Levi stood unsteadily, he looked like a simple breeze would topple him over.
His gzze then shifted, before landing on the last heaven and earth stage cultivator that was still alive.
The other one's blood, along with any other bodily fluids had been boiled into nothing.
And he had long forgotten about the one he swatted away.
" hii..." When the man saw Levi's gaze gaze locked onto him, he flinched, but he was in no position to fight, and neither could he run.
Because he was so close when everything happened, he was also affected by the extreme explosion of qi.
And although he protected himself with qi, he still ended up loosing a leg, breaking the other one, while one of his arms was melted almost down to his bones.
Step!
Levi took a step, but almost fell because of it.
There were multiple patches in his robe, a big hole in his chest area, while the front parts of his sleeves were disintegrated, as well as two large holes which made his legs visible.
A little more, and maybe his organs would be peeking out.
But only if you could find them amist the soup of melted skin and flesh.
He had protected himself with blood energy, which was why he was still intact.
He unsteadily walked towards the defenseless looking man, and began to think as he pulled the sabre from the spatial ring.
" Why...didn't i use this when i was fighting..." He mumbled, almost falling as he took another step.
" Oh yeah....my hands were like that....i wouldn't have been able to hold this anyway..." He mumbled as he continued.
" S-Stay away from me!" The man shouted nervously, as he threatened to attack Levi with qi.
Step!
" Stay away!" The man shouted, as he launched a plain ball of qi.
"..."
step!
A partially formed blood shield blocked the attack, as Levi continued to wobble towards the man.
"....Levi, i will help you, just-" Noah got up and began walking towards Levi.
"!!" He stopped in his place when he saw levi's deathly glare, along with a prickly killing intent.
Seeing that Levi didn't want his help, Noah dragged his aching body back a few steps.
The killing intent was a warning.
" If you come any closer, forget about your life."
This message was conveyed clearly, as Levi continued on his way.
" No...stop! Keep away!" The man used his hands to push himself further away from levi.
A light rustling rang out on the opposite side of the dome, but went unnoticed as Levi continued.
It was not long until the man's back was against the wall.
Because it hurt to lift the sabre, Levi held it losely, as the tip dragged on the ground.
" Stay..." Sweat flowed down the man's face in buckets.
"....You monster...Monster..." He wispered, as Levi arrived in front of him.
" Ngg..." Levi groaned softly as he lifted the sabre.
" Stay...still..." Levi forced from his throat.
Although he was killing the man either way, he wasn't planning to make him suffer.
He also didn't want killing the man to become troublesome.
" Die, you monster!" The man shouted with tears in his eyes, as he used his last bit of qi to try to protect his life.
He launched a palm strike coated with a miniscule amount of qi towards Levi's chest.
Crack! Psuuu!
His palm was stopped by the partially made blood shield, before his arm slowly sank in.
The bones in his arm broke, as the blood shield slowly twisted it, causing blood to spray.
" Aghhh!" The man screamed.
And then, silence.
All hope left the man's eyes as Levi's sabre pierced his chest.
His eyes widened as the blade peirced his still beating heart, until it stopped, and the light left his eyes.
"..." Levi silently absorbed the blood.
A small explosion of blood energy escaped his body, as he silently fixed his broken bones.
With the remainding blood, he healed the majority of his flesh wounds, but some patches of skin still had light burns in the end.
He then sat down on the ground, and closed his eyes, his fists clenched as if he was anticipating something.
He was not disappointed, as veins bulged on his body.
His face streched forward, as his back bent.
His hands became larger, the skin on them becoming rough, as they curved.
Multiple bumps appeared on his skin, before small black feathers started to grow from them.
His forehead was pushed back, as around his mouth area started to become black.
His eyes widened, before becoming round.
" Uggg..." He groaned softly.
He had to endure all of this pain silently, as he didn't even have the strength to screem.
Then, suddenly, lumps appeaded at his sides, two lumps on each side.
