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 Both Cyrus and Krystal had finished eating their meal together for almost an hour. Cyrus burped and patted his stomach with a contented look across his face. While he was eating earlier, he had ordered two deserts for his two spirits  to eat, which made them very excited and ate happily, even when he was eating silently he could hear them screaming in excitement, which made Cyrus laugh while eating shaking his head. 

 Krystal on the other hand, she isn't like any lady when eating, she could put a portion of every meal she had ordered in one spoon and gobble it like it was nothing which made Cyrus shock in silent with his mouth open, which in turn made Krystal embarrassed as she wiped her mouth with a table handkerchief with a slight blush on her cheeks.

 After eating, the two had walked out the building and the moment they have stepped out, people who walked by would occasionally look on them, not because they have a messy face but because the two are like models from the magazines! 

 "Let's go." Krystal gave Cyrus a smile then walked away towards the direction where she headed last night. Cyrus followed beside her with ease and the two would occasionally have talked about the city but most of the time they are quiet.

 They walked for an hour due to traffic on the roads and the streets are filled with people, but most of the time people would occasionally gave them a path while looking at the two with an awe expressions on their faces as if they've seen celebrities.

 Soon enough, they have walked to a street with less people and tall buildings, leaving only a huge mansions and houses on every block on the area, this is the High district of the city. This district is situated in the hilly geography on the city and roads here were winding on every corner of the hills. 

 The moment Cyrus stepped foot on the area, Lily's voice rang out with serious tone on her voice, [Be careful, there are too many powerful experts here and none of them have a weak cultivation base.] she warned. 

 Cyrus was startled, although he could feel tremendous pressure here, it wasn't locked to him which made him walk around at ease, but if all of these pressures are locked to him then it would gravely made him in a difficult situation, with his half broken cultivation this is not something he could withstand at the moment. 

 At the moment, his defense against anima-based attack is his weakness. The defense in which he excels the most was only physical defense, that is why such powerful mahika is very dangerous for him. 

 Cyrus took a little amount of time to adjust on the scattered pressure on the area before he could casually walk on this area at ease. While walking, he found this area very interesting and he could not help to ask Krystal about it.

 "This area is the high district area. Many powerful experts here lives here and most of them came from different region, clans, major clans, sects, and even experts with nobility status, these experts lives here because they find the life style here in this city is different and unique unlike the way people from the outside the country are used to." Krystal explained while walking.

 "Really? Are you acquainted with them?" Cyrus asked.

 "Mostly of them but not all, I've met them in imperial gatherings but the others like isolate themselves and spend more time on focusing on their alone time and cultivation." Krystal replied. 

 This district is really interesting…. Cyrus could not help to exclaim in thought.

 After walking for twenty minutes by the time they have entered this district, they finally stopped at the grand gates of a black mansion. This is the place where Krystal have gone last night, Catherine's mansion. But before Krystal could ring the bell, she turned to look at Cyrus.

 "Are you really sure about this?" She asked. 

 Cyrus only nodded his head with an assuring smile on his face. Krystal sighed before slowly pressing the doorbell creating a buzzing noise. 

 "…"

 The two waited for minutes but no one was responding, Krystal pushed the button once again. 

 Yet again, no response.

 What's going on here? Krystal furrowed her brows. 

 "Maybe she's not here?" Cyrus walked forward and grabbed the gates observing the mansion. 

 When Krystal turned around to face Cyrus, she suddenly noticed a vehicle approaching behind. It was a black car with an Éclair clan's crest on the A pillar of the car. Cyrus obviously seen the sudden change of expression on her face which in turn made him turned around to look at the car approaching towards them.

 Soon enough, the car arrived at the gates and stopped there at the side of the streets. 

 Krystal already knew the person inside this vehicle and knowing the person inside, she quickly pulled Cyrus shoulders and walked in front. 

 *bliii*

 The black tinted window of the driver side of the vehicle slowly opened revealing an alluring face of a young lady which stunned Cyrus by the sudden sight of the pretty woman in the car. Although she wears a red tinted vintage sunglass on her face her crimson eyes are still revealed, her brows were sharp and her thin shiny red lips were seductively smiling, over her head, her hair looked dull compared to Krystal's lightning blue hair but her hair was fixed into a very stylish manner, not only that, she wears a rosy red floppy hat. 

 Seeing the woman in the driver sit, Cyrus was startled on the alluring face of the woman but was not overwhelmed. He had already met many beautiful ladies by his side. Her mother and sister, Lily and Krystal are beauties that could topple the world upside down with appearance alone, if there's a possibility that Lynae could mature her appearance he knew that Lynae will be at the very top above Lily which placed in the 1st most beautiful person he had ever met. 

 Although she is at the top, it does not mean that those five women he had met already are below her, because everyone of them are unique to their own beauty.

 The woman remained smiling, she took a deep glace at Cyrus and when she was about to speak, Krystal immediately move in front the woman's sight, "Catherine, I hope you will keep your condition over the information on the hideout of the Night gang." 

 Catherine did not reply immediately, her smile turned into amused smile. She slowly took her sunglasses out from her face while speaking, "I was really not expecting you to really bring that man here this fast. But to think, here you are. Desperate much to locate the rats eh?" Catherine teased.

 Krystal remained cold with her brows knitted together, "Catherine, enough with the nonsense." She snorted. 

 Catherine laughed, "Alright then." She then opened the door of the car and walked out. Her tall and beautiful figure are stunning on the light of the sun. 

 'Truly a seductress…' Cyrus couldn't help to thought of that, he had already heard the bad side of this woman from Krystal when she introduce Catherine to him, not only she had introduce him, she kept implying that she's a dangerous person for men and he should avoid her if possible.

 Catherine walked at the side of Krystal then she stared at Cyrus. "Hi there young man, this beautiful lady is called Catherine Éclair." She introduced herself with a smile on her face, and obviously her smile was not normal but a heart stirring one. 

 Cyrus nodded and returned the smile, "I've long heard miss Catherine's achievements and this one is impressed by your achievements and talents at such a young age." He said with flattery which made Catherine smile even more seductive which made Krystal who's standing at the side have a visible nervousness appearing on her cold face.

 'Cyrus, what the heck are you saying! Stop flattering her!' Krystal wanted to shout those words that appeared on her mind but was suppressed because of the pressure that Catherine's pointing at her which made her mouth frozen stiff, and because of that, her once calm heart have started igniting once again with great flames of anger. 

 Catherine laughed on the simple flattery made by Cyrus, "I haven't met courageous man such as you to say that in front of me without being distracted by my appearance, however, this beautiful lady doesn't know how to address this handsome young man." Her eyes closed half open looking at Cyrus. 

 "This one is called Cyrus Baumgartner, Krystal's friend and a fellow enrollee." Cyrus introduced himself. However, when the word 'Baumgartner' had reached Catherine's ears. Her eyes flashed with crimson glint and move in a little surprised that Krystal did not notice, but for Cyrus who has been staring at her while introducing himself had obviously seen her react to his surname. 

 'This Catherine… Does she know about my family?' Cyrus thought to himself. Thinking about it, he knew how powerful this lady in front of him, not only that, she has many assets that even made him feel that this lady is a tricky person to deal with, knowing her strength she's obviously has been widely recognized by the many here in the continent and for her knowing about his family which has a shocking facts is not surprising at all. Both of his parents are renowned throughout the powerhouses in the continent and not only that, Catherine is still at the Academy when Clair became student there and knowing his sister's talent, she is obviously one of the talented students there. 

 While Cyrus was thinking about her slight reaction on his introduction, Catherine smile grew wider, 'To think this young man is actually a Baumgartner… However, his strength…" The more Catherine thought about it, she felt amazed and confused at the same time which made her even got intrigued at Cyrus.

