Blood Crystal

Stella Lou Livhan. Born as the elder sister to one Lou Lufei. As kids, she protected him from their family struggles until he was 11. Then, she told him "From today onwards, you will fight your own battles even if it is I standing on the other side."

That day she left the hunter's association and never looked back. He, who had always thought he would be an ordinary hunter was suddenly thrusted with the responsibility to take over as family head.

He never saw his sister again. Because he was not well vest in politics he was schemed against by his close brother whom he regarded as family. That guy actually poisoned him because they were blood relatives and he was next in line.

Instead of dying silently in heart break, Lou Lufei raised a forging hammer and massacred that part of the family. To think, he had be thinking of handing over the position to that guy after realizing his friend had great potential as a leader than him, who despised politics and strategies.

No one from that branch survived. Not even the pregnant pets in the yard. This man is not a merciful man at all, it didn't matter that they were children or innocence woman who married into the family. The entire branch was completely destroyed.

This level of cruelty, even the devil will point the finger and say "That's too much."

The important thing was that he killed everyone in front of his friend, making him see what his plotting and planning had brought down to his family before finally killing the bastard.

When I first heard the story I was so shaken, Lou Lufei told me "Don't befriend me. If you do, you had better not betray me." He lived by the sword so he chose 'loyalty' to be the thing that kills him.

Such an extreme bastard. I loved him very much. When I made the decision to go up against the blood clan, he was the one who suffered for my decision back then.

In this life, it is better if I don't become friends with him so he can live longer. Because as got is my witness, I am going to peel a layer of the blood clan skin and see what's so amazing that they stole my sanity for. Is being a blood kin so great? You can just destroy others just because you want world domination? You want to rule? You want to be on top? All species should bow to your fangs?

To that, I Mikel can only say one thing. FUCK YOU! BLOOD SUCKER!

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I finally opened my eyes only to find my chest wrapped up like a mummy's.

"Fuck'n psycho!"

I chuckled but the burning pain in my chest made me wince. Looking around, I see that I am in a small white room. The metal cuffs on my wrists are gone. Looking around I see there is a camera on the corner belatedly recording my every move.

Touching my chest I got under the blanket and ate a healing pill. I got out of the bed rushing to what I perceived to be a bathroom. I squatted by the toilet spewing out black blood and some bones.

They had to come out somehow. But darn that was painful. Cutting their way out of my body like that. On the way to my mouth, several organs were cut to make way.

I can only rejoice these severed rip cage fragments chose up instead of down to go out of my body. Otherwise...'Shudder.'

After ensuring all the broken shards of bones are all out on my system I stood up and turned around. I rinsed my mouth and gave went back to lay down and pretend I am severely injured. To no one's surprise, I found Lou Lufei standing by my bed.

I deliberately walked slowly and faked ragged shallow breathes. After getting into the bed, I turned my back to him like a wounded puppy.

Lou Lufei watched this scene with a frown. It is indeed his own fault for losing his temper like that. "Can you tell me what you know of my sister?" He tentatively asked but I didn't budge even after he had started to soften his voice.

I just felt incredulous. This guy can speak in a soft tone? Isn't he a rugged wild cat of the Livhan family. This family can turn into actual beasts after awakening. How many beast you can turn into depends on your talent.

Each transformation will be accompanied by a unique talent. Lou Lu can change into a terrible lion with frightening physical strength.

But living in this prison, he has been injected with the nullifier so so long that he is not able to maintain his transformation for too long before his body forcefully turn him back.

Livhans are not helpless without transformation. They can keep their unique abilities in human form but only a small portion of it.

In human form, this guy is nearly 2.7 meter which is gigantic. His lion, the most powerful of his forms is over 5 meters. But he can control its size.

The big guy left when he saw me not responding, but my accommodation has improved. I get some dry meat and clean water at least two times a day.

"After you warned me that time, I sent people to search and tell me if the vampires are making any move." One day, Lou Lu said lookin at Mikel. He seems more tired than usual.

I looked at him without any expression.

"I had already decided to renounce hunting when I killed my own kin. But thus place is my home now. I must protect it." He looked at me with mild concern.

"Can you help me keep my people safe?" He asked me but my expression didn't change. "I know that because of what I did, you have been in anlot of pain. Please forgive me."