From thess lumps, black spider legs began to grow grow out.
Pointy black tips grew out first, then they continued to grow.
The skin around his abdomen started to turn black, as his sides widened.
His mouth that was starting to resemble a black beak, suddenly bulged, as two lumps appeared, reminiscent of the spider's fangs.
Crack! crack! crack!
His bones shifted and cracked.
His back bent, as what appeared to be featherless wings appeared on his back, with multiple little bumps on them.
His legs and arms became black, and started to slim down, reminiscent of spider legs.
" Kuh...." The smallest of gasps escaped Levi's lips, as cold sweat soaked his body.
"..." Noah watched this scene, his face scrunched up as he looked at Levi's painful expression.
"Why? Why go so far?" He mumbled as his gaze shifted.
His raven and spider bloodline continued fight over the next half hour, before everything that had been changed started to revert slowly.
Levi's resistance was finally making a difference.
Everytime something reverted, blood poured out from that spot.
As the wings which had a few feathers on them began to shrink, blood poured from their tips.
This went on for about 15 more minutes, before Levi was surrounded by a pool of blood.
His bloodshot eyes slowly opened, as he slowly absorbed the blood once again.
When he tried to move, he found that his body was unresponsive and his entire being ached.
Step! step!
"!!"
' Not good....' He didn't even have the strength to shout in his head.
Multiple steps caused both levi and Noah to look at the opening of the dome.
Some of the people from the tavern slowly came through the opening, and looked around suspiciously.
They felt tremors from the fighting eariler, which was a common occurrence.
But what caught their attention was that afterward, even after 45 minutes, they didn't hear or feel a single thing.
This quietness was what made them suspicious.
" What the hell?!" One of the shouted, as he looked around the dome in disbelief.
The other's slowly walked in and saw this sight, all of them gasping from surprise without exception.
" You two....did you do this?" The man with long back hair and closed eyes asked coldly with furrowed brows.
" Hey! This guy is still alive!" Someone shouted, as they probed the heaven and earth stage cultivator that Levi had slapped away with his wing.
" But..." the person paused, as they sent qi through the man's body.
" All, or at least most of his bones are broken....You wouldn't be exaggerating if you said that his bones had turned to powder!" The person said with a pale face.
" Even if all of his bones were to heal, he probably, no, most likely wouldn't be able to move any of his limbs again!" The person said with a trembling voice.
After hearing this, the faces of the people became sharp.
That was a heaven and earth stage cultivator, regardless.
"..." Noah started to curse in his heart, as cold sweat flowed from his forehead.
He couldn't use any qi at the moment, which meant that, if these people attacked him, he wouodn't be able to do anything, and niether would Levi.
" So what if it was me?" An aged voice spilled out from Levi's direction, as a black flame with a golden tip floated above his forehead.
"?!" Noah's head snapped back.
" You....Who, no, what are you?" The long haired man's body shook as he heard the demon saint's voice.
" Who this demon is, you don't have the qualifications to know."
" Just know that, i am extremely angry right now, and if you agrivate me in any way, i might just scatter your souls like ashes!" The demon saint's voice boomed, as he coldly spoke.
" Who....Who would believe that shit?! I can see the sweat pouring down your face! Even if you did all of this, you surely don't have the power to do anymore!"
" Besides, aren't you just a brat?! What ' this demon' bullshit are you spouting?!"
One of the men shouted with a shakey voice.
".....He has a point." The man with long black hair spoke, as his attention was once again on Levi.
" You say that you have the power to scatter our souls, but, if that were the case, then why don't you do it?" The man lifted his arm, causing his gray robe to shift.
"..." The demon saint kept silent, as a thick killing intent escaped Levi's body.
" Kek!" Everyone in the dome, including Noah, Ava and Ryan, even though they were still unconcious, began gulping air as if they were suffocating.
