《Lord Universe Creator》


 Prologue

    In the endless void there was not even a planet that could be seen. There was only one young looking man around the age of 18 walking on spacial void dimension laws which were invisible to every existence, however, this young man is an exception. He was even older thantime itself, he was the beginning. The young man wore a golden robe which covered from neck to toes and a dark red and golden dragon coiled throughout his robe and had a gold snake-like dragon curled around a bright blue-purple phoenix embedded right above his heart.


    He gave an impression of an dominating emperor, and has black shiny silky hair flowing down past his shoulders, healthy milky white smooth skin that can cause any women to feel envy, black eyebrows thatwas as sharp as swords, sparkly deep blue eyes that could pry out one¡¯s soul, radiant handsome face that will cause any fair maiden heart to flutter at first sight, and along with a tone and slender body that is two meters tall.


    The man suddenly stopped with a charmingly cold smile as if he thought of a brilliant idea, something colorful to this dull place. Slowly lifting up his left arm and with a simple point with his index finger massive amount of energy seems to be collecting into the area where he is pointing at. All the sudden, massive amount of energy exploded from the pointed area and the energy was expanding ferociously like violent waves and finally stopped at the point where it could engulf the size of Earth couple of dozens of time


    Suddenly within violent waves of energy, a small chunk of thepointed area, which was 300,000-mile diameter, were being condensed into golden pillars which had snake-like golden dragons wrapped around and eventually embedding themselves into the hundreds of hundred thousand of pillars that were formed in a mere blink of an eye. The floating pillars moved into place like an invisible force was maneuveringand stacking the pillars in different places skillfully and smoothly. If someone was to watch this scene it would look like a city was being built for giants. Emerald green square floor tiles were being formed by the condensed in the energy active field and slowly formed the floor. Dark red roof tiles formed together along with hundreds of thousands floating blue-purple fist size flames which were spreading throughout the palace creating the glowing warmth of heat that lit up the dark palace halls. Within the blue-purple fist-sized flames one could see afinger-sized blue phoenix dancing within. With a flick of his left hand, another clump of energy had condensed together to form asea of dragons. These dragons had a let loose series of mighty and ferocious roars that could have shattered a world apart, if not, more. Yet, these dragons had only appeared to form the walls for this grand, magnificent palace. Each and every single scales of these dragons were unique. Each scale would occasionally glow in a series of multicolor light, causing a rainbow glow to appear time to time from the wall like the wall was alive.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    The entrance was a gigantic bloody red gate that seems like the gate can only be opened by giants, making everything seem like only the king of gods has the rights to live here.


    The young man had a satisfied smile and turn around, as he turned to his right he swung his right arm making an arc motion causing droplets of lights to appear. Energy compressed in the void creating a palm-sized sphere that contained lumps of lands with seas of water, there wasn¡¯t just one clump of a spherethat was made of land and water but there were billions among billions. Raising both arms above his head with both palms opened, he slowly lowedhis arms back down to his chest level and brought both palms together as if compressing something with his hands. Slowly but surely, therewas a buzzing noise that could be heard. The buzzing noise came from the palm-sized spheres and was trembling. All the sudden, all the palm-sized spheres slowly started spinning around each other and began forming into a vortex. The cause of such vortex was none other than the young man''s hands that seemed to be compressing something. The vortex had caused the palm-sized spheres to be sucked towards his compressed hands. Before making contact with his hands, the palm-sized spheres had suddenly dispersed into glowing lights that flew into his hands. In the blink of an eye, the billions of spheres had followed suit and dispersed into glowing lights before they got being sucked into the young man''s compressed hands. With a look of excitement revealed itself within the young man''s sparkly deep blue eyes, he finally separated his hands. Revealing what was within his palm was a seed that flew out of the young man''s hand and floated in front of him. A seed that contained an immense amount of life force. A seed that contains the heavens themselves. A seed that contains the myriads of worlds. A seed that shall give birth to the cycle of life and death.

 Chapter 1 "My name is Luc"(Remade)

    Hundreds of millions of years have passed, somewhere within the endless void there was a golden palace. Inside the golden palace there was a throne hall there was an attractive young male statue-like figure around the age of 18 that was sitting upon an emerald dragon throne. This young man has black shiny, silky hair flowing down past his shoulders, and milky white smooth skin that can cause any women to fall into envy. His perfectly curved eyebrows and along had a radiant elegant cold face, which would cause any female to fall in love at first sight.


    This attractive young male wore a golden sherwani covering from neck to toes, which would give onlookers an impression of an Emperor, and had a golden dragon embedded golden dragon that had a snake-like body coiling around him. Along with an insignia of a blue phoenix spreading being wrapped by a bloody-scaled dragon snake-like body being. The elegant majestic figure was tall and had a toned body that would cause any goddess to wage war just to be able to embrace such a figure. This elegant and majestic figure was none other than The Creator while slowly opening his sparkling blue eyes that contain the universe itself, from a deep sleep.


    ¡°How many years have gone by?¡± I mumbled in a low yet clear voice.


    ¡®What is this emptiness I have inside of me?¡¯ pondering to myself while moving my right hand and placing it above where my heart is as I¡¯m contemplating what this emptiness is because I know that I am filled with all sorts of energy and never empty.


    ¡®If I am not empty but still feel empty inside then what is this emptiness? And what does it mean?¡¯ as I was lost in thoughts a memory suddenly popped up like a lightning flash which made the feeling of emptinessvanish the next second, because I had just recalled that ''I had created the Seed of Life!'' I thought to myself while trembling from excitement.


    Just before I went into slumber I decided to create the Seed of Life which had it¡¯s own conscious to only to sustain and create life. Tossing the confusing thoughts I had earlier aside I felt excited and my energy flowing faster and faster through my veins.


    ¡°Now what is this I am experiencing?¡± I said out loud in astonishment from the rapid increase amount of energy flow and clueless to what this emotion is and what it means.


    ¡®I wonder if there are any life forms out there that also have this emptiness inside them? I hope that the Seed of Life has created some interesting life forms that can answer my questions.¡¯ I thought while unconsciously letting out a dashing smile that could steal the hearts of goddesses.


    Moving out my right arm straight in front of me while flipping over my palm facing up. With a bright flash, there was a small object hovering above my palm, which was a tiny green teardrop-shape that was the size of a grain of rice. With a thought the Seed of Life was starting to grow at a tremendous speed; a strong and long stalk that blooming with nine different colored leaves, and at the top of the stalk was a blooming golden lotus. Each and every single colored leaf was different by what realms they represented, and each leaf was filled with different worlds. The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there.


    There was a green leaf that was at the very bottom of the stalk which seems to be the liveliest out of the nine leaves. Once the golden lotus flower finished blooming I was still fascinated by such a beautiful sight, the view of the mortal realm at the very bottom of all the other realms caught my interest. So with a pointing gesture at a planet that was by far thirty times bigger than Earth, a trail of white light flew towards the planet. Once the trail of white light reached the planet there was a golden rippling wave like spreading throughout the planet. As ripples appeared on the planet surface the void in front of me ripped opened, causing the sound of paper being ripped. Now in front of me, there was a six-meter tall and three-meter wide oval-shaped void gate that appeared. Taking hurried strides yet dominating into the void gate I was filled with excitement, my energy flow within my body was so fast that I had urges to take action. All I wanted was to vent out the tension in my heart and was still clueless to what this feeling meant but it was increasing my energy flow, and heart beat faster and faster.


    Within a blink of an eye the view of my throne hall was no longer there but instead was replaced by a clear blue sky with a shiny yellow star brightening the sky, and below me was a mountain that pierced the sky. The mountain was filled with an immense amount of trees that made the whole area to look like a sea of trees that expands as far the eye can see. However, the scenery quickly changed again; from blue sky to gold and from white clouds to emerald green, once I appeared.


    This was because an enormous golden dragon had appeared coming down from the heavens itself and was flying around me while letting out a deafening roar as if welcoming a celestial being. Which I found it very annoying so with a thought, what was a golden dragon was now instantly transformed into a beautifully golden scaled stairway, within a blink of an eye, down from the heavens for me to walk on.


    As I was descending down, not too far away below me in the forest there was a breathtaking young looking female at the age of 17, wearing a tattered white draped dress, and with both arms wrapped around her exposed chest. At the same time, there was a bloodthirsty creature of some sort trapped in place a foot away from the young girl, due to my ''Dimensional Prison''. I took action based on what I saw beforehand leading up to the young girl''s current situation. As I was closing in towards the young girl''s direction, the bloodthirsty creature in my dimensional prison was now slowly being shrunk until it was only a minuscule cubic. One can hear the sounds of bones breaking and howlings from the creature itself and in the next moment, there was silence.


    Once I descended off the stairway I was staring interestingly at the kneeled position young girl with both arms wrapped around her naked chest. She had fear in her eyes but stared at me attentively and we had a ''conversation'' for a bit before Iintroduced my name to her.


    "My name is Luc," I replied.

 Chapter 2 "Diana Lycan Heartfelt"

    Somewhere on the north side of the Northern Continent on a mountain that was filled with a sea of trees that goes as far as the eye can see, this place was called ¡®Demonic Forest¡¯. Underneath the sunlight, there was a beautiful figure wearing a tattered white draped dress showing off their perfectly sculpted body that is covered in sweat. This figure has straight black hair flowing by her waist, perfectly black feathery eyebrows, sparkling black eyes that looks like the starry night sky, supple pink plump lips, healthy white snow skin, ample bosom, perfectly curvy round bottom, long attractive toned legs, draped in a white tattered dress, and a white veil across her face; although one can¡¯t see her face behind the veil one can already tell that this figure was shockingly beautiful. One can hear how exhausted that person was just by their disheveled breathing is beautiful figure is Diana Lycan Heartfelt.


    Diana was runaway girl from home and was heading towards the city called ¡®Fragrant Cloud City¡¯. In Fragrant Cloud City there is a well-known academy that helps geniuses from prestigious families that is called ¡®Zargot Academy¡¯. This was Diana¡¯s destination, however, fate was cruel and she had come across a group of thirty male bandits that was following her like a pack of wolves on the hunt with lustful eyes.


    ¡®Why did I have to come across such disgusting people?¡¯ Cursed Diana in her heart while she was still running into the deeper part of the dangerous mountain forest.


    Fear was slowly rising in her heart and exhaustion could be seen on Diana¡¯s expression, not fear from the group of bandits but the Demonic Forest. She was also swaying left and right trembling as she continued to run, this was due to the constant chase from the bandit group that had followed her for four days and nights without rest. So in hopes of scaring the bandits off she ran into the Demonic Forest, however, what she didn¡¯t expect was that their greed and lust would overcome their fear of the Demonic Forest. Her cultivation was by no means weak because she was at the 2nd level of Mana Condensation stage, however, in front of the group of bandits that consists cultivators at the 2nd level of Qi Condensation stage and 2nd level of Mana Condensation stage she was nothing but a lamb ready to be butchered.


    Although Diana was at the same level as the group of bandits there was one difference that was as vast as the sky and earth. Diana had not even experienced a true battle, much less a life and death experience which she would pale in comparison to the group of bandits who had been in life and death situations every single day of their lives. To the group of bandits, Diana was just like a child wielding a double edge sword proclaiming themselves as a sword master.


    ¡°Hey there pretty lady, why don¡¯t you stay right there and let me show you what it means to be a woman!¡± yelled out a scarred face bald man with fervor eyes that caused Diana to snap back from her unfocused state as she heard his subordinates joining in one by one shouting out vulgar words at her.


    ¡°Now now why don¡¯t you stop? We can show you a good time.¡± said a scrawny figure with lust clearly reflecting in his eyes.


    ¡°You look pretty tired young lady, so come here and let me make you feel relax.¡± said a burly looking man with a grinning smile that traveled from ear to ear.


