Monarch of Darkness, Arsene

Chapter 308: Gu Shen - Scarlet Night

Releasing the air from my lungs, I gazed at the massive pillar of flames storming the skies. I did not know why but something felt wrong. The hair's upon my back was rising, and the howls of laughter were echoing out from the skies. Sending chills down my spine.

Slowly a being appeared head had orange hair, and eyes consumed with rings."You shall know Pain!" He said, raising his two palms out to my surprise. "Almighty Force"

Thinking only of myself, soul force rushed through my body as I bolted like a beam of light into the distance. Yet a power, unlike anything I saw in a mortal, consumed my very being. Decimating the land, the flames, and the darkness around me.

BOOOOOM!!!!!"

"Celestrial Armor!" Screamed in panic as a vibrant golden armor given to me by my father coved my entire body. However, blood gushed from my lips as I, along with everyone in my party, was blasted away, unable to resist.

Skidding over the floor without any control, I was blasted through various housing, somehow missing people. Coughing up a mouthful of blood, my eyes only widened in horror as a scarlet moon appeared behind the man who raised his arms.

"I leave the rest to you." He said, his body fading into mist as another appeared. This time he seemed to be in a robe with various clouds. His eyes were crimson as he pointed towards me. Sending my entire world into grey, the only thing in color being his crimson eyes and the scarlet moon.

"No, this cannot be real," I fearfully shouted, shivering in dread, as I appeared shackled to a cross before I could even tell what happened. At the same time, the stranger approached, holding a rod. He did not speak, holding an indifferent expression. "This is an illusion! It has to be an illusion!"

'AAAAAAAH!"

Tearing a hole into my body, blood gushed from my mouth as I screamed in horror. My armor was easily being pierced over and over like it was butter.

"STOP! STOP!" I roared, begging even, as I exploded out with as much Celestial QI as possible. Yet, the only thing I was met with was a rod through the pit of my stomach. Yet, it was not over; no, it was far from over as he continuously tore into my flesh. Tearing up, hours passed like days, and days like years before I fell to my knees, watching as the color of the world returned.

"Arsene, Stop this!" I weakly muttered, not understanding what was going on.

"Banka..."

"Arsene, Hed my command!" I yelled, waving my palm as a massive lance appeared within my hands. Only to be overwhelmed by the strange flower consuming my vision.

Roaring out load the minor divinity I had gathered exposed out from my body, shattering the space around me. "I will not fall for this! Arsene!" I bellowed, thrusting my lance high into the air as a massive star appeared at the tip.

"I will not lose! I WILL NOT!" I roared, slapping my lance against the pavement consuming the land in nothing but destruction. "Celestial Star God" I screamed using one of my strongest Artes.

BOOOM!!!!

Consuming everything with its destruction, a burst of laughter that sent chills down my spine echoed out as a clown appeared smiling at me?

"Where is Gon?" He asked? Somehow not affected in the least. Looking around at the devastation simply vanished, I could only helplessly fall to my knees. This... this...

"What kind of illusion is this?"

Rushing at me, the clown smiled as he kicked me across the face blasting me away. Feeling the blood trickle from my lips, I shook my head, crash landing into a house.

"Focus, Gu!" I yelled to myself when a tugging force came ripping me off the ground, pulling me back to the clown smiling back at me. With the scarlet moon standing behind him!

Narrowing my eyes, I swiftly dogged the strange clown's attack by twisting mid-air, sending a kick towards his chest. Narrowing his eyes, his hands suddenly gave a small tug before my very movement was thrown off, missing my mark to my dismay.

"My turn!" Another voice yelled as I gazed at the golden man with sharp azure eyes glaring at me. He wore orange robes and a blue shit beneath; however, as I sensed the power radiating from him, all I could do was feel a helpless power overtake me.

"The fuck is going on! Who are all these people!"

Rushing to engage in battle, hours began to pass as I experienced battle raging from giant machines to some weird octopus creatures trying to **** me. However, the longer I remained, the more I began to hone in on the cause of the source.

The Scarlet Moon.

"So you figured it out." said a man with one arm gripping a blade with no hilt. "Took you long enough. No need to break the illusion; I shall do it for you."

Watching him raise his hands, my eyes suddenly widened, witnessing the skies begin to crack, shattering into millions of ethereal fragments revealing the silver moon within the skies of Midgard. However, as I stared, the sent of blood quickly entered my nose as I turned to look at the river of bodies.

"You were in there quite a while." The Voice of Arsene said he appeared hovering over the endless bodies. He appeared a little different than what I saw before, but I could still tell. He was the one, the one who took Yura from me.

Looking down at my body, covered in Verike Armor, I frowned, still a little confused, looking back up at Arsene, who nodded, "Quite right, it would seem that armor of yours is truly powerful. None of my men were able to pierce through it. We even went for your face where the armor is missing, but it still protected you."

"You killed everyone?" I muttered, unable to believe what was going on.

"No, well, most of them are dead. But those that have your surname lived, and a few others. But that doesn't matter now, does it? Your Qi and body are all but drained, fighting a ghost. Killing you is quite the chore, so I think holding you prisoner is for the best."

Clenching my teeth, I arose tightly, gripping my lance glaring soo hard I felt the vessels in my eyes begin to pop, "ARSENE, I HAVE NOT LOST!"

"I can still fight even if I only have Ten percent left. I know I can still kill you. "