How fucked was Lyner for biting more than he could chew? Well that was up to perspective, and in his perspective everything was just tickety boo. From a second person's perspective however, a pierced lung, broken femur, multiple broken and fractured ribs, a hole with a diameter of 12 inches in his left pectoral that could be seen through. Things were going just great!
Lyner and the Beast King have already been fighting for 10 minutes, all of the Beast Kings injuries were superficial and non lethal. On the other hand Lyner looked worse for wear, but on the inside the thrill of a good fight was building to a crescendo. Lyner danced a fine line with pain being his only guidance, because if you felt the pain you were still alive.
The pair of short Swords Lyner had brought into the fight with him had long since been broken. They were weapons meant for sparring and foot soldiers, the twin swords could not bear the intensity of his Mana quickly becoming a hindrance instead of lethal weapons.
Now it was man to man, er man to humanoid duking it out like two wild beasts. Lyner had long activated his Mana Body and roused the high healing properties of his golden blood. Lyner smashed his elbow down onto the wrist of the Beast King, extended his arm and grabbed it by the horns with both of his hands. Pulling forward he bashed his head into the Beast Kings. Lyner saw stars and could hear birds chirping but none of that mattered. He had to dish out as much damage as possible to break through the Beast Kings natural regeneration.
The Beast Kings head flew forward, biting deeply into Lyners left shoulder and shook it back and forth. Lyner bit his teeth in agony as he also moved in to bite into the neck of the Beast King. Mana condensed on his index and middle finger, as he stabbed through the Beast Kings right ear with his remaining arm. The Beast King yelped and it was then, Lyner swept out the Beast Kings right hind quarters. Pivoting his center of gravity and spinning his body, Lyner manhandled the Beast King, smashing it downwards head first into the ground beneath them.
Mana blazed like flames billowing out on his fists, Lyner punched out with both fists. One landing where he hoped the Beast Kings liver was, and the other into its solar plexus. Lyners Inner Energy turned destructive, ravaging its way inside the Beast Kings interior. The impact from both blows sent the Beast King flying, knocking down numerous trees in its path of flight.
Lyner threw out a trash quality Sword he had crafted, using his Mana to readjust to the side of the Beast King. Lyner activated his talent, Warp Blade, appearing where the Sword was. Lyner used a small bit of Mana to propel his body, spin kicking the Beast King in the side of the head with a Mana imbued leg. The Beast King caught Lyners leg, and threw him like a ragdoll into the ground, following up with a monstrous sized paw stomping down onto his chest.
The Beast King swiped at Lyners left hand, cutting into his forearm and with its Sharp claws severing the tendons inside. The spiritual seed in his mind gushed out with thick waves of spirit power. The Beast King froze as its soul came under attack, not letting the feeling of his head about to explode get in his way. Lyner took out the best quality Sword he had on him, imbuing it with condensed Mana slashing out against the achilles heel of the Beast King.
Lyner quickly flipped up, his right fist smashing into the sharp elongated fangs for teeth of the Beast Kings. One of the fangs broke off, Lyner caught mid air then stabbed into the throat of the Beast King. The feeling of imminent death shocked the beastial instincts awake, three long Saber like claws pierced through Lyners stomach and chest. The Beast King raised the impaled Lyner, then threw him into a boulder.
Lyner rolled over quickly as that exact same boulder was lifted, and then smashed down right beside where his head used to be. But Lyner was starting to exhaust, and he could not avoid a paw from smashing his face in as the momentum sent him into the air. The Beast Kings fists smashed into Lyners temples from both sides, it shot its head forward again this time biting into Lyners left shoulder, tearing the entire limb from his body in a spray of gore. This time Lyner could not stop the excruciating pain from escaping his mouth, then it ended quickly. The Beast King stomped Lyners head into the ground, leaving a 4 meter deep pit with his body embedded into the Earth.
The Beast King activated its Earth Dao, dozens of Earth Dao spikes pierced through Lyners body, he was barely conscious as his danger sense screamed inside of his head. He moved his head barely two inches, avoiding an Earthen spike from impaling through his right eye and going out from the back of his head. But the rest of his body was not as lucky. He avoided death, but the compounding damage kept stacking.
The Beast King grabbed Lyner by the legs, ripping his body off of the dozen Earth Dao infused spikes. The Beast King swung Lyners near lifeless body into the air, then it leaped up as its back paws used his head as a footrest, and the Beast King held his legs as its weight helped its downward descent. Lyner was then impaled into the forest ground below, his body fully emerged as he felt more than ninety percent of the bones in his body break, fracture and shatter. His spine, by some miracle, did not snap and fold his body like a blanket.
The Beast King jumped out of the pit and contemplated killing the human, but decided against it at the last moment. A rumbly hoarse voice mixed between a human and a wolf sounded out in barely understandable language.
"Good fight. Human strong I not kill this time. Respect human fight without fear. Enjoy fight."
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"Thud thud thud thud"
The Beast King walked away nursing its own injuries. Although it was not beaten to the point of being at deaths doors. Lyners last attack with his Inner Energy had severely damaged the Beast Kings fragile Beast Core that had just been formed not long ago. Its injuries would heal within a week and it would be in top fighting condition. But the damage to its Beast Core could take a full year, unless it finds a natural treasure to remedy the fine spider web cracks spread across it. The Beast King would be in a state of limbo, not being able to cultivate for a year after its fight with Lyner.
