Kai Lane: Beginning

"It's been a long time since I reached this level. Before I came to this land, I was training behind closed doors to reach Step 2. What a pity...what a real pity..."

"How bitter life is... Before I die... I'll do my best!"

The gray energy around Ryuga's body suddenly condensed and entered him. He wasn't controlling it. It was completely natural. The Crown Symbol on his forehead became brighter as well. The power radiating from the symbol also entered Ryuga's body and began to fuse with the gray energy.

Seeing this, Kai frowned. Ryuga was surprised for a moment, but then he laughed bitterly.

Even though he didn't know what was happening, he could guess what was going on. With this attack, he had no hope of survival. Perhaps in his prime he could have lived a few decades as a mortal. But in his current state... It was impossible.

"Well, if that's the case, there's nothing else to do. I'm proud to show you everything I've got since we're going to die together!"

The earthen floor beneath Ryuga shattered, and the Crown symbol on his forehead faded further. In that brief moment, Ryuga's aura soared to the heavens.

Kai felt as if he were staring into a bottomless abyss towering before him.

"A drop of blood turned into a stamp. That stamp chose a human, and that human became a dragon. A dragon cannot be a simple man! He cannot die a simple death!"

Rising from Ryuga's body, the dragon shattered heaven and earth. Everything around it bowed down to its power. A crazed look appeared in Ryuga's eyes as the dragon was fully revealed.

" FORBIDDEN TECHNIQUE! THE NOBILITY OF THE DRAGON KING!" "

Under Kai's gaze, the entire earth and sky were covered by the dragon's silhouette. Its azure scales covered the entire sky. Kai could not hide his admiring gaze as he looked at the dragon. No one could.

But...

He had made a decision:

HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE!!

"To survive, you must take risks!"

I will live until I can see the rest of the world with my own eyes!!!

I will live until I see my father proud of me!!!

I will live until I meet my brothers and sisters again!

"I will cross the gates of death with two fingers!!! "

Black lightning flowed down Kai's right arm, covering two fingers.

Double fingers covered in black lightning body slash!

These fingers now housed death and life.

As the earth and sky warped, the two fingers of the colossal dragon and Kai, bearing the law of life and death, collided. A dimensional rift appeared, even larger than the site of the second sky battle.

The colliding figures disappeared through the dimensional rift, and Ryuga vomited blood and took a few steps back. He could see that the dragon in front of him was being torn apart.

What he didn't know was that the dragon wasn't the only thing smashed by the dimensional rift.

As Ryuga reached for the stone behind him, pale-faced, the dimensional rift split in two!

First, two fingers emerged, followed by a jet black, 1.5-meter-long sword.

The sword wasn't very fast, but it flew swiftly through the air. However, it was still too fast for Ryuga, who was on the verge of death, to block.

The black sword smashed through the dragon king's chest, came out the other side, and stuck into the rock. Sirius was left in Ryuga's chest, and Ryuga was stuck in the rock.

POOOHH!!!

Ryuga's life energy was so low that he could barely keep his eyes open. He knew he was going to die. Kai's sword had made it certain. Before he died, the only thing he wondered about was Kai.

It didn't take him long to satisfy his curiosity.

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The Dimensional Rift closed with energy from the Skylands, tearing the Noble Dragon apart. This made Ryuga think he was dead. After all, he knew firsthand the power of a Forbidden King's Forbidden Technique.

If there were a direct attack, Sky Island could be destroyed by that dragon!

A youth stood with his feet firmly planted on the ground, looking at Ryuga. His back was hunched, and almost all of the scales on his body had been torn off. His horns were broken. A thick layer of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. He tried to breathe deeply. Occasionally, black sparks flew from two fingers on his right hand. Those two fingers had been shattered and turned black. Kai could have stepped into the Laws of Life and Death here. But that would have only saved his fingers from crossing the point of no return.

Kai was covered in blood. There were countless wounds on his body. His face was covered in blood, too. His pale skin was no longer in King Mode.

One of his eyes was completely closed, so he could only see with one eye.

He moved slowly until he came to Ryuga's side. He looked at Ryuga with bloodshot eyes. His wounds would make a developmentalist—let alone a human—tremble with fear.

Ryuga looked at Kai. Kilometers of space around them as the two looked at each other.... It had completely taken the shape of a criteria.

"It didn't have to be..... like this....."

They both knew it, but Kai was the one who said it out loud. Ryuga knew he was breathing his last breaths. He didn't want to say anything unnecessary.

"Really... they were right... about your name...."

