Having a blood covered battle-axe stuck to the ground in front of him, Pugha felt great terror as puddles of blood poured down his torn left limb.
"Submit or die!" Shung Yun's voice was deep as he looked straight at Pugha.
"My king!" Ubei called as he stopped three[3] of Pugha's underlings from interfering in Shung Yun's battle, "find favor in the sight of your subordinate and kill Pugha."
"I totally forgot about the blood ritual," instantly changing his facial expression, Shung Yun said as he scratched the right side of his head.
Hearing blood ritual from the human in front of him, Pugha was greatly terrified as he struggled to run away from Shung Yun.
"Seeing the terror on your faces at the mention of the blood ritual is increasing my curiosity for the ritual," Shung Yun said as he walked towards the retreating Pugha, "enlighten me on what the blood ritual is about?"
"Ubei! You're gambling your soul to goddess Hela!!" Pugha roared as he ignored Shung Yun's question.
"Now that's a good start," Shung Yun said as he continued towards Pugha.
"I wasn't speaking to you, human!" Pugha snapped as the fear of the blood ritual overrode his fear for Shung Yun.
"That's very rude of you," Shung Yun said as he heard what Pugha said, "I just want to see the blood ritual Ubei mentioned to me."
"You won't be seeing it with me!" Pugha roared as he ruthlessly clawed at his head.
"Don't let him commit suicide, my King!" Ubei yelled as he saw Pugha's action.
Ta!!
"You're ruining my mood, Pugha," Shung Yun said as he grabbed Pugha's right claw, "I just want to see the blood ritual performed in front of me."
"Let go of me!" Pugha roared as he struggled to break free from Shung Yun's grasp, "Ubei! You're making a big mistake! The human is manipulating you! He doesn't care about you! He's just using you!!"
"You know, I wanted to use you too," Shung Yun said as he raised his battle-axe above his shoulder, "then Ubei told me about the blood ritual. He said he can be better than you if he does it."
"You.. You're the one who suggested it!? You're going to lose your soul, Ubei! The goddess will gain control of your soul for all eternity!" Pugha went crazy as he yelled at Ubei.
Prrssh!! Thud!!
A three[3]fts huge panther head landed on the grassy ground before rolling in a semi-circle for a few seconds.
"I really need to hear the song of enlightenment as soon as possible," Shung Yun muttered as he held his forehead with his right hand.
"Why did you kill it?" Byui Tang asked as he looked at Shung Yun, "weren't you supposed to bring him under your control?"
"Ubei had something more interesting than Pugha," Shung Yun said as he looked at the other shadow panthers.
Channeling the emotion at the core of his existence, the submissive aura of the beast race clouded his entire being.
"From today onwards, I'm your new king!" influencing the shadow panthers with his submissive aura, he declared as he looked across each of them.
Having their entire existence rooted in the system of the law of the jungle, the entire eight[8] surviving shadow panthers bent the knee to the human with the submissive aura of the beast race.
Feeling his legs go soft after taking a step forward, Shung Yun experienced intense weakness across his entire body.
"What's going on?" he muttered as he supported his body with his battle-axe.
"Are you alright, my king?" Ubei asked as he ran towards Shung Yun.
"I'll manage," Shung Yun said with his body supported on his battle-axe, "can you start the blood ritual with Pugha now?"
"Alright," Ubei said as he slowly walked towards Pugha's corpse, "I won't lose to a dead beast."
Encouraging himself as he moved forward, he began preparing his mind for the imminent death clash.
"What's this blood ritual you've been saying since?" Shung Wen asked Shung Yun as the fighting came to an end.
"That's what is about to occur," Shung Yun said as he stared intensely at Ubei.
"Goddess Hela, I bring before a sacrifice of request," Ubei said as he thumped his limbs in rhythmic pattern, "open unto me the void of unification. That I may acquire the blessing of mutation from it."
Boom!!
A ghostly darkness swallowed up the area containing Ubei and Pugha, leaving no trace of life in it.
"They vanished?" Shung Yun looked gloomy at the ghostly darkness as he saw no trace of Ubei and Pugha.
"They left for the void of unification, my king," one of the semi-rank middle-stage shadow panther said as it walked towards Shung Yun's side.
"You also know about the blood ritual?" Shung Yun asked the shadow panther.
"Every beast able to become a middle-stage fierce beast knows about the blood ritual, my king," the shadow panther said as it stood beside Shung Yun.
"How long will Ubei be in the void of unification?" Shung Yun asked.
"He can be in there for a minute or for eternity," the shadow panther said as it looked at Shung Yun.
"I hope he will only be there for a minute," Shung Yun said as he sat on the ground, "I really want to see what will become of him."
"I don't mean to disrespectful, my king," the shadow panther said as it crouched down beside Shung Yun, "but the void of unification is said to have taken the soul of more than two hundred[200] billion beasts since the dawn of time. The odds of Ubei making it out is less than one[1] percent."
"That's the good thing of stuffs that have such low rate of success," Shung Yun said as he sensed a flickering aura in the darkness, "the reward for success is unimaginable."
"ROAR!!!" a breathtaking roar shook the entire trees five[5] miles around the dispelling darkness.
"H..he did it. He defeated the void of unification and received the blessing of goddess Hela," the shadow panther beside Shung Yun trembled as he saw the transformed Ubei.
Having black colored hide and black colored horns, Ubei looked as dark as the shadow panthers.
"Yellow pupils and claws," Shung Yun thought as he looked at the approaching Ubei, "and he got bigger."
"My king," Ubei crouched in front of Shung Yun with his head touching the ground.
"Are you now faster than Pugha was?" Shung Yun asked.
"Very," Ubei said as he raised his head, "and I got something better."
Sensing the aura been emitted by Ubei, Shung Yun surprised, "you broke through?"
"Yes, my king" Ubei said as he restrained his aura.
"What essence was engraved in your bones?" Shung Yun asked.
"Dark essence," Ubei said excitedly.
"How lucky of you," Shung Yun said as he caressed the top of Ubei's head, "your chance of comprehending the Dark Dao is very high."
"That's very far into the future, my king," Ubei said as a concerned expression glued to his face, "are you really alright?"
"I've used up the entire Qi in my body," Shung Yun said as he figured out the reason for his weakness, "resting for some hours will put me back into shape."
"Seems like the price to pay for the insane movement of my body Qi is using it up in just few hours instead of days," he thought as he continued sitting on the ground without any hint of cultivating.
"Is this what he meant by something more interesting," goosebumps covered Byui Tang's hands as he stared frighteningly at Ubei, "it's way stronger than a newly advanced dantian realm cultivator."
"It broke through to the lower-rank of upper-stage fierce beast realm after turning into this," Taichu Hong couldn't believe anything happening in front of his eyes.
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