cloud City without giving Rihan the chance to voice out his opinion.


    ...


    Floating Cloud City, Xiao Clan


    It was still early in the morning and the sky had not fully brightened.


    Hannya stood on top of the roof as if waiting for something, below in a King Size bed where the dead body of Xiao Che laid, there are multiple red banners hanging in the entire place today rendering a festive atmosphere.


    A girl dressed in green looked to be fifteen to sixteen years of age. She was as fair as snow with charming rosy lips and a delicate nose, her eyes were filled with worry while looking at Xiao Che. It is none other than the ''Little Aunt'' Xiao Lingxi.


    Hannya knew Xiao Che drank a porridge containing the Murdering Heart Powder and was poisoned.


    Xiao Che could be said to be an unnecessary existence. Even if he died some day, not many except a few would care. But there were some people today who murdered him using the extremely hard to obtain and expensive Murdering Heart Powder, and Hannya knew the reason why.


    It''s because today is the wedding day between him and Xia Qingyue.


    Xia Qingyue, a sixteen years old girl have reached the tenth level of the Elementary Profound Realm, almost breaking out of the elementary level and stepping into the Nascent Profound Realm.


    She was the only one in a hundred years that had reached this level of profound strength at the age of sixteen in the Xia Clan. There were even rumors that if she continued to develop this way, she would be the first person in the history of the Xia Clan to ever step into the Earth Profound Realm a few decades later¡­ or may even be able to reach the Sky Profound Realm that no one in Floating Cloud City had even thought of reaching in the past few centuries!Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author.


    Many males drooled over this girl, so this poor Xiao Che didn''t escaped his fate.


    Hannya couldn''t help but snicker at the thought of this people living a life of frog in the well. He plans to slap them with the hard truth by letting Rihan demolish them.


    A few minutes later a green orb flying in fast speed to the Xiao Clan. Hannya smirked after seeing this, he muttered: "Scatter, Senbonzakura"


    Using the sword fragments he trapped the soul of Yun Che.


    Hannya dissappeared from the roof and appeared beside the green orb. Once he grabbed it a notification rang in his head.


    [Ding! Elder Soul Yun Che has been captured.]


    [Ding! Sky Poison Pearl discovered.]


    [Ding! Mirror of Samsara discovered.]


    [Would you like to release the two items from the restraints of Elder Soul Yun Che?]


    [Y/N]


    "Yes" Hannya confirmed without hesitation.


    [Unbinding 10%...50..90..100%]


    Bright light shone in flickered and a pendant which appeared to be made of silver, and could be opened to reveal a bright and clean mirror on each side the other. Hannya tried to check Sky Poison Pearl but he didn''t found it so he asked the system: "Where is the Sky Poison Pearl?"


    [The Sky Poison Pearl fused into the palm of your left hand]


    Hannya check his left hand palm and saw the green circular shape.


    ''What.. he planned to give it to Rihan so he can get the loli sleeping inside''. He immediately asked the system if it can be transferred, the system responded positively which made him sigh in relief. He doesn''t really want to interact with a loli, it''s better to leave it to his son.


    After awhile Hannya prepared to leave and give one last look at the dead Xiao Che, he sighed:"What a lucky yet unlucky guy at the same time.


    Shaking his head he dissappeared.


    ...


    A great disturbance happened later in the morning when they found out Xiao Che''s death. Xiao Lingxi couldn''t believe what''s happening teardrops started falling from her eyes, Xiao Lie collapsed from shock. Countless men rejoiced especially Xiao Yulong who was the mastermind behind Xiao Che''s death.


    Xiao Yulong was the son of the leader of Xiao Clan. At the age of twenty, whether it be his appearance, talent, use of speech and wisdom, they were at the top of the young generation in the Xiao Clan. His profound strength had reached the third level of the Nascent Profound Realm at the moment.


    He was someone who was kind and polite to everyone. Even towards Xiao Che, who was considered to be disabled in everyone''s eyes, hed never mocked Xiao Che but instead was as gentle as he was polite. Not only that, he frequently expressed signs of concern when faced with Xiao Che''s damaged profound vein problem.


    No one would expect that he was a schemer in the inside.


    The wedding was cancelled.


    ...


    Floating Cloud City, inside an inn somewhere in the City


    A handsome young man can be seen sitting on the table with a cup of wine, staring at the moon from the window. He has black short messy hair, his face looks like an older version of Kuroumaru. It was Karasu Tengu in human form, on the bed Rihan was sleeping while murmuring ''dad, bring me'' from time to time.


    An hour later, Hannya appeared from the window, Karasu Tengu immediately stood up and greet but stopped when Hannya signalled him.


    Hannya said something to Karasu Tengu who nodded with understanding after letting Karasu Tengu know the plan he left the inn to make the preparations.


    "There will be an interesting event I hope this will be enough as a compensation for the poor Xiao Che." He said, dissappearing towards the direction of Xiao Clan.

 Chapter 18 Sudden Twist

    That same night, Hannya''s figure appeared in one of the Xiao Clan''s courtyard. When he suddenly felt something, an extremely familiar feeling..


    He reflexively raise his guard up and looked at the corner covered in darkness, his eyes narrowed, heart beating at a faster right, his currently feeling an immense danger coming from the prescence hidden under the cloak of the night.


    Every part of his being is telling him to run away.. the tension in the atmosphere slowly increased, Hannya felt that if that being wanted him dead, his life would forfeit right away.. : "Who are you?" Hannya asked preparing to defend if he felt any signs of malicious intent.


    "Child no need to be so wary." An incredibly ancient voice sounded. It would give anyone who he hears it a feeling that this voice came from the depths of hell.


    Hannya who heard the voice was completely apalled, this voice... it''s extremely familiar. It was the same mysterious figure who transported him to this world.


    "How come you are here? Didn''t you say that..."


    "Child, relax. It''s the first time we met for a long while. No need to feel tense, this clone won''t dissappear that fast..How are you?"


    ''Illusion? A dangerous being in front me is only a clone'' Hannya was dumbfounded. He felt like he was just an ant even at the face of this clone.''


    "So what did you come here for? Don''t tell me you came here just to know my well-being?" Hannya felt like this sudden appearance would be anything normal.


    "You''ve become a bit sharp child, hehe." A moment later the entire place suddenly lost if''s color, everything is still the same except the only color left is gray and white.


    "Now we can talk without anyone interfering."


    Hannya didn''t know why this guy would go through such lengths just to keep their conversation from slipping out but he knew it must be important..


    If looked at from afar, Hannya can reaction changed multiple times; frowning, nodding, sometimes it would turn into shock while listening to the mysterious man.


    It took almost an hour before their discussion end, before he left the mysterious man glanced at Hannya: "Oh by the way, let me give you some information about the spirit that was linked to your system. This information will definitely be useful for you." A blue hexagonal symbol filled with ancient characters flew out from his hand towards Hannya''s forehead. "That would be a great help in your current situation."


    Hannya didn''t even have enough time to reply, he kneeled to the ground with his hands on clutching his head, unbearable pain surged out like a tidal wave the moment the hexagonal integrated in his forehead..


    ....


    An hour later the pain subsided but Hannya still felt lightheaded, after an hour passed, his expression was filled with enlightenment, he muttered: "So that''s how it is."


    Based on the imprint that he received, Greed came from a different world and was known as one of the seven deadly sins, and the best way to deal with greedy people is to make a contract which would restrain them.


    A contract that can''t be violated, and there''s only one such contract, that is to let the heaven witness an oath from both sides.


    His eyes surveyed his surroundings, the earlier black and white atmosphere has now turned back to normal. Under the cover of darkness, his figure dissappeared.


    In Xiao Che''s room, a figure laid in bed while his entire body was covered in white blanket, dark smoke slowly conjure beside the bed and eventually revealed Hannya''s figure. He glanced at Xiao Che''s dead body, he spoke: "I know you are already awake for a long time now. You heard what he said right?Unauthorized content usage: if you discover this narrative on Amazon, report the violation.


    ''Hmmp, I know."


    "Then Greed of the 7 deadly sins, will you sign a contract with me?" Hannya asked with a smile.


    Greed turned silent for awhile and with great difficulty accepted for the sake of bigger picture. He''s well aware that if he doesn''t accept the contract, he will just remain as a prisoner, and being one already guarantees that he will not be able to regain his strength.


    Without further delay they started the ritual. In his mind Hannya made the oath: "I Nurarihyon the Lord of the Night vow on this very day that I shall become your master and treat you fairly in the ranks of my Night Parade of Hundred Demons."


    "I Greed, One of the Seven Deadly Sins, the devourer of fate vow that from now on I shall accept the Lord of the Night as my master."


    "Let the Heavens witness our oath!"


    Dark Ghastly Soul slowly appeared at Hannya''s back, he took his sword handle and summoned Senbonzakura who was currently restraining the Elder Soul Yun Che. He commanded: "Greed, Devour."


    The Ghastly black smoke slowly formed into a huge wolf head, with it''s jaw open it devoured the Elder Soul Yun Che..


    Countless memories started to generate inside Greed''s spiritual mind, The Elder Lich Soul may not be concious without body but it still resisted.. Slowly a minute passed..thirty minutes until the struggle stopped. Greed won the battle for control, Hannya observed with interest on the side.


    With Yun Che and Greed combined they formed into one single entity. Greed is Yun Che and Yun Che is Greed, only thing is Greed has the dominance..


    Greed then went inside the dead corpse laying on the bed.


    ''Awaken''


    Xiao Che''s heart who had already stopped beating shook..


    Tug..Tug..Tug!Tug!


    The powerless hand slowly moved while his heart started to pump blood, spreading around Xiao Che''s body. His closed eyelid trembled..


    Hannya looked at the Handsome man who was laid in the bed lifeless earlier now slowly sat on the bed. He looked like a living doll with soft and beautiful skin, even in his weakened state his body still gives an


    indistinct noble aura. His dark eyes gives a feeling of bottomless abyss. "Nurarihyon-sama".


    "Heh, I didn''t expect that you would still gain control against an elder soul despite only having half of your soul"


    "Nurarihyon-sama, can I request something?"


    "What is it?"


    "Can I keep the name Yun Che?"


    "Am I talking to Greed or Yun Che?" Hannya''s eyes narrowed.


    "We are one entity now so you can say you''re talking to both of us." Said Yun Che, his eyes shone with determination.


    "Do you have any memories of Xiao Che?"


    "Yeah, I have, also his feelings yet I don''t have his soul"


    "That makes sense. Anyways, you need to get going and leave this place, go help Karasu Tengu rescue Xiao Che''s grandpa and little aunt on the way, you may not have any profound strength yet but with the help of Xiao Che''s memory it will greatly help Karasu Tengu. They were currently locked in Reflection Gorge, you will meet Karasu Tengu on the way." Replied Hannya.


    With that, In the future Hannya no longer needs to worry about how to make a connection with the The Yun Family, most powerful of the Twelve Guardian Families in the Illusory Demon Realm now the only thing left is to...make an impression


    The two silhouttes into separated and dissappeared in two different destination. Yun Che went on his way towards Xiao Clan Mountain Area while Hannya seems to have dissappeared towards the Xia Clan.


    ------------------


    Xia Clan Headquarters in one room two figures can be seen talking.


    One is a woman with exceptional snow white complexion, vermilion lips and black hair. She has peerless elegance and a pure holiness like a fairy who had descended from the palace in the moon. It was hard for anyone to ascertain her true age. She seemed to be in her twenties, and then in her thirties, yet still appeared to be in her teens as well. She looked just like a fairy, dreamy and absolutely beautiful.


    It was none other than Che Yueli, she is Xia Qingyue''s master. She looked at the girl sitting across her.


    She has a lovely face with two black thin and curvy eyebrows, similar to a pair of crescent moons. Her two tranquil pupils, clear like crystals, were like the radiance of a flowing dream. Her entire body was covered by a red dress, her faintly discernable curves slim and beautiful; a contrast to the creamy, white jade-like skin.


    It was Xia Qingyue.


    Che Yueli spoke: "Qingyue, I know that it''s a sad thing that Xiao Che died but don''t let it affect your mind."


    "Yes, I understand." Qingyue replied without any change in expression.


    "Rest well for now. Tomorrow afternoon we will be returning to Frozen Cloud Asgard." Chu Yueli left the room after.


    Qingyue stood in near the window while looking at the Full moon.


    She didn''t expect that her soon to be husband would die just before they got married. She felt a bit guilty because she could also tell the reason of his death. She sighed and threw the thoughts at the back of her head.


    "A lovely face." A voice was heard from behind.


    "Who knew a tormented mournful face could be so attractive against the moon."


    Xia Qingyue was startled by the sudden appearance of an unknown man in her room without her noticing.


    "Who are you?"

 Chapter 19 Nura Clans Young Master Tour

    A handsome young man appeared in her eyes, he has protuded long hair , top half of his hair was a goldish-white while the bottom half is black enhancing his uniqueness. Clad in red cloak along with a three-eyed, three-tailed wolf, a monster she had never seen or heard before was hanging around his shoulder.


    Black ink-like markings could be seen around his eyes and in his hair making Xia Qingyue unable to avert her eyes, his golden eyes seems to be shining with light amidst the darkness like the moon.


    This man''s elegance along with his sharpnes was producing an attractiveness that would most likely be fatal to countless females.


    Leaning his back at the front door with his hands on his chin, he smiled and ignored her question. Qingyue regain from shock and circulated her profound energy, coldness started to form but couldn''t materialize because the man''s figure dissappeared from where he stood. She couldn''t sense him..


    A jade-like white hands suddenly appeared behind her holding her chin, his breathing can be felt from her ears: "Just like the rumours said, a drop-dead beauty"


    When she heard it her anger erupted. Circulating her powers, she grabbed the white hands touching her chin and slowly froze it.


    Si! Si!


    Hannya soaked his hands with "fear" preventing it from continuing. He smiled: "I thought you were frail girl but you''re quite fierce."


    He turned his back to Qingyue and made his way to the window.


    "Who are you? What''s your point of coming here?"


    Hannya stopped and glanced at Qingyue: "I just want to confirm if the rumours are true."


    He jumped out of the window, his robes fluterred and dissappeared.


    "Nurarihyon, that''s what everyone calls me, if fate allows it, let us meet again" His words rang in Qingyue''s ear.


    Xia Qingyue moved towards the door and gaze at the place where Nirarihyon''s figure dissappeared.


    "What a strange man" she muttered.


    ...


    Xiao Clan Mountain Area, Reflection Gorge


    Within the mountains situated north of the Xiao Clan, Karasu Tengu was observing the a tightly closed area.


    The interior was dark and humid; it has narrow entrance, it was unlikely that an excessively violent Profound beast would intrude inside.


    "So this is the Reflection George that S¨­daish¨­ was talking about."


    Su! Su!


    Black smoke smoke rose from Karasu Tengu''s body, his wings slowly spread open. He was about to move when he noticed some movements coming from the back, he looked towards the location where the movements came from.. spreading his legs, his right hand was on top of his sword handle; Battoujutsu stance. His eyes narrowed down into slits.


    Slowly a figure of a young man appeared. ''Huff'' ''Huff'', Greed couldn''t help but curse in his mind. This body is too weak, he was about to continue running when he noticed a silhoutte in front of him.


    "You got 2 minutes to explain your intention of coming here. If I''m not satisfied only death awaits."This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Yun Che turned his attention to the man or to be exact a demon crow in front of him. He said "Karasu Tengu." And tried to steady his breathing.


    Karasu Tengu was stunned, his pressure loomed around the young man in front of him."Who sent you and why do you know me?" Because of his careful personality he didn''t immediately assumed and asked.


    "I''m here because... I was.. ordered by.. Nurarihyon-sama"


    "S¨­daish¨­? I understand." When it was confirmed he retracted his "fear" and the atmosphere turned calm.


    "What did S¨­daish¨­ ordered?" With that Yun Che immediately told Karasu Tengu the situation. "I see. Then let''s immediately save the two. I don''t really understand why S¨­daish¨­ wants to save those two but knowing him I''m sure he got a good reason. Let''s go and stop dilly-dallying here." He grabbed Yun Che and spread his wings shooting to the sky living a fierce wind in his wake.


    ...


    The outskirts of Floating Cloud City, in the corner of an abandoned house.


    A young man around the age of fifteen was walking around the area while surveying his surrounding,


    His pure black long hair that protrudes out the back of his head while the lower part of his hair was tied in pony tail, Wearing a kimono with green and black stripes and a white cloth draped over his shoulders and z¨­ri yet despite his unique appearance it seems like everyone on the streets was ignoring him.


    It was none other than Nura Rihan in his yokai form, he was extremely bored so he decided to slip away and tour around the city. He noticed a huge building which attracted his attention, he made a decision and decided to take a look at this place.


    The lamps inside Xiao Clan lit the way.


    Nura Rihan stepped through the gate of Xiao Clan and casually walked in a straight line, without the least bit of cautiousness in his posture. As the disciples of the Xiao Clan walked passed him, no one took a glance in his direction, with Nurarihyon''s bloodline running through his veins, it''s easy to move around unnoticed unless someone stronger than specifically search for him.


    When he arrived at the Guest Hall, Rihan halted in his footsteps as he silently listened at two people talking in a secretive manner.


    "Boss, if the Xia Clan hears about what we did to Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi what do you think would their reactions be?"


    "Hmmph, what a stupid question, I''m sure they would not mind and we also have Xiao Kuangyun in our back so even if they interfere there won''t be any results, he''ll be coming tomorrow to select a disciple from our Xiao Clan back to the main house. haha"


    "Hehe, with Xiao Che''s death, I''m sure Xia Qingyue would accept if you try to woo her."


    "Ofcourse, who would dare to refuse this Xiao Yulong?" With an arrogant tone he declared.


    Rihan got bored at their conversation and was about to leave when he heard the name "Xiao Yulong". Touching his chin he observed this guy who is supposed to be someone that he needs to thrash around in front of many people.


    A young man of medium build. He has a refreshing face and he seems to be around Nascent Profound Realm 3rd stage. Nura Rihan muttered: "Really I don''t know why Oyaji would want me bully this person, sigh"


    this weak guy may be weak but it seems like this ''Xiao Kuangyun'' from the main family might be strong. What a coincidence it is since they would also give this Xiao Clan a ''visit''.


    He turned around and dissappeared from the Xiao Clan Headquarters.


    ...


    When Hannya arrived at the inn, no one was around so he thought that maybe Karasu Tengu brought Rihan with him, he went on top of the roof and took out his pipe.


    He sat at the chair near the window, he took out his pipe and afterwards a rich oaky smell of the fire permeated the room, wisps of silver grey smoke curled and danced their way through the thick, hazy air.


    After a few puffs, a figure opened the door and Nura Rihan''s figure appeared, Hannya turned his head and was a bit surprised, the Rihan infront of him greatly resembled him, he seems a bit taller when he''s in yokai form.


    "Heh, it seems like you didn''t come with Karasu Tengu. Where did you go?"


    "I went to look around the city, By the way Oyaji, I encountered this Xiao Yulong guy earlier. The one you told Karasu Tengu about..I wasn''t sleeping so I heard, hehe"


    "You brat, eavesdropping is not a good act."


    "Haha, it''s the first time I heard a yokai talking about good acts."


    Hannya was stunned, not just the figure but it seems like when in Yokai form his "son" acted diffirently.


    "Hoh, you got some guts talking back, huh... Anyway I have something for you."


    "Sorry, sorry.. What is it?" Rihan''s closed one eye opened and shone with excitement.


    Hannya asked the system to transfer Sky Poison Pearl to Rihan. With a wave of his hand a green light shot through with great speed to Rihan''s left hand.


    "This is?" Rihan looked at his dad with a confused expression.


    "Go discover it yourself. It''s something good, don''t forget to thank me later. Oh before I forgot, go to the mountains behind Xiao Clan and help out Karasu Tengu." Hannya kicked out Rihan outside the room while leaving those words.

 Chapter 20 Red-haired Girl

    Nura Rihan made his way to the mountain at the back of Xiao Clan, he was running with incredible speed while muttering "Stupid Oyaji" repeating many times as if it was a chant.


    While he was running, he noticed something from his peripheral view.


    He noticed an abnormal mass of white shadow. If it was a normal person he would hesitate but Rihan who is the young master of the Lord of Pandemonium back on earth doesn''t know the word "fear" described by the humans, only the "fear" that demons used.


    As he gradually approached, he suddenly discovered that it was actually a person, A very quiet person was lying there.


    "Oh, a child? Who left you here? Where''s your parents?" When he saw that the blurry image was that of a human, Rihan stopped walking and asked, while adding in his mind: "Parents nowadays are getting irresponsible"


    The silhouette did not respond and there was not even a single tiny bit of breathing movement coming from it.


    "Hey, please respond or else I''ll leave you behind."


    Seeing that he still didn''t get response he walked closer, As he came before the body in front of him, he stared at the figure while in a daze, under the moonlight.


    This was actually a sleeping girl!


    The girl looked to be either twelve or thirteen years old and wore a messy dress. Her daintily cute and petite body was curled up like a frightened kitten. Below her skirt''s hem revealed two slender snow white legs but upon closer scrutiny, there was actually a distribution of little fine scars. She wore one black shoe on her foot, with the other shoe no where in sight. Her naked foot was like a delicate ice lotus and her exquisite toes were as clear and translucent as a jade carving.


    The most striking detail on her body was her hair. It was unexpectedly bright red color.


    "Sigh, who would leave such a pitiful child in this mountain" Rihan sighed, unlike his body that almost looked like a teenager he''s still 10 years old, he looked at the girl like an adult looking at a young child.


    Rihan was about to carry her when he noticed something was wrong, the girl''s body, it emitted an extremely poisonous aura.


    "What a drag." Shaking his bead Rihan circulated his energy. His left hand shone with golden light, he put it on the girls forehead.


    (Note: Healing: He inherited the ability to heal wounds and illnesses from his mother Y¨­hime, as seen when he heals the poisonous injury inflicted on Yamabuki Otome by the Manba Centipede.)


    It took almost an hour until the poison was extracted from her body, Rihan waved his hands causing the poison to splattered on the ground causing the grasses to wither at a visible speed. He turned back his attention and looked at the girl carefully.


    If it was a normal adult person they would immediately turn pedophile the next second. This girl was so beautiful, a monstrous beauty, so beautiful that she could probably steal souls. Though Rihan appreciated her beauty he wasn''t that affected, he''s still a bit naive since he''s still young and also his mother Yohime and Setsura is in no way inferior to this girl.Help support creative writers by finding and reading their stories on the original site.


    Rihan was about lift her up but he suddenly felt a slight fluctuation in the girl''s chest and saw the girl slowly open her eyes¡­ one by one¡­.


    She had a pair of exceptionally very black demonic-looking eyes that flashed mysteriously as she blinked. As Rihan met her eyes, he felt a bit of danger but he didn''t step back, his scelera turned black while his amber eyes shone with dominance; A yokai should not be scared that''s what his father always said.


    "Sky¡­ Poison¡­ Pearl¡­"


    "Sky Poison Pearl? What''s that?


    A cold gust of night wind went by, brushing against Rihan''s back and the girl''s body. In the cold wind, the girl''s body scattered with the wind like mist, completely vanishing from sight, leaving only a broken white skirt, a pair of black princess shoes, and a red butterfly clip.


    "Battle it is? Ky¨­ka Suigetsu" his body also vanished along with the wind leaving a black smoke.


    He waited for the girl to appear but discovered after a few minutes that she completely dissappeared. He smirked "So she got scared and ran away."


    ''Don''t think too highly of yourself!'' Rihan stood and spread his fear around. His other closed eyes opened, he turned serious.


    "Where are you?" He closed his eyes trying to spread his sense even further but his conciousness was sucked into the sky poison pearl.


    When he entered, he saw a quiet floating snow white jade body in front of him.


    "Heh, where is this place? So shall we continue where we left off." He put his hands inside his sleeves and was about to take Nenekirimaru when he was interrupted.


    "I don''t have plans to fight you, since you have saved this princess'' life, therefore this princess shall indeed repay you¡­ You only need to promise this princess three conditions. Then, this princess will immediately let you have¡­ A new set of profound veins¡­ A set of profound veins with the strength of a god!


    "Heh, interesting." Touching his chin Rihan spoke: "What makes you think I''m interested in that?"


    Jasmine who thought that Rihan would agree without second thought was stunned by his reply, she sneered and replied: "Someone without knowledge would difinitely not know the significance of Evil God Profound Veins"


    "Interesting, let me know the conditions I''m more interested to that than getting a power just from an unknown veins. Do your best to entertain me because right now....I''m extremely bored." Rihan''s entire aura suddenly changed and become dominant. He was frustrated because his father just leaves him alone and not bringing him he accidentally released his frustration without holding back.


    The entire space turned dark. The red-haired girl was stunned, this... she can sense him but her body is not reacting.


    "Hahaha, I''m just kidding. Let me know the three conditions that you have." When he realize that he was venting on the girl, he immediately retracted his aura which caused the space to regain it''s calm.


    "This the first time that this princess met someone like you." This man was really interesting, he doesn''t have the eyes filled with lust while looking at her and it seems true that he''s bored. He is also a genius just like her, she sensed that he has reached the Sky Profound Realm 10th stage from his outburst earlier.


    She also felt a strong vitality coming from him which made her unable to confirm his age. She asked: "How old are you?"


    Rihan was a bit confused about this sudden question. He replied absent-mindedly:"I''m 10 years old, why?"


    Her calm expression was completely broken. This guy is still 10 years old? How come he looks like fifteen years old young man?


    When Rihan noticed her doubtful expression, he turned back to his human form. His sharp expression changed into naivety and innocence, with a childish voice he spoke: "Do you believe me now?"


    The red-haired girl felt like her world was turned upside down, this kid can turn into a different form without a trace of disguise or any tempering. She couldn''t help but asked: "What are you?"


    "I''m 1/2 Ayakashi and Human, why do you ask?" Rihan changed back to his Yokai Form.


    "Ayakashi?" What is that?"


    "You got so many questions. Let''s talk later, I''ll explain it to you, let me know the conditions as well, I need to go now."


    Wait. Before she could say anything Rihan dissappeared from the space.

 Chapter 21 Shocking Appearance

    Saving Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi was extremely easy for Karasu Tengu and with Yun Che equipped with Xiao Che''s memories they were able to find and save them quickly.


