" Wha-What do you mean? You just want the girl, right? We haven't done anything to her so you can just take her!" The angry man said anxiously.
"..." The smile on Levi's face slowly dissapeared as he looked at the man, his good mood vanishing.
Opening his palm, the blood mist gathered in a spiral.
After compressing it to the size of a marble, he looked up.
Swish!
He vanished.
" Block!!" The composed man shouted, bringing the angry man back to reality.
" Fine! You want to kill me?! As if someone at the mind opening realm would die to some no named brat!" The man shouted angrily as he coated his arms in a dense qi.
" Is that so?" Levi appeared before him, casually waving his hand.
The small orb of blood mist shot out at a frightening speed.
Bang!
The man was sent flying before crashing into a sturdy tree.
" Oh? You survived that?" Levi asked, a trace of surprise flashing in his red eyes.
" You....what-cough! are you...." The man slid down the tree, leaving a large line of blood.
He was in a wretched state.
He barely had time to cross his arms to block the orb of blood mist, but as he didn't expect it to be so powerful, he didn't use his full strength.
As a result, one of his arms was broken while the other was fractured.
One or 2 of his ribs were also broken or fractured, and the back of his head had a large cut from when he crashed into the tree.
" I wonder about that." Levi said playfully.
"!!" Suddenly Levi felt a large killing intent from behind.
" This is the end for you." The composed man coated his arm with qi and stabbed towards Levi's heart.
Puchi!
" You...." Levi spat a mouthful of blood as he looked back in disbelief.
" Your arrogance was your downfall." The man said as he pulled his hand out.
" Just joking." Levi turned around, a large smile on his face as the hole in his chest closed at a visible speed.
" You-bang!" Before the man could say anything, he was swatted away by one of Levi's wings.
" Ok, i've had enough fun. Now let me show YOU something interesting. 'Blood Gate!'" As he said this, blood mist erupted from his body rapidly.
It started to form what looked to be two ancient doors that were just a little bigger that Levi.
As they saw this, the two men and the girl felt their blood run cold as their bodies froze.
" Ugh..." Just as the gate was about to solidify, a soft groan escaped Levi's lips.
" Not enough blood energy?" He looked at the now dissipating blood mist.
" Hmm, what is going on?" Levi looked around and mumbled as the red gradually dissapeared from his eyes.
His face regained it's usual cold indifference as he tried to grasp the situation.
" I don't know what is happening..." He mumbled softly.
" But i do know that i want to kill you two." After a moment of silence, Levi spoke coldly.
Immediately after, his black fingernails grew out, as he slashed out with his hand.
Five wind blades infused with qi and his venom shot towards the man who was sitting by the tree.
As he saw the wind blades coming toward him, the man attempted to get up but found himself unable to move.
Since he couldn't move, he decided to block them with qi as he coated his body in defensive qi.
Crack!
The defensive qi resisted for a few seconds before breaking like glass.
The man opened his eyes widely with shock, not believing what he saw.
splat!
The top of his head from his eyes up slid off and landed on the ground with a splat.
4 slanted slashes decorated his body, with one of his arms hanging on by a piece of skin.
" Hmm? Was that always so powerful?" Levi mumbled as he looked down at his hand.
The girl and the other man looked at the scene with terror stricken faces, barely resisting the urge to vomit.
" Now you." Levi turned to look at the composed man he swatted away.
He was holding one of his arms, as his robes were covered in dirt and blood.
" Wa-Wait! Brother! Boss! No, lord! Please spare my little life! We really didn't do anything to the girl! You can have her, just please!!" The man was not composed any longer as he looked at his long time friend.
" Why would i want this girl? I just came to kill you, i have no interest in her." Levi was confused as he stated coldly.
Why would he want save that girl?
" Wha-What? Why would you want to kill us?" The man asked, his face drained of all hope.
" You stomped on my head and wanted to steal my valuables. If that is not enough reason to want to kill you, what is?" Levi asked coldly as he walked towards the man.
" Wha-The one who stepped on your head was him! He was also the one who wanted to take that ring! I am the one who stopped him!" The man raised his hand in protest.
" Hohh?" Levi stopped right in front of him.
The man was stood weirdly because of his wounds.
Levi looked down at him, and he dared not stand up straight.
" Y-Yes, so, can yo-" The man was inturupted.
" I still want you dead though." Levi took the backup saber from the spatial ring.
Thump!
Blood sprayed as a head soared.
Before the body could fall, Levi grabbed onto the severed neck and sucked the blood dry, then once again filtered out the blood of lower quality.
Ignoring the other man, he started walking towards the small waterfall.
The girl already had her clothes back on as she attempted to sneak away.
"Sstop." Levi didn't look in her direction as he continued towards the waterfall.
As she heard his cold voice, her body froze once again and she dared not move.
Ignoring her presence, Levi removed his rags and stepped into the clear water.
As soon as he got in, the water changed from clear, to a murky brownish red color.
He walked directly under the waterfall, ignoring the girls existence.
' Demon saint, how did i get here?' Levi called out.
' You don't remember? After you finished absorbing the blood of those corpses, you flew over here and began toying with those two.' The demon saint said.
'...' Seeing that Levi didn't say anything, the demon saint continued.
' Then after a while it looked like you got bored, then a large red red gate started forming behind you before dissapearing, then you went back to normal.' The demon saint summarized.
" Red gate?" Levi mumbled.
[ That would be the 'blood gate', young lord.] At this time, a voice even colder and more emotionless than Levi's was heard.
" !!" Levi looked around but saw no one.
[ Looking for me is futile, as i am in you head.] As if sensing Levi's confusion, the voice rang out.
" Who are you?" Levi asked aloud.
[ The previous lord called me 'Avesta'.] The voice replied.
" What are you?" Levi asked.
[ I am merely a mass of knowledge, granted a consciousness by the great ancestor in order to guide future blood lords to become the strongest beings.]
When the voice mentioned 'great ancestor', traces of sadness and respect were heard.