 However, due to the silence that the two made after Cyrus introduced himself did not escape Krystal's eyes and obviously seen the strange scene. 'Catherine actually knew Cyrus' background?' this thought alone made her feel bitter and nervous at the same time. She felt bitter because the background of Cyrus actually had a weight into it because Catherine knew about it, she knew Catherine and that woman doesn't care about nobodies and she would only care that has a powerful background which is worth keeping on her knowledge which is why it made Krystal nervous! 

 She KNEW that Cyrus had a mysterious background, but she did not care about it because Cyrus was obviously keeping it hidden. But now because of her carelessness of not knowing the true background Of Cyrus they were put in such a situation that is already irreversible, she could only hope that nothing could happen bad.

 "It seems that miss Catherine knows about my family." Cyrus did not even try to avoid it because since he had already been discovered why bother hiding it, which stunned the two. 

 "Yes, in fact, I could say that I knew your family very well." Catherine smiled but she didn't talk further about his family.

 "…" Seeing that Catherine isn't talking about his family, he could only sigh in relief because she doesn't seem to be hostile towards him and his family. "I wonder why miss Catherine would like to meet me." He said putting the real business in hand in front. 

 "Nothing really, I just want to meet the person who has befriended with my cousin and the result was shocking that even made this beautiful lady very surprised." She smiled and laughed softly.

 Cyrus felt overwhelmed by such answer, to think there's really no significant matter why she would want to meet him? Not only him, but Krystal was also shocked by this result, she was shocked that Catherine was not making a move against Cyrus and not only that, her seductive nature was suppressed suddenly!

 Catherine turned to look at Krystal who had a stupefied expression her face, she laughed and lifted her hand pointing at Krystal's forehead. "As an exchange, I will obviously keep on my word." She passed her knowledge about the Night gang directly to Krystal consciousness which shocked her. 

 "Alright, leave now. If your business is done, you're welcome to visit me." Catherine turned to look at Cyrus and walked towards him casually, she raised her jade-like hand and touched Cyrus' soft nose, with that she walked towards the gates and walked in the entrance of the mansion. 

 "…"

 Cyrus and Krystal stood there with a blank expression on their face. 

 That's it!?

Killed by the assassins, Cyrus the master of different martial arts that his family taught had died in a raid by his family's rival killing him and his clan. Losing his hope to seek revenge for his family. On his last breath, a mysterious light came out on his parent's necklace bringing his soul to different space and world.

He was born anew in a world full of magic, martial arts, qi's, and mysteries that science cannot explain.

Losing his hope to return to his world, Cyrus sees his new family and protects them with his strength, but there was a problem. The necklace of his parents in his previous life was carved into his body causing him to suffer from pain and experienced multiple near deaths! 

However, it was not enough for Cyrus to stop his aim!

This aim is to protect his loved ones, save people from the darkness preventing them to suffer more, and explore the world. 

With his advance thinking and martial arts knowledge that he accumulated and trained in his previous life, he will use this to fight and continue his youthful life that he has not experience completely in his previous life.

"I don't care if evil begged for mercy, mercy is for the goods... But evil? Heh! Death is my answer!"

However, Is this is a right path for him?

If not, what path he should take?

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Now that everything had been prepared, it was time to create the Devil World. Zhao Fu went to the center of the island, and the Great Devil Formation had already been prepared.
Zhao Fu stood at the center and placed the Hundred Devil Blood Stone into the magic formation, bringing it to life immediately. It gave off boundless blood-red light and gave off a strange, sharp, pained, and twisted sound, making people's hairs stand on end.
Sensing this power, Zhao Fu could sense that the Devil World was most likely quite an evil and twisted place. However, no matter what, Great Qin needed this power.
Seeing that the Great Devil Formation was activated, the surroundings Devils all smiled and squatted down, pressing their palms against the magic formation. A massive amount of devil qi flowed into it, causing a massive aura to spread out, and the Great Devil Formation started to operate.
The many Devils continued to send devil qi into the formation, causing the formation's aura to become stronger and stronger. The Devil Qi Stones in the surroundings all disintegrated, and their devil qi was also absorbed.
The ground suddenly started to tremble, and the weather started to change as clouds swirled. The light dimed and a dangerous aura swept out like a flood.
Boom!
A shocking explosion sounded out as the Great Devil Formation gave off a piercing blood-red light and started to spin. A pillar of light containing immense power shot into the sky and smashed into it, causing the sky to tremble.
The blood-red pillar of light gave off a large amount of blood-red light, gradually dyeing the sky blood-red. A bloody, evil, crazed, and twisted aura spread out throughout the sky, causing those who saw it to feel fear.
Standing within the center of the blood-red pillar of light, Zhao Fu stretched out a hand towards the sky and started the final step of the process.
Boom!
An explosion sounded out as the Hundred Devil Blood Stone at the center of the formation gave off a wave of terrifying Devil Power and sent out a massive shockwave, making it difficult for the surrounding Devils to even stand.
The Hundred Devil Blood Stone turned into a ray of blood-red light as it traveled within the blood-red pillar of light and shot into the sky.
Boom! Boom!
Two explosion sounded out as two terrifying waves of might, bringing with them unstoppable power, descended, causing the surrounding Devils to feel their bodies sink.
A sun giving off intense, blood-red light appeared in the sky, and a moon giving off blood-red light had also appeared.
Within the Devil World, the blood moon and blood sun existed together. There was no night and no day, no yin and no yang, only chaos.
The appearance of the blood sun and blood moon signified the formation of the Devil World.
The blood sun and blood moon could be seen from a distance, and a blood-red color and an evil and twisted aura flooded over.
At that moment, Zhao Fu activated all of the barrier items, causing them to turn into rays of light and fly into the sky. They gathered into position and formed a powerful barrier that covered all of the blood-red light.
Zhao Fu thought that things were over, but at that moment, the blood sun and blood moon gave of intense blood-red light and two hazy figures flew out.
One was human-shaped but looked somewhat like a crow. It had two hands and two claws instead of feet. It also had a pair of wings with blood-red feathers.
The other looked like a rabbit and had blood-red fur. It had four eyes, as well as a blood-red crescent moon mark on its forehead.
Both figures gave off terrifying auras as they flew down from the sky and entered Zhao Fu's body before he could even react.
Zhao Fu immediately checked his body and found that there was nothing too strange. However, he now had two marks on his chest; one looked like a crow and one looked like a rabbit, and they seemed to connect to each other.
Following this, the silver dragon seal that Zhao Fu had obtained from the Ten Thousand Dragon Stage also fused with the two marks and formed a new mark.
This mark was blood-red and the shape of a crow and rabbit on one side, while the other side was silver and in the shape of a dragon, looking quite beautiful.
After the marks fused, they once again disappeared into Zhao Fu's body, and the surrounding ripples calmed down. However, the sky was still blood-red colored as was their surroundings. The blood sun and blood moon were still in the sky and had not disappeared.
Zhao Fu turned and asked the Devils around him, "What were those two figures?"
Even though he did not feel like there were any changes, it was still better to have a better understanding of them in order to prevent any mishaps in the future.
Momijigari lightly smiled as she replied, "Your Majesty, they are the two most powerful Devils out of all of the us. One of them is the Yatagarasu, the crow of the sun, and the other is the Gyokuot, the rabbit of the moon. In actuality, summoning the blood sun and blood moon were summoning them.
"Them appearing and entering Your Majesty's body is a sign of them acknowledging Your Majesty. Now, Your Majesty can also use Devil Power, and it will increase Your Majesty's power; it will not bring any harm to Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Zhao Fu felt quite relieved and did not pay it much mind.
Now that the Devil World had been formed, the next thing to do was to check its effects. Zhao Fu had been looking forward to this and ordered people to bring in some wild beasts, rebels, and traitors.
After entering the Devil World, these people and beasts did not react much, only looking around in fear. However, what they did not notice was that there were traces of blood-red qi entering their bodies.
The first to react was a black bull. Its gentle gaze was now replaced with a look of savageness and violence.
It gave a loud roar and started to attack the other wild beasts. It first attacked a panther, and as a carnivore, the panther used its fangs and claws to fight back against the black bull.
However, the black bull allowed it to attack as much as it wanted, and in the end, the black bull was able to kill the panther. It was covered with wounds as it started to devour the panther's corpse. 
This made the people watching feel quite surprised; after all, bulls were herbivores, yet now it was devouring a panther. As the black bull devoured the panther, more and more blood-red qi entered the panther's body and was absorbed by the black bull.
The aura that the black bull gave off became more and more powerful. After devouring the panther, the black bull lay on the ground as if it was recovering from its wounds.
The black bull's wounds quickly recovered as if there was a power helping it recover.
Half a day later, the black bull once again stood up and attacked a sika deer. Now, the black bull was much stronger in terms of both speed and power, and it killed the sika deer in just a few charges before eating its corpse.
Ono the third day, the black bull killed two people and devoured their corpses. One person's head was directly crushed by the bull's teeth, causing blood and brains to splatter everywhere, creating a terrifying and evil scene.
The black bull happily ate, and after devouring the two people's corpses, it suddenly gave a massive roar as a powerful aura exploded out from it.
It suddenly stood up and its body gradually took human form. It was three meters tall, and its front hooves became sharp claws. Even though the look in its eyes was still quite violent and twisted, there was now a trace of intelligence within them.
A Black Bull Devil had appeared!


