Insufficient balance

  Gu Yun sighed and said, "Our demonic clan's internal conflicts are very intense. If it weren't for the existence of His Majesty and our father, the two four-winged angels, I'm afraid we would have already clashed. They represent another major force - Su Zha, the Prince of Sujin. The prince is His Majesty's brother, and in his camp, there are more than a dozen fallen angels, making it the largest force outside of His Majesty's. The prince has been ambitious for a long time and wants to replace His Majesty. I don't know who leaked the news, but he found out about His Majesty passing on power to the princess. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he will certainly try to suppress our side's forces. That Su Er has already cultivated the Tianmo Jue to the sixth level and is extremely formidable. The others are also at the fifth level of strength, so we don't have much chance. You should leave quickly, or it will be too late."

  I gazed firmly at Ziyan in my arms, and my eyes had already told her of my decision.

  Ziyan smiled slightly and said, "A man should have his own persistence. No matter what, I will support you, but don't drive me away, okay? I want to stay here with you, even if it's death, I want to be with you."

  She's really smart, and she directly spoke out the thoughts in my mind. I bitterly smiled: "You ride the black dragon first, if you're here, I'll be distracted, and you can't take action."

  Ziyan shook her head and said, "Don't bother about me, go ahead and do what you want."

  The Gu brothers have treated me with such kindness, even if they were my enemies, at this time, I absolutely cannot abandon them, otherwise, I would not be worthy of being a man and could not become an extraordinary strong person. Facing danger, I absolutely cannot escape.

  At this time, Gu Feng had already talked to Su'er and the four people on the opposite side surrounded them in a fan shape. Su'er said viciously: "Don't let one go. Dark condenses the soul, falling is freedom, wake up, endless magic sleeping in my blood." Almost at the same time, the four opponents completed their fallen angel transformation.

  Ko Yun blocked my way, and together with Gu Feng, they drew out their long knives. "Darkness gathers the soul, falling is freedom, awaken, endless demonic power sleeping in my blood."

  But I was the first to transform on our side, and after transforming, I flashed to the side of the two people. Mo Ming pointed to the ground with a slanted finger, "You don't need to persuade me anymore, we advance and retreat together, three against four, it's not necessarily that we will lose." Although my mouth said so, but in my heart, I didn't have any confidence at all.

  "My transformation really surprised Sore: 'Another fallen angel, newly transformed? Well, I'll let you be destroyed in the bud.'"

  The two brothers knew they couldn't persuade me, and were relieved by my actions. They transformed into fallen angels and stood guard on either side of me. Seven powerful demon clans, flapping their wings, stood facing us on the official road, their strong aura covering an area of several dozen meters in diameter. Ziyan had already ridden her black dragon to a distant place.

  In the place where we seven stood, there was not a single ray of sunlight, completely shrouded by the black mist emanating from our bodies. The black mist would become the boundary for our final battle. I felt an unprecedentedly huge pressure, and my hand holding Mo Ming's was sweating profusely.

  Fourteen icy gazes clashed in mid-air, not giving an inch. In terms of momentum, we were clearly at a disadvantage and couldn't continue like this. When the opponent's momentum reached its peak, their ultimate blow might be more than we could handle.

  At this moment, I took the lead and gathered all my crazy godly aura, mixed with dark magic power, which was condensed onto Mo Ming through my hands. I stepped forward, and Mo Ming heavily stabbed into the ground. The Gu brothers had cooperated for a long time, so they flew up from both sides of me and pounced on each other like lightning.

  A massive explosion opened the curtain of the fierce battle, and the power of the stormy rain exploded behind the four opponents, bringing two kinds of energy fragments from behind Su Er and others to attack them overwhelmingly.

  The Gu brothers also rushed up at this time, their long knives transforming into two black lights that slashed towards the frontmost Sol. The opponent was not disordered in the least as they were attacked from both front and back, splitting into two people to unfold their wings to welcome the fragmented rocks behind them, while Sol and another person met the Gu brothers' attack head-on.