    Karasu Tengu flew back towards the direction of their Inn while holding the Xiao Father and Daughter in each hands while Yao Che grabbing his feet, although the speed is a extremely slow compared earlier it was still faster than running.


    When they were about to reach the Xiao Clan Headquarters Karasu Tengu so Rihan''s figure, when he looked at Rihan''s form he grew excited that he almost threw away the Father and Daughter duo to rush on Rihan''s side.


    He thought that Rihan was more like a human than yokai unlike the supreme commander but seeing this form he was delighted, with this the Nura Clan wouldn''t need to worry about the future.


    When he arrive in front of Rihan he can feel a bit the same awe he always felt when in front of the Supreme Commander. Rihan with one eye open looked at Karasu Tengu with a smirk: "Let''s go, Oyaji asked me to come and help you out but I encountered something interesting so I wasn''t able to help haha."


    "Rihan-sama doesn''t need to bother smull stuffs such an easy task like saving this two. I am more than enough."


    "Who are they?"


    "They are from the Xiao family that the Supreme Commander asked me to save, this old guy is called Xiao Lie and this young girl is called Xiao Lingyi"


    When he heard the names, he remembered Xiao Yulong who seems to be behind the capture of this two. His eyes turned cold while he muttered: "It seems like it is not a simple matter." He then turned to Yun Che who was standing beside Karasu Tengu.


    Seeing this action Karasu Tengu immediately added: "This guy is called Greed a new member of the Nura Clan." Karasu Tengu felt an undescribable aura from Rihan. ''As expected of sodaisho''s son'' He thought.


    "Heh, Welcome, how about discarding my father and joining me instead?" With one eye opened, his amber eyes shone. His aura covered Yun Che''s entire being.


    Greed only stood without a sound, a clear declaration that he''s firm, this action alone was enough for Rihan and Karasu Tengu to approve of this man joining the Nura Clan.


    "I''m just kidding, I''m still observing the way of demonic chivalry. Let''s go."


    ----------------------------


    While staring at the moon, Hannya can''t help but smile with great expectation shining in his eyes. He looked at the message from the system.


    [Mission: Show the Xiao Clan and Xiao Sect a glimpse of Nura Clan.]


    [Reward: System Upgrade v2 - New Function: Clan]


    Clan - This function allows the host to manage the clans advancement levels. More information will be added after the update]


    [Additional Quest: Impress the entire Floating Cloud City and Spread the name of Nura Clan]


    With this reward, he''s confident that he can make his clan slowly expand in both numbers and strength.


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    Early in the morning, the Xiao Clan entrance was already densely crowded.


    All of the influential families of Floating Cloud City could be seen here, together with their leaders. Although the place packed with so many people present, no one dared to be loud lest they attract the hate of those influential people but they gossiped with the lowest voice they could muster.


    "I heard a long time ago that the Xiao Clan''s founder came from the Xiao Sect. It looks to be unexpectedly true."


    "The Xiao Clan will rise into the ranking and will become the most influential family in Floating Cloud City. We have to maintain a good relationship with them from now on."


    "Good thing I''ve never offended the Xiao Clan, otherwise my pitiful life may forfeit anytime"


    Xiao Clan''s entrance remained closed, and everyone outside all waited with unbelievable patience. No one dared to leave.


    After they''re done with the preparations every Xiao Clan''s members gathered together as they immediately rushed to their designated spot. In just half an hour, everyone in the Xiao Clan, whether it''s the younger genaration or the older genaration were in their positions with no one missing aside from Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi.


    Today would be the Xiao Clan''s most significant day. Everyone knew that someone from the main family would come here to select a disciple countless clan members had looks of excitement and anticipation, but when they look at the direction where Xiao Yulong was their shining eyes would dim a bit but still deep inside they are holding on their small chance of being selected.This story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    "Young Master Xiao has arrived!"


    At this time, a loud and clear shout erupted from the from the guard as if announcing the arrival of the Emperor. Everyone immediately quieted as everyone''s eyes turned towards the door, wanting to see the elegance from a member of the Xiao Sect.


    Not long after, a luxuriously dressed young man appeared, he has a normal build and mediocre features. His white face contained a trace of sallowness and he had the appearance of an excessive sensualist, such looks destroyed the expectation of everyone yet no one dared to comment.


    With the founder of Xiao Clan, Xiao Yunhai guiding him, Xiao Kuangyun walked up the erected platform and sat on the seat of honor in the middle. He swept his gaze over the Xiao Clan members beneath him with a haughty look, as if looking at a bunch of ants. A moment later, he nodded to Xiao Yunhai to indicate that they may begin.


    "Is everyone from Xiao Clan here?" Xiao Kuangyun slowly said with half open eyes and a bored tone of voice. However, both his eyes were rapidly spinning about scanning all the beautiful girls in the crowd.


    "It has already been confirmed. Everyone is present, there won''t even be one missing." Xiao Yunhai said with a serious look in his face.


    "Very good!" Xiao Kuangyun nodded. His gaze then slanted towards the main entrance: "Who are those people standing outside the door?"


    "Reporting to Young Master Xiao, they are all powerful families within Floating Cloud City. They''ve been gathered here since early this morning, hoping catch a glance of Young Master Xiao''s elegance." Xiao Yunhai replied as he half rose out of his chair.


    "Ah, it''s like that." Xiao Kuangyun nodded and then said with a wave of his hand: "Let them in."


    Xiao Yunhai immediately ordered a clan member to let everyone outside in.


    The main entrance opened and all the people outside entered with careful steps as if afraid that they would break something and might attract the attention of this big shot.


    "Very good, now we can start." Xiao Kuangyun straightened his body a bit and finally assumed what could be considered a normal sitting posture as he looked down and lightly spoke: "My name is Xiao Kuangyun and I am from the Xiao Sect. Regarding the great name of the Xiao Sect, you all should be very clear. In the Blue Wind Empire, there''s nothing that my Xiao Sect can''t resolve. All of you ought to feel honored and proud because even though you all can be considered as ants you are still related to the Xiao Sect."


    Xiao Kuangyun''s extremely harsh words did not hide his disdain for both the entire Xiao Clan and their founder. A few Xiao Clan members scowled upon hearing this, but no one dared to reply.


    A guard walked towards Xiao Yunhai whispering something which caused Xiao Yunhai stood up with great anger in his eyes but he suppressed it with willpower and went to Xiao Kuangyun and told him what happened.


    Xiao Kuangyun eyes turned red, he looked like a volcano that was about to erupt. He roared: "FIND THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR ABDUCTING THE TWO XIAO CLAN MEMBERS."


    "We shall obey" with thunderous shout everyone from the Xiao Family stood up with the look of hungry tigers, the only thought in their mind; this is my chance to be selected.


    However¡­ for some reason, the audience were no longer excited causing the Xiao Clan members who looked like they were about to look for blood slowly regained their senses and turned dumbfounded They stared blankly at the empty space behind Xiao Kuangyun. Their eyes turned haunted as many people had expressions like they had seen a ghost in the day.


    Astonishment, confusion, disbelief¡­ When did this person appear behind the Xiao Young Master?!


    Everyone''s reaction made the inflamed Xiao Kuangyun pause. Everyone''s eyes were concentrated on a spot behind him. What had happened?


    Xiao Kuangyun''s heart started to beat faster. Could it be that something had appeared behind him?


    "What is it?"


    Xiao Kuangyun jerked his head back suddenly behind him, A figure had appeared out of thin air... He looked incredibly stunning..like a god in front of mortals.


    A young man, he has long hair that protrudes out the back of his head. His hair is purely black and wavy. He also has a ponytail and his eyes are an amber like color. He is wearing a kimono with green and black stripes, covered with dark blue robe with a "fear" logo printed at the back.


    With his only one eye opened he swept around the people in the crowd and slowly stopped at Xiao Kuangyun.


    "Yo! Sorry for interrupting everyone when you were so excited."


    Xiao Ba a member of Xiao Sect with a strength of Spirit Realm 1st level appeared beside Rihan with a murderous look.


    "Hmmph"


    He stabbed a dagger at Rihan with incredible speed. Everyone who saw it thought that Rihan would be dead without a doubt.


    On the other hand, Xiao Ba who stabbed Rihan felt a cold sweat flowing in his back, the moment his dagger stabbed he didn''t feel any resistance at all, as expected Rihan''s figure trembled and dissappeared leaving a black smoke, circulating his profound strength he tried to leave his spot but his body couldn''t move, he felt a sharp object in his neck, accompanied by a cold voice that sounds like it came from hell: "Make another movement and you''re dead." It was Rihan who appeared behind him with a blade in his hand.


    He then turned his attention to Xiao Kuangyun.


    Rihan disregarded everyone''s shocked expression, he slowly walked in front of Xiao Kuangyun. His every movement emits suaveness. When compared to Rihan''s elegance, Xiao Kuangyun looked like a side-character.


    "You''re Xiao Kuangyun right? I''m the one who took the two members. My dad told me that you have an interesting background that would keep me excited in a while but I''m in doubt because you look so weak."


    Weak?!


    The word ''weak'' is a great taboo for him, with his mediocre talent he can only enjoy the looks of awe from this people without backgrounds.


    He looked at the person in front him; his looks, movements, talent, no matter where you look at he simply can''t compared and that''s the thing that he can''t accept.


    "Who do you think you are?! I''m from Xiao Sect! How dare you act haughty in front of me."


    "Nura Clan''s Young Master, Nura Rihan."


    Xiao Kuangyun who haven''t heard of the Nura Clan almost spilled blood. Is he trying to humiliate me?


    On the other hand the name "Nura Clan" was like a thunder that had struck onto everyone from Floating Cloud City, and their body trembled slightly from terror.


    The group who massacred an entire group of mercenary with incredible strength without mercy.


    That name was like a death reaper with a scythe locked on their necks.

 Chapter 22 Father and Son

    "Oh my god! What is this situation?"


    This time, Xiao Clan Members and a lot of outsiders that didn''t recognize Rihan but knew about the "Nura Clan" cast their gazes towards him.


    "Nura Clan? This man is actually the young master of the clan that destroyed a group of strong mercenaries in one night?."


    "I don''t know, but looking at his robes with that logo it should be true, but I don''t know why a member of that fearsome clan appeared here."


    "He is not simple. Absolutely not simple. Without even moving my guts is telling me that he''s extremely dangerous and he looks so young, such a talented young man what would his future be like?"


    Some of the females in crowd started focusing on Rihan and secretly, they felt that Rihan was quite attractive.


    "So Handsome, do you think he already has a girlfriend?" A daughter of an influential figure in a miniscule voice asked her friend.


    "I''m not sure but he''s definitely my type" Her friend blush.


    "Don''t get in my way. I''ll be the one to give him a child."


    The males who heard their conversation almost spilled blood. Who would expect that this ladies would turn out to be this aggressive.


    Same types of conversation can be heard from a group of beautiful ladies.


    Hidden at the back, a beautiful woman, clad in white robe, she looked at the young man who suddenly appeared in front of everyone.


    She was Chu Yueli, beside her was Xiao Qingyue who was shocked by the appearance of the young man. He just resembled ''that'' man so much. Could it be him in disguise?


    "Such a talented young man." Chu Yueli muttered.


    Xia Qingyue who was deep in thought only nodded absent-mindedly.


    "It''s such a waste of talent if this young man offended the Xiao Sect." She looked at Rihan with a sense of pity.


    On the other side, Rihan flashed an evil smile to Xiao Kuangyun with his hand forming a hook he beckoned which contains only one meaning;


    Make your move


    Xiao Kuangyun face turned red from this gesture. He was never humiliated his whole life. To think that in this small city someone would dare.


    whoosh! whoosh!


    He rushed at Rihan with bloodshot eyes.


    "DIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!"


    Together with a beast-like roar, Xiao Kuangyun''s figure disappears.


    Together with a dull sound, Rihan was blown away.


    The two clashed - Xiao Kuangyun vs Rihan


    The exchange of blows cannot be followed by the naked eye.This story has been unlawfully obtained without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon.


    Only the afterimages and the sounds of clashing metals indicates that there is something going on.


    But this does not last long.


    The disparity between the two is obvious, and it requires no stretch of imagination to predict the Xiao Kuangyun is being toyed around.


    Repeatedly he swings his sword, and repeatedly he demonstrates his dominance over Rihan..


    But, why.


    He can''t seem to reach him.. he was extremely slippery.


    There is no visible change on the Rihan''s face. Having used almost no "fear", having made almost no movement, simply allowing his body to follow the flow of Kuangyun''s attacks. Exactly like an eel in the sea so slippery.


    Kuangyun''s face darkened..


    He was using his full strength in every attack but it seems to him that his opponent is just playing around.


    He was already breathing roughly after slashing his swords a few times But, Rihan''s face did not change at all.


    "How dare you! If you have the guts take my attack head on." Xiao Kuangyun roared.


    Rihan shrugged and spoke: "Go ahead."


    Xiao Kuangyun strengthened his grip on his sword, pointing it torwards Rihan and instantly, a small storm surrounded him which turned into the silhouette of a few swords, Wherever the sword went, it leaves a scratch in the platform.


    "Repent in hell.. Extreme Wind Slash"


    Despite his mediocre talent, with the help of his dad Xiao Kuangyun still achieved a miniscule understanding in this technique.


    Rihan looked at this skill with dead eyes, he felt like he was scammed by his dad. This guy.....


    Xiao Kuangyun wearing a smug expression looked at Rihan expecting to see a terror-stricken expression, yet what he saw almost made him puke blood.


    With a deadpan face Rihan declared: "Playtime is over."


    He swung his sword and looked at the incoming attack he muttered: "Senbonyamabuki"


    A spirit form appeared behind Rihan, a very beautiful woman with long black hair, black eyes, and pale skin wearing a kimono.


    "Disperse"


    The spirit disintegrated into a beautiful yellow petals.


    "Hanabira no tatsumaki (Flower Petal Tornado)"


    Boom! Boom! Boom!


    A loud and crisp sound echoed throughout the arena as the countless sword slash clashed the golden petals. When Rihan swung Nenekerimaru it seemed like he had released a ravishing demons with its incomparably strong momentum, it attacked the storm of sword silhouettes. As it collided, the storm of sword silhouettes released by Xiao Kuangyun were shattered layer by layer, and eventually disappeared completely¡­ However, the golden flower petals is still around floating in the air creating a mesmerizing sight.


    Xiao Kuangyun was stunned, how can someone of his standing lose to an unknown person. He felt like his face was thrown in the mud.


    "HALT!!"


    A middle-aged man can be seen floating in the air with angered expression. He has a mediocre look but no one looked down on him, because he is Sky Profound Realm Expert.


    Xiao Kuangyun who felt powerless was like a phoenix who rose from the ashes regaining energy. Excitement gushing through his veins. He looked at Rihan with murderous intent, he sneered: "Let''s see if you can still keep that calm expression of yours in front of my dad."


    "Shut up! Haven''t you lost enough face?!" With a frown Xiao Juetian scolded Kuangyun making the latter stunned Xiao Juetian then looked at Rihan with a glint of maliciousness.


    When he got a hold of the news regarding Nura Clan he felt something wrong so he secretly followed his son to Floating Cloud City to ensure his son''s safety.


    It was indeed a right decision, if he was any seconds later he would have lost the only child he had with his main wife.


    "Junior, you have the guts to offend Xiao Sect."


    Chu Yueli frowned when she heard this words coming from the Xiao Sect Master. She was disgusted by his actions; to bully a member of younger generation such an act is what she hate the most.


    Xiao Juetian didn''t even wait for Rihan to reply, he threw his sword deflecting all the golden petals and with great momentum continued towards Rihan.


    Clank!


    But just as everyone felt that Rihan was dead, a white jade hand, deflected the incoming sword back to it''s sender.


    "It''s him?" Xiao Qingyue was gobsmacked.


    That change shocked everyone. When people saw the one who interfered, they were shocked to the extreme. The person who stopped Xiao Juetian sword was another young man with long protuded golden-black hair with a look of casualness was standing in front of Rihan with a black loose-kimono, and a three-eyed wolf laying on his neck which gave the audience a sense of mysteriousness and charisma.


    The sudden appearance of this man cause Xiao Kuangyun and Xiao Juetian to feel that the world around them seemed to have been sliced into half. One half belonged to Nurarihyon, the other belonged to Rihan.


    Their temperament and elegance were truly mesmerizing, especially with mediocre appearance of Xiao Father and son duo, their charm has increased.

 Chapter 23 The Curtain Calls for the Final Act

    "The Nura Clan Founder, So you are the one who has led the destruction of Silver Dragon Mercenary Group."


    With a sharp glint in his eyes, Xiao Juetian glares at the newcomer.


    A huge commotion stirred in the crowds.


    "So that''s the Founder of Nura Clan so young." A beautiful girl looked at Hannya while blurting out her thoughts.


    "Could he possibly Rihan''s brother they resembles each other."


    "I think so too, they''re both so cool." A young maiden blushed.


    "Well, well. You did a good job in doing your homework" Nurarihyon replied with a smile.


    With a sneer Xiao Juetian replied: "I see. You might be feeling full of yourself after crushing that group of mercenary, but I shall let you know. In that group of weaklings, there hasn''t been a single that has reached the sky profound realm. In other words, you bully the weak while fears the strong."


    "Isn''t that a fitting phrase which perfectly defines you?" Hannya refuted.


    "Hmmph, Ignorant fool!"Juetian scoffed. Circulating their clan''s Heavenly Eagle art, he gained a large boost in speed then he flies towards Nurarihyon in a flash.


    However.


    Hannya''s figure disappeared, causing Juetian''s thrust to pierce through empty air. With the help of the skills and experience he got from Byakuya he was able to use Senka (Flash Blossom).


    "Wha-...?!"


    Immediately afterwards, Hannya is standing behind him. In a mere moment, he felt a pressure from behind.


    As if the time stopped, Juetian held his sword still, and even stops breathing, circulating his profound arts but it was dispelled by something rendering him unable to resist. Cold sweat slid in his back.


    He couldn''t move.


    Indeed, Hannya is only standing back to back with Juetian. With his arms crossed, and a casual expression.


    "Why aren''t you moving? Could it be you.... feared the strong?"


    Juetian''s face distorts with the burning humiliation. This guy just slapped him in tha face using his own words. He felt like he was being toyed around.


    He Immediately, he turns round with an extremely fast vertical attack.


    But there is no longer anyone there.


    "Imposs-...?!"


    The rustle of Robes fluttered, he reflexively jerked his head.


    He saw that Hannya is now standing in his original position, looking as if nothing had happened.


    The onlookers and even Chu Yueli, could not catch what had happened. If there was no trickery or machination involved, then that would mean this man is someone of quite some skill¡­... no, one could even call him a deviance.Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.


    Xiao Juetian tried to calm down his shaken heart.


    "It seems that I had underestimated you a bit." Xiao Juetian now realized that this man is no pushover. Aside from lack of aura he is completely a powerhouse.


    "I shall show you. The strength of Xiao Sect." Xiao Juetian circulated his profound skill and used one of their Xiao Sect skill: "Heavenly Eagle Limitless strike!"


    The white flash of light cleaves the air, slowly forming into a silhoutte of an eagle flying straight towards Hannya''s neck.


    The eagle went past Hannya''s body without any resistance. Xiao Juetian smiled with a face of a victor but suddenly froze....


    He saw Hannya looking at him while floating in the sky.


    Profound Floating Technique... So this guy is actually a Sky Profound Realm expert.


    Such a young powerhouse, such talent.. He needs to kill him now or he''ll be an enormous threat to Xiao Sect.


    "Come here, otherwise our fight would destroy the place."


    Xiao Juetian obliged, like a shooting star he flew towards Nurarihyon.. with Extreme Wind Slash he attacked.


    Hannya responded: "Scatter, Senbonzakura" his sword blade disintegrated into multiple particles of Sakura Petals. He swung the sword handle and met the sharp wind blades.


    Bang¡­


    When the Extreme Wind Slash collided with Senonzakura, the tremendous energy ripples swept across the entire place, it even covered the heavens above, blocking the moon from sight. The violent energy waves swept across the sky, and the powerful shockwaves caused everyone''s hearts to tremble, as if a dark shadow had been cast above their souls.


    "They are so strong, amazingly strong! So this is how Sky Profound Realm Experts fight!"


    "Who would have thought that a fight like this would happen in our Floating Cloud City"


    No one could resist the shock that struck their minds. This was an ultimate fight between Sky Profound Realm Experts; none could remain calm any longer.


    Rihan retracted his eyes from the fight and noticed that Xiao Kuangyun together with Xiao Yulong were running away secretly.


    He casually waved two tree branch from his sleeves.


    "Whoosh!"


    Bending the tree branch Rihan threw it with minimal force yet it looked as if it was alive, and flew from his hands. Flying at incredible speeds towards escaping Xiao Yulong and Xiao Kuangyun the tree branches were enveloped by a faint dark smoke. A strong yet acute amount of "fear" was emitted from the tree branch, making it look like a spear of baleful reaper.


    In a flash the branch had already reached Xiao Yulong and Xiao Kuangyun.


    "Ahhhhhhhh!"


    A blood curling sound echoed in the entire Xiao Clan Headquarters.


    Before Xiao Kuangyun''s body fell to the ground Rihan appeared in front of him, the pressure that followed seemed to envelop him like a storm. Under this pressure, Xiao Kuangyun began to suffocate while his pupils lost focus. He was powerless in front of Rihan and could not bear the frontal brunt of his pressure.


    Rihan just disregarded Xiao Yulong who was combulsing on the ground with white foam formed in his mouth, unfocused eyes, and his soul seems to have been devoured, with only a few minutes left, it was clear that he would not live.


    Rihan put his hand out and grabbed Xiao Kuangyun''s neck before flying upwards, like an eagle catching it''s prey. He returned to the platform and continued observing the fight.


    A few people noticed the event that happened. They were stunned, could it be that he was just playing around earlier?


    "Unbelievable, to think that he easily subdued Xiao Kuangyun and Xiao Yulong easily.. so he was only holding back earlier?"


    "Damn, just where did this monsters came from?!"


    "If this guy was holding back then could it be.."


    A unbelievable thought entered in their minds but they just shook it off.. that can''t be true.


    But reality slapped them hard..


    Hannya who was observing the happenings below while fighting Juetian smiled: "It seems like it''s time to close the curtains."


    "I''ve had enough. I would like you to leave the stage."


    Xiao Juetian was stunned. His face turned red from anger: "You dare to look down on me?!"


    But he was ignored..


    "You''re a terrible actor." Hannya continued: "You just debuted but you''re way too arrogant."


    He retracted Senbonzakura and dropped it in the air, as if there was a water in the sky the space rippled. The entire sky was devoured by darkness. two rows of a thousand giant blades rise up from the ground.


    "Bankai"


    The two rows of thousand blades disintegrated into Sakura petals scattered in the air.


    "Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (Vibrant Display of a Thousand Cherry Blossoms)"


    The scattered petals united into complete glowing swords numbering in the thousands, which form four rows. These rows float just above each other, and circle around Hannya and Xiao Juetian in a continuously moving, column-like array.


    It looks extremely beautiful yet every part of his being is sending him alarm signals.


    Xiao Juetian eyes turned into slits..

 Chapter 24 Mindset of the Strong

    What is this...


    I''ve never heard of this Profound Martial Skill before..


    While looking at the majestic scene of "Senkei", Xiao Juetian''s body was soaked with cold sweat. No matter how he look at this scene it doesn''t look threatening yet his guts is telling him otherwise.


    Not good...


    Xiao Jutian''s sense of danger had saved him countless of times so without hesitation, he coated his body with Profound Energy and tried to escape.


    But Hannya won''t let it happen that easily. This skill abandons defense in favor of a concentrated offense. Though visually menacing, this form is not meant for attack from all sides; rather, it concentrates his Bankai into fewer blades, thus increasing his attack power.


    Hannya raised his hands and multiple flower petals came close and slowly formed into a sword.


    Senkei seals Hannya in with his enemy, allowing neither combatant to move very far from each other, though the area is still large enough for maneuverability and together with his Kyokasuigetsu it would be impossible for Juetian to win.


    "Shall we find out tonight, who exactly is between us the person who fears the strong while bullies the weak?" Hannya said.


    Juetian closed his eyes trying to accept his fate. After a few minutes he opened it with great determination. He decided to use his blood essence.


    Burning your blood essence is not something most people will do, mainly only in a true life or death situation, because damage to blood essence is almost impossible to recover.


    After using Blood Essence, one''s profound strength would most definitely drop by a huge amount. And their Cultivation Realms could even drop, and would be unable to return to their previous Cultivation Realms.


    Using Blood Essence would exhaust one''s life and potential.


    Knowing all of this Xiao Juetian still decided to use it. He''s determined to perish together with his opponent.


    A huge amount of profound strength gave Juetian a huge boost in power. Circulating his profound skill:


    "Heavenly Eagle Limitless Strike"


    ''Xiao''


    This clear cry seemed to be the cry of an eagle that transcended the heavens.


    Senbonzakura blades attack from all direction..


    Exhausting his blood essence he clashed with the sharp petal blades, blood spilled from every part of his body.


    He continued: "Extreme Wind Slash."


    A giant eagle together with countless wind blades made it''s from where Hannya was standing.


    As if to scoff at Juetian''s vain hopes, the "fear" aura flowing from Hannya''s body grow even more intense.


    Huge amount of profound strength was consumed by the Heavenly Eagle Limitless Strike. It''s large wings launched countless swords of light indiscriminately.


    Bang! Bang! Bang!


    Countless purple sword even out the sword lights.


    Golden eyes shone in darkness an extremely eerie sight. A swarm of Cherry Blossom Petals clashed with the blades of wind and the Heavenly Eagle.


    Wouch! Wouch! Wouch!


    Just in awhile a pin-drop silence occurred.


    Juetian was incredibly shocked. He felt powerless infront of this man.


    Even using his blood essence.. Sigh


    He closed his eyes..


    "Kill me but please pardon my son, he''s still young and still doesn''t know how the world works."


    He waited for awhile.. and then he was shocked by the reply he got..


    "Thou art strong, yeah?"


    "Strength and talent just like the rumours. Thee become my ally."


    Juetian opened his eyes and look at Hannya. He felt ridiculous, just what the hell is this guy thinking.. he stood there unable to reply.


    "You can''t decide this moment right? I''ll wait two days."


    The dark space dissappeared..


