The Dark Demon Lord - Chapter 92

Back in the spectating area for the Gold arena, there was a group of people sitting around a single young man. His face was covered in a frown as he looked at the shredded body of Yinsa. His eyes contained a bit of sorrow and a great amount of hatred.

“Go and find that kid and bring him to me. I have to destroy his body and torture his soul for laying a hand on my woman.” This young man was Fxi, ranked thirty-one out of the top one hundred. Although Yinsa wasn’t his woman, she was someone he saw as his. Plus, they grew up in the same town, so he knew her quite well.

The people around him nodded their heads and chased after Arnin and his group. Not only did this group of people run after Arnin, but there was also Relshe and his friend Srida who followed the latter as well.

They were still set on having Arnin join their group, especially since his strength was no lower than theirs, and possibly even higher.

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Arnin walked slowly as Sinfallel and Canae followed closely. Both of the girls had different expressions on their faces. Sinfallel looked at Arnin in disgust and hatred, while Canae was thinking back to the two times Arnin used the double-bladed staff. Although she felt a seething hatred for Arnin, there was little point in thinking about it since she was already his slave.

She wanted to use this opportunity to get stronger, and she actually felt that Arnin was actually trying to do just that.

“Master, you gave me this weapon and also told me to watch you use it twice. I was wondering if you could explain why this is.” She was feeling extremely irritated because she didn’t know why she was being helped by the person she wanted to kill the most. If he was trying to win her over, then why did he kill her sister and mentally torture her? There were multiple ways to win her over, and those were not it.

Arnin turned his head and looked at Canae. His eyes turned sharp before he stopped walking. Both of the girls also stopped walking and looked at Arnin nervously.

“Seems like we are being followed. Slave, now it is time for me to see if you have had any improvements. We are being followed by multiple Essence Manifest cultivators, with some Orb Birth cultivators in the group as well. I want you to kill those Orb Birth cultivators on your own. Even if you are losing I won’t help you. Consider this an opportunity or death sentence.”

Arnin walked towards the girls and then stood in front of them. Lifting his hand, he knocked out Sinfallel and threw her on the ground. “Your goal is to protect her from dying. Let’s see how well you do. Hehe.” This time Canae didn’t show any expression on her face when she saw Arnin knock her sister out.

She was glad that Arnin didn’t do anything else and only knocked her out. With a nod of her head and stood behind Arnin, waiting for the people. As a slave, she could not deny Arnin anything.

‘Let’s see how well you fare.” Although it had barely been a dozen minutes since they left the Cave Temple zone, he needed to see how much Canae comprehended in that time. If she met his expectations he would think about saving her if she was about to fall, but if she didn’t meet up to his standards, then he could only sigh at his own misjudgment.

A few minutes went by and Arnin saw about ten people coming. Eight of those were Essence Manifest Cultivators, while two were at Orb Birth – Heaven.

Even though he would be facing lots of people, Arnin didn’t really feel much pressure. All of them were at Essence Manifest – Sky with one being at Earth, but he could handle them.

“Let’s begin.” With a push, he leaped towards the group of people. He pulled out a small dagger from his clothes which he got by killing a person before entering the Cave Temple zone.

The group also saw Arnin coming and all them were shocked. “How the hell did he notice us?” One of them yelled this out, but they had no time to spare.

They pulled their weapons out and rushed towards Arnin. Canae also joined the battle and started to attack the two Orb Birth cultivators.

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The group fought with great fervor. Arnin had already killed the Essence Manifest – Earth cultivator by stabbing him in the head. He also slew a couple of the Sky realm ones as well, but the few that were left did not back off.

He glanced at Canae who was covered in lacerations and bruises, however, he noticed that she was barely holding her own against the two cultivators.

Deciding to ignore her for now, Arnin continued to rampage in the group fight. A dagger in one hand, while a sword he robbed from the Earth realm cultivator in the other, he was like a demon.