    ¡°Come on now pretty miss why don¡¯t you come and play with us?¡±


    ¡°We¡¯ll show you what it means to be a woman!¡±


    ¡°Come here! Daddy will show you love.¡±


    ¡°I¡¯ll treat ya nice!¡±


    ¡°I will screw....¡±


    One by one the thirty-man bandit group continued to make lecherous comments and to blurt out lewd fantasies while chasing Diana. Suddenly, a scrawny middle-aged man holding a wooden carved staff with a scar running across his face said,


    ¡°I, Jargon, leader of the ¡®BloodFang¡¯ bandit group shall devour this beautiful flower in front of us first before any one of you!¡±.


    Shortly right after Jargon spoke out loud he mumbled incantations in a voice that only he can hear, ¡°Gravity Bind!¡±. Shortly afterward his incantation, an enormous gray colored hexagon-shaped spell formation that was 10 meters in diameter that had mysterious magical symbols floating within the spell formation that was currently flying towards the pointed direction. With a pointing gesture towards Diana the hexagon-shaped spell formation flew out at an extreme speed that only made one see a blurry trail of gray, following along the spell there was a trail on the ground that was 15 meters deep pit like a giant had dragged its club across the ground.Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on the original website.


    Everything that was happening at the moment could be seen by Diana who was sweating bullets. Diana, of course, knew what kind of spell that Jargon had used but what she was not expecting was Jargon to have such a strong affinity with gravity element. There was only 1 out of 200,000 people had an affinity with gravity and could only make a pressure strong enough to create a 5-meter deep trail at the maximum into the ground. Creating a 5-meter pit was already an impressive feat and these people were well-known figures in her kingdom, but what Jargon can produce made those people pale in comparison. What caused Diana¡¯s heart to freeze was that the spell was steadily approaching her, Diana knew her body¡¯s condition wasn¡¯t at its peak state and if she was to fend off this spell she would sustain internal injuries. Nonetheless, she had to give it her all because she would rather die trying in order to survive than being captured as their plaything, once her decision was made she took a deep breath in and calmed her state of mind.


    ¡°Void Blade!¡± said Diana as a blurry gigantic 20-meter long black sword had appeared in front of her, which was also emitting sharpness which caused the surrounding air to distort a little. Void Blade was one of Diana¡¯s family top ten skills for mages and was a cultivation skill at the 8th level of the Condensation stage. The blurry Void Blade Diana summoned was flying at an extreme speed towards the incoming Gravity Zone.


    BOOM!!!


    A loud explosion could be heard as the explosion resounded throughout the Demonic Forest in a 20-mile circumference. Once the two spells collided onto each other the surrounding ground formed a web-like crater that was 20 meters deep, and the nearby trees were turned into powders. The outcome for using such an advance spell that is above Diana¡¯s cultivation base caused her to spit out a mouthful of blood. Diana was standing but wobbling in place along with a pale face, she suddenly collapsed onto the ground due to such a backlash from using a spell many levels above you. The fear in Diana¡¯s heart was rising exponentially now because of how defenseless her current situation is, although, Diana had used a spell at the 8th level of the Condensation stage she could only use Void Blade¡¯s power at one percent out of a hundred. This was because she had only a minuscule enlightenment for the void that allowed her to even use the skill, so the Void Blade could only be seen as a blur and not a clear image of a blade that seems capable of tearing the space. Void Blade had successfully destroyed the Gravity Bind spell and had a little power left, which continued heading towards the incoming members of BloodFang.


    ¡®Such a strong spell!¡¯ This was the thought of all BloodFang members with shocked expression.


    The BloodFang mages hurriedly activated a magical protective barrier surrounding the 30 man group as they moved forward. Although Void Blade was an 8th level spell it was being used by a person at the 2nd level of Condensation stage which made it unable to bring out its full potential, however, by no means was it weak. If one was to see this scene of the spells colliding then it would seem like a knife was slicing through tofu easily.


    With Void Blade slicing through the magical protection barrier unexpectedly the consequences was the BloodFang qi cultivators at the front was shredded into lumps of meat, blood was spraying like fountains as Diana laid there on the ground breathing heavily. Jargon finally stood next to Diana who was laying on the ground and along with the remaining twelve out of thirty BloodFang surviving members that was surrounding Diana. Jargon slowly approached her and reached over with one hand to pin both of her arms above her head and onto the ground. Diana was now whimpering which only serves to increase Jargon and his men''s lust and frustration of trying to catch this one perfect woman. The position that Diana was in now was her knees curled in a fetal position, her back flat against the ground, and with her arms spread out above her head being pinned. Diana looked enchanting in this position causing the all the members of Bloody Fang to stare in eyes filled with lust, she felt as if she was a juicy carcass being eyed by ferocious wolves.


    At this moment,Jargon currentlypinned Diana arms down with one hand as he used his free hand feel her silky smooth skin. Moving lower and lower as the Princess whimpers which only to increase his ever- increasing expectations. Jargon rips off the upper portion of her tattered draped dress exposing her silky smooth snow- white skin, and two perfect ample bosoms. Bringing his arm down to feel her chest, however just before Jargon got to grab the masterpiece laying before him he heard his some of his men''s screaming out in pain.


    ¡°What is it now!?!¡± yelled Jargon frustrated from being interrupted as he slowly turned around.


    What Jargon saw when he turned around caused his body to freeze upon a fearful sight. There in front of him was a wild and ferocious beast that was on four legs, dark purple fur, covered in a dreadful black aura, blood red pair of eyes, a muscular body that was twice the size of an adult elephant, and features of a wolf was clearly there. When the Demonic Beast opened its bloody mouth the sight ofhuman remaining pieces could be seen between its teeth while letting out an ear-deafening howl as if it was now on the hunt.

 Chapter 3 "Encounter"

    One can hear an ear-splitting howl thundering throughout the Demonic Forest. If one was to inquiry the source of this howl one would find a Demonic Beast that is on four legs and with each legs having four razor-sharp claws that is capable of slicing through steel, muscular body that is twice the size of an adult elephant in dark purple fur that was exuding a black dreadful aura, malice blood-red eyes that can cause ordinary people¡¯s blood to freeze from fear and vicious looking sharp canine teeth that are capable of snapping steel like twigs. One could see this Demonic Beast was from a wolf lineage, which its appearance had changed tremendously through the path of cultivation. The Demonic Beast was currently standing on the bloodstained grass surrounded by a couple of humans and along with mangled body parts throughout the area.


    The only thing that Jargon felt was fear after he turned around, he couldn¡¯t see the Demonic Beast anymore but only see a trail of black light traveling towards him at an incredible speed. In the next moment, blood was flowing unceasingly from a scrawny body that was split into halves from the waist, this corpse was none other than Jargon. Within the time it takes to blink, one can only hear bloodcurdling cries throughout the forest and flesh being torn apart from the BloodFang members.


    Silence¡­ there was only silence moments after the bloodcurdling cries. As Diana laid on the ground taking in ragged breaths once she saw such a gruesome sight. What was at first a beautiful greenery forest was now replaced with bloodstained trees, mushy fresh body parts on the ground, intestines could be seen hanging out of the stomach region, and incomplete corpse hanging everywhere. This sight was frightening and can cause anybody that has yet to experience a tragic war to puke their stomach out, this scenery was too different compared to how it looked at first.


    Now the demonic wolf was slowly making its way and eyeing down the weakened state Diana as she stared back.


    ¡°Is this where I die?¡± Diana whispered in a somber tone.


    ¡°I haven¡¯t even found a lover yet¡±, She smiled slightly with grief clearly hidden within her


    ¡®Father, your daughter has been unfilial, I am so sorry for making you worry and if there is a chance I can still be your daughter in the next life I will never do anything like this ever again, I¡¯m sorry.¡¯ Teardrops flowed down her cheeks like a waterfall as she let out a cry of regret


    Diana is a strong woman and she would never cry in front of anybody, she views crying as a way of showing weakness. Diana had a strong pride and held an uprightness image that knew no sadness. Although she made an image of herself that seems like she was the happiest girl in the world; however, only she knew how depressed she was. The only reason why Diana makes herself happy is that she made a promise to ¡®that¡¯ person, that she would always smile for ¡®that¡¯ person¡¯s sake: her mother.


    The only time Diana had ever cried was when her mother left 12 years ago, however, since then she had lived her life with her father that always tried his best to keep her happy. So Diana would often joke to herself to make her smile from her dark moments. Even now, in front of death itself, she would still make herself smile.


    ¡®Maybe a handsome hero will descend from the sky in golden armor to come rescue me¡¯ thinking to herself as an elegant smile appeared on her beautiful face while letting out a soft chuckle.


    Suddenly, the Demonic Beast tremendous claws were 1-feet away from Diana, :the Demonic Beast frozen in mid-air. Correction, one could say that the demonic wolf was not frozen in mid-air but trapped, there was an ear-deafening roar from the sky above her and what happened next caused Diana¡¯s jaw to drop onto the ground.


    The once blue sky turned to gold and along with the once white clouds turned into emerald-green. Diana can clearly see a figure not too far into the sky, however, what caused Diana¡¯s jaw to drop was not because of the sky changing color or the figure that was not too far away in the sky descending towards her. What was even more shocking was that she had seen a golden dragon that had descended from the heavens itself, which then turned into a golden stairway for the figure to walk down on.This content has been misappropriated from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere.


    Each footstep that the mysterious figure took seems to contain the mysteries of the world itself. Diana supported her upper body with both arms pressed against the ground while staring blankly at the figure not believing everything taking place at the moment, she had convinced herself that a treasure was the cause of all this event. Upon looking attentively at the figure she was shocked of how handsome and young he was, judging from the clothes he wore she thought he must have come from a big noble or royal family.


    This figure had an eye-catching golden coat covering from neck to toes that had a golden dragon embedded coiling around the coat. He had straight black hair flowing by his back, silky smooth skin, and most attractive of all, his eyes.


    Those sparkling blue eyes were as beautiful as the starry sky and seems to contain the universe itself.


    ¡®How can someone have such beautiful eyes?¡¯ I thought while feeling lost in them. Quickly snapping back out from my blank-state.


    ¡®Huh? Where is the Demonic Beast?¡¯ I thought while looking left and right with a confused expression as I had recalled the recent past events.


    ¡°I am pretty sure the Demonic Beast was jus-¡± Stopping half-way between my words as I looked towards the place where the Demonic Beast was last seen, however what could only be seen was a bloody scenery.


    Just one foot away from me there was a large square-shaped of emptiness ingrained into the ground, as if someone had cut out a piece of the ground like cake.


    As I was still astounded, I suddenly heard a voice coming from my left side. ¡°Are you alright?¡± the owner of the voice sounded extremely charming, enough to the point where my arms almost collapsed from such attractiveness.


    The handsome young man noticed my blank expression ¡°Are you alright?¡± He repeated while offering his delicate hand to help pull me up.


    ¡°I¡¯m fine,¡± I replied hastily.


    ¡®Who would have ever thought that a girl can have her dream come true¡¯ smiling wryly while thinking such chances of this happening at such an event.


    Slowly but surely, I used my arms to propel the rest of my body from the ground to stand up and used the tiny amount of strength I had left within me. Once I stood up a wave of exhaustion, dizziness, and pain assaulted me all at once causing my vision to turn black. While falling backward agust of wind blew past by me, the handsome figure magically appeared out of thin air behind me and had embraced me in his bosom, preventing me from hitting the ground.


    Hours had slowly gone by and as of now it was afternoon, slowly awakening from my unconscious state, I felt incredibly comfortable and at ease. I had no idea why I would feel so at ease because I would always be cautious and remain aware of my surroundings. In the world of cultivation, there was danger everywhere you go that can be life-threatening.


    Upon waking up I had realized that I couldn¡¯t move as freely like something was holding me, once my eyes could finally see clearly, my mind jolted. I was currently being carried princess style by the handsome figure, with him noticing movments in his arms, he looked down towards me and I looked up. Being embraced together like couples we locked our eyes together, as I regained my senses I felt a warm hand on the side of my breast. Feeling this warmthI had recalled something frightening that was even more frightening than waking up in a stranger''s arms. Slowly looking down at my chest as I hoped that the worst I did not want to see would not be there. Looking downwards towards my chest there were two naked curvaceous hills that could be seen and along with a hand holding onto one of my curvaceous hills from the underneath my arm.


