Child of Destiny

Chapter 1441: The Appearance of the Heavenly Demon (Part 1)

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With Shinʼs Battle Genius Talent, the Demon constantly improved and evolved during the entire battle. It was getting used to its new vessel while wielding and merging the two energies under its command were becoming second nature to it.

Although it was still far from being perfect and unable to reach the ideal state of the said Worldly Origin, its power was becoming infinitely close to it.

This Demon in front of him was someone with an insanely high growth potential due to Shinʼs talent.

Samuel knew that it would be a great disaster if they let something like ʼthisʼ roam freely. There would be someone much scarier than the notorious ʼGreat Demonʼ, who always created chaos wherever he went – or even the ʼHeavenly Demonʼ himself, who could scare the World Government.

Samuel had left Bernardʼs body for David and the others to take care of so that he could focus on dealing with this demon.

He could subdue it quite easily if he wanted, but he could not do anything rash as this could also risk harming Shin. The ʼSeed of Hatredʼ had already taken over the body, which would put Shin at risk once it was cornered and decided to commit suicide.

Unless there was a decently powerful Mentalist around to put Shin to sleep and seal the ʼseedʼ once again, then they had to leave this ʼdemonʼ on a rampage.

But they could not wait that long either since the ʼSeed of Hatredʼ could also consume Shinʼs consciousness as he was put in slumber after the takeover. Unless Shin fought against it, this situation was very dangerous for him, especially when Shin had lost his mind in his rage earlier.

Of course, Samuel was unaware that there was another ʼconsciousnessʼ living within Shinʼs mind that could handle that problem.

Speaking of him, Uno was currently cursing Shin, who just went to sleep after his trauma was reawakened by the scene of Bernard dying.

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Bang! Bang! Bang!

Uno kept on dodging as a series of attacks from the gigantic demonic monster that just broke free from its seal. It was the embodiment of the ʼSeed of Hatredʼ within Shinʼs Sea of Consciousness.

There were still some golden chains wrapped around its limbs and other parts of its body, slightly restricting its movements, and somewhat stopping it from moving forward.

Behind Uno, Shin was floating in the air, unconscious. He was protecting the latter, as the Seed of Hatred was trying to reach them.

”Tsk! Why do I always have to clean up the mess? If you sleep there for as long as before, then we will be in deep trouble,” he mumbled as he glared at the See of Hatred fiercely.

He then turned to the side and looked over his shoulder. Looking at Shin, he clicked his tongue before cursing once again. ”You better donʼt use the same trick this time and run away again, or else your father will have to ʼfixʼ you again.”

After that, he turned to the Seed of Hatred once again before conjuring a pair of swords for each of his hands. This place was their domain, so everything was under their control.

Hu~!

Regulating his breaking, two types of Internal Qi surrounded his body; one being silver-white while the other was pitch-black. They were the Sacred Qi and Demonic Qi present within Shinʼs body.

With some adjustments of his mind, the Qi surrounding him looked like a pair of raging flames fighting against one another suddenly thinned out and formed a layer over his body with an alternating color.

They also spread toward his swords and formed a layer of Qi on them, enhancing their sharpness and hardness. This greatly showed how good his control over the energies that he harnessed.

If any Sword Practitioner saw this, then they would be crazy as it was a sign that someone was approaching the ranks of Swordmaster already. In their terms, this was a perfect control over Sword Qi. With that kind of coating over his swords, his battle prowess reached another level.

But that was not the end as he still had other cards in his arsenal.

The next one was his version of the Natural State. It was a state that perfectly matched his talents and battle style.

ʼNatural State: True Equinoxʼ

It was the counterpart that Shin had been using until he recently achieved it.

But this one was much perfect and more powerful than what Shin had as Uno had combined the two special states that Professor Plum had created to complement his ʼYin-Yang Martial Arts and Swordsmanshipʼ, the ʼBlack Origin Thresholdʼ and ʼWhite Dawn Boundaryʼ.

Uno was not successful at totally combining, but he created something that was not that far from the ideal state that they were supposed to have. One was meant for an aggressive and fiery offensive while the other was entering a state of absolute tranquility.

An aggressive heart and a calm mind; aggressive as fire but as calm as water.

After adjusting himself and conditioning his mind, Uno opened his eyes and looked coldly at the manifestation of the Seed of Hatred.

He knew that he still did not stand a chance against this monster alone. But if it was just buying time until those people outside find a way to stop the rampage of the ʼvesselʼ, he could at least do that much.

Swoosh!

He suddenly disappeared from his current stop and instantly appeared in front of the face of the Seed of Hatred before swinging his swords consecutively, sending huge sword waves that turned into a spinning cross.

Bang!

It exploded on the face of the Seed of Hatred but did not deal that much damage. The monster just faced it head-on and swung its claws at him.

But before it could even reach him, Uno disappeared once again before appearing in a different location. He then attacked for another time, taking an aggressive stance.

He knew that he could not afford to stay in a passive state and just defend in this battle as the Seed of Hatred could gradually gain its strength the longer it controlled the main body. It would not take that long before it gained enough strength to break from the restraints of the golden chains and fully take over the body.

That was why he had to constantly harass it and prevent it from spreading its influence in the Sea of Consciousness, preventing themselves from being consumed by it.

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As Uno was batting the Seed of Hatred inside the Sea of Consciousness and Samuel was restraining the Demon controlling the vessel, David was trying his best to contact his master.

But he later realized that Evangeline was already on her way, rushing with the fastest speed that she had.

