The Blood Of The Lord

Chapter 10: Breakthrough in Darkness

Swoosh!

Clang!

Bomb! The sound of explosions and weapons clinking filled the night. The Tianlong Clan was on the verge of collapse. Flames blazed everywhere, illuminating the scattered ruins. The dark sky was filled with smoke and dust, adding to the tense atmosphere in the middle of the battle.

Chen Wu fell on the ground, his body covered in wounds. His hands and feet were shaking from exhaustion. Every breath felt heavy, as if his lungs could no longer hold any more air. In front of him, enemies continued to arrive, their weapons glinting under the flames.

He wanted to get up, wanted to fight, but his body was too weak. The energy he had been trying to generate still didn't respond. Even in this chaos, old scornful voices from the past echoed in his head, reminding him that he was useless trash.

"Chen Wu!"

a gentle but firm voice woke him from his trance. Mei Lin, the girl who had always been by his side, ran towards him. His brown eyes were shining, filled with worry. In the midst of all that, he still looked like a small light shining in the darkness.

"Mei Lin... why are you here?!" Chen Wu shouted, his voice hoarse with despair. "Go! Don't...not here!”

Mei Lin didn't care. She immediately knelt beside Chen Wu, his slender body looked weak but filled with courage. “I will not abandon you, Chen Wu. if we die, we die together.”

"Don't be stupid! This is all my fault... I'm the weak one. Go, Mei! Save yourself!" Chen Wu shouted, tears streaming down his face.

Mei Lin held his hand tightly, forcing him to look at her. “No, Chen Wu. You are not weak. You just haven't found yourself yet. I trust you. Always."

However, before Chen Wu could reply, the enemy attacked again. Their swords gleamed as they swung them towards Mei Lin and Chen Wu. Mei Lin immediately stood up, drew her sword, protecting Chen Wu behind her.

"Don't touch him!" shouted Mei Lin, her eyes full of anger.

The battle happened so fast. Mei Lin moved with incredible speed, fending off attack after attack, but the enemies were too numerous. Even though he was injured, she persisted, blood flowed from the wound on his arm, but she did not stop.

"May! Stop! Don't do this to me!” Chen Wu begged, trying to get up, but his body was too weak to fight back.

Mei Lin turned to him, smiling faintly even though her lips were starting to stain with blood. “Chen Wu… I believe you will one day become someone greater than this. Don't let yourself get down because of today."

Chen Wu felt his chest getting tighter. "Mei Lin, don't talk like that... we'll get out of here together!"

Suddenly, the enemy attacked with full force. Mei Lin didn't have time to dodge. A sword penetrated his chest. Mei Lin gasped, blood flowing freely from the wound. He fell to the ground in front of Chen Wu.

“Mei Lin!” Chen Wu shouted hysterically. He dragged his weak body over to her.

Mei Lin lay in Chen Wu's arms, her breathing getting heavier. However, even on the verge of death, he still smiled, his trembling hand touched Chen Wu's cheek. “Don't... let this stop you, Chen Wu. I trust you. Live... to prove... everyone wrong...”

Chen Wu's tears flowed freely. "No! Don't leave me, Mei! I ask...!"

Mei Lin took her last breath, her lips still showing a gentle smile. In an instant, her body turned cold in Chen Wu's arms. The world seemed to crumble before Chen Wu.

"No!!!" shouted Chen Wu, his voice shaking the night sky.

In the midst of the destruction, a mysterious voice echoed in his head again. “Absorb their energy. Use it for revenge. for him.”

Chen Wu fell silent. Her tear-filled red eyes were now filled with burning hatred. "You want me to become a monster?" he asked silently, his voice cold.

The voice answered calmly, “You have no choice. This world makes no room for the weak. if you want to protect what is left… you know what to do.”

Chen Wu grasped the head of an enemy lying nearby. Full of anger and loss, he finally followed the instructions.

The moment his hand touched the enemy's head, dark energy began to flow into his body. It tasted like poison—hot, piercing, but seductive. Within seconds, his body was filled with a power he had never felt before.

Boom!

An overwhelming dark aura burst out from Chen Wu's body. The surrounding enemies were blown away like dry leaves hit by a storm. The energy wave destroyed the ground, crushing anything in its path.

Chen Wu stood up slowly, his body filled with new strength. His eyes now glowed red, filled with hatred and pain. He looked at Mei Lin's lifeless body one last time.

“I swear, Mei Lin…” he said, his voice low but full of determination. “I will destroy them all. There will be nothing left.”

The war is not over yet. But now, Chen Wu was no longer a weak young man. He is a storm that will swallow everything in its path.