In a forest, in the mountains, inside an ancient castle.
"Hm?!"
Miyabi Fujisaki, who had just lain down in his coffin and closed his eyes to rest for a short while, slowly opened them and sat up.
He had sensed unwelcome guests.
Three of them.
Kaneshiro Hokuto and Shuzen Akua.
And one other he didn't recognize.
The aura was completely unfamiliar, like a boundless ocean—deep and unfathomable.
Just then.
"What is this?!"
Sensing something else, Miyabi Fujisaki's expression shifted slightly. He unleashed his power without hesitation, trying to break free from something.
But in the next moment, the scenery before him changed.
It was as if he had been transported to the starry expanse of outer space.
Just moments before, Lin, having arrived above the ancient castle and sensed Miyabi Fujisaki's presence, had deployed his domain without a word.
The Realm of Kingship covered an area with a ten-thousand-meter radius.
Lin could adjust the size of his spatial domain, the 'Realm of Kingship.'
Its minimum radius was fifty meters, and its maximum was ten thousand meters.
This referred to the radius, and the domain's size did not affect its strength.
To prevent his opponent from escaping, Lin had deployed it at its maximum range.
After the domain was deployed, outside the ancient castle...
Kaneshiro Hokuto found himself in a freefall. His expression changed as he quickly unleashed his yokai power, then slammed violently into the ground.
He crashed with a boom, carving out a crater.
"Where did they go?"
Leaping out of the crater, Kaneshiro Hokuto frowned, his eyes flickering.
He hesitated for only three seconds.
Having made up his mind, he turned and fled without a second thought.
He sprinted away at full speed, never looking back.
The heavens and earth are vast, but one's own life is vaster still.
Two 'immortals' were about to fight.
It was best for a mortal like him not to get involved. Fleeing was the wisest course of action.
Meanwhile, inside the Realm of Kingship...
Lin sat calmly upon his Golden Throne, suspended high in the air.
Shuzen Akua stood to his right, golden ripples spreading from beneath her feet as if she were treading lightly on the surface of water.
On the 'ground' several dozen meters away...
Miyabi Fujisaki stood in astonishment.
His yokai power contained, he tilted his head up slightly to look at Lin and Shuzen Akua.
In a flash, he appeared before them.
Standing about ten meters away, Miyabi Fujisaki glanced at Shuzen Akua before turning to Lin with a faint smile.
"It seems you're the unknown powerhouse who destroyed my false body."
"That's right. It was me."
With his legs crossed and his right hand propping up his cheek, Lin nodded, a faint, composed smile playing on his lips.
Miyabi Fujisaki asked again, "So, what is your objective?"
The two locked eyes, both smiling.
Neither seemed to have any intention of making a move.
Lin said, "To kill you."
"Kill me?"
Miyabi Fujisaki raised an eyebrow slightly and said with a smile, "Why?"
Lin replied, "Because your objective has offended me."
Miyabi Fujisaki: "..."
Hearing Lin's reason, he was momentarily stunned, his gaze flickering slightly.
At that moment, Lin turned to Shuzen Akua.
"Akua, is there anything you'd like to say?"
"...No."
Upon hearing this, Shuzen Akua looked at Lin, then at Miyabi Fujisaki. After a brief silence, she shook her head.
Although Miyabi Fujisaki was her maternal grandfather.
Aside from their blood connection.
She actually felt no particular affection for him.
If not for Lin, she would never have even known that the Miyabi Fujisaki before her was actually a clone of her grandfather, Alucard.
She had always believed his main body was sealed away.
Her previous desire to save her grandfather.
Beyond the fact of their blood relation.
Was largely because saving him might have helped her become a True Ancestor.
Now, she no longer needed him.
Besides, she was now Lin's retainer; naturally, her loyalty was to him.
Miyabi Fujisaki shot a glance at Shuzen Akua, then paid her no further mind.
