16 Hearts Desire (2/2)

”How could I possibly change the laws of the world. When I can't even save my own life?” The young man smiled wistfully as sorrow filled his heart.

”Hehe boy, I didn't appear to you for nothing. Tell me what is it that you desire the most?” The Qilin asked eagerly with its beady blue eyes watching the young man.

”I....” The young man stuttered out as he put his hand on his abdomen. He took his other hand and covered his mouth as he coughed up some blood.

”I want to see her again.” The young man said as he wiped the blood of his mouth.

”I want to see her once more.” He said almost pleading and walking closer to the Qilin.

”I want to see her one last....” Before he could finish his 5th step he collapsed onto the ground bleeding out even faster than before.

”Time...” His eyes went completely dead with his final words. All traces of life oozed out of him leaving an impeccable corpse laid on snow.

The Qilin condensed down quickly becoming a young man in 9 colored robes. In his eyes flashed 9 colors and on his back were 9 colored thunder wings. He materialized in front of the young man's corpse and brought his palm to his back.

”Then I shall give you life a new and in exchange, you shall change the laws of the world.” The 9 colored man said with a serene smile.

”By my authority, I call to you Heaven's Way!” The 9 colored man roared to the heaven's and suddenly clouds formed.

Each arch of 9 colored lightning streamed down faster and faster. Every bolt of tribulation lightning gathered onto the palm of the 9 colored young man, it slowly infiltrating into the bloody man's body.

The blood all around the mountain and inside of his body started to gather into a clump over his corpse. As the blood left his body he looked increasingly more emanciated to the point where he looked like a dry husk.

”Refine!” The 9 colored man roared as the lightning condensed down the blood clump, slowly refining out the impurities.

The blood condensed down to 1/2 of its original size then, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and stopping only when it was a small deep crimson blood drop.

It radiated out intense vital forces and pulsated like a beating heart. If someone stood by it they would notice their heartbeat following the pace of the blood drop.

The 9 colored man flicked the blood drop and suddenly the entire world peeled away, all the landscapes and the sky turned into a deep darkness that stretched to the edges of the world.

Maven's form appeared in this abyss he looked around frantically and roared: ”Who the hell are you?!?”

Out of the void, a voice echoed: ”Hehe, did you think that the Lunar's inheritance could affect me?”

Maven took a few steps back in the darkness, as the void distorted and revealed a young man dressed in black robes. His dark and cold gaze saw through Maven who tried to meet his gaze and turned away immediately.

”How are you able to make fake memories?” Maven chuckled dismissively as his face distorted with anger.

”There's no way you could be from Far Antiquity.” He said with a trembling voice and pointed his finger at Ye Yuyan.

”My, have I scared you brother?” Ye Yuyan chuckled coyly as he lightly floated in the void.

”Shut up!” Maven roared and flipped his palm over a fog sword formed in his palm. Then he struck out with a sword beam made from fog emanating at Ye Yuyan.

Ye Yuyan squeezed his fist and around it manifested a sanguine aura. He opened his fist revealing his palm which was filled with a scarlet color. He threw down a crimson palm at the incoming fog beam completely obliterating it.

The palm continued towards Maven who tried to raise his fog sword to guard. Before he could finish suddenly a scarlet aura came from his body. He tried to move his hand and noticed the red aura chain his hand.

”What the hell did you do to me?!?” Maven questioned as he tried to rip the chain off.

”You tried to use her illusionary sword totem in your blood to control me. I just used my own method to do the same.” Ye Yuyan chuckled maniacally as his eyes went completely dead.

”You...this can't be blood magic?!?” Maven said with a trembling voice before he could talk any longer the bloody aura engulfed his body.

”You'll make a good pawn, especially as her inheritor.” Ye Yuyan laughed and tapped on the void making Maven disappear.

Ye Yuyan turned his perception toward his memory. His gaze was planted on the 9 colored man with the thunder wings. Yet strangely the 9 colored man met his gaze as if acknowledging his existence.