    ¡°AHHHH!!!¡± I screamed out loud in a high-pitched voice, along with a face flushed red from shame.


    By reflex, I pushed myself out of the handsome figure¡¯s embrace and swung my arm out like an arc at full force towards his face.


    In the next instance, a clear crisp clean slapping sound could be heard echoing within the forest.

 Chapter 4 "Misunderstanding"

    Within the Demonic Forest, there was two figure; one was a handsome young man who seems at the age of 18. The handsome young man wore a golden coat covering from neck to toes that had a golden dragon embedded, coiling around the coat. He had straight black hair flowing by his back, milky white smooth skin, and sparkling deep blue eyes that seem to contain the stars itself along with an imprinted red five-star onto his right cheek. One can clearly tell that whoever slapped this handsome figure surely went all out, this handsome figure was Luc.


    The other figure was a beautiful young lady that was at the age of 17. She had healthy straight black hair flowing by her waist, sparkling black eyes that looks like the starry night sky, healthy snow-white skin, attractive hourglass figure, draped in a white tattered dress, and had a white veil across her face. This beautiful figure was Diana Lycan Heartfelt.


    Luc stood there, unmoving, and astonished by Diana¡¯s actions that happened a few seconds ago. Showing a face full of confusion, clearly not sure what he did wrong to deserve such a thing, slowly bringing up his right hand, feeling the side where the five-star imprint was. Although Luc didn¡¯t feel any pain he was clearly surprised and thinking of why did she do such a thing. Meanwhile, Diana¡¯s thoughts were in chaos, by the cause of having death knocking at her door and being saved by this young man in front of her; however, she had ended up hitting her very savior that had saved her.


    Although Diana didn¡¯t know how he had obliterated the Demonic Beast, into a state of where not even a speck of hair remained. This was because she had been distracted by the eye-catching changes, even so, if Diana had witnessed the event she would still not believe in Luc. So in the end, Diana had assumed that it was a rare treasure that the young man had used. Which such a rare treasure could also explain the change of colors in the sky that had return back to its original color. As for the golden dragon that had turned into a stairway in the sky, she had convinced herself for imagining things during such a life and death situation. This was because she had heard that people who experienced a close encounter with death would a flashback or variety of hallucinations


    Upon reaching a conclusion that the young man in front of her had used a rare treasure just to save her; Diana was now in a complete state of fear because she had no idea who this young man is or what is his intentions.


    ¡®Although this young man had saved me he must¡¯ve saved me just for my body and to enslave me¡¯ Diana felt uneasy at this thought.


    In Diana¡¯s view, the handsome young man had clearly saved her using a treasure and now he might want compensation, for all she knew he could have just saved her because of her voluptuous body and wanted to enslave her for his sexual needs.


    In the world of cultivation, slavery was not unknown, in fact, slavery was quite normal. This is due to the unspoken rule that everyone in the world of cultivation knows: the strong rules and the weak submits. Being powerful was essentially being their own law.


    Also in Diana¡¯s current condition, she would by no means even stand a chance against any cultivator even at the Foundation stage. Even though Diana was at the Condensation stage, which was only separated by a level, one has to know that each stage strength was as different as heaven and earth. This truly shows how severe and weak Diana was. If only one was in Diana¡¯s shoes they would understand the amount of fear that was building up inside of her.


    Sensing Diana¡¯s wariness and fear, Luc recovered from his surprised state.


    ¡°My name is Luc, may I know this young lady¡¯s name?¡±, Luc said in an enchanting voice that was pleasing to hear while taking elegant steps towards Diana.


    Luc took a few steps forward from excitement, because he could clearly see all of Diana¡¯s injuries with just a glance and assumed she would need help; however, what happened next was out of Luc¡¯s expectations; Diana had grabbed a knife off from a nearby BloodFang member¡¯s incomplete corpse and had placed the knife next to her throat with both hands.Unauthorized usage: this narrative is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings.


    ¡°D-d-don¡¯t you dare come c-closer!¡±, Diana exclaimed in a trembling voice with her body shivering in fear and threatening to kill herself.


    Even though Luc had created varieties of races and worlds, he had no interaction other than creating them hundreds of millions of years ago and let them grow by themselves. When Luc had awoken, he had gotten only certain pieces of information about each race from the Seed of Life which had supplied the worlds with endless nutrition. Although Luc had the power to gain the knowledge of every single thing and how each race had progressed since the time he made them, he didn¡¯t do that. He wanted to experience his creations himself, not through knowledge given to him. So Luc had only gained a brief understanding of the regular interactions so that he would know how to interact with the other races if he comes across them. But what Diana had done was not within his expectations: jumping straight into action.


    So with no idea coming to Luc¡¯s mind on how to deal with Diana, he decided to try to talk it out with Diana, however, it might have had the opposite effect.


    ¡°Listen to me, I have no idea why you ar¡ª,¡± Luc said as friendly as he could but was suddenly cut off by Diana.


    ¡°Be quiet! You think I don¡¯t know what you are up to!?!¡± Diana abruptly shouted with a pale-faced.


    Diana was not looking good due to her injuries acting up again from her forcefully yelling; however, she felt that if she didn¡¯t stop Luc from talking then she would have dropped her wariness completely around Luc.


    ¡®Everytime this man talk I would feel attracted towards him, he makes me feel like I want to be ordered by him, and willing to do anything he tells me to; he is dangerous.¡¯ Diana thought but can¡¯t help herself to think about the time her father had told her something important, especially for her.


    ¡®Wait... this sounds very familiar like what father had told me about, that some cultivators would use certain spells or carry charms on them to make the other gender fall for them. So that they can use their body as a cultivation incubator!¡¯ Diana thought as a chilling sensation ran through her back, Diana believed the reason for such sensation was because of the young man in front of her was dangerous. Little did she know that the sensation she had was correct yet wrong, because Luc is a dangerous existence but not how she thought he was.


    At the same time, Luc was confused and did not know what Diana words had meant when she claimed that she knew what he was doing. ¡®I was just only trying to talk wasn''t I?¡¯, Luc thought to himself innocently. How could Luc ever know what was going through Diana¡¯s mind at the moment? The only reason Diana was suddenly aggressive towards Luc was that every time Luc spoke, she would suddenly feel attracted to his voice that was capable of causing her to feel like she would lose herself in that voice. It was as if there was a charm causing her to lose focus and wanting to do what he says. All of this made her believe that Luc was using a seducing or mind control spell that she had heard of from her father; that intercourse cultivators use those kinds of spells or techniques to help increase their cultivation base. So Diana had come to a conclusion that Luc is an intercourse cultivator, causing her mood to turn sour.


    ¡°You despicable cultivator! It¡¯s because of people like you that had made this world a rotten place! You people turn into a beast for some wealth or cultivation skills, that are willing to become backstabbers to those who trust you just for your selfish needs. How shameless can you get? Just now I can clearly feel you using some sort of seduction spell in your voice. Are you trying to take advantage just because of my current condition?¡±, Diana said with a fit in anger and despise could clearly be seen on her pale-face, while slowly moving away from Luc.


    Luc stood there with a dumbfounded expression, first he finally found a person to talk to with, however, Diana was in danger so he saved her, but in the end, she was going to kill herself. These actions greatly confused Luc even more especially when she said he was using some kind of spell, ¡®What spell?¡¯ Luc though which only caused him to become even more confused. The only thing he felt was his energy within him boiling faster and faster and was rushing into his head that started to hurt by the second due to Diana¡¯s actions.


    This was known as frustration, an emotion that Luc was completely unknown of, and was experiencing. Just as Luc was now trying to decipher what was going on at the moment inside of him; a group of five, four of the figures faces clearly showing lust and one with disdain towards the four, had emerged not too far off to the side from the blood-red trees that were surrounding Luc and Diana.

 Chapter 5 "Sword Intent!"

    This five-man group consisted of a burly, scrawny, fat, tall, and a young-looking youth that all wore red clothing except the young youth. The person in front of the five-man group was a burly, bearded man was holding a gigantic sword that could cover one¡¯s body, which was the size of a human law-like scar running along his bare chest.


    Behind the burly, bearded man, there was a scrawny male with a long nose wore a red cloak. The scrawny long-nose man was holding a wooden staff that was beautifully crafted and was emitting a green-colored aura, as if it contained a bit of nature¡¯s essence.


    On the right side of the scrawny long-nosed man, there was a fat man who was holding a 4-meter long staff made of steel. The fat man was big enough to make you think; how can he even stand? With each step he took, his fats would jiggle and one can clearly see every movement on his body. He had a bald head and ugly face full of pimples and wore a red coat that outlined his curves.


    On the left side of the long-nosed man, there was a tall man. He was slim but had toned muscles and was not skinny like the long-nosed man, he carried a meter-long sword, and wore a red overcoat.


    Behind the four was a young-looking youth wearing a tattered cloth shirt and pants; making him look like a beggar. He was around the age of 14. This youth had short bright red hair, well-built toned body full of scars, and along with chains that were cuffed on his wrists that allowed his arms to have a distance of 1-foot away from each other. His legs were no exception but had enough room for him to run only half of his original speed.


    ¡°A slave¡­¡± Diana said in a low voice.


    Luc, of course, had heard what Diana had said and thought to himself ¡®a slave huh?¡¯.


    ¡°A slave can¡¯t be that bad right?¡± Luc said towards Diana with a clueless expression.


    ¡°You are unbelievable!¡± Diana quickly yelled out in anger, not believing that Luc would ask such a dumbfounded question like he really didn¡¯t know how slaves were in the society, even a child would know of such a subject to an extent.


    Luc was truly confused and frustrated because no matter what he had said or done this lady would just shut him down, ¡®Are all humans like this?¡¯ Luc thought while sighing out loud and feeling his energy within him boiling faster and faster.


    Upon seeing that it was only Luc and Diana in the surrounding, the scrawny figure pointed towards Luc and Diana and said with an arrogant face, ¡°If you two hand over the treasure right now I, Taric Bellavard, will let you two off¡± Taric said.


    Diana was the quickest to reply out loud ¡°Taric Bellavard!?! You are really from the Bellavard family?¡± Diana did not want to believe what she was hearing, hoping she had heard it wrong.


    ¡°Correct! Since you know me you should know my family¡¯s background, so why don¡¯t you hand over the treasure?¡± Taric said with an arrogant tone.


    One should know that within the eastern side of the Northern Continent there were many powerhouses, but there was only a few handful that was many times stronger than the rest from the rest. Each and every single one of these super-power houses had an enormous amount of resources and power, if compared to twenty regular power-houses the latter would pale in comparison. The Bellavard family was one of these super powerhouses and quite influential, even a king wouldn¡¯t dare be rash against them.


    Diana was not afraid of the Bellavard family, although they are strong, Diana¡¯s background was by no means weak. But she could only shake her head in disappointment of her current situation as she said coldly ¡°There is no with us treasure.¡±


    One can hear a voice filled with anger coming from Taric ¡°Preposterous! Us five had clearly seen the golden lights in the sky, which indicated that a treasure had appeared, that had led us to this current location and yet you dare claim there is none? You must have hidden it for yourself!¡± Taric said turning around and looking towards the group of five as only four responded back nodding their head, except the young red-haired youth who gave no response whatsoever. The group of five ignored the response given by the red-haired youth again this time.


    ¡°So hand over your bag of holdings and any other materials you two have on your body for compensation! However, I can make an exception if you, pretty lady, come warm my bed for tonight¡±, Taric said with a demanding tone and lustful eyes locked on Diana¡¯s bare-chest.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.


    Diana¡¯s face turned red from embarrassment and anger by Taric¡¯s gaze that was directly on her bare chest and his comment. Although Diana had covered her bosom with an arm; however, Diana¡¯s arm was not big enough to cover every part on bare-chest.


