Chapter 363 - His return (1/2)

He was surrounded by a cloud of ambivalence and power, a fast stream that surged into him and shielded him from the outside world all at once. Inside that cloud, he had a measure of peace.

As much as someone like him could hope to get because nothing mattered here. Not love or hate. All his worries and hopes evaporated. Inside the cloud was nothing, no right or wrong, just power.

Then he felt it, a mind-numbing level of panic quickly followed by fear, he felt the anger and the deep level of despair.

He knew the feelings were not his own, but they spurred a strong protective urge in him but he was loath to wake up. Living was nothing compared to the power he was consuming now, nothing held a lure to the peace he finally had.

The cloud smothered those strange emotions as he settled back into its embrace. That was when the whisper came, ”please” was the only word but it was overflowing with anger, fear, and despair so strong his heart wrenched. He didn't know when his eyes sprang open, the cloud of light enveloping him exploding in a supernova to rival the sun.

Lucifer awoke, ready to do battle, he traced the pull to his soul and stepped into a plateau, a pocket dimension that only contained two people.

Without thinking he knew the one who had spoken to him, with a wave of his hand, he summoned the power to his hand and struck.

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She had felt it, all of the supernatural realm had felt it. The energy had crashed through the entire universe even as it rippled the fabric of time.

She had felt that wave of power, pure consuming power and it had unleashed something in her, a hunger that rivalled the fear that was sweeping her body.

She didn't know what had brought him back from the edge of the abyss but she wasn't exactly surprised to feel his awakening; that was the next thing that could go wrong in a long line of others.

The first sign that things were falling apart was the blank stare Yan Mei had given her when she transformed into her demon form. Something that usually elicited tears and fear had only drawn an eye twitch for her foe, then she had actually used dark magic to counter her attacks.

They had spared and for a while Yan Mei had kept up with her, going as far as landing one lucky blow that would have destroyed her if her magic had been pure, untainted by her human nature.

Then Lei Zhao had woken up, much too fast and called the name of his wife. At that point she had panicked and escaped into the pocket dimension to score the tatters of her victory but he was here, and his anger was like a hot brand on her skin, the only thing hotter was her passion.

Without even a word of acknowledgement, he threw a spell at her. A spell aimed at utter destruction, she had dodged it and the blade of energy dispelled with minimum damage to the dimension.

”My Lord Lucifer” her words were soft, customary but her stance promised battle, there was only one reason why he was there right now, awake.