Chapter XLVIII

The demons hesitated, then turned to look at the bigger demon who killed Tien's soul clone.

"gajhoijaektr gaidujoiae gaoijt!" The demon shouted, and right after it did, the elites backed out a little, and started casting long distance spells.

Tien smiled more, but looking less angry then before, in fact, he was almost laughing.

Jing stood from far and looked at the on going battle, the elites had surrounded Tien completely, and as the casters were casting, arrows rained down on Tien, but the arrows seemed to be deflected before they even reach Tien.

When the casters finished casting, a purple seal slowly appeared in front of the casters, facing Tien. A purple energy bolt appeared from the seal and went on it's deadly move to Tien.

"Heart piercers? That's the best they can do after all the grace I've given them?" Tien said.

Jing looked at Tien, and it all happened in an flash, the heart piercers went through Tien, passing by him as if he wasn't there, and the spells hit the casters themselves, and the bows of all the archers behind disappeared.

Den stood there looking at Tien. Not knowing what had happened at all, even with his aura eyes activated.

Jing didn't see anything, all she saw was Tien going blur for a while and then he surrounded by frozen bows.

The bigger demon wasn't amused. "kjhsguirt!" it shouted and the demonic troops started to retreat towards the portal.

"You wish." Tien said, and the ice shard circle expanded at an extreme speed, and so did his aura. The demons that entered the circle were frozen instantly. Soon the circle was big enough to cover the battlefield.

Only one stood unfrozen. The demon that killed the soul clone.

"jdkhfiurt.. sjdifjo!"

"Thankfully I've learnt demon tongue during my stay in the library." Tien said to himself.

"jdhfuisehrj!" The demon said.

"khguishejrkjlji.. lkdogjst. ljiojfgkrjt ljdfgr osjgiorjt." Tien replied laughing.

The demon was getting fustrated. "ldshgirjtk... kjdhgidjrkt! lfdjgi jigjorrkt lkjaidf."

Tien nodded.

The demon then raised it's bonelike blade and pierced his neck. Black blood started to gush out from the wound it had created itself. The blood levitated around the demon, forming purplish red seals all around the demon. Orbs then started to appear in front of the seals, levitating.

Jing was running towards Tien as the orbs started to appear. She had understood what the conversation between Tien and the demon was about.

The demon pointed at Tien. The orbs then grew brighter and bigger, then, red streams of energy bolts flew towards Tien. Right before the energy bolts reached Tien, a familiar figure jumped into the path of the bolts.

It was Jing.
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Chapter XLVII

The demonic troops stared wide-eyed at the new arrival that materialized from within the light. He wore a white suit, a translucent cloak with blue markings wrapped around him. He looked exactly like the person whom the demon killed, except that his magical aura was much purer then the one who just died.

Tien looked at his own corpse, and then he bent down and took out a ring from the headless body, and as he did, the body slowly turned into mist and gathered at the bright gray jewel on the ring.

He stood up, and as he did, his aura increased at an incredible rate.

Most of the demonic troops couldn't stand his aura and passed out, only the elites and the demon withstood the amazing aura Tien was giving out.

Jing felt that aura too, an aura she could never miss. She had felt his aura disappear when the clone died, and was shocked that Tien would die so easily, but now feeling this aura, she was quite sure what had happened.

"Alright. Who killed me." Tien said, clearly pissed.

The demon troops stood there, unsure of what to do.
The demon that killed the clone then gave a loud roar, and the elites started to move towards Tien.

Tien did nothing, he just stood there, as if waiting for them to come.

An elite jumped into the sky, and tried slashing from above, only to be knocked back before he was even close to Tien. That elite froze in mid-air, and was smashed to bits the moment it touched the ground.

A faint white glow started to expend from Tien's legs, and slowly formed an outline of a circle.
The glow then was replaced by small ice shards that appeared from the ground.

"Step in and die." Tien said, smiling.
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Chapter XLVI


Shadow took one last glance back at the barrier..before he reappeared at a nearby cliff.
In his hands was the black parchment.
He held it while it flared up, then releasing the flaming fragments onto the night breeze and watches it blow away, shedding threads of floating embers.
The message on the parchment was in Demon tongue. But Shadow knew it immediately from his experiences. There was one name in it that he will never forget.
The message translates into 3 simple words:

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Chapter XLV

It was a starless night. The borderlands lay quiet and empty.

Shadow quickens his pace as he inspect the final barrier that separates the land of Kerios and Demonia. He was half-walking, half-running in his invisible form.

"Never knew walking and running could be that tiring" He muttered.
"I wish i could just teleport."
"Yea right, and trigger all the hidden alarms?" A voice in his head echoed.

Somehow that voice sounded vaguely familar.
Shadow thought, chuckling to himself.

He arrived at an edge of a very high cliff, still invisible, he stood there looking at a nearby town.

They'll never know what hit them if this barrier ever breaks down. He thought to himself.

He was about to turn and leave when he felt two presence that made him freeze in his tracks.
And one presence seemed somewhat familiar...
Shadow looked around, but he saw no one.

"My... my lord... I bring you grave news." A shaky voice said suddenly.

"Leave your message, and begone."

A demon slowly materialize, a frantic look in his eyes... in its hands was a black parchment.
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