Western warlords palace!
A strange incident occurred in western warlords palace when White was wreaking havoc in beast men fort to complete his part of work!
Princess Xena who everyone had expected to be a weak link had shown an abrupt raise in powers and apparently was fighting blood wigg general as equals!
Yes, fighting the peak order aura emperor realm cultivator as equals!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
General's broad sword was repeatedly swung with an unimaginable might, which might even topple mountains to nothingness.
Yet, Xena who appeared frail enough to break any second sooner was miraculously stopping each of his blows and escaped narrowly which was an unimaginable sight to behold!
Damn my injuries... I have yet to recover!
Xena made a frown of worry as her mana was getting depleted, and in long run she might face death to begin with!
Yet she quickly adjusted her composure for better, as there was no use in frowning currently, and it's not like worrying about her injuries would let her win the bout!
So a calm mind was needed to think of a better plan.
And if she couldn't any minute sooner, the frail sword in her arm might get snapped with her fate being held in hands of general, who might parcel her to beastmen!
Uproar!
" Princess! We're counting on you! "
" Princess... "
Xena who became overpowered didn't had the look of anger or anguish over her face.
She knew about the circumstances present over and also the reason why she was fighting bitterly against blood wigg general!
" Wait! He wants me alive right... "
Xena paused her thoughts for a second as a plan which seemed sufficient enough for surfaced her mind making her excited to test her luck over it!
" Yes I should do that... Yes, that's the only way to get things for better, still it's too risky to begin with! "
She let go of her defense and purely concentrated her attacks with the intent to disable general!
" I have to save him! After all I'm Xena right? "
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The battle continued more fiercely, with the hopeful eyes of soldiers who looked eagerly, anxiously awaiting their princess to save their general!
Save their general?
Some might ask, what exactly was going around?
How exactly had Xena became strong?
What exactly were the circumstances which made her determined to save general?
To understand more about it, or to have a clear picture, a time lapse of one hour had to be taken back
Exactly the time when White infiltrated the Beastmen fort through darkness extract!
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1 hour earlier
Aaron mansion!
Outside the main hall, few familiar figures were present within a soap bubble like cover, which seemingly masked their auras from being detected.
A divine skill of church made by a divine maiden couldn't be shabby right?
Cela and Xena were naturally present within, and the frail build of princess who sneak peeked through all happenings inside the main halls was overflowed with tears... more like an unexplainable emotions which made her cry bitterly.
She had such a group of loyal retainers, yet she was thinking about fleeing alone all by herself!
Flee?
Xena held a clock pendant in her arms, which she latter put back into her pocket with wet eyes!
Had she infused it with mana, the imperial treasure would get activated and she Xena would find herself millions of miles apart, retreated back to safety!
It was a life saving treasure which was exclusive to important personnel of royalty and apparently was limited.
After all there was no end to the pampering of empress for Xena and having an escape artifact which was close enough to be hailed a Relic was not a common thing!
If yes, then couldn't she made use of it to escape right?
Why bother waiting till now and wasting time when beastmen appeared unshakable outside the palace!
Such a rare treasure, yet Xena placed it back without much thought, it's as if she really doesn't feel like acting a bitch any longer!
Being a royal princess who was pampered by empress, she was privy of many secrets which even her elder sister might be ignorant about.
Hidden plots?
Scandals?
Betrayals?
Though she was not ignorant about them, Xena decided to play ignorant and turned a blind eye, after all intelligent people do die young in such circumstances!
And it was also proven through history that narrow minded and dumb people do get easily manipulated, and also the material of choice which many nobles want to support!
After all dealing with dumb was easier than getting plotted against my intelligent right?
After experiencing a major set back when she was young, Xena also stopped believing in others and felt like everyone present around were hungry wolves.
A group of profiteers who approached her for benefits.
There was no true respect nor was there a thing called love which she could find in this world to hold on.