The demon saint's killing intent was so thick, that when they breathed in, it coated their lungs like a thick smoke.
And yet, despite how uncomfortable it was to breathe, they couldn't stop for obvious reasons.
The dome darkened as the killing intent gathered in spiral, before forming a sword shape.
Although it looked like it would scatter from a simple breath, when the tip of the sword pointed at the people, they felt their blood run cold.
".....I am restraining my anger."
" Even if i kill you ants, what will i gain from it?"
" A couple of ashes or bones?"
" What can i do with the bones of such weaklings?!" The demon saint shouted.
" You fools overestimate yourselves!"
" For once in this demon's life, i decide to be benevolent, and this is the response?!"
" Fine then, i have no qualms with snuffing out a few more worthless lives."
" Come, die while entertaining me with your pathetic struggles!!" He shouted, as more killing intent escaped Levi's body.
" ...W-w-w-we....apologize for....our.....rudeness..." Between stuttering and gasping for air, the people spoke, as sweat soaked thier bodies.
" humph! do you think your apologies are worth anything in my eyes?!"
" after sturring my anger to such a degree, do you really think that you will get away from here with your lives today?!?!?" The demon saint's voice caused the rocks on the ground fo tremble.
" Please....we...beg for....you for...giveness....as long....as..you spare...our lives.....we will....pledge our....loyalty to you...." The long haird man squeezed out, as his eyes became blood shot.
Surviving came first, and if he could save his life by saying a few words, then he would do it.
His teeth chattered, as cold sweat flowed down his face in buckets.
" Your loyalty?!"
" You think that you are worthy to pledge your loyalty to this demon?!"
" Do you REALLY think so?!!?" The demon saint carried on.
" O-Our....lives....we will....pledge...our lives!!" The man shouted.
He was about to pass out.
" What can your measly lives do for me?!" The demon saint shouted.
" We....we..can work....we...can....serve you..." The man spoke in a higger pitched voice, as his face started to turn red.
" If that is all you can do, then i might as well kill you all!"
"....No...we...we....we...can't do....any...thing else....please!...." The bald man shouted with difficulty.
He was about to say something relating to beds and night, but in fear of loosing his life faster, he swallowed those words.
".....Humph! Do you believe i will trust you just because you said something?"
" Even though you ants could never harm me, i loath betrayals..." The demon saint said coldly.
" we-"
" Promise?!"
" Hahahaha! What is a promise?! If you guys want to live, then willingly accept these mental evergy seeds into your heads!" The demon saint interrupted the man.
" Th-This..." The man hesitated.
The killing intent had lessend slightly, allowing for him to think a little.
He still had a trumpcard, the village chief!
The village chief was supposedly extremely powerful!
One day, he had just shown up, shrouded in a tattered robe with a hood.
But after scaring the sh!t out of everyone, he just had them build a small house in the center of the village, and shut himself up inside.
He was hoping that the monstrously strong village chief would notice this killing intent and come rescue him, but if he accepted this mentel energy seed, even if the village chief even came, he could be killed at the snap of a finger.
" Yes, we will accept them!"
" Just spare our lives!"
Shouts errupted around him, causing the man to feel helpless.
"....Yes, we will accept the mental energy seeds willingly..." Hearing the people around him shamelessly accepting, he squeezed this from his dry throat.
" humph!" The demon saint snorted coldly, as multiple tiny orbs of black and gold mental shot out, before imbeding themselves into the foreheads of the people.
" Now leave me!"
" Go and inform every other person in this village. Accept these mental enegry seeds, or i will capture their soul and torture them for a thousand years!" The demon saint shouted.
" Tha-thank you! For sparing our lives!"
" We will go and tell the others!"
Some of the people bowed to show their 'thanks'.
Under the surface, barely overshadowed by their fear, was indignance.
After all of them cleared out, Levi spoke weakly.
"....You sure know how to act..." He said.
' Humph! You only know how to call for me when you want something!' The demon saint shouted unhappily.
