Ancestral Lineage

The battlefield had become a wasteland of chaos, a violent storm of destruction stretching for miles. Fires raged uncontrollably, ash and smoke choking the air, and the ground was a jagged, fractured ruin. The once-pristine horizon had turned into a swirling maelstrom of crimson and black as if the heavens themselves were recoiling from the sheer intensity of the clash.

Ethan stood amidst it all, a being of pure fury and destruction. His blood wing flared behind him, its pulsating glow casting an ominous red light over his body. Crimson veins of energy coursed across his skin, throbbing in sync with his unrelenting rage. His elongated claws, sharp and glinting, dripped with raw power, and his eyes burned with a berserk ferocity that promised nothing but devastation.

Across from him, the beast loomed. Its transformation into its Elemental Destruction Form had altered it into something almost otherworldly. Its once-golden fur was now a deep black, streaked with veins of vibrant purple that pulsed like molten lava. Its four tails had become writhing tendrils of dark energy, each tipped with a violet glow that radiated annihilation. Its golden eyes blazed brighter than ever, twin suns of malevolent intensity. The air around it warped and twisted as if the very fabric of reality struggled to contain its power.

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Ethan surged forward, propelled by a powerful beat of his blood wing. The ground beneath him cracked and cratered, the shockwave of his launch sending massive chunks of earth flying. He closed the distance in an instant, his claws slashing through the air in a crimson blur.

The beast responded with terrifying precision. One of its energy tendrils lashed out, meeting Ethan's attack head-on. The impact created a shockwave so powerful it flattened what remained of the nearby terrain. Sparks of crimson and violet energy exploded outward, their collision creating an ear-splitting screech as raw power clashed.

Ethan didn't relent. His other hand shot forward, glowing with blood magic, and struck the beast's side. The blow landed with devastating force, sending the beast skidding across the ground. Massive trenches formed where its claws dug into the earth to regain balance.

The beast roared in defiance, its voice a guttural rumble that reverberated for miles. It twisted with unnatural agility, its energy tendrils whipping through the air like vipers. One struck Ethan across the chest, the force sending him hurtling into a nearby cliffside. The impact obliterated the cliff in an eruption of rock and dust, but Ethan emerged unscathed, his wounds already healing before the debris had settled.

With a snarl, Ethan raised his hand, and the shattered remains of the cliff began to levitate. Hundreds of jagged rocks floated around him, glowing faintly with his psychic energy. He clenched his fist, and the rocks shot forward like a swarm of missiles, each one aimed with deadly precision.

The beast's tendrils moved in a blur, deflecting and shattering the incoming projectiles. But Ethan was already on the move. He teleported mid-air, vanishing in a burst of crimson light and reappearing directly above the beast.

His claws came down in a devastating arc, glowing with blood magic amplified to its peak. The beast twisted, narrowly avoiding the brunt of the attack, but Ethan's strike still carved a deep gash into its shoulder. Black and purple energy spilled from the wound, hissing and crackling as it hit the ground.

The beast retaliated instantly. Its jaws opened, and a concentrated beam of destructive energy erupted forth, obliterating everything in its path. Ethan raised both hands, a shimmering psychic barrier forming just in time to intercept the beam. The collision sent shockwaves rippling outward, leveling what little remained of the surrounding forest.

Ethan's barrier cracked under the pressure, but he gritted his teeth and poured more energy into it. With a roar, he deflected the beam upward, where it exploded in the sky, creating a blinding flash of violet light that momentarily turned night into day.

Before the light had even faded, Ethan teleported again, reappearing at the beast's flank. He lashed out with his claws, his movements a blur of berserk precision. The beast countered with its tendrils, each one moving independently yet perfectly coordinated. Their strikes met in mid-air, creating bursts of energy that tore through the landscape.

The ground beneath them shattered, massive fissures opening as their battle continued. Ethan's raw strength and unlimited regeneration made him a relentless force, but the beast's transformation had granted it speed and power that matched his own.

The beast's tendrils lashed out again, one managing to wrap around Ethan's torso. It slammed him into the ground with enough force to create a massive crater. The impact sent a plume of dust and debris skyward, but before the beast could press its advantage, Ethan's body glowed with a sudden surge of crimson energy.

The tendril holding him disintegrated in a flash of blood magic, and Ethan shot upward like a cannonball, driving his fist into the beast's jaw. The force of the punch sent the beast flying, its massive form skidding across the ground and demolishing everything in its path.

