Other Tales 3: The Parrot and the Meat Jelly (1/2)

Other Tales 3: The Parrot and the Meat Jelly

The Universe was both pitch black, and also filled with scintillating light

It was a bit of a contradiction The dazzling light came from the innumerable worlds that existed, scattered about like seeds They were like countless glowing pearls, sending their light shi+ning out in all directions

The darkness cae In fact, the distance that existed between even two of those seed-worlds was almost iht light, only deathly stillness and pitch black

The passage of time wasn’t very obvious in the Universe Perhaps that was because the power of the Universe was so difficult for even those in the Ancestor Realht beah the Universe at shocking speed

Closer exaht contained a person He was a ed reen robe, and his face was ashen Apparently, he was being chased Although his expression was gri deep within his eyes

As the ht appeared within the darkness A wo at top speed Apparently, both of the

These two people knew each other, although they obviously didn’t have a very good relationshi+p, and were even enemies As they fled, they occasionally attacked each other in an atteet the upper hand, and yet could never do anything to permanently reduce the woh the silence of the Universe, a third beaht, within which was

A parrot!

Its feathers were glistening and colorful, and it sped along like a shooting star, majestic and beautiful It seemed like some sort of consummate Battle Weapon as it pursued the man and the woman

Suddenly, the parrot unleashed a burst of speed that rapidly closed the distance between itself and the man and wo blood to spray out of the woman’s mouth At the same time, blood oozed down the s too far! That emperor of yours won’t necessarily be able to defeat my true forh thehysterically, a clever flicker existed deep within his eyes, almost completely ihly ashen Gritting her teeth, she shot off at top speed

The pursuit continued until one of the seed-worlds appeared up ahead It was like many of the countless worlds that existed in the Universe, except that this one had not yet beco, and the living beings there had not yet becoroup closed in, the parrot’s voice rang out, cold and detached “My hter your true self! And I was given a mission by my lord to kill you, clone! You are your true self’s atteain! And I a to succeed, just like my master! And then there’s you, Ancient-Immortal spirit! The two of you will never escape me!”

The parrot’s expression was icy, and the words it spoke were even colder As they echoed out into the Universe, they see to freeze over

Suddenly, a spell for out in all directions, covering over even the man and the wo up, transfor sounds could be heard as the spell forical sy into destructive attack power that bore down on the man and the woman

In that criticala divine ability that caused his body to expand rapidly In the blink of an eye, he was a giant, with an enormous battle-axe in his hand Without a ical sy all of the power he could muster, power that could toppleout, and the enorhed up a e of collapsing A vicious expression on his face, he howled, “Daoist Fifth! You’re pushi+ng things too far!!”

Even as the words left his ed froether, becoantic, blood-colored hand

The hand radiated a terrifying aura, so that caused the parrot’s eyes to widen It iolden blood were the very reason why the parrot's lord was attehter Allheaven’s true self! It was Universe Blood!

Suddenly, Allheaven’s eyes glittered with bright light, and he began to laugh uproariously

“Ancient-Immortal spirit, it’s time to execute our plan After that, you’ll be free!”

The wo her teeth decisively Instantly, countless scales spread out over her skin Her legs ether, and a moment later, she had the body of a snake She spun in place, and instead of fleeing, shoved her hands out violently Her body withered rapidly as she drew upon her life force to unleash soic was unleashed, a powerful aura exploded out

It was a strange aura, ancient and filled with the sensation of countless years That power instantly shot toward the parrot and the spell formation

In the blink of an eye, the spell foran to wither up, and the parrot lurched to a halt, a cold light gleaan to rise up as it prepared to break through by force The ed esture, causing the hand forer Soon, it was a huge sea of blood that rocketed toward the parrot

The wo her Tian to back up

“Daoist Fifth, did you really think that the Iyou out would be like cutting the arm off of that ehed uproariously Apparently, all of his weakness froet the parrot to follow him to a remote part of the Universe, and then join forces with the woman to kill it

As the sea of blood reached its pinnacle, and was bursting with power, it transfor mark that spread out over the parrot Not a bit of panic could be seen in the parrot's eyes, however, only icy cal here, but you don’t know the price I'hter your true self! Have I fallen into your schehed, as if it didn’t wish to part with the world But then, its eyes flashed with determination As the sea of blood closed in, the parrot suddenly began to e fluctuations They were the fluctuations of self-detonation!

Shockingly, it was choosing to self-detonate in order to kill its opponents

Perhaps an ordinary self-detonation wouldn’t do anything to the terrifying aura it was facing, but the parrot had clearly prepared ahead of timent the power of its self-detonation to surpass the force it could ordinarily unleash

Allheaven’s eyes widened, but then he let out a cold laugh

“So, you’re willing to go that far Unfortunately for you, my true self has made even more preparations” As he spoke, his hands flashed in a double-handed incantation gesture, causing the fleeing wo sealed inside of her was released, and her blood began to boil Moan to rise up within her

Shockingly, Allheaven was forcing her to self-detonate in order to give himself a chance to escape

The woman looked over at hiree to sacrifice her at this critical moment left her eyes bloodshot However, a cold smile then twisted her lips