    The bloody countenance of Xiao Juetian gave the crowd a scare in their lifetime. The Xiao Sect founder, coming out from that dark space. What exactly happened? They couldn''t see anything when the space containing Hannya and Juetian was engulfed by darkness.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    Xiao Juetian disregarded the crowd and searched for his son, he swept the entire crowd and finally saw Rihan standing beside his son.. The latter simply smiled and threw his son towards him..


    "I only taught him a lesson."


    Juetian simply nodded and looked at the two people who made them eat loss today.. but a single message keeps on repeating in his head..


    Thee become my ally..


    Juetian left sighed... It''s really hard to understand the mindset of the strong..


    Hannya and Rihan didn''t make any attempt to stop them. It was part of their plan to spread Nura Clan''s name. As well as gain a bit of connection.


    Hannya looked at the farthest area in the crowd, with a smile and dissappeared followed by Rihan.


    Chu Yueli was extremely shocked when he met those golden eyes; what a high perception. This guy is definitely not simple, since when did a person of stature appeared in this place?


    The entire Xiao Clan fell into deep silence. Whether it''s the influencial leaders or the Xiao Clan members, every single one of them were not making a single sound.


    After an half an hour of silence, the people started to leave the Xiao Clans Headquarters and went back home.


    The next morning, the news about what happened in the Xiao Clan spread with great intensity countless travelling bards who got a hold of this news were excited and made some stories..


    The stories became more and more exaggerated as the news were passed around.


    The normal citizens living in the Floating Cloud City who didn''t have the chance to attend the gatherings in Xiao Sect and missed the events were extremely excited.


    In Xia Clan Headquarters.


    Chu Yueli was pondering about the "Nura Clan". She was a bit threatened by this sudden force that appeared out of nowhere.


    "Master! Master!


    She returned back to her senses when she heard Xia Qingyue.


    "I''m sorry, did you say something?"


    "Father has already helped us prepare profound horses. I request Master to walk towards the foyer." Xia Qingyue respectfully repeated.


    "No need." Chu Yueli regained her calm shook her head and said: "Profound horses are too slow. I''ll take you back using the Profound Floating Technique. Also, you should take care to sense the changes in my body''s profound energy in the middle of my technique, it will benefit your profound strength greatly in the future¡­. Let us depart; Give me your hand."


    Xia Qingyue held out her delicately white right hand without hesitation. It was obvious that Chu Yueli''s Profound Floating Technique would speedily bring her up high into the sky. This thought had let a bit of excitement and expectation rise in her heart.


    The event that happened last night is still fresh in their minds. Qingyue who was extremely competetive vowed to train harder.


    Chu Yueli somewhat extended her ice-cold hand to grasp onto Xia Qingyue''s. In a flash, the coldness on her body shifted and the formidable Frozen Cloud Arts started to rapidly swirl¡­. But then Chu Yueli''s entire body suddenly began to shake. The recently activated Frozen Cloud Arts had also all of a sudden, disappeared without a trace. She turned her body towards Xia Qingyue, her beautiful unwavering gaze fixed onto Xia Qingyue¡­. It was clear that there was a certain kind of extreme astonishment in her eyes, as if there was an inconceivable worldly matter."


    "Master? What''s wrong?" Xia Qingyue asked, alarmed, because of Chu Yueli''s frightening and unexpected reaction.


    "Impossible¡­. This is absolutely impossible!!"


    Chu Yueli absentmindedly soliloquized as she suddenly extended her other hand. After both her hands grabbed onto Xia Qingyue''s right wrist as the coldness on her body spread out. Chu Yueli''s beautiful eyes then widened yet again as her entire body fiercely trembled more than before; on her face, rested an expression of complete speechlessness and incredulous astonishment¡­. And ecstasy! She firmly snatched Xia Qingyue''s hand as she looked her in the eye and actually became temporarily speechless due to her intensely stirred up emotions.


    Her expression let Xia Qingyue become more and more alarmed: "Master¡­. wh¡­. what the heck''s going on?"


    "Qingyue!" Chu Yueli was suddenly aware of her heart''s frantic throbbing that she was unable to alleviate and stop. When practicing the Frozen Cloud Arts, one''s frame of mind would lean, bit by bit, towards an ice-cold and silent state. It was extremely difficult to be swayed and risen up with only momentum. It was not known for how many years, had her emotions been this out of control: "Inform this master, what exactly have you encountered during this period of time? Did you come across an extraordinary person? Or did consume some kind of pill that''s against the gods!"


    "I¡­." Xia Qingyue momentarily stared for a while.


    "Altogether, a person can only have a total of Fifty Four Profound Entrances. An ordinary person is gifted with approximately ten inborn profound entrances while a person with high innate talent may be gifted with around fifteen profound entrances. When I first found you, I discovered that you had twenty one naturally opened profound entrances, an exceptionally great gift only seen once in a million! If one has more profound entrances opened, their cultivation of the profound, and their activation speed will increase. No matter what, a practitioner with twenty opened profound entrances would undoubtedly cultivate and activate their profound strength twice as fast as a practitioner born with only ten opened profound entrances."


    "It is extremely difficult to open a profound entrance, for it even took Milady a century''s worth of time to merely open seven profound entrances and achieve the opening of thirty profound entrances. In the entire Blue Wind Empire, the people who have achieved the supreme state of opening of thirty profound entrances, could not possibly surpass five! The reason why the Profound Opening Powder, the gift Xiao Sect gave to Xiao Clan, could speed up the cultivation process is due to it being able to temporarily open three to four profound entrances for a short period of time. However, that is merely a temporary effect¡­. Even so, the Profound Opening Powder is still a considerably precious medicine to Xiao Sect."


    "Yet Qingyue, your¡­." Chu Yueli forcefully grabbed onto Xia Qingyue''s shoulders as her beautiful eyes unblinkingly stared at her: "Fifty Four Profound Entrances have all been completely opened! And they all actually have been permanently opened¡­. do you understand what this implies? This means that the speed of your profound cultivation and activation would be almost double that of Milady''s! It would also be quintuply faster than that of an ordinary person''s! Not only that, the cultivation of any profound skill you practice in would be limitless. Whenever your profound strength makes a breakthrough, it shall never hit a ''bottleneck''!"


    "When all the profound veins in the Fifty Four Profound Entrances have been completely opened, they are what legends refer to as the ''Heavenly God''s Spiritual Veins,'' and it is said that only a God from the legends would possess these profound veins! This has never happened before in the entire history of the Blue Wind Empire! Qingyue¡­. in this period of time, what exactly have you gone through!"


    Chu Yueli''s words stupefied Xia Qingyue.


    Of course Chu Yueli knew of the profound veins'' Fifty Four Profound Entrances. It was common knowledge amongst the profound practitioners. She understood the concept of fully opening the profound entrances, but it was only plausible in theory as no one had ever heard of anyone achieving such a state. It has been said that only the ancient gods were capable of having "Heavenly God''s Spiritual Veins". It was simply an extravagant expectation that humanity could never obtain!


    Could it really have been him?


    That night.. that man..

 Chapter 25 Return

    Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range, Nura Clan''s Headquarters


    "All men''s are the same. *sob* *sob*"


    A woman with a long hair colored a mix of black and varying shades of blue can be seen slumped limply against the table full of sakes.


    After she learned the dissappearance of Nura-duo she felt like a housewife that was left alone. It made her feel that she''s no longer attractive which cause an entire scene of a deppressed woman drinking without limit.


    "Setsura-san, you''re already drunk."


    A black haired beautiful woman clad in black robes with a crow feathers stucked on her ears. She was none other than Karasu Tengu''s wife. She looked at Setsura with worry.


    "I''m not yet drunk, come on Nuregarasu drink with me."


    "Supreme Commander would be back soon, stop drinking." She jerked her head outside and shouted: "Kuromaru!"


    "Hmmph, who cares about that idiot, he should just die. *sob* *sob*"


    A black light flashed and a silhouette of a young man appeared.


    He''s wearing a samurai-like warrior armor. He has black messy hair, he looked at his mother: "Mom"


    "Clean the place with your two siblings and command the crows to notify us upon Supreme Commanders arrival." Nuregarasu dragged Setsura to her room while the latter was resisting like a child leaving Kuromaru standing in dazed.


    "Try to escape and you''re going to experience pain." Nuregarasu voice echoed.


    Kuromaru smiled wryly and can only drag his siblings to this unhonourable job of cleaning a room full of sake.


    If everyone hears this then their prestige as the best scouts in the clan would be destroyed.


    ----------------


    In the Floating Cloud City, inside the inn, Nurarihyon and his group of people were sitting around the table and simultaneously drinking.


    Greed who was standing on the other side asked permission from Nurarihyon to check the Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingxi.


    Taking a deep breath, Xiao Che walked towards the room where the two members of Xiao family is, his advance naturally created the sound of footsteps. The sound of his footsteps aroused the attention of Xiao Lie in the room who automatically looked at the door. He didn''t know where they''re currently at, this place doesn''t seem to be the Reflection George.


    Kacha!


    As the door opened Greed''s figure appeared.


    The moment Xiao Lie''s gaze met with Xiao Che, he suddenly became startled and involuntarily cried out: "Che''er!! Is this an illusion?!"


    He felt like he was dreaming, the grandson that he thought died was currently standing in front of him. Not only him Xiao Lingxi who was unconscious was startled awake from the sudden cry.


    "Ah!"


    A young girl startled voice also rang out, she was stunned, her complexion was slightly haggard and her hair was somewhat messy. After seeing Xiao Che, she covered her lips. A split second later, huge amounts of teardrops began to well up in her eyes¡­


    "Little Che!" As she shouted, she stood up and ferociously dashed forward and threw herself at Xiao Che''s chest. She used both her arms to tightly embrace him and cried out loudly. She was under the impression that she will be imprisoned for fifteen years, and that since Xiao Che who died, she and her father would live a life of misery.


    She didn''t expect he''s dead nephew to suddenly appear before her eyes, as if he was just an illusion.


    Xiao Lie walked over and across his entire face was an emotionally stirred up expression: "Che''er¡­. How ¡­. How are you here? Aren''t you d-dead?Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    Greed shook his head and patted Xiao Lingxi on the back: "I was saved by someone and didn''t die¡­. But rest assured grandfather, you are already safe."


    Xiao Lie was ecstatic and hurriedly asked: "Who is this benefactor? I would like to thank him personally."


    "You will meet him soon enough, from now on we will be leaving Floating Cloud City and stay in his territory."


    Xiao Lie was stunned: "But what about the Xiao Clan?"


    "You no longer have to worry about them." Greed replied with a mysterious smile.


    Xiao Lingxi finally stopped, she had wept so hard that she was almost on the verge of fainting.


    A period of sudden silence descended upon the three. After going through the calamities that had came today, their fate had undoubtedly turned upside down. Although they had a thousand words to say in their hearts, they didn''t exactly know where to start¡­.


    Xiao Lingxi''s hands both held tightly and clung onto his arms as her small head leaned against his shoulder. She didn''t care that Xiao Lie was also next to them and wasn''t willing to loosen her grip, as if afraid that he would yet again disappear from her world.


    "Grandfather, I want to know¡­."


    "You want to ask who your biological parents were, right?" Xiao Lie said as he immediately continued the sentence with a tranquil expression on his face.


    "En," Greed nodded as his eyes solidly concentrated at Xiao Lie: " I believe I wasn''t randomly picked up without good cause¡­. Grandfather, you do know something, right?"


    Xiao Lie calmly explained what happened.


    Greed learned that his Grandfather''s son was the best friend of his real father. He learned that his foster dad died protecting him and his secrets.


    Greed calmly processed everything in his mind. This information that he got is extremely important for them to make a contact with ''Xiao Che''s'' family.


    -----------------


    At dawn, the entire Nura Clan, the entire headquarters is covered with mist.


    In the front gate, Setsura''s silhouette can be seen with a broom sweeping the floor with a lonely expression.


    And then..


    *caw* *caw*


    Countless birds with grievous eyes and ink stained wings, seemed to float over her with the swift movement of a wing while they cawed.


    Setsura, suddenly got energetic and looked from faraway distance..


    She saw six silhouettes covered by the cold mist of dawn..


    As they got closer, their appearance became more clear..


    Hannya who was returning together with Rihan, Greed, Karasu Tengu and Xiao daughter and son duo


    was smashed with a white light...


    Bam!


    Rihan and Karasu Tengu were alerted and was about to help the supreme commander when they saw the snow woman, with tears in her eyes hugging Hannya tightly..


    They silently left to give them more time..


    Hannya was stunned when he saw the tears in her that turned into snow particles, it was a beautiful sight..


    Hannya felt slightly guilty, Setsura looked extremely hurt. He was about to pat her head but his hands stopped mid-way.. He still hasn''t forgot that the one she have feelings for is not him but the real Nurarihyon.. in real life he''s none other than an impostor wearing Nurarihyon''s body.


    He may act like Nurarihyon.. but he''s not him..


    ''You look a bit depressed?'' An extremely familiar voice sounded in his ears..


    This voice it''s his voice.. but..no.. it wasn''t his.. it was..


    He raised his head and saw a silhouette..


    ''I am thou.. Thou art I.. I am the one who dwells in the rift between human and Ayakashi.. The Lord of Pandemonium


    You are me... I am always within you.. Watching over you..''


    Everything seems to slow down..


    ''Nurarihyon?! You? You were inside me all along?''


    ''Nurarihyon'' didn''t reply, but continued: "Since thou, O Hannya, didst at the first create our being and consciences in accordance with thy mind, and didst create our life and understanding together with the body, everything shall coexist."


    [Synchronization initializing...]


    Hannya felt his consciousness devoured by darkness.


    *sob* *sob* Setsura who kept on weeping realize something, she looked at Nurarihyon who slowly collapsed in her embrace..


    "Nurarihyon-sama, what''s wrong?!"


    She felt his entire body burning in heat..


    "Help! Help! Nurarihyon-sama he-he co-collapsed!!!"


    A huge commotion happened in the headquarters, they brought back their Supreme Commander to his sleeping Quarters.


    ---------------


    [Synchronization Complete]


    A notification woke Hannya up from his slumber, he slowly sat up and he swept his eyes around and notice that it''s already night.. he noticed a white figure at the edge of his bed.


    It was Setsura sleeping, the moonlight illuminated her beautiful face but she has a frown plastered in her face.


    Hannya reached his hands and slowly patted her head which caused her frowning face to turn into a smile, it was an amusing sight. He didn''t feel uncomfortable now..


    He felt that he had become Nurarihyon and Nurarihyon became him both their memories coincided in one single entity slowly harmonizing.


    Rihan who was peeking at the slightly opened door of his dad''s room saw this sight and smiled..


    ''So you can smile like that?'' A voice sounded from his head.


    ''Yeah, ever since mom died, I always saw Oyaji''s lonely figure. Ever since coming into this world he never showed it but I know he''s just holding it in.'' Rihan replied and didn''t notice that he was talking a lot more than usual.


    Suddenly a shrieked echoed in the entire mansion causing the inhabitants to be startled awake..


    Gyuki, Sanba Garasu, Karasu Tengu and the other yokai''s rushed in to where the voice came from..


    They saw Setsura''s shocked face and the already awaken Nurarihyon..


    "What happened, Nee-san?" Rihan was the first one to ask.


    "Nu-Nurarihyon-sama, you-your eyes.." Setsura said while pointing..


    "My eyes?" Hannya was stunned could it be something happened to my eyes?


    Everyone who can''t see since they were facing his back made their way to Setsura and looked at their Supreme commander..


    Everyone were gobsmacked..

 Chapter 26 Uproar

    System, what happened to my eyes?''


    [Host gained ''Uchi no me'' after the completion of synchronization]


    His left eye turned red with black silhouettes of crescent moon devouring the revolving sun " ¡ñ) " with a black and white dragon swirling at the edge. It looks so mysterious yet beautiful. Everyone who looked into his eye felt like they were being sucked in to a bottomless pit.


    [Uchi no me (luminal eyes) - the two spiraling dragon signifies the coexistence of Human and Demon while the Crescent moon and sun symbolizes the luminal state of two beings from different space]


    [Passive skill: Enhanced vision]


    [Active skill locked]


    Hannya was having a hard time understanding what it means, from what he understood though it seems like the connection between the moon and the water.


    the moon stays on the water surface which looks like a mirror but when you reach for it will only cause a ripple.


    Meaning an existence that you can sense but you can''t touch.


    [Activation: I am art thou.. Thou art I...


    The master of weak.. the devourer of strong..]


    (Note: Liminal beings are those caught between two worlds, neither here nor there, both human and divine, both human and machine or both alive and dead.)


    Hannya''s current appearance is extremely devilish, everytime he blinks it envokes a sense of fear and sometimes a sense awe.


    Whether it''s subordinates or his son Rihan and the girl inside him everyone are affected by this contradicting emotions that they have.


    "*gulp* O-oyaji what happened to your eyes?"


    Everyone also swallowed their saliva while waiting for his reply.


    Hannya looked at everyone, he felt like he can see everyones movement clearly, whether it''s muscle movement or rhythm.


    ''System is there any side effects when using this for a long time?''


    [The host''s hidden personality will surface]


    ''What do you mean--


    [It means the personality that you''ve sealed for the longest time now.. will resurface]


    ''How long can I use this power without the side effects?'' His heart skipped a bit when he heard what the system said.


    [3 minutes maximum time]


    ''How many minutes left?''


    [1 minute left]


    ''Damn how do I seal it'' Hannya started to panic, everyone inside the room is also starting to feel scared cause he didn''t answered them.Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more.


    [Cancellation sequence: I am neutral]


    Finally he muttered: I am neutral


    His left eye symbol dissappeared only leaving the red pupils.


    He now had a heterochromatic eyes with red left eye while the other is gold.


    "I''m fine I just received an enlightenment and gained a new power." Hannya lied with straight face.


    Everyone still had some doubt but accepted it anyway. As long as the supreme commander is fine all is well.


    Setsura looked at Hannya with worry, earlier when he collapsed, she blamed herself for being impatient and tackled him as soon as he arrived.


    "Everyone can go back to your rooms now."


    ---------------


    Unbeknownst to them, Hannya awakening his power has created a great phenomenon.. the entire sky turned red and the symbol that appeared in Hannya left eye appeared in the moon creating a suffocating aura to everyone.


    Somewhere in the world..


    A man with white long hair tied into a loose ponytail using a blue ribbon. His face is covered with darkness but his blue "fox-like" eyes with red eye-liner shone while looking at the red moon.


    "So you''ve started to awaken Ayakashi, the day our paths intersects will be the date of your death."


    Behind him countless red eyes shone.


    -----------


    The red round moon was hanging high in the sky.


    However, within the moon, there were incomprehensible symbols lingering in the middle with two dragons swirling around the edge.


    On the central northern-region of Blue Wind Imperial City, inside the imperial palace. A woman Beautiful enough to make one''s heart tremble, was looking at the moon with a pair of beautiful sparkling eyes; clad in pink clothes


    Behind her were a hundred of imperial guards, All of them were half-kneeled as if waiting for the command.


    "Unknown phenomenon, according to the books I''ve read it signifies a talent that goes against the heaven''s standard."


    ''I have to find the source of this.. and if it turns out as I''ve expected.. we will have a chance..''


    "Find the cause of this phenomenon. Right now!"


    "By your will!"


    The thunder-like response echoed in the entire palace. Countless figures dissappeared in multiple directions.


    -----------


    New Moon City, South Moon Mountain


    A huge commotion was spreading like wildfire, the Xiao Sect branch members were looking at red moon with incomprehensible symbol looking extremely sinister.


    They felt like the eyes of god were looking at them their bodies trembled in fear while Xiao Juetian was able to maintain his composure deep inside he was also worried about the signifying meaning of this unknown occurence..


    Then that man''s picture surface in his head.. That man with an unknown clan..


    Thee become my ally..


    The moon and that man''s figure seems to coincide and an unbelievable thought surface in his mind, he looked at his son..


    What kind of monster did you offend? He couldn''t help but sigh.. he vowed that from now on he will educate his son..


    "I need to meet that ''man'' once again, even though I can''t accept his proposal but I can still mend our relationship.. sigh."


    If his thoughts turned out to be true.. just what is gonna happen.. his heart started to beat faster the more he thinks about it..


    The same occurence also appeared in the multiple sects in the Moon City..


    To them the entire thing looks extremely menacing, it made them felt like the world is about to end..


    "Oh my god, what is that?"


    "Mom, I''m scared.. wahhhh"


    "This is the God''s Wrath, this is retribution to those who are evil" a man shouted with crazed expression.


    "We''re doomed, we''re doomed"


    "This symbol definitely means a treasure appeared, if we find it we''re gonna strike it big." A buff man smiled with greed shining in his eyes while looking at his comrades..


    Everyone reached multiple conclusions regarding the situation..


    Some thinks it''s because of a treasure.


    Some thinks it''s a talent that''s going against the heavens.


    Some thinks that the wrath of god would descend.


    Some even started to worship it..


    Countless sects were ordered their sect members to investigate the cause.. they don''t feel comfortable while looking at the unknown symbol..


    They felt like there is a Death Reaper behind them holding a large scythe.


    Chaos started to spread all over the world..


    The entire thing only lasted for two minutes but to everyone it felt like a thousand years..

 Chapter 27 Hidden Danger

    ROOOOOAAAAAAR!


    In the Scarlet Dragon Cave there is steam, rising in short puffs, miniature clouds disappearing with the wind. A Gigantic silhouette slowly emerged and with a loud roar it caused the profound beasts at the edge of Scarlet Mountain Range to tremble from fear.


    Scarlet Mountain Edge, Nura Clan Headquarters


    ''It seems like Ddraig fully recovered from his injuries''


    In the sakura Tree, Hannya was looking at the sky with one of his legs was outstretched, while the other leg was bent in front of him. His left arm was casually placed on his knee.


    In a while a small dot appeared in the sky, it''s dark silhouette is getting bigger and bigger.


    Bam!


    A huge impact that made the entire headquarters quake signified Draig''s arrival.


    "Buwaha! I''ve completely recovered! Nurarihyon-sama, let''s spar I shall get my revenge today before we go to moon city." Not only his injuries recovered his arrogance seems to reached it''s peak.


    "Tone it down Ddraig, it''ll be troublesome if you get injured."


    A cool voice responded behind him, Draig flapped his wing causing a huge wind to swirl making his body fly in the sky like a shooting star. He looked down from above.


    He can see Hannya standing in the same position he was earlier. Nothing seems to have changed from his appearance aside from those dark red eyes, which made him a bit scared. Such a thing is not possible..


    Hannya looked at Ddraig, everytime Ddraig flapped his wings he can see the muscle movements and rhythm though not as much as when he had his left eye activated.


    Ddraig focused at Hannya''s figure but the moment he blinked, He already appeared in his eyes while smirking.


    "You''re head is too high."


    With just a touched from his hand Draig''s body fell from the sky.


    Boom!


    Dust formed into a mushroom shape.


    Gyuki standing at the entrance couldn''t help but smile: "I got a feeling that Supreme Commander''s power is getting more and more absurd."


    Karasu Tengu who was flapping his ink-like wing sneered: "What can you expect from Supreme Commander? That''s a given."


    Gyuuki only smiled wryly. He glanced at Gozumaru that was looking at Karasu Tengu with his scorpion tail showing from his back and the Sanba Garasu who were ready anytime in case Gozumaru attacks.


    "Yo, why are everyone so hot-blooded today?" Rihan walked from the mansion and saw the interaction of the two elders of the clan.


    Karasu Tengu bowed along with his sons and daughter.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    "We humbly apologize for showing Rihan-sama such an unsightly display."


    "We apologize." The three also bowed along Karasu Tengu.


    Gozumaru couldn''t help but click his tongue while Gyuuki smiled wryly while looking at Rihan with an apologetic smile.


    Nobody seems to care about Ddraig who was beaten to pulp on the side.


    Setsura who was at the entrance seems to be on her own world while looking at Nurarihyon with sparkling crimson eyes.


    Nuregarasu could only shake her head, she can only keep her opinion to herself.


    ----------------


    "Nu-Nurarihyon-sama, I a-admit de-defeat" Ddraig looked at Hannya with pitiful eyes. Who told him to act high and mighty? He can only blame himself for being so arrogant earlier.


    "Oh? You''re done, we''re almost done warming up." Hannya looked at Draig with dissappointed expression.


    "I-I''m not feeling well." Draig stuttered while trying to avoid Hannya''s eyes. After not getting a reply from Hannya, he slowly looked at him but he noticed that he was looking at him with a smile.


    "Whaa-at is it?"


    "I was just wondering but do you have a human form?"


    "Wh-why are you asking?" He felt something odd.


    "So it seems like you can turn into one." Just that question from Draig already enough as a proof that Draig can indeed turn into a human form. He bought some clothes from the system and he signalled something in the air.


    A crow with black ink wings and red eyes took the clothes that he just took out. He glanced at Ddraig and said: "Go follow that crow, change into a human form and wear those clothes."


    "But.."


    "I won''t bring you if you refuse. It''s up to you." Hannya turned around and went back to the headquarters.


    Ddraig hesitated for awhile but in the end decided to fly to catch up with the crow.


    -------------------


    A man with wavy red hair and a small build wearing a black kimono with a dark blue jacket and a brown hakama is walking back towards the Nura Clan with a crow hovering above him.


    Despite his weak-looking appearance there is a fierce aura surrounding him, which would make anyone scared.


    Hannya noticed the arrival, with a teasing smile he looked at him: "That suits you more, Ddraig."


    "Hmmph, when do we leave?"


    "Relax, we''re still waiting for someone."


    Not long after a man with mediocre arrived at the Nura Clan Headquarters, he looked down with his palpitating heart..


    He looked at everyone outside the Nura Clan Headquarters, each and every one of them gives him pressure..


    He felt cold..


    He felt hot..


    He felt different types of aura''s that he couldn''t explain but he''s more afraid of is the one who doesn''t seem to give any aura''s but his prescence alone is domineering enough..


    Dark shadows covered him from above, 4 silhouettes with ink-black wings were looking at him with sharp eyes..


    He felt like he entered a den of monsters.


    "I-I came to give my answer to the Leader." Juetian held his composure but the beads of sweat forming on his forehead is telling another story..


    "Hoh, human are you the one who made Nurarihyon-sama wait?" A cold voice of a woman entered his ears.


    He couldn''t help but shiver..


    "You all, you''re scaring him." The voice is not loud yet it seems to shut all the auras from pinning him down.


