บท 70: Food chain
When Tral woke from his deep meditation the pearl had already turned to ash but it's effects coursed through his body. Even just having a single drop of liquid Qi made a world of difference as it slowly refined his muscles and bones with its radiant aura.
He felt more alive then he had ever before even though technical he was undead. Even his very blood was stronger which did wonders for a vampire.
He tried out his blood whip which was able to move twice as fast as it did before und5er that pressure almost able to act like an actual whip instead of just a rope that he could control which ment that it would be able to express some serious force if used on the surface.
With his testing done he went of to drink a few more creatures before the fight only to run into something that truly horrified him to the core.
Back where he had left the many corpses of his last fight the sea was thick with a pitch black ooze at first he didn't know what to make of it until he saw a large shark swimming by.
At first he prepared for a serious fight because the shark had armored scales while looking nasty enough to possibly pose him a real threat down here but before him of the shark could even consider reacting a truly colossal tentacle shot out of the ooze with a speed akin to lightning to wrap the shark up before pulling it back just as quickly into the darkness.
That creatures raw power would make even someone at the peak of the solid stage of Qi look weak. Just witnessing one limb was enough to tell that this beast had transcended to an entirely different realm of power. Tral immediately retreated without looking back as quickly as he could. Even if he created poisons or a chaotic explosive that would ultimately destroy himself in the process he didn't even consider them to be able to harm such a being.
He went directly to the surface and from there out of the water entirely to the tower without spending another moment in that part if the food chain as he suddenly wanted the comfort of civilization yet knowing that something so strong was just beneath the oceans surface terrified him as deeply as the part of the sea that creature called home.
He got to the cafeteria to order some blood to sooth his nerves and as he was sitting there still stunned an annoying yet familiar voice was here bragging "Oh look how scared that bloodsucker is, just positively shaking as he drinks his last meal! I almost feel sorry for him but then again after what he did to my friend he deserves everything that's coming to him."
Off to the side was Sturge with a small crowd pointing at Tral as he shook the feeling that creature had given him away. It only took a moment before he was back to normal as he was back in his natural habitat where he was a top predator about to battle another for territory and a fresh meal.
He quickly stood up to walk over to Sturges group "Ok times up, I don't care if the match isn't set for another couple hours cause I'm done playing games with you Sturge. You and me or getting in the ring right now to end this so I can get back to fighting my way up this tower as there are more important things to do. You want these gold then I'll even add another gold bar but move your ass." After saying this he waved a bar in the air motioning for them to come to the elevator before walking off.
Sturge was surprised but laughed it off with a comment "If he wants to die that bad who am I to keep him waiting? It must really suck to be a vampire."
Soon they both stood in a special ring on the sixty eighth floor. The difference between this and a normal ring was that it had an forcefield generator around it to keep the combatants in so that there would be no ring outs in this fight to the death.
Sturge strode around the ring with his arms in the air as if he had already won while a crowd of locals cheered him on. He then punched his palm to make a sound like steel hitting steel before saying "Are you ready to get beaten to death by flesh forged of the strongest metal? My sky class power makes my muscles flexible steel cords, my bones tempered to the extreme while even my blood is like thick and heavy. Even without my cultivation my strength is beyond what a weak squishy little bug like you can handle."
Tral just stood there looking bored before flexing his newly strengthened aura to reveal that he had reached the liquid stage. "You guys keep saying sky class this or sky class that but you're just peak earth class powered with an ego. I've seen sky class and it takes something a little more special to be there so come and show me what you got"
With that he enters a battle stance reminiscent of the flame user before putting out his hand to gesture his opponent to come at him.
Sturge can't control his anger at such a provocative taunt that he immediately charges forwards with his feet slamming into the ground with each step.
He is considerably fast for his bulky weight crossing the ring in little time to reach for Tral but the later gracefully dodged to strike out at his opponent with a kick to the back of the leg.
This kick was coated with Qi but only caused Sturge to stumble momentarily before he regained his balance without taking any apparent damage.
"Is that all you have bloodsucker? Now it's my turn" Sturge yells releasing a punch as he turns around. The strike comes so fast that Tral barely has time to block but is still sent flying back to the barrier.
His arms ache from that blow as they forcefully heal even though he mitigated most of it by moving backwards his arms still fractured from that block. For a vampire injuries like this only took moments to repair but it showed that he couldn't let such attacks land in the future or it would quickly become a one sided battle.
Sturge took advantage of the heal time to leap into the air with a double ax hand but missed as Tral rolled under him. He turned around with another punch as soon as he landed but his opponent wasn't there anymore.
He was confused for a moment but soon a thick line of came around his head from behind. Tral had followed his opponents back as he turned and produced two blood whips that were much thicker then what he had been practicing to wrap them around Sturge's neck while putting both knees into his opponents back in a choke hold with the whips connecting to form a single solid line.
Sturge was furious at this and jumped backwards to slam his back into the barrier to squish Tral inbetween but he wouldn't let go trying to choke Sturge even more.
The blood line that wrapped around Sturges throat widened to cover his mouth and nose. Sturge started to panic at this and leaped in the air to slam his back directly into the ground causing Tral to throw up quite a bit of blood and causing many bones to break due to the sear weight that suddenly pressed down on Tral but again he refused to give up.
Both of Tral's legs were broken in sickly angles as well as many ribs. The blood whips remained over Sturges airways despite this and even became thicker as Tral used all the blood flowing from his body to force the steam even deeper into Sturges mouth and nose.
Sturge was struggling to stand up at this point but as a cultivator he could last much longer without air then any regular athlete would so there was still fight in him.
He tore at the thick blood around his face to no avail before turning his to Tral at his back to grab his neck squeezing and tearing with as much force as he could muster in an attempt to decapitate Tral with his bare hands.
Tral responded by mustering up all his Qi around his neck to protect himself and they stood there for several minutes strangling each other in a death grip.
Eventually Sturge started to freak out flailing around erratically with his hands still around Tral's throat before releasing one hand to repeated punch at Tral's head.
Tral used part of the blood to slow or divert those punches but they could only do so much even using his stronger Qi some of the hits where causing his brain to rattle. Tral refused to release the blood stream the was entering into Sturges air ways and gradually those punches started losing strength until Sturge dropped to his knees.
As the life drain from his eyes his expression was one of utter disbelief at what was happening. He went from his knees to face first into the ground with a bloody and broken Tral laying on top of him.
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