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Chapter Cover: Yang standing there in a stance as flames grew from her body

Chapter Seventy

Awakening of the Dragon

For Yang, the battle hadn't been going as well as she had hoped. The young man across her was only holding a blade and his face was now completely covered by the white Grimm-like mask that he had and it somehow increased his power causing the darkness of the Grimm to surge around her like a suffocating blackness. His power had grown exponentially and it was pushing her back. Even with her Soul Weapon in it's released state, the young woman was barely able to keep up during the fight as she was pushed backward crashing through the numerous empty cages that were around her.

Blood dripped from the girl's head as she hissed in pain coughing. She glanced upward toward the young woman who was approaching her, his black blade seeping with darkness, and his glowing eyes stared down at her from beyond his Grimm mask. Yang pulled herself up and got to her feet again, flames growing around her body as she stared at him with her glowing red eyes.

"I'm not done yet," she said.

With a burst of speed, she launched at him and launched numerous large blast of fire from her fists aiming straight at his form but with swings of his weapon, the young man had slashed through them, the darkness seemingly devouring the flames that she had launched at him. Then with a single slash, he unleashed a devastating attack toward Yang causing the young woman to cover her face as the blast of darkness surged toward her as she was completely caught up in the explosion that followed around her.

Yang turned her gaze toward the young man and attacked with a flurry of quick punches aiming toward him but he was blocking them all with his weapon, matching her with such an ease which caused Yang to get even angrier in her advances. The young man took advantage of that for he suddenly dodged one of Yang's attack toward his face causing the blonde girl to be caught off guard by the sudden change in tactics.

With that, the sword in his hand came upward again causing the blonde to wince in pain as the sword sliced through her shoulder, blood flying of that wound and then a kick was launched into her stomach, sending her backward but Yang didn't fall down as she took hold of her shoulder, the blood seeping in between her finger.

Her gaze was fixed on the young man in front of her as she suddenly realized that he had disappeared from in front of her and then a surge of darkness grew around her drew her attention to her left side, raising one of her gauntlet to block the blade that came at her left. From the light widening of the eyes, he wasn't expecting her to actually block his attack as she was the one getting hit all the time whenever he did attack.

He jumped backward but Yang didn't attack him. The girl still had her arm raised as she was standing there, the flames burning around her. The blonde girl had her red eyes fixed upon his form as she let go of the wounded shoulder and turning toward him.

I was able to get stronger than him for just a split second, Yang thought, My reflexes are getting better and better during the duration of this fight. I should be able to match up to him…I just have to trust my instinct and have enough power to counter his completely but…how am I going to be able to do that?

The battle hadn't been going in her favor at all and she was covered in bruises as her enemy however, looked like he was just strolling on the beach. If only she could get one of her Explosive Fist attack to land against him. She had tried to close approach earlier but that didn't amount to anything for he had managed to dodge her completely and if she knew that if she continue to do something like that she will run out of power too quickly and if that happen, she'll be in big trouble.

Not only that, if I could use that same power that I used to defeat that Faunus guy but when I used it last time was because I reached that level thanks to his attack on me, Yang thought thinking back to the large amount of power that she had unleashed, During this entire battle, it was like the darkness in his attack simply eat away at my Aura…none of the attacks worked at all.

The blonde tightened her hands into fist.

For a split second, I reached a level beyond him, she thought remembering when she blocked him, I need to push myself to that level…I need to reach a level beyond that I am right now…

Yang's Aura surged through her body as her flames started to burn even stronger, the ground around her darkening thanks to the heat of the fire that was growing from her body and hair. The blonde's red eyes fixed upon the Grimm masked enemy and then dashed forward in a flash of fire causing the young man to widen his eyes lightly at the higher level of speed that she had used.

The fist came toward him at a much higher force than before, but he managed to block it with his blade causing a small shockwave to dance around them as his clothes rippled with the sudden rise in wind. Then the power from beyond the punch pushed him backward, a first since this battle had begun for he was the one that this fight was in favor of. Yang was upon him again with another punch and he had to jump backward to avoid getting hit as the large torrent of flames burned the ground black from the punch.

Yang's red eyes found him across her and with a burst of Light Step she was right in front of him with a punch already aiming straight toward his masked face. But the blonde didn't see his sword coming upward toward her face as a wave of darkness instantly took over the entire form of the blonde girl causing her to yell out as she was thrown backward from him.

