Douluo Dalu: 9 Treasure Sword

-Ning Xiangxie POV-

Finally, I could leave that stupid jail called the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan. After lots of complaints, I finally convinced Zhi to follow little Bai to her spirit ring hunt.

After in his last travel to Star Dou Forest he angered one of its king, the Dragon Swordsmaster Hei Qi. So this time we wouldn't let him go alone. After a big argument and a little spar with Bone which I won. I was selected to look out Little Bai and her girlfriend Mayi.

I dressed with one of my best soft armors. I have to find them at their academy. I was so happy to finally leave the clan that I rejected the idea of a carriage and decided to fly there, I'm faster than any transport anyway.

When I arrived at their academy, Mayi and Bai were waiting for me holding their hands (How can they be so cute?) When I informed them that I will take both flying they seemed very happy, never stopping trembling. If only Rongrong was here I couldn't be happier.

After 2 hours and a negligible quantity of spirit power burned, we arrived at our destination, Star Duo Forest. Passing through the outer and middle areas was like a camp trip, no spirit beast was stupid enough to try to approach a titled douluo.

While walking I asked "Bai, what kind of spirit are you searching this time?"

"I don't know, one to improve my power, around 50.000 years or so. But I haven't decided one yet" Bai answered.

(My little Bai is a genius, so young and he can absorb 50.000! He had a really strange configuration so I really don't have any idea what will be good for him. As he has a lot of different elements, his next one must be of another one to maintain equilibrium. It doesn't matter! I'll just hunt whatever I find and let him choose) I thought.

I puffed my c.h.e.s.t "You can trust your mum! I will find you the best spirit"

We continued walking until we arrived at the inner area. Just as we step in it, I noticed Bai doing some strange face, then he invoked his external spirit bone, a crude completely white sword.

The sword was trembling. At that moment, that sword made me very shocked, from it I could sense a tint of sword power even superior to mine, I having arrived at the All Sword Realm.

Not even a second passed, I noticed a similar force coming from inside the forest. Without any moment to lose, I shouted at Bai very serious "Bai, hurry to notify Bone to come here. We will need to escape"

The force was approaching, I invoked my Fire Volcano Sword, using hot air plus spirit pressure I pushed Bai and Mayi away, carefully enough to cushion their fall, and shouted at Bai "Hurry!"

If my instinct is right something dangerous is approaching, I must protect the children.

From more than a kilometer away from a black projectile shot. Its objective was not myself, it was Bai.

"Like hell, I'll let you!" I turned my sword in the projectile trajectory <8th skill: Inferno Slash>. A concentrated heat slash shot from my sword, scorching and transforming the earth under it to lava. The slash collided with the projectile changing its directions.

I finally could see what was the projectile, it was a black blade. Its power was colossal, destroying more than 5 kilometers of forest until it stopped.

I turned to the sword direction, I could see a humanoid figure, covered completely with a black armor with a distinctive dragon head as a helmet, on its right hand it was holding a big black broadsword. It was, without doubt, the king of the Steel Dump, Dragon Swordsman, Hei Qi.

He seemed that he was walking slowly but with every step he passed tens of meters, it was only that it was difficult to perceive his speed.

My sword at the front, I prepared to fight him at any moment.

When he arrived 10 meters away from me, he stopped "Human, there's no need to fight. Give me the human with the Fragment and I will let you live" he talked with a very crude voice that exudes strength, with every letter the air trembled.

(He must refer to Bai) I thought. "If you want it, you should pass through my corpse" I shouted.

"Like you prefer!" He said.

In an instant he was at my range, only leaving a big crack where he previously was. He slashed at me. I could react to blocking the strike. Then, we started interchanging strikes, in 2 seconds more than 20 hits were made. He broke the interchange with a strong kick, I hurriedly blocked it with my sword but even with it, I was pushed 10 meters away.

"Not bad. I need to work harder" He said. Black aura expanded from it, I quickly knew what it was, Domain! I also activated mine, a fiery red aura surged from me. Black and red collided, loud sounds could be listened, crack appeared in the ground, destroying it. Finally, both auras joined surrounding both of us in a black-red dome.

Inside the dome, nothing could exist, everything will be cut. Now both of us without any support, we were hovering in the air.