As soon as he heard the steps eariler, Levi thought furiously of a way to escape death.
He then remembered the demon saint, with all of his tricks, and had him deal with it.
Though, there was one thing he couldn't understand.
" Why did you waste time doing all of that stuff, when you could have just scared them away?" Levi asked.
' Humph, green youngster! Even if you just chased them away, who could say that they wouldn't return?'
' and with reinforcements?'
' Now that they have that thing in their heads, the fear of death will keep them in check!' The demon saint spoke coldly.
" Then why did you say all of that useless stuff?" Levi was slightly irritated when the demon saint called him green, but he let it go.
' Humph! I can still smell your mother's milk on your breath!'
' By threatening them, and then seemingly sparing their lives after scaring them a little, they might even end up thanking you from the bottom of their hearts!'
' Humans are strange creatures!'
' The shadow of death was looming over their shoulders, and even though i was the one creating this shadow, the fact that i spared them would make them start to feel better about themselves!'
' Giving them the confidence of someone who escaped a dangerous situation with their lives, raising their self-esteem!
' Making them feel that, because they were spared, they are special in some way!
' Although the fact that so many of them were spared would dilute that feeling, they would feel needed!'
' Something like, since i didn't die even though death was staring me in the face, then i must have some big destiny, or some such.'
' This sence of being needed of having a great destiny would once again cause their confidence to rise!'
' They would then associate that feeling with me sparing their lives, and even if they feel indignant at first, after a few days, they would even begin to see me in a good light, some might even end up devoting their lives to serving me!' The demon saint explained proudly.
"..." Levi softly exhaled to calm his anger.
' Humph, i guess a brat who is still wet behind the ears woul- Ah! You! Why are these letters coming towards me?! Stop! Stop it!' The demon saint shouted.
Levi's furrowed brows loosened in satisfaction.
His gaze shifted, as he felt multiple eyes on him.
Noah, ava and ryan were looking at him silently.
They looked like they wanted to say something, but kept silent.
He wasn't interested in what they had to say, so he just shifted his gaze and didn't ask.
" One more thing, what would you have done if they didn't buy your act?" Levi asked curiously.
' Ahhh! Ahh...ehem! humph, what would i have done?' The demon saint asked in a mysterious tone.
' If they hadn't bought it, then i would have told you two words.' He continued.
" What two words?" Levi asked, as his face became serious.
' The two words would have been.....'
'....We're fucked!' The demon saint shouted.
Levi's expression dimmed, but before his anger could explode, the gray robed man came back.
" Um, sir? I apologize for my insolence, but, all of the people can't fit in here."
" There are a few who are complaining and badmouthing you, sir, and there is one who isn't heeding your warning..." The man said, as he averted his gaze suspiciously.
' Stop playing around, demon saint.' Levi thought.
' Me- Wha!' He was about to protest, but once he looked at the letters surrounding him, he could only take it.
"Uhuhuh, humph! humph!" The demon saint cleared his 'throat' before speaking.
The first humph was high pitched as if he was trying to stomach something ridiculous.
" Humph! Bring me to them! As for the person not heeding my warning, i'll deal with them afterwards." The demon saint snorted coldly.
Levi grudgingly got up from the ground, and tried to walk as steadily as possible.
But even though he tried, sometimes trying just wasn't good enough.
He almost fell multiple times from the pain of his muscles pulling with every step he took.
' Doesn't he look....exausted? Did we get tricked? No no no no, that can't be the case, not with that terrifying killing intent!'
' How many people did he kill to have such a dense killing intent?' The man shuddered at this thought.
' But either way, the village chief will have to take care of it!'
' No matter how much of a shut in he is, if someone went looking for trouble, then he would take care of it right? i hope so...' The man thought silently, as he followed behind the wobbling Levi.
Noah didn't know what to do other than leave.
He lifted ava, while ryan walked behind him.