  After unleashing a storm of wild winds, I took a deep breath and charged out with the Ink Shadow. The air was filled with the constant sound of clashing energies as the Gu brothers' combined attack was incredibly powerful, managing to temporarily hold off another enemy's assault and focus their strongest power on Su'er, their strategy was spot on - capture the leader first.

  Suol was killed in a continuous retreat in the joint attack of the two, at this time, I arrived, and I didn't stop another enemy, with my sword merged into one, rushing towards Suol, shouting: "Crazy Dragon Dance". The Gu brothers cooperated very well to unload Suol's attack, and also sealed off his escape routes on both sides, making him face me who had merged with the Ink Dragon.

  Those two enemies who were fighting against the storm have completed their mission and are now desperately flying back, while another enemy is charging towards my side with all his might, adopting the strategy of "besieging Wei to rescue Zhao". If I continue to attack Suol, I will definitely be hit by him.

  However, in a hurry, he must not be able to exert his full strength. This situation is very favorable for us, and if we can recreate Su Er, it will inevitably deal a heavy blow to the opponent. I gritted my teeth and decided to fight against my opponent and hit Su Er, taking his life.

  Suol faced the life-and-death juncture with an unusual calmness, his eyes coldly staring at me, a strange light flashing in his eyes, his body suddenly shaking, dodging the Gu brothers' attack, and a dark energy ball suddenly appearing on his chest, letting out a loud roar, and fiercely pushing the energy ball towards me.

  The Gu brothers were not to be underestimated either, and although Su Er dodged their direct attack, the residual energy from the blow still left two deep gashes on his arms.

  The dark dragon I transformed into heavily crashed into the dark energy sphere, and the violent force sent all four of us flying at the same time. The trees around the official road fell in a piece, and the ground was completely blown open.

  The Gu brothers dodged the mud in the air and rushed towards me, because I was now unable to control my body, and the collision earlier had temporarily knocked me out.

  The Gu brothers made a turn in the air and flew to my side, grabbing my arms. The recoil from the previous heavy blow also allowed me to avoid the attack from behind.

  The force of the counter-shock left me with a slight injury, but what astonished me was that although Thor had sprayed blood all over the sky, his wound didn't seem to be serious. In such a favorable situation at the time, I couldn't inflict another heavy blow on him, which made me feel extremely puzzled. The attack just now had almost exhausted my strength. That momentary advantage has now disappeared.

  Sauron stood there with his hair disheveled, surrounded by his comrades. In the midst of the violent airflow, his upper garment had been torn to shreds, and he was covered in blood, looking somewhat terrifying. Sauron sealed off his own veins, staring at us with an unyielding gaze, his voice seeping out from between his teeth: "You guys take care of the Gu brothers, that little brat is mine, if I don't crush him to dust and ashes, I'm not Sauron Lucifer."

  He licked the fresh blood at the corner of his mouth with his hand, and a wicked smile appeared on his face: "Let me get hurt, I will pay back ten times."

  I took a deep breath, gripped the ink Ming tightly, and the next battle would be more brutal than before. The opponent will never give us the opportunity we had earlier again.

  "Brother, you'd better leave quickly, we can hold on for a while, but staying here is just throwing your life away." Gu Yun hastily advised me. I slowly and forcefully shook my head, spitting out eight words: "Fight to the death, no regrets even in death!"

  I also thought of escaping, but if I ran away, the shadow of this time would be forever buried in my heart, having an immeasurable impact on me in the future. If I escaped, what would Ziyuan think? In her heart, I would become a coward.

  What I didn't know was that due to the change in relationships, strength was no longer that important to Ziyuan. She rode on the black dragon from a distance, carefully watching our battle, muttering: "Ah Xiang, you absolutely can't get into trouble, if not then just run."

  Love had long made Ziyan, this proud and kind girl, put down everything. My safety was the most precious thing to her. Unfortunately, I didn't know these things at that time. If I knew, I would rather die than be willing to fight desperately.

  The originally long strip of official road was blown into a circular large pit under the devastating impact just now, and we are in this pit.

