Unexpected circumstances

Leon glanced at Kesler, who wore a sinister expression on his face. He felt scream from the deepest part of his soul so he strengthened his defenses and prepared himself for next attack. He had a feeling that unlike the last one, this next attack might not be so ordinary.

Just as he expected, Kesler lifted his hand and his arm started glowing, and slowly that glow turned into red fire. He used some secret technique for this next attack.

"Let's see," Kesler smiled while he and made a fist. "If you can take this one. I call it fire fist."

Leon was shocked, he realized that this attack might be extremely dangerous. He didn't want to take on this attack unguarded so he circulated Death Qi in his body and formed an internal barrier using death force, and he also let go of the foolish idea of taking an attack without his death force, so he resumed death force body healing function.

'This Kesler really trying to cripple me. I may not die from this but I definitely wouldn't feel better.'

Kesler moved, he made a fist and sprinted towards him. The fire around his fist started raging and entire cell began to heat up. Leon could feel the heat, and he knew this fire was no ordinary fire.

A fist landed on Leon's chest and his chest started burning. Leon felt as if countless needles were piercing his chest and ripping his every single cell apart.

"DAMN!"

Fire invaded his body and started burning his blood, muscles, and internal organs. This pain was several times larger than the one he just faced now.

"AAAAHHH!"

Leon keeled on the ground and started groaning and was trying is best to not pass out.

"Ha Ha Ha! You like it?" Kesler smiled, his was had delightful expression. "You are not an ordinary person, aren't you? But that does not matter, this pain will make you utter your secrets very soon."

Leon concentrated his mind and circulated death force. All of a sudden, death force started to refine fire inside his body and turned into pure Life Qi. He was expecting this and it made him joyful, last time when Death extracted Life Qi from Song Yu and Zhou Ming bodies, his body and soul absorbed it and made him stronger.

Now, a big chunk of Life Qi was being refined inside his body, so he expected his body and soul to absorb it. But contrary to his expectation, that Life Qi started to wreak havoc inside his body instead of healing it. Wild Life Qi started to destroy his body if met the biggest enemy.

"NOOOOOOO!"

Leon felt desperate and started to cry in agony. Why this was happening? Why Life Qi was behaving like Death Qi? Why his body can't refine Life Qi? Those questions started to circulate in his mind.

He knew, if this continues and he didn't find an answer soon, then he will die.

'There must be some reason.'

He started to recollect every detail since he stumbled upon this power. He tried to remember every single event to see if he missed something.

'I met Death.'

'Our souls fused together.'

'I attained Death Scripture.'

'I went to Mad God Tower.'

'I fought with clones and Mad God.'

'I fainted.'

'Wait a minute? I don't know what happened when I was unconscious at that time, but there was something strange when I woke up.'

'I found that my body could hold Death Qi. This Qi previously almost destroyed his body, but after waking up it acted like a Life Qi.'

'Yes, that must be it. Somehow my body has changed and allowed me to hold Death Qi. However, it negated my ability to hold Life Qi. It seems like my body attributes are somehow reversed.'

He found the reason and he was sure of it, but he hadn't found a solution to his current problem.

'How do I control or even expel this Life Qi? Wait a minute.. I might know the answer—Shadow God Art!—that must be. This art can refine both Qi's, so It can definitely help me absorb Life Qi.'

He failed to form cores last time. At that time, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't sense Life Qi.

'That's it. The reason I couldn't form cores last time because I couldn't feel Life Qi found in nature. And without both Qi's Shadow God Art can't be practiced.'

'So, my only source of Life Qi is now living beings just like Death Qi.'

He didn't think of this matter any more and initiated Shadow God Art. He started to circulate Life Qi and Death Qi in his body according to the description. Both Qi's traveled inside every part of his body and finally started to gather in his abdomen.

Two black and white whirlwind started to form in his abdomen. It was growing at very fast speed and was the sign that the cores started to form.

The pain inside Leon's body started to lessen as well, and his body also started healing. Finally, he managed to open his eyes. He examined his body and currently forming cores, he determined, though the cores started forming, Qi it needed was far from enough and would eventually fail.

He needed more supply of Life and Death Qi. He lifted his head and saw Kesler and guards staring at him, and their face contained a hint of shock. He didn't have time to care about their expression and gazed at them like a wolf.

He had found his source, they were standing in front of him. He used death force and attacked two closest guards. Before the could understand anything, he caught them from their neck.

Before they could even scream, two ripples of black and white Qi pulled out from their body and sucked into Leon's body. They died on the scene.

Leon could feel that his nascent cores started growing. He knew he was about to succeed, but he needed more Qi. He looked at reaming people, four of them were left including Kesler.