454: Tribulation (2/3)

Tribulation (2/3)

The three eagles chasing after Lith were the blue sand eagles. They were a species of creatures living in the blue sandy deserts.

This desert's sand had rich mineral deposits, mostly blue in color. Also, there was some water body present just underneath the sand which made the desert appear blue in color.

The eagles traveled from one place to another by using Space elemental energy abundant in these places and found their prey and mates.

Hence the name blue sand eagles.

Lith had no idea about these beasts as they weren't present in his world. As this was the gray Astral World that was spread everywhere, the eagles were summoned for the tribulation.

He also wouldn't have any idea about these eagles even if they were from his world as these eagles appeared gray and not like their original colors.

Escaping from these eagles was troublesome as they were proficient in using Space Element.

Lith could only brace himself and prepare for a head-on attack. That was the only way to defeat these eagles.

Lith extended his hand and gathered Destruction elemental energy on his palm. Magenta, red, and black colors swirled in his hand and soon a black sword with a red and magenta-colored hilt manifested in his hand.

This sword was made from Destruction energy and was ideal for annihilation.

Reassured, Lith took an attacking stance, ready to attack the eagles.

A blue sand eagle screeched and charged toward Lith with naked killing intent. It pointed its sharp claws in Lith's direction and accelerated.

Just as it was about to rip the vampire apart, Lith used Space elemental energy and glided through the space in front. His sword cut the eagle from its head to its back into two equal halves, killing it.

Despite noticing the death of one of their species, the eagles were fearless. Even as the two halves fell down, the other two eagles charged fiercely toward him.

Lith jumped back and maintained some distance from them. His palms were bleeding as he held his elemental energy sword. His hands had become numb.

The sword attack may have appeared smooth but only Lith knew how tough the body of the eagle was. It felt as if he was hitting an iron shield with a steel rod.

Lith used his spiritual power and cast life spells on his hands to heal them quickly. There was urgency in his actions.

The eagles obviously wouldn't wait for Lith to finish and the same was the case with the bugs.

The bugs, also called the Ovarian Parasites, were present in rainforest regions rich with beasts and elemental energies. They breed in the ovaries of female beasts and die after laying eggs.

These eggs in the ovaries received their nourishment from the beasts. Once the bugs were hatched, they would feed on the flesh of the beasts they are in as well as the elemental energies from the surroundings.

In one batch of eggs, a thousand bugs would hatch and grow up. They could eat a large beast from the inside out within a matter of a few days.

These bugs were notorious for causing great harm to all creatures and were abhorred by all. Many have tried to make them go extinct but they have survived somehow even in the harshest of times.

The only way to kill these bugs was to send an attack with such intensity that the bugs would be unable to suck the elemental energy from it in time and would explode.

So, Lith had found the correct way to kill these insects. By sending Blazing Fury, he was able to overwhelm the bugs and kill a majority of them. He also was correct in assessing the situation with the blue sand eagles.

His years of training with his sister and mother along with assassination attempts had helped develop his judgment in the right direction.

Lith flew around with his wings extended and went on a killing spree. It was tiring but he had to do it.

Meanwhile, his core had formed by almost fifty percent.

There was a transparent crystal near Lith's abdomen and around it were twelve small crystals of different colors.

It was a brand new core and the process of completion was slightly slowed as Lith was using his spiritual power to focus on fighting the tribulation.

The elemental energies were falling short for the cores to form and this made his problems worse.

Still, Lith couldn't help it. If he focused on his core and gathered elemental energies, he would be killed by these bugs and eagles.

Lith was hundred percent sure that once these bugs stuck to him, it was game over for him. So, he focused on ending this tribulation instead of the formation of his core.

He charged toward the two eagles and tried his best to kill them. As soon as he killed one eagle, his hand became numb again and his purlicue bled more profusely than before.

The other eagle didn't give Lith a chance to relax or heal himself and charged toward him.

Lith had no choice but to pick up his sword and hit the eagle.

The eagle dashed towards Lith and Lith dashed towards it. They intersected midway and Lith pierced its body with his sword with all his might. His charge paid off as he managed to kill the eagle.

Lith's both hands burst due to the strain from the double attack on the eagles. He felt some pain, but he endured it without a problem due to his high tolerance.

Having defeated the Eagles, Lith now had some time to relax. He flapped his wings and escaped from the bugs while trying to relax and heal himself.

His hands were his priority now. They had to be healed quickly or he would suffer later.

He was a vampire with good regenerative abilities, but because he was in the Astral World without his material body, he had to use elemental energies to heal himself and his body didn't have the innate regeneration like usual.

Soon, Lith's body was healed and he was back to casting Blazing Fury on the ovarian parasites.

A few breaths of time later, only one-fourth of the bugs were remaining.

Lith was relaxed slightly now but before he could rejoice, five flying beasts appeared out of the vortex and let out an ear-piercing screech.

This shrill cry of the creatures caused blood to ooze out of Lith's ears and his hearing ability was affected.

Lith turned to look toward the source of the sound he heard previously and was shocked.

He was shocked not because his ears were bleeding and he was slightly deaf, but because of the flying creatures in front.

The five flying creatures looked like bats but had a large wingspan along with a head like a crane but an extra large beak.

Lith knew exactly what they were.

They were the extinct ancient species of blood bats. More correctly, extinct native species of Nightingale.

These blood bats could control the blood inside a person to their desire and could even kill him if they wanted. These bats were so powerful in the aspects of blood, they could even affect a person from afar.

They were also intelligent beasts. The higher their grade, the stronger and the more proficient they were in the aspects related to blood.

Their abilities were so powerful that they could also cause a lot of harm to the vampires.

People hunted these beasts to cultivate blood arts. So, these bats had gone extinct long ago.

The ones that did escape the purge of the Blood Cultivators were killed by the previous Vampire King. This world did not have these bats anymore.

Lith was greatly shocked to find a few of them and that too in his tribulation. These bats were very strong and he had to be wary of them.

They could control him and could even make his body burst if they so wanted.

One trouble was gone and another appeared. Lith cursed his bad luck and wondered who he had offended to get such a tribulation.

He cast a dark element spell and formed a barrier around him. He ran far away from the blood bats before they tried to control him.

The formation of Lith's core was now greatly slowed and it would take a lot more time to finish.

Lith couldn't help it and he prepared himself to fight against the blood bats.

The blood bats screeched again and charged toward Lith and so did the bugs.0

Lith could only click his tongue in annoyance and prepare to attack these creatures.

At one side was his core formation and on another side were these creatures.

If he focused on his core formation, the creatures would kill him, but if he focused fully on killing these creatures and his core wasn't formed before his spiritual power ran out, he would be crippled for life.

Lith was now stuck in a rock and a hard place with no way out.

Still, he was calm and breathing rhythmically as he prepared himself for the upcoming onslaught.

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