Even her birth mother, the proud empress of empire only cherished Xena for her bloodline which was exceptionally pure!
If it wasn't for that, the one who would be cherished wouldn't be her, rather it would be her first sister who was next to her in bloodline concentration!
A pure body of 99.8!
A mere increase in 0.8% than first princess had made her life terrible!
It was terrible indeed!
After all, the source of Xena's trouble was her very own bloodline itself!
It made her mother ambitions, and also made the kind elder sister of her's to reveal her true self which was heartbreaking for Xena.
Beauties were a thing which the aristocrats lacked in the least and If it was not for that bloodline, status and power which she might inherit... In eyes of aristocracy she might be worth less than a dog to begin with.
Soldiers and knights were just structured around the fake circle of achievements where the superior had the say!
It was same for the aristocrats who were scheming enough to betray their brothers or fathers for glory where love was non existent.
"Since everything was fake, why should I bother keeping the pretext... Which I disgust?"
Being grown in such a cruel world which was fake, she stopped caring about the sentiment of others and acted willfully as she desires.
"Want to take advantage of me? Face my retribution!"
"Want to scheme against your princess? Death!"
Little by little, Xena became the ideal product which nobles do support and also the one which her mother could manipulate at ease... at least in their perspective to begin with.
After all, Xena developed an ability on her own which revealed the gist of intentions others might have over her.
"Black! Black! Black! And you're... absolute blac.... damn you, you're almost chocking me with your presence!"
The air around a person always appeared black to her vision, similar to their vile hearts!
At times, it gets darker indicating that the person might be up-to something, as he had hidden designs over her, or to make it more blunt... he was an absolute fake to begin with!
A person she should be wary about!
Xena mostly avoids them if she found herself helpless, and if she could, she'll punish them with extremes as they were vile people who were polluting the world with their intentions!
It was also the reason why she decides to travel to secular world where she finds herself at peace!
Grey presence was better than black right? after all they must be less black hearted to begin with!
Rarely see ever finds the ones with bright white aura who were pure.
Yet fate played joke on her as no such person, not even one had remained alive for long, for her to make friends with!
The only time where she found warmth of love was with the old great general who was plotted to death by treason!
An old great general at transcendent realm, who was extremely loyal and caring for her had decided to go assassinate her?
"I don't believe it!"
Even though the proof was rock solid, Xena refuses to believe as the old great general really didn't really have any benefits with her being dead, after all he cherish her as his grand daughter right?
Moreover the timing in which the imperial knights approached her was also suspicious, as it was too perfect of a chance to kill the treasonous man on spot!
A trap! More like a scheme to remove her true supporter, who might affect the interests of others!
"Since you're ruthless to me... Don't expect mercy from Xena any longer!"
Starting then, Xena changed abruptly and might also be considered the sole cause for which she became a bitch like princess currently!
"They mustn't die! I need to save them... After all they aren't fake..."
Finally she spotted true white presences amongst the officers, who she could trust!
"A true white again, but fate... it wants to steal them all from me again!"
If it wasn't for officers, who were present without a fake face like her experience with Mark, she might have start suspecting her vision as their loyalty was true which she never had seen before to begin with.
A pure air of blissful white, a sense of warmth which she had didn't expected to see again!
Still looking at those loyalists who were getting killed, she felt heart breaking as her final chance to return back to her old self was getting destroyed by a narrow minded general, who was unforgivable!
Cela who understood the grievance within Xena's heart didn't want her to go astray towards the path of no return.
She executed a Divine technique which ultimately gave a stealth to them which only transcendent realm cultivators might see through.
As such Cela was not worried about getting caught, and in turn could also let Xena know that the world wasn't as dark as what she expected it to be!
There would surely be many who aren't as fake as what Xena might always imagine about!
After all cela appeared pale grey to eyes of Xena, and if it wasn't for that the proud little princess would have never dared follow her to get enlightened
" Cela... I sure was sure a bitch before... May be, I should have trusted them a bit... A bit more for them being... my... "
Whoosh!
