Yin & Yang Pleasures of Cultivation

Inconveciable, utterly inconvincible! 

To achieve his current realm of prowess, Siren Star spent hundreds of agonizing years studying the ways of Magic. He needed to undergo countless deathly situations to repeatedly break past his limits.

All until he reached the Spirit Mage realm, obtaining a power that hundreds of thousands of Mages can only dream of. 

His respect and status were among the clouds.

Even if he were to meet a legendary Heavenly Sage cultivator, a title Grand Sage, he wouldn't show any reverence. 

However, all of his previous pride, ambition, and belief were crushed in a single moment.

Somehow, just somehow, a mere cultivator reached his level in hours. And not only reached the Spirit Mage realm, but he also has a prowess only belonging to true geniuses!

Even with the tremendous pain coursing through him, serving as a constant reminder of this brutal situation, Siren Star still refused to accept this! 

He can't let everything he worked for be undermined.

No matter what, he must kill Darcel! 

Immediately, Siren Star's eyes turned an intense scarlet, his rage boiling over like a ferocious volcano. 

Only seconds after he tumble of the ground, Siren Star sprang right back up on his feet.

His glare towards Darcel was full of only frenzied killing intent, appearing more like a deranged beast than a human. 

"You wretched cultivator!!" 

In that instance, a frantic release of Magical Energy exploded out of Siren Blade's body!

'Huu~!" 

The entire stage tremble, large cracks in the spatial zone split open, gushing out terrifying chilling energy. 

Siren Star didn't care about anything else. He was releasing the full power of his Magical Energy!

A bright crimson flash light up his hand, and a long Mage Staff appeared in Siren Star's hands. With the Mage Staff equipped, Siren Star's prowess only intensified. 

It climbed to a point where it actually matches Darcel's immense Magical Energy!

"Ahh!! It feels like I'm getting split apart!" 

The Siren Mages watching had a hard time breathing at this point. Siren Star and Darcel's Magical Energy was far too powerful! 

Just from the ripples of Magical Energy tearing through the air, the weaker Siren Mages felt as if they were about to collapse. Even the Senior Siren Mages had a difficult time withstanding their clash of energy.

Before it got too intense, a sudden invisible Magical Barrier covered the whole audience. 

Under this Magical Barrier, no matter how strong Darcel and Siren Star was, it couldn't affect the crowd anymore.

Although, even as they could breathe better, immense trepidation filled all Siren Mage's eyes. The power of the Spirit Mage realm was far beyond their feeble comprehension.

Compared to the Siren Mage's fear and awe reaction, Aniela and Masami were having none of that. 

They both needed to back away a bit from the stage while surging a small portion of their bloodline powers just to withstand the Magical pressure.

But even though Darcel and Siren Star's Magical Energy is great, the girls were only caring about Darcel's safety. Masami had her fist tightly gripped and her foxtails raised at rapt attention.

"At any sign of trouble, I'm jumping in." She quietly muttered to Aniela. 

While Darcel still seemed confident against Siren Star, Masami's worries weren't unfounded.

She could detect that Siren Star's Magical Energy was even slightly stronger than the Shadow Rouge Captain they previously faced. 

And that man was a sixth-level Heavenly Transformation cultivator, the middle rank of Heavenly Kings!

When recalling how they were utterly defeated at that time, it was easy to see why Masami got intently worried. 

Aniela as well was intently worried. She never took her gaze off the stage for a second.

Although, without moving her eyes a single inch, she grasped Masami's shoulder, releasing a calming stream of Light Energy into her. 

While Anielad did have the same worries, she managed to retain her semblance of calmness.

In a quiet whisper, she muttered back, "Don't forget, Darcel's Magical Energy is easily matching his full power. Just a little bit, we wait and see what happens." 

Masami only froze for a moment before quickly relenting. Keeping her fierce gaze, she practically spat out, "Hmph! Fine, we wait. But that guy will not have a clean end." 

Back on stage, Darcel never even tried to interrupt Siren Star's surge of Magical Energy.

He could've ended the match the moment he tore into his shoulder, but Darcel didn't find that as a good enough example. 

So with his hand clasped behind his back in the same manner Siren Star initially had his, Darcel spoke with the same arrogance dripping into his tone.

"Hey now? Planning to fight all out already? I've barely tried with that last attack. I thought this was a fair fight."

Siren Star trembles with uncontrollable fury. His eyes spewed raging flames as he sharply bellowed out,

"Enough of this farce! Cloud Blood Arts!" 

