Death… and me

Chapter 1786: Himisve comes out

At that instant, Grumol was left aghast by what he was seeing. Rean’s group was completely annihilating the Nascent Soul Realm soldiers, and the front lines were crumbling like a sand castle. “They’re crazy! They must be crazy! The Rambram Sect will definitely come out and punish them!”

Of course, Grumol didn’t waste time and immediately warned Xanmica and Himisve. “What?! You can’t be serious! Are they trying to destroy our forces before they get interrupted by the Rambram Sect?”

“We must stop them right now!” exclaimed Xanmica. “Even if the Rambram Sect comes over later to take them away, our army will be pretty much lost, and there’d be little we can do.”

Himisve had his doubts, though. “B-But… if I fight against them, I’ll also be acting against the rules.”

However, Xanmica insisted. “We have no choice, young master Hismive. If it continues like this, we’ll lose nonetheless. If we move to stop them, at least we’ll have an excuse, saying that they broke the rules first. If we don’t move now, we’ll lose any chance for the future regional wars.”

Himisve gritted his teeth but admitted Xanmica was right. “Fine! Let’s go! I’ll take care of Luina, so you guys stop the two Transition Realm guys. You said Luina’s Transition Realm subordinates are still in the Late Stage of that realm, right? If that’s the case, you better finish your side fast.”

“Yes, young master!” Grumol and Xanmica immediately agreed.

*Boom, boom, boom, boom…*

Rean, Roan, and Luina continued to rampage within Tramara Country’s forces. However, it turns out that the number of deaths was many times smaller than one would expect. That’s because Rean, Roan, and Luina were using wide-range attacks that could take the enemies out of combat but gave them a very big chance of surviving. Sure enough, it wasn’t as if they liked to display their powers against such low-level opponents.

By the time Himisve came out of hiding with Xanmica, tens of thousands of soldiers were already wiped out or were too injured to continue fighting. And they hadn’t even clashed against Butiva Country’s forces yet. 

“Stop!” Himisve’s forces were in the numbers of five million, so the losses weren’t that high yet. However, it would continue like that for a long time if Himisve didn’t join the fight. With that, he quickly found Luina within their group and shot forward through the skies.

‘Scorching Domain!’

*Ahhhhh!*

*Arrrgh!*

His Fire Element spread around the area, raising the temperature to intense degrees. Himisve didn’t have the leeway to care about the soldiers on the ground, though. His Domain was definitely killing a lot of his soldiers below him. However, he had to go all out so that he could stop Luina as fast as possible. The deaths accumulating due to his Domain paled in comparison to the number of deaths that he would have to deal with if he didn’t stop Luina there.

Sure enough, Luina felt Himisve’s Domain close around her before she activated her own. 

‘Karmic Wind Domain!’

One needed a very high control over space to be able to create a Domain around the user. Obviously, each Domain had its own properties, and they were mostly used to increase the advantage of the user’s elemental abilities.

Himisve’s Domain was quite straightforward. It was a simple Space Power and Fire Domain that further increased his Fire Element skills.

Luina’s Domain was different, though. Her Domain used Space Power and Wind Element, sure. But it also used her race’s power to see karma threads. By manipulating it, she knew exactly where the most useful places inside her own Domain were to launch and defend against attacks. That’s because the karmic side was connected to both her and her opponent. It was very similar to the ability she used against Roan during their fight. Of course, when she fought Roan, she didn’t use her Domain since she suppressed her cultivation to the Initial Stage of the Void Tempering Realm.

Himisve and Luina’s Domain clashed against each other as they used their own skills.

‘Star Fall!’

Luina’s flying stars spread around her Domain, taking the positions the karma threads showed to her. Soon after, they disappeared and reappeared everywhere, attacking Hismive from all sides.

Himisve wasn’t any slower, though. If anything, his higher cultivation made him even faster. He brought out what seemed to be a pair of sabers. Not only one but two of them, both at the Divine Middle-level.

‘Storm of the Ardent Void!’

His saber danced amidst Fire Element and Space Power, creating a tornado of fire as he shot in Luina’s direction. Space around it distorted, showing that he didn’t hold back at all.

*Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang…*

Himisve’s sabers and Luina’s flying stars classed hundred of times as Luina retreated at full speed. Himisve knew that Luina was a long-ranged cultivator, so he didn’t find it weird that Luina continued to escape. The only thing that bothered him was that Luina’s speed was a lot faster than he predicted, even though he had already considered her Wind Element Affinity.

‘Searing Space Movement!’

Without thinking twice, he also used his movement skill, increasing the temperature and making it look like he melted the space around him.

Luina faintly smiled and did the same.

‘Way of the Wind and Space!’

Her own movement skill activated, easily matching Himisve’s speed. Wind Element and Space seemed to become one as Luina mounted the gales to keep herself far away. At the same time, she continued to attack with her flying stars.

‘Luring him away from the masses was quite easy,’ Luina thought.

One must remember that Rean and Roan’s plan was to defeat Himisve far away from prying eyes.

Meanwhile, Rean and Roan were doing the same. Not only that, they looked to be struggling as they fled and counterattacked Grumol and Xanmica. “Fuck! Didn’t Luina say she could finish her battle fast? Where is she?!” Rean asked with an angry voice.

“Don’t ask me! Just hold on!” Roan answered straight away.

Xanmica and Grumol were furious, obviously. “Do you think you can escape with that cultivation of yours! Dream on!”