Yang landed down upon her back, the flames dying around her as she lied there. The blonde let out a groan of pain from where she was lying down. The blonde let out a soft cough as she got off the floor but the young woman fell down upon the ground again upon her knees huffing. Across her, the young man had raised his blade toward her and then a ball of darkness started to form there gathering power as it grew in size.

The violet eyes of Yang stared at the blast coming at her. She knew that she was no longer in her Released Soul Weapon state as she stared at the enemy across her. She didn't feel any strength upon her body at all as her Aura was completely leeched off by that strange attack that this sword had done to her earlier…

Damn it…my power…it's completely at it's limit, she thought.

"Is this the full might of your flames?" a familiar voice spoke from within her.

She was no longer on the battlefield facing the blast that could mean her death. She found herself inside the volcano once more, standing across the woman that was made of fire. Ember Cecilia stared down at her, and by just staring at her, Yang can feel that she was displeased.

"Is that all that you have Yang Xiao Long?" she said, staring at her, "Is this truly all that you have?"

"I don't have any Aura left," Yang said, "That thing sucked it all out…"

"Is that an excuse to stop fighting?" Ember Cecilia asked, her voice cold.

Yang stared at her.

"How am I going to continue fighting when I don't have the power to fight?"

"You have me," Ember Cecilia said.

Yang stared at her, shocked.

"I'm all the power that you need to stand back up and fight," Ember Cecilia said, "You are a Huntress of the Dragon Clan. That blood is flowing through your veins and paired with me, there is no enemy that can stand against you."

The flames around the being in front of her started to rise.

"SO STAND AND FIGHT YANG XIAO LONG," she yelled.

Yang was no longer in the volcano but she was back in that room again, with the enemy across her the large ball of dark power rising even higher as the ball that he was charging up continued to grow larger and larger but then Yang got back to her feet, her eyes no longer showing the doubt that it had before but now it was focused, and ready.

The young woman took her stand as the large blast launched straight toward her.

"Hold you stance," Ember Cecilia said, "Face forward and trust in me."

Yang stood in attention as she pulled one of her fist backward.

"Do not let doubt cloud your mind and hide your potential," her Soul Weapon continued, "You are a Huntress, your enemy is your prey…Let the might of your fire rise from the darkness…"

Yang's eyes flashed red as she launched her fist forward just as the blast of power reached her.

"And BURN,"

The power surged forward as the blast had reached her but the power from her punch had managed to destroy the attack that was launched at her but not only that, it destroyed the concrete on the ground as the pressure of the punch launched a wave straight toward the masked enemy who instantly covered the face at the sudden pressure.

Yang was standing there as her flames burned from her skin. It was like the girl's entire form was made of fire. Her hair had become a long tail of flames that was flowing behind her as well as her clothing seems to dance with the same form as well.

"Ember Cecilia Final Stage," Yang said, "The Dragon."


Ruby instantly blinked at the sudden release of power. The young girl was standing with her Aura-shaped Scythe in her hand as she turned her gaze toward where she had sensed the sudden rise in power and she knew that power…

Yang, she thought shocked at the level of power she was sensing, But her power is much stronger than when she released her Soul Weapon. What is going on?


Weiss had sensed the sudden release as well and the white haired girl's eyes instantly turned toward the direction it came from. Thanks to all the cages that were around her, she couldn't see where the blonde was but, she could feel the power that was surging through her and it caused the nearby cages to rattle at the release of power.

Her power had suddenly grown leaps and bounds compared to earlier, she thought, Did it have anything to do with her Aura virtually disappearing earlier?


From Blake and Adam fight the duo had paused in the battle as they were both taken aback at the sudden rise in power that they could feel. Blake's eyes widened lightly when she had noticed who had suddenly gained so much power.

It's that blonde girl, she thought.

"What is that power?" Adam said.


With Saddler

With the Thousand Eyes, Saddler had been keeping an eye upon how the battle was going on so far and with how suddenly this came about, it caused the man's eyes to go wide in shock. He couldn't believe what he was seeing right about now but that level of power was something that he had never witnessed before in all of the years he had been living in this world but he had heard of it.

"No way," he said, "That power…Could that girl be….?"

The man stared down at the display of power in front of him, unable to believe that he was actually witnessing something like this before.

"What is that power?" Seven said from where she stood, "I…I have never felt anything like this before?"

"That power…belonged to the Dragon Clan," Saddler said, "It is also the reason why the Dragon Clan earned their name of Dragon for the one who has that power was the founder of the Dragon Clan. For that girl to actually have unleashed it…"

"An direct descendant?" Seven implied.

"She has to be," he said, "To think I would have witnessed that fabled power today…this is just glorious indeed."


