The Blood King

At the south gate of the imperial city, a group of people stood . " Alright! all of you already know why you are here, so don"t waste any time! go kill a few of them and get this over with!" A man wearing a fiery yellow robe shouted towards a group of youths, who looked to be between 14-17 years old . This man was the scorching sun clan"s current master, and the children were from his clan . They were brought out to gain experience by fighting opponents that would actually try to kill them . " Yes, Master!" The children, even the few girls, shouted loudly . They spread out, engaging a soldier each, while the clan master just stood unmoving, as if nothing was of any consequence to him . " Should we really leave the imperial city with those two? If we were to stay behind, we would be the strongest and largest clan here, which means we would enjoy prestige unlike anything before!" The clan master thought, as the ends of his spiky black hair swayed in the breeze . " hmm?" Looking up, he saw a horseman looking down at him from behind, with his sword held high . " humph!" The clan master merely snorted, as he stood unmoving . " Heat Field . " He spoke calmly, a scorching sheild-like feild of heat surrounding his body, as the soldier lowered his sword .

schihhii! " ugh! why is it so hot?" As it made contact with the heat field, the sword in the soldier"s hand rapidly turned red hot, causing the leather handle to begin smoking before bursting into flames, causing the soldier to throw it to the ground . " ignition palm!" The clan master swiftly turned, as he sent a blazing palm towards the soldier at an increadible speed . The palm got bigger as it moved towards the soldier, enveloping both the horse and it"s rider . " ahh! neihhhh!" The soldier fell from the horse"s back, as he rolled on the ground in an attempt to put out the flames, but his armor ensured otherwise . While the horse thrashed around, eventually putting out the flames . " These brats are arrogant because of the offensive power of our scorching sun clan"s techniques, but this arrogance could be fatal . Although i was the same when i was younger . haha, i might as well go watch some of them . " The serious and st.u.r.dy face of the scorching sun clan master scrunched up as his mouth broke into a wide grin . He walked away with his arms behind his back .

In an alley formed by a few buildings, a youth wearing a fiery yellow robe walked arrogantly, without a care in the world . tap! tap! The hooves of a horse made loud tapping sounds as a horseman rode up behind the youth and slashed down . " agh!" The youth, being slashed on his back, released a cry of pain before rolling on the ground . " Y-YOU!!" He slowly got up and looked at the soldier, beads of sweat running down his face . His face was twisted in pain, but even more so in anger . " Dammit! attacking from behind! you f.u.c.k . . . " The youth released a scorching flame qi, before gathering it in his palm . " die! ignition palm!" The youth shouted . neihh! The horse neighed as the soldier pulled on the reins, urging the horse to move to the side, causing the flaming palm to crash into the back of a building . " . . . I saw that middle aged man use this same palm technique, but, in the hands of this kid, it"s nothing special . The fact that he took so long to use it, along with the fact that he seems to be struggling to control it means that i can move out of the way before it can hit me . Well, guess it"s time to kill this brat!" The soldier mumbled, before speaking the last sentence for the youth to hear . " come and try!" Veins bulged on the youth"s forehead, as sweat pourded down his face .

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At the north gate .

Levi looked at the cold general with annoyance and irritation, as he continued to spin his blood energy . " humph!" The cold general snorted, as he grabbed his sword . " . . . . impact . " He said calmly . "!!" after a few seconds, alarm bells rang in levi"s head . By the time he had reacted, his left arm was cut cleanly off, as a large, straight creva.s.se opened beside him . " just die!" The cold general shouted, as he slashed out multiple times, causing levi to dodge . But although he could sense the almost invisibe slashes, he had trouble dodging them . " tch!" Levi clicked his tongue, as the 7 remaining blood energy stages exploded from his body, before spiraling in different positions and directions . " humph! your tricks can"t stop my attack!" the cold general shouted, as he slashed out once again, infusing a large amount of qi into his slash . vivivi! " s.h.i.+t, i can"t move fast enough! gather!" levi thought .

psi!