    Just when Taric was about to continue pressing onwards on Diana, suddenly a bright light had enveloped Diana from head to toe, within a second, the bright light that enveloped Diana had disappeared. Earlier Diana¡¯s was covered in dirt and looked disheveled, but once the bright light had enveloped her from out of nowhere she felt clean and even calm without even noticing the changes on herself as if someone was preventing her from noticing. What was at first a messy looking lady that wore a tattered dress, was now replaced with a golden gown that outlined her perfect curves could be seen, healthy straight black hair, and a clean, beautiful face that was even more shocking once her appearance was tidy up.


    Taric was drooling and panting at such a goddess in front of him, while pointing towards Diana, ¡°Grab her for me right now!¡± Taric said impatiently and completely looking like a dog eyeing its treat.


    The red-haired youth, who had a disdainful look towards the other four man in the group, scoffed at such a load of nonsense coming from Taric, ¡°Your family is so powerful and almighty and yet they actually gave birth to a useless piece of trash who relies on other¡¯s strength to do his biddings?¡± the red-haired youth said while sneering.


    Taric and the rest of the five-man group had clearly heard what the red-haired youth had said and traces of anger could be seen on their faces. The one to take action was a burly, bearded man with the large greatsword in his hand, he brought up his free hand and with a shout, he slapped the red-haired youth across the face at an extreme speed. The force behind that slap caused the red-haired youth to fly horizontally from the ground, before coming to a stop at ten meters away. One can hear a thundering popping sound coming from the slap.


    ¡°Do you dare to still be so insolent!?! Be more respectable when you are in front of the 4th young master! You lowly worm!¡± the burly, bearded man shouted in a deep loud voice at the red-haired youth that was bounded in chains.


    The red-haired youth took a moment before standing back up from his knees, while wiping away the blood that was leaking from his mouth, coldly saying.


    ¡°You pillage my village, killed my parents, raped and enslaved my sister, and sold my dear younger brother that was only 9 years of age as a slave. Yet you still expect me to look at that trash with respect? Even a beggar could be respected standing beside such a load of crap¡±, the red-haired youth said with cold eyes looking towards Taric.


    ¡°You are courting death kid!¡± Burly, bearded man said, as he dashed towards the red-haired youth, swinging his greatsword like in an arc at the red-haired youth. If an ordinary person was to be standing in such pressure emanating from the burly, bearded man, they would feel as if they had chains wrapped around their body that weighed hundreds of pounds. However, when he sliced through where the red-haired youth was last standing, there was no blood or flesh that could be seen. Only the remain of dust and intense gust blowing from such frightening strength, the burly, bearded man strength could clearly be seen at the peak of 1st level Condensation stage.


    Diana had forgotten all about the fear and curiosity she felt towards Luc, she was more focused on the group of five and was trying to pry their cultivation level, and had an expression of worry for the red-haired youth. Once the dust cleared out from everyone¡¯s view, Diana¡¯s expression was now full of shock and surprise.


    ¡°How fast!¡± Diana exclaimed while scanning where the red-haired youth could¡¯ve gone too.


    A young voice could be heard from above, ¡°Yet you are still too slow, even though I am still chained up, if I was not chained up I could have killed you over ten times.¡± The red-haired youth said, hanging on a tree branch with an arm.


    ¡°You wouldn¡¯t dare do such a thing you puny brat! You are just a village kid at the Peak of the Foundation stage, don¡¯t forget who holds your sister¡¯s life.¡± A fat, ugly man said with a tone full of arrogance while smirking and pointing towards the red-haired youth. The fat, ugly man was releasing a pressure that would make one feel as if a mountain was pressing down on them.


    Taric brought his hand and placed it on the fat, ugly man¡¯s shoulder ¡°Joe stand down. Bo, teach this brat a lesson but don¡¯t kill him because he still has his uses later.¡± Moving his hand from Joe¡¯s shoulder, pointing towards the red-haired youth. ¡°However, as for the other two strangers just kill the male¡±,Taric said with an evil smile while indicating Bo to teach the red-hair youth a lesson and to kill Luc after, as he slowly striding towards Diana that was looking at him with disgust.


    The fat, ugly man called Joe, turned back with a sneer and sat down on a nearby rock. A tall man with an emotionless face that had stood motionless next to Taric at the beginning ever since they encountered Luc and Diana; this tall man was called Bo. He would have remain motionless and had only reacted when Taric had ordered him to teach the red-haired youth a lesson. Bo was now heading towards the red-haired youth at Taric¡¯s order, moving at an incredible speed, not slowing down at the very least but increasing speed to the point where he was turning into a blur. Slowly pulling out his sword without unsheathing it, he slashed out at the air in front of him in the direction of the red-haired youth, who was looking at the tall man with blood-red eyes. A beam of white lights could be seen coming off Bo''s sheathed sword slash as it slowly formed into a vague outline of a sword that was emitting an intense pressure, along the pressure was tingling sensation. That sensation was filled with sharpness, a sharpness that made one feel as if a sword was pressed against one¡¯s neck.


    ¡®Sword intent!¡¯ Both Diana and the red-haired youth thought at the same time, upon seeing a vague outline of a sword and the feeling of a hundred blade being pressed down on them.

 Chapter 6 "

    ¡®Sword intent!¡¯ Diana was surprised from the level of sharpness emitting from the beam of sword intent. Once she saw the fierce sword intent level that Bo had unleashed towards the red-haired youth, Diana attempted to move towards him to block the heavy sword intent attack heading towards the young boy.


    ¡°Watch out!¡± Diana exclaimed as she fell over trying to make her way over to help the red-haired youth, however, Diana was still severely injured and could only come to a halt and drop to her knees.


    The red-haired youth clearly saw Diana trying to help him which this gave him a good impression of Diana and was grateful in his heart. The red-haired youth was thoroughly surprised when Bo had used sword intent to attack because sword intent is extremely hard to gain enlightenment in and comprehend. The red-haired youth was also frightened by the beam of sword intent Bo had unleashed towards him, however, he kept his composure even though he was shaking.


    ¡°Just how much did he comprehend from his enlightenment to create such a fierce sword intent?¡±


    The red-haired youth and everyone else, with the exception of Luc, was shocked from the level of sword intent Bo had comprehension. Although Bo¡¯s performance had shock everyone, the level that he had reached in sword intent was just like a tiny droplet of water from the vast ocean. The level of comprehension for sword intent Bo had was frightening and was undefeated at his homeland generation. Bo can even cause a challenging fight for those a level ahead in cultivation base because of his sword skills.


    Sword intent is one of the hardest intent to gain enlightenment in, even just comprehending a tiny bit of enlightenment would greatly boost one¡¯s attack power but one has to comprehend the enlightenment they received first. Otherwise, the situation would be like having a book without reading it to understanding the contents within. Having sword intent was a tremendous advantage over people that were at the same cultivation level and even those a level higher would have trouble fighting someone with sword intent. Those cultivators that have gained enlightenment in sword intent were powerful beings once they were able to completely mature in cultivation. A number of cultivators that trained in swords were by no means few, however those that have gained enlightenment and comprehended sword intent were only a few handfuls out of tens of thousands. To those cultivators that have had comprehended sword intent no matter what level they reached in sword intent they would be respected no matter where they go, to some extent they could be called a genius.


    The red-haired youth reacted hastily to the beam of sword intent, maneuvering from tree branch to tree branch swiftly like a monkey. The beam of sword intent was flying through the air following wherever the red-haired youth was last at and behind him was a trail of shredded trees. The only thing that remained was the base of the tree and a pile of shredded chunks of wood.


    ¡®What a high level of control!¡¯ The red-haired youth thought while breathing heavily. Although he was just at the 9th level of the Foundation Stage(peak of Foundation Stage) he was facing against Bo, who was at the 2nd level of Qi Condensation Stage which was a stage higher than the Foundation Stage.


    In the path of cultivation, one has to know that moving from one stage to a higher stage is easier said than done. The difficulty was as hard as trying to swim through raging tidal waves crashing down onto you.


    The red-haired youth was facing tremendous pressure ever since the beginning of the confrontation with the burly, bearded man. His strength compared to Bo was like a cub baring its fang to an adult lion. although he knew his strength was not on par against Bo he was confident in his speed, however, the red-haired youth did not have sufficient amount of energy to sustain himself like Bo because he was only at the Foundation Stage.


    With a sullen expression, the red-haired youth knew he was at his limit and couldn¡¯t do anything. So knowingly he couldn¡¯t win he had to try. He turned around, circulating all of his qi within him he struck out both palms straight in front of him to face towards the incoming sword intent. While circulating his qi to the maximum, a beautiful bright red aura had suddenly exploded out from within the red-haired youth and enveloping him. Upon closer look, while the red-haired tattered shirt was enveloped in the fiery aura a faint image was appearing on his skin like a tattoo. Although this image was faint it burned his tattered shirt into crisp and eventually into ashes. What could be seen on the red-haired youth bare chest was an image of a black snake that had yet to mature.


    What was this black snake that had appeared on the red-haired youth¡¯s body? How can it cause such a strong fiery aura?


    The red-haired youth had shut his eyes and struck both palms out to receive the sword intent, completely oblivious to the changes to his outer appearance. One can see tears building up only on his right eye, as he mumbled to himself to what seems like his last words in a tiny voice that only he can hear.


    Standing there with tears dripping, arms out and palms facing the incoming beam of sword intent he waited¡­ he waited¡­ and waited. The red-haired youth felt like he had waited for what felt like years.


    ¡°Kachi!¡±


    In the next moment, he only heard a gust of wind that blew near him and the sound of swords clashing could be heard. Right after the scraping noise died down he heard a male voice that was powerful yet enchanting to the point of causing him to become absent-minded momentarily.


    ¡°Are you alright boy?¡±


    An unknown yet enchanting voice could be heard in front of him. The red-haired youth slowly opened his eyes. Looking towards where the voice was coming from, there was a young male figure in front of him that wore an expensive looking golden coat that had a golden dragon embedded, coiling around the coat from neck to toes. Judging from his back alone, this mysterious man gave off a strong feeling of security. It was as if he was capable of standing against the might of the heavens themselves.Stolen content warning: this content belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences.


    With eyes filled with confusion, pondering about what had happened to the beam of sword intent and why this young man was standing in front of him. The red-haired youth had not realized his surroundings yet, and everyone around him that had witnessed what had just taken place had their mouths open and jaws low enough to touch the ground.


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    After creating Diana a new outfit that replaced her tattered white dress. Luc was like an audience member spectating a show.


    Luc was starting to feel annoyed with Taric¡¯s attitude and how demanding he was. Luc was feeling more and more irritated from just watching what was going on. Even though Luc didn¡¯t know what the feeling of being annoyed was, he felt as if there was an impulse provoking him to take action. This only served as fuel for Luc¡¯s frustration which was something Luc was not accustomed to. He felt a strong urge to release some of his pent-up stress and even more so when he encountered someone like Taric.


    ¡°Oh, what is this?¡±


    Luc mumbled to himself watching a beam of light was heading towards the red-haired youth that was now standing still, eyes shut, both arms outwards to face the incoming beam of sword intent. But Luc could feel that the beam of sword intent was also a part of him, which peaked his interest in how sword intent was being used.


    ¡®So Humans uses this energy in this way?¡¯


    Luc was surprised from how Bo was using sword intent since he had never seen how another living species used this energy. Luc was only observing the beam of sword intent that was closing in on the red-haired youth. Just when the beam of sword intent was just less than a meter away from the red-haired youth. Luc had moved at an extreme speed, within a blink of an eye Luc was in front of the red-haired youth. There were no fancy techniques to his moves nor was there any spacial rift being used, it was only pure physical speed being displayed. Luc had previously observed the red-haired youth when he was running around and dodging the burly, bearded man greatsword.


    Luc was trying to blend into society so that he can act like those around him and to make him seem like a normal cultivator within society. However, seeing how fast the red-haired youth was moving, this was a set scale that allowed Luc to see how fast he should move to fit in the world of cultivation. But Luc was a completely different existence, so how can he move at the speed of the red-haired youth? It was like trying to make a hare move at the speed of a snail.