In the distance, Relshe and Srida watched everything with their mouths agape. They felt a shiver run down their spines as they watched the fight. “This kid, he really deserves his title as the Demonic Joker. He is clearly much stronger than both of us.” Relshe felt the scene was a little surreal.

He knew that Arnin was extremely strong, but not this much. They began to contemplate on whether they should let him join them or not. He was much stronger than them, which risked them being subjected under his rule.

“Bro Relshe, let’s just go and help him. Even though he doesn’t need it, it could make us look good.” When Relshe heard these words, he fell under deep thought. After a few breaths, he nodded his head.

‘Let’s go then.” He then sprinted towards the fight scene with Srida.

Arnin saw the two coming and he couldn’t help but snort. He already knew that they were watching from afar, but there was no reason for him to say anything. Instead, he already had a plan being created in his head.

“Srida, Relshe, good thing you guys came. Kill these people with me.” Arnin spoke out in a rushed manner.

The two abruptly stopped when they heard Arnin’s roar for help. Relshe even hesitated to move forward. “What are you guys waiting for. Didn’t you also help me plan out the death of that girl, Yinsi?”

When those words came out of his mouth, the group that was sent by Fxi looked at the two friends with red eyes. “So, you two are also a part of this?” Although he put on a strong front, he still felt deep apprehension towards the two.

They were already struggling to face Arnin, now that two others came, not any weaker than them, how could they survive.

Arnin saw this scene and knew that his speculations were correct. He had seen this group in the spectating area for the Gold arena, and the reason be would enemies was either because of his comment before fighting or because he killed Yinsi.

The first reason was unlikely to cause so many to follow him, especially after killing Yinsi, meaning that the death of that girl was the only other reason.

The battlefield came to a sudden halt. Arnin stood in his spot as if the previous battle was just a game. While the two friends and the group that came to kill him were still very nervous.

“Retreat first. We need to tell Fxi about this so he can think about countermeasures.” The leader of the group told his people and then turned around, before sprinting away.

Arnin turned his head and saw Canae still struggling to face the two Orb Birth cultivators. He walked towards them, causing their battle to stop. The two cultivators saw their group leaving them behind and couldn’t help but grit their teeth.

One of the looked at Arnin and spoke. “If you let us go, we won’t come and bother you again, we will even tell you who made us come here.” His way with words wasn’t too bad.

Not only did he put himself in the position of a victim, but he also made himself seem like someone who only came to cause small problems, not to kill.

“I will let you guys leave” Arnin’s words them both sigh in relief. “…however, you have to kill that girl first before leaving. If you can do that, then both of you can leave.” Arnin pointed at the unconscious Sinafellel and smiled.

His words caused Canae’s face to lose all of its colors. Her hands shook slightly.

Arnin then looked at Canae and said with a helpless tone. “I am giving you a chance, slave. Protect your sister and you will be safe, but if she dies, so will you. But don’t worry, if you die first, then I will make sure your sister has a very good future.”

With those words said, Arnin found a rock and sat down, watching the play that was about to start. Canae gritted her teeth. She was only at Orb Birth – Hell. She was barely able to face others in the same realm, how could she face two who were stronger than her?

The two enemy cultivators looked at the unconscious Sinfallel before looking back at Canae. “You go and kill that girl while I keep this one at bay.” The stronger cultivator spoke to his comrade before rushing towards Canae.

Seeing them both run to different paths, Canae rushed towards Sinfallel and held her blade tightly. Her eyes were sharp, but her face pale. She knew that this was a chance. If she got through this then there was a high chance that Arnin would not continue to bother them as much, but if she failed then death was the only escape.

She took a deep breath before a light flashed in her eyes. The two cultivators rushed towards her from the right and left. She looked at the slightly weak cultivator and gritted her teeth. ‘I can only resort to this move, if it works then I will have a chance of surviving, but if it doesn’t”

She loosened one of her hands from the weapon and reached down to grab Sinfallel. Pushing off the ground, she sprinted towards the weaker of the two. The cultivator couldn’t help but a little surprised, but then a smile appeared on his face.