Yang could feel power surging through her body. It was nothing like she had ever experienced before and the girl couldn't believe how powerful she had become and when she stared down at her hands, she noticed that Ember Cecilia was no longer around her wrist…thought now they were scales visible were the gauntlets had been placed upon her body which was now made of flames, similar to how Ember Cecilia was always when she was inside her mind.

What power…, she thought.

Then her eyes were instantly fixed upon the young man across her who had his weapon raised toward her again and he launched the same blast straight toward her but this time Yang met the attack head on as she simply raised her hand toward it and blocked it with her hand. She grunted lightly at the amount of power that was within it before it dissipated into nothingness within her palm, her red eyes fixed upon him. The young man seems shocked at she had blocked the attack from how he had stepped back.

"My turn," Yang said simply.

Then she was right in front of him, her fist slamming into his face destroying the Grimm mask he was wearing as the young man was send flying backward through the air crashing through a numerous cages that were around them and it released the failed experiments that were inside as most of the Grimm like creatures launched at the blonde, hungry for blood.

Yang stared at them before placing both of her hands right in front of her and then with a yell she unleashed a large wave of flames that destroyed the Grimms that were coming upon her causing them to fade away from existence. The young man from before came at her again as the blonde turned her eyes toward him and his sword came down upon her.

Yang raised her hand and blocked it causing a shockwave of power to dance around her as she stood there in front of him. She noticed that the young man mask was completely destroyed and blood was dripping down from his face as he was pushed against her. His clothing had suffered damaged as well probably from destroying the cages that were around her but the blonde tightened her hands into a fist.

"Dragon Fist," she said.

Her punch slammed into the young man's stomach causing his eyes to widen in shock as fire completely covered his form before he was sent flying straight toward the ceiling above and destroying, creating an even larger hole that the one she had made when they first entered inside this place. The blonde stood there staring upward at the ceiling as she sensed even more power coming from above. Yang sensed the area around her, noticing that most of her friends were still there and they seems to be holding alright too so the blonde turned her attention toward the hole above them and then with a single bounding leap, she launched upward and went flying high out of the hole and then with another kick against the air causing a sonic boom, Yang launched herself straight toward where she had sensed the fading power and found Winter Schnee there, alone facing three of the black clothed figure by herself.

Yang then came down like a fireball from the heavens and slammed a punch upon one of the nearest ones to Winter causing the black clothed figure to fly backward, surprised at the hit.

"What are you…?" Winter said shocked, turning toward her.

"I sensed that you needed some help," Yang told her.

Winter stared at her, the two eyes shocked at her sudden appearance but the white haired young woman swallowed whatever she was about to say before turning to face the enemy.

"Thanks," she said.

Yang only nodded as the duo now stands together against the trio of the black clad people.


Deep into the Laboratory

Penny appeared there in a flash of light. The young woman glanced around herself for a few moments before turning her gaze toward the large figure in front of her. This was the source of the darkness deep within the Las Hazard facility and what her Father had used to create the people that had the darkness within themselves unlike the light Blake had when they had meet.

Penny knew what she had to do. She knew that it was the source of all of the suffering that she could sense whenever someone lost their mind and became one of those creatures of darkness. She could feel it when it happened and whenever she had tried to help, she didn't know how to help but…she had helped Blake, because Blake had latched to her when she had sensed her and they had somehow been able to communicate despite being so far away from each other.

Penny could sense Blake among the people who were fighting against her Father. She was glad that her friend was alive but now, Penny was going to help just as she had done before. She was going to destroy the Source of the Darkness that lies deep into the laboratory.

She glanced toward the form of the large Leviathan that was caught into large sealing runes that were all around her. She stared at the chillingly human mask that was upon it and the large creepy grin that was upon it. Penny could feel the Light within her shining again as she gently rose from the floor, upward until she was at eye level with the Leviathan. The two red eyes of the creature had become aware of her and she could feel the hate just unleashing from it. Penny stared at it.

"Child of Asuka L. Soryu," the Leviathan echoed, hatred in it's every letter, "Child of the False deity."

Penny stared at it.

"You were banished into the Shadow," she said, "I will return you to it, Spawn of Lilith."

Penny raised her hands and a green energy started to form in front of her. The energy became even more powerful as it completely overtook the Leviathan's body causing it to start to dissipate into nothingness…but his last word caused a chill to run through Penny's body.

"You are too late…The Bell has been rung…," the voice whispered, "And Humanity will fall…"


An dark warning from the Leviathan...

Next Time: The True Form of the Released Crescent Rose

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