    Once Luc arrived in front of the red-haired youth, he casually walked towards the incoming beam of sword intent with both hands behind his back, as if he just was strolling through his backyard. With a single light step, Luc had unleashed a domineering and oppressive pressure. A pressure that had caused the surrounding air to twist and turn like a raging tempest, which shredded the nearby trees into powders. If one was to watch this scene one would be shocked. One step can destroy an empire. One step can shake the world. One step can slay the gods.


    Slowly and surely the beam of sword intent was starting to bend, distort, then shrank until there was nothing left when it was an arm''s length from Luc. From the tempest, Luc had caused the beam of sword intent to dissipated easily without a struggle.


    The beam of sword intent that Bo had a mental connection to had suddenly disappeared. His appearance along with the five-man group was completely disheveled. They were struggling to use their qi and mana within them just to barely stand in put from the raging tempest.


    Bo was frozen in place like a statue, he was was extremely shocked that his connection with his sword intent had disappeared. From his experience, no one had ever dissipated his sword intent easily from just a step. Most shocking of all this young man in front of him seems much younger than him! Only his master at the Extraction Stage was the only one that could dissipate his sword intent, however, not by stepping. The burly, bearded man was surprised that such a strong tempest was capable of rendering him useless and unmoving. He was not the only one to have such thought because Joe, Bo, and Taric also had the same thoughts.


    ¡°Who are you, sir?¡±


    The ugly, fat man said in a wary, clear voice towards Luc, while circulating his qi to the maximum within him to respond to any danger at notice. This ugly, fat man was none other than Joe who had unleashed a heavy aura on the red-haired youth earlier. Joe¡¯s instinct was screaming out to him that this handsome young man in front of him was dangerous. The handsome young man in front of them that wore a golden coat with dragons embedded onto it had managed to pin each and every single one of them to a standstill using only a step. Joe knew his own strength was by no mean weak since he was the second strongest in the group with Bo in first; however, since Bo was easily forced into a situation where he couldn¡¯t do anything, moreover, the speed that Luc had travel was instantaneous. This only made Joe more vigilant around the handsome young man in front of them.


    ¡°Want to know my name?¡± Luc showed an unpleasant expression, ¡°You are not worthy, now I want your group to leave this area immediately.¡± His voice resounded throughout the group of five-man ears.


    Joe was frowning from the arrogant response Luc had given him, however, he couldn¡¯t complain out loud ¡®Who was Luc? And how come I have never heard of him?¡¯ questions were going through Joe¡¯s mind and just before he got to speak out, a voice filled with annoyance could be heard coming from his side.


    ¡°How dare you! Just who do you think you are!?¡±


    Joe had frozen up from hearing this voice. This was none other than Taric Bellavard, the 4th young master of the well-powerful Bellavard family. An arrogant 17 years old boy that did not understand the current situation they were currently in except for the fact that there was a strong tempest that came out of nowhere and a young man in a golden coat asking them to leave this area. Joe was trying to speak to Taric and tell him what they should not do to offend this strong genius, however, with Taric¡¯s haughty attitude he silenced Joe with raise of his hand. The burly, bearded man was still focused on protecting Taric from the raging tempest, and Bo was still pondering how can his sword intent be dissipated into nothing that even his master can¡¯t do immediately. Only Joe was the one focused on the current issue with beads of sweat forming on his head, afraid that the current situation might go poorly for them Joe grabbed a talisman from his pocket, which was given to each one of Taric¡¯s bodyguards for them to use to teleport the 4th young master for precaution.


    Luc just stood there, if one was to look closely at his eyes one would see that there was a white glow rotating stronger and stronger like a whirlpool. He was staring down at Taric and slowly releasing his aura, which caused the energy fluctuation in the surrounding area immediately changed from calm to chaotic. With the five-man group, excluding the red-haired youth, was feeling incredible pressure locked onto them and was by no means decreasing. Feeling this ever-increasing tremendous aura locked onto them; Bo and the burly, bearded man had focused and looked towards Luc¡¯s direction and was shocked at the aura emanating from such a young man. However, the next line from Luc caused Joe to shake in fright.


    ¡°Do I dare?¡± Luc expression was scornful ¡°Yes I do and since I have nothing to do might as well have what you humans so call ¡®fun¡¯.¡± With a wave of Luc¡¯s arm, the surrounding area energy fluctuation immediately turned sharp and making the group of five feel countless of serrated knife pressing against their skin.


    ¡°Not good!¡± Joe immediately crushed the talisman in his hand and was turning pale from seeing a frightening view displaying in front of him.

 Chapter 7 "Ryu"

    ¡°Not good!¡± Joe immediately crushed the talisman in his hand and was turning pale from seeing a frightening view displaying in front of him.


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    Luc took a step forward and slowly released his origin energy within him. The amount of origin energy Luc had emitted caused his originally calm aura to become emitting crush mountains, however, the aura being released was only a minuscule amount but to the five-man group they felt like their bones were going to break under such immense pressure, in fact, they can already feel their bones cracking. They felt as if they were in the deepest part of the vast ocean. Upon facing such pressure bearing down on them, the five-man group was tightly clenching their fist to the point of blood dripping out.


    ¡®What an overbearing aura!¡¯ The five-man group had thought while tightly clenching their fist. They were covered in sweat from circulating their qi and mana under the constant increasing pressure from Luc¡¯s aura. It was like trying to stay still within a raging storm at the sea. Just difficult.


    Seeing the concentrated looks on the faces of the five-man group, Luc sneered. The way how Luc was portraying himself was like the Heavens itself sending heavenly punishment to those that had done gone against the wills of Heavens. The white glow within Luc¡¯s eye was revolving intensely and if one looked at his eyes they would feel as if there were countless of swords pressed against their skin.


    The surrounding natural Heavenly Yuan around Luc formed into a cloudy mist that enveloped a mile circumference. Although everybody cannot see the natural Heavenly Yuan surrounding them rotating like a tornado, with Luc as the eye, they did feel an incredible suction power towards Luc¡¯s direction. But when the invisible natural Heavenly Yuan was condensed into a form everyone eyes widened, because they had never felt such pure and concentrated natural Heavenly Yuan before. Little did everybody knew that they were bearing witness to a man that was going to shake the four continents.


    Luc slowly lifted his arm up and out in front of him with an open palm, the cloudy mist condensed into millions of droplets. Millions of the raindrop made from condensed natural Heavenly Yuan slowly revolving around Luc and was increasing its speed until it was rapidly rotating. If one was to look up into the sky, the view was like shooting stars flying across the starry sky endlessly. The natural Heavenly Yuan droplets now looked like white beams of light flying around Luc and company. Changing from an open palm to a pointing gesture millions of white beams of light froze in place for a split second before rushing towards the five-man group like a sky filled with arrows. Although it may have seemed like everything took awhile to happen, in truth, it only took the time one needed to breathe.


    Facing the millions of white beams the five-man group had an extremely ashen-faced as if they had just seen a ghost. No, in truth it was even more frightening than seeing a ghost. Joe was standing there with a bewilderment expression of how frightening Luc was. Joe had looked down on Luc but was still caution but only until now he realized how much he had looked down on Luc. Not only Joe but Bo as well, facing the millions of white beam, Bo could tell what type of attack Luc had unleashed based on the white beams intense aura being emitted. Sharpness. Although everyone was in shock, the one in shock the most was Bo. It could be said the higher one¡¯s pride is, the harder they crash.


    Bo took pride in the fact that he was a genius in the path of cultivation, he was always ahead of his peers, he was even looked up to, and his greatest pride of all was gaining enlightenment of sword intent at the age of 14. However, everything came crashing down on Bo when he saw how far Luc had gained enlightenment of sword intent. He was always ahead of everyone and always looked up too, however, just now a person that looks younger than him had surpassed him in every aspect in cultivation and sword intent. Bursting out from anger, Bo had lost his cold and calm demeanor. Pulling out his sword from his sheath, Bo circulated his qi throughout his body to the maximum, which made him felt like he was about to explode from such intensity. Bringing his sword above his head and swinging it downwards and unleashing his sword intent towards Luc, but compared to Luc¡¯s sword intent, it was as if an ant wanted to fight against an elephant. The difference was as vast as the Heaven and Earth.Stolen story; please report.


    When Bo¡¯s sword intent collided against Luc¡¯s sword intent it immediately disappeared, more like devoured and became a source of energy to Luc¡¯s sword intent. How can Luc¡¯s sword intent be like those of Bo¡¯s when he was the one that created the universe? However, the hope that Bo had to destroy Luc¡¯s sword intent was futile, and instead he was shredded into pieces, even his blood that flew out seemed like it evaporated, his soul was not even spared and was completely devoured from the wave of sword intent giving him no chance to enter the cycle reincarnation. Just the intense approaching aura from the wave of sword intent itself was enough to shred a cultivator at the 2nd level of Qi Condensation Stage into nothing.


    Upon seeing Bo being shredded Joe was scared, however, his thoughts were still clear and immediately crushed the talisman in his hand while quickly ramming it onto the 4th young master Taric Bellavard¡¯s chest without care of his force with the circumstance at hand. Instantly upon impact, 4th young master Taric Bellavard could be seen flying in the air like a kite that had the string cut for a moment while being engulfed in a thin purple light before vanishing into thin air.


    Joe breathed out an air of relief, because if there were any mishaps to the 4th young master Taric Bellavard then his family wouldn¡¯t be under the protection of the Bellavard family anymore. Just thinking about this, Joe felt glad, however, his gladness quickly changed into remorse. Being at the age of 38 Joe married the most beautiful women he had ever saw that gave birth to his two beautiful daughters that were twins and had recently turned 3. One could say that he was pretty much content with his life; however, he was guilty at this very moment. Guilty of leaving his beloved wife that was going to have to raise his two beautiful daughters without a father. He was grateful to have a wife that never cared about how he looked but his personality, that¡¯s how she fell in love with him in the first place. No matter what, he always knew that his wife was out of his league yet she fell in love with him and not some noble. Her beauty was enough to make nobles want her as a concubine, however, she chose him instead of bathing in splendors and golds. Although she had chosen him as her husband, there were many nobles that wanted to lay hands on her and would go through any means just to have a taste of her beauty that could cause nobles to kill for her. This was why Joe had no other way out and could just sell himself as a bodyguard for one of the super-power houses so he can gain the protection of his family. Doing things he doesn¡¯t want to but must, in order for his family to live a peaceful life he is willing to do anything. Luckily, his cultivation talent was higher than the rest of the participants to become a bodyguard in the Bellavard family and was selected for the 4th young master, Taric Bellavard.


    ¡°AHHH!¡±


    A scream could be heard, looking towards the source of the sound, it was the burly, bearded-man. He was hit by the aura emanated from the wave of sword intent, one can hear the sound of flesh being ripped apart and blood gushing out before quickly vanishing into thin air. Upon seeing the burly, bearded-man die in such way, Joe could only smile wryly and close his eyes that contained sadness and embrace death as he was hit by the wave of sword intent aura.


    The wave-like tsunami sword intent had not yet dissipated there but continued downwards towards the ground, immediately piercing through the ground like tofu the sword intent seems like it could continue forever. The intense sword intent Luc had unleashed was sent 20,000 miles under the ground before expanding and slicing up half of the Demonic Forest into nothing, only to leave 20,000 miles deep concave into the ground. This area later became uninhabitable from the intense sword intent that remained there for years to come, and only to leave a made up legend of an intense battle of the god-like experts.


    A gasp escaped from a female in a golden gown that outlined her perfectly curved body.


    ¡°How strong is this young man?¡± Diana said with mix emotions as she felt the extremely dense sword intent that Luc had used to destroy have of the Demonic Forest while looking around at the vast and now plain concave land. However, just right after she had spoken out those words her vision started to turn black and the last thing she saw was the back of a handsome young man in golden robes.


