The Fifth Book Chapter 40: Taboo of Death

  I nodded heavily, according to Malakai's words, it should be the only female of the Demon Clan who can transform into a Fallen Angel - Mò Yuè, brought people to the Beastman Country.

  "Go on, Meng Ke."

  "Yes, young master. We all drew our weapons and prepared to confront them as soon as we discovered their transformation, but they were simply too terrifying." Meng Ke's eyes flashed with intense fear, "That was not a speed or strength that humans could possess." I coldly snorted: "They weren't human to begin with."

  Meng Ke nodded and said, "I only now realize that they were actually fallen angels of the Demon Clan. The Centaur brothers charged forward first, also opening the curtain on our massacre. My eyes could only catch a glimpse of a faint black shadow flashing by, and then the Centaur brother let out a mournful cry and fell to the ground, spewing blood everywhere. At that time, my eyes turned red with rage - we were all good brothers who had grown up together since childhood, and I immediately wanted to charge forward with my axe. But it was Wolf Brother who stopped me, grabbing hold of me while shouting at the other brothers, 'These people are not our match, let's retreat quickly!' And so, we retreated while fighting, getting scattered in all directions. Each person used their strongest attack to block the enemy's pursuit. Our brothers fell one by one. Wolf was also heavily injured trying to protect me... until I propped up this large stone here and dug a hole underneath it, and only then did we barely manage to escape the enemy's pursuit."

  "What about the black dragon?"

  "Hei Long was controlled by that witch using some unknown method and rode away. She ordered her subordinates to leave no survivors, and then she disappeared."

  I grunted, the crimson aura around me crackling with energy: "You rest now, don't worry, our brothers won't die in vain. I'll make the Demon Clan pay a bloody price for everything they've done."

  Meng Ke's face suddenly turned pale, his eyes filled with fear, he raised his right hand pointing at the sky, his body retreated a few steps, and trembled: "It's them, they're back."

  I looked up in the direction he was pointing, and indeed, four fallen angels flapped their wings towards us. I waved my hand, knocking Moke unconscious, and a strong sense of hatred washed away my clarity. Letting out a roar, I exerted force with both feet and shot upwards: "Crazy Dragon's Urgent Dance." My body transformed into a blood-red dragon that charged forward to meet them.

  After going berserk, I unleashed 200% of my power, with endless Dou Qi surging forth from Mokuren as the vanguard and charging towards the opponent. The intense energy fluctuations emanating from my body made those fallen angels feel fear, they reacted extremely quickly, the four of them simultaneously froze in mid-air, forming a semi-circular shape, and each sent a black energy sphere flying towards me at their fastest speed, the four energy spheres merged into one in mid-air, and fiercely charged towards me.

  Now I don't even know how to dodge, and I charged forward stiffly. With a loud crash, I was shaken back by the powerful dark magic, and fresh blood spurted out of my mouth in mid-air. After all, it's four fallen angels, how can one person like me handle them?

  Pan Zong let out a loud roar and flashed over, catching my body. The powerful force sent him back more than ten steps before he stabilized his figure.

  He was secretly shocked by the Fallen Angel's power. Not only did I take a big hit from just one exchange, but even with just residual strength, it was still so strong that it made him unable to stand firm.

  Jin Yin flashed in front of us, blocking the opponent's pursuit.

  Four Fallen Angels descended twenty meters in front of us. They looked at me in surprise, seeing that I hadn't been torn apart. One of them noticed Meng Ke and sneered, taking a step forward: "So this little brat was hiding here. No wonder we couldn't find him. If it wasn't for the red light guiding us earlier, you would have escaped. Now you're delivering yourselves to our doorstep."

  His voice was dark and sharp, extremely piercing to the ears.

  As I was in the midst of going berserk, my meridians rapidly healed, and the Dark Magic within me brought me back to clarity under the stimulation of external forces.

  With Pan Zong's support, I stood up straight, staring fiercely at the opponent, and a cold, vengeful voice flowed out from between my teeth, word by word: "Was it you bastards who killed my subordinates?"

