"How did you.." Yuyan exclaimed in shock. She had just recently found out she was pregnant but refused to inform Tian Yu, knowing well he wouldn't let her take part in the battle.
"Does Tian Yu know you're carrying his child?" She asked with a dark look in her eyes.
"Sister, you're pregnant?" Leng Yue asked.
"I recently found out..." Yuyan whispered.
". How about I kill that creature before it's born." Ji woo said, a dark smirk playing on her lips.
"You better stay away from my sister, dark witch." Leng Yue yelled, his voice threatening.
"You all keeping calling me a witch. I mean, we all are. We could have been one if only your mother had realized that dark magic makes a witch stronger. Your mother was weak. She pretended before her subjects playing the feared witch queen but only I knew how weak her heart was. You fell for a vampire and she did nothing. That already shows her stupidly soft she was.
"I wanted to be powerful. I could have made witches stand as rulers for generation. But no___ your mother choosed to be a loyal subject to the laws of the witches. The laws are useless. The laws stops witches from being the most powerful. And I wanted to prove that....
"But your mother decided that I was dark and no longer deserved to be among you all. She banned me and left me to suffer." Ji woo yelled, angrily__ her eyes glowing with malice.
Yuyan chuckled.
"Ji woo, the're huge difference between a dark witch and a pure witch. You chosed to be dark. You brought everything up on yourself, Ji woo. You turned to the forbidden ways of magic and my mother was even merciful enough to let you live." Yuyan snapped back.
Ji woo chuckled.
"I don't have time for your yapping, princess. I'm here for the gifted child." Ji woo said.
"Gifted child? I knew it. The vision was truly about the little girl." Leng Yue whispered.
"We're not letting you take any soul." Yuyan said, firmly.
"Well, let's see how you can defeat your teacher. I hope you put up a better fight than you did in your past"
With that, Ji Woo drew her sword and launched herself forward, her body moving swiftly through the air like a shadow.
Yuyan and Leng Yue reacted instantly.
Steel rang as their blades collided, sparks bursting between them. Ji Woo attacked relentlessly with fast, vicious strikes meant to overwhelm her opponents. But Yuyan held her ground, matching her move for move. While Leng Yue remained composed, blocking each of her attack and at the same time, watching over Yuyan.
Their swords flashed, power rippling through the air with every clash. Despite fighting two opponents, Ji woo remained fierce matching her opponents strength.
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After cutting through countless of Ji woo's armies, Tian Yu and Wu Zhen finally arrived in the throne room. There, they met the emperor, the two prince, and some armies fighting some witches and vampires that made it through the soldiers that stood in the throne room entrance. Without thinking, Tian Yu and Wu Zhen joined in the fight.
A vampire ran straight towards Tian Yu ready to stab him, but Tian Yu dodged him swiftly and sliced it sidewards, sending it crashing dead beside him. Two more ran towards him but he easily swung his sword and the breeze slaughtered them into pieces even without the sword touching them. More ran forward but they were easily killed.
Similarly, the witches and vampires were match with Wu Zhen. His indomitable strength sent any of the attackers that got close, flying backwards.
After a long fight, the throne room was cleared. Everyone was panting as they sheathed their swords.
"Thank you for coming." The emperor said.
Tian Yu only nodded.
"I think I should join Yuyan and Leng Yue. Ji woo is very cunning and merciless. I know Yuyan and Leng Yue can match her strength but, we need to keep her occupied. She's more powerful now." Wu Zhen said hurriedly.
Tian Yu turned towards Yuyan and Leng Yue's direction. They was still clashing with Ji woo. He stared for a while before facing Wu Zhen back.
"Don't worry. I trust they can keep her occupied until her armies are almost finished. Right now, Yun Qing and Yu Wing are battling with the dragon. The dragon has an unmatchable strength and the only person that can keep it occupied from causing more ruins is you, Uncle Wu." Tian Yu said, keeping firm eye contact with Wu Zhen.
Wu Zhen remained silent for a while before nodding.
"Just make sure my wife is happy if anything happens to me." Wu Zhen said.
Tian Yu smiled softly.
"Nothing would happen to any of us. We have to remain safe for each other." He said and they all nodded in agreement.
Wu Zhen unsheathed his sword before running towards the dragon's direction where Yun Qing and Yu Wing were barely keeping the dragon in place.
As soon as he got close, he jumped into the air and landing on the dragon's back with a heavy blow before jumping down. The dragon roared in pain.
"Thank goodness, you're here. This dragon is way too much." Yun Qing said, trying to catch it's breath.
"And it's breath stinks." Yu Wing said, wiping a sweat of his face.
"The dragon is not the main target. It's master is. We just have to keep it engaged for a while." Wu Zhen said and they all nodded. With that, the three attacked at once.
Back in the throne room, they had all spread around the huge all fighting the vampires and witches that had stormed in. Now, Tian Yu's eyes were glowing red and he was loosing his temper. After a short while, he totally lost it and his fangs and claws grew out. He started clawing through any of Ji woo's armies that got close to him. The vampires and witches born to obey orders still kept attacking and he kept destroying them.
The emperor and the two princes eyes widened at the scene before him. They knew that Tian Yu was a vampire but had never seen his in his true form.
"He's...." Xian Rong gasped, completely short of words.
In less than an hour, Tian Yu had torn through all the vampires and witches in the hall. Only then did he stop to catch his breath. He fell to his knees now trying to control himself__ groaning heavily. The emperor, Rong Yuan and Xian Rong watched everything, thinking whether to help him up or to stay away.
Finally, Tian Yu's claws went in and his fangs disappeared. He took a deep breath before standing up. He glanced at the three people watching him with mix expression. He was used to being stared at with fear anytime he was in his true form.
"A... Are you alright?" Xian Rong asked.
"He's fine." The emperor said.
Rong Yuan headed towards where Tian Yu had dropped his sword and picked it up. He handed it to Tian Yu. Tian Yu hesitated before collecting it.
"Thank you." Tian Yu whispered.
"Mmm..... We still have a lot of monsters to laughter." Rong Yuan said and finally, they all came out of the throne room.