Blood Type: Dragon

Aside from his increased mental and spiritual power, Elric could also feel his confidence increasing in taking over the complete Ancestral Dragon"s power. But until he could also obtain the rest of the Elemental Authorities, he would try to go push for another breakthrough and hopefully defeat the lingering corruption in the Ancestral Dragon"s essence.

Back at the moment, Elric wanted to spare the envoy for further interrogation. But it seems its loyalty to the King of the Dark Realm would make his prepared questions impossible.

One thing he wanted to do is to do a soul memory search just like he did to Kahayag. By force his spiritual senses in the latter"s memory, he will be able to dig in more about the Realm of Darkness and possibly get a hint of his grandma"s real condition of the soul. 

The envoy was stuck in the corner. Elric"s spiritual presence was just too powerful! Like a gifted holy child, Elric seems to have been blessed by heaven.

Not knowing it was actually Lapu-Lapu"s spiritual blessing and awakening. Not to mention the additional support from the Ancestral Dragon"s essence, the cleansing and nourishment of the Soul Cleansing Pearl gifted to him by the late King Mahar of the water realm, also helped his soul became the state he was experiencing right now.

Elric"s soul presented a divine and overwhelming presence with its ma.s.sive size almost a hundred times the size of a normal soul. Although the envoy"s powerful dark soul was abnormally large because of its natural ability as a Shadow that lingers in the dark realm, compared to Elric"s soul that has undergone numerous life and death tests, it was nothing but an ant standing before an elephant!

With such presence alone, the Envoy could not help but regret his decision in taking on such a monster, much less actually inviting it in the Astral realm where it doesn"t stand a chance against a gifted Spiritual like Elric. It pushed itself to get away as fast as possible but for some reason, it could not move and was slowly being dragged closer to Elric"s domineering presence instead.

A sliver of Elric"s essence slowly came out of his glowing third eye, intending to dive deep into the Envoy"s soul for a soul memory scan just like what he did to Kahayag. Seeing what Elric was trying to do to it, the Envoy tried it"s best to struggle hard. 

The secrets of the dark realm lie at him, the real state of his grandma, the real power of the King of the Dark realm, and their grand plan lies hidden deep in his soul! Once revealed, a powerful ent.i.ty like Elric might just foil all their grand schemes and everything for him is over! 

Even if he survived Elric, the King himself will deal with him. Basically speaking, he is dead once Elric managed to dive deep into his soul"s memory!

Elric, on the other hand, was just preparing to dive in when his physical senses suddenly perched up. A warning signal was immediately sent by his instinct and he immediately withdraws his focus on the spiritual realm, letting go of the struggling envoy.

And as quickly as Elric came back to his physical consciousness, he immediately pumped his body with Ancestral Dragon"s essence to protect himself! His battle instinct has never failed him before!

ZOOOM!-

SLAs.h.!.+~

CLAP!!

A smoking black sword suddenly appeared out of nowhere, it was aimed at Elric"s neck but with the latter"s extra ordinary reflex, he caught the smoking black blade in between hands! 

Elric and Arkhoz"s eyes met. 

With a murderous gaze, Arkhoz immediately stepped back, his long black hair flawlessly moved according to his beat, while his pale-blue skin with traces of Dragonskin bulged from the powerful muscles packed inside.

His first attack had failed but it doesn"t mean it was over.

"As expected..." Arkhoz muttered as he quickly withdraws the black smoking sword effortlessly out of Elric"s hand and blended to his surroundings like a chameleon - completely erasing his presence!

Elric quickly heightened all his senses to find the hiding enemy but unfortunately, not even Arkhoz"s temperature, his spiritual presence, and his intent can be felt in the air. 

The envoy, on the other side, took this small opening to escape far away.

"The king! The King must know! Perfect One has arrived!" It mumbled excitedly before completely fading away of the Astral horizon.

Elric did not mind it as he already had put a soul trace to the latter and he could just easily find it easily later. Right now, he must deal with this unexpected familiar a.s.sa.s.sin.

Long and Lesse watched everything happened but failed to actually see the attack. All they saw was a man suddenly appeared before Elric and quickly disappearing the next second.

Realizing the unseen danger of the new enemy, Kahayag quickly moved closer to the siblings, chanted an ancient tribal term and a  small isolation barrier meant to protect them was suddenly created. Now, Elric was the only one left standing at the open.

