Dragon King of Apocalypse

Chapter 14: Blast From The Past

Tang Wulin was talking towards Mang Tian Workshop and tried to call the golden spirit.

"Hey, I got the three objects."

Tang Wulin didn't hear any response for a while, causing him to wonder if he has to go back to where he met the light being.

Next thing he knows, he was pulled back into the azure tiled hallway with the light being in front of him.

"You have everything?"

"Yes. Now what?" Questioned Tang Wulin as he saw the ligth being in front of him.

The light being who called himself Old Tang informed him to acquire a place where he wouldn't be disturbed.

Then obtain a vessel where you can seal the spirit fruit in it and pour the dragon blood over it.

After it calms down, drinking it would increase his strength in the process of breaking the seal.

"You need preparing many things: endurance, strength, courage, and dedication. When you break the first seal, you will experience unfathomable suffering. Also, it seems that other power inside you, the one with the dragon. You have to hold it back, so it doesn't interfere." Said Old Tang with a sigh before continuing.

"What I have noticed, it always defends you when foreign tries to invade your body." Said Old Tang.

Old Tang explained the grave consequences of failing to bear the seal powers.

Tang Wulin nodded his head and went out to collect the stuff needed.

#

Xie Xie was walking out of the dining hall with his mind wandering to the event that happened yesterday.

He still hard to belives that a spirit master was able to match someone at teacher Wu Zhangkong level.

'Dammit, this is pissing me off. How did he get so strong.' Thougth Xie Xie in slight irritation.

Xie Xie knew he hadn't been negligent, even when he found out he had a twin martial soul.

While he did get arrogant over the years, he still kept on training seriously.

And yet, Xie Xie felt compared to Tang Wulin, there was a huge gap between them.

"Can I even... Catch up to him?" Mutter Xie Xie with a hint of hopelessness forming.

Xie Xie trembles uncontrollably at the thought of giving up. He knew he was talented and never really cared how his talent undoubtedly affected others.

To think the day would come when he would meet someone even more talented than him.

'For fuck sakes, he clashed with a someone who at least Spirit Ancestor level.' Thought Xie Xie in frustration.

While Xie Xie was deep in thought he didn't notice Wu Zhangkong walking up behind him.

'I see. Seeing Tang Wulin and I clash must have severely hurt his confidence and pride.' Thought Wu Zhankong but he made no plans to interfere with Xie Xie.

Wu Zhangkong knew that after that spectacle yesterday. There would be various reactions from the student, and some may get, inspire or depress.

As Wu Zhangkong made his way up to Xie Xie after seeing him clench his fist and tremble.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Xie Xie screamed out loud.

"Just you wait, Tang Wulin. I will train even harder, no one hundred times harder to catch up to you!" Shouted Xie Xie with his hand raise up in the air.

Xie Xie defiantly refuses to give up, even if the chances of him catching up to Tang Wulin are faint or nonexistent.

He will keep on trying until he can stand on the same stage on him.

"Oh really, good remember those words." Wu Zhankong voice rang out from behind.

"Ahhhh!"

Xie Xie jumped when he heard Wu Zhangkong's voice from behind them. He started looking around nervously, at the realization he got caught.

"Hmph, let go to morning training."

Xie Xie gulp, hoping Wu Zhangkong didn't take offense to his word, while W Zhangkong had a smirk on his face.

'That right Xie Xie. Only cowards give up without even trying.'

#

Tang Wulin started to put the two-hundred-year fruits, the Ice Crystal Fruit and the Scarlet Flame Fruit, into the metal cup. Afterward, he swiftly opened up the porcelain bottle and poured the fishy-smelling dark violet blood into the cup.

An overwhelming wave of energy began overflowing from the cup, causing the entire cup to begin trembling uncontrollably.

He held on to the vessel as a succession of explosion begun to rumble through the cup.

After a while, the rumbling stop and unsealed the cup as a disgusting odor wheeze out. Not caring for how it looks like, he empties the cup into his stomach.

A warmth started spreading throughout his body.

'Concentrate, meditate and circulate soul power.'

He heard dull Old Tang voice, as he was done emptying the cup.

He begins to meditate when suddenly, a strange feeling overcame him from every corner of his body.

It felt as though vitality was flowing into his blood as if steam was rushing out of every pore in his body.

A faint golden pattern started appearing on his forehead, growing until they covered his whole body.

The golden patterns, in the shape of rhombuses, appeared faint at first, but they slowly grew clearer.

Tang Wulin endures as the three spiritual items wreak havoc inside his body.

He felt immense heat and coldness sprouting up inside of him, which was vastly weaker than an Ice and Fire Dragon breath.

He was able to bear through all of that and then he felt something drilling into his muscle, organs, and bones.

