8. Dark Aura

Shane's entire body was engulfed with a rarely seen dark cosmic energy. A black and red aura leaked out of his body as his eyes shone in the darkness. It seemed as if his eyes had turned into the abyss itself. The longer you stared into them, the more you would feel yourself drawn inside them, making you tremble in fright.

That's exactly what everyone was feeling at the moment. Even Tess, who had been chewing her nails in anxiety, couldn't help but take a step back. The dark cosmic energy was so powerful that she trembled and fell to the ground on her knees.

Since she was the closest, she was the most affected as her face paled.

"Brother…." She finally opened her mouth, "You…."

The students standing around were stunned as they stared at the young man who stood there surrounded by black and red waves. It was just that Shane himself had no idea that something strange was pouring out of his body.

He just felt that the amount of fatigue in his body had vanished into thin air as he thought about becoming powerful with ultimate focus. He raised his hand and attacked the bald man, who had also become stunned at this point after watching such a scene in front of his eyes.

The instructor instantly came back to himself when the sword was an inch away, and he dodged the attack as fast as possible, but it still struck him.

A small injury appeared on his stomach as he raised his hand, "You win."

Shane stopped as the black, and red aura disappeared out of the blue as if it had never been there. It almost felt like it was everyone's imagination.

But their bodies were still filled with sweat after being in the presence of the dark cosmic energy.

Shane's face was filled with a grin as he turned to look at Tess, who had a frightened expression on her face. He frowned, "What's wrong?"

"You…." Tess finally managed to open her mouth, "Why do you have dark cosmic energy?"

"Dark cosmic energy?"

What's that?

Shane had question marks over his head. He glanced toward the instructor as if seeking information.

The bald guy rubbed his head and signed, "Originally, the total cosmic energy coming from the Absolute God was divided into two, divine and dark cosmic energy. The divine cosmic energy was used to create the celestial realm, and dark cosmic energy was used to develop the Karmic realm, where we all live. This karmic realm is filled with many parallel universes, and the reason why we have so much darkness is because of that dark cosmic energy surrounding everyone else.

"The good thing is, the Absolute God decided to send out sparks of divine cosmic energy everywhere in the karmic realm to help needy people reach out to the celestial realm. Now, here's where the situation turns tricky.

"A long time ago, the empowered being, darkness himself, king of all dark cosmic energy, rebelled against the Absolute God, and all the Heavenly Emperors from parallel universes joined hands to deal with that person. Originally, the king was supposed to protect and manage the karmic realm under the direct order of the Absolute God. He used to keep everything balanced, making the karmic realm quite peaceful.

"But…." The bald man sighed, "The war was big. It destroyed many universes, but in the end, the King of Darkness was pushed down from his throne with his people and punished under the strict order of the Absolute God. Now, he's locked in a hellish prison with utmost security under the order of the God of Death, and that dark cosmic energy remaining in the entirety of the universe is his energy spread throughout the realm. Only demons can have access to the dark cosmic energy. Why and how? No one knows. Ever since the king's downfall of darkness, the demons became more and more powerful, destroying the peace in the karmic realm.

"To think this young man can have access to this dark cosmic energy…."

Everyone shivered after hearing those words. Shane stared at the bald man in confusion as everyone else looked at him with a hint of fear in their eyes. He glanced around and then stopped at the instructor as he pointed his finger at his face, "You don't mean it to be me, do you?"

"Yes. You have a dark aura around your body. It has never happened before." The instructor frowned as he glanced around, "The systems who have arrived here could only access divine cosmic energy because of their karma. It was because of good karma that they could enter this system world. So the demons can't reach here like this. How did you come here?"

The instructor's body brightened with cosmic energy all of a sudden. A bright aura surrounded him as his eyes turned colder and colder, making Shane's face pale. He took a step back, "Wh-What are you talking about? I-I'm a human!"

"I don't believe you," said the man as he sneered. "Demons are always found to be lying all the time."

At this point, Tess immediately walked forward and stood in front of her brother with tears in her eyes, "Instructor, he's right. He's not a demon, and even if he was, how could he still leave everyone alive? Demons are known to be aggressive enough to kill anyone and everyone just by glancing at them, but he didn't!

"He's my brother! I know it! You can check our memories!"

The bald man frowned as he looked at two people standing before him. Only then did he realize that the Livestream was still on. He turned his sharp eyes toward the screen as he opened his mouth, "Good work, everyone. It was a good performance. Let's entertain the world tomorrow at the same time, and let's create a new storyline for the next day. That's all for today, bye-bye."

He spoke those words in a bland tone as if he were bored while talking, but his words pacified the audience. After glancing at Shane's body, everyone online had become so frightened that they stared at their screens without moving. Then they all started blasting random comments about Shane being a demon who infiltrated into Imperium.

This hadn't happened. Ever.

But when the instructor uttered that it was all a play meant to entertain everyone else, they all calmed down. Wasn't the man supposed to give them all a good show?

Perhaps that was what he meant by putting up a good drama performance. The acting was top-notch!

By the time the Livestream ended, everyone had forgotten about Shane being able to access dark cosmic energy and began discussing his abilities at being an entertainer.

The bald man turned his sharp glance at the students gathered and narrowed his eyes, "Keep this a secret until I figure out the real story. If a word of this goes out, you're all dead."

He was damn serious since his entire body was covered with a cold aura that made everyone shiver. After warning everyone else, he looked at Shane and Tess standing in front of him, "Come with me."