The Beast King truly enjoyed its fight with Lyner, when it became sentient at the peak of level 150, then spent the 10 following years to breakthrough into the Soul Flame realm while forming its Beast Core. It did not feel rage, hate or any loss at the time lost. What the Beast King gained from this fight was far more precious, it had felt genuine fear and dread while fighting Lyner. It felt like the prey, and not the hunter by the end of the fight.
Just as the Beast King was 300 feet away, it felt a sudden trepidation and a huge spike of Demonic and Holy energy behind it. Turning around, the nearly dead human it spared was standing again. With one arm torn off, numerous holes, bite wounds, scratches and what the Beast King knew was 192 broken bones, and the rest being fractured or in severe damage.
The human stood tall, it wobbled to the sides slightly but he stood strong. The Beast King could see the eyes with no life in it. The human was unconscious, but somehow he got up to its feet and it was releasing an aura that made it tremble in fear.
"Gate of Purgatory. Open!" The gleam came back into Lyners eyes, a pillar of aura blasted up into the sky piercing through the clouds in the night sky. The flesh on Lyners body was peeling off, and blood poured out from every orifice and injury across his body.
"We are... not done here yet... I have... fight left in me.. until all my.. bones are broken... body unresponsive... I will not fall!" The near death body of Lyner shot forward, his remaining arm smashing into the Beast Kings chest. A loud crunch sounded out, and the Beast King left a deep trench in the ground for half a kilometer from the impact. The Beast King swiped out with its claws in an X shape in front of it. Lyner appeared above smashing his knee into its head, followed with an downward elbow strike right over top of the Beast Kings skull.
Lyner shifted his body in mid hair, pushed himself towards the ground his remaining arm used as support, as the heel of his foot kicked the jaw of the Beast King shuttling it into the air. Lyner used his Mana to form ropes all around that clutched onto the crowns of tree tops, and particularly sturdy branches.
He shot forward with his Mana ropes propelling, and using them for maneuvering when he couldn't do it on his own. The Gate of Purgatory was a severe berserking technique from the Heavenly River Demonic Arc, there were numerous more gates above it. But it would kill Lyner to even attempt to use his Mana to open the higher tiered gates a crack. Lyner was on a time limit, he gave his body a limit of 20 seconds, but with sheer will power alone he could last until the work was done. Even if it did damage his foundations, Lyner could always rebuild it later within time dilation.
The Beast King did all it could to fight back, but Lyner was more slippery than an eel. No matter what it did, it was useless. Lyners consciousness was fading fast, he could only barely control the "zone," before long his instincts would be piloting an unconscious body again. But that was unacceptable to Lyner, he would defeat his foe conscious no matter what it took.
The Dao of Light and Dark formed a perfect ball of energy in the Yin Yang formation, there was hints of purple as his Thunder Dao further boosted the lethality. Two sets of holy white and deathly black wings sprouted out from his back, Lyners Thunder Dao formed into the shape of a 4 foot long crescent shape, and 3 inch thick double edged katana.
Half the flesh on his body had fileted off, his muscles, tendons, ligaments started snapping and the meridians across his body started bursting. Lyner slashed down with his last bit of conscious will.
"Tenebrous Blade Wing!"
"Mana Blade Hunt!"
The dual pairs of wings on Lyners back broke down into motes of light, and he plummeted from the air. In a last ditch of desperation, Lyner controlled dozens of Mana Blades to form a bed for his body to fall onto. It was successful and blanketed his fall, but they were still condensed Mana Blades from his own Mana. It wasn't a soft landing, and thus further instigated the injuries and broken bones in his body.
Lyner laid motionless in the grass below him and a pool of his own blood. Lyner used his remaining arm and dug his fingers into the earth below him. Dragging himself over ever so slowly, he arrived at the pit where the Beast King stood still, impaled from anus through the head of a long katana formed from his Thunder Dao. The Beast King split in half making 2 loud "thud" sounds.
Seeing his extremely hard and desperately won victory, Lyner gave into the exhaustion and let the blackness of unconsciousness slowly take him. Whether he lived or died, was not of concern in his mind. With a smile on his face that looked more like that of a grimace. The pool of blood beneath him became a warm blanket. The last thing Lyner heard was a pair of leather boots approaching him before the blackness took his consciousness away.
"What a fucking monster!" Cassius Nethandriel muttered to himself in shock and wonder. There was golden blood leaking out from Lyners unconscious body from all his wounds. From his estimates, Lyner had lost slightly more than 5 gallons of blood, almost 10x the amount that would kill a Cultivator in the Foundation Building stage.
"I'm proud of ya boy, a wreckoning is soon going to fall down upon the Lutherian family."
Elsewhere, Azarinth who was sitting in secluded cultivation, a white-black Dragon was circling around him. The speed of the Heavenly River Demonic Art sped up by over 30% in a second, nearly making him lose control over his cultivation session. Looking up he raised his right fist into the air, and grinned widely.
"Atta boy Lyner! I knew you had the spunk in you to get the work done. It's time Leyara and I shake up the Lutherian family as we wait for your return to claim your shattered glory. This is the era of Lyner mother fucking Lazarus. All those that stand in our way will be buried in the passage of time!"