Divine Emperor of Death

*Whoosh!~*

Schleya shot towards Jeras Orcha, intending to strike him down. However, she suddenly made a stop. No, she paused for a moment before flexibly dashing to the side.

Raging crimson flames rushed past her, burning the hem of her sleeves.

Welch Regalanius had attacked her at this moment.

Schleya remained uninjured. She abruptly juggled her twin blades in mid-air, seemingly playing a trick.

"Twin Phantom Blade Manipulation."

With the pronunciation of those words, blood energy flowed their her meridians as though it was a reflex to the consonance of those words.

Crescentblood disappeared from Schleya's hands, causing the two of them to feel a sense of unease.

Instantly, a water domain expanded while fire walls appeared in different locations as Jeras Orcha and Welch Regalanius used their defensive techniques. Inside the water domain, anyone who was caught could only meet the fate of being crushed while escape was out of question, but it was also used to defend.

However, contrary to their expectations, Crescentblood was still in Schleya's hands.

She used this time of misunderstanding to near Jeras Orcha, entering his water domain technique.

"Haha! Fool! Entering without your precious weap-"

His tongue was caught between his teeth as he quickly sensed that her two crimson blades were still in her hands, although it was still invisible. Moreover, he could see its vague silhouettes in his water domain if he looked closely, layered by faint blood energy.

*Slash!~*

Schleya used her own blood barrier to counter the water barrier before she slashed at Jeras Orcha. Two terrifying blood strikes left Crescentblood, launching towards him. They were slowed and repeatedly being crushed by the immense pressure of the heavy water domain, but in the end, they reached Jeras Orcha and struck his body!

*Bang!~*

Her blood slashes struck him, causing him to be engulfed in her blood corrosion. However, a resounding roar came out of his mouth as he caused the blood energy to collapse, water essence energy surging from his body in tremendous amounts, and simultaneously used it to force Schleya out of his water domain. Although injuring her didn't seem to be possible, pushing her out before she could unleash more attacks was possible.

Indeed, Schleya condensed her next bout of strikes already through Crescentblood, ready to unleash on Jeras Orcha, but once she was expelled, she turned around and struck the incoming raging flames that were about to strike her.

"Stop!~"

Welch Regalanius commanded her to stop, but she only paused for a moment. She had already unleashed her attack, and even after pausing, her blood mysteriously heaved through her body, returning control over to her as she moved again.

His eyes went wide as he saw her break his Mandate Laws shackles by manipulating blood energy through her body! It was seamless as though she didn't struggle.

*Bang!~*

Her twin sword strikes came slicing down from the air, splitting the flames apart before the blood energy ran rampant and extinguished them. Without a stop, she twisted her hips and began condensing blood energy on her twin blades. A faint layer of blood energy ran over them, but they could not see it.

It only took half a moment's time to unleash her next powerful bout of strikes.

Blood blades seared through the air, but flames and water were as copious as the mountains and valleys raining down on her.

Schleya was like a phantom as she repeatedly struck down their attacks. Neither water nor fire could ruin her blood. Her blood energy swirled with a bloody sharpness, slicing and corroding their two energies. The Water Dragon's water could endure for some time, but the flames were worse, extinguishing as soon as the blood got drenched on it.

Because they did not know where she was going to attack or where her twin swords were pointing at, they were not able to measure her moves, unable to predict. They could follow her eyes, but it was only gleaming with killing intent at the both of them, making them unable to perceive what kind of technique she was unleashing to counter them as each strike came in different sizes and power.

Schleya had blended Crescentblood as though it was her own flesh, which they felt was impossible! Although she was from the wicked path and more arrogant than them, they couldn't help but admire her skills.

They had fought many wicked path experts from the south, but this one from the west actually knew how to use her intelligence and skills. Perhaps, because of all that happened before, they could not help but see her in a new light.

If they could kill her, they really would be rewarded with riches, but on second thought, they understood that she was not a part of the wicked path anymore as she was not killing innocents, so no rewards would be given out.

If not… their eyes couldn't help but flash with a bit of greed.

It must be known that the Four Great Righteous Path gave out rewards to people who killed wicked path cultivators. As long as the wicked path's corpse is in an identifiable state or if they could produce something that would signify as evidence for their deaths, they would be given a handsome reward.

Based on her current strength, the reward for slaying Schleya, the Young Villa Mistress of the Blood Pledge Villa, should be around twenty Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources, and when she was at the Seventh Stage, the reward for her head was at three Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources.

If someone could kill higher-ranked and stronger wicked path experts, they would be rewarded more.

When Davis killed the Poison Lord, he could actually get a handsome reward of fifty Peak-Level Spirit Stone Vein Sources, but due to the deaths he had caused and ended up dead, they could not reward him, nor did anyone bring up that matter. Back then, it was unclear if he was part of the righteous or wicked path, and even now, they could merely accept him into their righteous path.