  The fallen angel who just spoke looked at me with surprise, carefully sizing me up. Another one, slightly older, replied: "Not bad, it's really you that we killed. You're in cahoots with each other, aren't you? Today is a good opportunity to take care of all of you at once. This way, we can go back and report our mission accomplished."

  I shook my head and said coldly, "No, you will never have to come back again. Here, this place will be your burial ground. You must use your own lives to atone for being my subordinates."

  "Oh! So you're the one the princess is looking for, but the princess said..." I let out a cold hum and said: "Transformation? Gold, Silver, Panzong, can you guys help me out?"

  After regaining my composure, I naturally knew that even if I became a Blood Angel, I wouldn't be able to handle four Fallen Angels in their best state. But with the help of Gin and Silver, it would be different. They could each take care of one steadily, and with my power added, we should be able to deal with these guys.

  Jin threw the cloak on his body to one side, Yin Hen said: "No problem. Lei, these scums actually dare to come to our beastman's place and act wildly, today, no matter what, we must avenge your subordinates."

  Pan Zong looked at me and saw that I had recovered a bit, loosened his grip on my hand, and with one swift motion, he flipped up the hood on his head. His nine heads swayed back and forth: "You dare to come to my turf and cause trouble, almost getting me in trouble too. Of course, I'll take care of these losers myself."

  The golden and silver, evil and strange appearance of Panzong suddenly stunned the four fallen angels, they definitely wouldn't have thought that there would be such a race among the beastmen.

  I nodded in satisfaction and said, "Alright then, let's transform together and show them that we beastmen are not to be underestimated. Dark energy gathers the soul, falling is freedom, awaken, endless magic power sleeping in my blood." I chanted out the transformation spell, the dark magic power inside me went wild and began to merge with the raging divine energy filling my body. Suddenly, two red wings appeared behind me, and I felt an inexhaustible surge of strength within me, suppressing the severe internal injuries from the previous collision.

  Jin and Yin also started chanting, for the first time hearing them recite the incantation of transformation, apparently to boost our side's morale.

  "Sun, warm friend of the earth, grant me your infinite power." "Moon, shining friend in the dark night, cleanse my body and mind with your infinite light." The two wolf heads chant in unison: "Awaken, dormant blood of the wolf god."

  Jin and Yin let out a long, mournful howl towards the sky, their bodies and fur rapidly growing as they instantly transformed into their strongest attacking state. Landing on all fours, their massive wolf forms flashed with gold and silver colors, their powerful energy tearing the surrounding shrubs to shreds. It turned out that their original powers were actually derived from absorbing the essence of the sun and moon.

  Pan Zong showed no weakness, nine heads and one mouth type, chanting in unison: "Water, fire, earth, wind, the purest energy existing in nature, please ignite the hope in my heart, awaken, dormant snake king bloodline."

  He rolled to the ground, his body and head rapidly expanding to several dozen times their original size. It turned out that he had been relying on natural powers to cultivate himself. The four fallen angels were suddenly frightened by this strange transformation and flew out of a hundred feet. Pan Zong shook his nine huge snake heads, which had just recovered, and launched the first attack.

  Innumerable third and fourth-tier spells of the four elements poured down on the opponent, even with the speed of a fallen angel it was impossible to dodge such an all-around attack, instantly becoming flustered.

  Meng Ke would definitely be extremely surprised if he hadn't fainted, thinking of something from our transformation.

  I and Gin simultaneously pounced out, taking two of the fallen angels. I took the oldest one, and after transforming, my speed surpassed Gin's by a lot. With the red color filled with death aura, I wielded the Ink Black Thunder-like sword against my enemy.

  Unexpectedly, the fallen angel actually blocked my powerful slash. Although he was sent flying, I knew that he hadn't been injured. In my heart, I understood that this guy had already cultivated the Tianmo Jue to the sixth level; otherwise, there would be no such strength.