This is a surprise. "What can I help you with?"

"Supplies. You managed to get here with that unusual board, there must be something you can do. All weapons here are only to suppress us. Some of them, we can't even touch without getting a backlash." He answered honestly.

"Magic?" I asked.

"Magic." This place is fortified to keep them inside. With many security protocols designed to work against them.

I sighed. "What do I get in return?"

"What you came here for." Lou Lu watched his expression. "You were not sent by my sister were you?" He asked with a dark tone.

I opened and closed my mouth not wanting to lie to him, I lowered my head. "I can give you something that can help you recover from the injection. You and all those willing to fight for you."

This time, the stoic expression on his face crumbled as he looked at me in shock. "It is common knowledge this thing can not be cured." He said finally, in a helpless tone.

"Whether it can be cured or not can be seen after the results come out." I looked at him with a smile.

"I want access and ownership of all the items in LGS."

"How do you know about that place?" He narrowed his eyes.

"Like you said, I am not sent by your sister. I can even throw in the current location of her whereabouts to you if you want. I just really need the item inside that warehouse."

"What's in there?" Lou Lu felt uneasy. What could this person know that he doesn't?

"Does it matter? How long ago was it, when you had full access to your power? Without the defect, do you think those blood kin bastards would dare show heir faces here? You could turn this entire place into the most formidable location in the world." I tempted.

"I really want my full power back. I am sure the others would give up the world for this cure. But I need to ensure it works first." He clenched his fits as if he has had a big decision.

I let out a dazzling smile. "Good man." Then I materialized a ten liter water bucket full of mana dew.

"A spoonful in a cup of water for everyone. If it isn't enough, I will five you one more bucket. Now, about my payment.." I smiled at him while he looks the spring water with a serious investigative expression.

"A single drop of that water contains a lot of mana, so it has miraculous purifying ability. It will be very painful, but think of it as 'no pain, no gain' kind of situation. The more pain you feel, the more impurities are being expelled from your body." I explained patiently to him.

"I will see you in two days." He took the bucket and left.

"What?! Hey! I want my payment now do you hear?" He didn't even reduce his steps. He didn't even turn back once.

"Mother...fucker!" I am pissed. "The giant fucker!"

A day went by. I have resumed strengthening my body with my crystallization during these days.

In central base.

Lu Pei and his brother have been working extra time trying to get a meeting with Mikel. In fact, many people have all gathered in central base during these days hoping to get a glimpse of the infamous base leader of Toy city.

However, they were all disappointed to find the gates of Toy city closed indefinitely. The notice on the internet is saying they are in retreat.

"Other bases are now able to produce the replica of the wristband from Toy city. This has improved communication again."

"Report say Mr. Mikel, leader of Toy city is out of town and no one knows when he will return."

"The people of Toy city are reported to be receiving the two injections in large numbers everyday. It is safe to assume Toy city will be one of the leading bases in the world with many ability users."

The Lu brothers looked at the news being reported and realized Mikel may have never needed them.

Thinking about the attempt to shake him down into trading his mana stones for energy beam rifles makes their faces burn with embarrassment.

The hunter's who were previously humiliated by Mikel that last time are also here looking to cooperate with Mikel and get the injections.

Hunter's don't always awaken their unique talents which is why the numbers of hunters is always decreasing since the ratio of awakening to hunter's dying on the battlefield has been unbalanced.

The Six major base leaders are all here as well. All to have a meeting with Mikel.

Inside Toy City.

Mikel had hired several people to herd small groups who will each be responsible for all the tasks in the city especially the military castle activities and the Toy city training school.

Both facilities have appropriate facilities for training. All his soldiers have unique abilities which can be discovered and developed by themselves.

However, everyone's imagination has been horned by movies, novels and all sort of previous fantasies in the media. Lack of books may present a challenge for unknown abilities but not for most people who hold elemental abilities.

From this perspective, both the school and military personnel are rewarded handsomely for coming up with new and powerful ways to use their abilities.

Humans are tenacious and adaptive species. Not long after the announcement, new books are recorded daily with different ways to use one's power.

Back in the Siang Mountains.

I stretched lazily on the camp chair watching the men and women train fiercely on the ground. I am not the least bit tempted to join them.

