146 Sparring partners (2/2)

Suddenly, a dozen of Immortals appeared out of nowhere who swiftly attacked Iblis from every direction. Qinguang squinted. He was ready to attack. Some inner instinct though suggested him to stay put.

Iblis cast a glance at his left and right. A blackish beam shone out of nowhere and a dark longsword flashed into existence. His Aura erupted in a death explosion. It felt like its user had just stepped outside the Styx itself. The Devil slashed down. Once. Then the weapon disappeared just like it had come.

As he slashed down, a black Mana blade materialized out of nowhere and frontally hit the dozen Immortals attacking him. They were split in two.

Shrieking bloody pieces fell down to earth as a mysterious terrifying corrosive force gradually blew the rest of their bodies to pieces before they could even realize it.

Usually, an injury like that one would be nowhere strong enough to kill an Immortal. For some reason, however, Mana seemed to have suddenly stopped flowing through their body. They could not but stare blankly as their bodies fell down to pieces bringing them inexorably straight to the end of their Soul.

As Iblis rubbed his hands to tidy them up, the bloodcurdling cries they emitted made a frightening background to the terrifying frame of his figure. Iblis cast a glance at Qinguang as he said: ”One more step and suddenly these two girls would have turned into orphans.”

Who could have thought that the Clan Leader of the most powerful Clan in the universe would have trembled in fear before a monster ten times as young as he was?

”What do you want, Iblis?” asked Qinguang as fear gripped at his throat.

”If you weren't father to these girls… Without this only bliss, you would have already turned into plant food,” Iblis said with a nervous twist of a hand, ”but we both know that as a matter of fact, our Destruction army can't face up to that of Life. Which is why I am gathering new disciples to form a new alliance.”

Qinguang gave him a puzzled look.

”Oh, you don't need to worry. If I had wanted to declare war to you guys, none of you would have been breathing by now. I would have risked my life, if I had faced your whole army myself. But I'm not sure you would have caught me even.”

Qinguang began to trembled uncontrollably. What they had always feared the most had come true; since Iblis had nothing to lose, he would have gone for guerrilla techniques. Thanks to his incommensurable power, if he avoided direct combat, then he would have easily slaughter their ranks. Iblis had never even bothered plan anything against them. He would only attack those who attacked him.

”Destruction isn't much about Chaos as it is about freedom. That's why I want to fund an alliance based on trust rather than one based on the fear to get imprisoned by those in charge,” the Devil said as he gazed at Amaterasu in pity, ”there's always be room for you, Amaterasu, if you want,” Iblis said, blinking.

Amaterasu paid him no mind. Blushing in embarrassment, Iblis almost choked in his own words.

Peng!

Qinguang and Kirin fell to the ground, upset for his utter shamelessness.

”Are you trying to snatch away from me the only daughter I have left?” And what is that your expression on your face ? You have just killed a dozen men in the blink of an eye. Their cries still resound out through the universe and you blush for a girl?”

”In order to prevent my disciples from succumbing to the forces of Life, I decided to personally guide their footsteps down their Dao of Mana, This way they'll be able to grow up and then decide who to side with,” Iblis said.

Qinguang frowned as he said: ”How does that even concern us?”

Iblis shrugged: ”The Clan of Life has loads of disciples and Immortals. Which I can't say about us. I don't want to bother dealing with those retarded Dragons, so I saw it fitting to use your disciples as sparring partners for mine.”

Iblis clicked his tongue and nodded in satisfaction.

Amaterasu could no longer refrain: ”After slaughtering countless families, you thought it best to use their children to let your pupils grow stronger?”

”If those families had not tried to kill your sister of those I care for, they would have been still alive. Probably,” Iblis smiled as he gazed Amaterasu with badly concealed melancholy in his eyes.

As he stretched his hands outwards, reaching for Siche's head, a menacing fury flashed in Iblis' eyes: ”So, do you accept?”