“Ding! Soulbinding has been successfully completed; you will now head to the Heaven Awaken World.” After hearing this, Zhao Fu’s vision darkened as he fell to the ground.

With bleak prospects in the real world, Zhao Fu’s life is turned around when countless crystals fell from the sky one night, which people could use to enter an alternate, game-like world. After obtaining an ancient Chinese empire’s legacy, Zhao Fu uses his intellect and resourcefulness to develop his own empire from a tiny village. However, with enemies both in the real world and in the Heaven Awaken World, he must make brilliant decisions and use creative schemes to survive.

In the blue jade forest, 

Two human figure were running speeding through, aligning their trajectory to only slightly deviate when a tree was in their path they were moving at an impressive speed one of them was jule with his  mangekyou spinning like crazy and with a serious face, and just behind him was Prince now with fighter cloth and more muscle than ever, He looked like an impressive martial artist and was keeping up with his master.

At this moment a huge figure was behind them an impressive looking iron armored bull was just behind them not bothering to avoid tree, he was running madly obviously angered to death, leaving a trail of broken trees and devastation behind him.

Just as they were heading deeper and deeper into the forest without making any sign or telling any instruction Jule continue running ahead of him and started to climb the huge tree who was facing him coating his shoes with a little qi like a shinobi would with chakra.

At the same prince stopped in his track and faced the bull, making a horse stance his face was dead serious and a huge quantity of qi was emanating from him.

As the three meter tall bull saw him he accelerated his course for fear that his adversary would run and charged pointing his horn in his direction.

Squinting slightly his eyes, Prince made by now more than a hundred qi circulation, the life qi from the angel path was exhilarating and if someone was looking closely he would notice that some nearby flower started to blossom and some grass was beginning to grow in the area.

As the bull was nearing the impact was now imminent, Prince stretch out his two hand and made a grabbing motion gripping one of the two horn.

The strength between the bull charge was no joke and contrary to the look iron armored bull are actually proficient in the molding of air qi and in this charge the bull made sure to coat himself with the qi to lower the wind resistance as much possible, and at the same time making his horn sharper than ever.

Prince took several steps behind but didn't lost his balance or the horn even as some of the air qi in the bull horn traveled inside Prince body , and in the next moment a small red spherical object landed just on top of the bull.

At the contact with the bull the red spherical object opened up and a strange red laser came out dragging the bull inside.

Prince exhausted and hurt by the shock gulped some blood from some light internal injuries he sustained, he made several qi circulation directing his life qi toward the injuries quickly stabilizing his  condition. 

Finally he kept watching the red ball as it started swinging from left to right.

In the mean time, on top of the tree Jule was fighting a manticore eagle who was evading the skillfully long ranged kamui attempt of jule who after having occupied the eagle threw a pokeball to the bull who was facing Prince.

Having done that he didn't wait to see, if the bull was being caught and just instantly made several hand signs as his left arm started to morph into long wooden spikes without waiting jule jumped wind in his hair as he at the same time applied his armament haki to his spike and launched the three of them toward the eagle. 
Skillfully the eagle evaded two of the spike heading toward him, but didn't have enough time and space to evade the third one, who then managed to pierce through his left wing, the eagle naively thought that the attack was done, but the spike inside him started to multiply itself hurting deeply the eagle. 

Overcome by the pain the eagles fell directly near prince location and without waiting the falling jule followed it course using one of his home made wind release jutsu to slow down his fall and directing himself to the ground.

By now Prince concentrated his attention toward the red ball, only a couple second passed since the bull was drawn inside it.

'What master said was true what a strong item i wonder from where he bought it..' Thought Prince

The plan of Jule was simple if the capture was a success, he could see if the thing will obey it command like in pokemon, and if the beast was to be unleash the pokeball would have made prince gains several second to heal, and for jule to finish his fight against the eagle.

As prince was still readying himself for whenever the beast could escape the red ball, a huge crash sounded and prince saw the manticore eagle crashing in the tree at his left and his master slowly nearing him.

'The pokeball still haven't unleashed the bull and still didn't capture him how odd... it should already unleashed or captured by now.' Thought Jule

Suddenly his heartbeat accelerated, and his started to feel a sharp cold in his neck.. a feeling of fear started to unleash itself in the heart and mind of Jule.

'What is happening! Since I've taken the lone king bloodline my sense have been sharply increased, and i can sense the danger Like... a Spider sense i guess..But what's is so threatening? i see nothing.. No time to think!'
 
Jule leaped toward the eagle and quickly extracted the core before making eye contact with prince telling him to rush.

Prince understood instantly the message and started to sprint no question asked. Jule started to think 'What about the pokeball should i take it with me? But what if the bull is unleashed? Argh i guess i will take it.'

Rushing toward the pokeball jule snatched it as continued to run outside the forest.

Release 2 ch/week minimum, i will throw a bonus chapter every 15 power stone !



Jule Devins died breaking his neck while in the stairs, losing his footing because of a small earthquake happening at the same time. God finding his death "The most silly death of the decade" decided to give him the opportunity to reincarnate in one of the other world of god.

[Damn bird!]

The bird, as if it could hear his mind's curse, hopped to another conveniently placed pinecone. It lifted its leg.

"Stop," Van warned, his hackles raised. 

The red bird cawed mockingly.

A third pinecone hurtled downwards. Van rolled away in the nick of time. A crater formed behind him.

Before the dust settled, he picked up a rock and with all his strength, hurled it at the cocky bird above.

With great accuracy, the stone hit the bird's taloned claw. Although it did not harm the bird, it still became enraged. 

The Red Pinion bird drew its wings close to its body and shot downwards. 

Gritting his teeth, Van held his ground. At the last moment, he threw his body sideways.

It's razor sharp beak hurtled past him. 

The red bird was caught off guard. It had underestimated this puny human! It screeched to a halt.

This moment of confusion was enough for Van. 

