Chapter 13: Awakening

Giving the duo no time to react at all, the six ghosts pounced towards them like rabid dogs! By the sheer potent aura, each spirit exuded, Darcel and Aniela were able to tell each of them were just as strong as Anne!

However, despite being at this level of strength, their speed wasn't impossible to react to for the duo. By their recent breakthroughs, their senses were heightened, and their bodies responded in an instant.

'Hua!'

Darcel split off to the right while Aniela split off to the right. Thankfully the cave was incredibly spacious, allowing room to dodge. But their swift movement didn't ease the stinging pain coming from their shoulders.

Taking one glance over, the two both saw three deep lines of dark red blood dribble down their arms. Their pupils dilated even more as the situation was only getting worse by the second.

Just from this one attack, their bodies looked to be fragile against their ghostly claws. The pain wasn't unbearable, but they instinctively held onto their shoulders to control the bleeding.

"Let's play a bit before you diiieee…"

The dreadful haunting voice of the ghosts slithered into their ears like poison again. Darcel and Aniela's mind couldn't help but fall into a mild panic in this perilous situation.

This was a true authentic life or death encounter where their living options were decreasing by the second.

Primarily when the duo felt the air whip around their back in a razor-sharp track. Only one of the ghosts appeared behind their backs, claws blaring to them to shred the two into bloody chunks.

Darcel, however, was unwilling to idly sit down and get dominated by mere freakish ghosts! He frantically called upon his soul, causing one of his hands to ignite in Darkness while the other lit up in a black flame!

In sync with him, Aniela's will to live flared up as well. Her hand ignited in her same white glow, but her other hand also gained the roaring black flames.

With precise movement, the two let the ghost claws graze their back slightly, only to instantly react in the next second!

As small droplets of dark red blood trickled to the ground from their back, Darcel and Aniela swiftly turned around.

In one smooth motion, they grabbed on to the ghosts' claws with their black flaming hands. Their speed actually took the ghosts in for a small shock, but the duo wasn't nowhere near done.

The ghosts felt a scolding burning sensation in its claw. Like their flames was trying to eat away at its soul. Suddenly the next thing Darcel's ghost saw was his Darkness glow fist roaring to its head.

Same with Aniela's ghost, it bears witness to the blinding piercing white glow of the girl's fist.

But right when their fists were about to connect, Darcel and Aniela violently stopped their attacks. Just behind them, an immense threat of death forcibly awoke their bodies' protective instinct.

'Chi'

With barely any time to react, the duo felt tremendous pain come from their arms. The translucent blue ghost claws tore deep into their left arms, spurting their dark red blood like crazy.

"Tch!"

Surprisingly they both managed to hold down their screams of pains. Although the two began to feel their arms numb at an alarming pace, nearly losing all feeling in there.

"Interesting...you two struggle far more than oothersss…" The leading ghost mockingly called out to them in a preying tone. It still didn't leave its spot throughout this whole time and took glee in watching the duo.

"Shit…"

It was then the slow realization began to speed up for Darcel and Aniela. Honestly, if these ghosts wanted to, then the first could've just killed them when they were cultivating.

No, these beings wanted them to suffer a cruel torment before dying. During this realization, the duo struggled to move out of the vice grip like claws, only to spurt out further blood from their arms.

And helplessly, another flare of immense danger came from their left side.

'Chi!'

More fresh dark red blood flew from their left arms! Casually like they were playing with their foods, the first attacking ghosts plunged their claws deep into the duo arms while being held down.

Massive pains, far greater than they ever felt in their life, simultaneously struck their senses. Both of their arms were nearly numb, and their blood loss was becoming alarmingly high.

'Death...am I really going to die in this shitty place..' Darcel thought unwillingly; however, in this desperate situation, his soul was frantically churning along with his blood.

Profound dark, powerful sensation kept locked in him was becoming undone until he suddenly heard,

"Heh! Fine! Fine! Come and kill us if you dare!! Strike us right in the heart!!" Aniela crazily shouted without a hint of fear at all.

She was feeling the franticness from her soul and body, causing her mind to go on the fritz. She didn't want to die here with her, Darcy! Not now or forever and especially in some unknown mortal planet!

"Right...right!! Did you think we'll start kneeling over and begging for death?!? Kill us and see what happens!!" There was no way he'll ever let that troublesome girl die before him!

And engraved deep into his bones was the will to never simply roll over and accept any bullshit given to them!

The duo, crazed will and resolve, was awakening something slumbering and sealed deep inside them. A celestial divine power that from their desperate will and resolve was slowly coming back to life!

Although on the outside to the ghosts, none of them expected these two to get like this. They were akin to rabid dogs, barking on a chain at their worst enemies.

"So eeeager to die...grant them...their wishes!!"

The leading ghost commanded out, and two other ghosts pointed their claws out.

In a single step, the ghosts sailed to the duo chests and,

'Chi!'

Dug their savage claws deep into the duo's hearts! All of the ghosts cruelly smile as they wait to hear wails of death and screams of agony from getting one's heart ripped into.

However, they heard not even a single squeak from the two.

And it was then, from the ghosts that stabbed them, they realized no blood spurted out from their chests.

