Monarch of Darkness, Arsene

Chapter 48: Battle Royale

With a snap of his fingers, a massive formation took place before my feet, a familiar feeling force its way within me as my stomach began to churn.

Gripping my mouth shut, teardrops filled my eyes as I looked around at the massive forest, "Children of Asterion, your first trial is a battle royal, survive. Around this forest is a massive poison that will soon consume you if you don't head for the centre. Each minute that passes will force you to flee and fight." Glimlors voice sounded deep over the air.

" I hope to see you at the finish line." He cheered as his voice faded.

My eyes grew wide as a numbing sensation filled my body, looking at the yellowish miasma in the area a few meters away, I shot in the opposite direction, hoping I was heading in the correct direction.

Suddenly a burst of sword light shot towards my head with cold intent. I dodged with a slight skid while kicking up to a tree, doing a backflip appearing behind the shocked young man around the fifth Qi Condensation.

"WAI~" He quickly shouted but with Dragonsbane already in hand, I thrust forward, skewing him to a tree.

However, a deep sensation filled me as I gripped Dragonsbane, throwing the young man's body towards an arrow.

BLood burst like a waterfall over the ground as three more students appeared, all holding swords around the fifth stage of Qi condensation.

Raising my spear, I shot forward, my spear twisting in almost impossible manners. My first target was the archer in the distance. A look of fear had covered the young girl's face, but Dragonsbane and not stoped as it pierced deep into her neck.

"Vama!!!" a young-looking knight shouted as he appeared next to me, swinging his blade elegantly.

With my spear still inside the young girl, I tilted my body as the young knight's blade stroke against my polearm. A powerful vibration bust from his blade, but I held steadfast as I pushed back, blasting him back.

Yet, their attack was not complete as the last man with a sinister sword appeared, "Shadow Slash," he roared aloud!

I saw his sword fading with cold eyes, but it was his mistake using anything related to darkness on me. With a profound step in quick succession, I weaved through his slash as my spear shot forward in a beautiful arch severing his arm.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH," he howled, clutching his missing arm in anguish as my foot shot into his face blasting away before I looked towards the young knight trembling in terror.

"DIE!!!!!" He bellowed as he shot forward; qi burst from his body, but my spear had already entered his chest as his eyes grew wide.

"Illusionary Slash," I muttered as the light from his eyes slowly began to fade.

Watching as the three students of the knight academy began to fade away. I nodded, realizing there was a formation at least protecting some of the students to an extent. Gazing at the young girl's still body before me, I frowned before walking away. Unlike the other three knights, she was cold as ice, her face pale with a look of horror still marred into her expression before her death.

Rushing towards what should be the centre, I remained alert for any attacks. My battle prowess was only at the peak of Qi condensation. While no one should be my match, at this stage, there was a massive gap between the earth realm and my current realm. It would be until I reach the eighth or ninth stage would I be able to challenge Earth Realm Experts... although that was before my body cultivation kicked in.

With a smile on my face, I shot forward-moving at a quick speed no human in my previous life could experience. With a predatory stare, I smiled before stopping. I, the great Arsene, was not going to strive merely to survive.

I was the hunter no the hunted. My eyes shined with golden light as I shot east...west...you what fuck directions. Turning in a random direction, I smiled as the scent of blood assaulted my nose.

Hiding my aura, I looked at the ten young knights and Students of War battling each other. Crimson stained the floor as organs could be seen hanging from some poor individual to the side as he faded.

Summoning my bow, I applied darkness to my entire bow before giving it a nock. With quick, precise succession, my arrows stabbed through the chest of five young knights.

"ARCHER, SCATTER," A young man with fire-like hair roared.

A happy look appeared on my fellow students, only for it to fade as my arrow stabbed through one of their necks.

The poor young man's eyes grew wide as a stream of blood oozed from his neck, falling to his knees, yet just as I thought that he would fade, my eyes grew wide as dark veins appeared around his body along with the other five knights I shot.

Gasping aloud as I felt their life end, I felt a cold killing intent look onto me. Punching out behind me, a powerful shock wave blasted me back. A hint of blood pool from my arm, but it was only a slight cut.

Drawing Dragonsbane, I stared in amusement at the young man with crimson hair glaring hatefully at me, "You bastard! Did you have to kill them" He hollered as tears filled his eyes?

With a shrug, I eyed the dead men, "It was really an accident...sorry," I apologetically replied, yet a smile still masked my face.

"DIE" both the young man with crimson hair and my fellow students of war.

Beams of light shot out in all directions as the crimson-haired man charged forward surprisingly well coordinated.

Pushing my illusionary step to the max, I vanished, leaving an afterimage of myself weaving through the sea of death. There were five men from war and five men from the knights. With a shrewd glow, I shot towards the young unsuspecting knights.

Blood soon splashed over the sea of grass as Dragonsbane slashed deep into their necks. I had not applied the darkness attribute this time, so their bodies were allowed to fade. I shot forward with a predatory smile as the young man with crimson hair waved his arm holding a small talisman in the air.

"COME FORTH, Divine Lightning," He bellowed in heartbreak.

The hairs on my body began to rise as I gripped Dragonsbane. My eyes grew extremely cold while looking up at the sky flashing with crimson lightning. Flashing to the dead bodies, I gripped two of them before tossing them into the air as the lightning rained down.

BOOOOOOOOOM!

My face paled as the lightning shot through the dead bodies turning them to ash. Gritting my teeth, darkness covered Dragonsbane while I trust forward, hoping to be quick enough to meet the lightning head-on.

A deep-searing sensation filled my skin, but for some reason, the darkness around Dragonsbane absorbed most of the terrifying lightning. Falling to a single knee, I bellowed with delight, "HAHAHA IS THAT ALL!!!!"

With a massive sear over my chest, I arose as black light began covering me. The knights and War student's eyes grew wide as the suddenly lost slight of me. Like a hunter, I slaughtered the rest of the knights before flickering to my fellow classmates.

I had not truly killed them as I still needed to have a good relationship with Grimlor, but I did sever their arms and legs. All that was left was the young man before me that radiated the qi of a seventh qi condensation master.

"Shall we?" I asked with a deep bloodlust in my heart.