Revenge

I close my eyes and inspect my body. The goo thing seems to be invading my meridians, corrupting every mana on the way. Its ultimate goal is to invade my Dantian.

No...

It doesn't hurt. It should hurt...

I see... this is demonic mana, extremely condensed demonic mana such that it takes a physical form.

I have an affinity with it but it is corrupting the mana in my body, I won't probably die but I will be crippled at this rate.

But I can't seem to get rid of it, reversing the flow of the mana flow is certain death.

How do I?...

Wait, there is one solution. I need to create another separate Dantian in between my lower and middle to store demonic mana.

I take a deep breath and sit down.

In addition to another dantian, I need to create another separate column in my meridians, one to transport normal mana and the other demonic mana.

...

I move the demonic mana to my chest and attempt to store them there by using a principle similar to creating mana storage. I create a circular container made of mana with a small layer of magic to prevent the demonic mana from mixing with the normal mana. Soon, I succeeded and the black veins on my body go into my skin and disappear. The black hole is gone too.

Huff huff...

I change my clothes and take a look at my body.

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Congratulations! With the effect of the talent "Luck", the host has achieved the impossible.

The host can now cultivate demonic mana to increase your cultivation base. Due to your affinity with demonic mana, cultivating in an area rich in demonic mana or absorbing demonic mana have a great effect.

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Y-Yeah thanks...for the description. Normally a body will explode if one tries to create another Dantian, plot armour is amazing...

This flow of different mana... It feels weird.

The air currently has extreme levels of demonic mana...

I look below. People are being slaughtered and turned into some monster goo. The exits are flooded but a barricade prevents them from exiting. I look up at the sky. A huge eye has appeared and the sky has turned red.

From the incident report, it seemed that there were no survivors on that day. Everyone died to the goo.

What's even more mysterious is that once reinforcement arrives, the kingdom is empty. Not a single soul or body can be seen. Just a scene of blood and destruction.

...

I attempt to search for Julius. I need to kill that fucker.

!

Hm? I see Mina.

...

I jump down and land on the nearest goo monster.

The monster explodes but still attempts to gobble me out.

I snap and light it on fire before chasing after Mina.

I grab her arm in the chaos and she draws her sword by reflex.

!

"Loi! Are you feeling fine?" Says Mina.

"Yeah. Where's Julius?"

"You... Are you really-"

"You saw what happened. That fucker almost pushed me to death, is this how you take care of your junior?" I say.

...

"They are hiding in the inn room."

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Mina knocks on the door several times. "It's me."

The door swings open and Eden rushes out to hug me.

"Loi! Are you okay?! Are you affected by that goo!" Says Eden.

"No, I'm fine," I say.

"What...how is that possible." Julius blurts.

I storm into the room as Julius backs off. "You are lying! You are affected... T-The effects just haven't shown themselves yet."

I grab Julius by his collar and punch him. No one stops me.

I drag Julius out of the room as everyone stares.

"What are you doing! Let me go-"

I pull Julius's collar and slam his head on the wall.

"Arck!"

"Shut up, dipshit. Do you think I'm that easy to bully? I've been showing tolerance to your hostility since the first time we met but this will end today." I say.

Julius struggles as he attempts to break free. "What is this strength..." He mumbles.

I pull Julius out of the inn and throw him onto the streets.

A goo monster attacks Julius but I kill it in time.

"W-What-"

I pull Julius up and throw him into the chaos.

Amidst the chaos, the monsters all have their attention turned to Julius. Julius has Godly Spiritual Roots, which in a sense are "holy" spiritual roots that contradict the demonic mana.

Thanks to my demonic affinity, the monster doesn't seem to pay attention to me.

A wave of black goo shoots towards Julius.

!!!!!!

A vortex of flame engulfs the goo as it dissolves them into nothing.

My fatigue disappears as my muscles clench.

I broke through?! Those things are still considered "living things"?

Is it because they were once human? Doesn't matter, this is a perfect opportunity. I have the best bait here to get everyone's attention.

"HEY!!" I shout.

!!!

