Yin & Yang Pleasures of Cultivation

The four Magical Black Raven Birds writhing only became more chaotic with passing second of facing Masami's bloodline powers. 

The mere boiling Qi temperature was threatening to make the Magical black Raven Birds sizzle over.

However, amazingly enough, the Magical black Raven Birds clung to life. 

And the longer the Magical black Raven Bird stayed in existence, the stronger they were getting. In contrast to Masami's overwhelming power, the four black Raven Birds' own Magical aura increasingly surge.

The Magical Black Raven Birds Darkness aura increased in its profound depth, making the small area around them nearly turn pitch black. 

From under the black Raven Birds, the Mages still stayed suspended.

Though their lifeforce was painfully slipping away from them, the Raven Mages had a high quantity of Magic Power to just barely keep them going. 

Although, none of them would be able to last a minute more. And the Magical black Raven Birds wasn't going to let a minute pass. 

"Scree!!" 

With another mighty screech blaring into the winds, the black Raven Birds movement became intensely chaotic. In just another second, they would break the hold of Masami's suffocating power and attempt to clash against her vast blue Firefox claw.

But right then, from below them, Darcel's eyes began to twinkle from behind his mask. 

Masami felt the Magical Raven Birds near successful attempts to break free. Yet, she still didn't bother ending the fight, allowing Darcel a chance to act.

Darcel pointed four of his fingers, igniting four deep Darkness glow at the tip of his fingertips. His power was near instantaneous as Darcel blasted out four Darkness tendrils from each of his four fingertips.

The Darkness tendrils blitz through the air, splitting the wind currents apart. 

In just a half of a second, Darcel's four Darkness tendrils reached the Magical Raven Birds and tightly coiled around their necks. 

"Nnng!!" 

The four Raven Mages felt as if their necks were suddenly getting crushed. Their eyes bulged out of their sockets as they painfully felt the air leave their lungs. 

As for the Magical Raven Birds, they surprisingly weren't affected much. 

Their wings began to violently flap, managing to struggle even under the combined grasp of Darcel and Masami.

"Scree!!" 

The four Raven Birds refused to give up. Under immense suppression, their Magical aura began to explosively increase once again! 

At the top of each of the Raven Birds' heads, massive swirls of Darkness Energy began to quickly take shape.

"Hmmm….should we?" Aniela curiously questions while not feeling much danger. No matter how much the Magical Raven Birds power increased, it never got to a point where it could make Aniela even raise an eyebrow.

Darcel slightly shook his head, finding this situation to be incredibly insightful. "We don't have to do much. Despite not matching our prowess, these Mages certainly have a much larger vitality. Any other Heavenly King in their position using a Spirit Artifact would've dropped dead by now. Let's see if this new power can make a dent in Masami's attack."

"Hmph, I'll eat my words if they could magically do that." Masami snorted with slight humor lacing her tone. 

As Darcel's group casually talked, the four black Raven Birds finished charging their final stand.

At the top of each of the four black Raven Birds' heads, their Magical Darkness energy formed into four large Darkness balls of great Magic Power. 

'Chi!' 

Four black beams immediately shot forth from the Raven Birds Darkness balls of power, clashing directly against Masami's vast Firefox Claw!

'BOOOM~!!' 

A tremendous explosion stemmed from the violent clash of two mighty sides of power. Blue flames burst all over the air, covering every droplet of Darkness energy, making it burn to nothingness.

The ground ferociously quaked for several miles; long-running cracks split the gray mixed snowy ground by the sheer clash of power. 

A cloud of vast blue dust smoked out after the substantial explosion clash of power.

A few seconds quickly passed by, and the blue dust began clearing up. 

As the dust cleared up, only three figures could be seen standing while another four figures lay buried in the gray mixed snowy ground. Where the four figures crashed, they even managed to create small craters beneath them.

Of course, the three figures standing were Darcel, Aniela, and Masami. The trio stood completely unharmed though some small spots of their clothes were a bit scratched. 

Their situation was nothing compared to the hell Raven Mages are in.

The four Raven Mages laid face up in the ground, their whole entire bodies bloody and battered. Besides sensing to see if they were alive, the only sign of life coming from them was the Raven Mages slowly heaving their chests.

The only thing keeping them from death's door is their vigorous Magical aura, which was all nearly depleted now.

"Fuuu~!" Aniela whistles while appraising at their handiwork. "Now that was a flashy ending! In all honesty, out of everything I fought, these Mages had some real shocks hiding in their sleeves." 

Aniela had a genuine hint of respect in her tone. Their first battle with a Mage didn't leave much of an impression on her, seeing as Raven Likal had to rely on that Crystalline treasure. But this time, these Mages proved themselves to be a potential worthy adversary. 

And this also raised Aniela's curiosity in becoming a Mage herself. 

