Heavenly Asura Path(Percy Jackson)

Chapter 9: God Slayer Saber

Percy's long hair swayed slightly behind his back as he held his saber-type martial spirit in his right hand. A pressure came from the Twilight Terror Bear Claw, but Percy completely ignored it. This kind of pressure emitted by power, couldn't compare to the pressure of the horrors of Tartarus.

The huge bear growled before charging forcefully. Its massive size made it so that when it tilted its body, it looked like a mountain in front of Percy, especially because of the dark color of its fur and the golden lines surrounding its body. Its massive paws tore through the ground as its claws tore through the air as they slashed forward.

Percy knew that he no longer had the same body as before, even if he was still above average, he couldn't withstand the same kinds of blows as before. Therefore, he had to be more cunning and clever.

 "First Soul Skill: Bloody Edge," The saber in Percy's hand increased its presence as a bloody aura condensed on its blade. At that moment, Percy moved and immediately threw himself to the ground, dodging the two huge claws of the spirit beast.

What Percy wanted to achieve was to attack from behind. To do so, he moved between the legs of the Twilight Terrorclaw Bear and jumped while slashing with his saber, sending a powerful blood-red slash towards the bear's exposed back.

Narrowing his eyes, Percy noticed that despite cutting through the bear's tough skin, it hadn't penetrated too deeply. The wound that traveled from the end of the bear's back to near its neck was bleeding, but it wasn't enough to diminish the bear's power.

 "That's enough… now his speed will be lower than at its maximum," Percy muttered before taking three steps back as he saw the bear roar angrily and glare at him with red, rabid eyes filled with boundless hatred.

Percy's first spirit ability was not a simple slash. He was surrounded by killing intent and also had an extra bleeding effect. Within the next five minutes, the wound caused by his slash would bleed more than normal, causing a decrease in speed by 5% percent (Now 10% with his level 40). This percentage could also increase every twenty levels. This meant that upon reaching level 90, Percy could decrease an opponent's speed by 30%.

"Second Spirit Ability: God-Slaying Saber Net"

Suddenly, at the moment of invoking his second spirit ability. The almost black purple ring materialized more than normal as a terrifying howl pierced the air. As Percy raised his saber, bursts of bright scarlet light erupted from his body. He was like a dazzling blood star rising deep within the forest. Soon after, a densely woven saber net descended from the sky.

At that moment, the saber vibrated with what seemed like a domineering consciousness while the soul acted as the core. Each thread of the saber net was like an extension of Percy's life and also akin to the spirit between heaven and earth. A truly terrifying aura emanated from the scene that carried with it a form of ineffable power.

The Twilight Terrorclaw Bear stopped its movements as it sensed the saber's aura and the terrifying sovereign and murderous presence in front of it. And in front of its eyes, all it could see was a massive net of unparalleled blades that blinded its eyes.

In the next second, everything was cut into fragments in front of Percy. The ground didn't move, but there were hundreds of deep cuts, the trees split into hundreds of pieces and the same happened to their leaves. And the Twilight Terrorclaw Bear had a huge amount of cuts on its body. Horizontally and vertically, its body was filled with bleeding cuts that caused it to fall backwards.

He wasn't dead yet, and only because of his great physique. But just from this result, one could tell how terrifying Percy's second spirit ability was. The moment his soul power grew to the level of a titled douluo, then no one would be able to escape from his God-Slaying Saber Net.

Liu Erlong stood still, staring with wide eyes. It was the first time she had seen such a powerful and majestic spirit ability. The glow from the net and Percy's glow was like that of a declining star, but full of life. It was contradictory, but beautiful. Almost like the last breath of a dying star.

 She slowly approached as she saw Percy deal the final blow to the spirit beast.

"What... is your martial spirit called?" she asked, her voice was almost a whisper, but it could be heard clearly.

Percy turned his head and saw Liu Erlong out of the corner of his eye approaching from behind him.

"God-slaying Saber," Percy replied as he looked at his martial spirit, recalling how the old man turned his loyal adventure partner into his martial spirit. Yes, indeed, Anaklusmos had appeared at that moment, trembling and vibrating as if he wanted to say something. And, for the first time, Percy understood her. At that moment when the old man was teaching him martial spirits, Anaklusmos wanted to continue accompanying Percy as he became a tool with the potential to kill gods.

The God-slaying Saber vibrated for a moment, as if sensing Percy's memories and thoughts. And a ghost smile appeared on Percy's lips as his eyes became softer.

Liu Erlong opened her eyes, surprised to see that kind of expression on Percy. If she had moved her gaze a little, then she wouldn't even have noticed. But she saw his lips slightly lift and a small green glow appear in those empty eyes.

 "I'll help you keep watch!" she immediately exclaimed upon seeing a black spirit ring emerging from the Twilight Terrorclaw Bear.

"… Thank you…" Percy nodded before hesitating for a moment. He sat in a meditative position as he drew in the black spirit ring. Liu Erlong just looked at him as he looked calm as he absorbed the spirit ring, but there was a question in her mind.

What caused that kind of expression?

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