To hand out that kind of reward could even make the Four Great Righteous Sects shed a tear or two.

Therefore, there was no need to talk about that matter, and unless Davis felt ruthless, he wouldn't go ask about it either because he really did kill that many powerhouses, harming the overall prowess of the righteous path even though they were the ones who picked a fight with him. It was his own way of saying that he was not shameless as them.

Nevertheless, knowing that they could only laugh at their thoughts, Jeras Orcha and Welch Regalanius wrapped up their passing thoughts and turned serious, but before the latter could take the initiative, the former rushed.

"Welch, don't interfere if you're a man!"

With an excited shout, Jeras Orcha shot towards the dancing Schleya.

His actions instantly made her stop her deadly blade dance as she bent her waist, readying to counter him.

Boundless water energy gathered on Jeras Orcha's fist as his lips moved.

"One should not forget that I'm also a dragon among men…!"

His figure flashed, appearing in front of Schleya before he unleashed a punch right towards her chest. Schleya used her twin blades at this moment. They were no longer phantom but returned to their original crimson look, flashing with immense bloody light. She drove one of her curved blades into his fist but-

*Bang!~*

It was sent flying from the fist shrouded in heavy water. However, the second blade was placed right in front of her chest in a defensive manner, which took the remaining force of the heavy fist.

*Bang!~*

A second bang resounded, causing Schleya to be sent flying. However, the second blade was still in her hand, unharmed.

"How did that wretched blade not break…!?"

Jeras Orcha shouted in astonishment. The prowess he had just unleashed had been his martial energy.

He had already broken into the Martial Overlord Stage, but he suppressed his cultivation to Peak-Level Martial Sage Stage and attacked her using his fist but to think that her Mid-Level Emperor Grade Weapon didn't shatter into pieces. He was surprised and suspicious if she was using a High-Level Emperor Grade Armament, which would instantly disqualify her.

However, a sudden sting of pain caused him to look at the fist he used.

A thin line of blood appeared on Jeras Orcha's fist before it traveled on a vertical line on his arm. Instantly, the arm split into two vertically, shedding copious amounts of blood.

"…!"

Jeras Orcha's expression changed from immense pain rocking his arm, but he bit down his teeth, holding himself from screaming. The water dragon's water instantly encased his arm and applied pressure. Its negligible healing prowess began to heal his split open arm, causing his pale face to become relaxed on having a bit of color return.

Just now, he realized that he had almost lost an arm from his foolishness.

In the distance, Schleya wiped the blood coming from her mouth. Just now, her internal organs had tumbled a bit, causing her to become slightly injured, but her blood energy almost instantly healed those internal injuries.

Nevertheless, was this the power Dragon Families possessed? No wonder Zestria and Bylai played their opponents like they were kicking balls.

At this moment, the crimson blade that was sent flying came back to her and landed in her hand.

She clenched it and glanced at both the blades, inspecting Crescentblood's injuries. Despite Jeras Orcha's immense prowess that reached Mid-Level Martial Overlord Stage under his own suppression, not even a dent was left.

However, she wasn't surprised.

The items made from Bloodbirth Ore were unique. It was able to grow along with its users till Emperor Grade as long as they could provide enough blood. The last time Schleya strengthened Crescentblood was after improving her Vast Sea to hundred kilometers using the Sultry Midnight Tree Fruit Pills gifted by Davis. Moreover, she had also stepped into the Martial Sage Stage using those pills.

Not only had she possessed enough blood vitality to strengthen Crescentblood but also enough to replenish her blood essence through those pills, allowing her not to be weakened.

Moreover, when she strengthened Crescentblood, she poured her entire lower dantian's worth of energy into feeding Crescentblood, so its prowess had also reached a similar level to her Essence Gathering Cultivation. Due to her blood still being unable to enter the Martial Overlord Stage, Crescentblood also remained at the level of Mid-Level Emperor Grade, but its prowess had already reached Peak-Level Emperor Grade, specifically High-Level Ninth Stage.

That's what made the Bloodbirth Ore special amongst many ores. The things made from it were like karmic artifacts, strengthened through the blood essence of many. However, due to Bloodbirth Ore's intrinsic nature, it was only capable of absorbing only one type of blood, and that was its nourisher's.

All other blood could only be refined into energy to unleash.

That's why it was able to display a prowess more than its current grade. If other people tried to use Crescentblood, they could only use thirty percent or less of its power. For one, only Schleya was capable of invoking its power due to being closely connected, and for the other, the armament spirit would automatically reject others who tried to use it.

Schleya placed one of her twin crimson blades on her shoulder and pointed the other one at Jeras Orcha.

"If you don't want to be sliced into dragon meat, then give up."

"You!-"

Jeras Orcha had just flared in anger when Schleya instantly arrived in front of him, the speed of her movement art appearing terrifying while her crimson eyes were flashing with killing intent.