Under the dark sky fully of gloomy clouds giving a sense of doom and the thundering noise and flashing lighting that showed the outrage of the heaven and a feeling of powerlessness from it, a land full of decay with a color of dirt embedded with blood that seemed to spread to the end of the World giving one a chilling spectacle...
As for where this sea of blood that covered the whole world came from? Then the scenery that came about as the light of lighting flashed by gave the answer.
'CORPS!'
A large amount of white bones large and small making the hills around as well as some mountains of putrid corpses still decaying, such a frightening sight!
The earth shaking massacre that led to this horrific spectacle must have been the worst one since the birth of this land... and it surely would be the last as well…
...
A young woman wearing a spotless white dress with some black patterns on her sleeves appeared on the rare piece of land unstained by any blood, she had a head full of silky white hair and a beautiful face filled with uncaringness, but if you looked closely you would see some trace of helplessness within her dark blue eyes.
As she looked ahead of her, she didn't hesitate anymore and said calmly:
"The heaven is helpless the earth is desolate, all life have left the land and only death remain. Is this the World that you sought after? Things have come to be like this but I will still ask."
Her words were carried by the cold wind but did it reach the ears of the one they were destined…
As the wind howled in pain the rain fell to show the sadness of the world, the lady still stood there patiently waiting for the answer.
Soon, a figure appeared within a mist of starlights, the cluster of stars was giving an oppressive and powerful atmosphere that was incomparable to how it was before, but the brightness and shining liveliness was no more, it gave a feeling of bleakness instead.
An indifferent voice full of coldness then echoed from the figure:
"The world never changed, it had always been what it is. It was only the being living inside that changed it from good or bad depending on their conceited perception. I did nothing else than to free it of its burden, the burden called life."
As he finished his words his handsome face appeared under the receding starlight. His blue Daoist robe was the same as long ago, but anyone who knew him from before would be unable to recognize him as the same spirited young man.
The two of them stared at each other for a what it seemed a lifetime but was nothing than a moment.
The young lady then stopped wailing in the past as her inklike Black Spear appeared on her hands, it was time to put a stop to this madness even if she had to do it by her own hand!
The young man saw this but didn't respond, he looked to another side instead and talked to the empty space:
"You can all come at once, there is no need for such bothersome act of hiding in the darkness, there is no way I will give you any opportunity…"
Soon, several figures appeared one after the other giving oppression of spiritual Qi, they were obviously peak expert!
A man with short red hair with a black horn on his forehead, his calm face was the same as always and his hand held the unmistakable halberd that only the leader of the Dragon race may held, he was a man of few words like his father but he swore to upheld the legacy of their clan till then!
Beside him was a man with light blue hair and pointy ears he was holding a simple sword with a lady's hair string hung on it, his face was full of sorrow and resentment but there was also some guilt. He whispered:
'..dear sister I will avenge you soon your fate of becoming a furnace was the worst of us all, your brother failed you…'
One after the other familiar face appeared before the man wearing a dark blue Daoist robe, as he looked at each one of them carefully, the last one finally appeared.
A man with a round body appeared holding a golden axe full of majesty but his face held nothing but sadness, he then looked at his lost friend and said with grief:
"Brother Li Yun…no Doomlord of star, it is time to end this all…"
He then cut away his last shred of doubt and threw himself to the last fight.
*Whoosh*Whoosh*
The figures beside him followed suite and charged with their greatest spells and fiercest attack, they were fully intended to destroy their... no the world's worst nightmare!
The lady in white didn't go with them, she knew that there would be only a single chance that these figures created and that it would cost them their lifes!
As the space around her distorted in pure darkness, the heaven seemed to respond to her call forming a pillar of black light readying to extinguish everything under it.
*BOOM!**Slash!**Bang!*
Divine Dharma spells and supreme weapon attacked the doomlord at the same time, but the young man didn't show any emotion, the immortal weapon Heaven Breakers that looked less silver but copper reddish with the amount of blood it drank glinted faintly welcoming the last challenge.
*Shine!*
The river of stars welcomed the assailants twisting and extinguishing many of his past friends' life, but even so they pressed forward fully intent on finishing him off in a single wave!
Sword and halberd found their mark and a powerful axe drew a splash of blood reaching their masters'intent, but at what price…their lifeless cold body fell on the ground to prove that.
The Doomlord full of injuries then looked up at the sky with a light in his eyes.
The black pillar of light was descending and he knew there was no avoiding it.
*Sparkle*
It engulfed him as if he was the point where the heaven connected to the earth.
*BOOOMMM*
A loud explosion reverberated, shaking the whole realm and beyond...
….Then came the stillness, the World seemed to go back to it's silent state.