Grabbing a fistful of tail feathers, he dragged the bird towards him. 

The bird screeched and raked a sharp talon across his arm, splitting flesh and spraying blood. 

Van was secretly shocked; when could even a bird slice through flesh with just its talons? A feeling of fear flashed through him. Not good, he needed to kill the bird immediately, before it could do the same!

Van ignored the pain and slashed with the dagger. The blow glanced off the bird, whose feathers were unusually hard. His successive blows were the same, unable to make an injury on the bird.

In the chaotic trade of blows, somehow Van was able to land a blow on the tender flesh of the bird's neck. This time, blood flowed from the wound. The boy was elated, he had found a weak spot! 

Doggedly, he kept hacking at the Red Pinion bird's neck, who had weakened due to loss of blood. One more time, his dagger sliced across the bird's neck.

It weakened and then dropped to the ground.

Demon bird, Van cursed it.  He examined the deep gash in his arm.

Luckily, Iron Grass was precisely praised for its ability to staunch wounds and promote blood regeneration. Removing some from his basket, he chewed on one clump. One half he swallowed and the other half he smeared on his wound. Then, he bound his flesh together tightly with some cloth.

He started to remove the valuable parts of the bird, which were the vibrant red feathers and kept the carcass for a roast dinner that night. The feathers could sell for a few coppers in the next town over, where its scarlet red color was prized for making women's accessories. However, they were a lot harder and sharper than any feathers he'd gotten his hands on before. 

He found a dully gleaming round stone within the Red Pinion Bird's stomach. 

A low thrum of energy was felt when he held it in his palm. Curious, but clueless of what this fingernail-sized pebble was, he put it up into the air and rotated it around in the sunlight.

What could it be? I've never seen something like this!

Suddenly, a twig snapped.

A low, threatening growl rumbled from behind him.

Van whipped around, only to see the red, glaring eyes of an enormous black bull. It was at least twice the height of Van, and its eyes were fixed on the stone in his hand greedily. It had been attracted to the area due to the scent of blood and had found a treasure. Unfortunately, there was a human in the way. But, it thought arrogantly, that was simple to solve.

Rrrrumph...rrrrummph!

The bull pawed the dirt and tossed its head threateningly. The pointed tips of his horns gleamed in the sunlight.

It charged.

Van's face paled. 

First a demon bird, and now a demon bull? It seemed the rumours about crazy beasts on this mountain were true. Van smiled grimly, hatred flashing through his dark-brown eyes. Whoever's targeting me, you really got me good this time!

Calming his heart, he turned and ran into the trees. Using his experience in traveling through mountain terrain, he hoped the dense trees would slow down the massive black bull. 

Rumbling hoofbeats followed!

The boy leaped into the gaps between trees, curving and weaving through the trunks. He looked over his shoulder and saw a terrifying sight.

The bull charged through the trees, heedless of its path. It directly destroyed everything in front of it with its sheer charging force. 

Van only grew more determined. In this life and death situation, he was deadly calm. He drew on his hunter's mindset – prey was prey, hunter was hunter, but at any moment, that could reverse!

The bull, even though it had to bulldoze through dozens of trees, was just as fast as he. Either they competed on stamina, or Van had to do something. But what?

He considered the buzzing stone in his hand. In the end, he did not let go of it. If the bull wanted it, it must be something good. 

The pair continued upwards, one flitting between obstacles and the other domineeringly destroying everything before it. As they traveled upwards, the trees grew denser and denser, and thicker and thicker. This slowed down the rampaging bull. Van calculated that over time, the bull would slow down and the gap between them would increase, but Van would also get tired!

What to do!

Van gritted his teeth. He had no solution. After giving chase for almost an hour now, Van was sure that even if he gave up on the stone, the bull would still kill him out of vengeance. 

At an impasse, Van continued to weave through the trees, knowing that his stamina was fast running out. He had to think of something, quick!

Unfortunately, the vegetation ahead started to clear. The huffing breaths of the massive bull behind Van were getting louder and louder. Perspiration beaded on his neck, but doggedly, he continued forwards.

Van was first to emerge into the strange, fog-filled space. The bull was only a few dozen metres behind him at this point. He dashed forward, but a strange instinct made him glance down.

Hu!

Van skidded to a halt, teetering over the edge of a gigantic hole. If he had not looked down at the ground at this precise moment, he would have fallen straight in because the fog was so pervasive and thick!

The hole's depth could not be seen, and its width was tens of metres wide. 

Van smiled. The prey was going to turn the tables! He turned around and shouted, as loud as he could.

"Catch me if you can, stupid lump of meat!"

The bull heard the taunting shouts of the puny human in front of it and shook its head side to side in anger. It renewed its speed, crushing the landscape in front of it. Soon, it thundered into the clearing full of fog.

The strange, dense air didn't even cause it to pause. All it could see through its rage and greed was the thin human boy and the stone in his hand!

Pah!

The human boy lightly threw the stone. The bull made to dash past the human boy, uncaring, it would deal with the brat later!

Van was slightly regretful, but in the end, his life was still more valuable than the stone!

Three things happened in quick succession:

The bull charged past Van in pursuit of the stone.

The bull, watching the stone, saw it start to plummet down below ground level, and realized he had been duped.

The bull, unwilling and vengeful, made a final play!

Van felt something tighten around his ankles. 

Our poor hero Van, standing by the hole, feeling victorious few moments too early - was pulled in by the bull's tail! 

The pair, one remorseful human, one gleeful bull, plummeted downwards into the hole.

Abandoned in a village with his dependant younger sister, he has fought to survive his whole life. His fate changes when he stumbles upon a mysterious ring by the mountainside. It promises him limitless power and glory if he can help it find its legendary master - a powerful ancient being who has been missing for thousands of years.

A must-read for those who love Eastern Fantasy with all its butt-kicking, humor, adventure, treasures, pets, romance and etc.
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[Excerpt]

"My master is one of the most powerful ancient gods in existence," the ring said pompously, "Renowned in all the lands! Once we find him, he will reward us handsomely!"

"You don't even remember what he looks like!" Van scoffed, "How exactly am I supposed to find him!?"

The ring pretended not to hear.

"Oh Master, your most faithful servant has failed you - I have been stuck with an idiot!" It wailed.

"Takes one to know one," Van muttered darkly.

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Author's note:

The main character is not a cold-blooded psychopath or anti-hero. He has his own morals and will stick by them.