Ryuga spoke with difficulty, and his memories came back. The symbol of the Crown on his forehead had completely faded. He had struggled until now with everything he had. Swimming in seas of corpses and slaughtering countless people had brought him to this point. Perhaps that was what was happening now. After everything he had done, he knew he had to pay. Everyone knew it. They just didn't realize it until it was time to die.

"Kai..."

Ryuga called Kai's name softly and held out his hand toward him. When Kai looked at him, he understood. The hidden dragon inside Kai was much stronger than Ryuga's own dragon.

"From now on..."

Ryuga's hand slowly lost strength as he reached it out to Kai. As his hand fell, his last words echoed through the air.

"You have become a real Kingslayer... "

...

Maybe Kai shouldn't have cared about him at all.

Maybe he shouldn't have looked at him like that.

He decided. He wouldn't. As Dragon King... Ryuga had made his own decision.

Suddenly, Kai's bloody body began to tremble. He turned his gaze away and saw the manifestations of many divine techniques above the battlefield: Black Turtles, Divine Buddhas, Mad Thieves, and Incredible Warriors. As soon as Kai turned his gaze in that direction, he began to step in that direction. There was a deep desire to kill in his eyes. Even more frightening was that this desire doubled with each step Kai took.

"I have to go."

" I have to...save them."

At that moment, Kai disappeared into the forest, leaving a bloody trail behind him and heavy footsteps. Over time, his voice faded away, replaced by a whistling sound. The whistle sounded like a lament. From the depths of the forest, Kai's desire to kill spread in all directions.

As Kai's whistle faded, a delicate girl with blonde hair appeared in the trees. Her pure appearance clashed with her sharp gaze. Contrary to appearances, her former shy and naive aura had given way to incredible sharpness.

The young girl held a bow in her hands and carried many arrows on her back. As she scanned her surroundings, she could spot even the smallest ants.

Her chest was slightly torn, revealing part of the bow mark.

"Even though I wounded her badly, she still managed to escape. Either way, she was poisoned by the poison Kai gave me. I'm sure she will die."

Sarah looked around for a while longer, but when she heard explosions on the battlefield, she knew she had to get there immediately. She turned her gaze to Ryuga's corpse once more and then left thoughtfully.

"Ryuga is dead, but where is Kai? I hope he's okay."

Sarah couldn't think about Kai anymore, so she hopped out of the trees and headed straight for the battlefield.

Not long after she left, a nearby tree broke. After bending and changing color a few times, the tree turned into a blood-covered woman. The woman had many arrow wounds, and in some places, she could not remove the arrows. She was so scarred that her beauty was no longer recognizable. Although she hid her body with a secret technique, she could not see what was happening in the outside world.

This woman was Valeria.

"That girl was really dangerous. Damn it! She must have been weaker than me before the lightning struck. Now I'm completely poisoned and on the verge of death! Fuck! Fuck!"

Valeria knew her situation, which is why she was worried. She had to find Ryuga immediately, and together, they had to find Slayer #1. In general, Slayers didn't know much about Slayer #1. They only knew that he was an alchemist who was very skilled with poisons. Valeria knew what he looked like and his name, but only Ryuga knew where he was.

But when she turned her head, she saw a scene she should never have seen.

She saw Ryuga....

The jet-black sword on his chest and the shattered dragon scales.

She saw his open eyes. But she couldn't see the sparkle in them.

Valeria had too many wounds, and there were too many arrows in her legs. Sarah had no mercy. She wanted Valeria to die, no matter what.

Still, Valeria couldn't think about the pain in her legs. She had just now noticed the destroyed area around her. She could hardly walk toward Ryuga. With every step she took closer to him, she became more certain.

Ryuga—the Dragon King, leader of the young generation of hunters, and the man she loved—had died here today. It looked like she was going to die, too.

"Ryuga... Would you want it to be like this? You... You're so thoughtless!"

Valeria didn't notice the tears flowing in front of Ryuga. She slowly lay down on the stone Ryuga was impaled on, resting her head on his chest. Her body grew darker as the poison progressed. Once it reached the heart, it would go no further. Valeria would die.

"If death will haunt me.... I'd like to say goodbye to this life next to you. After today, we'll be together forever, Ryuga."

She was a beautiful young girl, the dream of any man. She felt peace as she laid her head down and waited for death. A young man with blue hair was holding her. He held a beautiful girl on his chest. He was handsome, too. But when death came, everything became meaningless:

Two loving young men and two great geniuses had reached the end of life on Sky Island.