In the place of the explosion was the man with shredded cloths and full of injuries, most of the weapons stuck on him were reduced to ash and only some broken parts were still stuck on his flesh, but there was a black spear that impaled him on the chest drawing an horrifying scar with scorched marks on the wound.
The man that seemed devoid of life suddenly moved, he then looked around him, the Scene of desolation was all he could see, his past friends were turned into ash and he could see not far away the body of his old rival dissipating in sand in the wind, it may have been his imagination but he saw that same annoying smile on her face before she disappeared.
The Sun then began to rise on the horizon, illuminating this world but the one to see it was the only one unworthy of it.
As he looked at the sunrise, the Doomlord..no Li Yun gave a faint smile as a faint trace of tears appeared on his eyes:
"Father, mother, brother, Sister, Hong Xi, Xiao Ling'er, forgive me for being late, I know you Will all scold me again for being reckless but I will come see you all...soon…"
He then fell on his knees and dissipated in starlight spreading like firefly but it was soon warped under the daylight.
It was a new morning in the Thirteen regions, a new beginning…
End.
...….
*CLAP* *CLAP*CLAP*
"Bravo! It was really awesome!"
"Little Xian looks here! Don't worry mom would never leave you behind, I will always….what are you doing?!Mhum…"
"How could they make me die so miserably? Just wait till I get my revenge…"
"...what a way to end thing…"
As the credentials showed up, the spectators gave a resounding applause, they felt quite moved by the whole show even though it lasted only for two hours or so.
The beginning of everything was a bunch of friends from the same school years at the Great Dao Academy of Prodigies that swore to be like brothers and sisters forever showing their youthful outlook on life and their grand aspirations to the future, then came the twist of fate that made everything crumble, the death of loved ones followed by despair changed all of them, bringing their separation to a different road in life...
Some fell into the evil path not to come back ever again, while other sought the light in order to bring salvation to the World.
They tried to understand each other but what have been lost was too much for every single one of them…
Then came the climax as the World plunged into chaos and those who shared the same drink ended up aiming t each other's life. Such a bitter story, but they did reach some relief in the end…
....
As he gazed at the name of his youngest son showing up, the Tyrant Saber God sighed wistfully, what do you mean when you said I became a demon Lord?!
And to die by getting backdated by his good brother Meng Qian…
The two members of the Ten greats looked at each other with a wry smile.
The Dragon Emperor was still holding his wife but even though he didn't say it he showed great approval for his son upholding the pride of the Dragon race till the end.
Li Ya was seated beside Sun Jia and her mother, Xiao Ling'er went out of the theater with Hong Xi who couldn't hold it when he died by the shockwave of the fight between two mortal transcendent cultivators, even hidden expert have their own pride…
As the most beautiful fairy of the Southern regions, Li Ya ended up with some scenes in the performance, sadly her passing was more like that of an average jade , treated like some collectible item…
"It must be revenge...you became quite daring Li Yun… I must return the favor later on, jie jie jie"
Her hollow laugh that would break the fantasy of many young masters was only heard by Sun Jia and mother Li, the former gave a strained smile while the later have a small sigh and said in the end:
"It was quite controversial but it followed the theme of this competition, 'a presentation about an outlook on your future life' I hope they don't get scolded too badly by the teacher that let them use this spiritual artifact called MEG…"
Most of the others spectators would have echoed her thought, they knew that these youngsters would get some trashing later on as for how badly it would be…
Just look at Teacher Luo Hua whose ample chest heaved up and down, her Dao heart was getting so unstable it may bring some adverse effects on her future path on cultivation.
But the most common thought that came to the spectators was actually something else:
"It was incredible. Such a pity…"
Indeed, they weren't optimistic on their winning chance, it was not that they did badly but the opponent was too strong.
In front of this performance that superseded the age, any other work would look pale in comparison.
As the host of the competition Teacher Ye XiaoXiao walked up on the stage to give the final result.
The announcement was as everyone expected.
...…..
In the jade green secret realm, a certain competition was taking place. It did not have that much spectators despite being quite famous, well 'infamous' would be a proper term…
Li Yun was seated in the front row to have a better look at the Green Art competition, he tried to invite some friend with him to come but they all acted quite evasive ( most of them ran away in fright) so he could only come there alone… or so he thought but a unexpected person actually came with him, it was his school mate one of the tween, the brother Wu Xing.
It was rare to see people who could appreciate art to it's three value so he decided to talk more about it with him, and he found out that Wu Xing was actually more knowledgeable about the Green Art than he could ever be.
They talked animatedly, and as time passed by, the tournament was finally about to begin.
"Companions, we are assembled there for this honorable event…"
As senior Qin dressed up in green grown talked with solemnity, he announced the beginning of the Green Art tournament!