"S-Shut up! What are you doing?" Says Julius.

"I'm doing what I look like I'm doing," I reply.

"Y-You... I'm not going down without a fight."

"Sure sure."

Julius draws his sword with trembling hands.

All the monsters in the perimeter rush towards both of us. I enhance my sword with fire and leap towards them, cutting the tsunami of blackness into half.

The fire spreads throughout all of them, instantly killing the wave.

Julius attempts to light one monster on fire but cast a small fireball, he succeeded but the flame was too small to kill it instantly. The monster retaliated and attacks Julius.

!!!

I jump in and slash that monster into 4 pieces.

"It's not your time to die yet!" I say.

I pull Julius and run around the kingdom, killing every monster in sight. The remaining survivors see what I am doing and attempt to use fire to survive, some failed, some succeeded.

"Huff huff..."

Haha... I got up to the fifth stage of Foundation Establishment. Two stages in a day, what a miracle!

I look around. The place is burned to crisp. The surrounding buildings and ground have black char on them with some being lit on fire.

Julius is panting and sweating buckets. He seems to not have the strength to even move.

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Lvl 12 Julius Linux

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The second stage of Qi Condensation? Did he just start cultivation?

Suddenly, the ground vibrates.

??

The red light intensity increases.

I look up to find not the sky glowing but the eye in the sky widening.

A black patch extends from its eyelid and starts to consume the sky as a drip of shadow rains beside me.

!!!

I pull Julius back to the inn. Mina is seen at the entrance. "Come underground! We are at the bar in the basement!" Says Mina. I nod and follow her down.

The others are trying to set up a barrier at the corner of the bar behind the counter, I pull Julius and myself in. Mina finalized the barrier and it was erected around us.

The wooden infrastructure starts to vibrate as dust from the ceiling drops down. The lights flicker before going out.

"AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"

"NO! HELP! WHAT IS-"

"ADJRHHJJHHHHHHHHH!!"

Screams after screams of help echoed throughout the kingdom as the remaining survivors are mercilessly murdered or absorbed by the shadow? I don't know.

The trembling caused the inn to cave in, we, however, survived standing at the corner and the barrier managed to block the rubble from us.

After a few minutes, Silence.

No movement, no vibration. Everything is just still.

...

To be sure, we waited 10 more minutes.

...

Mina releases the barrier and blasts the rubble on top of us. We climb out to find a ruin.

Most of the buildings have caved in. The ones that are still standing are in bad condition, either charred or partially destroyed with broken windows and parts of the buildings collapsed.

Blood is splattered everywhere but not a single sign of corpses can be seen. Not even the clothes or belongings are left

I look at the sky. It's bright blue. The eye and barrier surrounding the kingdom have disappeared. I take a look at the castle of the kingdom.

It's still standing.

...

I walk towards the castle.

"Hey, Loi. I think it's best we start moving. The barrier has attracted attention and the imperial army might be here soon. We don't want to be seen as suspects." Says Mina.

"I know, let's go our separate ways. You guys can leave first, I have something I need to check." I say.

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Mina nods and left. Lorraine carries the fainted Julius and the rest of them follow Mina.

I jump over the collapsed bridge in the canal onto the wall surrounding the castle. Not a speck of dust can be seen, not even nature.

I jump down to the castle door and push it open. Inside, the huge wall opposite the entrance has one huge crack but that's all, this place is sturdy.

Hm?

I stumble upon a lone camera just lying on the floor. The screen is cracked, indicating that it was dropped.

I look through it.

!

A video was recently recorded...?

I play the video.

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Several knights stand in front of the cameraman looking at the red sky.

"What the hell is that?" The cameraman says.

"Argh!!!" A shout can be heard in the background.

The camera looks to the left to see the black goo monsters attacking knights.

The knights used ice magic to freeze the goo before breaking it, but it didn't work and the goo continue to attack and corrupt every knight.

The cameraman starts to run and the camera shifts in the opposite direction.

Suddenly, a tremble can be heard and seen as the video shakes violently.

A drip of shadow rains into the castle.

"W-What?..."