Chapter 9.2 (1/2)
Chapter 9: The Corroders (Part 2)
The metal-like callings are drumming against the eardrums of the young boy and girl. At the same time, each call causes their blood to quake and their ears are in pain.
Withstanding the immense pain, they maintain their initial speed. The lightning-like shadows are still crisscrossing at high speed between the tall ancient trees. Above their heads is a white shadow the size of a small hill. Tong Que flaps its large and tough wings atop the tree, causing countless chunks of acc.u.mulated snow to smash onto the ground, making the skies a blur of white.
The sharp sword-like tips of Tong Que’s wings have cut down countless trees. In the loud rumble of their impact against the ground, the young girl is calm. Her voice is unhurried and gentle.
“The attack is from the east, attack from the bottom. The next will be ten seconds later. Unknown direction.”
“The attack from the front is an illusion. Duck towards the left.”
“Do not resist this attack. It will cause heavier injuries.”
“The cross attack from the front will only have a medium impact. You can block it with your soul powers.”
“Its Soul’s Seal is underneath its wing!”
With every warning, the youth calmly withstands the attacks that are as heavy as Mount Tai.
“Ten seconds later, its soul powers will have a short break to regain energy.”
“Now!” The young girl calls out loudly all of a sudden. In the next moment, the two figures soar towards the sky and moves atop the crown of the tree. Among the falling snow, the two are standing firm and upright. Countless ma.s.sive thorns of ice pierce through the trees and curl towards Tong Que. Although they cannot pierce through its firm body that is as tough as a heavily enforced metal wall, it traps it among the trees, as if a nest of ice has been formed in an instant, encaging it.
“My turn!” With an evil smirk, the youth dashes towards the bottom of Tong Que’s wings. Just as his outstretched hand is about to come into contact with the soul beast, a transparent ripple tears violently through the air. The youth’s vision blurs as an imposing man stands in the wind waves his hand; the youth flies out due to the sudden attack of turbulent air.
“The two of you should be tens of thousands of meters away, how can you arrive so fast?” The young girl moves to catch the youth that has fallen.
“The two of us?” Lu Jue stands high atop the branches. Tong Que that is trapped within the layers upon layers of ice thorns is currently calling out to him sadly. Its large and wet eyes are filled with infinite dismal.
“Of course, isn’t there another one behind you.” The young girl turns to stare into the direction of the blizzard before saying dismissively, “You think I don’t know? Whether you’re a man or ghost, show yourself. It’s not like you can’t face us. I’m a girl yet I’m not shy.” An arrogant expression appears on the girl’s face. Such a mature expression should not be on someone who is only twelve, yet one cannot deny that it makes her look much more alluring.
Qi La appears from the misty snow behind the girl. His eyes are dark and sharp. “You said you sensed us from tens of thousands of meters away?”
The young girl smiles lightly, “Yes. Just didn’t think you’ll be so quick.” She suppresses the fear in her heart. Her fear stems from the fact that, to be able to cross such a long range in such a short period of time, there are barely any who can do that in the present day of Aslan……
Yet the truth is, the one who feels actual fear at the moment is Qi La.
The little girl sensed their presence from tens of thousands of meters away. This distance to the soul powers being sensed is almost impossible. It is even harder when there are blizzards and countless soul beasts between them……also at that time, he hasn’t used much of his soul powers. No matter how sharp this girl’s senses are, the most she should be able to sense is Lu Jue. In addition, this girl is also able to sense his presence among the strong powers of Tong Que and Lu Jue despite him hiding away almost all of his soul powers.
Who exactly is this girl……
“Are all of you here to capture Tong Que?” The young girl looks up Qi La who is towering over her and asks.
“Yes, but I see that you got here before us.” Qi La glances up at Tong Que, ensnarled on the crown of the tree above them.
The young girl suddenly giggles. Looking at Qi La and then glancing at Lu Jue, a mature expression that does not suit her naïve face appears, “If I’m not wrong, you are the lord and disciple?”
Qi La says nothing but narrows his eyes further.
“Then you should know that the two of you couldn’t attack a soul master unless you received the Red Alarm from the Silver Priests.”
A look of contempt appears on Lu Jue’s face and he gazes at her dismissively.
“Since the two of you are here first, then it should be captured by you.” Qi La speaks expressionlessly to the youths standing before him.
After saying that, Qi La looks at Lu Jue. With a spin, Lu Jue stands politely beside Qi La.
The young man looks at Qi La and Lu Jue with an unsettling smile on his face before skimming towards Tong Que. Reaching his hands out; he smacks the seal beneath its wings. A dense formation of golden patterns appears on Tong Que’s body before the shattering of gla.s.s can be heard. The patterns start to break into fine dust and disappearing, turning into countless golden threads. When the last of the golden gleam disappears into the young man’s palms, the corpse of the large soul beast suddenly breaks into countless chunks of ice, falling from the tree. The coldness in the youth’s irises is endless. Lifting his chin up, his body contorts as an expression of uncontrollable elation appears onto his features.
“What is this……” Fear creeps up Qi La’s heart.
“The two of you aren’t trying to capture it as a soul beast……” Lu Jue feels the hairs on his body stand. The young boy and girl before him seem to be two ghouls that rose from h.e.l.l.
“Hehe~ who said that we wanted to capture it as a soul beast……” The young girl turns, her eyes a white misty blur. Her laughing face is creeping them out.
“Which lord are the two of you under?” questions Lu Jue. A murderous look is painted on his features.
“My goodness, why do you keep saying things no one else understands~” the young girl blushes and replies shyly, “Who said that we are disciples? We aren’t! We have a uniform t.i.tle, we’re known as the Corroders.”
“Corroders?” Lu Jue glances at Qi La because he has never heard of this term before.
“Ai yah……” The young girl suddenly sticks her tongue out as if she has done something wrong, “I think I just revealed a small secret I shouldn’t have……what should I do now?” She turns to ask the youth.
“Kill them then.” The youth shrugs, uncommitted. The young muscular body beneath his clothes are defined and filled with strength.
“What an arrogant tone. Although I rarely appear in the world of soul bending and I’m unsure of how far it has developed in recent years, yet I still have to make sure what sort of beings the two of you are…whether you are disciples, or Corroders, none of you leave!” Qi La’s face hardens. His body does not move but a large and glowing array appears in a tornado underneath his feet and all snowflakes in the air stagnate.
“What……” The youth seems dumbfounded by the scene before him. Before he has the chance to take action, his movement and expression are stagnated in the air just like the blizzard.
Just as Lu Jue was about to move forward to capture the youths, a spooky smile appears on the girl’s face, following that, as if her face was being ripped apart, countless ma.s.sive, s.h.i.+ning blades pierce out from beneath her skin, sharp metal blades digging into the ground, tossing her high up into the air with them supporting her. She instantly resembles a ma.s.sive insect like that of a spider or gra.s.shopper. More and more gigantic blades pierce into the air form the depths of her body. These blades magnify many times and smashes to the ground like the antennae of a colossal insect. The dozens upon dozens of blades congregate on her sides and forms into a circle before rotating wildly, slicing the thick trunks of countless ancient trees. The snowflakes dance in the air causing chaos to one’s vision.
Countless waves of soul powers suddenly explode in the air, the heavy wind and snow blocking everything in sight. Qi La knows that these are just illusions conjured by the girl. With the soul powers blocking their sight, even Qi La does not know which direction the two youths escaped in.