The Dark Demon Lord - Chapter 76

Watching the blood pour onto the ground and create a large pool, Arnin couldn’t help but smile. He had discovered a way to control his essence and blood, however it was only a temporary solution. Plus, this solution could cause many problems if he continued to use it in the future.

Kill! That was his solution. Draining others of their blood, and then using it to cultivate was an extremely efficient way to stabilize his own blood and essence. It was easier than cultivating other elements, especially on a battlefield where blood was almost everywhere.

After an hour of sitting and waiting silently, the blood had collected into a large pool. Arnin walked over to the pile of bodies and climbed to the top. He didn’t care about the corpses and showed absolutely no respect towards them. To him, the bodies beneath him were just tools to increase his power.

Arnin climbed to the top and sat down with his legs crossed. He then closed his eyes, and began to silently cultivate. He disregarded his surroundings and focused on healing himself as much as possible. Plus, there was no one around for a good distance so Arnin had some time to cultivate.

The silence was extremely eerie, especially with the large pile of dead, bloody bodies, and the person that sat on top of them. What was even more sinister was the fact that the person on top of the heap did not look normal in any way.

He had crimson hair that showed hints of obsidian black, deep purple eyes that glistened like the moon, and pale skin that resembled that of a ghost. The person looked extremely terrifying and demonic.

This person was, of course, Arnin. Due to the fact that he was completely depending on the blood cultivation, combined with the high density of blood essence, there were some changes to his body. These changes surprised even Arnin, and made him come to a realization.

Having the ability to use blood was actually not so simple. Other than strengthening the physical body and gaining essence through blood, there was also other amazing abilities that Arnin discovered in the midst of cultivation. Although he only discovered some of the abilities, they were still a large gain.

One method of utilizing blood was using it as a poison. Although only one place knew the reason behind such occurrences, blood was able to kill or cause damage to other people just by being added into their circulation.

Arnin had gone to Earth and discovered the reason, of course. After knowing that there were different blood types, he was able to find out which blood types affected each other, and whether the effect would be positive or negative.

This topic had interested him so much that he had started his own investigation. He found that other than the four main blood types (A, B, AB, and O, not including the RH factor), he was able to discover many more.

After understanding how the new blood groups affected each other, he had a very thorough understanding of topics regarding blood.

Arnin wasn’t the only one who discovered Earth, however he was the only one who had been able to enter and gain information. Ever since he found out that Earth was filled with great minded humans, he had the whole place become a personal property that not even his generals could enter. Anyone that did would be given an automatic death sentence.

Using blood as poison was one of the abilities that Arnin was impressed with, but there was still a lot more. Arnin could use blood in order to affect the movements of another’s body. Since blood was rushing everywhere, he could forcefully control the flow of that blood and begin to affect the actions of the victim.

The last ability that he was able to gain some insight on was blood transformation. Although he could use blood to strengthen his physical body, there was also another way to enhance his strength through blood. This blood transformation would allow him to absorb different kinds of blood and pull it into his body as his own. He would gain all the benefits of the blood, and sometimes even acquire a new ability.

If Arnin was to absorb the blood of a phoenix, there was a chance that he would increase his control over nirvana, or even gain some insight into it since a phoenix was associated with nirvana.

Arnin was pleased with the new abilities that he learned through his enlightenment. He knew that having more abilities was beneficial since it would increase the trump cards in his arsenal. Plus, he didn’t have the problem of not being able to master each ability. He knew that it would only take a small amount of his time to completely master each of his abilities.

Another hour passed, and Arnin was done with his cultivation. His hair was still crimson because of the large amounts of blood essence he absorbed. Not only that, but his eyes continued to glisten with a strong purple. They didn’t seem as dull as before.

Arnin jumped down from the pile of bodies. He clapped his hands together a couple times in order to remove any dust off of them, of course he only did this to tease the dead bodies.

Arnin started to walk away before stopping in his footsteps. He turned his head and looked at the bodies one last time. “Thanks for your patronage.” Arnin smiled before disappearing from the area.

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In the large cave, other than the battlefield on the ground, there was another area. A large, flat rock was in the middle of the cave, which looked sort of like a table. This area was filled with blue candles that floated midair.

Sitting in the middle of the table was an unknown green rock. This green rock was shimmering with splendor, however if one looked hard enough, they would notice something very peculiar about stone.

A video. The rock was showing a video of some battle. Clearly, the green rock was like a surveillance camera that allowed others to see live footage of the battle.

The green rock was displaying five different projections. Each individual projection showed different people. Sometimes, it would be an individual fighting, or other times, a group battle. Four of the projections showed intense fighting, however the fifth was anything but.

The last projection was something that was very different, and also somewhat sinister. It showed a boy sitting on top of a pile of headless bodies with his eyes closed. The video was extremely weird, and many would even call it terrifying.

In the cave, the projections were being watched by about ten people. Eight of them had their faces covered and their bodies wrapped, however two of them were completely exposed. The two exposed people were none other than the Headmistress and Fae. They were intently watching the projection with the other eight people.