These people are absolutely monsters on the battlefield. No wonder their fellow hunters felt they were too much.

I have successfully made a deal with Lou Lu and even received my payment. That warehouse is four floors underground and had a few tens of thousands in pounds of ruby like gems I call blood crystals.

The amount is simply astronomical. This is an important ingredient in making a blood moon pill. Is is the body cultivation resource that can be used to absorb blood related natural energies that will improve and upgrade the purity of one's blood.

For those with body type unique abilities, this is an invaluable resource. Just as valuable as the mana stone for the ability users and mages.

Some of the hunter families had been extracting the stone from the Siang mountains for who knows how long?

That warehouse had been abandoned for a long long time but luckily I knew the password from the book.

I had first come here to ask someone to help me train my people but now I realized these people should stay here and not come to mainland. They seem to powerful and wild. There is no way my small city can restrain them.

Each of them is a big shot after healing themselves, I am a bit shaken by the sight of their might. This made me realize I don't want these people anywhere near my good toy city resident.

It took three weeks for them all to fully recover. When that happened, I said good bye to them soon after and went back home where a storm of visitors was waiting for me.

A week after I left the prison, it was attacked by a small army of blood kin. Their problem lied in the fact they had come to kidnap the prisoners and not to kill everyone.

However, the battle had been brutal and the blood kin was aiming to eliminate all those they deemed too powerful to bring back.

As it turned out, the prison has 789 prisoners because of their long life span, many who had been imprisoned several decades ago are still able to go to battle.

Hunters didn't have many weapons and had to improvise, they used their bodies and skills killing as many as they could. No one wants to be turned into a slave. Many would rather die.

Mikel had told them what awaits them if they are taken alive. The one most impressive amongst the prisoners is still Lou Lufei in his golden lion that maneuvered the battlefield with cat like reflexes and bear like strength.

There is a reason blood kin are destroyed in most confrontations with the wolves. This reason is the difference in physical strength and defence of their immortal bodies against a creature molded for war like a wolf is lacking by a large margin.

The second form of wolves is deadly. They stand with two long legs with the posture of a two legged humanoid beast. In this form, their speed will double but the strength will reduce somewhat. Yet blood kin are almost always destroyed whenever a wolf used this form.

Lou Lu happens to also possess this form. As soon as he turned into a two legged form, the enemy wanted to retreat immediately.

He weeved the crowd like a skilled master. Their sharp cold weapons reached him but his skin is toucher than the werewolves making it extremely difficult to injure him.

As he stood tall in the midst of countless enemies, his muscles bulging with every executed move he would take a life. The scene is strongly chaotic and beautiful, a dance.

Blood kin were not willing to give up. As a result, both parties suffered a lot of casualties.

"Huff huff... You are one tuff kitty." Alfonzo gave a bloody smile. His shoulder has been bitted clean off on the side. The left arm is just hanging there without feeling. The most important thing is the flowing blood from his wounds making him weaker as time goes by. 

He used the one hand to condense a red light which is a very powerful attack of the blood clan. It is called blood light or blood energy. That one ball of red light is as powerful as a small bomb.

He threw it towards the hunters immediately after forming it. The hunters know exactly what that is and how dangerous it is. They scattered in all directions. To minimize the damage, Lou Lu opened his snout and roared at the top of his lungs. 

A powerful psychic blast pushed the light energy outwards and towards the blood kin who were trying to flee. Lou Lu had underestimated the improvement in his power after consuming the mana dew given by Mikel. His counterattack scorched all the fleeing blood kin except for the one who casted the spell. 

They all died with a horrified look on their faces, regretting not having eight more legs to run faster. There is one problem, half of the prison structure has been destroyed during the fight. Lou Lu suddenly felt very tired and fell backwards. Alfonzo saw this and a cruel smile showed on his bloodied face. Turning around, he walked towards the passed out Lou Lu step by step. 

This hunter is far too powerful to leave alive. Taking out a gleaming dagger ready to strike, his own immortal body started shutting down a few steps away from Lou Lu, having used his last power to condense a blood light previously, he saw the earth coming closer and closer to his face. He fell face first, smashing against the ground painfully and instantly passed out. 

The area is silent, two bodies laying flat on the ground, blood and gore surrounding the area, and many human and blood kin bodies littered the ground. 

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