  Apart from Su Er, the three enemies simultaneously raised their blades and let out a loud shout, transforming into three black arcs that slashed towards them. The Gu brothers' dual blades merged to meet the attack, with the sound of clashing energies echoing through the air. Due to the Gu brothers' telepathic connection, their opponents were momentarily unable to gain the upper hand.

  "All my spirit is focused on Sol, his face with a wicked smile staring at me dead, chanting: "Great God of Darkness, as your servant, I am willing to offer you my most precious soul in exchange for temporary power, please grant my request and give me the purest, most evil, most explosive power in the darkness. Dark Ascension."

  This magic I know, must enter the sixth layer of Tianmo to use a six-level dark magic. It does not have substantial attack power, but can instantly restore its own state, absorb dark elements in the air to reach one and a half times the original, belonging to auxiliary dark magic.

  But the backlash of this magic is very strong, after using it for a period of time, the caster must undergo a month of training to recover to their original state, during which they will also suffer from many unbearable pains. Since he has used this magic, he must have planned not to let any of us escape.

  I had no way to stop him, as the magic was used very quickly. Now what I need to do is to recover the two energies in my body as soon as possible and then have a fight with him later. Along with his incantation, a strange black six-pointed star appeared under his feet, and purple light enveloped his whole body instantly. The light seemed to be absorbed into his body, and his eyes changed from the fallen angel's black to an eerie dark purple.

  "Little one, accept your death." The horse-cutting knife slashed out horizontally, and a black-purple energy slash slanted towards me. As soon as the energy was released, when it was still very far away from me, I could already feel his breath locked onto me tightly. I had no choice but to fight back hard in order to dissolve this attack; otherwise, if he were to follow up with another strike, there would be only one path left - death.

  I raised the Ink Ming, and the dark magic was applied to it. Without any fuss, I drew a trajectory that was exactly the same as his attack route. The two forces collided in mid-air, and at the moment of impact, an incredibly powerful force completely shattered the sword energy I had released, heavily striking my chest.

  I let out a miserable cry and flew out horizontally, heavily crashing into the wall of the pit. The front of my shirt was slashed open with a big gash, revealing the undergarment inside. If I didn't have thick skin, I'm afraid I would have died from this one slash.

  Su Er dragged his saber step by step towards me, and with each step closer, the pressure suddenly increased. The Gu brothers wanted to come and help me, but they were also powerless.

  Two against three, they were clearly at a disadvantage and were tightly trapped by their opponents. If the opponents weren't afraid of getting hurt, they probably wouldn't have been able to maintain the current situation.

  Su Er said: "Little boy, you're quite sturdy, but the previous one was just an appetizer, the real feast is yet to come. I won't let you die so easily, I'll scrape you inch by inch. Haha, haha, hahaha."

  "What the hell are you smiling at, look at my sword." Mo Ming rolled up a crazy gust of wind that swept directly at his abdomen. I didn't wait for the move to finish, and immediately flew up, Mo Ming conjured up a vast expanse of sword shadows towards Su'er. Since power can't compare with his, then rely on speed, hoping to create a miracle.

  Suol's demeanor was leisurely, shaking the horse-slaying knife in his hand, dissolving my offense time and again. I tried to launch a sword from a tricky angle, concentrating dark magic and Crazy God's fighting spirit on the tip of Mo Ming's sword, making Suol's horse-slaying knife ring out repeatedly.

  Suol's slash horse knife weighed over 100 jin, like a half-door board, in this close combat, although the defense was sufficient, but the offense was insufficient. I was taking advantage of his weakness to dance with him. The Crazy God Three Styles were more powerful, but compared to them, they consumed too much energy. Now, I was completely relying on speed to dance with him, and the Crazy God's fighting spirit was mainly used to increase my speed. For a while, Suol really couldn't do anything to me.

  What surprised me was that since I was slightly injured by Suo's aura slash just now, a warm energy has been continuously transmitted from my right lower abdomen. It didn't heal my injury, but it brought vigorous vitality to the surrounding area of the wound, stimulating the cells around the wound to constantly self-repair.

