Birth of the Demonic Sword

'I might be able to do it,' Noah thought while inspecting his opponents.

Noah still had Instabilities inside his separate space. He had enough darkness to deploy the Shadow Domain multiple times, and the four leaders had yet to understand how to deal with his many abilities.

However, Noah believed that he wouldn't manage to keep his momentum through the entire battle. The leaders would eventually become used to his fighting style, and he couldn't allow himself to end up in that situation.

Noah knew that his superiority in the battle came from the experts' weaker laws. The leaders would be virtually unbeatable for him if they could rely on their real existences.

"What are you waiting for?" Noah taunted the leaders. "Can't you handle a single liquid stage existence? I guess you have chosen the wrong side."

The leaders didn't fall for his taunts, but they appeared pretty pissed nonetheless. Noah's statement was undeniable. Their decision to side with Heaven and Earth was making them unable to deal with a weaker existence.

"How long can you even last?" Robert eventually asked. "We can match your blows with our weaker laws, and we outnumber you. Your puppets also have limited abilities. It won't take long before we overwhelm your puny tricks."

"Overwhelm? Outnumbered?" Noah asked before exploding in a cold laugh.

Waves of dark matter came out of his back and created the dark world far away from the leaders. The workshops activated, and an army of huge black figures soon exited the black sea.

The leaders remained speechless when an army of six-armed dragons left the dark world. Dozens of middle tier magical beasts made of Noah's improved dark matter and powered by fake cores filled the sky and blocked its white radiance.

Robert and the others could only sharpen their eyes at that scene. Noah's methods seemed endless. He always had a new ability in store.

Noah's ambition seeped inside the six-armed dragons and reinforced their structure. Black flames also filled their mouth as they prepared for the imminent battle.

He still had the cursed sword as a trump card, but the blade required some time to become ready. Noah was sending part of the immense anger that filled his mind toward the weapon to improve its structure, but it had yet to reach a satisfying state.

"I think you underestimate us too much," Castor revealed a smirk while pointing his hand toward the blinding pillar in the distance.

Shining pieces of the pillar separated from the main structure and flew toward the four leaders. The white light fused with their bodies and healed their injuries, bringing them back to a peak state.

"We might be unable to use our real power against you," Castor continued, "But Heaven and Earth still watch over us. You simply lack the might to deal with the entire world."

Noah inspected that process coldly. Castor was right. Cultivators who had become part of Heaven and Earth's system had access to a nigh-unlimited amount of energy. Noah had even seen the sky rebuilding an entire expert multiple times.

'I should be able to sever their connection with Heaven and Earth,' Night transmitted through the mental connection. 'However, they are solid stage cultivators. I will need a long time without defenses on the way.'

'I don't know if we can win either,' Noah replied.

The hidden meaning in Night's words was quite clear. Noah would have to destroy the leaders' defenses and let the Pterodactyl sever their connection with Heaven and Earth before killing them.

The process would take a long time, and it would also force Noah to focus on a single opponent. The leaders would even be aware of Night's offensive, so they would protect the cultivator who was slipping away from Heaven and Earth's grasp.

'Harold and the others should be on their way here,' Noah thought without showing any fear. 'Heaven and Earth will also make their move soon. I don't see why I can't test my prowess some more.'

Noah made up his mind. The battle was probably unwinnable, but the most important players had yet to step into the region. He could vent his anger while he tested his power and became used to fights at that level.

The Demonic Sword pointed toward the sky as Noah raised his arm. His entire army prepared for his order, and the leaders did the same. Both sides knew that the next clash wouldn't be as peaceful as the first.

A roar and flames came out of Noah's mouth. He gave the order, and the army of six-armed dragons rained down from the sky to engulf the four leaders in their angry offensive.

The dragons launched flames that filled the battlefield, but the four solid stage cultivators didn't bother to dodge them. The creatures' innate ability was powerful, and it tried to imitate Noah's fire, but it couldn't hurt those experts.

Yet, the dragons surpassed normal magical beasts when it came to their physical might. They could become dangerous if they managed to touch the cultivators, so the latter couldn't let those creatures reach them.

Robert, Castor, Rebecca, and Melissa deployed abilities that could affect large areas of the sky.

Robert spat a purple mass that expanded and divided until it transformed into a toxic rain.

Castor began to perform slow gestures that seemed able to destabilize the incoming magical beasts.

Rebecca clapped her hands toward the six-armed dragons, and a heatwave spread forward.

Melissa snapped her fingers to create a dense current that invaded the enemy army and transformed when it found the chance to attack.

Noah's six-armed dragons were powerful creatures. They were among the best species of magical beasts at their current level. However, the leaders' abilities destroyed them in a single exchange.

Robert's toxic rain was unstoppable, and even the dark matter in the dragons crumbled under its power. The wave of heat scorched every creature and destroyed most of them in less than an instant. Castor's strange techniques could break apart Noah's creations from a distance, and Melissa's gale completed the job whenever it found a chance.

The products of the workshop couldn't do anything in that situation. Noah lost countless fake cores, but he gained the chance to hide his presence. The army of dragons didn't sacrifice in vain.

Noah flew through the Shadow Domain while the leaders deployed their consciousness to search him. The experts were unable to find him, so they promptly reinforced their insides.

The leaders had been shocked during the first activation of the Shadow Domain. The technique was simply too strong, and it didn't have clear countermeasures. Yet, they could fill their insides with their laws and limit the damage.

'They have already learnt about it,' Noah sighed while nearing Rebecca from inside the Shadow Domain.

Putting Instabilities inside their body was out of the question. The leaders had already learnt how to counter the Shadow Domain, and they had even begun to guess when Noah would deploy it.

Their experience was something that Noah had to fear. It didn't matter that the cultivators had decided to join Heaven and Earth. They had still survived the struggle to reach the peak of the eighth rank.

'I have to mix stuff up,' Noah thought as roots and dark matter covered the Demonic Sword.

Noah pointed the blade toward Rebecca's head and released a straight singularity that broke the fabric of the Shadow Domain during its flight. The expert couldn't even dream about dodging it.