94 Frightening Demon Lord (2/2)
'Just a bit more and I should be good.' Arnin continued to slaughter the people as he avoided Adilis. The latter wasn't just strong, but he was also extremely resilient. There was a reason he was in the top twenty. He was in no way weak.
A few more were killed and suddenly, a black beam shot out of Arnin's body, slowly turning grey. Arnin stopped what he was doing and ran back into the Elemental River. He began to absorb the essence as quickly as possible. The black beam became darker and darker, while a white smoke escaped Arnin's body.
It slowly sunk into the river. Vitality began to appear inside his body, however, it wasn't the same vitality that could strengthen his physical body, rather it was primarily for his threads.
”AOOO!” A howl escaped his mouth as his mouth as a bursting pain came from his threads. It felt as though they were about to explode under the intense green light. Just as he was about to pass out, Arnin saw the black beam surround the threads as well, as a grey light escaped from the threads and began to eject through the black light.
The process was long, however, Arnin was getting more and more excited as he watched everything. He was healing. His body was finally going to heal.
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Unlike the excitement that Arnin faced, everyone outside watched him in horror. Even Adilis watched Arnin with trembling hands. ”W-what the hell is that?”
In front of everyone's eyes. The black beam that was being shot from Arnin's body took the form of a three-horned demon. Its eyes contained nothing but mockery for the world, while the power it exuded was stronger than the heavens themselves.
The white smoke turned into a white saber that the demon held onto. As if angered by the heaviness of the Elemental River, the Demon began to slice it apart. Causing drops to fall onto the patches of ground. Waves formed around Arnin as the Demon caused havoc.
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Inside the cave where the elders and the headmistress were gathered, they watched the scene in the Elemental River with sharp eyes.
The headmistress released a deep breath as she spoke heavily. ”This aura, it seems to be unimaginably strong. I don't know if it is from the boy or not, but we have to investigate this further.” She then turned her head and looked a fae who was also watching the scene with shock. ”Are you hiding anything else from us?”
Fae was lost for a second before she released a sigh. ”I wasn't hiding anything since it is also something that I can't truly understand myself. On our way…” Fae began to recall what happened on their way to Thorn Academy and how she saw a similar sight.
The headmistress's face hardened and her eyebrows knit into a frown. ”It seems that this boy either has a special physique or some other secret. We should try and figure it out before he causes future problems for u--”
”No!” The headmistress looked at Fae weirdly. ”What I mean is that, isn't this similar to what happened to me in the past? Although it wasn't as crazy as this, the effects were somewhat similar. I pink mist surrounded me and took the form of a weird creature. It might just be he is awakening a physique similar to mine.”
Fae, for some unknown reason, did not want Arnin to be harmed by anyone. She herself felt some fear towards him from the bottom of the heart, but still, she couldn't bear to see him harmed by others. It was a weird feeling, but it came from the depths of her soul.
Plus, she was not lying about herself experiencing something similar. Her experience wasn't as chaotic or frightening as Arnin's but it wasn't any less terrifying. Back then, she was covered by a pink mist that forced others to sleep, no matter their strengths. Then they would turn into bones as their energy was transferred over to her. It was so terrifying that everyone at a three-kilometer radius was put to sleep and then silently absorbed.
The headmistress frowned before nodding her head. ”It seems like you are right, it resembles your physique awakening quite a bit. Alright, when he is done, I will have you watch over him and make sure he doesn't cause any problems. Remember, we want him to be useful to us, not harmful. I will leave that to you. As for Elder Kocyte, you can take him as a disciple as well, but make sure to bring him to our side voluntarily, I don't want any mishaps.”
Others didn't know the significance of Arnin's terrifying event, ut the headmistress knew it all too well. She had seen the event that Fae had displayed and how her power skyrocketed right after. She was far from their cultivation realms, but her power was very close to theirs. If she could have another person like Fae under her then that would be a terrifying force. Something that could allow her to trample other schools easily.
Although the event that Arni caused was terrifying, it had a very large difference from the one that Fae had. Fae was awakening her physique that even Arnin wanted to possess, however, the latter was just healing himself and getting rid of any residual Demon Lord powers that were hidden in his threads.
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Back at the Elemental River, Arnin continued to cause havoc. It even got to the point where the top ten cultivators who were cultivating nearby had to temporarily evacuate away from Arnin.
They were seething with anger, but they couldn't do anything about it since the power that Arnin was erupting with was just too strong.
Adilis had also moved much further back and was laying beside a rock while Clareena tended to his wounds with swollen eyes. ”It's alright Clareena, I am not going to die.” He smiled at his fiancee who only glared back at him.
”Stop talking, he could have killed you. If you died, then I would have been a widow, do you know that?” Clareena berated Adilis with anger, however, the latter actually felt some happiness. Even though he did not love Clareena yet, it was only a matter of time. Plus, no one would like to see their wives looking at them with mockery at all times.
He turned and looked at the chaotic area where Arnin was and he couldn't help but feel some gratitude. 'Although you almost killed me and are frightening as hell, at least you allowed me to get a little closer to my fiancee, Clareena.'
Canae and Sinfallel looked at the shadowy Demon Lord that appeared around Arnin. They felt more and more fear towards him, while their hope of being saved was completely extinguished. Who could save them from such a monster?
”Maybe this is for the best. Although he had killed out sister unfairly and my hatred for him will never lessen, it was our fault for even attacking him. Maybe this is our retribution, and also an opportunity to become much stronger.” Canae spoke silently as she watched the river around Arnin split over and over again.
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Arnin's body was constantly being fed with great amounts of essence. Although the slashing of the river may seem like just an act of rage, it was anything but that. Using the residual energy of the Demon Lord powers, Arnin wanted to absorb the essence in the Elemental River by cutting it with the white saber which had the special property of absorbing the essence of any and every kind.
Inside his body, things were going very smoothly. His threads were almost completely healed and all of his elemental seeds and elemental marks recovered. He needed just a little more time and he would be completely healed. He would also be at the peak of Orb Birth - Heaven.