    ¡®Just who is this mysterious man?¡¯ Her last thought went through her head as she fell backward unconscious, just before she fell back completely a young man in golden robes had caught her and swooped her off her feet to place her gently on the ground.


    ¡°What¡¯s your name boy?¡±


    With just the time it takes one to breathe Luc had already appeared in front of the red-haired youth and was looking at the black snake on the youth¡¯s bare chest as Luc seems to be in a middle of thinking about something.

 Chapter 8 "Heading Out"

    "Eh? I a-am very s-sorry mister, m-my name is R-ryu,¡±


    Within the time it takes one to breath Luc had already appeared in front of the red-haired youth and was looking at the black snake on the youth¡¯s bare chest as Luc seems to be in a middle of thinking about something.


    ************


    ¡®Hmm, just as I thought, this is the same aura as him but this aura is incredibly weak.¡¯


    While looking at the frightened Ryu, Luc had sensed something extremely familiar which made him think somebody he knew, but the thought quickly dissipated once Luc locked his gaze firmly on Ryu¡¯s bare chest. Luc was looking at the black snake that was embedded onto Ryu¡¯s skin.


    ¡°I see, so that¡¯s how it is.¡±


    Luc said with a rare charming smile once he understood why Ryu had the emitted the same but faint aura of that person.


    ¡°Ryu was it? As for me, my name is Luc and I am just a simple wanderer.¡±


    Luc said with a simple, yet mysterious smile that seems to contain many secrets behind it. He didn¡¯t ask Ryu why such a strange occurrence happened to him, and why did the black snake appeared onto his chest; instead he decided to explain who he is to ease up the alerted Ryu in front of him.


    Upon hearing what Luc had said, Ryu had slightly relaxed. Although, Luc had saved him he could tell that Luc was being honest and didn¡¯t seem like Luc had any ill-intent towards him.


    However, Ryu just couldn¡¯t push aside the formidable strength that Luc had displayed earlier. The only word that could describe what he saw was frightening, especially when he saw how Luc had deal with the five-man group.


    Ryu could definitely tell that the five-man group was not weak, as a matter of fact, they were many times stronger than him. However, in front of Luc, they were like chickens ready to be slaughtered.


    With a quick realization, and quick thinking that far exceeds the kids at his age. Ryu had thought of a plan. A plan that may give a chance to regain freedom for everyone.


    ¡°Sire Luc, although I may be like a lowly peasant in your eyes. Can you please, just please accept my request to become your disciple?¡±


    Ryu said in a voice filled with sorrow and slight hint of hope. One can tell that Ryu had gone through extreme hardship just by the voice and right eye that was flowing with tears.


    ¡°Sire Luc, even if I did come from a poor background. I, Ryu, am extremely capable.¡±


    Ryu spoke to Luc using honorifics, even though Luc had call himself a wanderer. Just based off Luc¡¯s clothings, Ryu had guessed that Luc was most likely someone with a high position from a super power-house family.


    Ryu even knew that his chances was extremely small to be accepted as a disciple, and not even worthy enough to gaining Luc¡¯s attention; however, he still had to try.


    Immediately right after Ryu spoke, he had dropped down on the ground with both knees and began to kowtow towards Luc.


    When Ryu¡¯s head hit the ground, one can hear the flesh being mushed and cracking from the ground. Every time Ryu lifts his head, one can see a trail of blood flowing from his forehead. Along with a small web-like cracks imprinted onto the groundThis story is posted elsewhere by the author. Help them out by reading the authentic version.


    Standing there puzzled, Luc still had a calm demeanor but beneath that calm demeanor there was only shock. Luc was shocked at what was going on and could only watch everything blankly at Ryu.


    ¡®Disciple? What is a disciple?¡¯


    Questions were yet again appearing left and right in Luc¡¯s mind as he watched the red-haired youth kowtow. Finally, in order to stop the red-haired youth from continuing his absurd action from Luc¡¯s point of view, Luc had grabbed onto Ryu¡¯s shoulder and lifted up Ryu who was kowtowing as easily as if he was picking up a pebble off the ground.


    ¡°Ryu, although I don¡¯t know what you mean by wanting to become my disciple I will have to refuse your request. However, if you are willing to accompany me with my journey and explore the vast lands then I am willing to let you follow me.¡± Luc said as he let go of the red-haired youth from his grasp.


    From the beginning of Luc¡¯s words Ryu¡¯s hopes were instantly crushed and his eyes began to turn dull, but when Luc had quickly finished speaking the rest of his words. Ryu¡¯s eyes were now lit with hope and determination.


    ¡°Ryu is willing to accompany master on his journey to explore the vast lands!¡±


    Ryu said with excitement written all over his face and clasped his hands to show respect. Of course, who wouldn¡¯t be excited when they had an extremely powerful expert backing them or justs being able to travel with one. One would definitely feel safe and sound.


    By being able to travel with someone that is an expert in cultivation, they would most-likely have a brighter and successful future.


    ¡°Do not call me master¡± Luc said in a calm yet demanding tone and unconsciously letted out his domineering aura.


    ¡°Then what shall I call you mast¡ª sire?¡± Shivering from Luc¡¯s overbearing aura, Ryu had quickly nodded his head and asked.


    By being an expert in cultivation, it would obviously make people feel uncomfortable by calling them by their names with no honorifics, therefore, Ryu was in a dilemma.


    ¡°There is no need for you to call me by any other names, just call me by Luc,¡± Luc waved his hand, indicating Ryu to stop and listen.


    After the obedient Ryu nodded his head, Luc was now ready to head out of the Demonic Forest.


    ¡°Very well, now let us head on our way.¡± Luc said while turning his back on Ryu.


    Redirecting his gaze from Ryu onto Diana¡¯s beautifully curved unconscious body that was extremely graceful.


    ¡°I guess this she can¡¯t be left out here just like this.¡± Luc mumbled to himself before walking over to the unconscious Diana. Lifting her body off the ground in a princess carry again caused Luc to let out a sigh.


    ¡°Very comfortable indeed.¡±


    Slightly nodding with his head in approval at the squishiness and softness within his embrace before walking off into the distance; especially, within his left hand.


    After taking quite a few steps Luc came to a sudden stop and without turning his head around he called out to Ryu.


    ¡°Are you coming or not?¡±


    Hearing Luc calling out to Ryu like that, Ryu quickly ran and reappeared next to Luc¡¯s side wearing nothing on his upper body, tattered pants, and chains that clearly indicated that he was a slave.


    Noticing the chains that was cuffed on Ryu¡¯s wrists and ankles, with just a glance the chains that had magical runes written all over had shimmered for a brief moment before disappearing in thin air. Along with the magical runes disappearing the chains had dissolved as if it was corroded by acid.


    With a waving motion towards Ryu, bright lights had enveloped Ryu from head to toe. The once shirtless and tattered pants were now replaced with a Hanfu that had a narrow-cuffed, knee-length tunic with a sash, worn with bixi, a length of fabric that reached the knees. The fabric was made up of red and black silk.


    Taking notice of Ryu¡¯s change in expression, Luc simply turned around and walked towards the way out of the Demonic Forest, along with the unconscious beauty within his arms.


    Feeling a sensation of being watched, Luc stared at where the feeling was coming from. Staring far off into the distance sky, Luc letted out a mysterious smile.


    ¡°It has been a while.¡±


    Luc kept the smile on his face as muttered to himself. A gleam of excitement could be seen in his sparkling deep blue eyes, but who knows what kind of expectations he had in mind.


    ************


    Somewhere within the Origin Continent. In a cave that was extremely hot like magma yet it was cold to the point of imediately freezing a person to death just by the breeze. Hot and cold were coexisting stably in this cave, along with the extremely dense natural Heavenly Yuan.


    One can tell that this cave is not as simple as it seems.


    If one was to follow the source of the heat and coldness then one would only encounter a fist-sized rock. However, the rock had sudden trembled and slowly started to uncoil.


    What could be seen was actually a small snake-like creature with that had coiled itself to look like a rock.


    When the small snake-like creature opened its eyes, one can see within the reptilian eyes the pupil had the colors of a rainbow.


    Surprisingly, the corner of the small snake-like creature mouth curved upwards into a menacing smile, before cracking its mouth open, and displaying a row of incredibly sharp teeths.


    ¡°Has he finally awakened?¡±


    A deep and ancient voice could be heard reverberating throughout the cave from the small snake-like creature. It was as if the small snake-like creature had been living for countless of years.

 Chapter 9 "Village Crisis"

    Somewhere within the borderline of the Demonic Forest. There were three figures that could be seen. Two of the figures were walking out of the Demonic Forest side by side. The third figure was unconscious and was being carried by one of the two walking figures. One can see that the unconscious figure, being carried was an extremely beautiful woman in a silky golden gown, this unconscious beauty was none other than Diana.


    The beauty was extremely captivating, especially, in her sleeping-like state. Only one word could describe her elegant, sleeping body. Charming. Any man would give anything just to be able to have and to hold such a women.


    Currently, there was a figure carrying such beauty. If there was a crowd of men''s nearby they would definitely flock over the beauty in the figure¡¯s embrace. However, they would not immediately flock if one was to see who was carrying the beauty because the figure carrying the unconscious beauty was a young handsome man.


    That young handsome man didn¡¯t even seem to be past the age of 18. He wore a golden coat that covered from neck to toes with a dragon embedded onto the golden coat, coiling around him. There was also an insignia of a blue Phoenix being coiled by a blood-red scaled dragon that had a snake-like body, on the left side of his chest. With a glance, one can tell that this young and handsome man was not simple. This figure was none other than Luc that was holding onto Diana in his embrace.


    Beside Luc was a figure that was a head shorter than Luc. That figure was in a delicately made hanfu that had would outshine any professional artisans masterpiece. Along with the hanfu, there To seemed to be a noble aura coming off him. That noble aura was being emitted from the way how he looked along with his abnormal red-hair and eyes that seemed like it was the scorching flames of hell itself. This was none other than Ryu who Luc had saved from the five-man group.


    Walking out of the Demonic Forest, stepping out of the overcasting shadows, Luc looked up into the sky. Staring at the clear blue sky with the sun high in the sky, feeling the rays of heat hitting against his skin, and the sound of wind whispering next to his ears. Luc closed his eyes to fully indulge in the bliss he currently felt.


    ¡°Umm, Lord Luc, excuse me for interrupting you but we need to find a nearby civilization.¡±


    Shortly after a moment of closing his eyes, there was a childish voice that had awoken Luc from his blissful state.


    Looking towards the source of the childish voice. Luc was staring at Ryu straight into the eyes.


    ¡°Civilization?¡± Luc questioned with eyes staring blankly at Ryu as if he didn¡¯t understand what Ryu was saying.


    Hearing Luc question, Ryu was quick to reply as he said ¡°Yes Lord Luc, we need to find a place to rest and food to eat. So the only place like that would be a populated city for people like you that have high status. If you were to spend the night in a village or poor town, then you wouldn¡¯t find the things you want to satisfy your needs. Also, those places are not fit for people that have a high status in society.


    ¡°Also, since we just got out of the Demonic Forest and the only closest civilization should be a couple hundred of miles away from the Demonic Forest.¡± Taking a couple of steps in front of Luc, Ryu said with a hint of longing in his voice


    ¡°What is so bad about a village? What is even a town? And why do you think a city would be best for me?¡± Luc asked with calmness all over his face as if he already knew the answer to the questions, but the excitement was exploding within his heart but held his calm demeanor on the outside.


    Being bombarded with Luc¡¯s questions and being surprised at his knowledge extent, even Ryu was surprised. However, Ryu quickly treated those questions as nothing but a test to see how well he could answer Luc, in the end, he may reap benefits. So without delay, Ryu began to explain as they walked on an open field of healthy green grass.


    ¡°A village is a place that I was born in, also known as a place for the poor. If one was able to raise livestock than they were wealthy. If one didn¡¯t then they would be known as the poorest of the poor, which they struggle to find food, and even die. Although one can survive by building one¡¯s own home and live by stealing or hunting, most villagers survive by working together.