Right when the ghosts claws tore into the chest and had a single touch on their heart, Darcel and Aniela's entire soul and blood violently trembled!

Their hidden, slumbering bloodline had finally awakened!

'BOOOM!!'

In a black and white flash, the four ghosts on the duo were blasted away, managing to connect and crash straight in the cave walls! The other ghosts' eyes had to snap close because their flashes were far too intense.

Opening them up again, all six of the ghosts were treated to a magical spectacular sight anybody would kill to have the luxury to witness.

Black angelic feathery wings, white angelic feathery wings all swayed elegantly throughout the whole cave.

Like real angels themselves had suddenly deceased from the heavens, the ghosts were graced with this holy sensation. They nearly felt the need to kneel down and prostrate in front of the angelic being.

And the angelic beings were two young youths bathing in this glorious light. From Darcel's left arm, an ancient mystical tattoo appeared there, forming a symbol that resembles true angelic essence.

Black angelic feathery wings exuded out from his arm and wrapped behind him like a protective embrace.

Aniela's left arm shined a similarly looking ancient mystical tattoo, forming a symbol of true angelic essence. However, hers didn't entirely match Darcel's, but the symbol was too vague to tell the differences now.

White angelic feathery wings spewed out from her arms, wrapping around her in a warm protective embrace.

Darcel and Aniela's image being wrapped up in celestial angelic wings made them both out to be divine children. One a holy child of Darkness, while the other is a blessed child of light.

And not only did the two look divine, they felt divine! All pain from before vanished into their air, and their fresh dark red blood was cleansed by their angelic bloodline.

Darcel and Aniela could safely say this was the best sensation they ever felt before in their lives. Moreover, this sensation felt like it had been with them ever since they were first born.

It was almost like another extension of their arms growing out into a beautiful complete wing.

And in all the glory, the duo's attention had then squarely focused on the ghosts. In this state, they, of course, couldn't forget just who had pushed them to this point.

With their tremendous power now, the two knew revenge would be sweet and swift.

In contrast, the ghosts felt their whole world crashing down!

Already they felt their auras massively surpassed them. And now the suffocating pressure of death overtook them when the duo focused their killing intent.

"We...we…" The leading ghosts obviously had no clue on what to say now their situation had dramatically reversed. All of the ghosts shook with fear once Darcel and Aniela cracked a small smile.

"You...Die!"

Darcel savagely stated and glared at the ghost that tore into his arms first. With just a single step, Darcel vanished from sight!

"Ack! How...how can you touch us…." The ghost was utterly suppressed as Darcel clutched on to its neck. Like it was a mere sack of potatoes, Darcel held the ghost up, letting it fruitlessly struggle in its grasp.

"Aack!! What...what are you…" The ghost that tore into Aniela's arms was now dangling in her clutches as well. Death was imminent for them, yet they could do nothing but uselessly struggle in her grip.

The other ghosts could only helplessly watch as their partners get strangled. For themselves, a tremendous pressure like several mountains weighed on them ceased every movement.

"Us? We're just people who enjoy a good fight. And you all perform fabulously for us…" Aniela's voice compared to Darcel's hypnotic cold one was more of a hypnotic, soothing one.

Darcel made you want to kneel before him and give in to his demands. Aniela made you want to follow her around and do everything that she desires.

But the thought of the duo's voices was the last thing the ghosts like beings thought before their hands clenched.

'Pa!'

With a sickening pop, the two ghosts imploded into blue wisps of energy, forever disappearing from the universe. No struggle, only a clean, swift death.

The middle order of the Qi Formation Sea realm? That meant absolutely nothing to the divine might of Darcel and Aniela's bloodlines!

The now five ghosts felt their mind stopped after their partners' popping deaths. For pure spirit beings like themselves, it was all but impossible to ever physically touch them.

However, they, of course, could touch other human beings or Spirit Monsters.

Unless one has a specific unique power or absolute power, these ghosts would be able to get away scot-free against most other cultivators at their realms or below.

However, with a sickening demonstration, all of their previous beliefs and thoughts were thrown right out the window.

Immediately after killing the first two ghosts, Darcel and Aniela whipped their heads around to the other five with their own cruel smile.

'Pa, Pa, Pa, Pa, Pa!"

Five sickening pops, five destroyed spirits turning into small wisps of blue substance like energy. Darcel and Aniela's speed was like they were teleporting, and in only a few seconds, everything was silent again.

Once the ghosts were dead, the angelic tattoo shine on the duo's arms promptly vanished. Their overwhelming powers immediately left them. And it was like whiplash once it was all over.

Darcel felt his world become hazy, and his head became dizzy from over-exhaustion. They only used their power for mere seconds, yet they were about to pass out now.

Somehow in his daze state, Darcel spotted Aniela shakily walking over to him, slowly muttering,

"Darcy…"

With his last bit of will, Darcel caught the shaky Aniela in his arms saying,

"Just...go to sleep…for a…"

He couldn't even complete his sentence as they both crashed over on to the black glossy ground.

Still, though, Darcel never let his arms go off Aniela as they drifted off to wonderland...