"Is what I would like to say, but I got no experience…" Ed mumbled the last lines to himself while looking towards the ashes of Harald. "Is each one of you an expert at reassembling your bodies?" Ed asked as he walked over there.
He stood still and after a while, he could notice the ash reforming. Little by little, the ash started taking the shape of a human being. Ed wasn't about to let it finish, so he used Fire magic, but the ash didn't stop and continued doing its job.
"What type of cultivation technique allows one to do this? It's even stronger than my regeneration…" Ed frowned while looking at it. After a while, Harald had a new body. It didn't have any scratches on it, and it even came with clothes.
'Even the clothes are reformed? It seems more like rewinding time…' Ed thought to himself.
"I see you weaseled yourself out of death? Want my help to get back to it?" Ed told Harald while withdrawing his three weapons. He knew that the fight would be tricky. If Harald restores his QI along with his body, then they were in deep trouble. If he uses up his QI to reform, then there was a bit of hope for Ed to beat him.
"Your little wolf won't be able to help you now. What will you do?" Harald spoke as he held up the glaive that was stuck in the ground.
"I'll manage no need for you to be concerned. Would you like me to prepare an ashtray for you, so the wind wouldn't carry you away? God knows some gale might scatter your ashes over the battlefield."
"Brat…" Harald said as he rushed towards Ed. 'It's much slower than what I expected…Even slower compared to Alexander. So he does weaken after all!' Ed thought to himself and smiled while equipping all three of his swords.
Harald struck from above, which Ed blocked using his two swords. Before Harald could do anything else, Ed hit him with a low kick to the knee. The kick was enhanced with Ren, but it didn't even cause him to flinch. Ed escaped by using Space magic and sent a flying slash towards Harald. The latter decimated it easily with his Glaive and sent a QI wave himself. The two of continued for a while, with neither of them gaining the upper hand. Harald was weakened, but so was Ed. The fight with Alexander drained him a lot.
Still, he wasn't alone.
Arthur and Akira didn't waste the opportunities created by Ed and struck when Harald least expected it. Lightning magic, Void Blade, flying slashes. Harald couldn't dodge each and every one of them and ended up suffering from injuries. Herald was panicking ever since Raikou showed up and now he wasn't in a better state. Ed's appearance proved to be even more troublesome as he was the strongest out of those present.
Ed stored Muramasa and Ame-No-Murakumo, as his Shusui glowed in a black color as it charged up its power. Arthur and Akira held off Harald for only ten seconds, but it was more than enough for Ed.
"Providence Blade!" He teleported just in front of Harald and activated his skill. The slash that resulted was more than 100 meters tall. Harald's body disappeared along with the slash. Still, there was no experience point notification.
"Why don't you just give up? Isn't embarrassing to go through this every time?" Ed frowned as he noticed Harald's body forming itself. "Still, you used it up, didn't you? He He He…" He smiled wryly as he noticed the nervous face Harald was putting on.
More and more clashes took place in the sky. Both parties were rushing to finish the other off for one reason or the other. Ed had no idea for how long his Berserk power-up was going to last and Harald didn't want to wait to find out. He wanted to escape, but his pride wouldn't let him. Ed was using his three swords again, as he didn't plan on using his Providence Blade. It consumed a lot of KI, which he couldn't spare with Harald as his opponent. He only guessed that Harald had run out of resurrection chances, but if he was wrong and he exhausted his KI to win, he would suffer the consequences.
"WHA-?!" Harald was horrified as he noticed black hands emerging out of his shadow. Raikou used his Shadow Bind again on him with his remaining QI.
"Thanks, partner!" Ed took a stance with his three swords. Muramasa and Ame-No-Murakumo formed an angle with one another as he started to rotate them. They were all clad in Haki, Ren, and the black flames of Amaterasu. His step in carried so much weight and strength behind it, that he appeared instantly in front of Harald.
"Santoryu Ogi! (Three-Sword Style)" Ed sliced, with all three of his sword, with full power and speed. "Sanzen Sekai! (Three Thousand World)" The body of Harald was cut into three parts, and all of them caught on fire by Amaterasu.
"You bastards! You won't win! EVER!" Harald bellowed in both anger and fear, the black flames consuming him up to his last cell.
*Ding*
Acquired 600.000.000 Exp.
Acquired Gacha ticketx5.
Ed checked his stats as he felt an increase in his power.
Name: Edward Avalon.
Level: 69. (10.651.236/500.000.000) [Immortal Establishment level 2(6)**].
Stats:
HP: 2000/ 2000.
MP: 1510/1510.
STR: 860.
AGL: 830.
INT: 840.
DEF: 820
STA: 905.
Skills: Three-sword style, Etiquette, Haggling, Strategy, KI control, Driving, Calligraphy, Programming.
Abilities: Mangekyo-Sharingan, Spectral Shadow Steps, Wind magic, Fire magic, Space magic, Voice Disguise, Shunpo, Nen, Berserk, Water magic, Haki, Telekinesis, Regeneration, Parallel Thinking.
Monsters: Raikou, Suika, Gobuta, Goburou, Garu, Siegfried, Agumon, Merry.
Evaluation: Good.
Ed's face grew into a wild smile as he noticed his power-up. This was had been very fortuitous to him. One thing that he noticed was the increase in power of, not his monsters, but Arthur, Akira, and many of his comrades.
'I guess it worked after all…'
[You shouldn't have doubted me in the first place. I don't make mistakes.]
Ed smiled at the words of the system as he fainted to the ground. His KI, completely depleted.
The ** means Ed's current cultivation compared to his powered up cultivation. His stats reflect his non-powered-up one.
