Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty Two – Midday Blade Strike (1/2)
Chapter Three Hundred and Eighty Two – Midday Blade Strike
The temperature of the prison battlefield suddenly rose. The blackness of the void became dark red. Invisible waves of heat came from all directions, and twisted everything in view. Qinghua Xue felt as though she was wading through molten lava and was going to burn at any moment.
The blue flower held in her hands was like a candle flickering in the wind, likely to be extinguished at any moment.
Xiao Mo Ge was covered in flame on the other side was like a twisting ball of flame she could not clearly see.
What was most terrifying was that her consciousness was unable to find Xiao Mo Ge!
Qinghua Xue was shocked and couldn’t help but panic.
The sky full of blue flowers showed signs of becoming uncontrolled. The connection between her and them became increasingly weak. Pia pia pia! The sounds that were so weak they were almost indiscernible landed in her ears but were akin to lightning on a clear day. Seven blue flowers cut off their connection to her consciousness!
Her complexion suddenly became white!
From the day she first cultivated [Blue Flower], these beautiful blue flowers were like her closest friends, and were connected with her in her mind. She played with them, told them her innermost thoughts. She had never encountered any problems on the complex yao arts recorded on [Blue Flower] because her friends would help her.
It was the first time that she had encountered the blue flowers cutting their connections to her.
Why was it like this?
Qinghua Xue had a bewildered expression. She did not know what to do about this sudden change.
Amidst her bewildered eyes, that strange straight blade that was shrouded in the fiery flame sliced from top to bottom!
This blow was unusually slow, so slow that Qinghua Xue could see it clearly.
When the strange blade started to move downwards, the surrounding flame seemed to have been pushed by an invisible power and quickly left the blade. It broke into countless tiny flames that shot off towards the sides. Qinghua Xue seemed to have a feeling that this blade had sliced a ball of flame into a rain of fire.
The entire space seemed to be ignited in this moment.
The bright flame spread through the entire space like a snowstorm of the winter. It was so hot that waves of heat which could melt steel rose and lifted up a sky full of fiery rain. The sky suddenly became bright, wind and fire joining together. The power of the fiery rain expanded.
The wind and fire twisted and engulfed the blue flowers. The strange and cryptic blue flowers disappeared in the air like bubbles popping.
With the destruction of each blue flower, Qinghua Xue’s face became a fraction paler. She wavered.
Poof.
When the last blue flower was destroyed, Qinghua Xue’s face was as pale as paper. The light inside the amber eyes disappeared. Everything in her vision quickly became blurry.
At this moment, a deep voice could be heard through the roaring of flame and wind.
“Midday Blade Strike!”
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The yao and the mo that were fighting fiercely suddenly separated and stopped. They raised their heads at the same time to look at the void above their head.
Pu Yao’s expression was uncertain. The female warrior had a joyous expression.
Pu Yao suddenly spoke, “Your entire life was ruined by that suit of armor, are you going to ruin him as well?”
The joy on the female warrior’s face stilled, and gradually dissipated. She seemed to think of something. Pain floated on her face. She held the enormous claw and stood woodenly. The expression on her face continued to change, sometimes joyful, sometimes painful.
Pu Yao did not speak, and only looked silently at her.
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Hot! So hot!
Zuo Mo felt as though his entire body was burning. His blood, flesh, and bones were like dry timber that were being furiously swallowed by a crimson flame. His eyes were completely red, the colour of red-hot steel!
He did not know that a clear flame had appeared above his head. This clear flame was silent, but the outer flame had faint rainbow patterns.
This flame quickly spread along Zuo Mo’s body.
The moment the flame appeared out of Zuo Mo’s body, the wooden A Gui suddenly raised her head, and a deep purple light lit up in the deepest part of the dull and unfocused eyes. Lil’ Fire who had been sleeping in her arms seemed to smell something delicious and woke up from its dreams.
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“I had originally thought Daren was dead,” Pu Yao stared at the female warrior and slowly spoke.
“To swear my oath! To abide by my ceremony!” An extremely scornful expression came onto Pu Yao’s face. “Something so inflexible and trite, it is a miracle that it managed to pass down!”
The female warrior stood silently.
“It was this thing!” Pu Yao’s voice suddenly became high and filled with fury. “It ruined Daren’s entire life! Ruined the entire corps. Everyone was originally able to survive!”
The female warrior bit her lips, her black eyes filled with pain.
“Daren said right before death that she wanted me to guard it, so it will not land in the hands of xiuzhe.” Pu Yao’s tone was low. “I consented. I stood guard for three thousand years, it did not land in the hands of xiuzhe. I hated it, wanted to destroy it. I once thought the day that I managed to escape, I will throw this damned thing into the rivers of hell.”
“The time in the Yao Subduing Tower was really arduous to get through.” Pu Yao had a reminiscing expression. “If I had not promised Daren, I would not have made it through. I could not destroy it, so I had to endure. Being punished by lightning daily was nothing, what is most terrifying is to have no one to talk to, so I started to talk to it. Later, I did not hate it anymore. It is a inflexible idiot. There is no meaning in hating an idiot.”
“However, Daren,” Pu Yao suddenly lifted his head and stared directly at the female warrior, “are you going to ruin Zuo Mo as well.”