The Blood King

what made him like the sword even more was the fact that, the blade was blood red. when he held it, it felt like part of his body. he kept the saber that he "obtained" in the spatial ring as a back up weapon. he was still exercising these past days, although it seems like the nutrients were almost gone.

although he absorbed the snakes blood, all of it went into changing his eyes and body. he was regretting not absorbing the blood of those 3 that were trying to steal the snake skin. during these days his body became stronger, while his red hair grew longer.

the strand of qi was still circulating, which caused him to breakthrough to the 2nd level of qi absorption. he only had 3 more levels before he got into the qi refining levels. since his master called him over, he left his room. when he went out he saw ryan again, but the latter didn"t try to talk to him. he left and headed to the sect masters hall.

after a while, he arrived in a large hall. there were 10 elders in the hall this time, one of them being the elder from the last time. 5 inner sect elders and 5 outer sect elders. "master." levi cupped his fists and greeted. one of the elders face scrunched up. "is your master the only one in your eyes here!?" he shouted.

levi"s cold face didn"t change, he didn"t even look in the elder"s direction. some of the elders were impressed with how he handled the situation, while others were unhappy. "come now, greet the elders." the sect master said with a slight smile. levi then said. "elders." some humphed while others found levi interesting.

"why did you call for me today?" one would think that levi would at least try to sound respectful when in the presence of the elders, but they would be wrong. when the elders heard how he talked, some obviously weren"t happy. "how can you speak to your master, the sect master, like that?!" levi looked at the annoying person before turning back towards the sect master.

"do you have a problem with how i talk to you?" levi asked. "you can talk how you like. the reason i called for you today was to first, let the elders know who you were and second was to find out if you were interested in a certain thing." the sect master said with a slight smile.

"a certain thing?" levi asked. "yes. since the poison fog cleared up, a tomb was found." he said. "why would i be interested in a tomb?" levi asked. "you don"t even know what a tomb is? what a fool!" the elder said again. levi was annoyed, he turned his head to look at the elder. "what right do you have to interrupt this conversation? you are just an outer sect elder!" he said in a cold tone.

the elder stood up. "you!" he wanted to attack, but felt a strong pressure envelop his body. "enough." the smile on the sect masters face dissapeared as his eyes became sharp. "don"t go to far." he said. "this isn"t an ordinary tomb, it"s the tomb of a legendary pract.i.tioner. it will probably have a lot of priceless items. a few disciples will be going there later this evening, are you interested in going?" the sect master asked.

"will i be able to keep what i find?"levi asked. some of the elders faces were ugly. "hmm." the sect master nodded. "fine." levi said. "then be ready and go to the sect gate this evening." the sect master said. levi nodded then turned around and left.

after he left, the elder that was pressured stomped away angrily. "sect master, don"t you think he was a little too much?" one of the elders asked. "he won"t start trouble as long as people don"t go looking for it." the sect master glanced at the elder. what he meant was clear, "if you leave him alone, he won"t even look in your direction."

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after levi left, he went back to his room. he went up to his bed and fell onto it. he was feeling a little uncomfortable for a few days. crack! crack! crack! his bones were moving around and making cracking sounds.

after a while, he woke up. it was already evening, as the sun was on the horizon. he got up from the bed. his body felt even more flexible than before, it seems his body was still absorbing the snake bloodline. he felt like he could bend his limbs in impossible directions.

he left his room and leisurely walked towards the sect gates. when he got there he saw 10 other people standing there, as if waiting for something. they seemed to be the disciples of the 10 elders. "are you the sect masters disciple? why are you so late?" one of them asked coldly. he was the disciple of the outer sect elder from earlier.

some of the other disciples also wore unhappy expressions. "i was sleeping." levi said calmly. the disciple"s face turned ugly. "humph! you better watch yourself when we are outside of the sect! we are not going to protect you just because you are the sect master"s disciple!" the disciple humphed. levi looked at the disciple coldly. "did i ever ask any of you to protect me? stop speaking nonsense and lets get to the tomb." he started walking.

most the disciples were fairly upset with levi"s behavior, but he didn"t care. after walking for a while they decided to rest for a while. they lit a fire and sat down in a group. some of them were talking in hushed voices. levi was the only one alone, sitting in one of the withered trees with his eyes closed.

"didn"t you see how arrogant he was?! just because he is the sect master"s disciple?! i say we should kill him in that tomb if we have the chance!" the disciple from earlier had a vicious expression. "i agree." another one said.

about 4 of the 10 disciples decided to kill levi in the tomb. these were, of course, the disciples of the elders that didn"t like levi. the other 6 disciples didn"t really have anything against levi so they didn"t want to kill him, but that didn"t mean that they would warn him about the danger coming his way.

after resting for a while they started to walk again. a while later, they arrived in front of a large cave. they walked in warily, while peeking at levi. after walking for a while, they arrived in front of a large stone door. as if sensing the arrival of people, the door automatically opened, causing a wave of stale air to escape outward.

behind the door was a room filled with gold. a disciple who couldn"t hold himself back ran into the room. but before he could put his hand on any of the gold, a light flashed. "huh?" the disciple froze. splat! his hand from the wrist down slid off and land on the ground with a splat.