As they got closer to one another, Canae saw that the cultivator was mostly paying attention to the unconscious Sinfallel and couldn’t help but faintly smile. With a snap of her hand, she threw her sister to the left, causing the person to get distracted for a few seconds. Before he could recover, Canae was already in front of him.

*SWISH*

She twirled the double bladed staff just like Arnin had done previously and sliced off the head of the cultivator. Arnin watched this and couldn’t help but smile slightly. ‘Seems like she is using her head now. Let’s see how she handles the last person.’

Arnin didn’t expect her to be as strong as him, but he did expect her to handle a few people higher than her own cultivation at the very least. He would then slowly train her into someone strong.

Seeing his comrade being killed, the cultivator panicked slightly but didn’t stop his movements, rather he ignored Canae and rushed towards Sinfallel. He just needed to kill her and then he would be free.

Canae recovered quickly from her kill since it wasn’t her first. She turned her head and saw the cultivator rushing towards Sinfallel and couldn’t help but get angry.

“AH!” With a low roar, she threw her weapon towards the cultivator and rushed towards her sister. Seeing the weapon coming towards him with lightning speed, the man quickly fended it off with his own sword, however, this caused him to slow down for a second, allowing Canae to quickly appear in front of her sister.

With no weapon in hand, Canae’s battle strength went down significantly, however, her face showed no hesitation, only battle intent.

This was her first time battling like this, and although it wasn’t a great situation, she couldn’t help but feel her heart pumping.

The cultivator rushed towards Canae and waved his sword towards her head, but with a slight movement to the left, she only got a deep cut, nothing life-threatening. However, the man was in no good position.

Canae lifted her hand and aimed towards the person’s neck. With speed faster than even the cultivators, she was able to pierce his throat with her hand, ending him indefinitely.

“Good kill.” Arnin couldn’t help but comment from the side. He then got off the rock and walked towards Canae. The two cultivators were dead, while the rest of the group escaped. Canae had completed the task he assigned.

Canae fell onto her knees as tears fell down her face. She looked at Sinfallel and couldn’t help but fall on her body.

“I did it. I was able to protect at least one of you. Just one of you.” Her eyes slowly shut as she fell asleep.

Arnin didn’t mind this since he knew that she was barely able to keep her mental barrier up. Now that she was able to protect at least one of her sisters alone, she would grow at an exponential rate. This was extremely beneficial to him.

Lifting his foot, Arnin tapped Sinfallel’s face a dozen times. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Canae on top of her and then saw Arnin looking down on her. The first thing that came to her mind was the possibility of Canae being dead.

“She isn’t dead, just tired. Pick her up and follow me.” Arnin then turned around and began to walk towards Relshe and Srida who stood in their spots. “As for the both of you, don’t act like you came to save me with your hearts. You guys are just rats who wait until the end to benefit, so you can forget about me joining you. However, if you guys are willing to pledge to follow my every command until the end of the battlefield, then you can follow me.”

Relshe looked at Arnin before sighing. “We can’t accept that, so we will take our leave. Hopefully, you won’t die.” He then turned around and began to walk away.

“Don’t end up in my hands because then you will only be able to hope for death.” Arnin turned around as well and walked away. He didn’t need the two friends to follow him since they would not contribute significantly to the group’s strength, plus they might even present hidden threats towards his safety.

He approached Sinfallel who carried Canae on her back. “Your sister knew a lot about the three zones, so which one is closest to us now?”

Sinfallel thought for a moment before speaking out. “From what I remember, the closest zone should be the Elemental River zone.” Arnin nodded his head.

“Then our next stop will be the Elemental River zone.” He smiled wickedly before moving towards the general area Sinfallel pointed towards. “Let us head out.”