  The right chest emits a faint fragrance that continuously stimulates my nerves, keeping me in an excited state, and I am fully energized to fight against Sol.

  The flavor in my right chest I know is from the Chicken Blood Stone, because Zi Yan once said that the Chicken Blood Stone has the effect of refreshing and calming the mind. But what brings that vigorous vitality is definitely one of the precious stones, but for a moment I couldn't remember which stone Zi Yan had placed there.

  Unfortunately, I didn't store my magic power with amethyst, or else there might have been a chance of winning. Sul didn't rush to destroy me, but instead lightly swung his broken halberd to parry my attack, with a sinister smile on his face.

  Although I knew he was waiting for his companions to gather the Gu brothers and didn't want to get hurt again, so he didn't use his full strength. However, my abilities could only allow me to maintain this status quo. Once he pulled away from me, it would probably be my moment of death. Although my defensive power is extremely strong, being hit by that thick and huge horse-cutting knife wouldn't feel good either.

  The area of the big pit has been expanding in our battle, looking down from above, you will find that there is a layer of dust and fog all over the pit, only vaguely visible human shadows.

  Ziyan had long tied the black dragon in a distant place and ran over herself. She crouched on the edge of the pit, watching intently at my battle with Suol.

  I'm exerting my strength with all my might, and the intense battle is making me feel extremely exhilarated. The two energies within me are constantly merging and releasing, and Sol is astonished to discover that I'm actually getting stronger as we fight on, without showing any signs of fatigue.

  His own strength far surpasses mine, and he's also using dark auxiliary magic to aid him. Logically speaking, it should be easy for him to defeat me, but the reason he's not finishing me off is because he doesn't want to get hurt again. He wants to completely triumph over me, so he's been dragging out the fight, waiting for the moment when I let my guard down before delivering a fatal blow.

  But my constantly increasing strength made him feel a chill in his heart, and he thought to himself that if this continued for another twenty years, the demon clan would probably be under this kid's control. Thinking of this, Su Er could no longer care about his own injuries, and with a burst of energy, he shook me off, at the same time raising his Zhan Ma knife high above his head and shouting: "Darkness Slashes the Sky."

  The surrounding dark fog seemed to be absorbed by his knife, transforming into a black energy band that slashed towards me. Gu Yun and Gu Feng shouted in unison: "Don't take it head-on, dodge quickly!" But their words came too late, I had already swung Mo Ming and clashed with the so-called Dark Slashing Void Slash. This time, I really did chop onto the Slashing Horse Knife, the incoming energy slashing my shoulder and sending blood flying everywhere, my shoulder first went numb, followed by a severe pain that spread from the wound.

  I knew that my collarbone must have been broken. A large amount of dark magic surged into my body, crazily destroying the meridians inside me.

  Su Er let out a loud shout, and with a swing of his horse-slaying knife, he sent me flying. As I soared through the air, blood sprayed wildly from my body, and the inkstone flew out of my hand, shattering on impact. Almost everyone thought that with such severe injuries, I wouldn't be able to survive. Only Zi Yan understood that although this blow had severely injured me, it wasn't enough to take my life, thanks to my sturdy physique. She couldn't care about anything else anymore and flew down, standing in front of me.

  At the same time I was being attacked, the Gu brothers weren't doing much better. The two of them were caught off guard while trying to remind me and were grabbed by our opponents, who took advantage of their momentary lapse in attention. After a fierce struggle, they too were sent flying to the side, covered in blood.

  Suo Er De Yi burst into loud laughter: "You guys watch these two brothers first, I'll take care of this little kid now. Ah, this little girl is really pretty, although I'm a bit old, but making you desire to die still isn't a problem. Quick, move aside, let me deal with this little kid, find a secluded place, and serve you well."

  Ziyan's face turned bright red with anger, her hand holding the magic wand trembling slightly. I'm now lying on the ground behind Ziyan, my whole body aching all over, the life force constantly coming from my lower right abdomen nourishing my body, and I saw the situation of the Gu brothers.

