Chapter 186 - Blood Beads

With the death of the third prince Amro Doomblade, his Blood Shadow Army became a chaotic mess. Their fighting morale was removed the instant they saw that their leader was killed by Cale. They threw down their weapons and kneeled down on the ground to announce their surrender. 

Blood Two and Blood Three also chose to surrender. Amro was already killed, so why should they fight?

Instead of fighting to death for a dead leader, why not just surrender? Perhaps Emperor Aventus would let them off, especially with the Celestial Sword Empire's need for strong experts.

Cale brought Amro's body with him and handed it to the emperor. The latter looked calm and stoic, but Cale saw that Emperor Aventus' eyelashes trembled the moment he laid his eyes on Amro.

"Your majesty..." Cale muttered as he stared at the emperor with a look of pity. Two of his sons died for revolting against their empire. He knew what kind of pain the emperor was now experiencing. It should be tormenting enough just like how he had felt when he had lost his friends in his past life...

Emperor Aventus shook his head as he held Amro's body tightly.

"Speak no more, Duke Cale. Don't worry about me. Amro revolted against the empire, and only death awaited him. Thank you for everything, Duke Cale..." The emperor said in a slightly shaking voice.

Cale opened his mouth, but the words seemed stuck in his throat. In the end, Cale could only give him a weak sigh before he turned to look at the battlefield.

Broken stones and rubbles can be found everywhere. Dead bodies lying on their own pools of blood and bloodied human remains scattered on the ground.

The experts of the Celestial Sword Empire tied the soldiers of the Blood Shadow Army to prevent them from escaping and making any moves. After doing all that, everyone glanced at Cale's handsome face with admiration, veneration, and worship. 

This Duke Cale who had just come in their Celestial Sword Empire for less than a year managed to accomplish many astonishing deeds that it made everyone feel that it's so hard to believe.

First was his emergence as a Four-Elemental Saint. The news made everyone in the whole part of the Celestial Sword Empire feel an infinite amount of shock...

The second was when he got the Holy Nourishing Crystal for the emperor. It was also reported by General Lexus that Duke Cale had killed countless Heavenly Winged Guardians inside the Cave of Endless Grievance.

He also stopped the beast tide from destroying their Celestial Sword Empire. Furthermore, he had killed the Beast King who had caused terror and fright towards all of the citizens of the empire for many years.

His feats were not so much, but all of which would surely be written down in the history books of the empire. His grand name would also be written down and would be passed to the next generation, making his name never be forgotten.

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Demon Region of Shura.

A young man with pale and purplish skin was seated on the throne made from flood dragons' skulls. His chin was rested on his palm and he looked lazily at the three creatures in front of him. 

"Your majesty, the first batch of the blood beads are now ready." The one who spoke was a creature from the beastmen race. He dared not to look at the man seated on the throne for fear that he might get killed by doing so. In fact, it was not just him. The two creatures beside him were the same. They looked at the ground with thick beads of sweat covering their faces.

When the young-looking man heard the words 'blood bead', his eyes shone with interest. 

"Where is it? Present it to me." He said impatiently. He had waited for those things for many years...

With the blood beads, he could finally heal himself and gain the necessary strength to shatter the void.

The beastmen leader stood up right away and grabbed a small sack from his sleeves.

"Your majesty, inside this small sack are the blood beads." He said with a slightly trembling voice as he stretched out his furry right arm to hand the small sack to the young-looking man.

Azazel grabbed the small sack from the beastmen leader's furry right hand with an expectant look on his face. He then opened it impatiently and was greeted by the sight of several dozen small beads that were blood-red in color. 

His eyes gleamed with excitement at the sight of those blood beads, making his black pupils appear darker.

"Hahaha! With these blood beads, I should be able to recover thirty percent of my full strength. And once I get my hands on those remaining blood beads, I will regain my full power! Hahaha!" Azazel laughed menacingly, revealing his sharp canines.

He grabbed the blood beads inside the small sack and slowly opened his mouth. His mouth was later opened so wide that it can fit an a_d_u_l_t's head!

He then placed the blood beads in his mouth and munched on them like he was eating candies. 

The scene looked grotesque with Azazel's huge mouth covered in reddish liquid that emitted a metallic scent similar to blood. 

In fact, these blood beads were made from the blood of countless living creatures! The purpose of these blood beads was to heal Azazel's injury...

After finishing all the blood beads, Azazel released a satisfied burp. He then licked his lips with his eyes shut tight.

"I want more of these... Make sure that it won't take long or else... Hehe!"  Azazel said with a greedy look on his handsome face. 

The three leaders kneeling down below trembled when they heard his words. They were afraid that this crazy demon might grow impatient and take their people's blood to make those blood beads. So in order for that to not happen, they had to hasten the progress on extracting those blood from countless worlds...