Boom!


    The stream of me surges out of his feet, giving him a powerful boost in speed. The ground beneath him exploded as he dashed towards Luke.


    Luke also got the intention of Mantle and stomped his foot on the ground. His ninth rank soldier realm was revealed when he dashed towards Mantle. He held the sword in his hand and stabbed it towards Mantle.


    "Roar of Dragon''s Sword"


    The moment the sword pierced the air, his ability energy erupted into his sword. The dragon resonated from the sword and the sharpness of the sword increased. When the roar came out in the form of a dragon, the sharpness of the sword covered the entire body.


    "Wall of mes"


    Suddenly, the me spiraled around him turning into a huge cylinder of me. But, the Mantle spreads his arms followed by the cylinder of me. It opened from the backside and slowly changed into a thick wall of me.


    When the wall waspleted, Mantle pushed his arms on the wall of me to support it.


    Boom! Boom! Boom! Ssh! Ssh!


    ''Damn! How could this guy reach the ninth rank in such a short time? Even with his help, I barely reached the eighth rank. Can I even defeat him?'' When the dragon collided against the wall of me, it exploded into pieces, apanied by a wave of sound.


    Unlike normal sound waves, this one was made with the sharpness of a sword. The sound wave carried hundreds of small swords sharpness, piercing through the wall of me. But only part of it sessfully reached the other side, piercing Mantle''s skin.


    The blood gushed out mantle as he doubted his own progress. But suddenly, a powerful determination rose from his eyes as he murmured "No, I can''t be defeat here. How can I lose to someone like him? My fate has changed. So, I must change myself."


    "He is a demon, right? Then, I will be a devil."


    Bang!


    Suddenly, Mantle kicked his feet on the ground and rose up in the sky. When he rose up, he covered his body with a thick red me. This me was slowly sunk inside his body, reaching out to every cell in his body.


    "What is he doing? Why is he sucking his own me?" Luke was calm against Mantle since he believed in his realm and innate ability. Both of them were one level higher than Mantle. So, he patiently waited.


    "Oh! He is going for that." Harry swings his sword and shed it at Mike as he saw Mantle''s action. Thick green energy released out his hand in a crescent shape, dashing towards Mike.


    "Ultra-Sonic Punch!"


    Mike condensed the brute strength on his fist and smashed on the air. The ripples of air emerged followed by the shrilling cry of a dragon. The sound wavesing out of his fist head straight towards the crescent sh from Harry for a collision.


    Boom!


    "Good boy! He has only joined the family for a week and he has already mastered the basics." Daniel nced at Mantle''s whose mes hadpletelypressed inside his body. But suddenly, he felt something was wrong.


    The bloodlust and screams of thousand ghosts were emerging from Mantle''s body. The entire surrounding turned gloomy filled with evilughter. At this moment, Daniel''s eyes widen "How could this be possible? How can he awaken Will when he is already under Demon King''s rule?"


    "No wait, he is not going against Blood Demon King''s Will rather awakening something thatplements Blood Demon King''s Will. Is this the reason why he was chosen even though his talent and background wereplete trash?"


    "Blood Demon King''s requirements are Talent or Background. He can improve one''s talent as long as they can support him financially. Otherwise, his first priority would be Talent. I was wondering why this boy got chosen by him. So, this is the reason huh! I guess, Blood Demon King really likes to bring geniuses under his leadership."


    "Still though, I don''t think he can manifest the Will properly. This fight will decide whether he is good enough or not." Daniel murmured in the low voice. But his face was shing with excitement and amusement.


    At this moment, the mes around Mantle''s hadpletely disappeared. His body haspressed the mes and his heartbeat was pounding hard. Mantle looked at Luke and said "You and that bastard used to bully me and my little brother. Why? Just because you were jealous?"


    "Your family were a group of trashes. They were barely feeding themselves. So, when you saw someone living a better life and showing off their wealth, you two started retaliating using your strength. But now, I no longer hold the grudge about something like that."


    "Now, I hate you guys because I had to kill someone precious to me just to live and kill you. But I also have to thank you. Because of you, I was able to awaken the devil hidden inside of me. I will use the power that this devil has bestowed upon me to clear that grudge."