    However, that doesn¡¯t mean that every village works together because in some village people would kill you and you wouldn¡¯t even know the reason why you died.


    But for those that work together, the people need to hunt together just to get enough food for everyone, however, there is always a Village Chief in each village. The Village Chief would distribute the food, and usually, they would be greedy and take most for themselves. Which is why villages are not a place for people with high status to stay at because of how dirty it is.¡± Ryu said with a hint of hatred and his eyes glittered with redness as if he was recalling past memories.


    ¡°As for Towns, those places are better¡ª¡±


    However, before Ryu even got to finish explaining what towns and cities are Luc had interrupted. Seeing Ryu¡¯s face that had a hint of anger and deep hatred Luc was immediately interested and couldn¡¯t help but to interrupt Ryu.


    ¡°Alright, let¡¯s go!¡±


    Shortly after interrupting Ryu, Luc had spread out his divine sense in a five-hundred miles circumference. At that moment, every single living being and non-living within Luc¡¯s divine sense could be seen in his head like a map laid out. The time it took for Luc to cover five-hundred miles with divine sense was about the time one needed to breathe, even top experts in the East Continent would be shocked by what was happening.


    Immediately right after Luc had sensed what was within his divine sense, he had grabbed onto Ryu¡¯s shoulder. Bright lights had enveloped Luc and Ryu, *woosh* before Ryu even had the time to retaliate or complain they had instantly vanished into thin air. There were no ripples, not even a trace of Heavenly Yuan that should¡¯ve been emitted from the body. It was as if there was nothing there to begin with.


    A couple seconds later, a figure had appeared and worn a dark gray cloak with a blue life-like sword embedded onto the cloak. The grey-cloaked figure was standing still; however, if one was to see this view they would be shocked. Because right now the grey-cloaked figure was not standing on land. He was standing on air. That¡¯s right, the grey-cloaked figure was flying.


    ¡°Hmm, there seems to be an outstanding genius within these lands. To make me lose track of him and to have noticed me, this kid is clearly not simple. How come I have never seen him before? Nor have I heard of him?¡±


    Speaking to himself, the grey-cloaked figure was looking at the area of where Luc and Ryu had been. Shortly afterward, a smile could be seen emerging from the grey-cloaked figure. Before one knew it, the grey-cloaked figure had turned into a beam of gray light and flew off into the distance.


    ************


    *Woosh woosh*


    Everything had happened so quickly and Ryu¡¯s view of the surrounding had only blurred for a moment. However, that moment had shocked him into the very depths of his heart once he opened his eyes.


    Before regaining clarity in his vision, Ryu could hear the cheerful voices of children laughing, arguing, yelling, and crying. Regaining his vision, Ryu clearly saw groups of kids playing together. Near the group of kids, there were multiple groups of adults that were currently busy; the men were chopping down trees, dragging in the fresh load of animals they hunted and sharpening their tools. There were also groups of women, from young to old, at the moment doing various chores, such as cooking, cleaning, taking care of infants, and washing clothes by the stream nearby.The story has been illicitly taken; should you find it on Amazon, report the infringement.


    Staring in shock, Ryu slowly shifted his gaze from the groups of people in front of him to Luc. Because Ryu definitely knew that they were at a village. The thing that surprised Ryu the most was, how did they get there?


    One had to know that the Demonic Forest was a dangerous place that even experts wouldn¡¯t dare head in there rashly, much less, an ordinary person. This was why any civilization would not dare live close to the Demonic Forest, only the poor would have to live closer.


    Even then, the distance for a civilization to be found should be a few hundred miles away. At the time they just got out of the Demonic Forest and was not even close to a single village. Yet in a blink of an eye, they had arrived in front of a village.


    As a kid, Ryu had definitely heard of stories about the legends; people having the ability to fly, the strength to overturn kingdoms, and the ability to annihilate armies themselves as if they were merely cutting grass. There were people in the legends that were capable of shaking the Heaven.


    However, what Luc had shown was out of common sense in this world because there was no flying involved, and no Heaven and Earth shattering martial skill or cultivation skill. Just simply unordinary


    Feeling Ryu¡¯s gaze, Luc had simply shrugged his shoulders as if it was nothing. After shrugging, Luc had walked towards the group of women while holding the unconscious Diana like a Princess.


    ¡°Hey, hey look, someone is coming!¡±


    With Luc walking towards the group of women, only then did they start to realize someone was approaching.


    ¡°Excuse me, young ladies, I have a friend here unconscious and I was hoping if you had a place for us to take shelter and to rest.¡± While walking towards the group of women, Luc had asked out to get their attention.


    Upon hearing Luc¡¯s request, most of the young women in the group who had turned towards the charming voice. However, when they saw the figure who had such a charming voice, they were all dumbstruck. They were currently looking at Luc¡¯s extremely radiant elegant cold face, his sparkling deep blue eyes that seem to contain the starry sky itself, and his black shiny, silky hair flowing down his shoulders.


    The hearts of the many women wavered, especially for the ones in their youthful years. even if they were married they had felt something igniting from within their body. For the first time in their lifetime, they can truly say that they now know what lust is. With his looks alone, Luc can cause goddess to wage war just so that they can embrace him. So how can ordinary women resist?


    While the ladies were drooling as they were staring at the eye candy in front of them, not far away from them, a group of men that had finished their duties and caught sight of the group of young women ogling over at Luc.


    ¡°Hey! What are you guys doing over there!?!¡±


    Within the group of men, there was a middle-aged man with an average built body that had yelled out in anger and quickly rushed over. Separating the group of women and Luc, also sending Luc a meaningful hateful look while exerting his aura at the 8th level of the Foundation Stage.


    ¡°Ahh!¡±


    Those young ladies had cried out in surprise, the middle-aged man had snapped out the group of women back into reality from their day dream-like state. There was a shade of red on each and every single one of their faces, because of the intimacy they had imagined doing with Luc in their head. Even the ones that were married had a deeper shade of red.


    ¡°Ah, husband, it is not what you think. This young man had just come up to us and asked if we have a place to shelter him and his friends.¡±


    A woman that was in her early-twenties had quickly replied to the angry middle-aged man. Although a village was poor, it didn¡¯t mean that no beauty could be born here. But in the village, the middle-aged women could be count as a beauty if compared to most of the plain, and youthful ladies in the group.


    Hearing so, the middle-aged man quickly withdrew his aura in the 8th level of the Foundation Stage. Preventing any unnecessary injuries that may occur to those that do not have any cultivation.


    ¡°Ahh, so that¡¯s how it is, I am thoroughly sorry for jumping to conclusions and if my actions earlier had offended you, I would like to apologize again.¡±


    Clasping his hand and slightly bowing towards Luc, showing his sincere. The middle-aged man had apologized because of jumping straight into the conclusion of Luc trying to seduce his wife when none of that was true. One can see that he truly believes in his wife, or else if it was another man he might have used violence instead.


    Seeing her husband apologize in a way without greetings, the middle-aged women nudged him on the elbow and lightly coughed.


    Catching onto his wife¡¯s meaning, the middle-aged man had clasped his hand again and stated who he was.


    ¡°Oh¡ªAhem, I am ashamed that I even forgot proper greetings. I am the youngest son of the Village Chief and soon to be Chief, Alex.¡± Alex said with a proud expression and following that, he wrapped one of his arms around the middle-aged women waist and pulled her closer to him. ¡°This is my beautiful wife, Scarlet, the most beautiful women I have ever seen.¡±


    Alex was looking at Scarlet as he said that. Facing Alex lovely gaze and actions, Scarlet had actually blushed. Clearly, these two couples were deeply in love with one and another.


    Watching the scene played out, Luc just stood there unknowingly what to do, however, just at that moment, a voice could be heard coming from Luc¡¯s side. It was none other than Ryu.


    ¡° Umm, excuse me, but Lord Luc wants to find a place to stay to take care of his companion here,¡± Ryu said while pointing towards the unconscious Diana within Luc¡¯s arms.


    Following the direction Ryu was pointing, Alex and Scarlet were now starting to realize Luc¡¯s handsomely-made clothing and Ryu¡¯s. Both of them especially focused on the word ¡®Lord¡¯ and could tell they were not simple figures.


    ¡°Ah, this lowly one apologizes for wasting this great one time.¡±


    Quickly bowing, Alex and Scarlet had now realized that they had been in front of a highly figure the whole time without being respectful and spoke out casually. Feeling dreadful fear creeping up within their hearts and afraid of any consequences that may happen.


    They had once heard what had happened to a nearby village, there was a Village Chief''s daughter that had caught the attention of young master from a noble family. Due to not welcoming the young master from a noble family, he had taken the Village Chief¡¯s daughter and killed off half the villagers.


    So the two married couple were in deep fear, thinking of what they had done might have brought a catastrophe to the village safety, the two of them were drenched in sweat.


    ¡°What are you two doing? I just want a place to rest, do you have what I require?¡±


    Just when the two couple were in deep fear, Luc had spoken casually. Without any negligence, quickly the two rose and respectfully let Luc know that they do have room for him to rest. Leading Luc to his room, they had made Luc wait outside for a bit longer as they tidy up the room. Surprisingly, the poor looking village actually has a comfortable room that was also clean and even Ryu was surprised.


    ¡°Is there anything else you need Lord?¡± Alex said as he stood respectfully outside of the open door before asking.


    ¡°There is nothing else that I need at the moment. Actually, this village seems pretty peaceful so far.¡± Luc said as he softly patted on the head of the unconscious Diana that was laying on the bed.


    Hearing what Luc had said, a melancholy expression could be seen on Alex¡¯s face. Taking a deep breath after a moment of contemplating, Alex had spoken out.


    ¡°Actually milord, what you said was correct, yet wrong.¡±


    The melancholy expression on Alex face made Luc feel as if something must be off.


    ¡°Oh? How so?¡±


    Peaking Luc¡¯s interest even further, he had to know what was going on to make this unknown feeling inside of him settle down. Luc felt as if he had the impulse to make Alex let him know everything just to make him be at peace with his curiosity. Like telling someone a secret but never letting them know what the secret is.


    ¡°Milord, to be frank, since I have already told you that I am currently going to be the next village chief and that I am the youngest son of the Village Chief. You should know that I have other older siblings. I have two older brothers, eldest is called Jake and the second eldest is called Fang. Usually, the position of the village chief goes to the eldest son¡ª¡±


    Taking a deep breath, Alex had stopped momentarily, as if he was recalling a past conflict between his eldest brother before continuing.


    ¡°The position goes to the eldest brother, however, I was chosen instead. My elder brother Jake had a huge argument with my father and left the village three years ago. In these recent years, there have been attacks from various bandit and gangs, sadly, these people were sent by my elder brother Jake to force my father to change his decision. Now that the new village chief ceremony is nearing, and seeing that my father still hasn¡¯t changed his decision about making me village chief. Eldest brother Jake had sent over a force that could destroy this village and pressured my father in giving up his position to give it to eldest brother.¡±

 Chapter 11 "Village Crisis two"

    ¡°The position of the Village Chief goes to the eldest brother; however, I was chosen instead. My elder brother Jake had a huge argument with my father and left the village three years ago. In these recent years, there have been attacks from various bandit and gangs, sadly, these people were sent by my elder brother Jake to force my father to change his decision. Now that the new village chief ceremony is nearing and seeing that my father still hasn¡¯t changed his decision about making me village chief. Eldest brother Jake had sent over a force that could destroy this village and pressured my father in giving up his position to give it to eldest brother.


    ¡°Everything happened all because of me, if only I was not chosen to be the next village chief then none of this would have happened.¡±


    Alex said while gazing off into the distance through the window in the room. Traces of worriedness could be seen within his eyes as grinding his teeth together, one can tell that there was a huge burden on his back. Blood could be seen dripping from his clenched hands, as he was blaming himself for bringing such a calamity to befall onto the village.


    Alex was truly angry.


    Angry at others?


    No.


    Angry at his eldest brother actions?


    No.


    Angry at his father¡¯s decision?


