1 Life Seed Extraction

Willowmist City, Thundershade Family.

"Aeon, no matter what happens, you have to live."

Aren looked at his younger brother Aeon and said in a severe tone while wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Brother, are you telling me that Father can't win against these b*stards?"

Seeing Aren in bloodied clothes nodding his head, Aeon gritted his teeth.

"Even though Father is strong, the enemies, this time are stronger and cunning than our father."

While Aren was saying these words, a tiny but shining blue-coloured seed came out of his body.

[Lightning Recovery]

In the next second, dozens of Lightning Sparks emerged from the seed and surrounded the brothers as their injuries started healing slowly but steadily.

When the lightning sparks entered their bodies, they created a sensation of an intense warmth that penetrated deep into their muscles, soothing and relaxing them.

However, they don't have the luxury to enjoy such things in their current situation.

"B-but…Father is….it's all because of me. This massacre would not have happened if I hadn't awakened an S-grade Life Seed."

Aeon, who was only 15 years old, felt various emotions at once, ending with him blaming himself.

"I have brought the destruction of our Thundershade Family."

Thinking about the deaths of the Elders and his fellow brothers of the Family, Aeon's guilt intensified.

"Aeon, stop blaming yourself. It's not…."

'Puchi'

Before Aren could finish his words, a sabre pierced through his chest and nearly hit Aeon's throat.

'Puchi'

'Thud'

"Kid…it's entirely your fault that your family is going to disappear from the face of this world."

A middle-aged man with a scarface pulled out his red-coloured sabre, which transformed into a shining red-coloured seed before entering his body.

"..."

For a moment, Aeon's eyes went blank seeing his brother's lifeless body on the floor.

"Ugh….you son of a…."

However, Aeon recovered quickly from his shock as he angrily rushed towards the Scarface.

"Haha…what can a b*stard who is yet to start his Life Blood Cultivation do to a Knight?"

Looking at Aeon, the Scarface chuckled before holding Aeon by his collar and slammed into the wall.

"See, I don't even need to use…"

'Boom'

Before the Scarface could finish his words, an explosion occurred beneath his feet, blasting the entire room.

"Haha…as expected of a Thundershade Blood…even on their last breath, they are dangerous."

Despite the explosion, Scarface was still standing with only minor injuries as he looked at Aren's body parts.

"Scarface, what was that?"

A young man emerged from the smoke from the earlier explosion and shouted at Scarface.

"Don't worry, the youngest kid is safe."

Scarface looked at the newcomer and became respectful before walking towards the unconscious Aeon.

That's right! Even with the explosion, Aeon's body was fully intact without any significant injuries.

"He is just unconscious and will be very cooperative while extracting his S-grade Life Seed…haha."

Scarface forced a laugh as he secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he found Aeon was still alive.

For a moment, Scarface had forgotten that they needed Aeon alive.

"Hm"

The young man checked on Aeon before lightly nodding his head.

"I have already made all the preparations. Let's extract the S-grade Life Seed at the place where he awakened it."

Soon, the young man nodded before ordering Scarface, "Go and check whether the route to the Sacred Hall is clear and, at the same time, also check whether the City Leader and others have killed this brat's father?"

"Yes, Master Cyrus."

Scarface nodded his head and hurriedly rushed out of the Thundershade Family grounds towards the Sacred Hall of the Willowmist City.

This world is known as Silvoria, and no one knows precisely when, but a colossal tree appeared.

Its colossal branches stretch to touch the heavens while its roots delve deep into the depths of existence, and thus, it got the name 'Celestial World Tree'.

All the cities that the Celestial World Tree acknowledged were connected to it by one of its branches, and as time passed, the Celestial World Tree acknowledged many cities.

The place where the branch and the root of the Celestial World Tree were connected was called Sacred Hall, and it was used as a place to awaken the Life Seeds among the youngsters.

With the blessing of the Celestial World Tree, the youngsters of these worlds who reach 15 years will awaken a Life Seed and follow the path of Life Blood Cultivation.

Aeon was one of such youngsters who recently awakened not one but two Life Seeds.

Even though it was an achievement to awaken two Life Seeds, many others achieved that in the past.

However, the main problem was that one of his Life Seeds was the highest grade, which caused jealousy among many.

"Master Cyrus, this brat's father, is still fighting the City Leader and others. I don't think it is a good idea to extract the Life Seed in the Sacred Hall."

Although Scarface didn't know exactly how the Life Seed extraction works, he knew that, right now, it was not a good idea to go near the Sacred Hall.

It was because Aeon's father, the head of the Thundershade Family, went berserk and killed the killers who massacred his entire Thundershade Family.

"Damn it…even though he was on his last leg, he was still making things difficult for us."

The young man named Master Cyrus cursed Aeon's father and then looked at Scarface before ordering, "Those B*stards can't even take care of a single Family Head. Since we have little time, I will extract his Life Seed here."

After finishing his words, Master Cyrus didn't bother to wait for Scarface's reply as he started the process.

'Even though it would be tiring to extract the Life Seed, I have no choice but to extract it here.'

With that thought in mind, Master Cyrus activated his Life Seed, and in the next second, a shining purple-coloured Life Seed came out of his body along with a blood-coloured ancient grimoire that appeared out of nowhere.

'Swoosh'

As the grimoire opened, a bright light flashed on the Life Seed and in the next second, the seed started sprouting.

The sprout was black, and it grew at a rapid pace and turned into a vine.

'Now, start the process.'

After completing the initial steps, Master Cyrus gave the common to the black-coloured vine.

'Swoosh'

'Puchi'

In no time, the rapidly growing vine pierced through Aeon's chest and started glowing.

'Argh'

Due to pain, the unconscious Aeon woke up; however, for some reason, he was unable to move his body, no matter how much he tried.

'Is this how I am going to die after causing the massacre of my family?'