Even though she was his granddaughter, if she were to obstruct his grand ambition, he would show her no sentiment.
Seeing that Shuzen Akua had nothing to say to Miyabi Fujisaki, Lin turned back to him and said with a small smile,
"The pleasantries are over."
"Your false body was a great disappointment last time. I hope you'll put in a bit more effort this time, enough to let me have some fun."
The moment his words fell.
The Golden Sword of Damocles vanished from behind him and instantly materialized before Miyabi Fujisaki as a Golden General.
The instant it manifested, it threw a punch at Miyabi Fujisaki.
Crack, crack, crack! The very air in front of its fist shattered.
Miyabi Fujisaki's expression turned icy.
Compressing the formidable yokai power within his body into his right arm, he showed no intention of dodging and met the attack with a punch of his own.
A trace of anger surfaced in his heart.
As the first True Ancestor of the Yokai Realm, and its strongest warrior.
He had once even been a king.
Faced with Lin's attitude, as if watching a monkey perform in a circus, he felt his dignity being trampled underfoot.
Perhaps a mighty elephant would not care for the provocations of a tiny ant.
But Lin was no ant.
This dismissive attitude from his opponent was becoming unbearable.
He was being utterly disrespected.
BOOM!!!
The two fists, one large and one small, collided, and a brilliant light erupted.
A deafening explosion rang out.
A shockwave comparable to a Category 17 hurricane swept out in all directions.
The Golden General's body shuddered, and it took a small step back with its right foot.
Miyabi Fujisaki, however, stood as firm as a mountain.
Seeing this, Lin raised an eyebrow slightly, the smile on his lips widening.
Very good. This is the level of power befitting a clone of 'Alucard.'
The Golden General had only used about a third of its strength just now.
With a single thought, the Golden General launched another attack on Miyabi Fujisaki.
This punch was thrown with nearly its full power.
"??!!"
Sensing the power behind the Golden General's attack and the warning that flared in his mind, Miyabi Fujisaki's pupils contracted. He was secretly astounded.
This power... It might not be much weaker than I was at my peak.
Faced with the Golden General's attack, Miyabi Fujisaki did not choose to meet it head-on this time. Instead, he vanished from his spot in an instant.
He reappeared in front of Lin, his right hand reaching out to grab him.
"Look out!"
Shuzen Akua cried out in alarm, worry flashing in her eyes.
After all, the combat record of her grandfather, 'Alucard,' was far too staggering.
Lin's expression, however, remained unchanged.
A faint light flickered in his eyes.
He activated Spatial Displacement.
Miyabi Fujisaki vanished from before him in an instant.
He then reappeared directly in front of the Golden General.
The next moment, the Golden General's massive fist slammed into his body.
There was a dull thud.
Miyabi Fujisaki was sent flying backward in a spray of blood.
A great deal of bloody mist scattered through the air.
He flew for a full thousand meters before coming to a stop.
His chest had been replaced by a gaping hole, all his internal organs gone.
Even so, Miyabi Fujisaki was not dead.
Crimson yokai power enveloped his chest as flesh, blood, and bone squirmed rapidly, the wound healing at a visible rate.
This was the so-called immortal True Ancestor.
Even though this clone of Miyabi Fujisaki possessed only a fraction of the complete True Ancestor power, its life force was still terrifying.
He assessed the current situation in his mind.
Miyabi Fujisaki's expression grew grim.
Without hesitation, he released his trump card.
The forbidden power, formed from secretly devouring a vast number of yokai, erupted.
Wisps of black energy began to seep from his body.
"Oh?!"
Noticing the change in Miyabi Fujisaki, Lin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
This move has something to it.
But it seems it's just a little something.
Since Miyabi Fujisaki had already activated his hidden reserves, Lin didn't interrupt, choosing instead to appreciate his desperate performance.
Fortunately, his opponent didn't keep him waiting long.
He completed his transformation in about three seconds.
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