What really made Elric and Kahayag frown is the enemy"s ability to go through their own ma.s.sive isolation barrier without getting detected. The isolation barrier serves as a prison to trap the enemy in the physical realm without letting any noise or view from the inside going out. It was like an illusion gla.s.s that makes one think nothing was happening inside.

But for the enemy to come and go as he like, Elric knew it was an enemy he must not underestimate. Not to mention, its intention was clear - he was aiming for him.

Though he could not help but feel irritated as he was just inches away in obtaining the information about the dark realm, this enemy suddenly lunged out of nowhere swinging his blade when his physical body was off guard. 

To be able to hide his presence and his murderous intent before swinging the blade, it was indeed such a skilled a.s.sa.s.sin. If not for Elric"s cheat-like senses and body foundation, he would have been as good as a headless man!

Elric"s eyes scanned the surroundings. The sun was still br.i.m.m.i.n.g with warmth over the blue sky but the sound of the school"s noise has been cancelled by the ma.s.sive isolation barrier set up by grandma Kahayag. 

Elric could sense the enemy still lingering nearby despite failing to find it. Hi battle instinct was still up and he knew that it was a sign that he needs to trust.

Elric was just about to take a small breath in when the enemy"s black smoking sword appeared behind his knee! Arkhoz"s body was still hidden, only the blade can be seen being welded in the air with a transparent hue.

Elric was about to move his knee to distance away when the blade when it suddenly changed trajectory midway and aimed to the feet"s tendon instead.

With great agility, Elric jumped up to dodge the curved blade when he realized that the attack was also a fluke. The curving blade disappeared midway again and reappeared over his head!

This time its aim was to dig deep into his skull!

"Got you!!" Akhoz"s voice came from behind the black smoking sword.

Hearing the enemy"s voice, Elrics quickly s.h.i.+fted his weight and change his ordinary jump into a cartwheel - a sneaky forcefully kick was aimed at the base of the sword, instantly hitting the hidden figure behind!

THUD!

CRAs.h.!.+~

Arkhoz"s invisible figure crashed to the nearby tree and instantly broke it into half due to the overwhelming strength of the impact.

The exchanged happened in less than half a second, the enemy"s attack was nothing but a very faint blur in the normal human"s eyes but to Elric" they were just another just moving in a normal speed. His Dragon eyes were activated throughout the battle and he could see the enemy"s attack as clear as the day.

The only problem is the mysterious technology the enemy is using to hide its the body, its temperature, the sound he makes to the surroundings, and even his intent until he reveals his murderous intent.

KABOOOM!~

Elric had managed successfully hit the enemy, but in the nick of time, the enemy also managed to drop a few mini bombs and successfully exploded right at Elric"s face!

Lesse and Long could only remain shock as they witnessed everything. Their normal eyes might not be able to follow that extremely fast exchange of blows but judging from their past battle experience as a Dragon and the traces of movement left on the ground, they were able to make a good estimate of how intense the actual battle was.

Not to mention, the way the enemy moves was too familiar to them. It reminded them of their battle experience of a certain Dragon hunter from the Arkhan race. His constant application of fake attacks and trajectory redirection was a technique he would usually apply in facing the mighty Dragons.

Long dropped even a few more sweats compared to his sister, he was aware that even in his Dragon form, he was not that confident in defending himself from such a deadly encounter. 

The explosion was ear-shattering, but thanks to granny Kahayag"s steady isolation barrier, the sound, and the impact remained isolated within.

Elric came out of the explosion after a while. His formal student dress has been wrecked from the explosion, if only he did not push out a small energy barrier at the end, he would have ended up completely naked! He still got some privacy to maintain you know.

Now, standing with badly scorched clothes, Elric"s eyes glowed an even more menacing intent. His eyes locked in the direction where the enemy landed. 

Arkhoz took out his invisibility and revealed his scar-filled body. His long black hair flows ruggedly behind him. The faint Dragon scales can be seen from some parts of his pale-blue skin. A murderous gaze was his reply at Elric"s stare.

"Welcome back," Arkhoz said as he pulled out his black smoking sword and licked it with his creepy tongue.

"but, goodbye,"  he added.