Ethan didn't stop. He raised his hand, and massive spires of earth erupted from the ground, converging on the beast's prone form. The beast roared, its body glowing with destructive energy, and the spires disintegrated before they could reach it.

The beast retaliated with a wave of destruction, its tendrils slamming into the ground and sending out a shockwave that radiated for miles. Entire sections of the battlefield were obliterated, reduced to nothingness in an instant.

Ethan teleported to avoid the brunt of the attack, reappearing a distance away. He crouched low, his blood wing flaring behind him, and prepared for another charge. The beast stood its ground, its blazing eyes locked on him, its body radiating raw destructive power.

They launched at each other again, their collision sending a cataclysmic wave of energy outward. The land quaked, the sky trembled, and the battle raged on, each clash threatening to tear the very world apart. Neither showed any sign of stopping, their powers escalating with each passing moment as the battlefield continued to expand into a city-wide, then nation-wide, scale of devastation.

...

The students remained rooted in place, their minds struggling to comprehend the battle unfolding before them. It was unlike anything they had ever seen, even in their wildest nightmares or most vivid tales of legends past.

Cassandra gripped Lusamine's hand tightly, the glow of the golden mark casting an eerie light over their tear-streaked faces. "This... this is beyond anger," she whispered, her voice barely audible over the deafening roars and shockwaves. "This is something else entirely..."

Ethan moved with a speed and ferocity that seemed impossible for a physical being. His blood wing propelled him through the air in erratic, unpredictable patterns, his movements a blur of crimson light. Telekinetic force surrounded him, lifting massive chunks of the earth, broken trees, and jagged rocks into the air before hurling them toward the beast with terrifying velocity.

The beast retaliated with its dark energy tendrils, each lash carving through the projectiles and sending explosions of debris across the battlefield. Its form glowed ominously, a terrifying mixture of dark and purple hues that seemed to ripple with destructive intent.

Lusamine gasped as one of the beast's tendrils lashed toward Ethan, faster and more fluid than the others. Ethan caught it mid-air with telekinesis, the invisible force holding the writhing appendage inches from his face. With a flick of his wrist, he snapped the tendril in two, sending a pulse of energy so violent it blew apart the surrounding terrain for miles.

"Did... did he just do that?" Lu Qi stammered, his voice shaking with both awe and terror.

"Ethan is holding nothing back," Lusamine replied, her gaze fixed on the battle. "He's using everything, even his rage—it's all fueling him."

The beast roared again, this time with genuine pain and fury. Its form shifted slightly, condensing its energy further as if to become even more destructive. The tendrils of dark energy writhed with renewed intensity, their movements a blur of purple and black as they lashed out in all directions.

Stray tendrils tore through the landscape, leveling hills and carving massive gouges into the earth. One tendril veered dangerously close to the group, but before it could reach them, a golden barrier flared to life around Lamair's corpse.

The golden light encased Lamair's body in an unyielding shield, glowing softly yet resolutely amidst the chaos. Stray energy bounced harmlessly off the barrier, dissipating into the air like ripples in a pond.

"He's protecting him," Cassandra whispered, her tears flowing freely once more. "Even in this state, Ethan... he..."

"Lamair was his friend," Lusamine said softly. "No matter how far gone Ethan might seem, he hasn't forgotten that."

The students could only watch as the battle escalated. Ethan unleashed a wave of psychic force, the sheer magnitude of it causing the air to ripple and distort. Massive boulders were hurled at the beast, followed by a concentrated blast of blood energy that left trails of crimson light in its wake.

The beast countered with an explosion of its energy, the clash creating a shockwave that flattened what little remained of the forest and sent the students tumbling to the ground despite the golden barrier protecting them.

Cassandra looked up, her eyes wide as the sky itself seemed to fracture. "This... this is beyond anything we've ever seen," she murmured.

"Ethan's not fighting as a man," Pierre said, his voice hoarse. "He's fighting as something more... something primal."

The clash reached a fever pitch. Ethan teleported again, appearing directly above the beast with a hand raised high. The blood wing on his back expanded, its light intensifying to an almost blinding degree. With a guttural roar, he brought his hand down, and a massive, crimson spear of energy materialized, descending toward the beast like the judgment of a wrathful god.

The beast roared in defiance, its tendrils converging to intercept the spear. The collision created a cataclysmic explosion of red and violet light, the shockwave spreading across the battlefield with enough force to tear the ground apart for miles.

Through the chaos, the golden barrier around Lamair's body remained intact, unwavering amidst the storm.