I didn't make a mistake, Ed got 600.000.000 Exp points. The highest ever. But as you see, his Exp consumption is also increasing.
Also, the fight between Ed and Alexander was better because I'm biased towards the chars that I like...So of course, their end would be better...
If the novel takes back top 20 spot there will be a mass release!
"This child should really learn how to hold back." Arthur approached Ed's fainted body and carried him. "Where's my pride as a father if he takes care of opponents such as these every time?" Uther and Akira on the side chuckled as well. They knew that their children were about to overtake them as well and they would be feeling the same way as Arthur.
"I think it's time to end the war," Arthur took Ed to a tent and left him to rest there. Raikou remained next to him in case anything happens.
The war had more or less been won. Most of the strong leaders of Blood sect were killed and the soldiers were being mercilessly killed. Arthur thought hard about whether to kill them all or to spare them. But, he thought how slaughtering them all would be an embarrassment to them. They were the winner and there was no reason to claim more lives. He flew towards the battlefield with his injured body and appeared at the front line.
"The supreme commander of the Blood sect army is no more!" He shouted these words for enemies and allies to hear. The allies that were resting in the back, and the new reinforcement, cheered. The enemies, now numbering less than 200.000 slumped and knew what it meant. They had lost the war. Their fate now rests on the degree of mercy in Arthur's heart. Luckily for them, he had made up his mind.
Goburou and Garu leading the two monsters armies thought about whether to continue killing or to stop. They knew that Ed needed to kill in order to get stronger. But, the man in front of them was Ed's father. After thinking about it for a while, they decided to halt the advancement of the monsters. Ed's companions also reached the same conclusion and stopped their massacre.
"We will not kill you; however don't expect us to be lenient. You will let your weapons down at once and we will take you as prisoners. Your fate will be decided afterward." The soldiers of Blood sect had no choice but to comply. At least most of them.
"I request a match. I won't die as a prisoner," a man said as he flew from among the soldiers. He was covered in blood and wounds and seemed to be one of the soldiers that fought the hardest. He could barely hold the sword, as his entire body was shaking. Still, he held on to his conviction and stood in front of Arthur. His breathing was heavy and uneven. The pressure of fighting against Arthur, a better cultivator and also as the supreme commander, weighed heavily upon him.
"I accept," said Arthur as he drew his saber. The man that requested the duel was a mid-level Heavenly Establishment. It wasn't a duel but a fulfillment of a last wish. They clashed swords only once, yet it looked majestic. The man's body fell to the ground as he drew his last breath. He died a warrior and not a prisoner.
"Anyone else?" Arthur said solemnly. The enemy soldiers thought hard about it, but only a handful of them requested it. Most of them clung to their lives, be it as free men or as prisoners, they wanted to live.
The enemy soldiers had their hands bound and started moving towards the camp. The coalition army soldiers did a final round of search, as they picked up the bodies of their comrades. Among them, a fat man was holding a skinny man as he muttered, "In the end, you're the one who went out with a bang…" It was the two friends that joked about this war being the end for them before it began. Now, only one of them remained.
The fat man pushed back his tears as he stored his best friends' body into a spatial ring. The war was not a pleasant one, and no matter how much they could gain from, they would always lose something much more important. The lives of the soldiers. The coalition army had lost a little less than half of its members. Glory sect lost two of its Elders, while Ryuu kingdom lost most of the soldiers. If not for the fact that Ed managed to kill all of the commanders, only death would have awaited them.
They had won, they were proud. But, they were not happy.
Ed woke up in his tent after resting for a while. All of his companions were by his side, as they had returned from the battlefield.
"So, what happened?"
"Your father decided to spare the soldiers. No one objected, so they are being escorted." Sieg gave him a simplified version of what happened. Ed thought about it for a while and smiled. He didn't object either and he wouldn't have. He could always get stronger some other way.
"I see. Then, I guess we'll get to have a vacation for a little while." Ed thought about how Blood sect would suffer from this defeat. They lost so many Immortal Establishment cultivators. So many soldiers. So many monsters…No matter what their next move will be, it won't be a second invasion.
'So, how strong did they become?' Ed contacted the system by telepathically.
[Wait, I'll show you a list.]
*Ding*
Arthur Avalon: Immortal Establishment level 5.
Akira Nakamura: Immortal Establishment level 5.
Audun: Immortal Establishment level 3.
Bard: Immortal Establishment level 2.
Leonard: Immortal Establishment level 2.
Edmund: Immortal Establishment level 2.
Hayato Nakamura: Immortal Establishment level 2.
Alicia Scale Pendragon: Immortal Establishment level 2.
Eric Avalon: Immortal Establishment level 1.
Griffin: Immortal Establishment level 1.
Ellie Tigris: Immortal Establishment level 1.
Elimia Aaragon: Immortal Establishment level 1.
Elizabeth Avalon: Heavenly Establishment level 10.
Leon Avalez: Heavenly Establishment level 10.
Stephanie Schwarz: Heavenly Establishment level 10.
Charlie Kaeborg: Heavenly Establishment level 10.
Liza Titan: Heavenly Establishment level 10.
Becky: Heavenly Establishment level 5.
Oliver: Heavenly Establishment level 3.
Bella Avalon: Heavenly Establishment level 1.
'Perfect!' Ed thought to himself as his plan was successful. He used the Party Function in order to share the exp with his friends and companion. He could only use it on twenty people, so this was the best match-up that he could come up with. In this one battle, he managed to strengthen the people closest to him. He thought about it for a little, as his tent opened up. It was Emilia.
Hello everyone! Enjoy the chapter and sorry for the sudden cultivation level dump.
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