Tang Wulin had to admit, if he was only a normal 9-year old he would have already been driven to insanity. The most arduous part was keeping his Dragon Slayer Powers at bay.

As the automatic defense doesn't act up to destroy the invading spiritual item that is causing havoc.

"Yes, you have to constantly keep that other power at bay. If you don't, all your effort will go to waste."

He could hear familiar Old Tang voice but didn't have the time to pay much attention to it. His Dragon Slayer Power was surging up, in rage what was happening to his body.

'Fuck!'

He could feel both the spiritual items and his Dragon Slayer Powers growing in more intense.

#

Xie Xie soon began regretting the words he said out loud. Wu Zhangkong was a teacher who was true to his word. He immediately began the physical training class he had spoken of the day before.

The basics of physical training were running.

While the other kids just had to run around the track, Xie Xie had to wear two heavy chains.

Xie Xie before never did this training willingly but after constantly losing to Tang Wulin and seeing a glimpse of his full strength.

He realizes he has to train one hundred times as hard to catch up to him.

They started running around the track at a reasonable pace but after a few laps everyone but Xie Xie slowed down.

Xie Xie refuses to fall from this and kept on pushing himself.

Every time he felt like slowing down or stopping he kept seeing the image of Tang Wulin walking away from him.

'Don't you walk away from me.'

Xie Xie's face kept on turning a various shade of red each lap but he disregards it in favor of persevering through.

Wu Zhangkong stood in the middle of the track, watching the defeated students with a serene expression and an occasional frown.

'A bit of rivalry doesn't hurt anyone. It seems, he realizes he has to try his very hardest to catch up to Tang Wulin.' Thougth Wu Zhankong before sighing.

'Then again, that boy is the greatest monster I have seen in my whole life.'

Wu Zhangkong was genuinely curious about how Tang Wulin gained that strength. He wonders if he was born with that strength or was that from a bloodline.

At that moment, a girl walked through the gates that lead to the field from the direction of the academy buildings.

She was dressed in white and was the same age as the students in the first grade's class five.

Although she wasn't particularly beautiful, she was still a bit delicate and pretty. With long black hair and black eyes, her build was about average among her peers.

She was still very well proportioned, and her pair of bright eyes were full of life.

As she walked forwards, her steps seemed to maintain a special rhythm to them, and her aura had an exotic feel to it.

Wu Zhangkong's gaze soon landed on her as she wasn't wearing a school uniform but had come while class was still in session.

The girl informed him about why she was here and her recommendation letter. Wu Zhankong simply nodded his head before moving gaze to Xie Xie.

He called over Xie Xie, after having him take off his metal shirt.

Xie Xie felt relief after taking off the metal vest but he squash that thought instantly.

Xie Xie panting arrived in front of Wu Zhangkong. "Teacher Wu."

Wu Zhangkong didn't mention anything about his physical strength because he already seems to have the motivation to train it.

He still wanted to see Xie Xie full strength and he believes this girl could help him out with that.

"Show me your strength and defeat her."

"Ok!"

Xie Xie calm down and glance at his opponent who was staring at the track.

"I'll give you twenty minutes of rest. We'll begin after those twenty minutes are up."

Xie Xie didn't complain as he immediately sat cross-legged and began meditating. Running had consumed many of his soul power and physical strength.

Xie Xie was too busy recovering to pay attention to the conversation between Gu Yue and teacher Wu Zhangkong.

Xie Xie stood up, his body filled up with energy.

Wu Zhangkong nodded. "Stand thirty meters apart from one another and prepare."

Xie Xie retreated backward, each step moving him back at an equal distance. From start to finish, Xie Xie's gaze hadn't left Gu Yue.

He felt threatened when he'd first seen this girl and now treated her wholeheartedly as a worthy opponent.

During all of his fights with Tang Wulin, he learns to stop looking down on his enemies.

Even though he doesn't know anything about this girl, he will still try his hardest.

"Begin!" Wu Zhangkong simply announced.

Xie Xie stomps down harshly on the ground, causing the pebbles lying around to jump up and then fling them at Gu Yue.

'Let see what you can do.' Thougth Xie Xie.

Gu Yue blink in surprise at the tactic still activated her soul ring under her feet, It was a hundred-year-old one same as Xie Xie.

The rocks diverted from their original path as if they were shifted by the wind. Xie Xie was surprised at this, but it didn't matter.

Gu Yue saw as the rock was shifted away, that Xie Xie appeared right behind them.

'I see, he uses the rocks as both a probing method and a distraction.'

Gu Yue didn't know Xie Xie stole this technique from Tang Wulin. While he been training, he's been trying to come up with numerous strategies to get the drop on Tang Wulin and learning his move-set.

Gu Yue saw the dagger approaching her face.

Clank!

Xie Xie looks in surprise as a wall of rock appeared precise in front of him. He quickly backs off as soon as he notices his attack failed. Sadly, for him, Gu Yue wouldn't let him go.