    He looked at the man who spoke, this man and his son is not the only one who seems to be mysterious, every single one of them are..


    Juetian descended from the sky with wary eyes until he stood in front of Hannya. He bowed his head and gritted his teeth: "I accept your request, I shall become your sub--"


    Cold mist slowly wrapped around Juetian, the biting cold chilled his body into numbness, cold seeped into his toes and spread painfully throughout his feet. His countenance turned a more blueish hue and his teeth chattered.


    "Subordinate, you seem to be underestimating us?"


    "Setsura" Hannya mild voice made her stop from losing herself. The mist slowly dispersed, which made Juetian slowly regain his color.


    Hannya looked at Juetian while smiling mysteriously: "Heh, I''ve never expected that a lowly minion would send a toy to my place."


    Screeeech!


    His hands peeled ''Juetian''s'' face and a plain head-shape emerged..


    Poof!


    ''Juetian''s entire body turned into a human shape paper..


    "Onmyouji!" Everyone''s eyes turned sharp and their baleful aura turned the paper into ashes..


    "Hahahahahahahahaha! I''m here to relay my master''s words - The day our paths intersects will be the date of your death." The voice echoed for a while before it dissappeared.


    "Interesting, we shall see which one of us will die?" Hannya licked his lips.


    He never expected that in this life, that man would still follow him.

 Chapter 28 Clues

    "Gyuki, what do you think?"


    "Base on the level of shikigami that they sent it seems to me that they''re currently not planning to fight and just wanted to reveal their existence to us." Gyuki replied with a frown. He didn''t expect that there would be onmyouji''s living on this world based on the records that he got all the people are supposed to be just cultivators. Even Xiao Lie, didn''t have any knowledge about them which could only mean that just like their Nura Clan they came from a different world.


    "Sodaisho, If you give me a permission, I can go ahead and hunt those bastards." Karasu Tengu gritted his teeth, he couldn''t believe that he let his guard down too much and didn''t recognize that it was only a shikigami.


    "Calm down, Karasu Tengu, now is not the time to be hot-headed. We don''t have any idea on how large the enemy currently is. It''s much better to get some information first before tracking lest we lose without getting anything. We also need to be careful since we got stronger when we came here there''s no way those people would remain the same" Gyuki said with a serious expression.


    Normally when Gyuuki berates Karasu Tengu the latter would always retaliate in the same kind but if it''s related to the clan he would only ponder silently.


    "Nurarihyon-sama, what are these onmyouji''s?" Ddraig on the side can no longer stand being left out in the conversation and asked.


    "Onmy¨­ji is what we call humans who use spiritual power to combat y¨­kai like us. They are known for summoning shikigami, just like the one you saw just now. They also specialize in chanting mantras, and utilizing various techniques called Onmy¨­jutsu." Instead of Hannya the one who replied was Rihan who was standing at the side.


    "Yokai?"


    "We are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons to be exact." He swept his eyes to everyone and added "When I observed the shikigami earlier I got this feeling that this onmyoiji that we may face in the future aren''t the same onmyouji in our world. They''re much more stronger" Hannya replied this time. ''Just like what that ''man'' said when we first met, I''m not the only one who got transported here. I never expected that the one he warned me about the 2nd time we met would be that guy.''


    When they met in Xiao Clan Manor that man said that he''s not the only being who could move someone from another world, he said that there the other being aside from him has sent a representative in this world and once he awakens that person will expose himself. At that time he didn''t know what ''awaken'' means but now he know. It means that once the other soul namely Nurarihyon accepts him and they become a single entity he will awaken.


    Those words - ''the next time our paths intersect will be the date of your death'' is something he couldn''t forget. The only thing that bothers him now is how did that man figure out his identity as an Ayakashi, there''s no way that guy would reincarnate as an onmyouji unless..The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    A cold glint flash from Hannya''s eyes. Since you guys massacred my family back then, then don''t blame me if I retaliate in the same way. He then looked at Rihan: "It seems like we need to separate into two groups. Rihan, I''ll be summoning -"


    [Ding! Congratulations Host for successfully spreading the name of Nura Clan in the Moon City.


    System update is available.]


    [Would you like to update system?]


    [Y/N]


    "Nevermind, we''ll discuss this later." Hannya dissappeared in a flash and reappeared in his room, he accepted the system update and he felt his entire surrounding turned dark.


    [System Upgrade Initializing..]


    ...


    A person with a dark robe looked at the entire events that happened between the shikigami and he smiled in the dark which only showed his two rows of white teeth.


    "So this is the person Seimei-sama is talking about."


    Another dark figure appeared.


    "Yeah, he is. He looks a bit more different than those ugly and weak yokai''s that we fought back then so don''t underestimate them and just keep observing."


    "Sheesh, what''s with you? Okay, got it. I won''t. Tsk no fun."


    ...


    "Hey, have you heard about what happened in Floating Cloud City? It seems like a mysterious leader of a clan who massacred a mercenary group in Cyan Forest Town appeared and fought with the Patriarch of Xiao Sect."


    "You believe those baseless rumours? Why would the Xiao Sect Patriarch personally go to that tiny city?"


    "Young man, I see that you''re living cluelessly in this world, my friend told me who happen to be there at that time saw the fight between the Xiao Sect Patriarch and the Clan Master of this mysterious Nura Clan!"


    "Nura Clan? I''ve never heard of that clan before, if what said just where did this clan pop out from?"


    "I don''t know but base on the information I got the Xiao Sect Patriarch was destroyed without a chance to fight back at all."


    "Hmmph, as if those information are true."


    Like a storm the news about what happened in Floating Cloud City spread far and wide. Some people were in awe while some believed that all of it are just baseless rumour.


    But the Nura Clan name has spread it''s name to the Moon City..


    "Hmm, maybe this clan is somewhat related to that phenomenon, tell the princess that we got some clue."


    The two figures behind his back slowly dissappeared from the crowd.


    ...


    Burning Heaven Clan Branch Headquarters


    "Nura Clan?"


    An old man clad in red embroidered with crimson red flames pattern looked at the messenger.


    "Y-yes, 6th Elder." the man stuttered from the heat that was being released from this old man''s profound aura. He carefully gave all the information that he got regarding this new clan.


    "You''re dismissed."


    As if he was pardoned from death the messenger left the room in a flash.


    "Nura Clan, huh? I need to relay this information to the Main Clan."


    ...


    Xiao Sect Branch Headquarters


    Xiao Juetian looked at the sky as the light is slowly being devoured by darkness.


    Tonight will be the end of the 2 days agreement that he had with Hannya. He was getting nervous, then it suddenly dawned upon him that he didn''t know the whereabouts of that man when suddenly he saw a black dot coming closer and closer from where he stood.


    Just a few minutes and the figure of man was revealed.


    He has a human body and looks but the black ink wings on his back betrayed his identity, together with his blazing red armor he looked honourable like a personal guard of a king.


    "Juetian, correct?"


    "Yes, it''s me."


    "Follow me, I will guide you to the Supreme Commander." Kuroumaru spread his wings and flew towards the Scarlet Fountain Range.


    What is this clan?! Is it a demon clan?! What did I get myself into? Without a choice Juetian followed Kuroumaru.

 Chapter 29 Clan Management

    It''s already Night when Hannya woke up from the system notification.


    [System Update Complete]


    [Clan Management is now available]


    He saw the new function and immediately checked it out. He saw multiple tabs [HIGH LEVEL AYAKASHI] [MID LEVEL AYAKASHI] [LOWER LEVEL AYAKASHI] [LOWEST LEVEL AYAKASHI] and [SUPPORT AYAKASHI''S]


    He checked the HIGH LEVEL AYAKASHI first and the screen popped up.


    Note:


    1-5 average - Average talent


    6 -8 genius - Above Average Talent


    9-10 monster - Monstrous Talent


    [High Level Ayakashi''s]


    [Name: Nura Rihan]


    Current Level: Sky Profound Realm 10th stage


    Potential Attributes: Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 9 / Profound Veins ¡ú None ; Comprehension ¡ú 8; Will ¡ú 8; Luck ¡ú 8


    Recommended Cultivation Path: Fire Class Profound Martial Arts and Profound Martial Skill / Concealment Profound Arts and Skills are all recommended.


    [Name: Setsura]


    Current Level: Sky Profound Realm 10th stage


    Fear Type: Ice Control


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 8; Comprehension ¡ú 7; Will ¡ú 7; Luck ¡ú 5


    Recommended Cultivation Path: Ice Class Profound Martial Arts and Skills are recommended.


    [Name: Gyuki]


    Fear Type: Manipulation


    Current Level: Sky Profound Realm 10th stage


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 8; Comprehension ¡ú 7; Will ¡ú 8; Luck ¡ú 5


    [Name: Karasu Tengu]


    Current Level: Sky Profound Realm 10th Stage


    Fear Type: Speed Enhancement


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 7; Comprehension ¡ú 6; Will ¡ú 6; Luck ¡ú 6


    Recommended Training Path: Profound Sword Skills and Movement Profound Arts


    He checked the information that was listed and verified the system regarding Linking Cultivation.


    Linking Cultivation: Maximum of 10 Ayakashi''s can be added, Maximum cultivation level Ayakashi is Sky Realm 10th stage. Current mastery 3, host can only add 3.


    ''What?! If I increased my cultivation they will no longer be able to benefit from it? Are they gonna stay at that level?!'' Hannya was shocked by the announcement. He wasn''t told about this.


    [Ayakashi''s added in the Linking Cultivation can still increase their profound Strength but they have to cultivate.]


    ''What if I select another Ayakashi and link him/her with the cultivation technique?''Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    [Once an Ayakashi has been selected it can no longer be changed.]


    Such merciless reply made Hannya a bit frustrated. He then shook his head and looked at the next set of Ayakashi''s


    [Mid Level Ayakashi''s]


    [Name: Kuroumaru]


    Current Level: None


    Fear Type: Speed Enhancement


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 6; Comprehension ¡ú 5; Will ¡ú 5; Luck ¡ú 5


    Recommended Training Path: Profound Sword Skills and Profound Movement Arts.


    [Name:Tosakamaru ]


    Current Level: None


    Fear Type: Speed Enhancement


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 6; Comprehension ¡ú 5; Will ¡ú 5; Luck ¡ú 5


    Recommended Training Path: Profound Spear Skills and Movement arts


    [Name: Sasami ]


    Current Level: None


    Fear Type: Speed Enhancement


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 6; Comprehension ¡ú 5; Will ¡ú 6; Luck ¡ú 5


    Recommended Training: Profound Whip Skills and Movement Arts


    [Name: Gozumaru]


    Current level: None


    Fear Type: Manipulation


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 6; Comprehension ¡ú 5; Will ¡ú 5; Luck ¡ú 6


    Recomended Training: Profound Sword Skills and Concealment Arts.


    ''Can this Mid level Ayakashi''s increase their talents?''


    [Needs to upgrade to increase talents]


    ''Tsk'' Hannya couldn''t help but click his tongue. Never mind I need to have everything in my calculations. He checked the special tab for support.


    [Support Ayakashi''s]


    [Name: Nuregarasu]


    Current Level: None


    Fear Type: Support


    Buff: A great support for bird types Yokai''s, when the Queen of Crows is in the field increase the speed and strength of bird types to 1 stage.


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 5; Comprehension ¡ú 5; Will ¡ú 6; Luck ¡ú 6


    ''A good buffer, if I improved her it will prove useful in battlefield.'' He then turned towards Lower Ayakshi''s but he currently have none so he looked at the last tab.


    [Name: Mezumaru ]


    Current level: None


    Fear Type: Support/Manipulation


    Buff: Increase efficiency in information gathering.


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 4; Comprehension ¡ú 5; Will ¡ú 5; Luck ¡ú 6


    Lowest Level Yokai''s current number: 1000


    Evaluation: Cannon Fodders, recommend to train concealment techniques / good potential for assassinations.


    Hannya couldn''t help but shake his head, despite the lack in talents this demons are member of his night parade of hundred demons, He will find a way to cultivate them into extremely fearsome monsters and the most important is they will be extremely important for Rihan in the future.


    He was about to close the clan management when he noticed an [external member] at the bottom part, he tap on it.


    [External member]


    Name: Ddraig


    Age: Unknown


    Potential Attributes: Profound Core ¡ú 7; Comprehension ¡ú 7; Will ¡ú 8; Luck ¡ú 6


    Hmmm, Hannya started to make a plan while looking at the clan management information.


    After going through all the details, he decided to divide the group into two.


    Rihan will go to Moon City with Gyuki, Gozumaru, Sanba Garasu and Ddraig, with his son leading the group they should be able to manage in getting the princess attention and be able to join the tournament while gaining multiple profound arts and skills.


    Hannya plans to visit the Blue Wind Empire, he wants to let Setsura join the Frozen Cloud Asgard while disguised as a human with the help of the system concealment no one should be able to connect them to demons.


    Karasu Tengu with his wife and Mezumaru will stay in the sideline while looking for the onmyouji''s traces.


    The lowest level yokai''s will have to stay at the clan headquarters.


    When he got outside he told everyone his plans, everyone agreed except Setsura who doesn''t want to be away from Nurarihyon but after coaxing her for half an hour she reluctantly agreed.


    "But Sodaisho, I can''t let you go alone." Karasu Tengu was a bit concerned about the supreme commander.


    "Before I became the Nura Clan Founder I was once a lone wolf, moving alone is not something new." He only said up to this part and left the rest to everyone''s imagination.


    When they heard his reply everyone can only smile wryly. His attitude of coming and going whenever he wants has never changed but they could feel something else from his aura.


    He looked at everyone and smiled: "Let''s have a party before we leave, let us enjoy this night."


    "YEAAAAAAAAH"


    Just like always when everyone heard the party they become excited like a child. Hannya couldn''t help but smile, this guys are always like this no matter how much hardship they encounters they would always forget everything when they party.


    Setsura cooked different types of profound beasts, Hannya bought the sakes from the system.As the time goes all the lowest-level demons got teary-eyes they knew that they wouldn''t be able to follow the supreme commander because they''re currently weak, they just vowed silently that they will become stronger and when that time comes they would proudly claim that they are part of his Night Parade of Hundred Demons.

 Chapter 30 Plans

    Hannya plans to visit the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range where the Phoenix Ruins is; he plans to obtain the legacy.


    Knowing that his ''enemy'' from past life is here he needs to increase his strength so when they meet he could take his revenge.


    While everyone was partying, Hannya noticed 2 people making their way to the clan. Everyone just ignored them because they''re familiar with the one leading. It was none other than Kuroumaru who went to get Juetian.


    Xiao Juetian who came in the Nura Clan Headquarters was enthralled by the sight, a building with a design that he had never seen before stood in front of him, he scanned his surroundings while his heart was beating faster. There are different types of demon he had never seen before, he can see multiple blue orbs of fire, Ox-headed demons and Horse-headed demons around, in the air countless of crows with dark red eyes were looking at him, at the very center is a man he was familiar with.


    He was sitting with red cup in his hands drinking, beside him is a beautiful woman Juetian had never seen before, when he looked at her Juetian could feel the same cold aura that the cultivators in Frozen Cloud Asgard would normally emit.


    On the rooftop is a man with small build, his red hair is illuminated by the moon, despite his weak-looking appearance he got a fierce aura that could make anyone take a step back.


    This is the den of monsters..


    He then focused his attention to the leader, unlike the first time they met his one eye has changed into red color, he couldn''t help but think about the phenomenon that shook the entire world.


    Could it be him? His heart started to beat even faster, he felt like if made one mistake he would lose his life immediately.


    "Why don''t you take a seat?" A cool voice brought Juetian back to reality. His feet started to walked on it''s own towards the man, the next thing he realized he''s already standing in front of him.


    He slowly took a sit, and a demon sat beside him, pouring a sake into his cup.


    Hannya looked at the Xiao Patriarch: "Have you made your decision?"


    Like a huge hammer that was slammed on the ground, his heart skipped a bit. Should I turn it down? I am the patriarch and it''s not right to lower down my head to someone. He surveyed everyone in the place and noticed that they stopped what their doing and focused their attention to him.


    Even though no one was pressuring him, Juetian couldn''t help but gulp. If he turn them down, would he be killed here? After weighing the pros and cons Juetian gritted his teeth: "I apologize but I can''t."


    The entire headquarters turned silent for a long time which made Juetian uneasy.


    After what seems like eternity to Juetian, Hannya gave him a reply: "I expected that much knowing your position."


    Juetian couldn''t help but sigh in relief. He looked at the man and replied: "Thank you so much for understanding."The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    "You seem to be curious about something." Hannya asked after seeing the curiousity in Juetian''s eyes towards the yokai''s.


    "Umm.. how should I say this.."


    "Do you want to know if we are demons?"


    "Y-yes" after struggling Juetian decided to bite the bullet and ask. He may not be a good person but he doesn''t want to betray humanity.


    "We can be considered as demons, but we are different. Unlike most of them we are not hostile to humans. Even my son is half human, that should be enough proof?" Hannya''s reply gave him a sigh of relief though he''s a bit doubtful but he can also tell if the man in front of him was lying or not. He can sense Rihan''s identity as half-human as well.


    "But, the looks isn''t enough to fool those old monsters you know. I suggest that you leave this place to avoid troubles." Juetian suggested, even though he didn''t join the clan he was subdued by this man''s charisma. He couldn''t help but want to follow him, it''s just that he can''t because of his position.


    "You don''t have to worry about that." With a mysterious smile Juetian started to sense that the demons started to change appearance and also their auras until Juetian can only sense human energy flowing in their bodies. He was stunned, right now no matter he look at it, he can''t feel any aura''s that may be related to demons.


    "H-how is th-this po-possible." Unable to maintain his composure Juetian stuttered while exclaiming his disbelief.


    "Everything should be fine now. So, do you know why I showed our real appearance to you despite having the capabilities to hide it?"


    Juetian shook his head, this is also bugging his mind. If they had such way why did they let him know about it?


    "It''s because I need someone that I can trust as an ally, even though not official I consider you as one. I really appreciate your skills and it''s unfortunate that you are unable to join me."


    Juetian was shocked and felt a bit touched by his trust. He couldn''t understand why but this man''s charisma just makes you want to follow him.


    "My son will be going to the moon city. You will be back to Blue Wind Empire right? I will let one of my subordinate join the Frozen Cloud Asgard, I want you to make sure that no one from your family would try to trouble her."


    When Juetian learned that Hannya plans on sending a subordinate to the Frozen Cloud Asgard the first person to appear in his mind is the woman beside Hannya.


    "I shall do anything I can to help her out but I need to do it behind the scene otherwise it would be bad for her to be treated as a spy." Juetian agreed.


    "Alright, then let''s continue the party."


    ...


    It''s already dawn when the party ended.


    Hannya was standing on the rooftop together with Rihan.


    "Rihan, since you''ll be going to moon city, I want you to join the New Moon Profound Palace and enter the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament." Hannya seriously said.


    He wants Rihan to make as many connections as possible so that they can get a stable foothold in this Empire.


    Countless connections would give him countless informations which will make it easier for them to find more clues about their hidden enemy.


    "Oyaji, will I be able to encounter so many interesting things if I join this Blue Wind Ranking Tournament?" Hannya simply gave him a smile which means that ''He will definitely encounter lots of interesting things'' then added: "Also please take care of the new member who will be joining the clan, Greed is on his way to get that guy in Floating Cloud City."


    "A new member?" Rihan was confused.


    "Yeah, a new member. A really good one." Hannya just gave Rihan another mysterious smile.


    "Okay, it seems like it will be interesting."


    "Oh, take care of yourself." Hannya added.


    "Sheesh, you only remember that now, oyaji please fix that irresponsible attitude." Rihan pouted.


    "Also, little girl take care of my son."


    Silence descended, Rihan couldn''t believe his father learned the existence of Jasmine, he never told anyone in the clan. Not only him but Jasmine who was inside the Sky Poison Pearl''s space. She never expected this guy''s perception would be this strong.


    "Dad, how did you know?" Rihan carefully asked.


    "As if such a thing could escape my eyes." Hannya just dissappeared without giving a clear answer.


    Jasmine looked at where Hannya stood before he left. She couldn''t help but think.


    ''What a monstrous Father, as expected a person who got a monstrous son is definitely a bigger monster.''


    Unbeknownst to them, Hannya already knew everything before they even met. If they knew what would their expression be like?

 Chapter 31 Greed The Illegal Recruiter

    ''Hey, Rihan. I''ve got a feeling that-'' after Hannya left, Jasmine spoke to Rihan but she was cut off by the latter.


    "Little Girl, call me young master." With a deadpan face, Rihan spoke.


    "Hmph, don''t get ahead of yourself! What reason would I, this princess, call you young master?!'' Jasmine was fuming with anger after being cut off in a serious atmosphere.


    "Little girl, you''re always serious, aren''t you?" Rihan only laughed at her anger which made Jasmine even more angry, this man''s happy-go-lucky attitude is hard for her who learned at a young age how hard life is.


    ''Stop calling me little girl, I have a name. This princess shall allow you to call me Jasmine.''


    "I understand little girl, now tell me. What the conditions are for getting the new profound veins."


    "Huh? Didn''t you say you''re not interested in the profound veins? Hmmph, so you were hiding your true feelings."


    "I refused it?! How strange I can''t remember refusing it." With an exaggerated shock expression Rihan said. It was as if he truly didn''t refuse it once making Jasmine frustrated.


    The truth is Rihan was really not interested in this veins but he needed to get stronger as soon as possible to help his dad in putting the onmyouji''s in their place. He doesn''t want to stay protected within his father''s umbrella.


    He only made his mind when his father found out about the girl inside him, also the connection that the girl have and the Sky Poison Pearl that his father gave him a feeling that everything that happened was within his calculations. Even though Rihan is not sure but with sufficient support he made up his mind.


    "Don''t mind the small details, what are the conditions?" Rihan asked while looking at the sky with a ''serious'' expression.


    ''Hmmph, what a great way to change subject. Anyways, the first condition, you must promise to help this princess find three items¡­ They are: A stalk of Netherworld Udumbara Flower, three Profound Beast Cores no lower than that of the Tyrant Profound Realm as well as¡­ At least thirty-five kilos of Purple Veined God Crystal!"


    "I see, it seems like you know a language I haven''t heard about. Good for you." Rihan nodded as if he understood a thing and praised Jasmine.


    "That''s not a new language! You idiot!" Jasmine felt that she would lose a strand of hair from frustration if this conversation continues for a long time.


    "Sigh, let me explain everyth-." After taking a long breathe to calm her boiling heart, she sighed and planned to explain everything but was once again cut off.


    "Stop, it''s much better if you just let me know when we encounter one." As if he found the best resolution Rihan had a smug expression plastered on his face.


    "@/$$@_€¡Á&&¡ê+€" Jasmine finally exploded from anger, this guy again and again wouldn''t read the atmosphere and just keep on saying what he wants.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.


    "Calm down, little girl. Anger would definitely affect your growth." Without a care Rihan suggested.


    Without knowing where to vent her anger, Jasmine fell in the ground powerlessly.


    "So, what are the other conditions." Rihan added.


    When she heard Rihan, a teardrop sparkled beside her eyes. She decided to stop talking for now or she might die from frustration.


    Rihan on the otherside could only shake his head when he didn''t hear a reply.


    ''Sigh, kids nowadays are getting more and more rebellious.''


    Good thing Jasmine didn''t know what Rihan was thinking or else she would definitely puke blood from anger.


    ...


    Greed went back to Floating Cloud City to recruit Xia Yuanba, his former brother-in-law. He stood outside the Floating Cloud City for three hours until he saw a shadow that seems to be getting closer and closer.


    Clip-clop! Clip-clop! Clip-clop! Clip-clop!


    As the shadow got closer Greed can finally see the appearance of the man riding the profound horse.


    The young man has a sturdy and tall body, his muscles were of a dark tan metallic luster and broadcasted his astonishing strength even without showing it.


    After Yun-che''s death Xia Yuanba felt extremely sad, despite his naive personality which doesn''t suit a cultivator only Yun-che''s the only one who treated him well while everyone hates him and he can feel that.


    He decided to become stronger so he decided to train and enter the New Moon Profound Palace, thanks to his father''s relationship with Vice Palace Sikong Han, he was accepted. He is now on his way to New Moon City.


    While Greed noticed Xia Yuanba the latter also saw him which caused him to fall from the horse in shock.


    "B-br-roth-her-in-l-laww." While on the ground Xia Yuanba sat on the ground while pointing at Greed with a scared expression as if he just saw a ghost.


    "B-but I thought you died, could it be you became a ghost?" Yuanba added.


    "Stop giving me that expression it makes me uncomfortable." Greed touched his nose with an embarassed look on his face.


    "Brother-in-law, it really is you!" Seeing Yun Che respond, Xia Yuanba''s voice grew somewhat louder as he rushed over with a face that brimmed with surprise and joy. As he ran over, even the ground slightly quivered; if one saw Xia Yuanba''s posture, it looked as if he may be coming in for a bear hug. Greed could not help but feel his scalp go numb, and unconsciously took two steps back¡­ If he was hugged like this, suffering a bone fracture would be considered as getting off light.


    "Hold-Hold-on!" Greed quickly waved his hands, stopping the excited Xia Yuanba who''d almost hugged him. He then looked at him from head to toe, and asked spoke: "How are you? We haven''t met in just a short time and you seem to have become a lot bigger."


    "I''m doing well, I should be the one asking Brother-in-law a lot of questions." Xia Yuanba''s face flushed with excitement: "A few days ago, I heard you died. I was extremely depressed and trained hard so I can investigate the real cause of your death. Phew, it''s really good that you''re alright. Where are you staying now? I heard that the Xiao Clan was attacked by the leader and young master of a mysterious clan, you should hide or they might do something to you."


    "Don''t worry about me, I''m currently a member of the Nura Clan, the one you mentioned. The leader was the one who brought me back to life." Greed spoke using the script Hannya gave him.


    "Woah! The leader must be a god! I can''t believe he got the ability to resurrect you." As expected Yuanba''s eyes shone with amazement and awe. Without a change in expression Greed replied: " Yeah, I was really amazed by the leader of that clan, he''s so mysterious and powerful."


    "Oh my god! I can''t believe it. Should we try becoming his disciple?!" Yuanba''s excitement rose to a higher level.


    Greed smirked on the inside ''he took the bait'' with the finishing touch he made a solemn expression: " I tried doing that, he gave me a test. If I can pass the test, he will take me in. If you want to join you will also have to take the test."


