Chapter 260: The Spirit Of Dark

"I never knew that Mariel complained this much." Kai thought with a sigh as he lay on the bed with a bored expression.

For the past half an hour, he had been listening to Mariel complain about the problems she had seen in her realm.

Now that she was gone, Kai had some time to plan his actions. Even though Hela's powers were truly devastating, he had no idea how powerful this Lucas guy was.

'Didn't Mariel look as though she knew him?' Kai suddenly remembered how Mariel had reached when Lucas's name has been mentioned.

[ Hey Mariel, tell me about this Lucas guy. ] Kai decided to ask Mariel about this as he sent her a spiritual message.

[ Why do you want to know about him? ] Mariel asked in a slightly sour tone.

Kai still hadn't told Mariel about him going to meet Lucas in the palace of elements. That was the reason she was asking him about it.

He sighed as this before he told her why he was asking the question. As he completed his explanation, Mariel remained silent for some while as though she was processing what Kai had just said.

[ Let me get this straight, you are going to travel to meet Lucas while only having Hela why your side, and you also don't have any idea about how powerful Lucas is. It's a suicide to say the least! ] Mariel exclaimed as Kai seemed confused 

[ Is he that strong? ] He asked back as Mariel didn't reply for a few seconds.

[ He is from a bloodline of the most strongest dragon killers and he is the most strongest one out of all of them. One of the major reasons I joined the group of dragons in the past was because of his ancestors. They used to hunt dragons as a sport. After I became an elemental ruler, I banned the hunting of dragons.

The divine emperor at the time had also supported the decision but the dragon hunters had not liked this. But they were overpowered and went into hiding but still kept hunting dragons. The reason I know about Lucas is because he is one of the most strongest and brutal dragon killers out there. ] Mariel replied and then went silent for some more time. 

[ Be careful Kai, Lucas has many dangerous abilities but one of the most strongest ones is his scythe that is handed down in his family. The scythe is made from the bones of one of the first dragons that his family hunted and is extremely powerful. Stay safe. ] Mariel added before she went silent.

Kai could feel that she wouldn't talk anymore because of some reason that he didn't know so he sat up and closed his eyes. With a bright glow, eight crowns appeared in front of Kai.

He opened his eyes to stare at them with a smile before taking a deep breath and picking the first crown in the row up.

The crown was red in color as he looked at the seven spikes gleaming on the crown. This crown was Mariel's blessing and contained the power of her fire. Each spike of the crown gave Kai a tremendous amount of energy fire energy as well as resistance and other things.

Each elemental ruler had the ability to give a person a blessing ranging from one to seven spikes. The more spikes the more powerful the person would be. 

"So only eight elemental rulers are left huh." Kai sighed with a sad look on his face as he glanced at the black crown which also had seven spikes.

He put the red crown down and picked up the black crown. As soon as he touched the crown, it started shimmering under his touch.

An elemental ruler's blessings only stayed until the elemental ruler was alive. Though many would then ask him how he had been able to use the blessings while the rest of the elemental rulers still hadn't reincarnated.

This was because their souls were still there with their powers but now that Sierra had died moved on, her blessings would soon vanish.

"This is the only thing that I can do to remember her." Kai muttered to himself as he slowly started breaking the spikes one by one.

After a few seconds, Kai had a total of nine spikes in his hand as he broke the entire crown. HE then closed his eyes and put eight out of the nine spikes on the bed.

He closed his palm around the ninth spike in his hand as a dark glow surrounded his hand. The glow suddenly vanished as Kai opened his palm to see that the spike had vanished. He then picked up another spike and repeated the process as it also vanished.

But this time, something else happened after the spike vanished.

A huge surge of power went out from Kai's body as he broke through to the imperial soul realm. He then used two more spikes as another wave of power was released from his body as he advanced to the first stage of the Saint soul realm.

He then glanced at the four remaining spikes as he started using them. It took him three spikes to advance to the divine soul realm as he felt something change inside his body.

He felt his spiritual energy increase by many folds and could feel his soul getting stronger. The divine soul realm was the last realm before one stepped into the divinity realms and was about to become a half immortal.

Kai then glanced at the last spike lying on the bed with a sad smile. He had many memories connected to Sierra and now only a single spike of a crown was left as a proof that she lived a life.

After he would absorb the spike, any trace of Sierra would be gone forever.

'No it won't be gone, it would instead merge with my body till I die.' Kai shook his head as he picked up the spike and slowly closed his fist around it.

The last spike of a blessing was the most powerful part of the blessing so it meant that it contained at least twice the amount of power s compared to other spikes.

Kai cultivation slowly rose to the second stage of the divine soul realm, then to the second stage, and then to the third stage as he could feel the spike slowly vanishing inside his hand.

His moments spent with sierra slowly entered his mind as he chuckled lightly. He suddenly felt something in his palm burn as Kai opened his eyes and opened his hand to see the last spike growing brightly.

The spike suddenly jerked his and to the right direction as Kai turned his head to see a faint glimmer of light appear in front of his face. His eyes widened as the light started to take the form of a person.

A beautiful woman with silk white skin, long flowing waist-length black hair and sharp black eyes suddenly appeared in front of Kai. She was wearing a black dress that went down to her knees and had a sad smile on her face.

"Hello Kai.' Sierra said while staring directly at Kai's face.

His eyes went wide as his expression changed to one that of astonishment. He slowly stood up and looked at Sierra closely to see whether he was hallucinating or not.

"I am not a hallucination Kai.' Sierra said as she saw his expression and Kai felt silent.

"But Levina told me that you were dead. So how are you here?" Kai slowly asked as Sierra moved forward and touched Kai's cheek.

But her hand passed right through his cheek as Kai's eyes slowly fell down. He understood how Sierra was in front of him.

"Yes, Kai, I was summoned here because of you swallowing the last physical proof of my existence. I only have ten minutes with you so we can't really talk much." She said with a slow sad smile as Kai nodded.

"Since I am already dead, only eight elemental rulers are left which means that the creators will soon be creating a new elemental ruler to create a balance. So instead of letting them choose someone they like, I want you to become the elemental ruler of dark." Sierra said slowly as she lifted her hand a dark black crown with ten spikes appeared in her hands.

The black crown was her and was known as the crown of the night since dark powers were mostly associated with night. Kai could only nod as he moved forward and took the crown from Sierra's hands.

The crown was cool on Kai's skin as he looked at Sierra who gave him an encouraging nod. The crown was of an elemental ruler was the symbol of their power.

Without a crown, the elemental rulers will lose all of their powers. But becoming an elemental ruler was one big responsibility.

And Kai was a little hesitant to take the responsibility.