the lively yard was now quiet, as warm blood covered the ground. the blood floated and went toward levi, then got absorbed. not a drop of blood remained on the ground, only shriveled corpses. " die!" two large, muscular servants ran towards levi with swords in hand. their thoughts were simple, if they were to kill this intruder, wouldn't they get better treatment in future? crack! "didn't you say that you would cut off my legs and feed me to the dogs? haha.." levi laughed coldly. "aghhhh! my legs! my legs!" the two fell to the ground, their legs were cut directly at their knees. levi didn't use qi with the windblades, causing the wind blade to break through their bones slowly, making it hurt more. "i don't have dogs, so i will use this." he said with a smile. his current state was similar to the release state, but different somehow. he was even conscious in this state. "who is causing trouble in my azure clan?!" a furious shout shook the entire clan, owen shot towards the gate, his body cloaked in a dark azure fire.

" you are dead!" owen shouted. "wait! family head! you don't need to dirty your hands with him!" before owen could attack, a group of 20 men walked out, the leader spoke. " yes, family head!" some of the children from levi' generation came out with sparkling eyes. although they woyld often spar, they had never seen anything like this. " humph! fine. you brats should learn something too." owen backed off to the side. "hahaha, how have you been? father." levi laughed out coldly. "..." owen looked at levi silently. "oh? don't tell me it has been so long that you forgot my face? hehehe, then let me refresh your memory." levi said coldly. "you....trash....hehe, from this point on, you are not a part of the azure clan! hahaha, you are stripped of that name, never utter it again in your life! now get lost tras.h.!.+ isn't that what you said?" levi laughed with one hand on his forehead and the other on his hip.

"you....who are you?" owen's eyes widened slightly. he remembered saying those words only once in his life. " hahaha!" levi laughed coldly. "humph! when you are too arrogant, you get killed early!" the leader of the 20 men drew his short sword and charged at levi, his sword coated in the azure fire. "severing the waterfall!" he shouted as he slashed out. a large azure sword light shot towards levi. swis.h.!.+ levi ignored the sword light and charged at his past 'friends'. " ahh! don't come over here! you coward! fight li-" the arrogant children were now running around like chickens ready to slaughter. " you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! get him!" the leader shouted. clank! "humph!" levi stopped a sword with his fingernails. by the time the men stopped levi, only 3 out of the 17 children were left. "hehehe!" levi laughed. boom! a thick, fog like blood energy exploded from levi's body. " i broke through to the 4th blood stage!" levi mumbled.

" enough! you obviously can't beat him!" owen shouted. azure flames burned on his body. " mountain crus.h.i.+ng palm!" owen slapped out, sending a large flaming palm towards levi. boom! levi was sent cras.h.i.+ng into the courtyard. " mind opening realm?" he mumbled. he slowly got up and looked towards owen. the skin on his face and left arm was partially melted off, it twisted weirdly as his blood repaired it. " you survived. humph!" owen snorted coldly. right before he was. .h.i.t by the palm, levi surrounded his body with blood energy, but he was still burnt by those flames. s.h.i.+ng! he pulled the sabre from the spatial ring and unsheathed it. " getting serious? it's useless. i am in the late mind opening realm levels, even if you are also in the mind opening realm, you are only at the first level!" owen said. "is that so." levi said. his good mood was slowly dissapearing, as the redness was dissapearing from his eyes. before owen could attack again, levi shot out. " where do you think you are going! mountain crus.h.i.+ng palm!" levi barely dodged it and continued towards one of the 20 men. his thoughts were, since he couldn't beat owen with his current strength, he just had to get stronger. And there were a lot of blood bags around that could increase his strength, even if only by a little.

one after the other, levi would dodge owen's attacks while killing the men, sometimes a palm would graze him and scorch his skin. he had already absorbed the blood of six of the men, but it didn't seem to be increasing his blood stage. vivivi! a red sword light shot from levi's sabre, as he coated it with blood energy before slas.h.i.+ng out, whistling as it cut through the air. crack! " humph! petty tricks." owen sneered. the sword light broke apart when it came into contact with his defensive qi, leaving only a small crack on it. " hmm." levi continued hunting the men after seeing his attack fail. "..." owen suddenly stopped attacking. swis.h.!.+ he appeared in front of the man levi was trying to kill. " humph!" he struck down towards levi. sizzle! " ack! tch!" levi used his left had to block, but the flaming palm was too hot strong. pop! looking down at where his hand used to be, he only saw a charred stump that was making popping sounds. "...." beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, this father of his was a pain to deal with.

".....who are you?" owen stopped. he had an idea of who levi was, but he didn't think it was possible. "..." puff! levi silently released his mental energy, weaving tiny mental energy threads all around his body. "le...vi?" a trembling female voice called out. looking around, levi saw a middle aged woman with long black hair, holding the hand of a girl who looked to be around 5 years old. "..." he looked on silently and coldly, no emotion to be seen in his eyes. " why did you bring her here? what if she get's hurt?!" owen shouted. " she came running here! i only came to bring her back!" sofia shouted back. " you...." owen narrowed his eyes.