'What's going on? I can't find them? And where are those dangerous disorder beasts?'
The young king thought as he traversed through the thick forest of the savannah of Ashuras.
'I can't also find some blood fruits, all of them seem they were taken. If not, why can't I smell them? Is there something going on here? Everything is weird, this is not what I envision it to be.'
'This is not a Savannah of Ashura I know, or something is going on here. I need to change my form first,' the young king said and then he look at his left hand, and thought, 'And hide this body.'
The young king knew the danger here, so he tried something that he couldn't understand that every symbiotic cultivator is capable of.
Body manipulation.
His skin color was still the same. 'I could feel my skin transforming slowly like a group of ants crawling in my body. Symbiotic cultivators were amazing. I'm lucky to thread this path.'
The young king became a greenish creature that looks like a devil.
'That Ashuras looks like a red devil but my appearance has bigger horn and green looking creature because of my minotaur spiritual symbiosis beast. I hope this works. If I get recognized as one of them, things will become easier. After all, no matter how strong am I, I still can't one versus army.'
*Shuffle*
*Shuffle*
The young king flinched. He hurried jumps from to tree to tree to avoid something,
"The tribes?"
He saw that the elders of Igorot tribes were looking for something; they look left and right but their bodies are moving like a robot, and soon something piques the young king's interest,
'Controlled?' he thought,
'They committed suicide. Their eyes are dead and currently controlled by these Ashuras. I don't understand these people. They chose suicide to keep these Ashuras inside to protect humans, but they accept assassination jobs.
'Well, an animal would band together if there's an external threat. What more of humans. We are just simple creatures like normal animals.'
The young king did not leave as he was observing these controlled creatures.
'Using their blood to locate other tribes? I must stop them.'
'The beasts are all gone. I wonder where they left so I can't call them here. I'll just observe them. If they locate the other tribe body I buried, I'll have eliminated them myself, but they look like they are not searching for it.'
The young king only flashes through left and right like a shadow in the wild. He knew what to do and what to be careful with; he moves with haste as his tracks were silent,
'What's wrong?' he asked as he noticed that the zombie-like tribal Igorot sprinted.
The young king followed as he is worried because they were going to the corpse he buried.
...
In the place where the young king didn't know.
"I need to hurry. The beast was coming, Edith still far away, I need to make sure that the beast was at least close. Even if the tribal humans were eaten, at least we know she will face the beast."
An old male, Ashura said, but his aura is a little different from others. It's violet, and he is looking through a crystal ball that each of them was controlling the body of the tribal Igorot.
"Husband, are you sure? What if she loses to that beast?"
Another female Ashura asked. Her aura was so strong despite not doing anything.
"My love, don't worry about it. If she came out alive, then it means that she is powerful enough to keep the title of a princess warrior. After all, that's a Volcano beast we are talking about. They are immune to control abilities." The male violet Ashura replied.
"Husband, I noticed someone was spying on us," she said, as she could sense the young king. The young king, however, underestimated her and the Ashura clan.
"Really? Can I see him?"
"Okay, but it will only be a moment. If I want to spy on him or Edith again, I won't be able to."
"If Edith survives, then she will become our clan's princess warrior, so we have nothing to do anymore. I wonder why is that spying on us is in there. Could he be a human just like those tribes we are controlling?"
"I don't know exactly husband, but why don't we find out."
...
The young king was oblivious to all the things that were happening. He is confident in his ability for his last life; he mastered the hiding to keep himself from being used as a lab rat of every race that finds him.
Including humans, however...
'They stopped?' the young king observes and stops in his tracks too.
The zombie-like tribes look in the direction that made him gasp in surprise,
'What?' it is not the time to think of anything, he was found.
The young king backed away, his hands revealed gold coins. His aura exploded in his hands as the coins engraved sign burns, he didn't want anyone to know where he came from so burned all his coins if ever he was found like this time.
"Humans!"
The young king screams, posing as an Ashura who saw a human, then with full force! He shot the coins like a whipping splash towards them!
"You are not allowed in here. I will find your secrets by devouring all of you!
"Now, Die!"
The Igorot tribe elders who were supposed to have the disorder power raised their hands together, and a miracle happened.
Blood shield erupted from them. The young king squints his eyes.
Bang!
Bang!
It was a strong attack, but the young king became serious because his attacks were defended easily by the shields.
"He! That's just my body strength this time! Let's see if your barriers can save all of you!"
...
"Incredible! His body strength can be compared to Sanguine Blood manipulator and it should be impossible in his age."
The violet aura, Ashura said.
"Husband, look, his aura had color on it." The female Ashura exclaimed in surprise.
The duo thought that the young king was an Ashura like them, but they were surprised that among the students, someone was hiding his strength.
Then they saw him display an unknown dark green aura as his attacks pierced through the blood barrier they put up.
"He's a variant? Like me?"
The male Ashura trembles. His eyes blur an image of something.
Variants are known because of their rarity, the variant's strength was the same as the normal Ashuras power. However, they were sought because of their peculiar ability in their race.
Like the violet Ashura man himself, in the same stage of cultivation, his strength can only be compared to an Auburn blood manipulator. However, they have peculiar abilities.
The problem was a Variant Ashira. He couldn't control blood. His peculiar ability however is controlling corpses. He can also see what they see through his crystal balls.
"He's strong and I can't sense his power intensity nor his blood stage. He's around fifteen to twenty years old. So he would be close to stage two Ashura. His Blood intensity can pierce through my blood wall so he's around a peak of Sanguine Blood. You are right, he can be compared to Sanguine. A hidden gem.''
His wife said as she observes the young king killing the controlled Blood corpses of his husband.
His husband controlled the corpses while she is the one who gifted those corpses the blood power, although it's weak. They were surprised that the hidden variant can easily dispose of them.
"Unfortunately, we can't get a clear of his strength anymore. I'm glad that there's variant like me in our Ashura clan."
The male said, and then the wife hug him at his back, 'I'm glad my husband is not feeling alone anymore.' she hugs him dearly as she could feel his happiness when she suddenly thought of something.
"Wait! What about that beast?"
The Ashura man with violet widened his eyes when he heard his wife say that.
...
"They are tough. I hope they thought I am Ashura like them or I would face an endless onslaught."
Unknown anger arose from him. He felt that it's not enough. As he is now impersonating that he is an Ashura Clan, he came to the corpse of the Igorot tribe and then he opened his mouth, ripping their heads using his fangs,
"Brains taste great. I don't know when did I become a cannibal, but I hate them because they plotted against me. I also hate them being controlled by Ashuras!".
The young plans to destroy their bodies for they are useless to him,
"They are not weapon Conjurer. I can't use them as a sacrifice. I'll just make them disappear."
The young king was about to slap the corpses into a bloody mist when he flinched as he covered his whole body with aura and jumps away from his position!
He was fast!
But when he just got away, the ground he was standing on was blasted a...
BANG!