The Fallen Vampire

That simple line of thinking of his was taking place right now, even as he stared up at the massively monstrous spider above his head.

\'I wonder… can Inadu do this too?\'

*BOOOOOMMMM!!!*

Kyoen lunged forward and jammed his front legs into the part of the lake where Taira stood.

Avoiding being crushed, Taira leapt from leg to leg using Kyoen as a springboard to leap high into the sky.

There was a brief period where he let his body float freely in the air before it started to be pulled back down to the ground.

\'I bet she would be such a cute spider… I have to go home and see her again..\'

Once he started to plummet through the air, he tightened his grip on Yasuke and began charging it with enough purple lightning to power a small city.

"I want you DEAD!!"

A massive Kyoen let out an unholy hiss that traveled for miles and nearly caused the ears of bystanders to bleed.

The ground around the lake trembled as eight, enormous hands of dirt rose up from the ground to crush the airborne Taira.

\'I want my confession to go perfectly… I must think of a way to convince her that I am a good husband who she can leave all of her worries to..!\'

With the electrified Yasuke in one hand, Taira used the weapon as a bit of a lightning rod and utilized a technique that he spent the better part of twenty years working on.

"Unification Art : Calamitous Thunderclap."

Suddenly, the sky above darkened even further and rumbled like it was all about to come crashing down.

The sky opened up and four enormous currents of lightning descended like testaments of the gods\' wrath.

The lightning not only clashed with the hands of earth and destroyed them into tiny chunks of rock, but it also gave an added boost of power toward the sickle in his grasp.

Right before the eyes of everyone present, Yasuke grew larger and larger until it was a lightning sickle fit for a giant.

Or fit to slay one.

Allowing his body to fall from the sky, Taira raised his weapon over his head before bringing it down with tremendous force.

\'Inadu.. I want you to bear my child as well.\'

Sensing imminent danger, Kyoen activated a protective technique that would guarantee him a longer chance at life.

A talisman flew out from nowhere and encased the overgrown spider in a dome of golden power.

Like a comet, Taira struck the dome with Yasuke at full force, nearly destabilizing the region and knocking everyone present onto their butt.

For a moment the two forces were locked in a brutal back and forth struggle that produced waves of energy with their collision.

Kyoen funneled practically all of his qi into the barrier to reinforce it, but he was quickly about to reach the limit of his own resources.

And to make matters worse, his turbulent emotions were only making it more difficult to keep the barrier up.

But he couldn\'t help it!

Just the sight of Taira\'s smug and unbothered face filled him with terrible rage!

Look at this bastard!

All he has is that blank and empty look on his face like he\'s thinking of something stupid!

"I HATE YOU!!!"

*crack.*

With a single, small sound that signaled the beginning of the end, Taira finally smiled.

Applying just the faintest bit of pressure, a crack in the form of a spiderweb spread out across the dome.

Finally, the entire structure gave way and Taira was through the barrier.

Time seemed to pass by in slow motion after that.

All of the nearby cultivators watched in silence as Taira\'s body fell from the sky like an angel of vengeance.

The moment that he lowered his scythe and struck Kyoen between all eight of his beady eyes, an even larger bolt of lightning than the first four fell from out of the sky, and landed directly on top of his head.

The explosion that followed was nearly deafening, and the wind pressure alone practically knocked down all nearby trees and fauna.

When the dust cleared, all that could be seen was the leader of the demonic cult lying face down in the riverbed, his body cut to hell and a lingering metallic scent wafting off of his body.

The cause for his miserable state was actually seated atop his back with his weapon resting across his shoulder.

Letting out a sigh, Taira pushed a few loose hairs out of his vision before standing up with seemingly no sweat on his brow.

Looking over his shoulder, he found Aveena covered in blood and huffing in exhaustion.

Her mental state was a turbulent one, and lt tore his heart out to see her like that.

\'Seems we need to talk, don\'t we?\'

Aveena flinched when she heard her husband\'s voice in her head and it was difficult to tell due to the blood on her face but he could\'ve sworn her cheeks reddened.

Looking down at Kyoen, Taira found the eight blades of the Tsuchigumo family were largely undamaged.

Like a looter in a video game, he took all eight of them and sent them into his storage space with a smile on his face.

\'I hope she\'ll like them.\'

*Rumble!*

\'Oh? It\'s about time. I was wondering how much more noise I would have to make.\'

Suddenly, a dominating pressure descended on the shoulders of everyone present and forced them onto their knees.

"Filthy decrepit beings… How dare you make a mess of my forest!!"

Flutters of light started to float in the air above the lakebed, and seven figures started to appear from their visage.

They appeared to be one older man, and six younger women.

All of them were beautiful beings with large colorful butterfly wings jutting from their backs and long ears.

The man at the lead was a true regal specimen, with long gold and white robes lined over a lean muscular body and a crown made from an assortment of wood and silver.

He had long champagne hair that seemed to naturally produce glitter and mesmerizing eyes of nine different colors.

\'Are you ready, my love?\'

\'Yeah… and I\'m sorry in advance.\'

\'Think nothing of it. This is all for our goal after all.\'

Discreetly sighing, Vermeil swallowed down her guilty feelings and walked out in full view of the fairy king.

She put on a different air than normal, and folded her arms across her chest like an arrogant young master.

"The fairy king I presume? I apologize for the disturbance, I simply had my slaves entertain me for a bit while I waited for you to arrive."