The Cursed Bloodline
Arc Xio: Sudden Attack

The sound of the clashing of sticks resounded in an underground headquarters. A man with a bandage wrapped around one eye, was walking towards the Red Cops special training ground

Taps!

A Red Cops warrior faced Tanuki, bowing respectfully to the Sora higher-ups.

"Hows it? " said Tanuki

" They are already on their way, headquarters North, Selata and East. They're moving! " Tanuki nodded "Gather all in the Western headquarters! "

Tanuki left the training room, giving orders to several Red Cops lined up in front of him. Something bad seemed to be preparing for his future plans.

"Prepare for my departure soon! "

"Okay sir" they said compactly and with all their weight disappeared

......................

"What's up, sir? "

" Oro-ryu's! Strengthen your sensory sensitivity, do you feel anything? "

The existence of the attacker Xio, not even can be felt by Xio himself. Oro-ryu closed his eyes and started sticking out his snake tongue. Maybe the enemy can outwit Xio's sensors, but can't hide from Oro-ryu's heat or smell sensors. Oro-ryu's eyes open, he discovers the enemy's whereabouts.

"At 2 o'clock. About 300m from here! "

"The enemy is quite formidable, its attack even has a range of 300 m! " said Yuri while continuing to stand by.

"Be careful, we don't know what the enemy is after! " say Xio

Despite being in such a state, Xio still looked calm. He watched everything around him, and was on standby with his sword

Cussss............

A high-speed fireball attack headed towards them

"Oro-ryu protect Yuri!" yelled Xio while trying to dodge the attack.

Oro-ryu quickly turns into a big snake and protects Yuri with his big body. While Xio continued to run, it seemed that the enemy's target this time was himself. He quickly dodged the fireball's attack

Vet! ..... Kapp! .... Taps!

Booooooommmmmmm

Thick smoke filled the area, faintly Xio saw a figure coming out from that puff of smoke. A man with a glowing ball in his hand

"So you're the last descendant of the Moon Clan, Yora? The escape that killed the 3 Main Clans? "

" Who are you? " xio said still panting. He had no idea who the man who attacked him suddenly was. The man raised a slight corner of his lips, a grin appeared on his face

" Later you'll also know I'm ready. I'm just here curious, how powerful the Moon Clan's abilities are! "

The man threw a ball of light in his hand, Xio dodged quickly but was still too late.

Cussss..... Trrrrrnggg.....

The ball made a huge burst of light with a loud whirring sound.

The magic ball did not detonate the destructive power, but its power was enough to make Xio hold his head because the waves released were very loud and squealed the ears

Despite enduring the pain, Xio tried to activate his Gyokunya seal to immobilize the person with his illusion

Unfortunately, Xio's strength didn't work at all. Due to the loud noise, Xio's magic could not reach the person. The man, casually walked towards Xio

"Your great ability, means nothing in front of my magic. To me you are just a weak person, and rely only on your great Clan legacy, hahahaha! "

Laughing loudly, the man approached Xio, with the Fire element in his Gyokunya. He created a fire-plated sword from his hand

"She said, I can't kill you, but..... How's this...... I hate weak opponents! "

Xio just stared at the man who kept coming towards him, his breathing gasping for breath due to the successive attacks from his enemy

"I don't know, why are you so famous in the dark world? To me you're just a loser. "the man unsheathed his magic sword and started slashing Xio's stomach with his fire sword, hot sparks coming out of his sword.

Trassss........

No! ..... No! ..... Hhhhhh! .......

The man's eyes boasted, he was surprised how Xio could avoid his attack, especially the attack of the light ball with the wave-destroying wave of the Body's Indra Function

"B- How can..........? The frequency of that sound, should weaken your Illusion magic ability! " say the man did not believe. He was able to defeat Xio easily. But the result is embarrassing. He himself was being played unconsciously by Xio

"Your abilities are great, but you're too rash! " said Xio's shadow, slowly it began to vanish. The man clenched his hands, his face looking stiffened restraining his anger

"How dare he play tricks on me, I will definitely kill him, just wait! "

......................

~5 minutes ago~

The fireball headed towards Xio. "Fuck-ryu..... Protect Yuri! "

" What about you, sir? "

"I'll catch up with you."

Explosion after explosion of fireballs made the entire area covered with thick smoke due to the massive explosion. Xio made good use of the situation. Xio quickly activated his seal, and took out the crow from his palm

The black crow transforms into another figure of himself, the real Xio overtaking Yuri and Oro-ryu. He used the chaos to escape from there

Xio made the most of his time to escape from there and catch up with Yuri. To fool the enemy Oro-ryu changed its shape to a small snake again

Trssssss.....

When on the run. Yuri's feet suddenly came to a halt, within that smog, looking faint but in front of him was now a deep ravine with a rushing river at its base

The abyss in blocking Yuri's steps to continue escaping, there was no other way.

"How is this?! " say Yuri panicked

" Jump! " Suddenly from behind Yora directly donated to Yuri and knocked them down together.

Yuri looked surprised by Xio's extreme actions. Yuri's eyes were rounded, as she stretched out her hand trying to reach Xio. Yuri's body fell freely into the steep ravine

"Yora! " he muttered while closing his eyes. Yuri resigned herself to what was going to happen to her. Could it be that he would die if he fell into the river that hard?

Tesss........

Quickly, Xio grabbed Yuri's hand. He pulled Yuri's hand and started hugging the girl. Xio changed their position by turning his body, now Xio was the one at the bottom. Their bodies are rapidly darting down. Xio tries to make his body land first and protect Yuri

Bussssss...........

They were plunged into a high-pressure river. Yuri opened her eyes, she tried to swim with all her strength but it was difficult

Xio tried to hold back the flow of the river as much as he could, with one hand still hugging Yuri's body.

Sresssssshhhhhhh

The shadow of the huge Snake was visible, and it swallowed their Bodies quickly.

......................

Oro-ryu appeared to the surface of the river that began to calm down, his large body now out of the water and towards a river bank. They had just been dragged down by the current, and ended up in a calm river

Oro-ryu spits out Yuri and Xio, and turns back into a small snake

"Huh! ..... Huh! .... Huh! ....... " Yuri was still gathering her breath, her soaked body was still dripping with water.

" What exactly is your plan, Yora? "

Xio stood staring at the place of the fight earlier. He could feel that his crow clon had been annihilated. He did not answer Yuri's question at all

" Who are they, sir? That man knows who you really are! "

"Let's see, they're not one of my enemies. "

"Wasn't you capable of defeating them? " said Yuri. He wondered why Xio chose to avoid.

" Fighting without a plan is like giving your life to your enemies. Everything that is done rashly, it is not profitable" said Xio

He also activates Gyokunya, the fire element makes Xio's body dry quickly. He walked towards Yuri

Yuri who was still in a drenched state, with black robes exposed showed a kimono that was also wet, and transparent. Aware of his body being exposed quickly Yuri covered his body with her black robe

Xio placed his hand on Yuri's head, and made Yuri's body dry again

"If he's not after the 3-pillar stone, why is he after me? " say Xio