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Old Tie felt his heart trembling as he stood on the ground and watched the Primordial Diabolical Bull charge straight through the skies.
Right now, he was only aware of one thing: the massive Primordial Diabolical Bull's charge. 
Gonggong had smashed his head into the Buzhou Mountain! [1. According to Ancient Chinese Mythology, when the Chinese God of Water Gonggong lost to the Chinese God of Fire, he smashed his head against the Buzhou Mountain, a pillar that held up the sky, thus damaging it and causing the sky and earth to tilt, which resulted in great floods and suffering.] 
Suddenly, Old Tie remembered an ancient story he had heard. The gallop of the Primordial Diabolical Bull contained a boundless power akin to smashing into the Buzhou Mountain.
In comparison to the Primordial Diabolical Bull, Luo Yunyang seemed like a speck of dust…
It was the same technique and the same strike, yet this time the might increased tenfold. If it was not for the attribute regulator, Luo Yunyang would only have one technique to use against the rampaging bull charging straight at him.
He would only have been able to run as far away as he could!
The ferocious bull rushed over in a frenzy. When it was several hundred meters away, Luo Yunyang unleashed the Mighty Sky Dragon's Mark against the bull's body.
The Mighty Sky Dragon was already incomparably powerful on its own. However, now that it had been converged into a mark and combined with the fusion of Luo Yunyang's god-grade essence flames, the instant it struck, it also contained an immensely powerful, immeasurable blaze.
"Based on the power levels of these two, if any of these attacks were to strike Shen'du's walls, the city's defenses would be completely blown away!" Zhuge Yi speculated. He was one of the founding members of Shen'du's defense system, so he knew it like the back of his hand.
A single strike would break down Shen'du's defenses. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
Nobody said anything else afterwards. Most people were quietly watching the shaky footage on the screen. They saw how terrifying the exchange between the two strong ultimate powerhouses had gotten.
As a loud crash reverberated, it seemed like the sky was ripping apart. The rampaging bull's body had collided with the Mighty Sky Dragon's Mark. 
Before it was attacked, the Primordial Diabolical Bull had still been thinking of charging forward.
The power contained in its blood was already aroused, so the bull definitely wouldn't retreat.
However, that strike was so powerful that it seemed to turn the world on its head. Even the force of the Primordial Diabolical Bull's Trampling Galaxy was stopped.
BOOM!
The bull's body landed heavily on the earth like a comet crashing down.
The Primordial Diabolical Bull let out a savage cry. Its eyes were already blood-red, and its power appeared to increase.
In an instant, the black bull was a massive blood-red bull. Its eyes were blazing like the sun, while a crystal the size of a fist had appeared between them.
Luo Yunyang was stunned when he saw that crystal. He suddenly recalled an excerpt from the Heaven-Battling Ape-Dragon Chart.
"It's using a Heavenly Source Stone!"
All the cultivation techniques in the Heaven-Battling Ape-Dragon Chart had annotations. One of the most important annotations was that if the search for essence flames and divine waters proved difficult, one could search for a Heavenly Source Stone.
A Heavenly Source Stone could reverse attributes, turn essence flames into divine waters and vice versa.
However, these weren't the main functions of the Heavenly Source Stone. Its most important use was to increase a martialist's vital energy absorption rate and purify blood. The use of a Heavenly Source Stone in combat could raise the power of blood multiple times. 
Right now, the Primordial Diabolical Bull was probably using a Heavenly Source Stone to raise the power within its own blood. 
When he thought about the harm the bull would do to the Heavenly Source Stone, Luo Yunyang was pissed. Such an important object was something that could only be discovered, not sought. The fact that the Primordial Diabolical Bull was wasting it in such a manner was simply unforgivable.
"Put down my Heavenly Source Stone!" 
The Primordial Diabolical Bull froze. It had never expected to hear such a thing while it was using the Heavenly Source Stone it had been saving for so long.
This Heavenly Source Stone was clearly its possession. It was an object that had allowed the bull to ascend from an ordinary dire beast to its current state.
How the hell had it become Luo Yunyang's?
The Primordial Diabolical Bull charged once again without any explanation. This time, blood-red stars appeared around its four giant blood-red hooves.
Meanwhile, a vague blood-red path appeared beneath its legs.
This strange path, which didn't seem to exist, led all the way under Luo Yunyang's feet.
When he saw the bull frantically charging at him, Luo Yunyang didn't hesitate. He moved his palms the same way again and unleashed the Mighty Sky Dragon's Mark.
However, when the Mighty Sky Dragon appeared behind Luo Yunyang, he didn't immediately form a mark. Instead, he adjusted his attribute regulator quickly and converted all his Power Attribute Points into Moon Power.
Suddenly, a giant arm appeared on the formidable Mighty Sky Dragon. It was an incomparably dark arm that seemed to cover the sky.
Meanwhile, the body of the Mighty Sky Dragon changed greatly. Its coarse waist and body were like those of a huge ape.
This was the First Ape-Dragon Variation!
Given Luo Yunyang's current cultivation level and the fact that only his Sun Power had reached god-grade boundaries, he shouldn't have been able to unleash the First Ape-Dragon Variation.
However, thanks to his attribute regulator and the conversion of flame power into frigid ice, Luo Yunyang was able to unleash this simple Ape-Dragon Variation.
The transformation of the Mighty Sky Dragon into the Sky-Ripping Violent Ape allowed the power of the Violent Ape to increase tenfold in an instant. 
This had been Luo Yunyang's most important reason for coming to the Sky Scar Stronghold.
As he had waited for the Primordial Diabolical Bull's impending arrival, Luo Yunyang had used the shadow of the Dragon's Head and Ape's Body to unleash the Ape-Dragon Variation against the Primordial Diabolical Bull.
By the time his palm had gotten close to the Primordial Diabolical Bull, it was about 30 meters wide. However, compared to the massive bull, it was still tiny.
Despite its size, when his palm struck, the Primordial Diabolical Bull was sent flying.
There was no resistance or sluggishness. Luo Yunyang had moved his hand as normally as if he was just swatting away a fly.
The bull fell to the ground once more and stared at Luo Yunyang fearfully, Although that strike hadn't hurt his steel-like body much, it had made it feel extremely terrified.
If it continued to stay there, it would definitely die.
This was the only thought on the bull's mind. Thus, after glaring at Luo Yunyang, it moved its legs and streaked towards the huge dimensional fracture like a black flash of lightning.
The Primordial Diabolical Bull had fled!
Luo Yunyang looked a little anxious as he watched the bull enter the dimensional fracture.
Although he didn't give a damn about the fate of the Primordial Diabolical Bull, he certainly couldn't abandon the stone.
"Give me back my Divine Stone!" As soon as the power of the Ape-Dragon Variation dissipated, Luo Yunyang chased after the Primordial Diabolical Bull.


Violet skies, a world undergoing massive changes, a deficient moon, interlinking voids...
When the world experienced a cataclysmic event,the majority of living things died right away. Although humanity survived by hiding in the last safe zones, humans had to face mutated dire beasts and colossal source beasts that could break through the space barrier and enter the earth at any second.
Luo Yunyang, a young man who grew up in those calamitous times, obtained an attribute regulator and set out to walk the path of supremacy!