    "What''s the test?!" Yuanba who had no idea that he was being recruited with the person he trusted the most asked.


    "We need to follow his son to the New Moon Profound Palace and join the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament."

 Chapter 32 Frustrated Jasmine

    Ddraig was looking at the Yamabuki flowers which bloomed behind the Nura Clan''s mansion. Just like the Sakura Tree that he saw beside the mansion Ddraig had never seen this flowers before, it has a beautiful yellow color that shone brightly against the moon. As a dragon he has a great amount of curiousity, which greatly made him excited when he''s around the Nura Clan Member since each one of them are like a treasure chest which is full of surprises.


    "Flowers bloom sevenfold and eightfold, but the kerria laments, for not a single fruit does it bear."


    While admiring the view Ddraig heard someone from behind. When he turned around he saw Rihan. This young man is the son of the person he accepted as his master. The resemblance between the two is so great , not only in the appearance but also in their actions. The only difference between them is how their brain works, while Nurarihyon is a great schemer who seems to have a great grasp with the situation, his son on the other hand had this happy-go-lucky aura around him.


    Ddraig smiled and inquired about the poem: "What does it mean?"


    ''I don''t know, it''s just that it came to my mind when I saw the flowers.'' Rihan doesn''t know why but he felt a bit sorrow while looking at the flower. He didn''t notice that Nenekerimaru trembled a bit.


    Jasmine was perturbed by the expression that Rihan showed, it doesn''t seem like an act, this is the first time he saw this guy like this. ''Is there some story behind that poem?'' She just kept it in her heart and decided against asking about it. She felt like she doesn''t have the right to ask, she respected his privacy and stayed silent.


    When Ddraig felt a bit of sorrow coming from Rihan, he changed the subject: "Then, how can I help you?"


    "Oyaji wants you to bring me to your cave, he said that we''ll be needing a bit of money and also said that there will be a great surprise waiting which seems fun."


    Ddraig didn''t know whether to laugh or cry, the supreme commander didn''t even ask his permission, still he decided to bring Rihan with him to his nest. He is after all now a member of the clan so he didn''t voice out his disagreement.


    "I understand, shall we go now? We will be going to New Moon City soon."


    "Yes, let''s go."


    ...


    "Setsura." Hannya''s voice entered Setsura''s ear along with the wind, a tinge of red appeared in her face. Hannya only calls her Setsura when no one is around cause she doesn''t want everyone to see her awkward side. Hannya also agreed, but he felt that it would also be amusing to call her by her name with everyone around.


    "Supreme Commander, can I just stay by your side? I don''t want to be away from you. It makes me feel sad." Setsura looked at Hannya with snow tears sparkling in her eyes. Though her real thoughts were ''I feel threatened when I think that there would be a girl who makes a move on you while I''m not around.''Reading on Amazon or a pirate site? This novel is from Royal Road. Support the author by reading it there.


    "Setsura, this for the clan''s future. We need to increase our strength as soon as possible so we can deal with the hidden dangers."


    A glint of killing intent flashed in Setsura''s eyes. ''It''s the existence of those onmyouji''s that caused my separation with Nurarihyon. Remember this! I will definitely kill each one of you!''


    Hannya felt a cold air enveloping the room so he patted Setsura''s head to calm her down.


    "Always remain calm Setsura, don''t make your emotions affect your thoughts. Remember, emotion is important but you need to keep it inside or else your enemies would be able to easily manipulate you."


    Setsura nodded and just lean on Hannya''s chest. Hearing his heart beat with a happy expression. ''How I wish time would just stop and let us stay like this''


    Hannya just let Setsura enjoy her own world since they will be separated for awhile. Letting her calm her nerves would be helpful it would make her settle her emotions easily.


    ...


    Ddraig escorted Rihan to his nest.


    Rihan''s feet stepped onto the scarlet colored soil. A wave of scorching-hot heat immediately transmitted from below his feet; then quickly permeated his entire body and promptly gave him a feeling of standing on open flames.


    Ddraig stayed here for at least a century, and his power over fire had long ago turned this place into a world of the fire element.


    Rihan''s speed is running in the same speed as Ddraig. After a few minutes the two entered the cave.


    Since Ddraig''s true form had an enormous frame, naturally the cave it resided in was also big.


    The temperature inside was much higher than what it was outside. Normal people wouldn''t be able to ebdure this heat.


    Steam rising in short puffs creating maniature clouds. Sparks that may burst into flame is everywhere.


    Despite the heat Rihan doesn''t seem to uncomfortable since he has a great affinity with fire.


    As Ddraig and Rihan gradually went deeper, the light also became dimmer and dimmer. After continuing onwards for a hundred steps, a haze of red luminescence suddenly emerged from the area ahead.


    "Fire Spirit Grass!!" Jasmine voice echoed inside the Sky Poison Pearl''s space.


    "What is that?" Rihan inquired while observing.


    "Fire Spirit Grass is a medical herb used to refine the Fire Spirit Pellet, and after consuming it, one would be able to resist a large degree of fire elements for a certain period of time. It could also temporarily change a person''s profound energy, which resided in the Profound Veins, into one of the fire attribute without any harmful side effects of burning or injuring oneself."


    Rihan looked at a mature Fire Spirit Grass that was around seven inches tall with extremely nine leaves, glowing in the darkness.


    "This grass are extremely rare and only grew in areas with concentrated fire elements. At the same time, the Fire Spirit Grass''s growth speed was extremely slow and usually took more than ten years to reach maturity, and as a result, caused the value of mature Fire Spirit Grass to be remarkably high." Jasmine added with excitement in her tone.


    "I see, so the bottom line is that this is a good stuff that would bring lots of money if sold." Rihan nodded his head in satisfaction.


    Jasmine''s blood boiled when she heard what Rihan said, she felt like all she said just went in to his ear but didn''t enter his head.


    "You idiot!!! You don''t understand anything at all!!!!" Jasmine can only shout to express her anger, Rihan just ignored her and went to pick up the grasses.


    Ddraig on the other side can only watch while his heart was being crushed in every grass taken.

 Chapter 33 New Veins

    Rihan was picking the grasses with Jasmine''s instructions. The reason why the Fire Spirit Grass was valuable, was due to the fact that it was extremely difficult to collect and store. Even the slightest amount of carelessness may cause the fire spirit inside the grass to all disappear.


    So Jasmine assisted Rihan from the space, this issue posed no problem at all. Rihan extended his left hand and grabbed at the mature strains of Fire Spirit Grass in a frenzy, easily collecting them into the Sky Poison Pearl while following Jasmine''s instructions.


    Jasmine kept on reminding Rihan the value of this grasses: "A random strain of Fire Spirit Grass could be sold for a very high price outside. Keep that in mind."


    Rihan harvested in great amounts without batting an eye as if they were ordinary cabbages. Ddraig on the other side could only smile wryly.


    Soon enough, All the Fire Spirit Grass were all gathered into the Sky Poison Pearl. Rihan didn''t even spare a single one.


    "This would be enough to sustain our trip in the New Moon City."


    They would never have to worry about not having enough money to spend anymore. It would be more convenient for them.


    "Rihan, use the Sky Poison Pearl to refine the fire spirit grass!" Jasmine spoke inside Rihan, pulling him back to reality.


    "How can I do that?" Rihan inquired. He had no experience in refining.


    Jasmine could only sigh and slowly taught Rihan the process.


    Rihan took out a Fire Spirit grass that he collected, and swiftly used the Sky Poison Pearl to refine it with Jasmine''s help. The Fire Spirit Grass quickly shriveled under the Sky Poison Pearl''s processing, and in the end turned into a very small, ruby-like object.


    "So what''s next?" Rihan asked.


    ''Consume it.''


    Rihan threw the ruby-like object in his mouth after observing it in awhile.


    A searing feeling slid down his insides, along his oral cavity; followed by the sensation of heat rapidly dispersing outwards from the inside of his body, in the blink of an eye, it propagated throughout his entire body. Afterwards, the scorching heat slowly faded away¡­. at once, even the surrounding space was suddenly no longer burning hot.


    "Hmm, I''m feeling a bit comfortable now." Rihan nodded in satisfaction.


    Ddraig the continued to lead Rihan deeper into the cave. Not long after, a huge den of rock came into view before their eyes. This where Ddraig sleeps and stays most of the time.


    Jasmine who was inside the Sky Poison Pearl felt her blood trembled as if something is resonating with it. "Rihan, can you have that man leave this place for awhile?"


    ''What for?''


    ''Just do what I said!'' Her voice is filled with great urgency.


    Rihan felt like there''s something wrong so he turned towards Ddraig and ask him to leave for awhile, Ddraig just followed the order and went out.


    Jasmine came out from the space Although her feet were exposed, they weren''t contaminated or even burned by the burning cave. Her feet were so tender and snow-white, that they would give anyone the impulse to touch and feel them with a single glance. Standing in front of Rihan her gaze stared far ahead, and her eyes lustered: "Do you know for what reason I was infected by this terrifying poison?"Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original.


    "Nope, so tell me why you want Ddraig to leave the place?" Rihan without a change in his expression from ruining the atmosphere asked.


    It''s not that Rihan doesn''t want to learn more, it''s just that when he saw her eyes, he knew that it has something to do with her tragic past. It''s much better seeing her get mad than seeing her sad look. He just doesn''t like it''s feeling.


    Jasmine got mad for awhile but still calmed down after venting her anger, she coldly looked at Rihan and said: "The reason why I told you to let that man leave is because I need to pass on the promise I gave you when you accepted my requests."


    "Why now?" Rihan tilted his head and asked.


    "See it for yourself"


    As she spoke, Jasmine''s eye suddenly flashed and brightened, as she lowered her luminous snow-white wrist. Her delicate fingertips suddenly stimulated the blood of the "Evil God" to float adrift and pierce into Rihan''s chest. The pit of Rihan''s chest immediately split open to reveal a bloodstain, and the sinister scarlet blood droplet touched his overflowing blood, as if it were attracted. In a flash, it entered his body.


    The moment the dark-red drop of blood entered his body, tens of bloodstain-like crimson lines wildly fanned throughout his body, originating from the blood print in his chest. The lines spread across his whole body in an instant. His chest, hands, legs, face, ears, and even pupils were now full of blood colored channels that looked like demonic markings.


    Rihan gritted his teeth as the wave of pain emanated from a force digesting the insides of his body. He felt like a sharp-toothed creature eating him from the inside. Immense amount of unbearable pain sheeted through him terrible intensity. He can feel the pain from every single corner of his body, and made him let out a painful whine. His entire body started to tremble tremendously, red thin veins started to appear at his scelera.


    His normal veins were continuously being devoured away, the feeling was like he was being pierced with countless swords pierced his body in and out.


    Urgh!


    Despite using all his willpower he still couldn''t stop groaning a little from the pain.


    As Jasmine forced the Evil God''s blood into Rihan''s body, her lips curled up, and revealed a very¡­. gleeful smile at his agony.


    Recalling the memories she obtained from this drop of immortal blood, she knew it would start to forcefully devour the original Profound Vein the moment it entered the body¡­. And while devouring the Profound Veins, the process would be as if one''s profound vein was being cut off.. minced¡­ cut off¡­ minced over and over again¡­.. This was undoubtedly an inhumane torture, an ultimate kind of pain that would even make the world''s strongest beings roll on the floor and shriek.


    Did you think I would really just forgive you for all that you did? This blood of the Evil God would indeed grant you new Profound Veins, but it''ll also grant you with the most brutal punishment in my stead!!


    Jasmine cruelly smiled as she saw the red demonic marks all over his body; as she saw his eyes suddenly turned crimson; as she saw his whole body tremble; as she saw his face contorting in pain¡­. Slowly, her curled lips chilled down and disappeared, and what replaced it was a face that looked like she just saw something incomprehensible to her.


    His entire body was trembling with intensity, his whole body contorted, but his facial features only showed a slight frown. On his forehead, bean sized beads of sweat slid down in a terrifying fast speed¡­. It was impossible to imagine how considerable the pain must be for the body to react in such a startling fashion.


    However, aside from that first groan, Rihan didn''t utter a single sound of pain afterwards; not even a single trace!


    Jasmine couldn''t believe it, even though she knew he was talented she didn''t expect that his willpower would be this strong as well. Normal people would have already begged for a quick death or they would be rolling on the ground from pain yet this man...


    And something even more ridiculous happened, instead of losing his cultivation, Jasmine can still feel his power not diminishing one bit.. then she remembered his words..


    I''m half human and half Ayakashi, she looked at him as how normal humans look at a monster.


    A Terrifying Monster with both talent and willpower!


    Time quickly flew..


    At this time, the demonic marks all over Rihan''s body suddenly twinkled with red luminescence. When his eyes opened, his red eyes slowly returned into it''s original amber color.


    Rihan felt something..


    He turned around, and with his hands on his chest, he stared blankly at the empty rock den¡­. It''s the same feeling as what Jasmine felt earlier. This is the reason why she decided to honor her promise now.

 Chapter 34 Predator

    Rihan swept his gaze as he looked all around, and in the end, his gaze stopped onto the rightmost corner of the den. The rocks here seems to have existed for a long time, and were indurated and aged. However, there was one rock that actually looked to be untainted by even a speck of dust and seemed to have been frequently moved around. Rihan walked over, pressed his hand onto the rock to move it.


    Accompanied by the sound of the falling rock, a dot of scarlet-red light immediately emerged in Rihan''s line of sight.


    This was a very small and round bead, close to the size of a common marble. It had an ordinary ruby''s sparkling translucence, but the radiance it emitted was far richer and more vibrant than that of a common ruby. As he looked at this red-colored round bead, Rihan''s heart suddenly, for an unknown reason felt a resonance like a child who just met his parents for a long time, he subconciously reached for his hands to grasp the bead.


    When his hands touched the bead, red light shone from it.


    As the light slowly dimmed, Rihan observed the bead, and a sudden thought emerged from his mind ''Could it be this is what oyaji was referring to?''


    Jasmine appeared beside him and also observed the item in Rihan''s hands, suddenly her eyes shone as if she realized something incredible.


    "I''m only speculating. When you took it earlier, I had sensed an extremely bizarre fire element hidden within; and even I had never seen this kind of fire element. I also felt something drawing me in earlier in, therefore, it may truly be one out of the five Seeds of the Evil God mentioned in the memory imprint!"


    "So what do I do with this bead?" Rihan looked at Jasmine. The latter only smiled and made a gesture signifying for him to swallow it.


    A bead of sweat appeared on Rihan''s forehead. He got a bad feeling about this. He just experienced an immense pain earlier and didn''t really want to feel it again.


    "Well, if you''re afraid. You can just forget what I said." Jasmine said with a hint of mockery in her voice.


    "You think I''m scared? Little girl, you''re mocking the wrong person."


    Rihan closed his eyes and silently paused for a long time. Then, he looked at the round bead shining with a bizarre red light in his hand, he thought about their hidden enemy and the words from Jasmine which pierced his manly pride. After a brief period of hesitation, Rihan braced himself and threw the bead directly in his mouth.


    At that instant, he detected an abrupt disturbance in the newly created Profound Veins. He didn''t even have time to observe the abnormal motions of the Profound Veins because the surface of his body unexpectedly released a ball of crimson radiance. Right after, these crimson rays of light actually turned into a flaming blaze that ignited on the surface engulfed his entire body inside its crimson vehement flame.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.


    Blazing flare appeared on Rihan''s body and as time passed it continued to burn even more vigorously, and had already reached the height of a few dozens meters in a blink of an eye. Jasmine already entered the sky poison pearl to prevent any accident from happening. The surrounding walls, and even the stone under Rihan''s feet slowly melted away to sink down inside the raging flames; one could imagine how terrifyingly high the flame''s temperature was. However, from beginning to the end, Rihan never received the slightest bit of damage; what''s more, was the fact that he never felt any sort of discomfort at all. Earlier, he was expecting that he will experience another torture.


    Inside the Sky Poison Pearl, Jasmine silently watched the flames that engulfed Rihan''s entire figure until she finally opened her mouth to speak in a low voice: "The color of his Profound Veins have changed. Looks like that was indeed one of the five seeds that the Evil God had left behind. In other words, this place was actually one of the Evil God''s Five Secret Grounds!"


    Outside the cave, Ddraig was startled by the sudden huge amount of heat coming from the cave, knowing that Rihan was inside, he went back without delay as he got closer to the source a huge amount of heat formed like a barrier stopping from his tracks.


    ROOOOAAAR!


    Ddraig roar echoed inside the cave, his small figure started to enlarges until he turned back into his original form as the gigantic dragon. His gigantic wings flapped and his gigantic body sped up towards his nest, as he got closer his speed got slower.


    After Half an hour the heat slowly chilled down and everything turned back to normal, when he arrived he saw Rihan''s back facing him yet he felt a bit of pressure from his prescence alone, the entire area is covered with smoke yet this man''s aura seems like formed a barrier preventing it from getting close to him.


    As Rihan turned his eyes towards the Ddraig, the latter felt like even though he was bigger in size, this childs prescence seems to be even more bigger.


    I didn''t expect that his son was also a monster, could it be that he was still holding back when he fought me?'' Ddraig recalled the first time he met Hannya.


    "Oh? Ddraig, we already got everything that we need. Let''s go back now." Rihan acted as if nothing happened he simply looked at Rihan with a glint of surprise in his eyes.


    "Did something happened here Young Master?" Ddraig asked in a worried tone, while observing Rihan. This is the first time that he carefully looked at this child, he didn''t expect that he was also capable of emitting a formidable aura that normally comes out from the predators that have the potential to reach the apex.


    With a stoic expression Rihan replied: "Nothing happened aside from the sudden increase in heat, well it doesn''t really mean anything. I''m going ahead!" and he just flew out with incredible speed.


    Looking at the dissappearing figure Ddraig felt like his heart was crushed, it''s like something of important value was taken from, though he didn''t know what. He got this feeling that Rihan made a great discovery.


    After pondering and not reaching into a conclusion, Ddraig could only shake his head and flew out the cave.


    By the time he got out of the cave Rihan''s figure can no longer be seen. After looking one last time at the place where he stayed for a decade he spread his gigantic his wings and went towards the Nura Clan Mansion.

 Chapter 35 Departure

    "Nurarihyon-sama, we will now go to New Moon City." Gyuki informed Hannya about their departure.


    "Yes, I will see you guys out." Hannya took out dark blue cloak and put it on his shoulders, when he got out of the mansion he saw Rihan ran towards him.


    "Don''t embarass the name of our clan in the tournament, I''ll be watching you." Hannya ruffled Rihan''s hair making the latter smile and with great determination he nodded. Hannya simply couldn''t help but become amused. ''His day form is simply adorable''.


    "Rihan, be sure to take a good care of yourself okay? Just let me know if someone tries to bully you and I will take care them." Setsura said while smiling but the ominous and cold aura emitting from her is totally scary that if there''s really someone who tries bullying ''her'' child she would freeze them to death.


    "Oyaji, Nee-san, we''ll be going now." Rihan felt a cold sweat slid down behind his back. He said his goodbyes and ran back towards Gyuki and others. Hannya simply nodded and waved his hands. "Ddraig, make sure nothing bad happens to Rihan while you guys are in the New Moon City." Setsura on the other side felt a bit sad that Rihan still addressed her as Nee-san.


    "Yes, Nurarihyon-sama." Ddraig who''s currently in his human form acknowledge his mission and followed the group.


    Hannya then turned his attention to Karasu Tengu, who was also in his human form together with his wife who was currently wearing her veil. Since they plan to find traces of the hidden enemies they need to keep a low-profile and Nuregarasu, who had an outstanding beauty even in her human form needs to wear a veil to avoid any troubles.


    "Karasu-tengu, if you got some news about ''them'' let me know."


    Karasu Tengu bowed and accepted his mission, together with his wife they also left the mansion but instead of going together with Rihan''s group they separated themselves to stay hidden.


    Hannya then looked at the remaining inhabitants of the house. Aside from the low-level yokai''s that could only stay hidden in the headquarters, there''s only Setsura, Xiao Lie and Xiao Lingyi, with a nervous tone the latter spoke to Hannya: "Umm, what are we supposed to do now?"


    "Hmmm, for now you can just stay in the mansion." He glanced at Xiao Lie who stood beside Xiao Ling Yi and asked "You have some experience in management, right?" The old man nodded which made Hannya satisfied and gave him the role to manage the clan for the meantime.


    "Setsura, It''s about time for us to depart."


    ...


    Blue Wind Empire is one of the seven nations of the Profound Sky Continent. Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more.


    Historically it has been the weakest nation; it is remote, has few resources and the peak strength of cultivators is the middle of Emperor Profound Realm. The nation regularly hosts the Blue Wind Ranking Tournament and they also participate in the Seven Nation Ranking Tournament where they are regularly ridiculed by the other nations for their lack of talent.


    The Empire has 4 Major Powers namely the Heavenly Sword Villa, Frozen Cloud Asgard, Xiao Sect and Burning Heaven Clan.


    After travelling for a few days, they finally arrived in a place filled with snow. If they were travelling by foot it would have taken a long time but with the Floating Technique, the journey was only a short time.


    This place is called the Snow Region of Extreme Ice also called the Snow Region, This is a place in the Blue Wind Empire where Frozen Cloud Asgard is located as the extreme cold and snow helps them cultivate their Profound Arts.


    Hannya planned for Setsura to become a disciple of this Major Power. Once she learned the profound techniques and Profound Arts, Setsura would definitely become even stronger which is good for the clan.


    Hannya looked at Setsura who was staring at him, her crimson eyes harbored deep affection and sadness because of their separation.


    She didn''t say anything but there''s a crystal clear moist at the edge of her eyes, she was holding back her urge to cry. Hannya is not dense, he totally know how Setsura feels.


    "I''m going now, please take care of yourself Nurarihyon-sama, I will definitely return to your side as soon as possible." Setsura turned around but was stopped by the hands holding her waist. Finally, Drops of tears fell from her eyes. She could no longer hold herself back and turned around to embrace Hannya. She could feel his breath and warmth, she doesn''t want to let go. She murmured in his ears: "I''ve been waiting for this, I waited for a long long long time now."


    Her words tugged a string in Hannya''s chest, his embrace became tighter. He whispered in her ears: "Setsura, be with me since I''ll become a ruler of this world I need you by my side."


    Setsura''s face turned completely red, her face heated up. She was speechless by his blunt proposal. Could it be a dream? Is this real? If it''s a dream I don''t want to wake up anymore.


    They stayed in that position for a long while unti Hannya loosened his embrace and stared at Setsura, her loyalty, personality and beauty is simply on a high level. He couldn''t let a girl like this keep on waiting just because his afraid of his identity, but when he and Nurarihyon fused he no longer feared anything, it''s just that he was simply occupied with so many things that he neglected her for awhile.


    "Setsura, become strong and aim for the top. Become strong and help me protect the clan for eternity."


    Setsura nodded with great determined look shining in her eyes.


    I will definitely become strong enough to stand by your side and help you achieve your rightful throne in this world. In a while Setsura said her goodbye and dissappear into snow flakes flying along with the wind.


    Hannya stayed their for awhile.


    "Now, it wouldn''t be cool if my subordinates become strong while I remain weak. It''s time to build up my strength."


    His figure vanished only leaving a black smoke in his wake.


    Hannya is now on his way to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range where the Phoenix clan and the place where the Phoenix Legacy can be found.


    Such a treasure can''t be left alone hidden in the shadows.


    A huge smile appeared in his face while travelling. It''s been awhile since he awakened his eye yet he still hasn''t explored it''s capabilities.


    I need to understand it''s ability more and the only way to do that is to use it often so I can experiment.

 Chapter 36 Bloodthirst

    Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, Darkness covered the entire forest, yet in the boundless mountains it was definitely not quiet. Multiple beasts bellowed with rage. Its roar shook the earth itself, ripping across the air through the forest like thunder.


    Enormous Trees filled the entire forest, even though the entire mountain is covered with darkness there are multiple red lights glowing everywhere which would normally induce fear and along with earth-shaking roars a normal person would definitely be scared out of his wits.


    Among those dark red eyes that glowed in the dark there''s one that stood out among them; a black silhouettes of half moon devouring the revolving sun " ¡ñ) " with a black and white dragon swirling at the edge; this dragons look surreal and dangerous.


    It''s terrifying glow made some of the closer beasts whimper in fear.


    "Just like what I thought, if my eye is activated, the already enhanced eyesight would be even more terrifying."


    Even when Hannya didn''t activate his eye, his sight is already outstanding enough; the enhancement is extremely terrifying when his eyes were activated he could see everything as clear as day, not just that while observing the muscle movements of the savage beasts that were lurking around he could predict their movements ahead of time, such power is simply terrifying when in battle.


    He descended to the ground and retracted his aura so the beast won''t be afraid of attacking him; let''s try it a bit in combat and see how well it works.


    While walking around the mountain range he heard some grass rustle and sensed a creature staring at him with bloodlust. As the bushes parted, an ash-gray wolf as tall as a man appeared with ferocious eyes and slowly moved about.


    It was a Nascent Profound Beast of the first rank. In the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, countless violent Nascent and Earth lurks; the entire mountain range can be called their paradise.


    Normal people stepping into the forest would be robbed of their eyesight and heightened the other senses. It would have been very disorientating to be almost blinded but thanks to his Luminal eye he could see as clear as day. The beasts in the forest were sensitive even a soft susurration of the branches could rob it''s attention. When the beast was hunting a prey heard a crackling noise from a branch it went over and what appeared on its line of sight; It was Hannya who retracted his aura, He noticed the beasts presence and decided to walk towards it''s direction with a smile on his face as if he was completely unaware of the gaze of those dreadful eyes. Step by step, he drew closer and closer.


    As he got closer, the monstrous creature burst forth from the grass, bared its ugly fangs, and let out a thunderous roar that echoed throughout the forest.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident.


    Even though it''s movements were extremely fast for Hannya it looked like the beast was in slow motion, with a sidestep the beast only hit the air. As if it''s dignity was challenged when it''s prey dodge the beast issued another roar and attacked with it''s sharped claws.


    Fwoosh!


    Hannya easily dodge each strike. ''As expected, if I focus a bit It allows me to see a bit of what it''s gonna do next.'' A huge paw with sharp nails strucked to where Hannya was standing.


    Bam!


