NOVEL NEXT Chapter 47: Limit.
Chapter 47: Limit.
After everything calms down and the fire subsides, the demonic beasts and black-clad figures begin to search for the martial artist's corpses. They found four charred and bloody corpses.
"Leader, we found four corpses." The black-clad human spoke.
Levi came closer and observed the corpses. Two of them are women based on their features, and two are men. "There are supposed to be five people; he should not be far; keep searching the area."
The demonic beast and the human scattered in all directions, leaving Levi with the corpses. He opens his mouth and consumed the martial artists' dead bodies.
"It tastes bitter." After that, Levi is surprised when he checks the evolution point. It looks like the four people are strong. Because he gains a lot of evolution points.
[Evolution Point: 9,763 EP]
He needed 10,000 EP to grow into an Adult dragon turtle. That means if he consumes several demonic beasts, he will have enough points. While he is thinking, a pair of eyes full of killing intent is observing him.
Levi is already aware of it and pretends not to notice.
Qiao Shun, after regaining consciousness, feels a sharp pain; some part of his body is already burned, and the first thing he does is try to find his wife. However, it was already too late; his wife was already dead. He wanted to cry and scream, but he was in enemy territory. Without any choice, he leaves his wife and hides inside a crevice on the ground near a fallen tree. Because the place has a burning smell, the demonic beasts had a problem tracking him down.
When he thought he could rest, the ground began to shake, and a large dragon turtle came out of the woods. Because of the fire that is still burning at night. He saw his wife and comrades’ corpses get eaten by the dragon turtle, and he almost rushed out. But he is severely injured and lacks strength. The only reason he is still alive is because his qi protects his vital organs.
"Why don’t you come out?" Levi, after a while, seeing that the person didn’t come out, got tired of waiting and spoke. There is no reply. Levi grin. "Do you know your daughter has been raped by a demonic beast?"
"Bastard!" An injured middle-aged man came out of hiding and pointed his sword at the dragon turtle.
Levi's smile became wider; it was Qiao Shun who almost killed him. "Don’t you recognize me?"
"Who exactly are you?" Qiao Shun found that Levi looks familiar, but he doesn’t remember. It's like trying to tell a group of demonic lizards or snakes apart.
"The evil dragon that you try to kill"
"It’s you?" Qiao Shun's eyes were wide, and he gripped his weapon tighter. To think the evil dragon is still alive. At that time, he only saw the dragon's head and neck, not the whole body.
"Yes." Levi is amused by Qiao Shun's reaction.
"Where is my daughter?"
"Become a toy for the demonic beast prince."
"Release her!"
"I am sorry; the prince is fond of her."
Qiao Shun ignores his injury, comes closer to Levi, and gets ready to use his remaining Qi energy. Because of his injury, he can’t think straight. The safest way is to escape and call for reinforcement.
Levi is not afraid to fight an injured Qiao Shun. But he doesn’t need to do anything.
Multiple arrows come out of the woods and pierce Qiao Shun's body. If he is at full strength, none of the arrows can touch him. But with his injury, it was impossible, and soon he collapsed to the ground. The last thing he sees is a large mouth full of sharp teeth.
Levi, after eating Qiao Shun, already has enough evolution points. ‘Begin to grow into an adult dragon turtle.’ His body begins to grow larger, and his head already reaches a city wall. At the same time, the qi in the surrounding area enters his body and brain. Levi's adept mage rank energy increased to peak adept rank.
When Levi is almost going to break through to master mage rank, it suddenly stops like there is a wall blocking his advancement. For his body, it's different; he can feel that he is stronger than a peak-adept warrior.
The demonic beasts and humans can feel the heavy pressure released from Levi as they kneel. Only after everything is done does he check his body. ‘Why can't I break through to become a master mage? Is this the body's limit, or does it require enlightenment? While Levi is in thought. The others don’t dare disturb him.
"Let’s go." Levi decided to think about it later and return to the base. The result of today's battle is not bad. However, with his size, every tree will fall, and because of that, he shrank his size to go through the forest.
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Martial Arts Alliance headquarters
The elderly oracle is still in a coma. The only reason he has managed to survive until now is because he has been forced to eat porridge and nutritious medicine.
"How?" The nice elderly man was worried.
"Everything is fine, But I don’t know why he remains unconscious." The physician answered.
"It's fine; you can leave."