Right after Lin Qiao put the dog, the snake, the mushroom, the tiger, and the bunch of dying animals into her space, she got into the car with Teng and prepared to leave. But, a red figure suddenly landed before the motorcade. Then, along with a thunderous bang, a huge object fell from the sky.
'Oh, here comes another one,' people said in their heads when they clearly saw the red creature and the huge thing.
Lin Qiao stuck her head out of the car and looked at the enormous red cat, then at the huge, black, mutated bull, which was thrown to the ground by the cat. Before she could react, the weird red cat turned around, wagged its tail, and disappeared again.
Lin Qiao didn't know what to say. 
She looked at the enormous bull. The vehicles wouldn't be able to pass if she didn't take the bull into her space.
"Well, this one is really here to deliver food," Teng crawled onto her lap and stuck his head outside the window too. Then, the boy shrank back and stood up on the backseat, looking at the bull through the rear windshield. 
The four caught the prey for themselves, but the red cat caught the bull for his Mama.
Duan Juan, who was preparing to drive, rested her hands on the steering wheel, then turned and looked at Lin Qiao. 
It was the second time. What did the weird cat want?
It was like a ghost.
The ones in the other vehicles all stuck their heads out of the car to look at the black bull, which had barred the road.
"So huge! How many tons do you think it weighes?"
"Three? It's twice the size od the hairless cat, right?"
"It's definitely heavier than three tons. It's even larger than an adult elephant!"
Teng carried Teng off the car and walked toward the bull, which was probably dead already. After making just two steps, she stopped and turned around, then wore a helpless look on her face.
"One more? Is this ever gonna stop? What is this one coming for?" Lin Qiao looked around and said.
Teng held her neck and looked around as well. He sensed the creature much more clearly than Lin Qiao did. "Em… Have you met this one already? I don't think it's coming close to us."
On hearing what he said, Lin Qiao lowered his head and glanced at the boy with surprise, "How do you know?"
"I felt it," Teng said after two seconds of silence.
Lin Qiao didn't know what to say.
She looked around again, then found the creature which was hiding in darkness really showed no sign of coming out. So, she turned and walked to the black bull, then put the mutated black bull, which had shiny fur, into her space. It was still alive, but not for long.
On the clearing before Lin Qiao's house in the space, Lu Tianyi was busy cleaning the prey that the four had hunted. The four were gathering near the stairs before the house, staring at him. The mushroom had no eyes, but it was looking at Lu Tianyi as well.
All of a sudden, a slight thud was heard from nearby. Lu Tianyi and the four, as well as all the zombies who were working in the field , all turned to that area.
"No way! Do I need to skin and cut this one too? This is a huge one. It's much bigger than the ones you guys caught," Lu Tianyi was surprised to see the black bull, then he turned and complained to the four about how large it was.
"Wow!" From the balcony, Bowwow barked at Lu Tianyi unhappily. It clearly detected the scorn on Lu Tianyi's face. 
Black, who was coiling on the roof, reached down his head, then wriggled down to the ground, toward the black bull. He took a few circles around the bull, then crawled back onto the roof.
Lu Tianyi glanced at the big rat which had just been skinned by him, then at the pile of prey near him. After that, he turned to the huge black bull which was thrown into the space just now.
Suddenly, he felt so tired. He had just started feeling better, and Lin Qiao already gave him a ton of work to do. How cruel was she?
What made him speechless was that the four wouldn't let anyone else touch their prey! He couldn't even find someone to assist him. The four didn't catch the bull though. So, it would be okay for him to find someone to help him to cut the bull, right?
He thought for a moment, then yelled at Pesticide, who was catching bugs in the vegetable field, "Pesticide, come here!"
Pesticide raised his head and looked at Lu Tianyi without doing what the latter said.
"Come here! Do I need to go over there to guide you?" Lu Tianyi waved at him.
On hearing that, Pesticide slowly stood up and moved toward him.
"Go over there and kill the bull," Lu Tianyi handed him a knife, then pointed at the bull.
"Roar?" Pesticide was immediately confused. He did not know how to kill a bull! The bull was so huge! Would it suddenly move its hooves and kick him into the sky?
"It's dying," said Lu Tianyi to him impatiently, "Go over there and poke the knife into its neck, then it'll die. Are you afraid that the dying bull might kick you? How weak are you?"
With hesitation, Pesticide took over the military dagger and moved toward the huge bull worryingly.
After throwing the bull into the space to Lu Tianyi, Lin Qiao turned and went back into the car. The team finally left that area and headed toward Huaxia Base again.
Mo Yan was sitting on top of the last car, with the zombie girl in a white dress standing beside him. He glanced at the black figure that was flashing across the forest in the back from time to time, then said to the zombie girl, "I wonder why the zombie lady is so attractive to these mutated beasts. They all want to follow her. Is it because of her scent?" 
Lin Qiao's scent was indeed different from the scents of normal zombies. She had a faint aroma. Mo Yan had no idea how Lin Qiao's scent could affect mutated beasts. For zombies, it just smelt nice; it was refreshing and sweet.
The zombie girl quietly glanced at him. Mo Yan knew that she had no answer to that question either, so he continued, "Those two have been following her all the way. The cat even brought her food, but the dog isn't doing that yet. Is the dog not as smart as the cat?"
The zombie girl stayed silent. How was she supposed to know if the dog was smarter or the cat? She wasn't a dog or a cat.
"If anything bad happens to me in the future, you should just follow her," Mo Yan abruptly added, "It's safer for you."
Currently, mankind wasn't the only enemy of zombies anymore. Those underground creatures were dangerous for zombies too.
"Roar!" The zombie girl gave him a deep roar and shook her head determinedly.
'You told me not to leave you before. Are you going to leave me now?'
Mo Yan sighed as a trace of gloominess was added to his pretty face. "Don't worry," he said, "I won't go and find him now. I'll go when I have regained all my power. You won't be going with me."
The zombie girl popped her eyes and lowered her head, staring at the back of Mo Yan's head. "Roar?" She didn't understand.
Mo Yan raised his head and smiled as he looked at her in the eyes and said, "I don't want you to go with me. I don't want you to die."
That smile of his wasn't as wickedly charming as his usual smile, or that naughty kind of smile with one side of his mouth corners curved. It was warm, containing a slight bit of tenderness. 


Lin Qiao remembers nothing from the past five years since the post-apocalyptic era began. She wakes up only to find herself having become a newborn, superpowered zombie, in a body that used to belong to an evil and notorious woman!

Having kidnapped a girl and raped her father, the previous host met her demise at the very hands of the conspiracies she courted all her life, leaving Lin Qiao no choice but to deal with the consequences while trying to figure out her own past and the fate of her loved ones. 

As for the little girl’s father, can’t he just have a decent fight? He’s a human being, but why is he biting a zombie? She’s the zombie! She’s the one who’s supposed to bite! 