Siren Star snapped both of his hands towards the sky, bright red rays of light shrouding them both. Bright red rays of Magical Energy spewed from Siren Star's hands, intertwining together, forming into a giant blood-red cloud.

"The Cloud Blood Arts! Senior Siren Star really wants to kill him!" 

All Siren Mages felt their blood boil over. The Cloud Blood Arts wasn't a Grand Magical Arts like Darcel's Siren Chains.

But it was the peak of all Gold Magical Arts. The legendary Elite Ranking! 

The difficulty to comprehend this ranking of Magical Arts wasn't low at all. In fact, only well-versed Magical Talents even have a chance to master this Art.

The Cloud Blood Arts allows one to unleash an unending torrent of Magical droplets and lightning. Unless one destroys the blood cloud, the cascade of Magical Attacks will never stop!

The only catch from this powerful Magical Art was that it uses energy from the soul to continually stay afloat. 

Therefore this attack would undoubtedly cripple Siren Star's ability to practice Magic because of his drained soul.

But he didn't care in the slightest. 

A crazed grin split across Siren Star's face as then said, "Let's see if you can act so damn cocky now!" 

At the same time, Siren Star's hands and blood cloud sparked in a bright blood-red glow.

Siren Star's Magical Energy climbed to its absolute peak as he then unleashed a torrent of blood-red droplets and blood-red lightning from his Magical cloud. 

Thunderous explosions boomed across the stage as the blood-red droplets and lightning tear towards Darcel. 

'Oh? Similar to lightning and water element but far too distinct to compare.'

In the face of the Cloud Blood Art attack, Darcel remained nearly unmoved. He only got a bit intrigue sensing some form of the elements within the attack. 

With a thought, Darcel gushed out two more Siren Chains from his back.

Seeping a small portion of his bloodline power into this attack, Darcel snapped his Siren Chains straight at the blood-red droplets and lightning. 

Right before the attacks met, everyone's hearts tightened. 

However, what everyone thought was going to happened didn't occur, leaving them even more shocked. 

Instead of a catastrophic collision of Magical Energy, Darcel's Siren Chain suddenly raised in power.

A very faint black light nobody, not even Elder Ying, could see surged at the tip of the crimson chain. 

'Chi!' 

Under the tremendous power increase, Darcel's Siren Chin completely crushed the blood-red droplets and lightning! 

The blood-red Magical Energy was immediately vaporized to mere nothingness, unable to withstand even a split-second clash. 

And without stopping, one of Darcel's Siren Chain soared towards the blood-red cloud, easily piercing right through it!

An ear-splitting explosion shook the stage as the blood-red cloud imploded into tiny Magical Energy fragments. 

At the same time, Darcel's other two Siren Chain tore into the unexpecting Siren Star's body.

His anguish cries shriek out again as the Siren Chain blasted him like a ragdoll again. Two large gaping holes was now in Siren Star's adornment, showcasing his ruined organs, bones, and mangled flesh.

As he stumbled across the stage, he left a gory trail of his entrail, causing many Siren Mages to feel sick to the pit of their stomachs. 

However, even after that brutal attack, Siren Star forcefully stopped himself, whipping up to his feet yet again.

"Arrgh!!"

Siren Star raised a howl that didn't even sound human anymore. Once again, he pushed forth his Magical to its very limits. And this time, he was planning to spill his blood essence!

"Tch, time to end this." Darcel coldly snorted, sensing Siren Star's desperation. 

In an instant, he sent his Siren Chains at a far greater speed than anything he unleashed before.

Siren Star could only blink in fear. Before he knew it, Darcel's Siren Chains tightly and painfully coiled around his body. 

And in the next instance, a painful wail screeched from his throat.

"Ah-Ahh!! My energy!!" 

Uncaring to Siren Star's agony, Darcel swiftly absorbs all of his Magical Energy. 

The process was genuine hell for Siren Star. He felt as if all of his organs and bones were getting brutally ripped right out of him while also being unable to fall unconscious. 

Then, after only a few seconds, the bright crimson light from Darcel's Siren Chains died down. 

Simultaneously, Siren Star's horse screams stopped. 

Under a suffocating silence, Darcel pulled back his Siren Chains.

Upon doing so, Siren Star crashed to his knees. He couldn't move anymore, and the pain felt like he was actually dying. 

But still, his and thousands of other eyes fearfully stared at Darcel's tall figure.