  It's all over, everything is over. What can be done with Yanzhi's power? Now my only regret is why I didn't insist on letting Yanzhi leave at the beginning of the battle. Hearing Su'er humiliate Yanzhi, I felt a wave of anger in my heart, and the injured meridians hurt even more, spitting out another mouthful of blood.

  Ziyan was just about to use her light magic to attack Su'er when a dark shadow flashed, and the magic wand ended up in the opponent's hand. Su'er sneered: "Little girl, since you want to have fun here, I'll fulfill your wish. Brothers, wait for me to finish with this guy, then all of you will get a turn, let him watch how we take his woman." The others also burst into maniacal laughter.

  Gu Yun propped himself up, his face twisted in anger: "You, you beasts! You can't do this! Brothers, elder brothers, we owe it to him, and even if we become vengeful spirits in the underworld, we won't forgive these animals!"

  A fallen angel let out a cold hum, and hurled two dark energy balls at the brothers. With two loud explosions, the brothers were simultaneously blown away, firmly embedded in the wall of the pit, their bodies covered in blood, making the entire scene look like a hellhole. Although this attack was not enough to take their lives, it was already impossible for them to remain conscious. Due to losing consciousness, the Gu brothers had returned to their original form, with the wings on their backs disappearing and their hair changing back to its original style.

  Ziyan's face was pale, staring tightly at Suol who was walking towards her step by step, her eyes filled with a desperate color.

  Suddenly, Su'er stood still in terror, staring fixedly at Ziyan's back.

  Ziyan was stunned, turned around and looked back, only to find a pair of red eyes staring at her. A surge of immense power came over her, and she was thrown into the pit.

  It was then, just as Sorel humiliated Ziyan, that my sanity could no longer be maintained, and the furious heart stirred up the essence of madness. The black wings burned red in the flames of anger, and my hair and eyes also changed accordingly. The injuries on my body healed rapidly, even the clavicle automatically connected itself back together.

  I lightly floated up and drifted to the back of Ziyan. The residual consciousness in my mind told me not to harm this woman in front of me, and with a wave of my hand, I sent Ziyan flying upwards.

  My body exuded a dangerous aura, my voice devoid of any anger: "You can all go die." I spread open my crimson wings, knocking away the dark energy balls they had sent out. Overwhelming power surged around me, my hair standing on end. Mò Míng was sucked into my hand, and under the influx of energy, it too transformed into a similarly eerie red color.

  "Suo'er exclaimed: 'You, what kind of monster are you?'"

  I raised the ink in my hand, saying word by word: "You, the first to die." A flash of red light, I appeared behind Suer, staring tightly at the other three.

  Su Er let out a shrill cry, and a bowl-sized blood hole appeared on his chest, with fresh blood spraying out wildly. He collapsed to the ground. In fact, he wasn't that weak. Although I had transformed into the Blood Red Angel and my strength was now absolutely above his, it wasn't by much. There was no way I could have killed him with one move. It was just that his strange appearance and sudden transformation made him unable to react for a moment, slowing down his movements, and his dark magic hadn't been unleashed yet, so he died under my ghostly speed.

  But he was still incredibly powerful and hadn't been turned into a bloody rain like before, the Six Layered Heaven Demon Technique was indeed extraordinary. I held up the Ink Expanse in front of my eyes, gently licking off the fresh blood on it: "Who's next?"

  The remaining three fallen angels retreated in a flurry, unsure of who among them had let out a cry, and the three of them flew off in different directions.

  Do you really think I'm a ghost or something? Their momentum is gone, and they can't threaten me anymore. Now my mind only thinks of blood, blood, blood.

  The red light flashed, and in an instant, two of them were cut down by me in mid-air, while the last one was nailed to a large tree by my thrown Ink Shadow. Perhaps it was because I looked too terrifying, originally they only needed to work together to hold on until my berserk energy dissipated, then they could take my life, but now the result is... I sucked back the Ink Shadow and stood in the center of the pit, laughing maniacally. The surroundings were filled with an evil atmosphere, and those black misty auras were all absorbed into my body.

