The Legendary F Rank

The demon's attacks were much faster and precise than his previous ones as he sprinting towards Haru with his arms outstretched as though he was trying to grab him. Yet Haru didn't back down or retreat, instead he lifted his foot and jumped up slightly before kicking the demon in his chest. 

The demon fell to the group for a second time as the force from Haru's kick was enough to lift him up from the ground before sending him falling back onto the concrete below. 

The demon rushed to his feet before charging in again without a second thought. He looked like a mad man as he didn't have the slightest look of hesitation on his face before attacking again and again despite Haru managing to dodge his attacks with ease. 

Haru felt as though the red demon's attacks were slowing as he threw more powerful blows but none of them was able to connect with him. 

'What's wrong with this guy? Isn't he supposed to be from the upper realms? Why is he so weak?' Haru asked as he began to use his spiritual sense to figure out the demon's cultivation level.

'Manifestation stage?! The people who come from the upper realms have to suppress their power so they are usually at the nascent soul stage when they arrive here. But why is this one different? He is one stage behind everyone else. No wonder he can't hit me. But why do I still feel like I need to be careful around him?' Haru asked as he continued to avoid the attacks that the red demon continued to charge at Haru.

Haru easily dodged once again by stepping to the side and then looked back at the demon who was now breathing a little bit heavier than he was before.

"Stay still you little rat. Stop running from me!" The red demon called out to Haru as he turned around and looked him in the eyes. 

Although he had missed every attack so far, the demon showed no sign of weakness on his face and still looked as though he was calm and thought that he was going to win despite Haru running circles around him.

It made Haru even more confused about the whole situation to see that he wasn't worried in the slightest.

'What is the difference between a night demon and a regular demon? Is there something specific that sets them apart?' Haru thought for a second before the attacks continued. 

'Well, He does seem good at sneak attacks. I didn't even know he was coming until that last second. And earlier when I saw him for the first time I didn't notice him until he had already spotted me.' Haru came to the conclusion that they were good at sneak attacks and nothing else since the demon was definitely much weaker than the others that he had faced so far.

Yet he just couldn't shake the feeling that something bad would happen if he tried to end the fight too quickly.

"Okay! That's it. I'm going to stop taking it easy on you! I will kill you here and now!" The demon yelled out before reaching down to his waist and grabbing onto something within his cloak.

'What now?' Haru asked as he became more and more worried. 

Suddenly a crack echoed out as something slapped against Haru's cheek. A burning sensation made its way across Haru's face the went down to his neck before stopping at the top of his chest as a warmth began to slowly run down his skin.

"Hm?" Haru stopped for a moment as he didn't see any movement from the demon yet felt like his face was on fire. He then lifted his hand and touched his cheek before looking at his fingertips to see that they were now covered in blood.

"Ha, I finally got you! Serves you right for not taking this old man seriously. If we were in the upper realms right now I would have devoured you ten times over by now." The red demon said while licking his lips as he looked at Haru with a smile on his face.

Haru then turned his attention back to the red demon to see that he was now holding a short metallic-looking pipe in his hand but connected to the pipe was a thin silver chain that he had used as a whip to strike Haru in the face.

As Haru looked back down to the ground he saw a look of worry on Mia's face which made him think that the cut on his face was much worse than he initially thought it was.

But little did he know that she was worried about something else that had appeared on his face as he was hit with the whip.

A small sliver of red fire had appeared on Haru's cheek and seemed to be actively working to seal the wound on his face by threading small flames together beneath his skin before finally pulling the wound closed. 

"What was that just now? I didn't feel any of your caster power? How did you do that with Qi alone? There is no such thing as instant healing like that without a Divine elixir…" The red demon stuttered as he too was stunned by the flames that healed Haru's face.

"What are you talking about now? If you want to fight me then let's carry on already. I don't have the time or the patience to just stand around here all day." Haru said with a hint of frustration in his voice as the demon shivered slightly.

"It's that strange power from before isn't it? I thought that it was a one-off… But it seems like you can summon it whenever you want to… I don't want to do this anymore. If Hanying wants you to suffer then he can do it himself. I changed my mind!" The Red demon suddenly shouted before turning around and vanishing within a dark cloud of smoke.

'Did… Did he just run away from me?' Haru asked himself as he couldn't believe that the red demon ran away without finishing the fight.

"Did I do something wrong?" Haru whispered before a warm feeling made its way down his spine as he turned around to see flames emerging from his back in the shape of wings.

"What the fuck is that!? Kun is that you're doing?" Haru asked as he recognised the dark red colour to them as the unique flames that emerged every time he used Kun's power.

But there was no reply to his question. Instead, his body shot up into the sky without warning before being forced down slightly and his legs slamming down against something hard. 

It all happened in a flash and Haru was confused as to what was going on but as he looked around he quickly realised that he was somewhere that he wasn't supposed to be as there were dozens of demon clansmen now staring at him as clouds drifted on past him while standing on what looked like wooden floorboards.

"I'm on one of their ships… Kun. If this is your doing then please let me know what you're thinking. There is no way that I will be able to…" Haru spoke before stopping as the ground beneath his feet set ablaze before spreading to the demons that had surrounded him. 

Suddenly they began to cry out as the flames devoured them and Haru felt a significant boost in strength once the flames had completely consumed the demons before the flaming wings sprouted from his body once again and forced him back down to the ground where he was previously standing. 

"Haru!? Are you okay? You just suddenly flew off. What's going on?' Mia shouted out as she seemed just as confused as Haru was.

"I'm not too sure," Haru called back as a loud whistling emerged from the sky as the demon's airship that he was just on a moment ago plummeted towards the ground.

"Was that your doing!? If so… That's really impressive. We've been trying to take them out all day but it seems that they are almost indestructible to our attacks. How did you do it?' Mia asked as the airship impacted a couple of buildings and sent dust flying into the sky as it crashed.

"Ah, Well… If you kill the people on board then it's bound to fall right?" Haru asked, unsure of himself. He knew next to nothing about the ships apart from the fact that they caused death and destruction wherever they went.

But it seemed as though the Japanese army didn't know anything either as Mia looked back in surprise and nodded her head.

"Is that so? Well, it is still difficult to pierce the defence of these creatures. They are insanely strong. I've been running low on mana for a while now. I guess it's lucky that I found you when I did. I wouldn't have stood a chance against the one you were fighting with." Mia said with a look of admiration on her face. But as she looked up at him Haru felt disappointed.

"It's been almost six years, hasn't it? I don't know what I expected but I guess we are strangers now aren't we?" He asked himself as he felt that Mia was being too distant with him. But that was to be expected as they hadn't seen each other since Haru went to live with his uncle.

"What was that?" Mia asked as she looked at Haru with her brows furrowed as she tried to understand what he was mumbling about but she couldn't quite make it out.

"Never mind. You should find somewhere safe and take it easy. I will take care of this mess." Haru said before vanishing without another word as he didn't want to see her again since he felt that it would be much easier to kill without familiar eyes watching him.

A/N: Again I'm very sorry. And If you are confused as to why I uploaded this chapter twice it is because I forgot to upload the last chapter and there was a gap.