Xena who was lost in guilt found her body to be glowing out of no where.
A deep yellowish glow which seemed originating from her vessels and spreaded all over only to get radiated out over skin could be seen!
BOOM!
A burst of aura which seemed dormant within her was getting released.
It was more like she held that power within, but it was just that she didn't found a way to unlock it before.
" This... "
Xena found it unbelievable, as she was finally going through first change, the first transformation of her bloodline, the imperial bloodline which dominated the continent till today.
Cela and her group who found changes within Xena had expression of disbelief all over their faces.
Cela in particular had her eyes opened wide as the spoiled princess was getting stronger, more like an intimidation beast which was making her breathless with just mere sight!
" This girl... She's undergoing a breakthrough! "
Breaking through aura king realm was not difficult, particularly to those who were of royal offspring.
But looking at Xena who was having her breakthrough at an unexpected moment, they couldn't help but feel startled.
It was not just because it was unexpected, but the thing that Xena hadn't even cultivated to Aura Lord realm had made their face agape with fright.
After all, giant leaps in cultivation weren't a good thing to be proud about, and Cela had heard about many cases where not even a speck of cultivators were left behind when they forcefully cultivated their bodies to higher realms, in an unrestrained mannerism!
Comming back to the scene, the mana fluctuation were getting stronger and stronger, and Cela who spectating this abnormal breakthrough felt worried as Xena seemed to unlock hidden potential In an uncontrolled state.
Whoosh!
Initial order Aura king!
A strong fluctuation of Aura king hit their faces and the bubble which seemingly appeared frail enough to break was still holding strong as ever, as Cela reinforced it's structure just in time for her to prevent getting detected.
Unknown to how she manage to make this leap, Xena became an aura king with her frail body which was worrying
After all wasn't it her who decided to let Xena face reality?
Xena, the person at hand had complex emotions gushing through her face.
Her stagnating realm which before was being suppressed at peak of aura grand master realm was finally let loose.
Yet her breakthrough wasn't going to help her much with situation as a mere aura king was an ant trying to express it's might to Aura emperors!
" I'm going through... Bloodline awakening... But at such circumstances!? "
Xena had tears running down her face, partly due to her earlier sadness and partly due to joy which was brought with breaking through to higher realm!
" Blood line awakening? "
Damn! No wonder!!
The blood of royals aren't ordinary to begin with!
After all the super power which could dominate the whole of continent with their military might wasn't ordinary right?
" Still... It's just aura king realm... It's not like princess is going to make difference with her breakth... "
Celtia felt her excitement grew dull again, as aura kings were reduced to mere soldiers for battle by now and only the cultivators at aura emperor realm were the deterrent force which were to be reckoned with!
" Teacher, she... she's bleeding from nose! "
The next second a painful screech could be heard all over the bubble as Xena was getting backlash from unrestrained breakthrough.
" Aahhh!!~~ It hurts! "
Xena fell back with an unresistable force which pressed her body to ground!
Cough! Cough!
Blood was flowing out from her mouth and nose, with breathing which became irregular had now became difficult with clogging blood in airway!
Cough! Cough!
My blood is getting hotter!
" Help! Some one... Help... "
I feel like dying!
" Aahhh!!~~~ "
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Both Cela and Rule spread their arms to grab the students, who seemed rushing towards Xena to help.
" Let her be... We shouldn't mess with bloodline awakening... Even if she necessarily were to loose her life... it'll just be her fate by then! "
Let her be?
Even if she loose her life?
Damn thing called fate again!
The expressions of Xena turned more unsightly to behold!
And so were faces of students which were turning ugly as they didn't want to let a person suffer, not when they have the capability to heal!
" Alright stand back! "
Celtia followed her teachers instructions and grabbed others before falling back.