  A red light flashed, and I flew out of the pit. Ziyan was right in front of me, her face pale as she stared at my ferocious appearance. She subconsciously took a step back, even the black dragon in the distance was uneasy, scratching the ground with its forehooves.

  I stared at her with an uncertain expression, and suddenly I stumbled and fell to one knee, the red color on my body gradually disappearing and turning back to its original black. My wings retracted into my body, and my eyes and hair returned to their normal colors. A thread of black blood flowed from the corner of my mouth as I gazed at Ziyan with a dazed expression, speaking in a disjointed tone: "Save... save them... two, make up a story... tell them, wait until they're a bit better, let them immediately take me to a safe place to treat my wounds. Are you scared? Sorry..." After uttering the last word, I collapsed to the ground like a fallen mountain or an overturned jade pillar.

  Two streams of icy air continued to circulate within me, repairing my battered body. My consciousness gradually cleared up, directing the remaining dark magic in my body to work together with these two energies from the same source. The lower right abdomen still transmitted a strong vitality that nourished my body.

  Compared to the last time I used Blood Angel, this time I overdrafted even more severely. After all, I killed four powerful enemies. If not for the continuous replenishment of vitality and the support of these two energies now, I'm afraid I would have been crippled or dead by now.

  The dark magic circulated within me for seven more cycles, and the two external energies gradually withdrew. I slowly closed my eyes and opened them again.

  "Ah, Are, you're awake, great." A few drops of water dripped onto my face.

  I composed myself and found that Ziyu's lovely face with a pear blossom-like complexion was right in front of me, not far away. I opened my mouth, my voice a bit hoarse: "Are we safe?"

  Another voice came from the side, it was Gu Yun: "Brother, we're safe now. Even if Su Zhe wants to kill us again, he doesn't have anyone in his hands right now. How are your injuries?" I turned my head, and the Gu brothers sat cross-legged beside me, their eyes filled with grateful expressions.

  "It's much better. Where are we?" I looked around, now it was daytime, and there were tall trees all around us. It seemed that we should be in the dense forest not far from where the accident happened.

  Gu Feng said: "We are just in the forest beside the official road, only about five miles away from where they ambushed us. Thank you, brother, if it wasn't for you, we would all have to be reborn."

  I forced a smile and said, "Gu Er Ge, don't say that. If I don't kill them, I'll die too. Zi Yan, tell me what happened after you knocked me out, okay?"

  I'm doing this on purpose, who knows what kind of story Ziyan has come up with. If they ask later and I answer incorrectly, won't that be a giveaway? Although they're no longer a threat now, it's still better to be cautious.

  After I woke up, Zi Yan was still in a state of excitement. When I asked her, she immediately understood what I meant, held my hand and said softly: "Close your eyes, I'll tell you."

  I obediently closed my eyes, and Ziyan recounted what happened after I fainted.

  It turned out that after I fainted that day, Ziyan was suddenly panicked. She couldn't treat me and could only help me bandage my wound. Then she pulled us three from the ancient wall of the pit. She alone couldn't handle the three of us, so she took us all to the forest. After half a day passed, it was deep in the night when the Gu brothers woke up one after another.

  The two of them didn't ask about our situation and quickly treated their own wounds. It wasn't until the next morning, when their injuries had improved a bit, that they brought us along to where we are now.

  When they asked about Ziyuan's situation, Ziyuan told them that Mo Huang had once imparted to her the Tianmo Jieti Dafa, a technique that could instantly unleash one's life potential, but of course, at a cost.

  It's laughable, but Zi Yan actually said that I used up 20 years of my life force to exchange for a powerful strength, and killed the four of them one by one. The Gu brothers were naturally grateful beyond words, and before their wounds had even healed, they took turns using dark healing magic to treat me, stabilizing my injuries.

  I was dizzy for seven days, and two days ago, the Gu brothers had almost recovered. The two of them together treated my injuries with what I felt were two energies from the same source.

  Thanks to their efforts, I finally woke up. Ziyuan's storytelling skills are really strong! After listening to her account, I opened my eyes and said: "Thank you two brothers for treating me, is your injury okay?"