As I stood there, my eyes blazing with an otherworldly energy, my body crackling with demonic power, Lei Zhao's voice would echo through my mind like a haunting melody.
"Xu, no, you mustn't! Grab hold of yourself dummy!" she cried, her words laced with fear and concern.
But it was too late. The corruption had already taken hold, spreading like wildfire through my veins, burning away any semblance of sanity or control. To make matters worse, all I could think about would be my revenge.
"YOU WILL PAY! WHOEVER YOU ARE, YOU WILL PAY!"
I bellowed, the words echoing off the clouds themselves. And then... as if to punctuate my declaration, I would shatter the clouds with demonic shards of electricity arcing across the landscape like a madman's brushstrokes on canvas.
The air around me seemed to ripple and distort, as if reality itself was bending to accommodate the sheer force of my power. The once-pure-bright purple aura now pulsing with an evil, pich black demonic energy, as if some ancient, malevolent being had taken up residence within my very soul.
Whatever I have awakened in my rage, I was not completely oblivious to it... to the pain... and yet... even as the darkness consumed me, a small part of my mind whispered something else. Something that seemed almost like a distant memory, or maybe just a desperate attempt to cling to some shred of humanity.
"There's no other way... ugh... so painful..." I mumbled, my voice barely audible over the cacophony of lightning and thunder, "I have no choice," I thought to myself, the words echoing through my mind like a desperate plea for salvation. "I must do it fast... before I lose control forever."
As my body writhed in agony, resolute, I pushed the entirety of my very being to the limit, in hope of lessening the stress from the demonic pressure, my aura pushing me off the ground and breaching the atmosphere of the planet known as Atris.
An action I would soon come to regret, no doubt, as my display of magnificent power would reach the senses of an unknown enemy I would shortly come to know as a pair of brothers.
Visions flashing through my head, the speed? Too fast to understand anything... maybe my current body was not yet ready to receive whatever has awakened, but the pain from the passing visions had cleared my mind just enough... enough for a glimpse of a conversation between the shadowy figures.
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"Brother... you feel this?"
"How could I not? I haven't felt such power in eons... We must do something before it becomes a threat."
"Yes... I suppose... Let us send some of our troops to handle the situation."
"I agree, we cannot allow this human to breathe any further, he must be stopped... No matter the consequences."
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The conversation ended abruptly, and I found myself back in my inner world, though still writhing in agony.
With the slow dissipation of the trifecta of fire, lightning and demonic aura, my weakened state began, leaving me in a state that could barely count as being alive.
"L- ugh...L- Lei... G- grab my hand... P- chck- ugh... p- put it on my r- ring...", my pained voice would make her rush to my aid and quickly doing what I've asked of her.
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As my hand touched the ornate jewel on top of the ring, the inter-spatial storage would open, "I need something... Ring... Please, help me.", I thought to myself, and as if by miracle, the ring's storage would spat out an item and a note.
"R-... ugh... r- read it to me."
"O- oh... OH RIGHT!", she said while quickly reading the note,"Eye of Providence, skill storage relic, one healing skill in store. I leave this here for later use.", she finishes in confusion.
"Hah... uggh... hah... hah hah hah... Kiyazo you bastard, you had this with you?... Thank you, old friend.", I say while grabbing the Eye of Providence, "Eye of Providence, open your storage, use the healing skill.", and with that, the Eye of would cast an eerie glow across the landscape and a green aura of healing would envelop my body. "Thank you Lei."
"Heh-heh, glad I could be of SOME use... are you sure you're ok now?", said Lei with a concerned tone.
"Y- yeah, I should be fine now.", I responded, although uncertain if I was fully healed by the skill residing within the relic.
"I... we need to leave this area, lest our opponents find us while I am in a weakened state."
"I agree, Xu, we should go, there's nothing but pain here for us."
"Darn it, when I get my hands on whoever did this... grrhh..."
"We don't have time, Xu, we need to go right now!", she said, hurriedly pulling my arm to try and help me off the floor.
"But... but where do we go, Xu? Do you want to join me at my sect?", she asked on a hushed tone.
"No, we need to prepare. I need to join Long Zhou right now an-...", but as soon as I would said that, a portal would open and the pressure of the vortex from within, would drag me inside.
A girlish voice would be heard from within...
"Lightning lightning lightning lightning lightning... THEEEEERE YOU AAAARE!"
"Heh heh! Found you, found you! My masters will be proud hah haaaah!", with demonic singing tune, her words echoed in my head.
My body would swirl around, twist and turn, while traveling through the portal. Nobody but the demonic entity would know where I would exit, but one thing would be certain, they weren't friendly, judging by the tone and the abrupt interruption of my dialogue with Lei-Lei.
Minutes later I would find myself on the other side, an area with floating dark-purple liquid, in the middle of a wilted field. The chaotic means of transportation would leave my head in pain, dizzy and confused, but not as confused as the massive red-eyed demonic entity in the sky.
"Yooouuu're heeeere! Spleeeeeendid, my masters will be proud I've found you this quickly, human, yes-yes!", it said, the same demonic tune echoing in it's girlish voice.
The sky would turn into a pink-purple hue and its eyes would start to glow, "Let's get this over with so I can go back hah hah haaaah!" and with a sudden wind demonic creatures would start appearing all over the area, "My minions, kill this human and we shall be rewarded!".
"Y- you! Wait! What do you mean? Who are you? Why are you doing this?", would be my final words, before this battle would commence, as the demonic entity would no longer discuss with the likes of me.
"Stupid... this... grrrh- ugh... this is ridiculous.", I would mumble while preparing for battle.
Angered and confused, I would scream towards the sky, "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT FROM ME!?" and with a bulging vein on my forehead, lightning would start to form around me as I would charge my aura with a final yell, "Lightning DOME!"
A bright white-blueish lightning would crackle around my body, jumping and dancing, but at the same time, expanding, and as the white-blue lightning would expand, it would form a bright purple aura, almost shield-like. But this would be no ordinary shield, as the Lightning Dome, is something Thunder Lord Kiyazo himself has thought me before his passing, the ultimate lightning skill for attack and defense. The shield traps entities inside and pulls them towards the middle and the lightning strikes them from all directions, in rapid successions, like a never-ending storm, the perfect combination of attack and defense, in a situation where you are surrounded by multiple enemies.
"To think you would help me this much... old friend... Thank you.", these would be my last words, as the demonic entities would attack from all angles, swarms of never-ending crackles can be heard within the radius of the dome, 20 meters of black smoke would build up inside the aura, and while the Lightning Dome would prove extremely effective at clearing out the trash, its one weakness in this situation, would be the limited visibility I would have to deal with.
"What the hell do I do now? Am I supposed to just wait here and eventually die?", I would think to myself, "Why is this thing even attacking me?", and while I would eventually catch a break... there would inevitably be another question, as from within the smoke, the figure of a silver-haired girl would be seen last standing, outside of the range of my dome.
"Who is this!?"
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