"Looks like you're having a much harder time than I thought, General," I deduced.
It was the night after our toast in the command tent. After I, Ty, Azuma, and other viseres clocked out for the day, the remaining Foolhardies under Aura's leadership marched the rest of the way to the oasis in the southwest that I'd designated as our first target. Their pace allowed them to arrive at the location just before dusk.
So tonight, I found myself staring down into a desert valley where a fierce battle was being waged between the forces of General Red Bull and a much larger enemy army than previously reported.
"Well, I didn't really expect that bastard to get in my way, you know," Red Bull answered as he sent me a sidelong glance. "So you're the commander who beat Azuma and Jimmy Jonas, huh… thought you'd be taller."
I frowned. There was one thing I hated about meeting new people and it was always this unfair comment on my height. After all, height had nothing to do with talent in battle strategy.
"Don't sweat it, Commander Dapper," he said reassuringly. "I measure a human's worth by their ability to be useful in battle."
Red Bull playfully smacked the shoulder of his lieutenant, the one-thousand-man commander, April Valentine.
"Look at April here," he pointed a thumb at her. "She looks like a gust of wind would blow her away but you won't find a sharper mind anywhere else in Garm's army."
I glanced over at the pair of them and couldn't help but notice how opposite they looked from each other.
While April seemed like a frail, short-haired, fair-faced angel, her general with his two large horns and muscular physique wrapped in sun-kissed flesh was almost like a demon. Both of them wore similar style scale mail armor, the kind that hugged one's figure like a superhero's outfit.
"I'm surprised Great General Garm even has human officers," I admitted. "He didn't strike me as the type who associated with us Mudgardians."
Red Bull guffawed loudly, drawing attention from the people around us.
"Old Garm's a purist, but he's not a great general for nothing," Red Bull said. "He'll recognize talent and reward those who prove valuable."
He sent me another sidelong glance.
"The big boss hates your guts though," Red Bull smirked. "Something about you not having the proper sense to die when he hit you."
The sound of explosions rocked our ears and turned our attentions back to the battle below.
The oasis, an extra-large watering hole surrounded by desert firs and shrubs, sat cozily in the center of this small desert valley. It had been heavily barricaded by the enemy with what I assumed was a magically formed fifteen-foot hedge formed around the oasis like a maze.
Red Bull's soldiers chose not to enter the maze which was obviously a big fat trap. They opted instead to blow it to smithereens with some well-placed black powder explosives.
A black plume rose up from the front of the maze. Flames licked the corners of the hedge that hadn't been blown away. It worked. Or so we all thought.
But, as if time was being reversed, the hedge rapidly grew itself back in a matter of seconds, thereby closing the hole that had been created. Unfortunately, some of Red Bull's men had already crossed into the other side and were stuck over there.
Pretty soon we heard the war cries and death rattles that told us our soldiers had been slain.
The satyr crossed his arms
"Well, shit," he scowled. "That was a muddaming disaster…"
He turned his piercing gaze on me, the guy who'd suggested the failed tactic.
"What else you got?" he asked.
There was no accusation in his tone, and I could tell he was giving me another chance to prove myself. In fact, I guessed that he and his lieutenant already had a plan on standby but they were waiting to see if I could deliver first.
I sighed inwardly and wondered why everything in the universe seemed to be one big fat test.
My gaze moved down to the maze once more.
On first inspection, the maze itself seemed harmless apart from the myriad of directions one could get lost in. It wasn't tall enough to impede a pixie's flight either, but strangely enough, not even the birds that passed into this valley would fly over the hedge maze.
Within the hedge maze, the glint of metal revealed several large units patrolling inside it, ready to take out any unsuspecting intruders who stumbled inside. By the maze's size alone, I suspected there were thousands of soldiers hiding within, way more than one could see even from our vantage point above.
At the center of this artificial maze, an army that seemed equal to the size of its attackers was waiting. However, a mist covered this central space, making visibility of what lay inside extremely difficult.
"This is definitely magic," I reasoned.
"Nature magic," Aura explained.
She'd been kneeling on the ground in front of us with a crystal in her outstretched hands. The crystal, which was initially as clear as glass, was now glowing a verdant green.
"A powerful nature spell envelops this entire valley… I would assume that there's a master magician at the center of the maze, and if not, then at least a dozen magicians casting the same enchantment," she explained further.
I took into account the information Aura gave me while I surveyed the maze below.
Defenders and attackers clashed at the edge of the hedge as some of the enemy units braved the outside of it to test our own defensive capabilities. A remarkable thing about this maze was how it seemed to open up whenever their side chose to attack almost as if it was aware of who was good and who was bad.
"How powerful do you think this spell is?" I asked Aura.
"An area of effect spell like this one is most often a high-tier one," she answered.
Aura got up and dusted off her knees. Then she stood to full height and pocketed her crystal.
"You want to see if it'll stand up to a bombardment, don't you?" she guessed knowingly.
I nodded.
"Want me to summon the efreet?" She locked her fingers together and stretched them forward. "I can't promise my power will be enough though."
I shook my head and patted her shoulder.
"No need to worry yourself, partner…" I raised the peace sign high in the manner of a football player after he'd scored a goal. "Let's see if these master magicians can hold their own against the chosen one."
The call came down to the very front where I had Luca waiting on standby with Luca and his Reavers.
I'd seen the maze hedge before meeting General Red Bull, and I already assumed then that I would need the power of the chosen one to break through it.
Red Bull walked closer to me and Aura.
"So that's him, huh?" he said. "Are you sure he's the one? Seems almost as flimsy as April."
We watched the tall figure walk over to the edge of the hedge.
"He's the one," I said, a hint of pride escaping my lips.
It had been five months since Ty officially joined the Foolhardies, and we tended to use his powers sparingly as the situation rarely called for the nuclear option. Tonight, however, I imagined Ty could finally get to show off a bit.
We watched Ty stretched his hands out to the maze. We saw his form shimmer, bathed in a blue aura that I always likened to Captain Marvel when she was flying in the sky.
Then we felt the night turn cold as if father winter had suddenly come upon this valley and let out a long, chilly breath over it. Quickly afterward, that which was once a wall of verdant green was transformed into the snow-white wall that spread out from the place where Ty's hands rested on the hedge.
The entire front side of this hedge and several layers beyond it was now covered in a sheet of ice, proving once more that Ty's magical talents were an overpowering cheat of a gift.
Ty stepped aside so that Luca and his Reavers could begin their job of destroying the ice before them.
A single swing of my brother's broadsword brought down a large portion of the front wall like it was nothing more than a shattered ice sculpture. And just like that, the hedge had been breached.
Then he looked over his shoulder to address his men, and I wasn't there, but I could guess what orders he was giving. "Stick together, team," or "Go, go, go, go!"
The Reavers shattered wall after wall of ice that barred their way while at the same time dealing with the enemy forces that appeared to stop them.
If it was just Luca and his unit, they might have had a chance against them, but by this time, Edo and his Bastards had joined the fray along with other units from the Red Bull's forces.
It was a veritable free for all inside the hedge now, although it was no longer a maze for my Foolhardies led the way forward in a straight line that would take them to the oasis.
The hedge did not grow back, and the places that were still verdant were quickly dealt with by Ty, who, alongside Luca, was at the very front of the growing column of our warriors.
"Not bad," Red Bull noted. "I would have done it differently, but I like this overwhelming show of force too."
I felt a swell of pride for my brother and my friend and the rest of my unit. They were always managing to execute my crazy vision in the best possible way.
"So… how do you plan to deal with him?" Red Bull asked.
He was referring to the Dawn Breaker, of course, the Sunspire Dominion's famous fairy knight who was supposed to be over at oasis number two. And yet, when we arrived here, I was told who exactly was giving Red Bull and his troops such a hard time.
"As I said, you ain't seen nothing yet," I repeated, and unlike those past days when I faced off with other famous military officers, I actually felt confident.


Dean Dapper leads two lives. By day, he’s your average teenager enduring the hustle and bustle of everyday life in the mundane human world. By night, however, he’s the reluctant commander of the Foolhardies, a group of troublemakers fighting in a war of succession that’s been ongoing for nearly five hundred years!

A Fifteen-year-old battling mythical fairy-tale beings may sound foolhardy, but Dean isn’t in this for himself. His younger brother Luca faces a life of slavery in the fairy realm, and only Dean’s fight to become the clan hero might rescue Luca from his grim fate. Luckily, Dean finds a valuable ally in Aurana, a princess of the clan with her own political ambitions of her family claiming the empty throne.

Strategic battles, magic sword fights, the underbelly of fairy politics, and raging teen hormones—it’s all in a night’s work for Dean, Luca, Aurana, and the rest of the Foolhardies.

[UPDATE] Pausing on daily chapter releases this June 2020 on account of spending part of my writing time editing the work from the beginning. Please expect even better prose and tighter pacing from chapters 1 to 220 soon. It all starts with 1. After I'm done with that, daily chapters will resume. But don't worry, chapters will still come out weekly. It just won't be daily for now. 

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It was another six months after alex set sail. He was 13 years old. The calendar was 8 years age of piracy. Alex went to karate island to search sparing partner. Karate island was famous for the martial artist. He saw around surounding look for pirates who had a high bounty. He had hunted pirates around 5 months, he needed some money and built his guild.

He rembered in the future there was a revolutionary base at south blue. He wanted to use this opportunity to expand his organization in the future. He would kill wapol, because wapol would have black drum kingdom after defeated by luffy. He had so much opportunity, he must faster build his influence. And karate island was a good place to recruit mercenaries and training martial arts.

He trained his haki and devil fruit ability. He got progress in conqueror and observarion haki, but he hadn't advanced to level 3 yet. When his conqueror haki was advanced, it made the will and resolution of the user stronger, less doubt about some problems, it made alex more brave, it made him didn't give up when he lost, but mada he could moving forward. When his observation haki was advanced, it would give more calm mind and quick judgement, his area observation advanced from 10 meters to 20 meters. For his armament haki, he was at level 2, it was hard to progress, he could coat both his arm with armament until all his stamina was used up, the color was less black and combined in dark blue color. Maybe if he ate zoan devil fruit, his armament haki would be advance.