Xie Xie saw light green blades storming towards him. He started to dodge blades of the wind and twisted his body as a fireball came at him.

Wu Zhangkong looks in surprise at Xie Xie's movements. Xie Xie's movements didn't come from a person who had little combat experience.

'It seems, he was in his share of fights before.'

Gu Yue furrows her brows at that and then shot out continuous wind blades and fireball. Xie Xie dash through the attacks. He was twisting, lowering and flipping through the attacks.

Woosh!

As he flips over a fireball and landed on the ground, he started to sink. He instinctively pushes off from the mud on the ground, speeding toward Gu Yue. She narrowed her eyes but shooting out icicles at Xie Xie.

Xie Xie is unable to move his body out of the way, moved his daggers up. Right at the minute he forcibly brought his daggers down on the icicle and using the momentum to propel him up. Gu Yue watch as the boy flew over the barrages of icicles.

'Too bad for you, you're in the air open.'

Gu Yue formed a giant fireball and dispatch it towards Xie Xie. Xie Xie saw the fireball coming but still dived towards it. Everyone who was still running saw Xie Xie diving towards the fireball and thought he was done for.

Light Dragon Blade!

Everyone but Wu Zhangkong watch in shock as the large fireball got split in half. Xie Xie levels his dagger at Gu Yue, who looks in surprise at his thinking.

'It Over.'

Xie Xie struck the ground as he saw Gu Yue moved back from her earlier position. Then he moved in for the finish, knowing she couldn't escape him now.

Swoosh!

Flash!

The last thing Xie Xie saw Gu Yue smirk and a flash of light. Knowing he got blinded, he tried to strike out to keep the opponent off of him.

"Good. Let's stop here." Wu Zhangkong voiced out.

Xie Xie's sight was only regained after ten or so seconds, but his eyes were clouded with tears. He wanted to rebel against that decision but shut down all of his resistance with a few words.

#

"Congratulations, you were capable of surviving it."

Old Tang spoke as he saw Tang Wulin sitting down on the azure tile with Leviathan's body coiled around his shoulder and caressing his face.

Leviathan's body seems to have grown, and it also ages from a 10-year-old to an 80-year-old spirit soul.

"Yea. Do you know what happens to him?"

"Papa!"

Tang Wulin rubbed Levithian's head, as it kept calling Papa.

"It seems that little guy was able to absorb some of the first seal power, allowing it aged."

Tang Wulin nodded his head. He still remembered the powerful and fantastic energy drilled into every single corner of his body. He remembers seeing Leviathan appearing out of nowhere with its body becoming as long as his arm.

The four-wing appendage on its head grew and wing arm like appendage grew down on its body below its head. The golden lights were swirling around its body and the trident on its head kept was shining brightly.

His bluesilver grass also went through some changes, with the golden light becoming visible. The vine-like grass became taller and straighter.

He listens as Old Tang talk about the benefits of breaking the seals. He would gain the might of the Golden Dragon King, allowing him to suppress dragon-type beast inferior to Golden Dragon King. Then he will be able to transform his right hand into a dragon's claw, is known for 'crushing'. It will be able to destroy anything within a certain range.

"The more of the seals you unlock, the greater the benefits that will come."

"Alright then, onto the second seal now. You must undo the seal before you turn fifteen."

Old Tang explains that he imprinted in his mind the material and items needed for it. He told him he can break the seal or could use the items to boost himself again before he breaks it.

"Alright. Now let check out that other power source."

Since he already unlocks the first seal, he now wanted to found out the other power source within him. Old Tang knew he couldn't delay it anymore, so he turns around and snaps his fingers.

Tang Wulin saw rows of azure tiles appearing in the black space.

"If you continue walking down, you will be able to reach the other power source."

Tang Wulin nodded, and he moved forward with Old Tang saying he will catch up later. Leviathan was looking around curiously, she moved up to his head. After a while, Tang Wulin saw the end of the tiles and looked in shock.

'But that's!'

He saw a sphere of black and white, giving off an overwhelming amount of power. It was cover by a hazy white aura with kinetic energy fluctuating from it. Tang Wulin already recognized what it was before he even saw it.

'Space Between Time.'

How could he forget the overwhelming power that he once held. He was stumped on why it was here because he thought only his Dragon Slayer Power Transfer over. Shaking his head, he started walking towards it, but he saw a silhouette appears.

The being was a young man with short black hair, clean pale skin, big dark eyes, and abnormally sharp canines. He donned a regal and formal version of his usual attire consisting of a white toga lined with golden strings and markings at the edges; underneath this, he had another black robe with metal-ringed cuffs. The man stared at Tang Wulin with a smirk on his face.

"Hello, Acnologia."

"....Zeref."