After the physician left, the nice elderly man furrowed his brow. Right now, something is wrong with the world. All kingdoms have suffered attacks from demon beasts, and their number is growing each day. Usually, only wild animals can become demonic beasts; now even domestic animals like cats and chickens can become one.
Fortunately, there are no large casualties, but if left alone, the number of demonic beasts will outrun the humans. He takes a deep breath and leaves the room. Without the elderly oracle's advice and prediction, they need to prepare a countermeasure in case everything goes out of control.
No one notices the elderly oracle's finger moving slightly and then stopping. Except for the world's will.
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One year later.
The human kingdoms are in chaos; famine and the rise of demonic beasts are everywhere. Although everything had started to be under control, that was only for the important cities and towns. For the rest of the area, it’s like survival of the fittest.
When the human kingdoms are discussing what to do next. Another shocking news story caused a shockwave among humans.
The demonic beasts from Huli Mountain had sent their army to attack nearby kingdoms. Four powerful main armies are led by Dragon Horse, Demonic White Snake, Demonic Hawk, and Dragon Turtle.
The border army tried to stop them, but they had all been massacred.
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Wu Kingdom.
Nanchang City saw a large dragon turtle as tall as the city walls bulldoze through the stone wall. None of the human weapons can penetrate the dragon's hard scales. Once the wall falls, numerous demonic beasts and unorthodox factions of martial artists enter the city.
The civilians, after finding out the wall had collapsed, hid in their houses, waiting for death. However, the invader never comes, and when they look out the windows, they finally see many demonic beasts guarding the road.
Levi required 50,000 evolution points to grow into an ancient dragon turtle, but even after one year, he doesn't have enough points. The amount of evolution points that he gets now is dismal unless he can consume a powerful demonic beast or martial artist.
He is confident that even a first-class martial artist can’t kill him now. In this world the most powerful humans are the peak martial artist or martial master, they will not make a move unless the benefit is great enough for them.
Because most of the martial masters are already too old and can’t waste their time becoming heroes. In this world, humans can only live for around 100 years. Different from the Acheron world, once they reach the master rank, their life expectancy will be extended to another 500 years.
In the city square, a black-clad human and a demonic beast are guarding the area. A large demonic creature with the head of a dragon, a long neck, and a turtle body full of spikes is gazing down at the kneeling humans.
"Gao Tao, we meet again."
Gao Tao looked like he had been aged for decades. "Yes, senior." Gao Tao doesn’t have enough time to leave the city. Before, the city was surrounded by the demonic beasts’ army. Without any choice, he tries to hide but is eventually captured. Even worse, the demonic beast's leader is someone he betrayed.
His family had also been captured, and beside him is a beautiful woman holding a baby. After Wu Yi got married to forget her, he decided to get married and have a baby boy.
"Because you are my old friend, I allowed you to choose how you were going to die."
"No, please spare my husband!" Gao Tao's wife pleaded.
"Please let me replace my son's life." An elderly woman near Gao Tao spoke. She is Gao Tao's mother.
"Silence!" Levi shouts, causing the building to shake.
After everyone becomes silent. Levi gazes at everyone. "This is not up to you to decide because you all will die."
"Please spare my family!" Gao Tao stands up and prepares to die. At least he needs to save his son.
"Why?" Levi is amused.
Gao Tao can’t answer because, other than his life, there is nothing that he can give. The problem right now is that he is the one who betrays Levi.
"Since you can’t choose how you are going to die; I will choose it for you." A blue magic circle the size of a human appears and aims at Gao Tao.
"Wait!" Suddenly, a man riding a horse enters the city square. The demonic beasts and black-clad humans recognize that man and don’t try to stop him.
"Gao Ming, why do you come?"
"Please spare my family, as well as my sister-in-law and nephew." Gao Ming came down from the horse and knelt in front of Levi.
There is a long silence, and the Gao family and followers are nervous. "Fine." Levi spoke. After that, a water bullet pierced through Gao Tao's body and made a human-sized hole in the ground. When the dust settles, what is left is a bloody, mutilated corpse.
"NOOO!" Gao Tao's wife screamed, and after that, she fainted. The other quickly helped to take care of her and crying baby.
"Gao Ming, take care." After saying that Levi's body shrank to horse size, he moved toward the government building. He needs to take control of this city first, and he needs people to take care of it.
Since the war started, Levi has felt restless after leaving Huli Mountain. He wants to return and protect the queen, but without an order, he can’t disobey the order.