Death… And Me

Chapter 2018 Boy... Who Are You?

Abelha was taken aback by Kentuckyʼs sudden appearance. By the time she noticed it, all of Kentuckyʼs blade feathers had come from all sides. All of them carried huge space power as well as Light and Dark Elements. Inside the Kawa Blade Domain, space became harder to control due to Kentuckyʼs bloodline ability. Not to mention that his partially unlocked Regal Bloodline made it even stronger.

Abelha still reacted, though. Kentucky only made his move when she approached Librao. That was the moment she was most focused on the twins below. Yet, that meant she could at least defend herself and her brother at the same time, even if it was a hasty action.

ʼSpatial Water Lock!ʼ

With her Elemental Space Realm cultivation, she fused water and space elements together, creating a small dome that slowed down anything that entered into contact. Anything that passed through it also lost some power to its effects.

*swish, swish, swish, swish, swish...*

*Arrrrghhhhhhh!!!*

Unfortunately for her, there were two problems. First, as a devil, her main elemental affinity was obviously darkness. Water Element for her was the same for Roan, just a secondary one. It wasnʼt as strong as Dark Element. Itʼs just that she saw that the twinsʼ group could use Light Element when they attacked her brother. That said, using Dark Element in her Spatial Lock would have been much worse.

The second problem was that she was still at the Initial Stage of the Elemental Space Realm. Spatial Lock was different from using space to hinder the enemyʼs movements. Instead, it truly locked the space around the target. If you didnʼt have the cultivation necessary to fight against it, there would be no such thing as slowing down. You would truly be locked in space. The issue with Abelhaʼs Spatial Lock was that it was too green. She had only become able to barely use it, so the spatial lock, even with her water element, could be easily broken. Let alone the fact she cast it in a hurry.

Several of Kentuckyʼs Kawa Blade Feathers still passed through it without a problem, losing not much of their power. Immediately, both Abelha and Librao got slashed from all sides. The one to get the worst of the exchange was Abelha. Thatʼs because her brother had already suffered severe injuries, and anything extra could truly kill him. She used herself to defend him while sustaining the damage.

Kentucky kept his wings spread as he continued to control his Kawa Blade Domain. His feather shined with Light and Dark Elements as well as the power of space, making him look like a true Divine Bird. Well, he was a Divine Demon Beast. Itʼs just that he didnʼt quite act like one.

”All kill you!”

Abelha got many injuries, but she was still more than an entire realm above the twinsʼ group in cultivation. That wasnʼt something so easily countered. Her hastily conjured Spatial Lock grew stronger in just a few moments as Kentuckyʼs Blade Feather started to struggle to get through her Spatial Water Lock.

Finally, Abelha gathered enough strength to defend against Kentuckyʼs Blade Feather and counter-attacked. A pair of golden needles the size of an arm appeared on each of Abelhaʼs hands. They brimmed with Space Power, showing that they were at the Divine Late Level. To hold a Void Tempering Realm Level of Space Power, a piece of equipment has to be at the Divine Low-Level at least. A Divine Middle Level was necessary for a Space Bending Realm level of power. As for Abelhaʼs needles, they had to be at the Divine High-Level. 

Even Rean couldnʼt forge something like that yet... Well, he could forge Middle-Level ones that would be even better than High-Level. Itʼs just that he and Roan wouldnʼt be able to use it at the Void Tempering Realm yet.

ʼDivine Space Thruster!ʼ

Abelha bent the space around her while holding her brother with her Divine Energy. Her level was obviously higher than Librao, so she was able to close in on Kentucky almost instantly. Both golden needles then shot out of her hands like arrows, aiming at Kentuckyʼs Head and Chest at the same time.

Kentucky showed a panicked expression and immediately tried to get away from Abelhaʼs attack. It didnʼt work, though. Abelha was still faster than him, even if not by much.

”Die, Void Tempering Ant!”

The needles were shot at an almost point-blank distance, making it almost impossible to avoid... Itʼs just that Kentucky never planned to avoid them to start with. The panicked expression on his face suddenly disappeared as his body feathers shined with even more Dark and Light Elements.

ʼDark and Light Divine Armor!ʼ

Kentucky had the strongest defense of the twinsʼ group by far. Even the Starlight Body Rean and Roan used couldnʼt be as resistant as Kentuckyʼs natural defense. Let alone when he uses his Minokawa Bloodline Defense ability.