  At first, I was able to kill four fallen angels alone mainly because the other side was already injured, and my transformation was too strange. In a situation where they were not on guard, I killed them with lightning speed, leaving them unprepared.

  But this time it's different, although I've transformed into the Blood Red Angel, I'm only slightly stronger than a Fallen Angel who has cultivated the Six Layered Heaven Demon Scripture, and killing him won't be an easy task.

  Little did he know, the fallen angel was even more surprised. He had just practiced the sixth layer of Tianmo Jue for a short time and thought that except for the Dragon Riders, other tribes would not have any opponents. But unexpectedly, as soon as they met, I beat him to be at a disadvantage.

  After hundreds of exchanges in mid-air with my opponent, I gained absolute upper hand and he could only passively defend.

  The magical attack infused with the aura of gold and silver caught the opponent off guard, that fallen angel who only had the strength of the fifth layer of the Heavenly Devil's Seal was already battered and bruised in many places and looked like he wouldn't be able to hold on much longer.

  Pan Zong showed his true strength in this battle, and even I, who had become the Blood Red Angel, could feel the gap between us. Two fallen angels who had cultivated to the fifth level were beaten by his magic, poisonous gas, and four physical attacks from the snake heads, and they retreated back-to-back.

  Up to now, we have the absolute upper hand. I think that even if Mo Yue were here, she would not be able to stop our crazy counterattack. The deaths of my brothers are constantly stimulating my brain, and my attacks are becoming more and more frantic, with the Crazy God's Absolute Technique being unleashed one after another.

  "Kyōei Hyakuretsu." The night sky seemed to have turned red, with countless red shadows frantically pouncing on my opponent as their center. The fallen angel in his 40s could no longer withstand my attacks, his body pierced by the red shadows numerous times, exploding with a loud bang and turning into a bloody rain that poured down from the sky.

  At the same time, Jin and Yin also launched their final attack, once again using their ultimate technique, "Jin-Yin Volume Dragon Break". Their opponent didn't even have time to use his strongest power to resist before being torn to shreds.

  Pan Zong had already used the meteorite technique when I launched my final attack, and as the golden and silver opponents were torn apart, a small mountain-like meteorite floated in.

  The remaining two fallen angels revealed despairing fear in their eyes, one of them suddenly showed a determined expression, and with a fierce swing, threw his companion out of the circle. He roared: "Go quickly, go back and report. Great God of the Underworld, I am willing to exchange my flesh, soul, and everything for your greatest power. Come on, you monsters, let's perish together. Taboo... King of the Underworld's Charity."

  When I heard his incantation, I was shocked. This had already exceeded the scope of dark magic. The Tianmo Jue had recorded several types of magic that sought to summon the King of the Underworld, which belonged to forbidden techniques. I didn't expect it to appear on this fallen angel's body. The fallen angel's body and wings had all turned a miserable grey, his eyes changed from black to white, and his body was rapidly swelling. The Meteorite Technique had now reached its peak above his head.

  I let out a loud roar: "Be careful!" and transformed into a bloody shadow, rushing over to block the way between Panzong and that fallen angel.

  That fallen angel, at the moment when it was about to land on Xiaoyue's body, suddenly exploded violently with itself as the center. Strangely, there was no blood or flesh splashing out, and a ring of gray energy rapidly expanded outward. The seventh-level earth magic spell "Meteor Fall" was actually being constantly dissolved by this energy.

  I gritted my teeth and transformed into a blood dragon, using the Crazy Dragon's Rapid Dance to charge forward.

  Jin and Yin are still quite far away, so I can only continue to use magic to support myself. Pan Zong lets out a furious roar, and countless magical defensive shields envelop me.

  Finally, I collided with that ring of gray energy.

  I didn't feel any impact of energy, I just felt like I was weakening, as if something was corroding me, the attack energy released by the crazy dragon dance was quietly dissipated, I was in so much pain that I almost vomited blood, and the magic defense cover cast on me by Panzong also disappeared layer by layer.

  A grey energy wave passed through me and all my strength seemed to be taken away by it.

