The King and the Elderly master went to the top of the mountain, which was the King's palace hidden from the world.
"His power is releasing," said Elderly master to the King while he looked at Xingchen, who laid unconscious on the bed.
They were standing on the balcony, and the moon was visible from there. The Moon was turning red as the night was getting darker.
"Those Kids ruined everything," King growled, throwing away the table far away, which was in front of him.
Due to the thud voice, Xingchen woke up and sat while holding his head as he was feeling dizzy with blood still dripping via his neck slit.
"It is all because of You" King with an angry face and eagle eyes, held Xingchen by the neck, almost choking him to death but was stopped by Elderly Master.
The sand was running through the hourglass kept just nearby, and with the stop of the flow of sand, the ritual will start.
Xingchen looked at the sand running down through the hourglass and his heart beating fast.
**** In the Hidden Chamber ****
Xue Yang looked around, but he could not find Xingchen anywhere. Ju Yi seeing Xue Yang restless, didn't want to hold back the truth anymore and told him that Xingchen has drunk the poison and will die with the King.
Xue Yang was shocked. He felt as if his entire world was breaking. Losing Parent's and now losing Xingchen was unbearable for him. He was angry at Xingchen as he decided to die rather than trusting him.
"The Hybrid releases it's maximum power when it's about to be a full moon night. It seems you awakened the hidden power inside Xingchen. But it's too late now; the poison will slowly absorb Xingchen's power, and then he will die. If anybody drink's his blood during this time, then the blood will be a poison for the other person, and eventually, the person will die an excruciating death."
Xue Yang sat on the ground, still holding the sword, devastated, not knowing where to go? What way to go? How to save him? How to find the King.
"I'm a failure!" he wailed.
Ju Yi immediately used his spiritual aura to see if he could sense Xingchen's location. Xue Yang saw him and felt a little bit motivated as he knew that his friend was quick-witted of all disciple and will indeed find a way to locate Xingchen.
"No! I am not able to sense anything," he said while concentrating.
"Ju Yi Stop!!" Xue Yang screamed as he saw nose bleeding and noticed that he was using too much power. Ju Yi sat down to rest and apologized to Xue Yang.
Xue Yang holding his friend, kept worrying about Xingchen.
Suddenly he remembered what his mother preached to him:-
** In the Flashback (when Xue Yang was 15 yrs old) ***
"You have a special power which can help you track down anything in this world if you try it with your whole heart. Try to concentrate, and let's find your dad."
Xue Yang tried multiple times but could not do so.
"Xue Yang, you just need to relax and calm down; only then will you be able to focus your powers."
He had been practicing it since but was not able to excel in the same. Xue Yang cried while he was failing every time.
"Xue Yang, you can do this and will surely surpass when the time comes," his mother consoled him.
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Xue Yang came back from the old memories and the present situation in which it was a do or die situation.
Xue Yang stood up confidently. Encircled his hands while gathering his spiritual power to focus and a brisk wind blew. Xue Yang concentrated and saw blurry details about the location. Blood started flowing his nose. He could hear Ju Yi screaming and asking Xue Yang to stop, but he was almost able to see Xingchen's location but as soon as he was about to get the exact location. He fell straight to the ground and vomited blood.
"You should not use so much power," Ju Yi yelled at him.
"I think I found where King has taken Xingchen" and fainted.
*** Only 1 hour was remaining now ****
Xue Yang woke up in the Birch Pavilion. He told Birch Pavilion Grandmaster about the vivid description of the place he saw.
"It must be the hidden palace of the King. But we destroyed it many years ago." Grandmaster said, thinking deeply.
"Let's not waste time. We need to head to save Xingchen."
Grandmaster took them to the place with its vanishing power, and they reached a vast palace which was among the clouds and with the full moon in front.
They reached the gate and found monsters guarding the whole palace. One of the disciples screamed and thus made King aware of other people's presence in the palace.
"Finally, the monster's found some human flesh to eat." He said while he could hear the battle voices up in the balcony.
Xingchen was worried about hearing this. Xue Yang kept killing the monsters to reach the top and bearing every pain and injury.
Ju Yi asked Xue Yang to hurry while he handled the monsters.
Xue Yang rushed to the topmost floor. With every step Xue Yang took, the time was coming nearer and nearer.
Moon turned red. The elderly master started chanting spells to focus the energy of the evil spirit towards Xingchen.
The evil spirits engulfed Xingchen; he screamed with every scratch he was getting from the evil spirits.
Xue Yang reached and saw Xingchen surrounded by the evil spirits and his eyes turning red. The negative energy engulfed Xingchen. He stood up boldly and with a grinned smile, scratched body, and red eyes said, "Xingchen is dead." King and the Puppet Xingchen laughed at Xue Yang.
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Puppet Xingchen kowtowed Ni Min Ju and offered himself to Ni Min Ju. King moved towards Xingchen.
Xue Yang yelled at the King, "Stay away from Xingchen," and jumped with the sword in his hand and attacked the King.
King ordered Xingchen to kill Xue Yang. Xue Yang turned around and saw Xingchen bloody and scary face; he held Xue Yang and threw him to the wall.
Xingchen was just a puppet now and was doing whatever Ni Min Ju said.
Xue Yang managed to stand up and called Xingchen hoping that maybe somewhere inside, Xingchen was still struggling to win the battle with his inner demon.
The King freezes Xue Yang's body with spiritual power and unveils true Xingchen to him one last time.
Xingchen turned back normal and fell straight to the ground while whispering Xue Yang's name.
The King moved Xingchen closer to him and took a knife to slit the neck as the hybrid's wound had the power to heal faster. Xingchen felt the pain but could not do anything.
Xue Yang was in more pain than Xingchen was right now. Unable to save your loved ones is the worst feeling in the world.
King sucked the blood. Xingchen closed his eyes in pain while Xue Yang closed his eyes as he could not bear to see.
He kept sucking the blood until Xingchen fell unconscious. King cleaned the blood from his mouth, and a black aura surrounded him. The whole sky turned red and black and concentrated on the King.
"I am the most powerful," exclaimed the King proudly. His eyes turned red.
He pulled out the sword and was about to kill Xue Yang; suddenly, he felt a burning sensation inside his body. The Black aura which he consumed was choking him. His eyes were turning white, and the negative energy and bones were consuming his flesh and after the loud blast. The King hit the ground as a skeleton, and that was the end of the King.
King's power started fading. The Palace, which existed there because of the King's ability, was breaking down. The spell on Xue Yang weakened, and he rushed to carry Xingchen and jumped out of the balcony.
One of the Monster was running behind Xue yang. They both were just inches away; the monster jumped on Xue Yang. Xue Yang was too focused on running didn't know that a monster was chasing him.
Suddenly striking power cut the monster into various parts. Xue Yang looked up and saw Yu Ziyuan (Xingchen's mother), who came there to help Xue Yang and others.
The Senior's (Birch Clan Grandmaster and Yu Ziyuan) created a door to travel back to the Pavilion. Xue Yang saw the entire palace falling apart while he held unconscious Xingchen in his arms.
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