“Headmistress, this new kid that you brought, are you sure that he is five years old?” One of the mysterious people spoke up. This person had a deep, masculine voice, however even that wasn’t enough to clarify the man’s gender. It was still unknown.

“He is five years old. We did a thorough investigation on this boy’s family background, and found nothing too peculiar.” The Headmistress spoke with some confidence, however there was also some hesitation within her voice. It could be seen that even she was in disbelief.

Fae looked at the Headmistress, and then turned her head towards the mysterious person. After looking at both for a bit, she began to observe the video that showed Arnin. “I can guarantee that this child is only five years old. However, there were a couple things that happened in the past when I was getting information.”

The mysterious people turned their heads to look at Fae, including the Headmistress. “Go ahead, tell us.”

“Well, Arnin is actually from a small village that is about a day’s flight from Lepidoptera academy. Of course, if someone went by foot then it would take longer. His village is called” Fae went ahead and began to describe where Arnin was from, and who his parents were. She was also able to recount his childhood in a detailed manner. This showed how well the academy was able to gather information..

All of the listeners nodded their heads, but the Headmistress looked at Fae and couldn’t help but ask. “But what was the problem with him? You said that you found some other information about his past that we weren’t able to?”

Fae nodded her head and handed a small piece of paper to each person in the room. “This here is the information from his Orb Identification. This was extremely difficult to obtain since almost no one would be able to see these other than the people themselves or their families.”

The people in the room looked at the contents written on the piece of paper. Although the faces of the mysterious people was hard to see, one could tell that they were in shock due to the sounds that came out of their mouths.

‘(Arnin) Sex: Male. Species: (D)Human. Realm: ???. Talent:??’

The Headmistress looked at Fae with bewilderment. “Fae, what is this? Other then his sex, everything else is different. Even his species has the letter (D) in front of it. What does all of this mean?”

“I am also unsure. As I have already talked about the boy’s background, we know for a fact that his parents are both human, and even looking at the history of the village, there were never any attacks from demonic beasts, or other sentient species. It has a rather peaceful history.” Fae’s clarification stupefied many. They assumed that there might be a chance that Arnin’s parents were not necessarily human because of past events, however that didn’t seem to be the case. Both of his parents were certainly human.

“Then what about these question marks? I have seen unknown talents before, but why is his realm also unknown? Shouldn’t he be at Orb Birth – Earth?” One of the mysterious people voiced out.

Unknown talent was uncommon, but not rare. There were many like that, however having an unknown realm was extremely rare. Even if one had a problem with their orb and they weren’t in Orb Birth – Earth, the information would state that. That had been the case for Lilise.

“I am also not too sure about this. There was no other information. All I know is that Arnin was different from other children his age. He was extremely mature and had no friends from the very beginning. This may seem to be nothing out of the ordinary, but it was said that people would find him sitting in secluded areas with his eyes closed.” When these words came out of Fae’s mouth, the room became dead silent. It was so silent, that one would feel chills all over.

“Are you sure that he wasn’t just resting?” One of the mysterious people spoke out after some hesitation.

“I am not saying anything. All I know is that he sat everyday with his legs crossed and his eyes closed. He would do this for long periods of time, however no one knew what he was doing. It might have just been him resting, since it would be nearly impossible to begin cultivation or even knowing how to cultivate at such a young age.” Fae spoke out what she knew, but nearing the end, even she felt some hesistion.

She had seen Arnin’s ways in Lepidoptera Academy, and did not believe that he would so simple.

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While there was discussion going on, Arnin was oblivious to the fact that his whole background had been investigated. He continued on his way, and killed any individual that came into sight.

He had already killed two more boys and three girls. Some of their deaths were extremely brutal, while others were instantly killed through a head slice. Arnin did not spare anyone and just killed continually. His essence was still continuously leaking, however because of him constantly absorbing blood essence, he was able to bring his realm back to around Orb Birth – Sky.

Of course, his body was in a very unstable position. He had too much blood essence and the equilibrium between all of the essences in his body was broken. This caused his hair to remain crimson.

Arnin walked around with a smile on his face. He carried a silver dagger that was soaked in blood. This dagger was not his, rather he found it on one of the girls he had killed. It was helpful since it was not rusty, and had not been used too much.

He had killed so many people that he was slowly becoming known to other, stronger students. Although Arnin had only killed weaker people, that still did not affect his new nickname, ‘Demonic Joker’.

This name was given to him because of his red hair, and his way of killing. Many had seen how Arnin would kill his victims slowly, or even torture them just for fun. This resulted in his dark nickname. Of course, the name only brought fear to people around Orb Birth – Sky or below. Everyone else found Arnin to be a joke, so many didn’t care to waste their time on him.

Arnin, of course, knew about the nickname and he did not mind it. He really did like killing others, and found it enjoyable to see others in pain. Plus, he wasn’t too concerned with how others perceived him. In the end, he still planned to kill them all.