KEEP BUANA (Rise of Darkness)

I Must Stay Alive

On the second day of his meditation, just before nightfall, Gentayu had managed to harmonize the energy he had absorbed with his body, making it grow stronger and reach the mid level 5 earth warrior.

An achievement so rapid and never imagined before.

Apparently, with the special condition of his body plus his mastery of the science of the Ocean attract the Moon, the power of the two giant praying mantis can completely move into him.

This is completely beyond Gentayu's calculations. In fact, the book of Eternal Fire did not allude to anything like this in its initial chapter.

A little feeling of awe had slipped in Gentayu. But he soon realized, that his current achievements are nothing to be reckoned as a swordsman in the world of Danyang.

In fact, when considering Anjani who was able to reach the level of the Sky Swordsman Peak then he was clearly nothing and could not be compared.

“Ah.. why did I suddenly remember that girl?” Gentayu shook his head, trying to brush off Anjani's shadow. However, his face was smiling at that moment.

‘Brasak! Brasak! Bragg!!’

A noisy voice startled Gentayu from his daydream.

His memory immediately turned to the Sempati he had left behind for these two days. Is the sound related to Sempati?

Gentayu's curiosity was soon answered when something black floated down towards him, with black smoke following him.

It was Sempati, her Garuda sapling who somehow fell from the air with two strands of tail feathers on fire, creating black smoke behind her.

Gentayu immediately put out the fire on the tail of the bird before turning to the direction of Sempati.

Apparently, in space, a ball of fire shot after the bird. It was so bright in the darkness of the night that it was today.

As soon as the fireball landed in front of Gentayu, it was clear that it was no ordinary fireball. It turned out to be the form of a creature with a body made up entirely of blazing fire.

The fire creature had a human-like posture. It has a head, two arms and legs. What distinguishes it from human posture is that this creature has a long tail similar to a crocodile tail.

“Grrrrh.. Rupanyakrh adra manrussia drewa Api... rrrkhh..!” The fire creature spoke in a voice like a fire burning wood, but Gentayu understood its outline intent.

In short, this creature initially wanted the body of Sempati to be taken over, but then it was more interested after finding Gentayu with the body of the fire god.

Gentayu became alert as well as anxious.

The creature before him wanted to take over his body, showing that what he was facing was none other than a creature of a kind of soft spirit but pure fire element. Flame Devil? It's probable.

The power it emitted showed that this fire beast was at least at the level of a mid-sky swordsman. Higher realms one level above the Earth Swordsman. With his power, this creature can kill Gentayu just by flicking his finger.

The pressure this fire creature exerts on Gentayu makes it difficult to breathe.

Taking over the body, was one of the heresy techniques that the black flow group developed among other strength-enhancing techniques.

However, taking over the body of a weaker person never happens among devotees. They chose to take over the opponent's power by digesting his power crystals, or by a power transfer technique like the one Gentayu inherited from the Silver Moon.

Gentayu clenched his hand.

His heart was racing with nervousness. Feeling that his life this time will not survive.

The fire creature began to approach Gentayu with an intimidating aura.

Gentayu felt a great pressure, forcing him to fall to his knees. But he tried to fight it.

‘I am a human! And humans are superior to softeners!’ his inner self made up his mind to fight the fire creature before him.

For him, fight or surrender, he will still die in front of this creature. By providing resistance, at least his chances of living would remain. But, it only existed in Gentayu's mind because the heat immediately enveloped his neck.

Apparently the creature had strangled Gentayu's neck hard and raised his body high.

No words were exchanged between the two of them.

The fiery creature was heard snorting before its rosy glittering eyes glared at Gentayu's, making the young man almost lose control over his consciousness.

‘I can't lose! I am a human! He's just a soft, imperfect creature!’ Gentayu closed his eyes, strengthening his resolve to stay alive. But, the harder the creature's strangulation forced him to open his eyes.

When it opened its eyes, the creature's eyes seemed to pierce its consciousness.

Gentayu felt his soul suddenly being thrown into the turbulent sea of fire. He felt that the whole world was a fire.

It was not an ordinary fire, but a fire that destroyed everything. The fire that slowly burned his life energy and vaporized him towards death.

Gentayu refused to surrender and gave up.

But on the other hand, he has no choice.

The lake of fire before him really wanted to****** his soul as well as his life energy.

The fire creature that strangled Gentayu's body was finished with its preparations. Gentayu's body was now in a withered state, yet not dead. And indeed the body must not die in order to be taken over. The fire creature only eliminated Gentayu's soul power in order to fully take over his body.

Slowly, through Gentayu's eyes, the body of the fire creature flowed, sucked into Gentayu's body slowly.

Gentayu shouted, roaring in pain.

Even though his soul consciousness had been conquered, he was not dead. He's still alive. Trying to keep his life.

It took no less than an hour, the procession of body takeover was running.

Empati, the eagle sapling could not see how his master's body was suffering as the flames slowly entered his master's body. The bird itself is dying.