" Bloodline ceremony is sacred and external influence would only make the process more difficult, which might not just kill the host but also the meddling ones who were testing their luck by daring to face bloodline force! "
" So stand back, lest we make princess die with our interference! "
Cela followed up with her student and prevented an early death to Xena... ahead if time!
Few seconds later!
Aahhhh!!~~~~
The painful moans of her was getting louder and if it wasn't for soap bubble which isolated the space from outside, the general would have long since found their presence, with them getting killed which was without a doubt!
" Sigh! It should be overed soon, Cela ready yourself... we have to heal this little lass! "
Hmm...
Cela gave a nod to Cardinal Rule, and readied herself, after all the main aim of Beastmen was Xena herself.
And she didn't want to let this girl face death, not when the situation turned complex enough to get things out of hands!
Few seconds later!
" it's over right? Teacher we should... "
Celtia who felt no mana fluctuating from Xena any longer had decided to make her move, yet at such an unexpected situation her teacher made her wait!
" Wait! She has yet to finish with her breakthroughs! "
Yet to finish?
Don't tell me that she'll reach next minor realm without break?
" Don't interfere! I repeat do not interfere with her awakening... it's really detrimental for her future to interfere with this! "
Cela made her tone serious and even the cardinal who was well verse with bloodlines felt doubtful as consequent breakthrough in same day were nigh difficult, even if he was prodigy of generation to begin with!
Whoosh!!
Mid-order aura king!
WHOOSH!!
High-order aura king!
Damn!? Two minor realms at once!?
Cela felt her scalp turn numb, apparently a conflicted expression could be seen over her face, as breaking through two minor realms at once was difficult, even if the host do had the blood line of royals to begin with.
Xena was passed out was jolt awakened and the process of pain which she didn't want to experience again was running through her body... for second time, which made her release an ear piercing scream with that sharp pain.
Aaaahhhhh!!!~~~~~
The screams were louder and even cardinal Rule who was standing at a side felt worried as Xena was now bleeding from ears and even her eyes weren't spared, as red droplets were flowing downwards from top of it!
" Xena! Quit being a fool, you're committing suicide at this rate!? "
Cela could now understand the anomaly as Xena was pushing through!
With a stubborn mind of princess who wants to touch the sky with her unexpected awakening she became helpless!
Touch the sky? After all aura emperors could fly right?
WHOOSH!!~~
Peak-order aura king!
WHOOSH!!~~~~
Half-step aura emperor!
" Little lass... My serious warning... Just quit! It's not safe to cross the bridge of Aura emperor straightaway! "
Quit half way?
Like hell I would!?
Xena clenched her fists tight, gritted her bleeding teeth with determination as she forcefully resisted the pressing forces pushing her down, sat down to floor with cross legs, and concentrated her mana which she should do currently!
Stronger!
I'm getting stronger!
I must hold on!
Xena... you can't faint just yet!
You have to prove that you aren't a bitch any longer... a bitch who needs protection!
" Bitch please! Break through aura emperor realm for this princess! "
Dripping blood had gained a bit of positive buoyancy, it started floating upwards and ultimately got obliterated by mixing up with her released aura.
If everything went as usual, she'll die!
And if a miracle do occur, Xena will enter the realms of aura emperor with powers which might be a deterrent force to be reckoned with!
Author's notes:
Princess is now experiencing bloodline awakening guys, and the result... I think you already have been familiar with!
Oops seems like a default spoiler, but things are about to get interesting guys... hope to see you in next chapter!
Until then... See ya!
Your author, balu!
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Status:
# Mark - 7th stage of refinement! ( High order aura emperor equivalent )
# Wendy - High order aura emperor!
Wendy's undead forces
1. Initial order aura king - 20,000
2. Middle order aura king - 5,000
3. High order aura king - 1,000
4. Peak order aura king - 600
5. Half step aura emperor - 480 ( mostly from half mutants and green rank base leaders )