  The instant I transformed into a beast, the aura of death enveloped my entire body. The peridot in my pocket suddenly became scorching hot, and a thick green light seeped into my body. The green light flashed violently, and the gray energy band instantly weakened. However, I heard a shattering sound - the peridot had been destroyed while protecting me.

  I let out a miserable cry and fainted, my body suddenly dropping from mid-air.

  Due to my resistance, the gray energy belt gradually disappeared. When it reached Panzong's body, only a thin layer was left, which was offset by the magic released by Panzong.

  Pan Zong's big tail swept, wrapping around me who fell from the sky. The gray energy belt extended all the way, and the surrounding trees, shrubs, rocks, everything that protruded from the ground, quietly disappeared under the shadow of death.

  Everything happened in an instant. Since I and Jinsil, Pansong, and Mengke were basically concentrated on one line, they did not suffer from the damage of that forbidden move.

  That fallen angel who chose self-sacrifice did not think that his sacrifice would not bring about the escape of his companions.

  As he was about to throw his companion away, the companion hesitated for a moment and exclaimed: "Don't!" It was this delay that decided his fate. When he wanted to leave again, it was too late. He and the surrounding rocks and trees all disappeared under the gray energy.

  Within a radius of 300 meters, except for this one area about ten or so meters wide that I'm defending, everything has become a flat and barren wasteland, devoid of any signs of life.

  Pan Zong transformed back into his human form, embracing me with a face that was deathly pale, and stared blankly, unable to utter a word.

  "Jin Dao: 'How is he? How's Lei?' Pan Zong's whole body shook, his soul was shocked, and he frowned: 'He's okay, he still has a breath, but he's badly injured. That energy was too terrifying, if it wasn't for Lei Xiang desperately resisting, I...' Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shudder, his heart filled with fear."

  His judgment was absolutely correct, that power even with his strength was unstoppable, after all it was a power that didn't belong to this world.

  Just now, at the last moment, if it wasn't for my full-strength strike, his various magic defense barriers, plus his Berserk and Fallen Angel transformation, as well as the large amount of life force released by the Peridot, with so many factors, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to save him either.

  Jin Yin let out a sigh and said: "Lei Xiang is a man who values relationships and righteousness, today he wronged you, consider this his apology. Hurry up and go heal his wounds in that cave first."

  Pan Zong hugged me and walked towards the cave: "Actually, I never blamed him. Who wouldn't lose control of their emotions in that situation? He's already done very well."

  Hades, the King of the Underworld, sat majestically on his throne, wearing a wide gray robe, with a hint of joyful smile on his handsome face. A circle of white symbols revolved around his body, and the gray crown on his head emitted a small ring of gray energy. The surrounding white symbols instantly dissolved into his majestic physique.

  "Wow, I didn't expect that in that world there would be someone who sincerely sought me out. He firmly abandoned his physical body and soul. Good, this devoted energy makes me feel very comfortable, and through his seeking, I took a look at that otherworldly world. Lucifer, the person who sought my power has your aura on him. It seems that you have quite a few followers in that other world."

  Lucifer, the great demon second only to Hades in the underworld, gently flapped his six black wings and floated forward, bowing his head: "All creatures who worship darkness and death are your most loyal followers." However, in his heart, he secretly cursed the fallen angel, for the forbidden technique he used had given Hades some foreign energy, making his own hope of replacing him even more elusive.

  Hades seemed pleased and didn't notice Lucifer's expression: "Hmm, you're right, I didn't notice anything unusual about this sacrifice, but the opponent he has to deal with surprises me."

  Lucifer was taken aback and asked: "What kind of creature could surprise you?"

  Hades furrowed his brow, a hint of perplexity flashing across his handsome face: "Do you believe it? The final blow from your follower who borrowed my power was actually blocked by his opponent."

  "What? In a different world, there's actually someone who can withstand one ten-thousandth of your power? Although it's only one ten-thousandth, that's already astonishing."

