Prime Originator

The dark clouds swirled like the formation of a hurricane as the winding wind grew stronger, and the crackling thunder grew louder. 

Purplish-white lightning flashed in the sky like fast-forming cracks, and the world was illuminated from time to time.

Darkness swallowed the world once more with the transformation of lightning as it transitioned from purplish-white to pure blackness, and its appearance brought forth an unprecedented level of dread and danger.

"What kind of phenomenon is this? Is this still the phenomenon of a transcendental breakthrough?! Who can possibly attract such a terrible phenomenon?"

"Do you even need to ask? Look where its center is! The eye is pointing right at the black dome where the Banshee Lumi disappeared! It has to be the Banshee causing this!"

The warriors began to discuss nervously.

The situation was something they had never seen before. Forget about them; even Leon and the demons had never seen anything like this before.

Old Baba heard their discussion and forcefully interjected, "That is impossible. I have been to the Dark Lands that lie on the other side of Darkness Mountain and witnessed evil spirits breaking through to the Corporeal state before. I can tell you now that it does not look anything like this."

"Boy, you had really given me a scare when you flew deep behind the enemy lines. I thought you were going to recklessly throw your life away, but I am glad that you made it back safely." Old Tailor said to Leon.

"That's right, Little Brother Leonhardt. If something happened to you, it would have been too much of a loss for the whole of humanity." Master Woodrow added.

"My apologies." 

Leon was apologetic, but given the same choices, he would have done what he did again. He had brought Lumi to this dangerous place. 

If something happened to her and he did nothing about it, he would regret it. He did not need something like that weighing on his conscience.

Knowing his words had no weight on Leon's decisions, Old Tailor could only shake his head and shift the topic as he focuses his gaze on the black dome in the distance.

"Still, I thought your friend was just a Half Corporeal state Banshee? This phenomenon is not something a Half Corporeal state Banshee can create. What is she really?" Old Tailor asked. 

"You are asking me, but who do I ask? I also want to know what is going on." 

Leon shrugged.

He appeared nonchalant, but he could not hide the concerns in his heart. He could no longer sense Lumi's condition now that the Blood Imprint was erased.

"Do you know what is happening, Maya? Exactly what kind of cultivation did you give her? How can it be so powerful?" 

"Hmph!" 

Maya grunted when she heard his questions and felt the connection being established to share senses between them.

A single short response was enough for Leon to know that the artifact spirit was still upset with him. Nevertheless, he did not have the time to be concerned about placating the artifact spirit when there were more pressing matters at hand.

"Maya!" 

Leon urged.

The strong pleading and urgency in his tone made Maya aware of the severity of the situation. 

She unwittingly took a glanced through Leon's vision lazily before she suddenly became attentive and studied the phenomenon with a serious expression.

At that moment, both Humans and demons suddenly trembled as dark rays descended upon the black dome quickly, yet quietly like cascading moonlight on snow.

There was no deafening impact. Just an eerie silence that fills one with an inexplicable sense of unease.

Ba-dump!

The hearts of men thumped with a quickened beat, and the bones of demons rattled subconsciously from a wave of pressuring aura that compels them to prostrate to the black dome—or rather, the one inside the black dome.

They resisted the compelling force as they watched the black dome slowly shed its shell, and a fairy-like figure in black dress stepped out from its dissipating black light.

It was like an inviolable existence was stepping into being and all lower lifeforms have no other choice but to submit and bend to its will.

An otherworldly aura of holiness radiated from the fairy in black dress, but her cold, gloomy gaze could freeze the hearts of people and send them plunging into the depths of icy hell.

It was a contradictory feeling between evil and divine. 

"Divinity." 

Maya uttered a single word in shock as if she could not believe what she was seeing. When Leon heard her, he jumped with greater shock.

"A Divinity?! The same as the Old Gods from primordial times? Lumi is?"

Leon was in disbelief.

He was aware of Lumi's history. She was just a regular human 400-odd years ago when she was still alive. How could she be a divinity?! Was it related to her other persona? Could it have been the soul of a Divinity all this time?

Leon stared at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure in the distance with wide eyes. Previous lily-white Lumi has become a black rose filled with thorns. 

From her countenance, he could immediately guess that it was not the normal Lumi he usually interacted with, but the other persona filled with resentment and murderous intent.

"Divinities have limitless lifespans, but they are not necessarily all gods; they can also be devils. In this case, she is a Devil. I don't know how, but the Devil Aura on her body cannot be faked." Maya said.

"How strong is she?" He asked.

If Lumi was a True Divinity, wouldn't she be able to lay waste to the whole world—or rather, destroy the world as a whole in an instance?

"Not that strong. She is not a True Divinity. She has only awakened the fragment of Devil Soul in her. According to this world's classification, I'd say she should be around the half-step Celestial realm?" Maya said.

"A half-step Celestial is not that strong?" 

The corner of Leon's lips twitched when he heard this. 

"What do you know? The power of a Divinity is not something the likes of you mortals can understand nor dream of reaching! If not for her true cultivation at the Corporeal state and newly awakened Devil Soul limiting her, her strength would be much greater!"

"The Gods and Devils were beings who understood the Great Way and heavenly laws to destroy and create stars as they please. Would you still think the strength of a half-step Celestial is great compared to this?" Maya asked.

"I see…"

Leon's neck could not help but shrink.

His entire discussion with Maya had been through mental transmission, and nothing has been uttered verbally at this while. Nevertheless, Master Woodrow still noticed his strange behavior and asked, "What are you doing, Little Brother Leonhardt?"

"Shh, let me hide for a bit. I don't know what is going to happen, but it will be bad if Lumi sees me." He whispered softly.

"I thought you two had a great relationship?" Master Woodrow said with doubt.

"Hahaha…"

Leon chuckled bitterly. 

He had a pretty good relationship with the good Lumi, but the evil Lumi? Not so much.

There was a high chance he would be killed by her if she spots him. Even worse, he would not be able to resist at all!

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