His devil fruit ability was got progress, he could control his first ability. He needed to extent his observation haki to have large area of his first ability. His second ability was more advanced, he could make storage runes that was connected to the devil fruit soul space, he could make pact runes to dealing with some troublesome businesses partner. He added more combat techniques. He researched some gravity runes to support his training option, he could make some silent runes too.

"Huh, is that bull pirates that have 20 millions berries bounty?" Alex found some pirates who would sail to the red line. South blue was near the red line. He rudder his ship to the pirate ship, while taking sleeveless gloves from his backpack. His black gloves has runes with red runes on backside.

The bull pirates ship also move towar alex's ship. After they was close to alex's ship, they shouted, "hey kid, surrender or you will die!". While ghe pirates connecting their ship with a ladder.

Alex saw the pirates and silently took kunais. The bull pirate thought alex was scared. With his innocent look, everybody thought that alex was a mama boy or papa boy. Alex threw all his kunai to bull pirates ship. The bull pirates just confused because his threwing skill seemed bad.

"Take over his ship boys! He is only a child. He couldn't even throw his weapon. It was easy money. Haha." Said the bull captain and his crews. But after they looked back at alex position, they didn't see alex. Alex tried his new ability. It was a perfect time when he need some guinea-pig. He disappeared, he punched the pirates member, "Boom!". There was an explosion, he disappeared again and beat nearby pirates crew.

"You, what did you do to my subordinate! Don't you know me? I'm bull pirates with bounty 20 millions bellies". Bull captain.

"Yeah, i know. Do you know me?" Alex said.

The bull pirate captain was enraged by alex. He was transforming his body to half bull, half human. He attacked alex with bare hand, alex close his left eye again. He avoided bull pirates captain attack. The bull pirates captain more enraged by alex, he was punching him like a madman but he couldn't hit alex. Then alex punch him, "Baam!". There's burst of small fire and explosion.

The bull pirates captain looked disbelief because this child punch has power more than 200kg. Alex body cultivation had a breakthrough to 7th stage, he didn't know how more stages the pinnacle of body cultivation in one piece world. He had normal punch power about 210kg, he could made new techniques.

"Heh you are strong for a child, but you couldn't defeat me!" Bull pirates captain said.

"Really?" Alex. The bull pirates captain attacked alex again, but alex avoided all the attack. Alex kicked the bull pirates captain on his gut. Then alex said, "it was enough, i don't want sparing with you, you are weak."
The bull pirate captain was enrage again, but before he wouldn't attack again, alex just step back and snapped his finger, "click". "Booom!.". There was fire ignited around alex and attacked the bull pirate captain.

The bull pirates captain shocked but the fire burned him, "aaaarrghhhh... what is this? Who are you?!!" His subordinates had burned to charcoal. This flame was fiercer than ordinary fire, The pirates captain couldn't move and was paralyzed.

Before all the fire burned the bull pirates captain, alex said, "Me? I'm an alchemist.". Then all the fire burned the pirates. Alex snapped his fingers again, "click". The fire was extinguished.

Alex was satisfied with his new ability, he was using his runes to store some ammunition powder and made the runes sucked some oxygen. He ignited trigger with some friction.

What will you do when you are in the world of One Piece?

No cheat, no system.

Alex Ember is an orphan, he likes anime and manga, he is a normal student with dreams.

What will Alex do when he is transmigrated to the world of One Piece?


[Bear with my bad grammar. I said it first.]


(Disclaimer: I don't own one piece and all anime characters in this ff. I don't own the cover pictures. I just own my OC)

 AN: I'm new author, please give me your support. Thank You.

Bull. Or the mad bull. Known for his strong fighting ability and crazy anger outbursts. What the hell was going on? Fox is such a liar. I definitely do NOT know what to do. Cat thought. Bull was definitely not someone anyone wanted to mess with. As she faced him her body tensed and she shuffled backwards holding her dagger firmly in front of her.

Bull looked at her and sighed. He sat down on the bare floor of the dark room. "I'm guessing you have no idea what you are doing?" Cat nodded. "Well he wouldn't tell you, would he? You probably wouldn't agree if you knew it was me. Now you're here he probably wagered there was a chance you would actually get it though." He began to brush his hand through his dirty blond hair.

Cat was confused. She couldn't tell if he was talking to her or himself but she really did not feel like waking up feeling like she had been sat on by an elephant so it would definitely be better to sort it out with a talk. She placed down the dagger on the floor and crouched down opposite him.

"I definitely wouldn't, do you think I want to die but obviously I need something don't I and that twat just adores messing with me, I really hate him y'know... hate him." Cat replied.

"You hate him for completely the wrong reasons Cat." Bull sighed, "I mean he is definitely a brat but you aren't seeing..." He stared at her with his cold blue eyes as her eyes began to wander around, "You know what, nevermind."

"Good call, I 100% do not care right now" Cat replied. "Anyways... what did Fox send me here to do and I'm guessing that you know cause y'know I got places to be, things to do, metamorphisised friends to save."

"What?" Bull exclaimed.

"Never mind, not important," Cat said. "So what does Fox need from you?"

Bull slowly got up and started to walk towards the door. "Ey, ey wait a second, where do you think you are going?" Cat said.

 Bull looked back at her, "Well come on then."

Cat jumped up and began to follow him. "I didn't agree to a journey... hey... where are we going? Argh... whatever!"

"I'm not even going to try to explain it to you because you will not listen to me. You don't listen to anyone and you cannot sit still. I'm just going to show you what Fox needs and hope that you understand why he absolutely cannot have it." Bull told her. "I put it somewhere unsuspect in hope Fox wouldn't find it as quickly, but you know he always does. I was starting to wonder why it took so long."

Cat skipped behind him through the streets, "I'm just wondering why your so calm, when I saw you before you seemed a bit... you know."

"What angry, irritated, mad, so pissed I could explode into a million different pieces?" Bull said, annoyed as he turned into a slim corridor.

"Yep, yep all of the above," Cat said.

"Yeah, that's just negative imagery and also the fact that Fox and almost everyone who works for him annoys the life out of me. Except maybe Mouse and hey, you're tolerable most of the time." Bull replied. As he turned into the next street he bumped into an old man. "Ah, I'm sorry he said."

"No problem," The man replied, he stared at Cat in a bit of confusion before brushing own his grey robes and passing the two, walking down the street, mumbling to himself.

"Anyway..." Bull said, opening the door of a building. He moved to the corner and opened a drawer. The draw glowed a deep red. Cat leaned down, looking inside. "Well, that's not normal." She replied. "Can I touch it? What does it even do?"

"I don't know, but Fox wanted it bad and therefore he should not have it." Bull said. 

"I mean yeah, and red probably means bad, I mean red usually means bad. Is Fox really that bad though? I mean he's a bit annoying but what is your problem with him?" Cat replied.

Bull sighed, "He is very manipulative, he needs to be in charge and he just generally pisses me off." He looked around and pushed the drawer back in. "Anyway if he sent you here he thinks that you'll probably help him so you must really need something from him, so what is it? There's no way you would..." Bull stopped talking as Cat dropped down and swept her foot around, hitting his legs. She pulled the drawer out gently wrapping the object and throwing the drawer at Bull on the floor.

Cat turned and headed for the door.

The grey area is notorious for crime. Thieves, pickpockets, burglars, murderers, assassins. It is full of us.

Crow is a thief belonging to this area. He makes his living preying on those daring souls that decide to enter the grey area. He has got hurt many times failing. However, he has never made such a big mistake.

You should never steal from a runemaster.

This is on break rn whilst I try to figure out what the heck I was trying to write -.-;

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