The ghastly man with a staff finished his long chant, he slammed the butt of his staff on the ground. Thick tar like darkness spilled out of the ground like oil.

The darkness turned into an army of dark spawns three hundred strong. The dark spawns were massive, the smallest standing at 4 metres tall.

Some looked like wolves with scorpion stingers. Some were winged tigers, snakes with hundreds of human like arms and hands with sharp claws.

Birds with three talons placed haphazardly on their underbelly. He pointed his staff at Ved and the dark spawns lunged.

Each dark spawn had the power of a rank 4, though not particularly strong amongst rank 4, they were numerous.

Ved created thousands of clones in a split second. Although the clones were merely rank 3, they were still made from his blood and flesh and had incredibly strong bodies.

Plus Ved could imbue a single trait on each clone. He created a structured army, with some using long range attacks with lightning and nuclear energy.

Others used web and wax as support and the main vanguard clones were imbued with the physical enhancement traits like herculean, flash and iron scales trait.

He even created assassin type clones with the stealth trait. Although controlling this many clones was mentally draining, it actually made the fight easier.

He directed most of them to face the dark spawn army. Although the dark spawns weren't particularly strong amongst rank 4, they were still rank 4.

A single clone was not enough to take them down. However they weren't facing a single clone, they were outnumbered five to one.

And the way Ved utilized his clones was more strategic than the unorganized spawn army. The clones covered each others weaknesses which allowed them to reach a stalemate with the dark spawn army.

Other clones attacked the whip woman and others went after the spearman, though not as many.

Those two proved to be more difficult to deal with than the dark spawn army. Within seconds they had already killed dozens of his clones.

Ved lunged at the giant shield guy, he wanted to end him quickly before dealing with the others.

The man wasn't fast enough to dodge, all he could do was raise his shield to block. A purple soul force covered the shield strengthening it defence.

Ved slapped at him, his muscles inflated for a moment as vital essence courses through his arm. His massive palm descending upon the man like a falling sky. The air screamed and ignited Infront of it.

A wave of flames hit the shield before his palm could, the air boiled and the palm landed, the sound of clicking metal filled the sky.

The world seemed to stand still for a moment. Then the ground shattered below them, cracks as wide as rivers and so deep light couldn't reach the bottom covered the entire space within the barrier.

A visible shockwave spread out in a circular formation ripping out the ground and pushing the others back. Winds spun generating massive tornado that filled the entire space within the barrier.

Ved had used herculean strength to it full power in that attack. The man's arms cracked and shattered.

The cracks continued spreading through his body, his ribs crumbled. He coughed up blood as his organs shattered one by one, his eyes turned red and blood leaked from his nose and ears.

Then his feet left the ground and he flew back like a missile and collided with the barrier wall, the entire barrier shook, one of the men holding it stumbled with a pale face.

Ved heard the sound like an exploding balloon, the man coughed up more blood and fell on his knees a with his shield by his side.

Then he collapsed, his life and death unknown but the exploding balloon was actually his heart. The place stood still for a moment.

Even Ved was surprised by that, it had been a while since he used 75 percent of his true power. He had actually forgotten how strong he really was.

He had killed a rank 4 defensive vessel holder with a single slap. The others looked at him with shock and fear.

Even Vermilion frowned, the last time they fought, Ved only used two hearts and his bloodline was not at the peak heaven grade nor did he have a divine spark.

His strength was significantly stronger than it was back then. The winds continued howling around them but nobody moved for a few seconds.

Then somebody did, a white soul force covered the bow and the archer shot a rain of fiery lightning arrows at him.

Ved didn't dodge, he punched the air with lightning dancing on his fist. A cone shaped shockwave spread out Infront of him, with it came a flood of lightning.

The arrows lasted a brief moment before shattering. The shockwave died out as well, a massive ridge so deep the bottom could not be seen appeared between them.

Before she could draw her bow again, Ved moved. His body turned into a streak of black light covered in lightning as he flew towards her.

He covered 5 kilometres and reached her in a split moment. Her eyes opened wide with surprise but he noticed she did not panic.

He admired her strong mind.most would've been terrified facing him this close. However he wasn't going to take it easy on her just because he admired her strong mind.

His fist glowed blue as nuclear energy pulsed beneath his scales and he punched. The world turned blue around them.

The temperature rose so high the ground melted forming a massive pool of lava. The fist was moving too fast for her to dodge and as an archer he doubted she had any defensive abilities.

Just as his fist was about to hit her, one of her earrings shattered. The earring was made of some blue crystal and had thousands of micro arrays drawn on it.

As the earring shattered, a blue energy barrier appeared around her shielding her like cocoon.

Ved's fist landed on said barrier, it cracked. However that was it, the barrier did not break as he had expected it to.

This caught him by surprise, he clicked his tongue. ' Damn artefacts.' he hated that artefacts didn't respond to beasts. The other earring suddenly shattered as well. Before Ved could react, a crescent sword slash landed on his chest.

The archer was sent flying back like comet but so was Ved, a massive gash appeared on his chest but started healing rapidly.

He felt his anger skyrocket, being wounded by such a weak lower lifeform was insulting to a dragon such as he, especially since she didn't even use her own power but relied on a damned artefact.

However from the conor of his eyes he saw the whip woman and the spearman lunging towards him trying to take advantage of his situation.

This infuriated him even further. Ved didn't realise that as the changes were happening in his mentality and soul, as he drifted further from humanity.

The easier his bloodline influenced him, the more prideful he became. As the two figures flew towards him, he opened his mouth.

He was done playing, these insects needed to die before Vermilion could interfere. A black mist that smelled of death spread out.

The ghastly man's pale face paled even more. " GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THAT." he shouted at his two comrades but it was too late.

The spearman suddenly screamed, his screams filled with fear and panic.

' Black Death.' Ved's transmission reached their minds, letting them know the name of their terror.

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