"Tch! Clearing away my Fox Claw, huh?" Masami seemed like she was going to have just a smidge of respect in her tone. 

However, her following words fell into her usual flare. "Still nor surprisingly enough to be great worth of concern." And considering the fact that Masami indeed wasn't even trying, she had the action back up being a bit cocky.

Her Spirit Sense had then heavily inspected the downtrodden Mages, and Masami curiosity tilted her head. "So what now? They're all just barely clinging to life."

"Hmmm…." Darcel began to quickly think it over while putting a finger to his chin. He gazed over the four Raven Mages before settling on one of the girls' Raven Mages. 

Darcel began walking over to this specific Raven Mage, keeping his gaze locked onto her face.

Aniela and Masami turned their gazes over to each other. 

"Hm. Should've seen this coming." Masami had folded her arm. 

"Hehe~, you know this will only be helpful to us, though." Aniela wryly laughed, getting Masami to lightly snort.

Both girls still follow closely behind Darcel, quite curious about what they can do with a near-death person conversion. 

Darcel stood imposingly over the Raven Mage, staring into her bloody, battered face. Even with all the gore, Darcel still nodded approvingly about this woman's face. 

His eyes were like a hawk as Darcel could just identify that this woman was and could still be a beauty. Beyond the horrors, Darcel could see the distinct feature of cute beauty radiating from this woman's face.

While Darcel's stood above the Raven Mage, her unfocused eyes stared up at Darcel. 

Initially, the Raven Mage didn't even notice Darcel's presence because of the crisis state she was in. But after just a couple of seconds, the Raven Mage felt a warm looming presence right over her.

Darcel crouched down to get on the Raven Mage level, ignited his spatial ring, and brought out an Earth rank healing pill.  A fresh medical fragrance promptly swirled out of the lone pill. 

The Raven Mage's unfocused eyes almost instinctively latched on the Earth rank healing pill.

Darcel gingerly opened the Raven Mage bloodied mouth, uncaring of how dirty it is. He coated the healing pill with simple Qi and carefully guided the pill inside the woman's mouth, swiftly directing it towards her Martial Veins.

A burst of Magical healing energy traveled the Raven Mage body. 

The healing properties was enough to instantly heal her near-death injuries, keeping her away from the cold embrace of death. 

In just a matter of a couple of seconds, the Raven Mage could partially focus on her surroundings. Although, even as she was no longer near death, she still held massive injuries that will take far longer to heal.

As the Mage partially came to her surroundings, she felt a bizarre sensation mixed in with her pain. 

For some odd reason, she felt unexpectedly….warm. That is until her eyes focused on a black and white mask looming over her face.

"Nn-!" On instinct, the Raven Mage felt a sprang of fear seeing the one who essentially ruined her like she was an insect. 

But almost immediately, the next second, the Raven Mage couldn't feel that much fear next. 

"Nnng?" A soothing sensation washed over her mind, slowly calming down her fears. 

On the Raven Mage stomach, Darcel had already placed his Darkness Essence palm upon there. Darcel watched a green hue sparked in the Raven Mage eyes, glossing deep within her pupils.

As Darcel was about to get into it to perform another conversion, he suddenly stopped. He felt his eyebrows furrow as a slight strain came from his soul's core. 

It wasn't anything significant or a call for concern.

But, it was noticeable enough for Darcel to file in his mind for later. 'I wonder if this has to do with the fact I'm reaching some sort of limit or it's because she's a Mage….either way, it should be fine enough.'

Darcel concluded it won't be too much of a hassle. 

The Raven Mage is already weakened and has just barely escaped from near death. In her state, her soul's core won't provide much resistance or really any at all.

Darcel had then poked the Raven Mage forehead making her and his eyes go nearly all black with a hint of a green hue. 

As Aniela and Masami watched the standard conversion affair, their eyes suddenly turned to the other Mages.

Observing the gruesome state of them all, Masami indifferently shrugged. "So I say, let's just kill them all. They officially ran out of their uses." 

Aniela nodded in agreement. "Killing them is also honestly better for them than living through this kind of pain."

Masami raised her hand, snapping her fingers, spawning three wisps of blue flames to hover over her hand. She had then flicked a single finger, sending the three wisps of blue flames to drill right into the remaining Raven Mages heads, instantly killing them off.

"Hm, now that this is all over-" Aniela suddenly cut herself off. Her Spirit Sense picked up on a vague presence rapidly approaching them. 

'Hoh?' She had wondered out loud in her head as this vague presence was incredibly unrefined in masking their presence.

And Aniela also felt a strange familiarity coming from this vague presence. 

While Aniela became curious, Masami's reaction was far more intense. She instantly snapped her whole body around, and her gaze burned an invisible hole in a specific direction.