"Gabriel, you son of a bitch! I'll slaughter your entire household for this!", I screamed in anger.
3 hour ago in-front of the front entrance of the school
It's still 30 minutes until the ceremony begin, looks like I'm going to be on time. Its quiet though. Too quiet to the point where you can't even hear the wind.
*Pull out Twilight*
*Swoosh*
Whats was that? Maybe, I'm just imagining things.
*Foot steps*
Ok, now that was definitely someone's foot step, not just one, but there must be at least 10 people present.
"Come out, whoever you are. I know you guys are here so why not come out to greet me. Could it be that this cult of yours are full of cowards who only hide in the shadows!?", I mocked.
*Slashed*
"Hahaha. You almost got me there, buddy.", I smiled after I dodge the surprise attack.
"Lucky kid. But we outnumber you so it is us who has the advantage in this fight.", One said as he appeared along with 9 others.
All of them were dressed in robes with bandages covering half of their face except for the one standing in the back. He was wearing a suit with a trench coat and a black devil mask on while carrying a black sword in his hands. If my guess is right, then this guy must be the leader of this team. If I kill him first then the rest will give up, but they are all not my opponent since they are all probably at Demon stage 6th layer or under. That guy with the mask. I felt that he's hiding his strength.
"Pay attention when you are fighting!", One yelled at me as he tried to slashed me.
*Parry with sword*
"Did no one teach you that attacking when someone is unaware is a cowardly act?", I smiled.
"We don't give a damn about honor when it comes to killing you!", All of them screamed.
Of course. What was I thinking? Bad guys doesn't have any honor when it comes to fighting. In that case, I guess I'll be merciless now.
"If that what's you want then I don't need to show you any honor as well!", I replied.
Nine of them form a circle around me and attack me from all directions. I jumped up and stand on top of their swords(currently trapped with each other).
"Thank you for making killing you much easier.", I smiled.
"Demon Lord's Thirteen Sword Of Loneliness, Third Form: Full Moon of Despair.", I grinned as I spin in around while slashing my sword.
The Blood Red Qi scattered in every direction forming a round shape as I spin and each one of the followers got hit in the head. Unlike "Crescent Moon Of Sorrow", this form doesn't deal any physical damage, but instead the mental damage it deliver to the opponent mind is 2x more brutal comparing to the second form.
The person who got hit with this attack will fall into a coma and what they see while in this stage is the moment when they are in despair the most, but it will added a few more details to make this never-ending nightmare even worst. If they never have a memory of entering a despair stage, this technique will forge one based on their happy memories.
For example, a person who got hit with this technique will see his only mother dying in his hand and he's the one that kill her even though she is still alive in reality. Of course, he won't be able to wake up unless they realize that all this is only an illusion. If he doesn't know it is an illusion, he will be stuck in this never-ending nightmare until he dies.
A cruel method. I know.
*Stab*
What the! I couldn't felt him coming at all. *Parry with my sword*
He move his body upward to deliver a kick to my head, but I block it with my right hand.
This guy. His strength is definitely higher than 6th layer Demon Stage. He's hiding his true strength.
Aiming for his head, I turned Twilight upward to deliver a slash, but he was able to slightly dodge it. Instead of killing him, I only manage to cut his mask in half. When half of his mask falls off, I could see a female face. This masked person...is a girl? She look so similar to Rebecca. I must be imagining thing, there's no way a gentle girl like her could work for this cult.
As the other half starting fall off, she immediately cover her face and disappeared in an instance.
I don't know what the hell is happening, but I need to stop the ceremony so I have to hurry up to the site.
"Bai Li. Could you sense the old man's presence yet?", I asked as I dashed toward the back of the school.
"No. Not at the moment. There might be a chance that they already started the ceremony.", she replied.
Damn, there's only 10 minutes left before midnight. There's no way I can reach the field in time.
"Bai Li, is there anyway that I can help me reach there faster?", I asked.
"Yes there is. Now that you're in the Demon Lord Stage, you can summon your wings. Try applying some of your Qi into your back and imagine a pair of wings coming off your back.", She replied.
I follow her instruction and I can feel that there is something growing out of my back. Not two, but six wings growing from my back.
"That's impossible! How could you have both devil and fire wings growing from your body? You are only suppose to have only devil wings since you chose to cultivate the demonic path. Unless, you have inherited master's power when he was still the God Of War.", Bai Li shocked.
"So you are saying that I might have some of the old man's Immortal powers that he threw away when he casted himself out of Heaven? That's awesome!", I yelled in excitement
As I fly in the sky, I could see that an array set up under me. I landed slowly to the ground in-front of Gabriel.
"We've been waiting for you Mr. Li.", Gabriel grinned.
"Where's Salamander's soul?", I demanded.
Gabriel snapped his finger and the old man appear in-front of me, but he felt...different. It's like he's no longer who he is.
"I gave him a body as an upgrade.Do you have Eclipse with you?", He asked.
"Here. On the count of three, we will both do the trade.", I replied.
"1...2..3!", I announced as I threw the book at Gabriel and he pushed Salamander towards me and fell into my arms.
Gabriel gave me a crooked smile and said...
"I still have one more surprise for you."
*Salamander's eyes glowing red*