Kingdom’s Bloodline

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Raphael exhaled.
’Looks like I am the unluckiest one.
And… ’

Raphael frowned deeply as he saw his opponent ’s weapon.

The wielder was an irresistible force with powerful lethality, the enemy ’s willpower and reaction were both top-notch.
He seemed proficient in most weapons, possessed a rarely seen ability to make judgements in battle, and most terrifying of all…
almost unparalleled experience.

’This kind of opponent… ’

The enemy ’s footstep stopped.
His tall body possessed extremely oppressive power.

”How strange. ” The person who had approached looked at him as he spoke with a strong northern accent.
”In this situation, you dare to wander from your troop.
What are you trying to hide? ”

Raphael was momentarily startled.
He immediately spread his arms.

’This being the case… There ’s no any other way. ’
”Yes, we are planning on… ” Raphael smiled and shrugged.
”Why don ’t you take a guess? ”

The enemy was a little shocked, not quite used to Raphael ’s attitude.
The enemy opened his mouth and muttered, ”I would advise you to— ”

Before he could finish his sentence, Raphael unexpectedly turned around and fled.

The sound of footsteps echoed urgently.

’This… ’

The enemy was somewhat dazed, but his battle instinct immediately took him over.

He grabbed his weapon, and with heavy yet careful pace, chased the fleeing Raphael.

Raphael ’s heart clenched in fear when he heard the footsteps behind him.

’With this speed, he ’ll catch up— ’

But before he could even finish his thought, he felt a chill on the back of his head.

*Whoosh!*

There was a gush of wind.
Raphael instinctively tilted his head.

A sharp, black blade swept over the side of his left ear!

The moment the young man from the Secret Intelligence Department turned around, his enemy nodded at him.

’Good response to crisis.
There is potential… ’

But before the enemy could take the moment to react, Raphael, who had been avoiding his attacks in a disheveled manner, suddenly stopped.

*Thud!*

The young man ’s legs hit the floor, his right hand took the enemy ’s long weapon, and he turned around to face the enemy!

The enemy, still rushing forward, saw it clearly in Raphael ’s eyes—a look filled with killing intent.
The enemy then instantly understood that he was the targeted prey.

’I underestimated him…
I thought he was just a young man with decent potential.
But now… ’ The enemy silently thought, ’It ’s been so long since I was on the battlefield that I ’ve made the most fatal mistake—arrogance. ’

However, he did not have time for self-reflections.

In the next moment, Raphael ’s expression became so terrifying that he looked like he was suffering from pain and madness.

His right arm let out a piercing and terrifying screech, his sleeves were torn, his bare skin began to swell, and a boundless red light exuded from along the blood vessels.

Like the color of lava.

Raphael ’s right hand clutched the enemy ’s weapon, following the enemy ’s momentum, then abruptly jerked.
The enemy held his own weapon with both hands, prepared to wrestle with the other party.
But the moment he used his strength, the enemy ’s face paled.

’No way.
This kind of strength… Coming from a normal person is just not possible… ’

In the wake of a grating sound, the enemy could no longer hold on to his weapon, and it was yanked away by Raphael ’s strange right hand.
The enemy was now left empty-handed without a weapon.

He lost his balance, momentarily terrified of Raphael.
The latter grimly stomped on the floor and rushed towards his opponent.

The bones in his left hand were making strange, cracking sounds as well.
As if there were millions of tiny worms biting him continuously.

In the next second, Raphael calmly attacked with his elbow and his Power of Eradication erupted with a bang, slamming into the enemy ’s chest.

Little did the enemy know, things were far from well.
For a moment, he could not evade in time and could only push his palms together, holding the other side of the opponent ’s elbow.

*Thunk!*

There was a heavy, muffled sound.

Using the direction of his enemy ’s fall and his own strength, Raphael roared and the continuous surge of power in his arm became stronger, like a tidal wave.

*Bang!*

The enemy was slammed onto the floor after getting elbowed.
While he was feeling the pain and numbness in his arms and back, the enemy also gasped in surprise.

’This Power of Eradication is… ’

However, it was not over yet.
The enemy saw Raphael ’s right hand in the air as it swung in a circle… with the enemy ’s hilt turned upside-down and pointed straight at him.