From his back, three black swords came, a pure condensation of sword aura. They were shot towards me. I used all my skills that supported my fire, illuminating three of my rings, 1 purple and two blacks. Powerful flames enveloped my sword, feeding off the domain <Fire Sword Heart>.

I stepped forward and dash towards him. My sword became giant, triple of his original size <Sword Avatar>. I slashed the first sword, flames impulsing the sword forward reaching an extreme speed, I cut clean in half the sword.

The second one approached for the right, I twisted my wrist, doing and impossible slash toward it. On impact my flames roared, causing a concentrated explosion that disintegrated the sword. I continue forward exiting, the smoke caused by the explosion, completely intact, unable to be injured by my own flames.

The last one I evaded blending my knees, the sword grazing my nose. I just stood there in front of the immobile Swordsman. My sword dissipated in fire particles of different colors that surrounded him.

Each particle grew to become replicas of my own sword and penetrated him <All Sword: Fire>, a big explosion occurred.

A simple slash from him enough to dissipate all the smoke. He was still surrounded by flames of different colors, however, there's a black smoke between the flames and him, being impossible for the flames to penetrate.

"Graaaaaaa!" He shouted. He exuded so much pressure that dispersed the flames surrounding him.

"Not good enough. Take a look at the pinnacle" He said.

He positioned to pierce, now a gray aura covered his sword "<Sword: Quick>" he said piercing forward. Broadsword rarely were used for piercing attacks due to its size and weight, in this case, it didn't matter. A piercing attack came towards my heart. I could see it slowly approaching, even if I could see it as slow, of slow had nothing! Its speed to fast to react. I could see my death coming, I started to remember all my life.

I remember meeting Zhi, falling in love with him, scaring all the woman approaching him. I could see Bai's birth, his smile, our training. Rongrong, my cute angel always happy being spoiled. Finally an image of all my family, Zhi, Bai, Ronrong, Bone, and Sword smiling at me.

"I'm not gonna die!" flames roared from the left side of my sword, pushing me lightly towards the right. The sword pierced my side failing its objective, the heart.

I was thrown 100 meters away vomiting blood. A part of his sword broke, the sword's tip was stuck in my side. I looked toward the Swordsman, his sword was not completed, missing the tip. In an instant, his sword regenerated seemingly like new.

"How could you dare!" He shouted furiously, angrier than never before.

Just as he was about to dash toward me a big skeleton dragon struck him from the right side. He blocked with his sword, being pushed by the dragon.

"Bone!" I shouted excited seeing the nostalgic silhouette of elder Bone.

After being pushed 100 meters the Swordsman freed his sword, blocking now the dragon with his left arm. With his sword at his now free right hand, he slashed at the dragon, crashing it easily.

"If you want to leave, you should destroy this domain, Xiangxie" said Bone moving his hand towards the Swordsman, throwing black particles.

These particles surrounded the Swordsman and became black holes. From each one uncountable number of bone lances shot towards him.

"Noisy flies!" shouted the Swordsman protected by a black aura, the lances were incapable of penetrating it, but at least they slowed him.

"Enough time?" asked Bone to me.

I stood weakly supported by nailing my sword at the ground "Yeah" I nodded weakly. I used all my power activating my 9th skill, my red ring shining brightly <True Fire Garden>. Pure fire energy surged from me, this time my own sword domain ceasing its existence being replaced by a pure fire one. This one without any color, fully transparent.

The new domain started fighting with the black sword domain, creaks sounded, thunder formed it seemed the apocalypse, but the black domain persisted.

With my last strength, both physic and spirit, I lifted my sword, my bones cracking furiously. I pointed towards the Swordsman and shouted "<Hell's Ray>!". All the pure fire energy concentrated at the tip of my sword, with the absence of the domain we were surrounded by the black one.

Then the concentrated energy was launched in a very tiny but nevertheless powerful ray. Even Bone, only near it was having trouble not being burnt. The ray traveled unstoppable towards the Swordsman, incinerating the black domain in its trail.

"Now, Bone!" I shouted. Bone taking advantage of the instant without domain created a black hole and both of us jumped at it.

We appeared in a desert and I could see elder Sword shocked face seeing us.

I, with my last strength spent, and now seemingly safe I fell to the ground painting, completely exhausted. At that moment I listened a profound and neutral voice that didn't reflect any emotion, only sharpness. The voice said [You pass]. Then I fell unconscious.