This place was quite remote and far away from the direction that she was coming from, so it would take some time before she could arrive.

Moreover, she also had to avoid those people from the World Government since they would bother her once she was discovered, wasting more of her time. Even if she was no longer afraid of them since she had fully recovered, the current situation needed her to arrive at the scene as soon as possible, or else Shin would be in danger.

Besides David, Alyssa seemed to be doing the same, but she also realized that same thing. She exchanged glances with David before clicking her tongue and shaking her head.

”You are in trouble. Get ready for the punishment once all of this is over,” she said as she could already imagine the miserable fate that was waiting for him.

”Hey! It is not like I am not doing anything! I have been running around doing all the tasks that she and Sir Adam had given me before sh*t happens!” refuted David through telepathy, preventing others from hearing them.

”But your main task is looking over our junior brother,” she retorted with a smirk.

The corner of Davidʼs mouth twitched when he heard that before defending himself. ”Hey! Do you know how much of a troublemaker he is? I have given him both that teleportation and protection talismans to save himself even against powerful people, yet he still ends up in situations like this.”

As they were arguing through telepathy, Vincent walked to them and said. ”I have gotten a report from our family. It seems like something serious happened in the Ace City.”

He paused for a moment before continuing with a solemn tone. ”Not only the Black Serpent Mafia is attacking it, but Jan Mateo, the Great Demon, even appeared along with his people.”

David raised him when he heard that before chuckling. ”That guy is also here!?”

He then exchanged glances with Alyssa before turning back to Vincent as he continued to laugh. ”Then he is f*cked!”

***

A few moments before Shin lost himself.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ace City.

The battle both inside the barrier and above the city continued. The battles were still as chaotic as before while all sides were suffering serious losses.

The battle between powerhouses above the city was also reaching its climax.

Nathan and Jan Mateo were still engaging in an intense battle at the highest point in the sky. The former was holding his ground quite well even though he was on the weaker side. However, it was mostly because the latter had been seriously injured by Old Ryong previously.

Regardless, Jan Mateo was still gaining the upper hand in the battle due to his command with both the Natural Force and Spiritual Force. The combined powers of the two were much stronger than what Nathan had even with the help of his bloodline power.

Compared to Jan Mateo, his people were not doing that well. Most of them were on the losing end in their respective battle. But since they were Demonic Partitioners, killing them would be a great challenge given that they could constantly heal themselves. So long as they had enough Demonic Powers within them, they would be able to continue fighting.

Well, aside from a single person.

The Demon General who was fighting Old Ryong was now losing an arm after the old man had cut it off.

He could not regrow his severed limb with his Demonic Powers as Old Ryongʼs powers were preventing him from healing it. That power was like a parasite that was constantly consuming his Demonic Powers whenever he tried to heal his wounds.

This was one of the abilities that Old Ryong had developed after fighting against Demonic Practitioners in the past, which also made him a notorious enemy of those people.

His Demonic Powers made use of the Demonic Powers of the others, weakening them while strengthening himself.

But in exchange for seriously injuring that Demon General, Old Ryong had risked worsening his wounds.

Jan Mateo also had his methods when fighting Demonic Practitioners, especially when he hunted down those that could be his nutrients. The wounds that he could inflict on other Demonic Practitioners were as serious as what Old Ryong could and tricky to handle.

Boom!

As the battle on this side escalated further, a powerful demonic aura exploded in the distance.

Everyone halted in their tracks and paused the battles as they could sense how powerful that demonic aura was.

As Demonic Practitioners, Jan Mateo, his people, and Old Ryong knew what this meant. A Demon was born!

And given the powerful aura that it was released, they knew that it was someone that could stand at the highest point within their ʼhierarchyʼ.

It was someone more powerful than Jan Mateo himself when he first became a ʼDemonʼ. The same for Old Ryong as well as the current leaders of the Demonic Sects and organizations related to them.

At the very least, it was as strong as a certain person.

As that person flashed through their minds, they could not help but speak out loud. ”The Heavenly Demon!”

They all turned in the direction where the demonic aura was coming from and saw that the sky had turned dark as if night befell in that place.

They could not see the column of demonic aura that appeared in that place, but they could at least tell that it had reached the sky given the phenomenon that they were seeing.

Jan Mateo suddenly became excited when he saw that. ”I finally found you, my meal!”

He glanced at Nathan before smirking. He turned and was about to issue a command to head over to the place where the demonic aura was coming from when something unexpected happened.

While everyone where looking at the source of the demonic aura, a huge spatial fracture appeared in the sky.

It blocked their line of sight as it appeared right between them and the place where the new ʼDemonʼ was born.

Their attention was quickly attracted to that spatial tear, sensing an overwhelming power coming from it. This power instantly overridden the demonic aura released by the newly born demon, making them extremely cautious.

Then they saw an extremely handsome man walking out of that spatial tear while wearing a set of black Taoist robes with golden and crimson embroideries designing its edges.

An intense shiver quickly ran down the spine of everyone as they saw him and almost simultaneously shouted after recognizing him.

”Heavenly Demon!”

This time, their tones carried a deep fear as they stared at the man, who calmly looked at them with his hands crossed behind him.

He smirked when he saw their reactions before staring straight at Jan Mateo and said. ”Since you did not heed my warning, I guess I will be taking your life this time.”

His tone was calm and collected but his words carried an air of authority as if he was standing on the top of the world.

With his appearance, time seemed to have stopped while the world listened to his words.

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