    The impact quaked the land, dust covered the entire area of effect causing the beast to lose it''s sight for a bit.


    "Heh, don''t move so much or I won''t be able to slice you cleanly."


    The beast with great reflexes tried to throw the Hannya who was standing on it''s head but..


    Slinng!


    The sound of blade sheating echoed in the forest. Fountain of blood splashed on Hannya''s clothes and face. The beast didn''t even have the chance to react before it died.


    He swung his sword and huge amount of blood splattered on the ground. If someone saw Hannya''s current appearance they would definitely be frightened so much that they might collapse.


    Dark red blood on his face together with his Dark Red Eyes; if someone would like to imagine a Demon Lord who came out from hell, it would definitely be this scene.


    ''The enhancement is simply great.''


    [Reminder: Host only has 30 seconds before the side effects triggers]


    ''Shoot.'' He was about to cancel the eye but.. I''m currently on the forest now alone, should I try and see how it would turn out if I leave it activated?''


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    As the the time got closer his heart started to beat faster. He could hear a vague whisper.. It sounded eerie and dangerous.. As the seconds past by the words became clearer and clearer.


    "Do it."


    The entire place turned dark; he saw a young man sitting on a wooden chair with hand cuffs on his hand. He had a white hair with dark red eyes which have the same symbol on his eyes when activated.


    Hannya was shocked not because of the eyes but because the man looking at him had his original look before he was sent to this world.


    "Accept me."


    As the chains on the cuffs echoed the young man stood up and walk closer to him.. Hannya can feel countless emotion


    Bloodlust, hatred, sadness..


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    "Come on, come on, come on, come on."


    ''I won''t be swallowed by you.'' Hannya subconciously looked at his old self with hate.


    "Heh, it seems like you hate me? First of all you and I are the same. Even though you''ve sealed your memories the real you will never dissappear. Being feared by everyone is such a wonderful feeling, didn''t we feel that way when we started a massacre? Right?"


    Some vague memories started to appear on Hannya''s head. Clutching his head, shaking it he rolled to the ground.


    On the outside a large amount of bloodlust covered the entire mountain range. Countless beasts lurking in the shadow crouched in submission.


    his bloodthirsty nature overtook his body


    ''Hannya'' cracked his neck.


    "It''s been awhile since I got out. I guess I''ll go hunting."


    Licking his lips, he walmed towards the area where he could sense human cultivators.


    A dark-mist emitting from his body crawled on the rough dirt path. The aura looked like countless deadly snake ready to strike. The profound beasts were shivering like a pig who were ready to be slaughtere while holding on for dear life.

 Chapter 37 Devil

    Meanwhile the Phoenix Clan that resides in the middle of the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range.


    "Not good, Everyone, the Black Demon Mercenaries Group actually came today. They''ve brought more than one hundred men and completely barricaded the village entrance."


    "Reporting! Both the son and daughter of clan leader has been kidnapped by the Black Demon Mercenaries!"


    "Say what?!"


    A great commotion is currently happening, aside from being surrounded by the mercenaries they also took the kids of the clan leader.


    Outside the clan, hundred vicious looking men''s surrounded the entire phoenix clan among them were


    three men appeared to be around thirty or forty years old with fiendish looks. They wore the same kind of light armor, the exposed muscles were dark and coarse; clearly they were people that frequently operated outside. The one who appeared to be the oldest had a large tall frame with a ferocious looking face while a huge broadaxe rested on his shoulders. In contrast, the youngest looking one had a skinny frame; his facial features resembled that of a monkey with a sharp angled mouth and he dragged a giant iron club that was over a meter long. The last one had a face resembling a horse and also carried a giant iron club. In terms of their profound cultivation, the highest was already at the Nascent Profound Realm''s eighth level while the lowest was also already at the sixth level of Nascent Profound Realm.


    Two of them were holding two children that appeared to only be seven or eight years of age. One boy and one girl, who were dressed in rough cloth. What was eye catching, was a very shallow red mark present on their foreheads; its shape, was like a cluster of burning flames.


    "Hey, Feng Baichuan. If you don''t submit to us at this very moment we would execute this two kids."


    The Phoenix Clan Leader Feng Baichuan looked at Mercenaries holding his two kids who were crying. He looked at the other clan members.. Everyone only smiled wryly and decided to follow their leader.


    He was about to surrender when he suddenly notice a dark silhouette walking towards their direction not too faraway. What caught his attention was the dark red eye with an unknown symbol.


    Not only him but the Black Demon Mercenaries surrounding them noticed this newcomer. As he got closer, they were able to see the appearance of a young man with a dark blue cloak hanging on his shoulder.


    His sword is being dragged on the ground which caused sparks.


    Everything seems to look normal aside from his hetechromatic eyes and psychopatic expression. The man got nearer but was surrounded by a few members of Black Demon Mercenary.Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.


    "Good Evening everyone, I see that you got some party going on here, do you mind if I join?"


    Five members of the Demon Mercenary didn''t even reply and just smiled savagely. One of the mercenary slashed towards the young man but only hit the air, his vision blurred and with great difficulty looked at his stomach.


    Blood flowed nonstop.


    "Heh, so you want me to prove it with actions instead of words, huh? That''s a really nice suggestion." The young man reappeared in his position while licking the blood on his sword.


    "You dare?!" The other member who stood on his left roared in anger an he simultaneously grabbed the iron club with both hands and fiercely swung outwards.


    With a smirk the young man retaliated; He drew a slanted arc which simultaneously blocked the man''s advancement. His dark red eye stared at Demon Mercenary Member which caused the latter to froze in fear.


    "Heh, what should I do with all of you? Torture? Massacre? I can''t make up mind. This is so fun!" With a crazy looks plastered on his face ''Hannya'' laughed maniacally.


    "You think, you can take us all down? Everyone Charge!" The broadaxe member roared and suddenly leaped high into the air as the gigantic axe cleaved downwards with a frightening power:


    "Eat this! "Thousand Jun Destruction!"


    ''Hannya''s'' sword was also rushing towards the broadaxe man; his sword slanted to thrust straight towards his shoulder.


    The powerful blade''s approach instantly paled the broadaxe member''s complexion. With nowhere to escape to since he''s in midair, he mustered all of his body''s profound energy at once. As he tightly clutched the broad axe with both hands, he gave out a low roar and clashed against Hannya''s three-tail longsword with a smash.


    Bang!!!


    "That power is not enough, you need more than that to cause me harm y''know."


    As the dust settled after the impact what appeared in his eyes were the dark pupils, his body shivered cold sweat dripped on his back. The next moment the man vanished in the air and appeared with a kick aim towards the head.


    Carrying a crackling sound of bones cracking, the broad axe met his death from Hannya''s kick, the impact cause broadaxe member to sink to the ground with Hannya''s foot on his head. Under the suppression of such an enormous pressure, causing his body to immediately sank even more beneath.


    The situation intensified again. The Phoenix Clan Members had regained some of their hope, especially the ones who had given up and surrendered. The clan members had a look of excitement on their faces, but it was mixed with some worry. On the other side, the men from the Black Demon Mercenary had a look of disbelief.


    Hannya looked up into the moon in the dark sky, a smirk appearing on his mouth. A dark, windy night was a night destined for bloodshed and slaughter. It can be called the best time for Devils.


    The men from the Black Demon Mercenart drew their weapons and circled Hannya completely forgetting about the phoenix clan. From the looks of it, it was obvious that they had no intention of allowing this man to leave with his life today.


    A buff member of the mercenaries held his sword and swung it towards Hannya, the reflection on the sword shining brightly. He was trying to cut Hannya into two.


    When the sword was about to touch his head, his figure vanished, while his blade was illuminated by the moonlight. A slashing sound was heard, and the mercenaries head was removed from his body. Blood spilled out like a water fountain.


    "It''s time to start a massacre, make sure to hold on for a long time or I wouldn''t be satisfied."

 Chapter 38 Slaughter

    The narrow valley path sandwiched between the walls of two mountains became the only gateway to this little village that was aloof from worldly affairs; yet at this moment, this one and only gateway became a stage for a one-sided massacre.


    "Enough! How dare you kill my minions?! Are you looking for death?!"


    Following a thunderous roar, a fierce-looking middle-aged man wearing a black cap walked out from the Black Demon Mercenary Group. The three men following behind him all had savage looks on their faces and gave out a profound aura.


    The young man only looked at him with a smirk and said in a cold voice: "You better start praying to your God and hope he will spare you cause I won''t." The next moment he sprinted towards him, Black Demon did not expect Hannya to suddenly attack and panickedly raised his Wolf Fanged Mace to block. The demonic eyes were staring at him in frenzy and bloodlust.


    "What''s wrong?! You''re the leader aren''t you? Fight like one." As time passed Hannya''s slashes got increasingly faster and heavier, everytime Black Demon parry he would take a step back; every step leaves a large imprint.


    "What are you all doing?! Charge!!" Black Demon commanded while holding Hannya off.


    "Today, those who dare block me will receive the consequences."


    As he faced the Black Demon Mercenary members, the physcopathic Hannya did not back off in the slightest and instead his smile got increasingly demonic. He was like a crazy devil as he leaped into the mercenaries that were like a flock of sheep.


    Hannya''s attacks were extremely ruthless. To those who got slashed by his sword: Their head would be decapitated , and those who were unlucky would be split in half. Every move drew blood and he was not even batting an eyelid in every life that he robbed.


    In front of him, the mercenaries didn''t stand a chance, Black Demon can only hear all sorts of howls of pain resounded everywhere.


    There''s no doubt about it.. This guy is a devil.. A devil who came from the depths of hell..


    Those dark red eyes, frightening smile...


    "A devil! This guy is a devil! I''ve had enough! Help! Help!"


    "He''s too scary. I can''t do this anymore. I surrender"


    "Se-senior, we-we have eyes b-but we didn''t see Mt.Tai. Please spare us!"


    Hannya who was standing in top of the corpses of their comrades looked at the remaining members of the Black Demon Mercenary who were begging in fear. He licked the blood dripping on his sword and said: "Heh, how about this? I will host a free for all battle. The last man standing will be spared."


    Everyone who heard his proposition felt like their hair stood from fear. Though he proposed as if it was a normal thing but the contents of his idea is simply frightening.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    Seeing that no one replied, Hannya frowned: "If you don''t give me a reply within 10 seconds, I would start my slaughter."


    "The countdown starts now 10....9....8."


    The sound of gasping and gulping was immediately heard from the Black Demon Mercenary Group the instant Hannya made his declaration.Cold sweat erupted from their entire body.


    Meanwhile low cries of fear resounded on the Phoenix Clan. Everyone who was behind Feng Baichuan had faces full of disbelief and fear; some small children cowered in their mothers'' embrace while trembling and cried out loud out of fear.


    The people who were threatening them earlier are being slaughtered and the remaining members were cornered. If the people who save them was a hero they would have cheered at the sidelines but that man is definitely not some hero, just by looking at how he''s treating those mercenaries they could feel his enjoyment. Someone who enjoys the suffering or others can''t be called a hero, it''s more fitting to call the Devils.


    3..


    As the countdown reached 2.. a member of the mercenary who wielded a gigantic axe struck his comrade standing close to him who had a look of disbelief, he couldn''t believe that the man he treated as brother would betray him at this very moment. The Axe Wielder Mercenary gave a thunderous war cry and dashed towards the next one. The same situation occured on the other mercenaries not too faraway.. Black Demon had a look of disbelief while looking at his 5 minions who drew their weapons while surrounding him..


    And an extremely eerie voice sounded beside his ears: "How does it feel being betrayed? Does it hurt? If it hurts then why not kill them? Hehe."


    "Wh-who are you? Why are you targetting us?!" Black Demon finally realized the terror of this man. He didn''t feel anything from only bloodthirst so he thought he was only a mass murderer who haven''t encountered a sky profound realm expert.


    Hannya squinted his dark red eyes: "I should warn you, you''re much better off not knowing more about....me."


    As Hannya said those words dark mist emerged from the grounds, and horrifying screams of agony echoed in the forest as if there were countless people being tortured at this very moment. Hannya''s aura changed into something different, the mercenaries who were fighting stopped.


    Behind aura countless image of devilish souls were trying to struggle from the chains restraining them, Black Demon had never seen anything like this before not to mention the other mercenaries.


    "You, what do you want to do?!"


    Black Demon was freaking out, he could sense fierceness and danger from Hannya''s gaze.


    "Nothing really, I just had enough of this so I will now end this." Cracking his knuckles with a hideous smile on his face struck terror into their minds.


    Hannya caused a strong evil wind to surround the mercenaries, the evil winds formed into a dark smoke and was swirling around him. It made him look ghastly and deadly. All Spirits behind him started howling.


    His figure vanished and appeared behind Black Demon grabbing his head easily like an eagle catching it''s prey. The frightened Black Demon kept roaring. Under the frightened looks of the remaining mercenaries, Black Demon who was grabbed by the head was entirely covered by blood, and his body had started rotting bit by bit. In just a few minutes, his agonizing howls had completely stopped. He had turned into meat paste, and turned into ashes.


    The scene was incredibly frightening. This kind of situation never once appeared in their minds. Just imagining the suffering of their leader made their blood turn cold. They kowtowed on the ground while banging their heads hoping that Hannya would spare them.


    On the other side Feng Baichuan and the clan members wiped the sweat from their foreheads quietly. Some of them laid their vision on Hannya, then they found his face showed no emotion on. The calm attitude really made these people frightened. Just where did this Devil came from...


    In Hannya''s eyes, aside from the indifferent look there was only calmness. The scared expression and kowtows never disturb his calm mind, the terrifying scene to others were nothing to him who is a slaughterer..

 Chapter 39 Gate of Hell

    The remaining members of the Black Demon Mercenaries remained on their knees with their heads kissing on the ground. They could clearly hear Hannya''s footsteps, they could tell that he''s walking towards them. Every time Hannya took his steps, everyone felt like their soul is being dragged from their body.


    "Stay in that pose of submission and realize that your Death is absolute."


    Bang! As if a gigantic hammer slammed into them, every single remnants of Black Demon Mercenary received the declaration of their death.


    An ancient metallic gate suddenly appeared out of thin air, and it''s presence supressed all living beings.


    On the gate was a huge image of a Demon; It possessed two sharp bull-like horns, metallic eyes, and a leering mouth.


    In a split instant, great amount of black-coloured mist covered the entire place. The ground started to violently shake and the profound beasts hidden in the forest all cried out, completely terrified.


    The black-coloured mist rolled around the air like a venomous snake.


    Everyone felt like Hannya just released an evil demon that had been sealed for a long time. It was as if it arrived at a place that it did not belong to.


    That feeling should not exist in this world.


    The appearance of the gate seems like the entrance of Hell. A creaking sound continously echoed from the gate frightening everyone out of their wits. As the gate opened, the wind began to blow and it seemed that temperature dropped by several degrees in the blink of an eye.


    "Is this the true power of that young man? Why is it so different from before? Could it be..."


    The eyes of Fang Baichuan flickered, he surprisingly discovered that the nature of Hannya''s aura changed. If Hannya had an aura of demon before, at this moment, he seemed like a True Demon Lord. The most important thing was when Hannya summoned the ancient gate and the black-coloured mist Baichuan had a foreboding feeling; it''s like the end of the world is near.


    Cynical voices began to echo from the door, everyone felt like they were in front of the gates of hell; those voices were extremely frightening.


    The wails of the dead echoed not long after. A few second later, several figures rushed from the gate; Screams of mercenaries echoed out as countless devilish souls and mutated devils emerged from the gates and attacked the mercenaries.


    These cultivators didn''t have any battle experience against this existence. They didn''t know how to deal with the devilish souls. The mercenaries just bluntly waved their swords but all of it isn''t effective. Their slashes would just pass through them, this souls on the other hand could touch grab them over so it could devour and chew their bodies.This novel''s true home is a different platform. Support the author by finding it there.


    Ordinary humans would have fainted because of fear if they saw this scene. On the other hand the group of mutated devils with chains restraining their waist, were dragging the bloody mercenaries back to the gate leaving a bloody line from their original location to the gates of hell.


    "Help! Help! Help!"


    "I don''t want to die. Spare me!"


    "Demon! You demon! You will pay for this crime!!!!"


    The stenchy smell exuding from their bloody bodies made the mercenaries morally and psychologically pressured. Some of them who saw their comrades being dragged back to the gate tried to move but a huge amount of pressure rendered them rooted on the ground. Cries of despair, threats, submission, looks of regret; mixture of this emotion lingered in the air. In just a few minutes, the hundreds of Black Demon Mercenary has been removed from this world.


    On the other hand, Hannya only stood where he was and did not care about that at all. The black-coloured smoke coiled around his body like a demonic beast while on Hannya''s back there was large dark violet wings. He spread his wings; In the next second, he turned into a ray of light and flew towards the rear mountain.


    When he dissappeared the mist vanished, there was no trace of the corpses; The destroyed battle ground had no signs of life, even the nearby grasses withered.


    Everyone from the phoenix clan only focused their eyes on the dissappearing figure of Hannya, even though the gate has dissappeared along with the members of Black Demon Mercenaries the eerie aura still lingered in the air, no one dared to make any movements afraid that they would attract the attention of that demon.


    After a few minutes Hannya arrived at the rear mountain region, He was faced with cliffs so tall their summits could not be seen. A huge sigil measuring several meters was embedded in the mountain wall in front of them. A beautiful red color emerged from the entire sigil, glowing bright and dark at times, as a pattern of numerous scarlet flames that fiercely burned, lay at the center of the sigil.


    His lips curled into a smile and vanished only to appear in center of the sigil, the black-coloured smoke that was coiling in his body started to wiggle. After that, a gigantic black snake opened it''s a humongous mouth.


    Behind the snake head, black-coloured claws followed. They came down from the dark sky, and the pressure it carried seems like countless demons who clawed towards the sigil with their terrifying sharp claws from the depths of hell.


    Swoosh!


    Sensing the sudden powerful attack, the sigil produced a buzzing sound and a crimson barrier appeared. It''s dazzling appearance produced a large amount of heat.


    Buzzing sounded out from Hannya''s body. His powerful Profound energy was rolling within while mixing with his ''fear''.


    Bam¡­


    The Gigantic Black Snake and the Crimson Barrier collided into each other and produced a loud explosion sound. The Dark Snake had destroyed some parts of the barrier, but at the same time, Hannya also suffered from a huge impact which forced him to fly backwards.


    "It seems like my power is still not enough to completely destroy this thing. Now that''s a great discovery." Hannya licked the blood flowing at the edge of his mouth. He looked like a beast who was enjoying it''s prey before devouring it.


    The huge explosion from the earlier collision caused the members to be startled and when they saw the smoke rising from the seal that they''re supposed to protect Baichuan and the Phoenix Clansmen charged without delay.


    That''s right. The place that Hannya attacked was the place where sigil which seals the ruins; It is the sacred ground the phoenix left behind, and also where the divine spirit of the phoenix. The phoenix clan believed that If someone would go there, they would offend the divine spirit of the phoenix, and the sins that their clan committed will never be forgiven. Now, a man who suddenly appeared out of nowhere and caused a massacre now set his eyes on the sacred grounds.

 Chapter 40 War God Asura

    "If that attack is not enough to destroy you.." Hannya licked the last drop of blood at the edge of his lips and continued: "How about this?" His shadow expanded and a transparent demonic being emerge from it.


    It has a strange appearance possessing six limbs each holding different weapons. A killing pressure emitted from it, as if it was the Ruler of Death, and Darkness gradually devoured half of the sacred grounds. A terrifying killing intent gradually began to be unleash it''s unrestrained strength, the ground beneath Hannya formed a spiderweb-like cracks. If someone from earth see this the first thing that would come to mind is Asura.


    The God that represented unbending killing intent, vengeance, war and mercilessness. In the world where cruelty and strength decides everything such personality is perfect. That day, Hannya sealed this personality when it caused the death of his family, such uncontrollable lust for blood always caused a big problem especially in the modern world where law decides everything. Hannya would definitely be a decisive killer and a lord who would inspire awe if he could easily control such emotion. When this personality was sealed another persona was created though it''s as blank as paper.


    As the aura got stronger the earth trembled with great intensity along with Hannya''s demonic laughter. The entire sacred grounds shook even more resonating with his laughter.


    On the other hand, the Phoenix Clan Members who went after Hannya were stunned when they saw this phenomenon. The Asura behind Hannya rendered them rooted in place, the suffocating pressure made some of them struggle just from breathing. Just what is this man? They may not know everything about the world but they still have a general grasp of it yet the situation in front simply can''t be explained.


    The Gate of Hell..


    The Black Serpent..


    Asura..


    No one had ever heard about it. All of these are simply hard for Baichuan and others to accept. Where did this person came from? How come they never heard about him before. The idea of reincarnation didn''t even entered their thoughts while thinking about Hannya''s origin. As they thought everything is going to meet it''s end, Baichuan noticed dark blood flowing on the man''s left eye. Pink petals swirled along the dark mist and a transparent figure manifested behind Asura.


    His face is covered by an ornate mask with golden teeth, black lips and fangs, a golden protrusion on either side, and a golden headpiece shaped like the petals swirling along with the air.


    The next moment, multiple chains coiled around the demon''s six limbs dragging it back down to the shadows while the young man howled like an injured beast while rolling on the ground, even though they didn''t know what''s going on; just from looking at Hannya pained expression they could conclude that it''s something they can''t handle.


    Senbonzakura''s blue eyes looked at the Asura struggled to escape from the chains, he decided to make his move, the petals who were simply floating along the wind flew towards the demon locked in chains.Unauthorized tale usage: if you spot this story on Amazon, report the violation.


    When Asura was dragged back to the shadows, Hannya''s figure collapsed on the ground.


    Silence...


    Fang Baichuan observed the demon who massacred the mercenaries who threatened them before and then attacked the grounds that they ought to protect; he had a conflicting feeling towards this man.


    This Sacred Ground is the place where the phoenix a primordial divine beast left it''s inheritance to the future generations that could complete it''s trial. Those who went through the trial could inherit its bloodline, and this bloodline was something that could be inherited by their future generations. Hence, the clan of the Phoenix was born. According to the recounting of their ancestors, the phoenix had left two trial grounds in the Profound Sky Continent. One of them was at the far away Divine Phoenix Empire, and the other was right here. The only difference was that the one in the Divine Phoenix Empire was known by all, and has formed the incomparably powerful ''Divine Phoenix Sect'', whereas this ground in the Blue Wind Empire had gone unnoticed by all and was unintentionally discovered by their ancestors. No one would have thought that this desolate and dangerous Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, actually had a ruin left by a primordial divine beast of the primordial era.


    Feng Baichuan doesn''t know the reason why this man attacked this sacred ground but he could tell that it isn''t simple so he looked at the other members to ask for their opinion: What do you guys think we should do?"


    A middle-aged elder is the first one to reply after a careful thought: "I suggest that we kill this man, his existence is simply dangerous."


    "Yeah, that''s right, who knows; the moment he regain his conciousness would be the time of our death."


    Some elders also agreed while some of them remained neutral. Witnessing Hannya''s power the elders who remained neutral were too scared to agree with this decision on the other hand some members disagreed in killing him.


    "He saved us, he should be treated as our benefactor. Killing him is simply like returning kindness with emnity."


    "If he plans to kill us he could have done so earlier yet he didn''t."


    Fang Baichuan simply observed the elders argue about Hannya''s fate.


    As they were arguing a young girl curiously checked the collapsed Hannya with her bright eyes, The immature girl clad in red silently made her way to him along with a young boy that looks 60% similar to her. They were none other than Feng Xian''er and her brother Feng Zuer.


    "Sister, we should go back or else if father notice us we would be up for a beating." Zuer whispered to his sister.


    "Shh.. it''s fine." Xian''er replied and ignored her brother while making her way towards Hannya.


    Fang Baichuan on the other hand didn''t notice his son and daughter and only waited for everyone to reach a conclusion, on the other hand the man they were discussing slowly opened his eyes. Instead of the blood thirsty aura it was now replaced with calm.. he slowly sat up and noticed the two kids hiding behind a large rock..


    Hannya smiled and beckon them to come. To everyone he is like a demon but to these kids he was a benefactor even though he was merciless he didn''t harm them a bit and unlike others who only sensed his bloodthirsty aura the twins sensed sadness and regret so when they saw Hannya wanted them to come they didn''t hesitate..


    The current Hannya seemed a bit different even after the eye was deactivated. Even though he was not in control of his body earlier he could still see the entire event.


    Those powers he never heard about it before.. how could that ''man'' utilize it when he don''t have such skills.. he thought.


    "Brother, you''re so cool. How did you become strong?"


    Xian''er innocently asked.


    "Cool? Haha, such display of strength looks cool to you?" Hannya smiled to Xian''er while asking which made the latter nod her head eagerly. Her twin brother on the other hand hid behind her back while looking at Hannya.

 Chapter 41 Sinners

    Feng Baichuan listened to the elders reasoning; based on the entire event that transpired he could understand why some elders wanted to take the life of the man that saved them.


    From start to finish the only feeling that the man gave them is "Fear", from the way he massacred the Black Demon Mercenaries down to the powers that he showed, everything that they saw is simply out of their understanding.


    If they don''t make their move now they would definitely lose their lives without the chance to retaliate so now that they got a chance to prevent their doom it''s better to grit their teeth now and take the gamble.


    Just as they steeled their hearts and turned around to where Hannya collapsed what appeared in their vision scared them out of their wits..


    The man that they thought had collapsed earlier is now sitting on a rock while talking with two kids.. Baichuan who saw the appearance of the kids was overtaken with terror.


    He is afraid for the safety of his son and daughter, even though they escaped from the fangs of the wolf , the man standing before them can be liken to a tiger. To him, who was afraid of Hannya; the kids were simply playing with the God of Death''s schyte.


    Hannya glanced at the Phoenix Clan Members, though he heard their discussion about his life and death he was not worried, to him the power of this clan is simply too weak that he could destroy them without difficulty.


    Fang Baichuan and Hannya''s eyes met, the two have different reaction. While Hannya remained calm, Baichuan simply can''t stop himself from shivering. After witnessing what Hannya can do, even if he and the entire phoenix clan it would simply look like a group of sheep tickling a dragon.


    The cold atmosphere was broken by a childish voice who greeted her father; "Father, this brother is so awesome and cool. Can we play with him?"


