Chapter 72
"What do we do?" Anxiously asked Le. Right in front of the group was arge gathering of ''Hive'' minions.
"What are you getting so nervous about? It''s just a few small fries!" Shouted Addi with a grin, a sh of white light surrounded him for a second before two twin sabers materialized in both of his hands.
"This old bastard." Laughed Omis, as he saw Addi''s figure break through space itself and appear next to one of the figures, a human-shaped one with one arm sticking out of its stomach and tworge blood-red horns.
The monster had no time to react before Addi''s twin sabers swung with grace, taking his head along with them. He did not stop there and quickly jumped to the next anomaly, therge group of monsters finally reacting to the onught that was happening.
From a distance, Addi''s figure could be seen gracefully dancing in between his opponents, he was like the grim reaper himself, whenever his des went blood spilled.
Looking at the battle, no the ughter. Omis''s gaze hardened as he gazed at Addi''s figure, he seemed to enjoy it, and relish in the fight, his face was already painted red with the blood of his enemies yet his face held a maniacal grin.
Ss, gaze was passive as he watched the show yet Le seemed to have admiration in hers. She may not get along with Addi very well yet she still respected his strength.
Seeing such a scene made Omis''s heart turn heavy, will he also change? An eternity was no something the current him couldprehend, Addi''s perspective of things changed over the years, he no longer held any shred of hesitation in killing, and it was not only this.
He changed, and Omis could see that he was not blind, Addi may try and act differently with him but the scars he carries with him are too deep, and all those years he spent alone had served to make him grow cold and indifferent.
Le was born into a war-torn era, for her this was the norm. Did that mean that there woulde a day where he will also grow indifferent to everything, a day where he will grow bored of it all?
Taking a deep breath, Omis pushed such thoughts to the back of his mind, there was no use overthinking something that he had no power over.
Addi''s voice broke him away from his trance as he spoke in disappointment with a click of his tongue.
"Tsk, that''s it? That wasn''t even enough for a warm-up."
Flying over next to him, Le spoke with a voice full of enthusiasm.
"Wow~! Old man, you looked really cool for a second!"
Grinning in response, Addi circted his cultivation base willing his Qi to wash him clean from all the blood and gore of the previous battle reverting him back to his neat and tidy self.
Turning his head to nce back at Omis, Addi asked.
"What are you waiting for? Your little disciple is still waiting."
"Hah, you sneaky snake! You are hogging all the fun!" Jokinglyined Omis with a smile.
"Haha! Next time don''t be so slow!" Laughed Addi.
Shaking his head, Omis scanned the bodies of the fallen monsters. For some reason, the bodies did not fall down from the sky into the blood-red clouds bellow, but rather remained floating in the air as if it was space.
"There''s nothing worth taking from these small fries." Said Addi, as he saw that Omis was still observing the dead bodies.
"Hmm? Oh, yes. Okay then let''s go." Giving a slight nod of confirmation, Omis turned into a beam of bright light, followed by Addi, Le, and Ss.
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In a different part of the ruined Heavenly realm, a lone mountain aimlessly flew across the clouds. At the peak of said mountain sat a small child with closed eyes.
He looked to be fourteen of age with a devilishly handsome face, and deathly pale skin, his ck hair whipped about wildly behind his back.
Suddenly his eyes that were closed seconds ago abruptly opened, they both resembled two red gems that seemed to glow.
"Why did youe here?" He spoke with an extremely deep voice unfitting of his small stature. His brows furrowed as he gazed at the space in front of him.
"As expected, I really can''t fool your senses!" Came a young seductive voice, as the alluring figure of a youngdy with long silky ck hair emerged from the void in front of the young boy, one would mistake her for a human if not for her blood-red eyes, and two small horns that curved behind her head like a crown.
"Alura, exin yourself. I told you I do not want to see your face ever again." He growled, a dangerous glint shing by his eyes.
"So scary! Why the long face? Didn''t you miss me, Aidan?" She asked floating closer to the young boy.
*Whoosh*
Not bothering to reply, a short sword appeared in Aidan''s hand as he used it to sh at Alura''s head with speed impossible to follow by eyes.
"My, oh, my! So aggressive! I don''t hate that in a man." She replied teasingly, as her figure blurred causing Aidan''s sword to cut through her after image.
She reappeared behind his back and threw her arms around his neck in a hug.
"You should rx a little Aidan, don''t keep frowning all the time it doesn''t suit your cute face." She said seductively, yet Aidan only seemed to grow angrier as a reddish fog slowly seeped out of the mountain below.
Seeing that even Alura retreated before speaking.
"Whoah! So mean, tsk. Well, I only came to deliver some news to you, your little prey is back. He is here in this realm."
Hearing that, Aidan''s face changed as he abruptly stood up.
"Where?" He asked in an extremely cold tone.
Seeing that brought a small smile to Alura''s lips as she turned around.
"Oh, wouldn''t you like to know?" She grinned.
"Alura! Stop messing around! Where is he?" He growled, his profound voice causing the entire mountain to shake wildly.
"Meh, you''re no fun." She replied with a sigh, before shooting him a small piece of paper.
"Onest thing, a message from the boss. Don''t mess it up this time." She said with a wide grin before her body blurred and disappeared, leaving Aidan with a grim expression behind.