Chapter 360 - Nine Netherworld Bašmu(Part-3)

"Control yourselves Su-Min", bellowed Ryuu in anger as he spoke, "I am not going to die today and neither are you because of this incompetent mongrels."

Ryuu took out his sword as he dragged his palm over the sharp edge drawing blood before he closed his eyes to focus. The sphere by then was completely unstable and wobbly and with a loud bang it shattered as did the heart of anyone inside whose name was not Ryuu panicked as they quickly decided to use whatever technique necessary to preserve their life only to stop as a intense killing intent combined with KI washed over them, for them it seemed the world around them froze, as they looked at Ryuu no they looked at the sword that had taken the shape of a human waiting to be unleashed on the enemy.

Ryuu had at first felt guilty at the same time he knew that the protective sphere that detonated outwardly made sure to push any cultivators or poisonous gas away from them, he knew that it would cause deaths of some and he also knew he will have only one chance to pierce through the barrier preventing them before he would be overwhelmed by the gas as well as fellow cultivators.

Then he noticed something that made his blood boil, he had made the mistake of reading their lips.

"…..shut up you do not know what is a good wine…"

"Really brother Hao you seemed to forget about the place I took you to before entering this place….."

Hao's eyes glazed over as he gave a lecherous grin as he spoke, "Let us return there again…."

Ryuu had a look of disbelief over his face, from the distance he thought that this people were arguing after getting stuck, he thought they were scared people he knew how in face of danger people simply wanted to run and most of the deaths or injuries were caused by panicking people but this they deliberately blocked the pathway they simply wanted decrease the competition, 'This mongrels how dare they, HOW DARE THEY CONSPIRE TO KILL ME.', his anger erupted like a volcano as did his hatred for them, 'I SENTENCED THEM TO DEATH."

His sword hummed in agreement as it wanted to bathe in blood of those that defied and conspired against its master.

Ryuu gained a blood thirsty grin as he stopped his Divine body from acting up although his eyes had gained the tell-a-tale sign of the Divine body as he used one of the techniques borrowed from his second older sister, his words seemed to reverberate through the soul of others as the offenders were finally realized of their imminent doom, but it was too late.

"Forbidden Arts: Thousand Flower Blossom."

As he spoke those words the Grand Dao of Sword formed around him like a lotus, then its petal seemed to be scattered across swaying gently as if under a breeze, before it was lit with fire and encased with ice which turned black in color as array seemed to be forming on top it, Ryuu then thrust his sword forward like a stab as the world seemed to move along with it.

They did not even feel when they died, their protective bubble torn to shred like a piece of paper trying to stop a lake full of water, they petals had turned to deadly swords that tore them apart faster they could blink and their bodies were destroyed even faster, with the road cleared Ryuu turned and grinned, "Road is clear let us escape."

With that he dashed forward, Frozen Ocean looked at the tall back of Ryuu, a moment ago she had already made peace with the idea of her death, she had given up yet someone so many years younger than him did not he pushed forward literally dragging them, even when their path was blocked Ryuu did not falter he cut through it and as such she understood why her Junior Martial Sisters sung praises of him, he was truly unparalleled with sword.

As they reached the other side of the portal they heaved a sigh of relief, they were safe and that proved to be fatal as Su-Min let her guard down.

A screaming cultivator emerged from the portal, "Save me someone anyone."

Then he tried to grab the nearest person to him which unfortunately was Su-Min, after dashing so much her body was screaming with pain, as such when she decided to relax and let her guard down so did her body as such she could not move fast, everything slowed down for her as a look of dread appeared on her face, her brain was screaming to move but she could not, Ryuu who was nearby reacted as he flung the person from near her as look of realization dawn on his face, 'Damn it I touched him, I could have flung him without touching, I am an idiot colossal idiot.'

A pain erupted from his left hand, he felt as if something was feasting inside his hand digging through it, he knew he had to act fast his poison tolerance was not enough, he gritted his teeth as a flat board appeared in front of him, he fell on the top on his knees with his infected hand supporting him, he turned to Su-Min whose visage was rapidly paling as he spoke, "Su-Min do not gawk I will die within seconds if you waste my time, use this board and move me away from the portal fast I do not wish for it to repeat again will you, and please guard me."

Su-Min quickly nodded as she caught the board as she carried him, only to be joined by others who started moving fast from the portal, Amnon who was nearby frowned as he spoke, "Try to move without shaking too much, I hope Daoist Ryuu can pull of a miracle."

True-Spear looked at the retreating group as he spoke, "Oh it seems Daoist Ryuu is done for and he seemed to have so much potential."

Frost Flames looked towards them as she spoke, "I am going to follow them from a distance, any other person would have stated to crumble but Daoist Ryuu is still intact."

Ryuu had by then torn his shit as the part of his armor retreated into his space ring, exposing the upper left side of his body, his lifted his right hand as dozens of talismans spun around his hand which glowed briefly before they covered every inch of his hand as he placed his right hand on top of left hand, multiple array covered his hands making the left hand covered by the talisman look completely black, before it started releasing steam.

The arrays then started to spin in red color as more and more steam erupted from his hand, Ryuu gritted his teeth, 'It is not enough', he raised his right hand as a good few pills appeared in them he crushed them and then he did something that made everyone nearby specially Daniella gasp in shock, he directly shoved his hand into his chest as he inserted the medicine directly into his heart.

The red hot lines receded soon enough as the steam left exposing his left hand for the world to see, it looked as if someone has skinned the entire left arm from the shoulder then tattooed them with bluish black lines, Ryuu collapsed on his back as he removed his right from his chest as it started to close with a sizzle and within a couple of seconds there wasn't even a small mark on his chest, a small fire rose as every drop of his blood vaporized as Ryuu chuckled out loud, "I did it."

Zywia looked at him worriedly as she spoke, "Ryuu are you alright now?"

Ryuu gave her a weak nod as he spoke, "Well I would need a good night sleep though I am tired."

Zywia nodded at that as she spoke, "Well then I hope others do not have any problem, we would carry Ryuu away and make a shelter for the night, first a water world now a giant desert."

Ryuu for the first time paid attention to his surroundings as he noticed twin Suns in the sky making him groan at that, as Frozen Flames spoke curiously, "How did you manage to survive long enough to heal yourself?"

Ryuu snorted at that as he spoke, "Heal myself please I somehow managed to seal the poison with the hope that after I leave this place my teacher would be able to remove it from my body, and as for the poison's effect it was simply delayed because of the poison resistance of my body, since I was a toddler my teacher has been building my resistance against poison."

Frozen Flames nodded accepting the answer although her eyes flickered briefly at Ryuu's face as she mused, 'Was I mistaken for a moment while he was working his pupils changed as scales seemed to appear on his cheeks, it might be I was hallucinating.'

Frost Flames looked at True-Spear who simply whistled as he spoke, "You are right he is definitely interesting."

Meanwhile outside Eden an absolutely pandemonium had occurred as everyone looked at the stele which had four lines appearing on it.

Level 3: 879

Level 2: 0

Level 1: 63

Alive: 942

Over 30,000 Mystic Immortal Emperors had entered Eden but at the end of the day less than a 1000 remained alive something happened in the 2nd level that had killed most of them, it was a sad day, a dark day as many factions would soon cease to exist because of today's massacre.