    Fang Baichuan can only feel his entire world darkening as beads of sweat rose from his forehead. Play? With a demon? He simply couldn''t imagine that Demon Psycho would play with his kids. Without hesitation he prostrated in front of Hannya, taking a deep breath he shouted in a voice filled with determination:


    "Senior, Please spare my kids and clan, I will accept any punishment that you bestow in this old bones. I plead you!"


    Hannya who looked at this scene with calm expression stayed silent while Baichuan''s breathing on other hand increased under Hannya''s piercing gaze; his chest rose and fell with rapid movements as if he''s having a hard time breathing. The elders from phoenix clan also prostrated on the ground following their elders.


    Leaning at the boulder, Hannya crossed his legs while he propped his chin on his hand. Seeing this members from the phoenix clan prostrating in front of him made him realize a simple fact; in this world Strength rules the world; Intelligence doesn''t matter as long as you''re strong no one would refute your words. The situation right now is the perfect example of that.


    He winked at the kids near him and with a snap of his finger he gathered everyone''s attention.


    "Do I look that terrifying to you guys?"


    Though it was a simple question that could be answered by simply nodding or shaking their heads no one made a movement. They are afraid of the consequences that might transpire if they tell him their real feelings.The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation.


    Seeing their reactions, Hannya chuckled: "Don''t worry, I don''t have plans on killing any of you. So you can stand now."


    Even though he already gave his assurance they are still afraid yet Baichuan slowly stood up and looked at Hannya warily.


    "I am the Nura Clan''s Supreme Commander, Nurarihyon. Nice to meet you Guardians of the Phoenix Legacy."


    The first part of introduction was normal but latter part caused everyone to flinch, they stared at the man with dilated eyes.


    Baichuan lowered his head while his hands tightened into a fist, they couldn''t raise their chest with pride after being called Guardians of the Phoenix Legacy because of their Ancestors sin. During that generation, one of the ancestors fought with someone using the power of the phoenix and the flames accidentally spread to a small town and killed thirty two thousand innocent people. The phoenix spirit was enraged and cursed the bloodline to be suppressed to the tenth level of Elementary Profound.


    Afterwards, the clan hid in the mountain range next to the ruins of the phoenix for a thousand years, praying to their phoenix god that the curse can be released. Being cursed by the God whom they worship had left a huge mark on their destiny.


    Breathing a sigh while lamenting about the past Baichuan slowly unclenched his fist Suddenly, he looked like he aged for ten years. Even his normally straight back seemed slouchy simply thinking about the curse awoke some unwanted memories. He raised his head, in his vision appeared the same man who looked like a demon before.


    The only difference is that he no longer emits a dark aura, is entire aura feels like a calm sea. If everyone didn''t saw his merciless killing no one would''ve believed that a man that exudes this pure aura is a psycopath who loves to murder.


    His clear eyes is extremely clear without malice like a newborn child, such change is simply hard to achieve. Baichuan steeled his heart and decided to ask Hannya about something that has been bugging his mind since he introduced himself.


    "Senior, would it be fine to ask something?"


    "Sure, what is it?"


    Taking a deep breath Baichuan inquired: "How did you find out about our origins?"


    In this question Hannya simply gestured while pointing his finger at his forehead: "The marks in your forehead is extremely unique. Don''t you think?"


    Though his question wasn''t answered completely yet he was satisfied. Just that gesture alone made him understood how this man identified their identity. Unbeknownst to him, Hannya knew about them a long time ago, he only answered with half-lie and half-truth to cover up the real reason.


    "I noticed that most of you have a cultivation of Elementary Profound of 10th stage. Why is that?"


    Baichuan stiffened from Hannya''s direct question that pierce their weak spots. He was uncomfortable about the question so he was slightly hesitant, he wanted to avoid answering this question but when he remembered the identity of the man standing in front of him he decided to tell the truth.


    "After passing the trial, our ancestors began to pass on the phoenix bloodline, generation after generation. By the time it had reached the twelfth generation, they had already flourished into a Sect of great prowess, but had never openly titled themselves as a clan of the Phoenix and they had continually hidden the mark of the Phoenix on their foreheads in front of others. However, in that generation, one of the ancestors fought with someone using the power of the phoenix and monstrous flames accidentally spread to a small town, scorching all thirty-two thousand innocent lives within."


    Hannya simply nodded from time to time while Baichuan was recounting the events that caused their current situation; the elders listening on the side shrunked from embarrassment, the twin kids on the other side listened silently.


    "A monstrous crime of this extent incited the fury of the phoenix''s spirit at the trial ground, and a cruel punishment has befallen us. Everyone in the clan of that generation were marked with the curse''s seal in their phoenix bloodline, which suppressed the profound energy of everyone within the clan to the tenth level of the Elementary Profound Realm, never to make any progress in their lifetime. Furthermore, the phoenix''s mark turned a dark red and could no longer be concealed. It was as if this seal was a symbol to constantly remind the clansmen of the grievous crime they had committed."


    After Baichuan told Hannya the entire situation a short silence followed..


    Even though Hannya already knew about the entire event he needs to act as if he didn''t to establish connection with this people despite their current strength they are still stronger than the low-level yokais. He looked heavenward with his eyes closed as if to feel the breeze of dawn... after awhile he turned his attention back to everyone and made a declaration that made them tremble..

 Chapter 42 Rise From Ashes

    "If I can save you from the curse of your Phoenix God, what can you do for me in return?" His eyes glistened with amusement while stroking his chin. No trace of arrogance, no trace of conceit, yet the words echoed throughout the bodies and minds of those from the Phoenix Clan Members.


    This man talked as if there longtime wish is as simple as waving his hand, even though some them are a bit doubtful with his words they couldn''t just shrugg it off after witnessing what this man could do.


    Baichuan''s body trembled with excitement for awhile yet he held it back and inquired about the deal; as if waiting for this question the corner of his mouth quirked up and replied: "As the legend goes, when the Phoenix ressurects from the ashes, their rise is unstoppable. How about creating this legend with me?"


    After their ancestor commited an unforgivable sin, all of them who were the descendants suffered as well. Every single day they would always pray that the phoenix god would remove the curse yet nothing happened. They were doomed to suffer for a hundred years while hiding at center of this Ten Thousand Beast Mountain, the words "resurrection from ashes" struck a chord in their hearts, their blood boiling with fighting spirit. They wanted to be known by everyone and completely wash away the shame that their ancestor caused. Hope rises like a phoenix from the ashes of shattered dream.


    Those words of his ignited an undying flame in the hearts of phoenix clan members. Everyone were excited even Baichuan yet he held it back, though his burning eyes can''t be hidden from Hannya''s watchful eyes. He knew that his words had established into their hearts, sooner or later they would accept his rule.


    Just as expected Baichuan replied: "If you can really remove the curse then we shall follow your every orders without question. We shall become your blade and shield in time of your needs."


    Hannya uncrossed his legs and stood up.


    "Until today, your clan has deteriorated to how you are currently; even a small group of mercenaries can corner all of you to such a point of despair."


    Everyone shook and in their eyes there tinged too much unwillingness and helpless frustration yet hidden under those emotions is a burning flame.


    "Now, it''s time for you all to rise. Become the Ruler of the blazing sun and blue skies, the bearer of the inferno that burns away impurity." He walked towards Baichuan and like a devil whispers: "Now open the Sacred Grounds so I can free you from the curse."


    Though Hannya haven''t realize it yet but his plain personality is slowly fusing with his original persona. As long as he keeps on using the powers of left eye, there would come a day where he will become the same person he used to be.


    Baichuan hesitated for awhile yet gritted his decision and decided to follow. They are now at the point of no return; everything that they discussed was originally a clan secret that could not be revealed to outsiders, but being forced to such a miserable state today, the so-called bloodlines and the so-called clan secrets had already lost it''s secrecy.


    "After the bloodline''s curse fell upon us, nobody had ever passed the trial again. Nobody could even pass through the first stage of the trial. After all, with only the strength of the tenth level of the Elementary Profound Realm, how could we withstand the trial of the Phoenix''s flames? And all these years, some clansmen who wanted to forcefully pass the trial have even died inside, never to come back again. Even though I can''t sense to what extent your strength has reached I can tell that you''re strong. We shall await your return." Feng Baichuan then quickly went in front of the sigil, bit his finger, and dripped his blood on the sigil.


    Immediately, the faintly-glowing sigil suddenly glowed bright red before vanishing on the spot to reveal a mysterious entrance.


    Baichuan guided Hannya to the entrance


    As soon as they got in he saw a large stone chamber was unnaturally spacious and measured at least a hundred meters long and wide. Both sides of the stone chamber had very long stone stairs and it seemed as if there was another floor above. There was a long walkway to the front of the stone chamber which was approximately a few dozen meters in length. At the end of the hall, there was a gently rotating red-colored seal formation that was identical to the seal outside.Find this and other great novels on the author''s preferred platform. Support original creators!


    As they reached the seal Baichuan bit open his finger, and dripped a drop of blood onto the seal formation. Instantaneously, a red light flashed through the seal formation, then vanished while spinning quickly. In front of them, a dark red colored bizarre entrance appeared. As if it was a terrifying bottomless abyss, it was pitch black inside the entrance and no signs of existence could be seen.


    "You should go back and await for my return." He the entered.


    The moment he stepped inside the entrance, the scene before him suddenly distorted. Right after, he felt the sky and ground spin, as if his body was sent flying by a storm. He closed his eyes while feeling the changes. Only after a long time, did that weightless feeling finally disappear slowly. When he opened his eyes, he only saw a pitch black darkness.


    Hannya''s red and golden eyes shone in darkness, if it were someone else they would only be able to see the darkness, yet with Hannya''s enhancement he could still see, he only stood without making any movements as if waiting for something..


    Not long after lines of narrow golden light suddenly appeared in the pitch black darkness before him. Immediately after, the two narrow lines of golden luminance slowly opened like a pair of slightly narrowed eyes.


    With a face devoid of expression he stared the pair of eyes! A pair of incomparably gigantic golden eyes that was embedded inside the pitch black space.


    "Greetings. Welcome to the trial grounds. You are the first challenger without the phoenix bloodline in these past thousand years."


    A dignified voice resounded within his mind; from the timbre of the voice, it was clearly a female voice. A lopsided grin emerged in Hannya''s expressionless face.


    "You''ve come remnant soul of the Phoenix."


    "You knew? You''re an interesting one." There''s a tinge of surprise in her voice.


    "Are you ready?"


    "Yes, Let''s do this." Hannya replied with a bit of excitement.


    "Very good, the trial has three stages in total, respectively: First stage: Purgatory Flame Demon; second stage: Arrows of the Phoenix; third stage: Corruption of the Heart''s Flame. If you wish to forfeit during the trial, you may shout out at anytime and I''ll immediately let you leave the trial grounds. You may die if you forcibly endure the trial¡­. I wish you success."


    "You can remove the ability to forfeit since I don''t need such option." With an arrogant tone Hannya spoke.


    "If you have that much confidence then show me what you can do."


    Just as the Spirit of the Phoenix''s voice faded, the pair of golden eyes slowly disappeared inside the world of pitch black darkness.


    Yet the world before Hannya''s eyes spun once again. Moments later, the darkness entirely disappeared, and the world around him impressively transformed into a field of deep red.


    The ground under his feet appeared to be a deep red color; as if it was paved by terrifying red-hot steel. The ground was uneven; disorderly boulders were scattered around and mountains of varying heights were layered one after another. Even the mountain''s surface was crimson, as if it could spew out flames which could reach the heavens at any time. Looking upwards, the sky was also a field of deep red.


    "So this is the first trial. It looks like lava purgatory."


    the wind here was scorching hot as the air''s temperature reached a terrifying level. He involuntarily let out a small groan as the heat slowly burning his skin. Even with fear coated around his body it still couldn''t completely defend him, even though he was in this situation he still remained calm.


    [Ding! Congratulation Host for gaining Heat Resistance]


    His lips curled into a faint smile, just like what he expected, under special circumstances the system would help his body adjust using different methods depending on the situation.


    [Heat Resistance level has risen]


    [Heat Resistance level has risen]


    [Heat Resistance level has risen]


    [Heat Resistance level has risen]


    A series of notification rang in Hannya''s mind while the burn marks in his body started to reginerate. As the time passed, he started to get used to the heat.


    Hannya then started to trudge ahead, a moment later he stopped in his tracks as he noticed that the sounds of churning magma started to intensified.


    He gaze towards the lava pool ahead; the red lava emanated a shockingly high temperature. The lava churned violently, rose higher and higher, and grew fiercer by the moment¡­. Suddenly, the pool overflowed and a large chunk of lava savagely broke loose with a deafening sound. A gigantic body covered in flames rose high from the lava and landed in front of Hannya.


    This was a flame beast whose entire body was on fire. It was a whole thirty-three meters tall, had a body that was burning entirely in red-hot flames, and had two ferocious eyes on either side of its head. Atop its head, there were also two horns of fire that were ten metres long and a golden mark that seemed to shine from the middle of these horns.

 Chapter 43 Clash

    Hannya looked at humongous beast roaring with great intensity causing the air around to ignite. The heat has once again reached a new level.


    "The summoning of fear..." Hannya''s body emitted a dark smoke as he muttered this words: "Invoke"


    The hot air around Hannya was blown away, he looked at the Fire Golem while unsheating his sword; the smoke that emits from his body concentrated on his sword.


    "The transfer invocation, "Possess"...


    The Purgatory Flame Demon gave a loud roar as its eyes locked onto Hannya. Beneath its eyes was a gigantic mouth which hurled out a dozen super-sized fireballs as it screeched and flew towards him.


    Hannya stood where he was; unmoving, allowing the fireballs to land on him.


    Bam! Bam! Bam!


    Consecutive balls of flame successfully made contact with Hannya''s body only to pass through it and landing to the ground causing a huge explosion. The flames'' force was violently released.


    As the dust settled Hannya can still be seen standing on the same spot without moving..


    "Kyokasuigetsu (Mirror Flower, Water Moon)"


    With Kyokasuigetsu even though the opponent could sense his presence it couldn''t touch him.


    "It''s my turn." His figure started to dissappear from his feet to his upper body as if it was devoured by black smokes.


    Above the Flame Golem which was around a hundred feet Hannya appeared. He slashed his sword towards it''s direction, and a luscent "Crescent Moon slash" collided with it''s body.


    Bam!


    Hannya continued to slash, producing multiple crescent shape slashes towards it''s head.


    Bam! Bam! Bam!


    Hannya comprehended the ways of creating a moonlight slash from his training against the huge falls in Scarlet Mountain Dragon Range, though it''s power can''t he compared with Senbonzakura but it''s more than enough to take care of his opponent.


    He learned this skill yet never had the chance to display it''s prowess since he have senbonzakura which looks elegant yet intimidating at the same time. Now, after suffering from soul injury after stopping Asura from going berserk he''s unable to wield it''s powers.


    This trial now only comes down to... skill


    "GROOOOOOOOO" The Flame Golem howled in pain from the consecutive attacks made by Hannya. Large amount of lava concentrated around it''s destroyed parts regenerating the damage that was done by Hannya.


    If their fight was held in a different place his opponent would have already perished by now but in this kind of environment, it could simply regenerate endlessly.You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    Even though it''s attacks is not effective on him, with strong regeneration, his attacks wouldn''t cause it any harm either.


    The only way to destroy it is huge a large attack to destroy it in one large attack but he can''t use senbonzakura right now... wait...


    He remembered ''Hannya'' used a Black Serpent to attack the seal.. he checked his Luminal eye status and indeed he saw three skills available.


    Gates of Hell (unusable)


    Asura (locked)


    White Serpent (copied version): available - awakened eye)


    Black Serpent (locked)


    He could use a white Serpent skill with half of the Black Serpents powers but it''s more than enough.


    "I am thou.. Thou art.. The Master of Weak the Devourer of Strong..."Luminal Eye." Black silhouettes of half moon devouring the revolving sun " ¡ñ) " with a black and white dragon swirling at the edge appeared on his left eye.


    The white-coloured mist surrounded his body slowly forming into white serpent coiling around his body while hissing at the Flame Purgatory Beast.


    The white serpent moved and hovered around Hannya''s head in circles as it''s body started to expand in every turn..


    The Flame Purgatory Beast sensed danger and produce a loud warcry.. a great amount of heat flew towards Hannya who remained unmoving..


    Seeing it''s roar was ineffective against Hannya, it conjured it''s profound energy and a sky full of flames rained densely with a wave of its claws, blanketing the area within a hundred-foot radius. Originally, a True Profound Beast shouldn''t have the capability of such a large area-of-effect fire attack, but the Purgatory Flame Demon''s firepower had been multiplied many times due to the fiery environment.


    "White Serpent, Devour."


    Hiss.. Hiss..Hiss..


    It flew towards the Purgatory Flame Beast with it''s humongous mouth, which is large enough to swallow it''s opponent whole.


    Behind the snake head, white-coloured claws followed. They came down from above and shining in silver light like the sharpest sword showing it''s dominance and arrogance to it''s enemies.


    Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!


    The White Serpent chomp it''s opponents head while the Purgatory Flame Beast retaliated with consecutive punches on the serpents body.


    Every blow would destroy and blow away the white-mist forming it''s body while accompanied with Earth-shattering sound..


    Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!


    Like a war between predators both sides seems to hate losing.. raising it''s silver claws; the white serpent clashed collided with the beasts unstoppable attacks, cracks formed all over the place..


    Hannya on the side released a large amount of "Fear" towards the White Serpent to continue it''s attacks with undying vitality.. unstoppable attacks made it''s way to the gigantic beast..


    As the time passed with Hannya''s help the Flame Purgatory Beast was devoured and on the serpenta stomach formed a bulged..


    Hannya could still see the Flame Purgatory Beast retaliating.. yet the longer it stayed inside the White Serpent a large amount was being sucked..


    A moment later, The Beast suddenly let out an incomparably anguished roar of despair. The silhouette of the Sepent disintegrated.. leaving a fog..


    What''s left is a gigantic frame that slowly fell forward and crashed onto the floor, the ground shook with an explosively loud sound.


    Bam! Bam!


    The flames on its body extinguished quickly, until all that was left were a few small embers that revealed its large black body. Soon after, even its body began to disintegrate and everything dissipated into ashes..


    Hannya just stood on his spot with closed eyes..


    And at this time, the scenery before him suddenly distorted. In the midst of the distortion, it spun in a blur, and when everything had finally stabilized, the red land, volcanoes and pools of lava¡­. All of it disappeared. What replaced it was an expanse of nothingness, a wilderness so flat that there wasn''t any uneven land to be seen.


    "Second stage of the trial: Arrows of the Phoenix."


    The voice of Phoenix echoed in Hannya''s mind.


    The boundless, barren plain without a single blade of grass, along with the scorching wind, brought with them a desolation and loneliness that would make people sullen though it didn''t faze Hannya even a bit. At this time, a sudden extremely loud and clear cry of a phoenix came from the sky. Following this, the originally dark sky abruptly became a blazing red, as if it was burned red from heavenly fire.

 Chapter 44 Monsters Arent Born, Theyre Made

    Hannya looked up, the scarlet-colored sky covered with innumerable amounts of red dots. Following this, the phoenix cry resounded again and the smear of red dots aimed at his location and suddenly started to swiftly fall like meteors. In front of his eyes, these dots drew increasingly closer and became increasingly larger. Finally, the silhouette of a phoenix clearly appeared within Hannya''s line of sight.


    It was a body covered in scarlet fire, a small-sized phoenix about six-foot long. The speed of its descent was extremely fast, as if it was a swift and sharp arrow in flight.


    The Dragons swirling in Hannya''s eyes increased it''s pace.. the falling meteors that was rushing towards him earlier with great speed together with the phoenix slowed down, it''s not that there were change in speed it''s just because of his eye enhancement he can clearly see the attack as if it was in slow motion..


    "Summoning of Fear, "Invoke"....


    Note: Invoke (Literally meaning "Manifestation") is the first stage of activating "Fear", and is simply an attempt to scare an opponent by exerting a frightening aura.


    A palbable wall of pressure was produce in the atmosphere giving an overwhelming sense of intimidation..


    "Mekyo shisui" (Soul Mirror, Deadly Water)"


    Hannya''s figure vanish in the phoenix vision. This technique makes the enemy unaware of the user presence even if they were looking straight at him; this allows him to shift himself towards the enemies blind spot.


    Without Senbonzakura''s power he couldn''t defend himself.


    He knows that the phoenix would attack the place where he stood so he circulated his demonic core and used mekyou shisui to confirm his theory.


    If he is being monitored then...


    Xiao~ Xiao~~ Xiao~~~


    Numerous phoenix cries chaotically overlapped; the sharp cries seemed almost like they would tear the sky open. From the initial cry, to a group of three, to a group of seven, to a group of fifteen.. At the moment, the entire sky was filled with phoenix cries and phoenix silhouettes, just like a meteor shower that was horrifying beyond compare.


    As expected they would attack all the places if they couldn''t find him.


    With the help of his enhanced vision avoiding this attacks is extremely easy, his figure would appear and dissappear all over the place while consecutive explosion would follow after the attacks collided with the grounds..


    Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom¡­..


    Wave after wave of phoenix shadows exploded next to him. The originally flat ground had become riddled with holes and pits. It was impossible to find a single area still intact within sight..


    "It''s now time for the last wave..."


    Several hundreds of phoenix silhouettes descended from the sky. Their bodies emitted the radiance of blazing fire, illuminating the sky in red.


    Inhaling a deep breath of air Hannya sharpened his eyes and increased the speed of the dragons spiraling at the edge of his eyes, giving him a clearer view on where this phoenix would descend. He wave his left hand and a massive Iron Fan appeared, it was the item that he purchased along with the sword and never had the chance to use. He also deactivated Mekyou Shisui since it won''t be able to help him with this many attacks..


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    The first fifty phoenix silhouettes targeted Hannya after he dispelled his skill..when it''s about to connect with Hannya''s body the latter vanished into dust.. only to appear elsewhere..with the help of Kyouka Suigetsu he can use his fear to lure the phoenix to another direction... it''s like they''re attacking his clones..


    When dissappears another one would appear while his real body would go to opposite place where his fear(illusion) was located..


    Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!


    Some parts of land turned into a pool of lave after consecutively colliding with the phoenix silhouettes.. though he was able to dodge most of the attacks 3 silhouettes of phoenix appeared behind him not from the sky but emerging from the ground..


    Xiao~ Xiao~~


    He looked at the incoming attack, "Summoning of Fear, "Possess".. Dark mist covered the massive fan, Hannya adjusted his stance to prepare for incoming attack..


    Bam!


    Hannya took a step back on the first collision, "Bam" another impact made him take two steps back...


    Xiao~~


    "You missed your turn, now you''re mine." He waved his fan and..


    Xiao~


    A crimson phoenix silhouette appeared and flew straight to the other phoenix..


    Booom! Booom!


    Blinding light shone, followed by intense amount of heat spread from the collision of two phoenix.


    The phoenix cries had completely stopped, and there were finally no signs of the phoenix silhouettes in the sky above.


    At this moment, the scene in front of his eyes started to distort to become more and more obscure. Hannya wasn''t a bit surprised that he came back to the place before the trial started, maintaining his stoic expression.


    Following this, a pair of golden eyes opened within the pitch-black world. The phoenix spirit''s voice resounded within his mind.


    "This really surprising; this is my first time encountering an unknown existence. Neither a human or a demon. What are you?"


    "I am the one who dwells in the rift between human and demon; an Ayakashi." Hannya replied while acting mysterious and added:"I don''t have time for this, let''s continue."


    "As you wish¡­ the last trial would be the trial of Heart..I wish you success."


    Her voice resounded in his mind as the phoenix spirit''s eyes disappeared and the pitch-black world started to distort once more. Hannya felt as if his body had been swept up by a storm and started to float within the distorting space. He closed his eyes and expand his senses.


    The moment Hannya opened his eyes, what appeared in his eyes..


    What he saw are numerous stone stairways were layered in the corridor, as he went down stairs he was observing his surroundings, wall made of bricks that exuded a stench smell lingered as he proceeded heading downwards..


    The lights quickly darkened. The corridor finally became flatter; instead of going deep down, it extended further horizontally. On both sides of the corridor, there were many uneven sized artificial stone racks on the wall that held up charcoal torches. The flames flickered produced a dim light in some areas.


    He proceeded and look at the rooms on both sides, he could see human silhouettes clad in ragged clothes hanging in each room while locked in chains.. As he proceeded deeper, he noticed a large room behind the bars, A youngman with white hair was locked in chains, his body full of lash marks.. his dark red eyes is the only thing that shone in the darkness..


    His face looks extremely familiar to Hannya, as he walk closer the man started to regress, when he reached the bars the man turned into a ten-years old child.. as Hannya observed the surroundings blood stains filled the room, although the blood already dried-out he could still see the dark-redness..


    Seeing this scene caused some of his sealed memories to surged on his head, he felt like his brain is being smashed into meat-paste continously..his breathing increased..


    "Have you recalled everything?" A voice filled with bloodlust made it''s way to his ears..


    When he opened his eyes, a handsome man with white hair appeared locked in a wooden chair..


    "Hannya...."


    "Say my name.."


    He looked at the man, the person whom he used to be: "If I say.. your name.. I''ll be.."


    Before he could finish his words, his neck was grasped by the man''s hand raising him up in the air..


    "We may have shared the same body before but now... we''re no longer the same.."


    The mans lips curled into a smile; "If you''re scared of me because I''m evil in nature then remember this words..


    "Monsters aren''t born, they''re made."


    The man gripping his neck loosened his hands and gave Hannya a fleeing glance before turning his back..


    "Once you understand that, you will come to understand everything."


    As the man dissappeared in the darkness, Hannya''s eyes scelera turned dark, with a smirk.. he stood up and made a grasping motion..


    Screech~~~


    The illusion was split in half as the ripping sound echoed and what appeared was the place where the soul of phoenix lays..


    "Young Lady, it seems like you encountered the wrong opponent." while venomously staring at the one who created of this trial while producing a heavy pressure making it seem like he''s body is bigger than what it looks like..

 Chapter 45 Black Phoenix of Legend

    The girl in front of Hannya look like any other normal human. She has a gold blonde naturally long hair floating in the air as if defying gravity along with green or black eyes, on her back is a crimson flame wings that looks holy.


    She has a white and flawless skin, her beauty is mesmerizing comparable to either Setsura or Yohime,


    she has a great advantage though and that is her curvaceous figure; of which her most distinctive trait is her very large breasts.


