Chapter 398: A Conqueror Awakens!
Kai's flesh dried up, and the skin on his face got stuck to the bones as if there was no flesh underneath it, too.
His entire body shook, squeezing the last drop of power, and eating away his flesh.
Drip! Drip!
The ethereal blood flames gained substance, becoming liquid, and rained down on Kai himself.
A red color fell upon his swords and they looked like blood swords, power rippling along their blades.
Kai's entire body became a mummy as he pushed his limits to the extreme. And beyond.
Then one more transformation occurred.
The blue of his skin became black, and his tail vanished.
A tattered black cloak manifested around him, becoming one with the Iron Man armor. A chilly breath melted within the blood flames.
The evilest and vilest creature known across the Multiverse had presented itself to this world.
Up in the air, Red Sun had gone silent.
His very heart was shuddering since his eyes had fallen upon Kai's transformation after using Little War Horn.
That existence, Shadow Origin, had shown him an image.
That image… was exactly like that of Kai, with red hair and red pupils.
The Five-crowned Prince!
Moraine threw herself at Black Wasp again, her left hand missing.
Her eyes stared at Dementor-Kai, a horrifying… hideous… heaven-defying guess surfacing in her heart.
Three heads and Six arms materialized on his body, earth shattering under Kai's feet.
It was then Dementor-Kai's eyes landed on the Supreme Protector's body.
In the next moment, he appeared behind it.
And then he continued shooting up, heading toward Shadow Lord.
Selfless Breathing: First Transformation…
Behind him, Contestant Nexus's copy fell apart, sliced into hundreds of pieces.
… Three-headed Vritra!!!
…
Biting through the abysmal pain and shock, Contestant Stark Blue looked at Contestant Red's wraith like figure.
Before, she had doubted why he wasn't using Sling Ring to cross the distance between him and the enemy with one jump.
However, she had found the answer to her doubt soon enough.
It wasn't like Red had forgotten using the Sling Ring to reach the Shadow Lord. It was just that there was no point in using that Item in this fight, Moraine realized.
Sling Ring might let him appear right next to the Anomaly, but then what?
Not only it would consume his precious Mana; Mana, which he was using to fuel the Iron Man Armor; but it would also make in vulnerable.
Iron Man Armor was boosting his Stats.
There was no such Effect in the case of Sling Ring.
If he wanted to commit suicide, then surely using the Sling Ring to reach the Shadow Lord made sense.
…
On the other hand, Red Sun was dealing with his thoughts as well.
He wasn't someone who lost the sense of time mid-fight.
However, it did happen.
Red Sun's heart just couldn't disregard the realization of this Contestant being the Five-Crowned Prince.
With this realization, another fact appeared in his mind.
He had been wondering how the kid was just dodging and slaughtering the Shadow Creatures all over.
At that time, he had guessed it as a hidden Skill of Iron Armor or a massive buff to his Perception.
Now, however, Red Sun knew what it was.
Contestant Shadow Origin had told him a fact about the Contestant Red, forcing him to swear an oath on Chaos.
Observation Haki!
…
Red Sun and his Digimon, RizeGreymon, were fighting his own Copy and the two other Shadow Digimon.
The moment his heart shook, creating a gap between his onslaught, the colossal Shadow copy of Red Sun disappeared.
Kai was just 100 meters away from Cersei; from the earring; from the Tales of Beedle the Bard; from his Power.
He could see Shadow Lord's indifferent gaze and the World's disdain.
Kai cared for nothing. He just needed the Book back. It was his. It must be returned to him. Naturally.
It was then Red Sun's copy blurred into existence between him and Cersei, the shadow crawling over her body blinding her eyes; her gaze never leaving Kai's scabbed and dead face.
A massive revolver of dozens of feet long barrel appeared in Red Sun's copy's hand, the barrel's tip landing in front of Kai.
And the Shadow Creature fired as it was the most natural act.
BANG!!!
The wind blew, rain fell, Red Sun roared, and Moraine's sword beheaded Black Wasp, her heart shattering as it looked at the scene.
Almost as if the space had been torn apart, Kai's entire body below the waist disappeared as if someone had erased it.
Red Sun appeared near his copy's head and fired his revolver, forcing it to hold back from firing another shot.
But… was another shot even needed?
Everything under his waist had gone; erased by a single shot.
Kai's upper body fell and his swords fell along with him.
-Master!- Selene's hisses tore through the space.
Over half of her body was missing and all her eyes were bleeding.
With a thud, Kai struck earth and the minor Shadow Creatures lunged at his broken figure.
From above, Red Sun's shadow copy fought through original Red Sun and RizeGreymon, obviously coming at Kai to finish him.
Shadow Lord seemed to have labeled him as a greater danger.
From another side, the remaining two Shadow Digimon also flew toward Kai, aiming the muzzles of their shadow revolvers at him.
Who could save him now?
A redness had replaced everything for Kai.
He didn't know in what state he was.
He couldn't see anything, either.
There was only one thing on his mind — The Tales of Beedle the Bard.
It was his.
It must be returned to him.
Hmmmmmmmmm...….
Humming, Dementor-Kai's remaining body stirred under the stunned gazes.
Levitating, Kai lifted his face and saw Cersei, the shadows almost covering her entire head. He also saw the sneer dancing on Shadow Lord's lips.
But in his bloody eyes, there was only one reflection that lingered the most.
The earring.
~Did you see it? You saw, didn't you? Did you… see the disgust in your mother's eyes when she died in your arms?~
Brock… Kai recognized the voice. You… were wrong. No one… No one can take away the thing that belongs to me. Not anymore.
That Book is mine…
The last thread of shadow covered Cersei's head. Almost.
"… SHE…"
Kai's hoarse voice echoed far and wide as if the entire world had gone silent. He clenched his fist, his entire body trembling with a never known ferocity.
"… IS…"
Shadow Lord's, Red Sun's, and Moraine's hearts shuddered.
"… MINE!!!"
SILENCE.
…
First, the entire world imploded, all auras gathering at Kai, ethereal ripples of shockwaves converging at one point.
And then, as if Kai had become a world, yellow bolts of lightning exploded out of him, engulfing every corner of the Inheritance Land.
CRAC-CKKKK-KKKKKK!!!
Wherever these bolts of lightning slithered, the Shadow Creatures melted apart.
Moraine was still looking at this scene, dumbfounded when her eyes rolled back in her head.
Cracks covered the bodies of the two Shadow Digimon. The colossal Shadow Creature, Red Sun's copy, shuddered, hairline fissures running down its head and its dark figure.
Even Red Sun lost his hold over the revolver in his hands, the amber-colored glasses on his face shattering in tiny shards.
The most pathetic was RizeGreymon, for it was a magical beast and it had sensed a primal fear, so vast that it scared him back to the Beast Ball.
Shadow Lord stood up, but his hand didn't leave Cersei's head.
It was then it happened.
…
Under the stunned gazes of both Shadow Lord and Red Sun, the entire Inheritance Land gained a bloody hue, as if reality itself was getting replaced by a foreign world.
And then a hiss originated from this new world.
No. At first, it indeed felt like the very wind was speaking.
But, if one were to listen closely, they would have felt like it was coming from Kai.
But Kai wasn't speaking, either. So where did this voice come from?
None noticed a distinct beat before the voices as if a heart had awakened.
A demonic heart!
It was this heart that was speaking, using the world as its mouth.
— I… am… the… blood… in… my… bones… —
Another explosion occurred from Kai, from his heart, and the bloody hue of the world became corporeal, a demonic cackle echoing to the farthest corners.
— LIMITLESS BLOOD FIRMAMENT! Kekekekekeke!!! —
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