*Clang, Clang!*

Both Golden Needles hit Kentuckyʼs body but couldnʼt go through his defense. No, to be more specific, they were making progress little by little, breaking through Kentuckyʼs Feather Blades and Scales. It was an attack of a much higher-level cultivator, after all. Too bad it was too slow.

ʼImpossible! What kind of monstrous defense is that?!ʼ

Abelha couldnʼt believe a Void Tempering Realm Demon Beast would be able to block her attack like that. Yet, she also noticed the situation she found herself in after her attack failed to take down Kentucky. ʼNot good!ʼ

Itʼs not that she lost track of the twins. She used her Divine Sense as well as her Natural Spatial Detection to keep an eye on the twinsʼ location. But the moment her needles were about to hit Kentucky, her attention was taken by that event. That was enough time for Rean and Roan to move. 

ʼDeath Style, Shadow Air!ʼ

They moved behind Kentucky, using the Dark Element from his body to move unnoticed. When the two needles failed, both the twins shot out from Kentuckyʼs back, and pincer attacked Abelha and Librao.

Sword and Scythe Intent Third Stage, Call of the Weapons! Rean and Roan kept their intents hidden until the last moment. Sure, they had Librao in their hands during the first attack, but Abelha was still the strongest enemy, even though Librao presented himself on a silver plate. They had to have something in hand for when the moment came to take her down.

ʼDeath Style, Death Scythe!ʼ

ʼLife Fire, Flame Emperor Slash!ʼ

Abelha panicked for real this time. She could tell that Rean and Roanʼs attacks were much stronger than the ones used against her brother. Even at her Elemental Space level, she had no confidence whatsoever she could block them, let alone avoid them. All she could do was embrace her brother and release all her Divine Energy and Space Power at once, hoping to put up a defense strong enough to at least survive that surprise attack!

Too bad that it was too late. Rean and Roanʼs attack passed through her defenses like a hot knife through butter. Only death awaited her and her brother... or so everyone thought.

*Bzzzzzz!*

It was at that moment that a Spatial Lock was conjured around them. Immediately, Rean, Roan, Kentucky, Librao, and even Abelha, with her Elemental Space Realm cultivation, were completely frozen in place. The Spatial Lock Abelha had used in this battle couldnʼt even hold a candle to the one they were feeling now.

”Well, well, well... What do we have here?”

Several hundred meters up in the sky, a middle-aged man appeared as he struck his beard. What impressed Rean, Roan, and Kentucky the most was how high he was. At that level, the Space Laws would pressure you down completely. Even Kentucky couldnʼt go more than a few tens of meters, barely high enough to avoid the swamp trees below. That showed just how many times higher was that manʼs spatial power compared to the rest.

He slowly came down, not feeling the least bit uncomfortable with the space around him trying to push him down. It was as if he couldnʼt even feel it.

Abelha, being the one with the highest control over space power other than the man, could only barely utter a few words. ”Crazy Old Luman...”

He was the man Abelha and Librao didnʼt want to see the most. But then again, Abelha couldnʼt be happier at the moment as she would probably have died if he didnʼt.

Luman looked at Abelha for a moment and fell into a pensive expression. ”Hum... I feel like Iʼve seen you before. Oh! Itʼs Libinaʼs toddler. Now, thatʼs quite a pleasure. I wonder if your mother is still alive. I still remember how good-looking she was. Well, you have become quite a beauty yourself, so how about it? Would you b willing to bear this manʼs child?”

Abelha felt a chill on her back, looking at the perverted expression on the man in front of her.

Yet, his attention quickly shifted as he looked at Rean, Roan, and Kentucky. ”Hum? A Living Soul? I canʼt believe I found a Living Being from the Realm of Gods here. Today is my lucky day!” Sure enough, he noticed that Kentucky was a real Demon Beast since he couldnʼt change his body like Rean and Roan.

Yet, it was Rean that felt the most surprised as he used all his strength to speak. ”But... You are also a Living Being... even though you did a very good job of pretending to be a Devil.”

Lumanʼs smile immediately disappeared, and shock covered his face. No one had seen through his disguise before. ”Boy... Who are you?”