    "Luke, this time let''s settle our feud. After killing you, I will kill that bastard with my own hands." Mantle slowlynded on the ground and spoke.


    "Unfortunately, you are not good enough." Luke slowly unsheathes his sword and spoke without any trace of emotions on his face. He held his sword tight because he felt Mantle''s strength has changed.


    "Then, you shall see whether I am good enough or not." Mantle spoke with a cruel smile on his face. His eyes hid the killing intent. And, slowly the mes burst out of his body. But this time, it was no longer a red me rather a dark purple me.


    "Awakening of Devil''s me"


    The grimdark purplish mes made him like a devil bathing in mes. When the mes transformed, his strength underwent a major temporary improvement.


    Whoosh!


    The moment he dashed forward, he felt the shadow of mes from behind. He was moving faster than his previous speed with causing less damage to the ground. He lifts his right hand, and a me emerged out of it.


    The dark purple me spiral in the shape of a cylinder. While the cylinder was spinning, he pulled his hands a little and suddenly pushed his hand towards the cylinder. When his palm collided against the cylinder, the cylinder thrusts forward with a great speed while spinning.


    The speed caused the cylinder front to change. The circr edged transformed into the triangr peak. When the tip was formed, the cylinder speed reached even higher.


    "Wicket Nail of Death"


    Whoosh!


    "I guess, I have nothing to hold back now!" Luke released a deep breath upon seeing the attacking his way. He held his sword tight and rushed towards. When he was just in front of the nail, he stopped his body and spun with his sword.


    The Heavenly Dragon Sword in his hand creates a powerful hurricane that smashed against the Nail. But the moment, hurricane emerged, he tightly gripped his sword. The ability energy condensed on his sword.


    He took a deep breath with his eyes closed while the hurricane was still colliding against the Nail. When he opened his eyes, he positioned his hands near his stomach holding the hilt with both of his hands.


    "Great Dragon Chop!"


    Whoosh!


    When the intense blue aura erupted out of his sword, he dashed forward and shed through the hurricane. The hurricane was already pierced by the nail and the sword shed exactly above the nail. The intense blue energy was released in a crescent shape.


    Boom!


    The sword energy collided against the dark purple nail and creates a massive shockwave. This shockwave spreads around, shing rocks and building into pieces. At the same time, the dark purple me was burning around Luke.


    "Devil''s me- Fire Fist"


    Suddenly, Mantle appeared above Luke making him startled. The purplish me condensed on his fist and he smashed his fist towards Luke. His fist released a powerful stream of me in the shape of a fist, covering ten meters in width.


    "Heavenly Dragon Stance- First Form"


    "Frenzied Wind des"


    Luke didn''t dodge rather he lifted his head up and held the sword tightly in his hand. The ability energy emerged out of him, fusing with his sword. He stomped on the ground and moved towards the fire fist.


    Suddenly, his hands moved. The speed was unnoticeable by the naked eyes but when he stopped, several wind des emerged. Some had crescent shapes while some were straight, some were even circr.


    But each wind de was formed from the sharpness of his ability energy and sword.


    Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!


    Upon colliding against the fire fist, it severed the me into pieces. But the wind des still remained and moved towards Mantle.


    Ssh! Ssh! Ssh!


    When the wind des strike his body, dozens of cuts were made in an instant. His body started bleeding heavily. But Mantle didn''t care about it. He released his dark purple me while Luke was in the air.


    His mes covered both of them and slowly formed four giant nails in each direction. Each nail was condensed with dark purple me with the thickness of his own body and the sharpness of Luke''s sword tip.


    "Death Nails from Four Directions!"


    At this moment, the ability energy released out of his empty left hand. The ability energy slowly condensed a sword just like the sword on his right hand. He held both swords and nced at four nails in four directions.


    In mid-air, he was slowly falling down. So, he rotates his arms with full strength in his muscles creating a giant tornado that helped him float. The giant tornado was made off the wind manipted by his sword, containing its sharpness.


    "Heavenly Dragon Sword- Second Form"


    "ck Dragon Hurricane"