    Wearing a crimson robes though she lets her robes hang loose for her ample bosom to be revealed, any man who sees this appearance would definitely lose their mindset and would submit to lust.


    The phoenix spirit''s voice floated over, "Your soul''s response tells me that you already knew it was only an illusion from the very start, and that you had obviously allowed yourself to be caught just to establish a connection with a persona you created. Why would someone like you resort in sealing your own memories?


    "Heh, you''re talking as if you know everything about me, woman don''t get ahead of yourself." Evil Hannya sneered at the Phoenix which made Hannya trapped in the mindscape to broke in cold sweat.


    "Oh. my, such sharp words. Aren''t you afraid that I would consider this trial as a failure?" The Phoenix spoke with a mysterious smile.


    "Heh, why don''t you let me see you try?" His lips quirked up and intense amount of fear spread in the surrounding, his lust for battle has never faded even though he was lying dormant for a long time.


    The phoenix''s spirit was silent for a long time.


    She could tell just from those memories that this man is not a being in this world, those aura covering him, the strange marks in his eyes and hair is unfamiliar to her.


    She doesn''t know why, even though this man has a weaker cultivation but the pressure coming from his soul is extremely heavy. She let out a forced smile "I was just kidding. I don''t have any intention of fighting you."


    "Tch, what''s the idea?! Acting as if your ready to attack and suddenly back out. I''ve had enough." Evil Hannya went back to mindscape which forced Hannya out.


    ''Don''t forget the word that I said, the day you understand is drawing near.''


    "Congratulations, Ayakashi who lives in the rifts between the rift of Humans and Demons. Within these countless years, you are the eighth practitioner who passed yet your the first one to destroy the illusion instead of clearing it. You have earned the right to inherit the Phoenix''s gift."


    The words that were spoken from his other half made Hannya ponder. Monsters aren''t born, they''re created? What exactly does it mean? Could it be that ''he'' wasn''t like that before? Then what caused it. He was completely absorbed in his thoughts that he forgot to give the phoenix a reply.


    ''I couldn''t believe that I would be ignored like this'' The Phoenix pouted in her heart. From the time she came here she had never experience being ignored. Is the phoenix gift not worthy enough to gain his attention. ''It''s possible, even I couldn''t see through this man, it gives me the feeling like I can sense him yet I can''t touch him.This story has been taken without authorization. Report any sightings.


    "Ayakashi? Are you listening?", she once again called him out, this time returned back to reality when he was called out.


    Even though he was surprised, he didn''t show it on the outside and simply looked at the Phoenix as if asking ''You need something?''


    Seeing this almost made her want to kick this man out. She inhaled a long breath to calm her nerves, she needs to calm down lest she might slap him black and blue.


    "I said, you passed the trial so you can now inherit the Phoenix legacy. Were you not listening?", she looked at him with her place in her waist.


    "Is that so? That''s good. Let''s do it." Though he didn''t show happiness on the outside. He needs to maintain his image as the Supreme Commander of the Nura Clan.


    She was astounded by his reply. ''Is that so?'' Veins popped out in her forehead. You think that this legacy is so easy to obtain? You think that it''s some grasses on the mountain that you can just grab? She had some trouble holding herself back.


    "You will be granted three gifts from the Phoenix: Phoenix blood, Divine Phoenix Pills and you will have the chance to study the [World Ode of the Phoenix - Fragment]."


    "Right now, I shall bestow upon you the Phoenix''s Veins." Waving her hands a crimson flame bird silhouette behind ber, she created a bird pattern flame and flick it towards the middle of Hannya''s eyebrows.


    "The previously challengers only received a single drop of the Phoenix blood after they passed but you are unique, unlike them you dominated the entire trial with your skills alone and shattered the third test, so you will gain 5 drops of Phoenix Blood. According to the records here you''re also the fastest to complete the trial. So, I will grant you one wish. Just one wish."


    As the five drops of Phoenix Blood entered his veins, large amount of fear immediately surrounded it like hungry devils that haven''t eaten something in a thousand years.


    The Phoenix frowned when she sensed the situation inside Hannya''s body, she could feel that the Phoenix blood has been devoured by the blood flowing in this man''s veins.


    What is this? I have never seen this happen before. His blood is actually more dominant than the blood of a Phoenix.


    Hannya closed his eyes and noticed that there seems to be 4 sockets located in each sides of his demonic core, he can feel the blood phoenix being absorb by one of the sockets.


    [Fire Affinity has been added.]


    [Heat Resistance has reached max level. Host gained fire immunity.]


    His bloodstream gradually grew warmer as the five drops of Phoenix blood began to shrink in size. After a dozen or so times circulating through his body, the five drops of Phoenix blood finally disappeared into Hannya''s socket.


    [Phoenix Blood entered the 4 mythical beasts socket]


    [Bloodline Variation]


    [New Bloodline - Dark Phoenix]


    Back on earth there''s a legend regarding the Dark Phoenix. Everyone wanted to acquire it''s powers yet no one succeeded. According to the books of legends, There was one God who wanted to acquire the Phoenix and use its power for his own purposes. The god of darkness believed that he could control the Phoenix.


    He corrupted the Phoenix with his Darkness, After the darkness cleared the bird was pitch black. However the god couldn''t control the creature. It did cause destruction, a lot of destruction, but it won''t obey anyone.


    Xiao~~~~


    A Dark Bird silhouette appeared behind him bringing along an ancient aura that made the space tremble, it''s aura alone made the Phoenix girl shiver.


    Hannya was stunned by this turn of events, he could feel an unbelievable strength flowing in his body, whispers of destruction ring in his ears.


    Destroy! Destroy!Destroy! Destroy!Destroy! Destroy!Destroy! Destroy!Destroy! Destroy!Destroy! Destroy!


    As if resonating with whispers, the dragons swirling in his eyes became even more active. Roars of Dragons and Phoenix resounded in the ruins.


    "ROOOOOAR!" An ancient warcry escaped from Hannya''s mouth.


    Dark flame mark flashed covering the other half of his face reaching his neck. This mark shone every now and then, it looks extremely alive.


    The Guardian Phoenix looked at this situation..


    I have no other choice.. if I don''t do it..

 Chapter 46 Main Quest & Soul Contract

    A loud roar suddenly resounded in the entire Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range causing every inhabitants to tremble in fear. Dark mist started to emit from the Sacred Grounds like steam enveloping the entire place.


    Bam! Bam! Bam!


    At this moment, a huge explosion sounded from deep within the Phoenix Sacred Grounds. Everyone looked towards the direction of the explosion and saw that it came from where Hannya was located. A Dark Flame pillar had smashed through the ruins and shot high into the sky, and a very strong energy was emitting from the place.


    They could see a dark silhouette amidst the black smoke enveloping the area..


    Looking at the dark silhouette, everyone in the Phoenix clan were shocked, especially Baichuan and the clan elders.. smoke started to disperse allowing the dark silhouette to become visible.


    Hannya no longer looked the way he usually did. His hair was still long.. however, it had somehow managed to break free and was now floating in the air.


    His hetechromatic eyes were now shining even brighter, Dark Flame marks covered half of his left face down to his neck while a silhouette of Dark Phoenix appeared behind his back flapping it''s wings burning the falling debris into ashes.


    Dark Flames surrounded him as if they were guards protecting their King as his blood boiled from the sudden appearance of foreign bloodline.


    The creature which is floating behind Hannya was glaring at them with it''s dark red eyes, spreading a suffocating aura throughout the forest, all the beast living dropped to the ground, the beasts crouched while humans kneeled.


    Xiao~~~


    Cry of a phoenix echoed followed by the appearance of a beautiful woman with crimson wings. Both Hannya and the girl gave the opposite feelings.


    Aura of Dominance swirled around him while an aura of Holiness is protecting her from the pressure.


    As the two beings look at each other, everyone were down on their feet without making a sound, none of them daring to breathe as they waited to see what the two planned to do next.


    The anger which had been dormant for so long started rising again; when his Dad died, when he was tortured, when his clan was massacred.. the anger that only erupted once and was sealed erupted like a volcano..


    The Phoenix Girl broke in cold sweat.. she gritted her teeth and formed a bird hand seal..


    ''Ayakashi.''


    Hannya who was watching the event happening outside from his mindscape heard the Phoenix.


    ''In order to stop your body from rampaging we need to form a soul contract so I can stabilize the Berserk Blood of Dark Phoenix..'' her beautiful voice resounded inside the mindscape.


    ''Close your eyes and steady your breath,'' the crimson phoenix ordered and Hannya who doesn''t know what to do quickly did as he was told.


    Hannya closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, dark flames swirled around his body, the entire scenery started to change shape..You might be reading a stolen copy. Visit Royal Road for the authentic version.


    The moon swallowing the sun appeared in the horizon, two gigantic dragon materialized ensuing two loud consecutive roar..Crimson flames also appeared swirling around his body together with the dark flame..


    ''Absorb both flames to your core and the soul contract would take effect.'' Though Hannya could feel that the Phoenix was a bit hesitant he still followed her instruction..


    He controlled the core in his body who produce a vacuum absorbing the black and crimson flame into a whirlpool..


    At the same time, all the pores in his body expanded by a substantial amount; blood frantically rushed around his body at three times the usual speed, and the profound core in his body violently sucked both Flames like a bottomless pit.


    Crack!


    His bones produced a cracking sound.. Ka! Ka! Ka!


    Emperor Profound Realm 1st stage..


    Emperor Profound Realm 2nd stage..


    Emperor Profound Realm 3rd stage..


    He broke through multiple barriers only stopping when he reached the 5th stage.. If someone learns that Hannya''s speed in cultivation they would puke countless litters of blood, most of the inhabitants in this world spent hundreds or even thousand years just to reach their current cultivation..


    An 18 years old powerhouse would definitely scare the soul out of everyone..


    Outside the ruins, the Phoenix Clan members were still kneeling on the ground though they could still feel pressure, it''s no longer a dominant aura..


    They could feel a huge amount of Profound Strength being absorbed towards Hannya''s body..


    The Dark Phoenix and the Woman with crimson wings turned transparent and was sucked into Hannya''s body..


    ROOOOAR!


    Hannya''s eyes shone and he spread his arm. Dark and Crimson wings appeared on his back, destroying his kimono, exposing his white body..His wings spread out and the force contained within sent debris of the trees flying in every direction. The previously dense forest suddenly changed, and the bird created a clearing within the trees.


    The Phoenix clan members felt their blood boil as they saw Hannya''s transformation.. Dark and Crimson feather fell from the sky..


    Such a beautiful sight.


    Hannya descended to the ground under everyone''s admiring gaze.


    Strength wise, his aura was that of Emperor Realm, however, there was something about him a mysterious air of strength which made them feel as though they were incapable of truly seeing through him, they got this feeling though that his true strength is more than what meets the eye..


    Everything about him is mysterious, his both eyes different colors, the markings on his face and hair..and the most eye-catching is the full back tattoo on his back..


    Observing the young man, Baichuan''s eye dillated as he could somewhat see a fade image of a beast which seemed to be the ''Ancient'' though he only learned about it from past record and he couldn''t confirm it, an existence that is said to be the most fearsome entity in the world.. though it was faint he saw it..


    Aside from him, everyone seems to have not noticed it.


    [Congratulations Host for entering the Emperor Realm]


    [Domain Selection is now available]


    [Main Quest has been unlocked]


    Hannya who just gained the control of his body retracted his wings when he was suddenly bombarded by series of notifications from the system.. he looked at the description..


    Main Quest 1.0 Establish Your Clan in this World


    Quest Description: A clan needs to gain a foothold in this world, spread the clans name in the world and gain the Blue Wind Empire''s Acceptance.


    Let the world know the existence of the Nura Clan


    Quest Reward: Night Parade of Hundred Demons halo and Great Yokai Guard Token.


    Quest Time Limit: 6 months, if not completed before time limit, the whole world will treat you as enemy and do everything to exterminate your entire clan.


    It has begun.. Hannya frowned, he thought that the system would only provide random quest but it seems like it was his misconception all along.. the reason why it didn''t produced a main quest is because he didn''t have enough strength to achieve it..


    He can''t fail.. just the latter part of the description made him shiver.


    An attack coming from all the creatures living in this world, Demons, cultivators, hidden old monster and not to mention that ''guy''. He can''t afford failing this mission.. he needs to find a way to complete it as soon as possible..


    "Nurarihyon-sama."


    "Are you alright, Nurarihyon-sama?"


    Hannya was dragged back to reality by Baichuan''s voice. The latter and the clan members looked at him with worried eyes which made Hannya calm down.


    He smiled towards everyone, "You all, the rise of the Phoenix Clan is close but..

 Chapter 47 Testing the Mettle; Tickling the Demon

    You all, the rise of the Phoenix Clan is close but..


    Within the ruins of the Sacred Ground Hannya looked at the Clan Members of Phoenix Clan that was looking at him with great expectation while waiting for the latter part of his sentence. Dark and Crimson light could be seen faintly glowing from him.


    After looking at everyone for a moment, Hannya extended his palm, his overwhelming ''fear'' was surging as he blew the shattered debris away.


    A black and Crimson Flames appeared around him.


    The clan members doesn''t know what he was doing so they simply waited for him to explain. Hannya carefully manipulated the flames around him, he looked at Baichuan and the others as he explained, " instead of a normal phoenix clan, you will gain something even better." His cool voice was accompanied with wisps of Black and Red orbs.


    "Though you will need a strong will to accept this new power. A strong will to rise from the Ashes."


    Looking at the Black and Crimson orbs Baichuan was the first one to step forward followed by the others, Hannya could see that everyone were determined.


    They''ve been waiting for this for a long time, now that an opportunity was presented in front of them, there''s no way that they would let it pass.


    Hannya nodded his approval and waved his hands, the multiple orbs around him shot towards the clan members.


    Based on what he knew, in order to free everyone from the curse he just need to burn it with phoenix flame but because of the sudden eruption of his bloodline he doesn''t know what the outcome would be.


    Still seeing their determined look he decided to give it a try. If something goes wrong he could just subdue everyone with his current strength.


    The chaotic crimson and black flames flew and integrated into everyone''s phoenix imprint, as it entered to their foreheads everyone revealed a trace of pain while a mark that resembled a black crimson phoenix replaced the original marks, wisps of white smoke instantly coiling up from within their surroundings.


    As the mark shone with dominance everyone opened their eyes. Unlike their timid and helpless appearance before they now evoked a sense of tyrannical air.


    "Now the rise of Phoenix Clan is about to start."


    Baichuan and the other members kneeled in one knee with their righ hand placed in their chest.


    "We shall follow our Lord until the end." Their thunderous voice echoed throughout the forest.


    Hannya was about to say something when he suddenly heard a notification rang in his head.


    Sub-Quest 1.0 Blue Wind Ranking Tournament


    Details: Overlook the tournament and defend it from the foreign forces that were trying to disrupt it.


    Additional: If your son wins the tournament additional reward will be added.


    Reward: Bleach Anime offers will be unlocked in the store


    Additional reward: Unknown


    Sub-Quest 4 Mythical Blood Inheritance


    Details: After gaining the approval of Phoenix, four sockets has been added in your body. Find the remaining three beast to gain their approval and complete the quest.The author''s tale has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.


    Completion Rate: 1/4


    Rewards: Clan Guardian summoning token.


    He scanned the details and closed his eyes to ponder. The first sub-quest appearance seems to be related to the main quest where he needed to make the clans name spread.


    But from the word ''defend'' he could tell that there will be strong forces that will interfere and by the looks of the reward he could tell that it''s not going to be easy.


    He believed in equal exchange so if he''s getting something like Bleach items and skills in store, it would be an attack from a strong force.


    Even though he only got Senbonzakura by special reward, it''s power is extremely strong. It''s still not complete since it''s currently connected to his Long sword and not it''s *Zanpaktou, yet even half of it''s power is enough to cause havoc. Just how much more would the power be if he could unleash it''s full power? It would be something to look forward to.


    The second Quest seems to be triggered by the inheritance.


    He will have to ask for Tengu to find more informations about this beasts.


    On the other hand, the phoenix clan members just remained in their position while waiting for his commands.


    As he noticed this Hannya immediately dismissed everyone.


    "You guys need to be more familiar with your current strength for awhile, I''ll be going back to the sacred grounds. Make sure no one disturbs me."


    Everyone vowed that would make sure to follow his words and dispersed while the twins look at Hannya''s dissappearing figure with reluctance.


    As he got back the red sigil shone and a crimson barrier surrounded the ruins.


    ...


    New Moon City, located at the Eastern Central area of the Blue Wind Empire.


    This city is extremely big and atleast ten times bigger than the Floating Cloud City. There lots of small sects and clans established throughout the city.


    The entire city is currently in a state of terror as the citizens where watching multiple clan heads blocked the gates while looking at a group of newcomers.


    Each one of them emanated a mysterious air.


    The crowd observing them where feeling uneasy as their heart seemed restless and about to surge up in unrest. They felt as though they were being drawn to a bottomless pit as they looked at them.


    An old man clad entirely in red with embroidered crimson-ref flame patterns stood in front of the crowd, the profound aura around him were releasing blasts of heat, this old man is none other than the Sixth Elder of Burning Heaven Clan, Fen Hanyan.


    He looked at the mysterious clan.


    He received a report the moment they appeared, he heard about this clan countless of times already and was interested to test their mettle, he wasn''t dissappointed since the time he laid his eyes on them. He isn''t the only one who was interested, the other clan heads also came drawing lots of crowds which explains the current situation.


    He can''t sense their true strength yet his guts is telling him that this group is more than what meets the eye.


    "Oya? I didn''t expect that we would get a large welcome the moment we arrive. Do you mind introducing yourselves?"


    A man with grayish long hair covering right half of his face took a step forward and smiled towards the crowd.


    "I am the Sixth Elder of Burning Heaven Clan, Fen Hanyan."


    The other elders only bowed and didn''t seem to have plans in telling their identities.


    "Gyuuki-sama, are they the so-called Human Cultivators?" Tosakamaru asked while running his hand through his golden mohawk hairstyle.


    "Yeah, according to the records that Nurarihyon-sama gave me, this humans are called cultivators, the same as the Mercenary Clan that we destroyed the last time. They have strong powers unlike the powerless humans in our world. Remember them well." Gyuuki explained.


    "Are they strong?" Gozumaru smirked as he claws appeared on his back.


    "Gozumaru put those claws away." Gyuuki reprimanded.


    As they were talking to each other, the elders felt like they were lost their face. Earlier, when Gyuuki asked for their names they refused to soldify their position as higher class but in return they were treated as air by the people they looked down upon.


    An elder smiled sinisterly vanished from his position appearing in front of the ten years old child standing in the middle of the group.


    He wanted to teach this group a lesson from crippling this child, so that they will no longer act arrogantly.


    Opening his palm he targeted the childs abdomen.


    The Crowd and Elders only watched the event, no one tried to stop him.


    Just as they expected the child to crumple, what they witnessed was different than their expectations.


    "Peng!"


    A thin red line emerged around his neck as his head frozen in shock expression slid down and fell to the ground.


    A muffled noise resounded, blood and flesh spraying in all directions.


    "An insect actually dared to attack our Young Master. Can I take that as a war declaration?" Gyuuki''s eye sharpened as he spoke this words while holding his bloody sword.


    The entire place turned silent as a ferocious aura lingered in the air.

 Chapter 48 Unfortunate Governor

    That Elder was beheaded before he could attack Rihan.


    The final scene that he saw was the cold expression of the Nura Clan members, and a flash of silver light.


    As the Elder''s head rolled around Gyuuki''s feet, the spectating elders face darkened while the crowd''s eyes went round with their mouth open.


    "An insect actually dared to attack our Young Master. Can I take that as a war declaration?"


    His words earlier echoed in everyone''s ear.


    Suddenly a cold snort suddenly resounded from afar, "Killing someone in the lands of Moon City? Now you''re asking for war?!"


    A strong aura shot through the air, tough and vigorous, resembling a massive sword light, hacked down towards Gyuuki!


    Everyone could tell that the other party had obviously exerted his full strength, just from the profound strength accompanying the attack but as this sword slashed over, the target of his attack didn''t even give it a glance.


    Gyuuki''s expression did not change, he nonchalantly parried the attack with his own sword dispersing it as if it was something so simple. There was no booming sound only silence followed.


    A Middle-aged man with an overbearing aura materialized before the crowd.


    Stepping into the gates, his gaze fell across Gyuuki and the others, his eyes instantly narrowed into slits. he couldn''t help but click his tongue when he saw how the other party easily dispersed his attack.


    A cold light flickered within his narrowed eyes.


    Even his rough voice could not shake off a feeling of unpleasant coldness, "Good, good; It seems like your clans power isn''t just for show. You actually dare to kill someone in my city. Let''s see if you have the strength to face me, Murong Hang."


    On his emotionless wrinkled face, an icy cold smile appeared.


    A great commotion erupted from the crowds as they saw the appearance of this middle-aged man.


    "Just who is this group that caused not only the sixth Elder of Burning heaven Clan but also the Governor of New Moon City to make an appearance?" A young man with mediocre face inquired.


    "Ignorant, that''s the Nura Clan whom everyone were talking about." A bald guy with a scar replied with a sneer.


    "You mean the clan that destroyed an entire mercenary group and fought with the Patriarch of Xiao Sect?"


    "Yes, that''s the one. Can''t you see that there isn''t even a Xiao Sect member around here?" The young man looked around and realized that there''s no one from the Xiao Sect around, he was stunned. Could it be that the rumours were true? Impossible.


    On the other side, Gyuuki''s gaze swept the Elders and finally landed on the man who just arrived.


    Appraising him all over, "It seems like you all wanted to have a taste of blood, After the smaller ant died the bigger one shows up, eh?"


    Hearing his words, the muscles on the corner of Murong Hang''s lips twitched, "Hmph, let me see if you can back your words." He dashed towards Gyuki even before he finished speaking.


    Normal people would normally panic if they were in this situation especially if they encounter a terrifying opponent like Murong Hang yet within Gyuuki''s gaze there was no fear nor caution. On the contrary, he just stood calmly while facing the huge waves of aura coming from his opponent.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings.


    And within that calmness, a few hints of his total disregard for Murong Hang could also be seen.


    Not only him, Rihan and the others only stood in the same spot totally unafraid which made some Elders squint their eyes while observing. Just from their confident expression, everyone could tell that they aren''t taking even the Governor of Moon City seriously.


    Gyuuki stomped the ground and an air breaking sound erupted, there was a vague dark colored mist around him as he clashed with Murong Hang.


    A clear sound of metal colliding resounded as the swords clashed with enough strong force to sever a limb.


    Sparks flew everywhere.


    When Gyuki and Murong Hang crossed swords, the force of their collision sent up sparks, showing just how powerful, sharp and deadly the crossed swords are.


    A smirk emerged from Gyuuki as he stared at Murong Hang, "I hope you won''t dissappoint me since the last person I killed didn''t dare to fight back leaving a bad taste in my mouth."


    Murong Hang face darkened as he pushed Gyuuki away and move in with a horizontal slash while circulating his profound strength to increase the power of his attack.


    Gyuuki countered by hacking his sword vertically.


    Though he didn''t used his full strength, his blow was still enough to offset Murong Hang. Taking advantage of the situation Gyuuki delivered a kick toward his abdomen.


    Bam!


    Like a meteor, Murong Hang was sent back towards the group of spectating Clan Elders who caught him.


    Murong Hang revealed a pained expression as he clutched his stomach.


    It was completely a one-sided exchange that made the spectators speechless.


    A Sky Profound Realm mid-stage against a peak of a Sky Profound Realm is like a fight between a child and adult; Completely one-sided.


    "Is that it? Stand up, I haven''t vented my frustration completely." Gyuuki said as he stabbed his sword in the ground, excercising his neck a little as he walked towards them without a sign of using ''fear''.


    Murong Hang slowly stood up with the help of the other elders, wiping the blood at the edge of his mouth. He couldn''t let this situation go on or he will no longer have enough face as a Governor.


    As the entire place was filled with silence, only Gyuuki''s footsteps could be heard.


    Eight, seven, six.. five steps left.


    Just as Murong Hang was about to speak when Gyuuki dashed and appeared before of him in a second, he felt a pain in his abdomen as Gyuuki''s fist sunk in causing his body to arc slightly.


    Before he could process the situation, another blow made it''s way towards his face.


    Bam! Bam! Bam!


    As the fist connected it was followed by multiple punches, each blow resounded clearly. Murong Hang didn''t even have the chance to retaliate.


    The next moment he was sent flying with another kick though this time he was able to react in time to defend.


    "Gahhh."


    Spitting out a huge chunk of clotted blood, Murong Hang pointed at Gyuuki, "You, you¡­" He only managed to squeeze out those words since he could see the latter was walking towards him with a smile on his face.


    From his perspective, that smile looked extremely terrifying, he looked just like a demon from hell.


    Gyuuki''s devilish and unrestrained aura froze him, he can''t move. He now regretted his decision in coming here. If he didn''t come he wouldn''t have experience this nightmare.


    "Please stop, we apologize for blocking the gates. We we''re just making sure that the rumours were true." Just as he resigned to his fate, he heard Fen Hanyan''s voice. He looked towards the latters direction.


    An intense killing air suddenly erupted in Gyuuki''s entire body, this intent enveloped the entire area. He glanced at Sixth Elder of Burning Heaven Clan with a cold face ," Did you just say that you block the gate because of that?" His killing intent became even more apparent as it seems to materialize in the air. It made some spectators who lacked strength to shiver like a puppy in front of a lion.


    A cold sweat slid down in Fen Hanyan''s back, he couldn''t belive that he wanted to test the mettle of this person. Base on this aura alone, the fight that transpired earlier seems like a child''s play, this man was clearly toying with the governor.


    The elders behind him were stepping back slowly.. they just hit a metal board. This Mysterious Clan is extremely dangerous.


    Under Gyuuki''s petrifying gaze, Fen Hanyan felt his entire body, inside and out, became as cold as ice. He quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Gyuuki.


    Every cultivator who saw those eyes sucked in a breath of cold air.


    Those eyes were completely emotionless and were filled with killing intent. Anyone who saw those eyes felt their entire body turn cold. They felt like they''re in front of a primodial beast of Legends, which is not entirely wrong since Gyuuki is indeed a demon of legends back on Earth. His position as Nurarihyon''s right hand is not just for show.