Blood sprayed from levi"s chest, as blood energy spirals barely disrupted the powerful impact sword light . It bent weirdly in oposite directions because of the blood energy spirals . As he gathered his blood energy, he used it to bring back his severd arm, before throwing it into the s.p.a.cial ring . " . . . " Levi looked down at his chest, his eyes darkening . " my blood still dies when the enemy is too strong . it was reckless of me to devide my attention to recover my arm . these spirals aren"t efficient, either . " Levi thought silently, as he allowed the dead blood to flow out, before healing the wound . " a scar? interesting . . . " Levi looked up, a slight smile on his face . " humph!" Without a word, the cold general shot out . clank! a sword and sabre clashed, as levi pulled the sabre from the s.p.a.cial ring . Levi"s feet dug through the ground as the cold general"s pressure pushed him back . " hup!" ting! coating his arm with blood energy, levi jumped, using the cold general"s pressure to get to a safe distance . " If that doesn"t work, then what about this . . " Levi mumbled, as the cold general shot out again .

" hmm?!" The cold general slashed down, infusing qi into his strike, but found that his sword had been stopped . " what is this weird energy!?" He thought, as he looked at the spiraling, blood red forcefield around levi . " who knew i would be using all of these ideas so soon . although, i just came up with this one . . " Levi mumbled . A large dome-like blood enegry sheild surrounded him, as the cold general"s sword was stuck between two opposing spirals . " humph! impact!" The cold general snorted, as his sword progressively sank into the s.h.i.+eld, before tearing though it like paper . " this is all it amounts to? this blood sheild . . . " Levi mumbled as he looked at the large tear in the blood sheild . " . . . . i keep getting attacked, even without doing anything . if i am going to get attacked relentlessly anyway, then i might as well retaliate . " Levi said, as his eyes became cold . "even if i can"t win, i can at least test out some things . i also have confidence that i will make it out alive . " He thought . "!!" Levi suddenly turned his head . " old gray? . . . . no, danger!!" He thought, as sweat appeared on his forehead .

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At the south gate .

"huff! huff! why do you keep dodging, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d!" The youth was backed into a corner, as his qi was almost exausted . He was begining to feel fear, fear of death, something that he had never felt before . " what kind of fool would stay still for somebody else to kill them?" The soldier spoke disdainfully . He hated pampered, young masters who only knew arrogance, but nothing of the hards.h.i.+ps of the world . " humph! don"t act so high and mighty!" The youth shouted, as he gathered his remaining qi, and gambled on this last attack . boom! The soldier s.h.i.+fted his horse, and because of the youth"s poor control, the palm strike crashed into another building . " ah . . . wwait . . " Realising that his last attack failed spectacularly, the youth stepped back instinctively . " when you were trying to kill me, did you wait?" The soldier spoke coldly as his horse walked toward the youth, slowly . " w-wait, yo-you can"t kill me . . . i"m from the scorching sun clan . . . i will become powerful in the future, yo-thud!" Looking back, he found that his back had hit the wall of a building . " ah, you there, save me!" As he looked up, he saw a person peeping through the window above him . Like they hadn"t heard anything, the person silently left, pulling a dark curtain back across silently .

clank! woos.h.!.+ The sound of fighting soon drifted down through the narrow alley . " ah, isn"t that Xander? br-big brother Xander! save me! you have to save me! he will kill me" The youth suddenly started shouting, as he saw another youth, also wearing a fiery yellow robe . " huh? ack!" The youth, Xander, looked down the alley reflexively, resulting in a light slash down his shoulder . Widening the distance between himself and the soldier, Xander looked down the alley once again . " laxus?! what are you doing?! i am coming to save you now!" Xander"s expression changed as he turned to go into the alley, while the youth in the alley, laxus, revealed a relieved expression . " humph! where do you think you are going!" The soldier blocked Xander"s path into the alley . " humph, now that brother Xander is here, you can kiss that wretched life of yours goodbye!" laxus said arrogantly . " brother xander will surely-" crack! psii! Before he could finish, the sound of bones cracking and blood spraying rang out . " hu-huh? cough! . . . wwait . . you . . . you were supposed to wait for brother xander . . . i can"t die, i"m going to become a powerful martial artist in the future . . . " Laxus coughed a mouthful of blood, as the soldiers sword broke his collar bone, imbeding itself deep in his shoulder . " laxus!" Xander shouted, as he was once again about to rush to the rescue . " humph!" The soldier snorted, before obstructing his path once again . " aghh!" the sound of flesh ripping rang out, as the soldier lifted his sword once again, this time, cutting Laxus in half, from shoulded to hip . " Laxus!!" Xander shouted, as he watched the scene helplessly .