    No.


    Alex was angry at himself. Angry that he was so useless and weak when everything comes down to others making the decisions for him. Angry about not having enough strength capable of handling his problems. The only thing he could do was just accept what had happened and let fate take its course. As for the things that will befall on the village in the future, it will either benefit the village or destroy it. In the end, he has no control over it.


    But, with his personality, how could he idly sit by and watch his eldest brother¡¯s force take over the very village he loved through force when the opportunity to change everything appears?


    Thus, regaining his calmness, Alex had looked steadily and directly into Luc¡¯s eyes filled with determination. Shortly afterward, Alex had plopped down on both of his knees and slowly lowered his arms. Slamming his forehead onto the ground, cracks could be seen around the area of Alex¡¯s head that was pressed flatly against the wooden floor. Bystanders would be shocked from the display


    He had resolved his heart. If he didn¡¯t have the power to change the rest of everyone¡¯s fate then why can¡¯t he ask others?


    Although, it was indeed shameless and selfish to beg for others to do things that you can¡¯t do with no benefit for them. In the end, the decision all comes down to how desperate are you to ask for someone¡¯s help?


    Alex was a kind and loving person that held a strong sense of righteousness and justice. If others were in need then he would give them his assistance with all his might. Even if he came upon a stranger that was tattered in blood, he would still provide aid. Regardless, he would not dare resort to kill, instead, he would always think of the most peaceful way. That was the kind of character Alex was; a kind hearted person with a strong sense of virtue.


    Just like the saying, only the stubborn advances ahead while the wise retreats. No matter how much pride he has, as a man, he would not kneel even if one was to skin him alive; however, when danger involves the whole village...


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    ¡°Milord, please forgive this lowly peasant for speaking out his selfish thoughts.¡±


    Currently, Luc was looking towards the middle-aged man that was currently kneeling before Luc with both arms and head planted against the ground.


    With a gaze that held confusion within, Luc was simply looking at Alex and said, ¡°Why did you have to go to such lengths just to speak your thoughts?¡±.


    Luc had questioned Alex because all of his actions and respectfulness made no sense within Luc¡¯s eyes. This was all because Luc was still foreign to such things.


    Hearing Luc¡¯s question and sensing his gaze, Alex had not dare look directly at Luc¡¯s eye¡¯s. He lifted his upper body off the ground but he remained a kneeling position. The whole time Alex was doing this, he did not dare to raise his head up and could only see Luc¡¯s body that remained seated on the bed with the unconscious Diana laying on the bed next to him.


    Luc was gently combing Diana¡¯s hair with his fingers while enjoying the silky texture of her hair, he could also smell a whiff of sweet flowery yet pleasant fragrance from Diana.


    Sensing the air around Luc, he took the silent response as if Luc had given him the approval to speak out his thoughts. Alex had spoken out.


    ¡°Although we just met, I would like to request you of something Milord.¡± Pausing momentarily and glancing at Luc, as if trying to ascertain if Luc had already objected his request. But to his surprise, there was no response from Luc at all as if he was clear to continue on explain what his request was about.


    ¡°This village has been peaceful ever since I was a child. Growing up till now, I have seen the hearts of these villagers and gained their trust as I have also made friends among them. Although, I have seen the hearts of theses innocent villagers. I have failed to see past through my eldest brother Jake¡¯s thoughts and desire of becoming the next Village Chief.¡±


    ¡°My father had surprised us three brothers by announcing me as the next Village Chief. Which this undoubtedly created conflicts between my eldest brother and my father. Eventually, my eldest brother Jake detested me due to the fact that I will be the next Village Chief and not him. Filled with hatred and hostility towards my father and me, he left the village. Only to bring groups of bandits to attack the village.¡±


    ¡°Everyone was shocked when we eventually found out who was behind the bandit attack, but my father was the most shocked. Although my father knew that my eldest brother would hate him. He had not expected that my eldest brother would work with bandits and attack his own family. But who knew that this situation would become much worse. At the beginning, the attacks were not as severe, however, as time went by, the day for the new Village Chief Ceremony was arriving. As the time for Village Chief Ceremony was nearing, the bandits under my eldest brother Jake would become more ferocious each time they attack the village, even to the point of kidnapping the villager''s.¡±


    Traces of guilt could be seen all over Alex¡¯s expression, he said ¡°Now that there is approximately a month left for the Village Chief Ceremony. My eldest brother Jake last group of bandits that attacked us had told us that ¡®the next time they visit us, it will no longer be a group of twenty but a hundred,¡¯¡±.


    *Sigh*


    Once Alex had finished speaking out theses words, he had let out a sigh that seems to be expressing the heaviness that he was shouldering from the heart.


    ¡°Since we just met, there is absolutely no need and reason for Milord to accept this foolish one¡¯s request. But I beg of you, almighty great one, please save our village! I beg of you please!¡± Despair could be heard clearly in Alex¡¯s voice as he pleaded to Luc, tears flowed down his eyes. As the saying goes, a man does not cry even if he walks through fire, only in the times of extreme griefs does one cry.


    Being pleaded in such a way, Luc was stunned on the inside but on the surface, he appears to be as calm as water. There were no words that Luc could find for him to say at the moment.


    Suddenly, the sound of pots breaking could be heard outside of the room and along with some voices that were filled with the despair of. Shortly afterward, The noise from outside had woken Alex up from his weeping state. Immediately, Alex expression had turned into one with fear.


    ¡°Impossible¡­¡± Alex mutters under his breath as he immediately stood up and lost balance as he fell for a brief moment. Using the table next to him to lift himself back up, Alex had dashed out of the room with his quickest speed


    Seeing such an expression, Luc couldn¡¯t help but ask ¡°what¡¯s wrong?¡±.


    Alex had momentarily stopped and turned towards Luc¡¯s direction, before turning around he had bowed to Luc and left. Alex had left behind some words for Luc before he left, ¡°Do not worry Milord, just escape from here. I apologize for not being able to entertain you any longer.¡±

 Chapter 12 "Village Chrisis Three"

    A couple of miles North of the village that Luc currently is residing in, a forest could be seen. This forest was not a typical forest that was filled with a sea of trees but filled with bamboos. On the other side of the bamboo forest was a village, a village that was currently covered in flames and the sound of human cries could be heard throughout the village. The scent of blood was strongly present in the village since dead corpse was everywhere. Not only the bodies of adults could be found, even the bodies of dismembered childrens were present. Not even the childrens were spared, one can tell whoever had done this sort of deed was evil to the bottom of their hearts. People like these can¡¯t even be considered as humans anymore, but as Demons that live off human flesh.


    Standing in the center of such horrific sight, there were two figures that could be seen. Both of these figures were drenched in blood. The unusual thing about theses two figures was that they didn¡¯t exactly have the same figures as a normal human. Although the body was like humans, the distinct features were that one of them had a male-like body, razor-sharp claws that were two-feet long, protruding out between their knuckles on both hands. The other figure had deadly attractive female features, extremely sharp nails that were six-inches longer than normal nail lengths, and harder than steel itself. Not only did these abnormalities look intimidating, but there was a dark, sinister aura permeating from them as they were drenched in fresh blood.


    Meanwhile, the male-figure with razor-sharp claws protruding from his knuckles was munching on a child¡¯s limb, the female-feature was looking towards the bamboo forest with an extremely cold glint of annoyance, ¡° There are some survivors left. Why must you not kill them at the same time? This only makes it more annoying for me,¡± said the female-figure in a tone of disdain.


    ¡°Hehehe, it is always boring to have the prey within your grasp but there is always more joy when you hunt down the running prey,¡± said the male-figure. As he smiled, there could be multiple rows of sharp teeth that could be seen.


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    Supposedly, the bamboo forest was usually extremely quiet to the point where one can hear the sound of a needle hitting the floor. Not because the bamboo forest lacked living creatures, only because none dared to make noise. Yet, at this moment, there were six figures that could be seen running through the bamboo forest hands in hands. Each of the figures had cuts and bloody wounds all over their bodies, except for two little girls that only had scratches all over their body.


    While running little girl¡¯s voice could be heard and accompanied with her voice was fear as she breathed heavily for air, ¡°Elder sister Mei Hua I¡¯m tired, I can''t run anymore,¡±. The exhausted little girl was not even at the age of 9 years old and yet she looked extremely pitiful in her current condition. Tattered clothes that were covered in dirt, a scar that ran across her innocent, lovable face which made her look like a miserable beggar. If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation.


    ¡°Listen to me, little Ling¡¯er, I am tired as well but we have to keep running or else bad people will catch up and capture us. So we can¡¯t stop here, please hang on for a bit longer.¡± replied back another girl that was wearing the same tattered clothes that were covered up in the dirt like Little Ling¡¯er. One can tell the both of them had struggled to get to this point, however, the only clear distinction between the two was that Mei Hua¡¯s face did not have any scars on it but scratches only and a body size that had clearly grown-up more than Little Ling¡¯er. With Mei Hua¡¯s body size, she seems to be around the age of 12 years old, she was holding onto Little Ling¡¯er hand¡¯s tightly as they ran along with the four other figures.


    While running, another voice could be heard coming from one of the members of the group of six, ¡°Little Ling¡¯er, we cannot stop now. Although, both of your parents had stayed behind in the village to hold back those two evildoers. We have a duty to protect you two since both of your parents have entrusted us the safety of you two in our care. Our lives were also saved by them so this is the least we can do to pay back their kindness, and also as seniors, we will never let anything harm the both of you,¡± said a brawny man, the brawny aged man was clearly leading the group as they were running away from their village but were entering deeper into the bamboo forest.


    ¡°But Uncle Fang, if father and mother stayed behind then how come we aren¡¯t helping them out as well?¡± Little Ling¡¯er said with confusion, because if her parents were going to be fighting against bad people then shouldn¡¯t they help out as well?


    Hearing what Little Ling¡¯er had said, the brawny aged man called Uncle Fang was lost for words as to how he should explain why they couldn¡¯t help out her parents. ¡°Little Ling¡¯er, the situation at hand is too dangerous for us to handle. This is why your father and mother had taken the responsibility to stay behind because they could handle the two evildoers, meanwhile, I am to take you both far away from there.¡± Uncle Fang said, along with a sour expression.


    ¡°Un,¡± Little Ling¡¯er had simply nodded to what her Uncle Fang had said because she fully believed in her uncle. Her uncle would not lie to her since he said that her father and mother could handle the two evildoers then they can handle the situation. Little Ling¡¯er would have no further complaints and would listen to her Uncle Fang.


    While the group of six was still running through the bamboo forest Little Ling¡¯er was looking around as they ran. Suddenly, Little Ling¡¯er had bumped into her elder sister Mei Hua. Rubbing her head, she was about to voice out as to why did they stop; however, before she could, a hand had already covered her mouth. The hand that sealed her mouth came from one of the other adults within the group, to be exact, it was the only female adult within the group while the rest were men.


    Looking upwards, the female that was now holding tightly onto Little Ling¡¯er and Mei Hua had let out a smile to the innocent Little Ling¡¯er. As Little Ling¡¯er had returned a beautiful smile to the female adult, but behind the female adult smile was fear, fear that had filled up her heart to the brim as to what was to happen to their group. The female adult had returned her gaze to the front of the group, looking at the leader of the group, Uncle Fang.Little Ling¡¯er had followed the female adult¡¯s gaze and had taken notice that there were two figures that were only ten-meters in front of them.

 Im Back(not a chapter)

    I apologize for not giving you readers any heads up about what is going on in my life as to why I stopped for a while. I had been busy with my work life that kept giving me 55+hrs a week that has taken a toll on me. So I had no time to continue writing or do anything with my social life, which is why I had stopped. So I am back and will post one or more chapter a week. I cannot let you know about the specific days that I will post because even I don''t know... But I am here to let you readers know that I have not dropped this and plan onto continuing my story. Also, I am trying to fix my previous chapters here and there to make it flow. So I am sorry but I am back.This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.


    Thank you for those that read my story, take care!