"ahhhhhhhh!!!" the disciple screamed in agony and horror. he turned around in attempt to run out, but it really wasn"t his day. right as soon as he turned and attempted to run, both of his legs were cut off. he started to crawl with his remaining hand but to no avail.

s.h.i.+ng!!

some spikes shot up from the ground and pierced his body, one of them went through his mouth and through the back of his head. his eyes rolled up as he stopped moving, dead. some of the disciple turned their heads away. levi looked at the room calmly, without looking at the dead disciple.

he started walking. seeing levi walking into the room, some of the disciples sneered. levi calmly and at a steady pace, walked into the room without even glancing at the gold. he came to a stop at the back of the room and put his hand on an unusual looking part of the wall.

boom!

the room shook, scaring the disciples outside. all of a sudden levi turned his body to the side. boom! boom! boom! 3 arrows shot out from the now opened secret door a embedded themselves deeply into the wall. a line of blood started to appear on his left cheek.

his heart was racing as cold sweat ran down his face. he calmed himself down and walked into the secret pa.s.sage. after walking for a minute or so, he found himself in a large room. there was a throne with a skeleton sitting on it. on the ground around the skeleton, was gold and silver coins. in the skeleton"s hand, was a gla.s.s bottle filled with a blue liquid.

levi walked up and took the bottle from the skeleton. as he was about to go and stuff the gold and silver into the spatial ring, he felt something grab his arm. he looked around in shock and saw the skeleton had a dim fire in it"s eye sockets. "to you, who have found my tomb, i have a request. when you take everything from here, collapse this cave so that no one will be able to disturb my sleep again." after it said this, the skeleton fell apart.

levi picked up a bone to see if there was any blood left to absorb, but obviously that wasn"t the case. he went and shoved gold and silver along with some herbs that looked to be in good condition into the ring. it was unfortunate but he couldn"t fit all of the gold inside the spatial ring. he got less than half of everything that was in the room.

he just left the room and walked back through the secret pa.s.sage. when he got back to the first room, the disciples were still just standing there. when they saw him, a few disciples looked at each other and smiled coldly. "hand over everything you got from inside there and maybe we"ll let you live!" one of them shouted.

levi ignored them and kept walking. just as he was about to pa.s.s the disciple, he felt a large amount of qi headed straight for his head. he hurriedly jumped back. his eyes frosted over as he stared at the disciple, just as he was about to attack, he felt another wave of qi coming towards him.

again, he barely dodged in time. he pulled out his sword and released some poison on it. at full speed, he attacked! he chopped down towards the disciple"s head, but was only able to crack his defensive qi slightly. dodging another attack from the side, he took a different approach.

puchi! crack!

he stabbed the disciple through his eye, the sword went straight through his head. he then cut sideways which caused blood and some chunks of brain flying out. a disciple backed away in fear. levi"s eyes were cold and vicious. before the body fell to the ground, he grabbed it by the head.

seeing the body shrivel up before their eyes some of the disciples started trembling. they were so happy that they didn"t attacked him. levi looked at the other 3 coldly. "since you want to kill me, don"t expect to get out of here alive." his voice was frosty.

levi"s body flashed as he chopped out. "we have to fight him together!" the 3 attacked at the same time, sending all of their qi into one attack. levi was sent cras.h.i.+ng into the cave wall. he spat out a mouthful of blood as he went limp. his sword dropped from his hand and stuck into the ground.

"hahaha! we killed him! all of that talk and now he"s dead!" one of them started walking up to him. "eh?" suddenly, the world started to spin. thump! the disciple"s head fell to the ground with a thump, as he looked at his headless body in horror for one last time.

levi got out of the wall and the blood on his mouth seeped back into his skin. even the blood he spat on the ground floated in the air before going back into his body. the last two disciples looked at this scene in horror. suddenly a pitter patter sound disturbed the quiet cave.

one of the disciples was trembling while p.i.s.sing himself. he fell to the ground and looked at levi with a horrified expression. "mo-monster!! demon! yo-you are not human!! devil! hahahahah" he started laughing crazily, it seems he went insane from fear.

levi looked at the two, before his figure flashed. he appeared in front of the disciple who was still standing and stabbed through his heart. the disciple looked at levi with hatred and said. "you.. will-" before he could say anymore, levi twisted the blade which destroyed his heart, shutting him up for eternity.

levi looked at the now insane disciple and slashed out. he would not allow anyone that tried to kill him to live. after killing the last one he went and took all of their valuables, except for the one that p.i.s.sed himself. surprisingly though, none of them had any spatial rings. he found that strange.

he got up and looked at the remaining disciples coldly, which caused them to stiffen. he said nothing as he walked out of the cave.