The enemy ’s gaze focused as his pupils contracted.

’Sh*t. ’

He could still feel the numbness in his arms; he could not defend himself or react.

As for the weapon…

’So deadly…
Why are youngsters nowadays so scary? ’ The enemy felt dejected as he thought about it.

In that split second, Raphael looked at the enemy with an ice-cold gaze.
He directed the tip of the blade and thrust it downwards!

In that life-or-death moment, the enemy activated the energy in his legs and abdomen, and jumped up from the floor! He turned his body during the maneuver and avoided that deadly weapon.

*Ching!*

The sharp tip of the blade stabbed into the ground, stirring up numerous shattered stones

*Thud!*

The enemy brought his head down and headbutted Raphael.
This was clearly a headbutt from below when he jumped up from the ground, but with this much strength and at such an angle, it still felt as if it can shake the earth.

In that split second, Raphael felt dizzy and his vision was a blur.
Trepidation spread through his body and he could not help but take a step back.

He clenched the weapon in his hand so that he would not fall down.
But the next moment, the enemy stood firmly on the ground.

The enemy ’s right fist hit the side of Raphael ’s face.
The latter clenched his teeth, the muscles in his arms tightened up as he tried to grab the enemy ’s hand.

But the enemy ’s left hand was faster than his right fist, and for a split second, when Raphael tried to block the other hand, the enemy bypassed his unusual two-handed block and slammed into Raphael ’s chest like a knife.

*Thunk!*

Raphael felt a chill in his heart, and then, an intense pain shot up his chest.

He could no longer hold on to the weapon as his body flew and crashed on the floor.

As quickly as it had begun, the battle ended in a flash, thus revealing the winner and the loser.

”Yeesh… I was almost a goner, ” the enemy said after finishing his combination attack.
He gasped in a deep breath before he picked up his long weapon from the ground.
”Each of you is more dangerous than the last. ”

The enemy looked at Raphael on the ground and muttered,

”Such a young supreme class, so rare.
Your only weakness is that you need more practice and experience.

After a few seconds, Raphael twitched as he turned over and painfully spat out some blood.
The sharp pain in his arms made them tremble continuously.
With Raphael ’s movements came the painful, unpleasant sounds of his fragile muscles and bones grinding against each other, like a pair of rusting bellows.

But Raphael did not take notice of it.
Instead, he looked at the person in front of him in a daze.

’This can ’t be real.
This killing technique… didn ’t even work? ’

”You ’re creative, and not just desperate. ”

The enemy thumped his own chest and exhaled a breath with some difficulty, apparently tired.
”Your observations are quite accurate.
Your timing is pretty good as well.
The most difficult part is that, in a split second, you exceeded your limits and had all your strength burst out of your body, and you showed determination and resolution.

”Even though you knew that, probably after this strike, you would have no strength to fight back. ”

Raphael sighed.
He felt another sharp pain in his chest as he coughed out more blood.

”Kroesch said that this time, there will be a few classmates from the Tower of Eradication—all of them are Seeds, ” said the enemy plainly with a sad tone.

’I really miss it. ’ The enemy sighed.

Raphael could not help but feel stunned.

After the enemy exhaled, he raised his head and gave Raphael an affirmative and resolute glance.
”I recognize this style.
This is the kind of extreme fighting style that seeks vitality in a desperate situation.
It is cruel and decisive.

”Also, your Sword of Baptism ’s Death is one of the Disaster Swords ’ style. ”

Before Raphael stood the legendary commander; ’Ground-Shaker ’ Kaslan Lampard.
He released a breath with a desolate gaze.

”You are Shao ’s student, a Seed from the tower ’s Death of Crime department. ” His tone was completely certain.
Raphael stared at the old man, unsure about how to react.

Kaslan held the Soul Slayer Pike tightly and looked at Raphael with a sad and regretful gaze as he sighed quietly.
After following the Sin of Hell ’s River, that sorrowful yet cruel fellow has his eyes on this? ”

Kaslan laughed bitterly, which was both ridiculing yet pitying.

He looked at Raphael ’s trembling hands and said something that struck him pale,

”Those underground demons… the strange beings of flesh who can regenerate endlessly? ”