  Hades nodded and said, "Yes, I'm surprised too. The human at the forefront is full of strong life force, and he has your and Teoman's energy, although it's not strong, but it feels strange to me." Lucifer's face showed a gloomy expression, and he muttered silently: "Teoman, are you in that other world? Do you know how much I miss you?"

  A flash of grey, and Hades appeared before Lucifer: "Don't hold out any hope, when Tioman was struck by the three archangels with all their might, it's impossible for him to have survived. You should know this better than I do. You need to understand that over two thousand years ago, we signed a non-aggression pact with the divine clan not to enter other worlds. I don't want to spark another war between the divine realm and the underworld because of you, after all, we're not ready yet. When you have time, you should train more."

  Lucifer bowed his head and said, "Yes, sir." But did Lucifer really listen? He had originally escaped from the divine clan to the underworld.

  One of the five archangels, the charming angel Raphael, who cannot be described by any words, stood respectfully in the center of the temple, flapping his six snow-white wings.

  "Your Majesty, God King, I suddenly felt the power of the Underworld invading another world just now. I don't know if it's a precursor to an invasion from the Underworld, so I'm reporting this to you."

  A gentle voice came from the white boundary inside the temple: "Raphael, you are overthinking. I also felt the presence of the Underworld King, but that was just someone from another world borrowing a bit of his power. You don't have to worry."

  Raphael said worriedly: "Although we have been at peace with the underworld for so many years, I always have a bad premonition."

  A gentle voice came again: "I'll take care of them, in eight years it will be the Three Thousand Years' Newcomer War between the two realms, you must prepare well and pay attention to the opponent's movements. At the same time, go tell Gabriel to keep an eye on our little princess, absolutely no mistakes are allowed, my lovely daughter is our hope for victory over the Underworld."

  "Yes, sir. I'll take my leave."

  "Hmm." The God King watched Raphael's departing figure, muttering to himself: "Who will the Demon Realm send to participate? The Underworld King doesn't have a son. Daughter, you mustn't let me down!"

  I slowly came to from my coma, feeling soft and weak all over, without a single bit of strength.

  "Ah! Lei Xiang, you're finally awake!" Pan Zong's excited voice came. I opened my eyes to find Pan Zong's nine snake heads gathered around me, staring at me intently.

  Jin and Meng Ke also rushed over, Jin anxiously asked: "Lei, how are you feeling? Is there anything uncomfortable?" I understood that he was asking if I had any internal injuries. I concentrated on checking my body, the dark magic was still swirling around my forehead, although some energy was insufficient, but it was still very active. The Crazy God's aura was extremely weak, and in my dantian, I could only feel a hint of their presence. But I believed that with my training, I wouldn't need too much time to recover to my original state.

  I shook my head and said, "Don't worry, I'm not going to die. I'll fully recover after a while."

  Pan Zong excitedly said: "Lei Xiang, thank you..." I forced myself to raise my hand to stop him from continuing: "If we're brothers, then there's no need to say anything, this is what I should do. If the situation were reversed, I believe you would do the same, wouldn't you?"

  Pan Zong nodded solemnly and said, "When you blocked the attack for me, I knew that I had gained another most sincere brother. From now on, Pan Zong will treat you as his best brother, no matter what difficulties we face, let's go through them together."

  I nodded happily and said, "Yes, what difficulties can't be overcome by us? My brothers, I have finally avenged most of the grievances for you. Mo Yue, wait for me, you owe me, I will definitely make you pay back double."

  Jin suddenly said: "Why don't we swear brotherhood? We're all brothers anyway, isn't it better to have more titles?"

  Pan Zongxi said: "This proposal is good. From now on, we will be three brothers, sharing fortune and adversity together."

  Yin was dissatisfied and pouted: "What's with just three brothers, don't I have a share?"

  "Of course, of course, how could we leave you behind? Alright then, it's settled, the four siblings will go together."

  I shook my head and said, "No, it's five siblings who are correct, and there's Meng Ke too."

  Meng Ke's mouth suddenly opened wide: "I, I how can? Young master, I am your bodyguard."

