16 Are you an imbecile?

"And you, " the immortal glanced at the devil king with a hint of repugnance.

She stepped forward through the air whilst playing with the demonic orb. After she was a few steps away from the stuff white soul, she released an energy beam which contained traces of immortal might.

"Zap"

The attack landed upon the devil king, freezing him in his spot.

Satisfied with the result, the immortal looked at Dan with a loving look. Unlike before, devil king could see there were traces of motherly love in those eyes.

She smiled and then looked at the Devil's king with a change in expression. Her eyes released traces of coldness as she continued to stare at him.

From the aura emitting out of her, devil king was sure that today was his doomsday.

"Before I die, I would like to apologize to the boy, " the Devil spoke on the spot although it required it more energy than it usually did. Its honest eyes came in contact with the pretty eyes of the immortal.

It clearly was saying this, not for forgiveness, but to keep clear itself from its dark path.

The immortal wasn't sure as to what to say. She was ready to erase his existence any time soon. But, when her eyes looked through his nature, she realised he shared some traits with Dan.

Upon encountering those state of emotion, she wasn't able to proceed with ending his life.

She contemplated for a while before showing her finger through the underbody of the soul.

"Is this how it ends?" the devil wasn't fearful of death, but rather scared of the consequences that would befall upon his loved ones if he were to die.

"So that's how it is, " the index fingers of the immortal slowly moved away from the soul. The immortal's face softened as she stayed still in her position.

"Soul search!" the devil king wasn't sure how to react. He knew what just happened was beyond the comprehension of a mortal being and even some immortal ones.

However, as a mighty figure, it knew many techniques. He immediately realised the immortal used the soul search technique, and after seeing the change in immortal's expression, it was even surer.

It was about to say something but after taking a few peek of the immortal, it stopped itself. He knew that the immortal was in a state which would determine its future, so the devil stayed quiet.

" Sigh, I guess I can let you live for a while," the immortal spoke, breaking the silence that lingered around the forest. She glanced at Dan and seemed to have made a decision for him, as seen for the look in her eyes.

The devil king shuddered. Not knowing how to react, it kept on starting at the immortal.

The immortal didn't react immediately and broke the silence again to say something before fading away and putting the white soul at Dan's unconscious body.

"I would have let you go if you simply helped my son, but now since you have done what you have, I have no choice but to do this..."

...

"Mother!"

The beaming light from the sunlight struck upon Dan as he groaned emotionally.

He looked at his surrounding curiously to discover himself being exposed from all direction. All he could see was mud and hard ground- there were not even trees nearby.

Seeing this, he tried to get up to get a better view, but he struggled to even get on his knees, let alone be able to stand up.

He felt tired and weaker than he ever was in his entire life.

Unsure as to what to do, he inhaled a large amount of air like a whale to remove the strain in his body.

As his conscious got clear, he tried to channel his devil energy through his body.

" Boy, are you dumb? You aren't a devil practitioner anymore, " A mature voice sounded within Dan as he struggled to understand the problem with his body.

"Where's mother? and where's the dragon? Why do I feel so weak?" Dan was unsure as to how to put it all together. He recalled all his memories and his past experiences to realise that he was no longer unfathomable, no longer omnipotent, and most importantly no longer someone who could look after himself.

"Where's mother? I know she was there" Dan said in a hurried voice. He wanted nothing more than to hear the voice of his mother as he was currently in a fragile state.

"If you are wondering why I am inside your body, it's because of your mother. I had a deal with your mother and I have decided to stick with you for a while." the devil spoke with passion, ignoring the original question.

Dan too ignored devil king as he wasn't really relevant to him. He only needed his mother currently.

For a person who had a silver spoon in his mouth since the day he was born, it was a huge blow for him to experience what he had just experienced.

He was left disorientated. He couldn't find motivation anymore as he had no strength.

"Your mother had left a message for you before leaving. She said she was in a tight situation, and won't be able to meet you," the mature voice sounded once again, although this time it was more gentle, unlike last time. The devil king clearly didn't like getting igonered, so it answered the question.

"But...isn't she powerful," Dan said weakly. Dan didn't know how his mother was in the spirit world. But what he did know was, his mother was the most powerful person he had ever interacted in his entire life.

She didn't reveal her power to the public, however, as her only son, he knew her better than the entire world did.

If it wasn't for her heaven-defying power, he wouldn't have been stuck or have been alive inside the sun castle.

Dan was always suspicious about his mother and wanted to know more about her, but as her son, he didn't pry on any sensitive information, although, he did know she was at least a devil king rank immortal as he was around her most of the time.

"Boy, you really think human power controls our world!" the devil king exclaimed.

"Hmm, " Dan subconsciously nodded his head, "if the power doesn't control the world then what does?"

"Although power is what controls the world, it's certainly not of a human, devil's or even demon's, its God and the power of the nature that have control over our world. They can decide whether we live or die."

The devil went silent for a moment before replying, "She is probably engaged in a battle against the celestial race, magical race and the spirit race. Those are the creation of God's race, so you could say she is basically fighting Gods. "

Dan was filled with amazement after hearing his mothers jobs in full details. He didn't expect her to be in such a situation, after all from the day he was born, he had only seen her as a single mother who cared for him and only brought up her motherly side. He didn't expect her to be fighting those people while taking care of him.

"Is she fighting alone then!" Dan said with concern.

"Are you imbecile?" the devil king got annoyed as he heard what Dan's said.

"You really think a single person can fight three race at the same time?"