  I smiled at him and said, "But you are also my brother. Among so many brothers, only you survived. I also promised Wolf that I would take good care of you. That's it. Do you have any opinions?"

  "Of course not, then let's get started now."

  "Is it really here?" Meng Ke exclaimed in surprise.

  "Of course, no need for any ceremony or anything like that, as long as it's sincere."

  Pan Zong was the first to kneel down: "I, Pan Zong." Jin and Yin quickly followed suit: "I, Jin." "I, Yin." Under my encouraging gaze, Meng Ke knelt down to the ground: "I... I, Meng Ke." I smiled slightly, lying there saying: "I, Lei Xiang."

  "We say in unison: 'In the presence of all things on earth, we wish to become brothers and sisters from now on, to care for each other, share good fortune together, and bear hardships together. If we violate this oath, may heaven's curse be upon us, and may the five thunders strike us dead.'"

  After taking the oath, each of us had a joyful smile on our face, and my originally depressed heart was also untied. I said: "Since everyone has already sworn an oath, how do we determine the order?"

  Pan Zong proudly said, "I'm definitely the oldest, I'm 112 years old this year." Even though Meng Ke had already guessed Pan Zong and Jinyin's identities, he was still shocked by Pan Zong's age and stumbled, almost falling over.

  Jin and Yin proudly said: "We are ninety-seven years old. What's the big deal about one hundred and twelve, isn't it just eating a few more years of dry rice?" Meng Ke muttered: "I'm twenty-one years old. If someone knew your age, they wouldn't think you're monsters..." Pan Zong and Jin and Yin glared at Meng Ke simultaneously.

  Meng Ke was so frightened that he dared not continue speaking. I shook my head and said, "I am eighteen years old this year."

  Pan Zongxi said: "I'm the big brother, haha." Jin and Yin whispered: "What's so great about it? In many places, 'big brother' means cuckold."

  Pan Zong heard this and became furious, rushing towards Jin and Yin wanting to take action. I hastily intervened, saying: "Alright, stop quarreling! Mu Ke is ranked fourth, I'm ranked fifth. Jin, Yin, how are you two ranked? Are you second brother, third sister or second sister, third brother?"

  Jin and Yin stared at each other blankly, neither of them able to say a word. They were born at the same time, so how could they determine who was older or younger? Jin suddenly said: "Of course I'm the second brother, I must have come out before her."

  Yin Dao: "Hmph, what are you talking about, coming out before me? Did you see it when you came out? Have Mom and Dad ever told you? Of course I came out first, I'm the second sister."

  ……

  The two of them started arguing incessantly.

  "Alright, stop arguing, I have an idea."

  "Gold and Silver asked in unison: 'What?' I said: 'Silver, anyway you'll eventually become Gold's wife, which is my second sister-in-law. Since that's the case, let's call Gold Second Brother and you Second Sister. What do you think?'"

  Yin said with a sneer: "Who wants to marry him, humph. However, your idea is still not bad, let's do it this way." Jin smiled and said: "Not marrying me? Can you escape?"

  "You..."

  "It's settled then. Panzong is the eldest brother, you two are the second brother and sister, Mengke is the third brother, and I am your fourth younger brother."

  Pan Zong burst out laughing and said: "Alright! Two young waiters, quick, give your big brother a back massage."

  Jin and Yin were both furious at the same time, baring their teeth and rushing towards Pan Zong: "Fine, we'll give you a good beating."

  Seeing their ferocious appearance, Pan Zong was frightened and retreated two steps, shaking his head repeatedly: "Forget it, forget it, I still want to live a few more years with this old body."

  I suddenly said in a low voice: "You all stop making noise, we must hurry up and leave here, go to the Beastman Imperial Capital."

  "Why?"

  I let out a sigh, and a cold glint flashed in my eyes: "Why did the Demon Clan send someone to kill my brother, have you ever thought about it?"

  Jin thought for a moment and said: "I think it should be related to your Beast God Sect."