Chapter 10.2 (1/2)

Chapter 10: Soul-eating Beasts (Part 2)

Lu Jue gazes into the direction that Qi La has disappeared. He is unable to sense much. He ponders for a moment before deciding to retreat to the boat to await Qi La’s return. Only when he turns around does he discover that a dark shadow has been stationed unmovingly behind him for a prolonged period of time.

A layer of sweat rises to the surface of Lu Jue’s palm.

To be in such close proximity to him and not be detected, this means that his ability to hide away his soul powers is strong enough o hide away all traces of him. If he ever decides to a.s.sa.s.sinate someone……

“Yo, h.e.l.lo.” The tall and broad-chested man greets him with a low and attractive voice. “Do you still remember me? Five years ago, in the forest of the north, we were fighting over Tong Que.” A dangerous teasing glint is seen in the smile in his eyes.

Lu Jue’s pupils tighten instantly. He looks at the tall man before him. His body is lean and tight, his dark robes hugging his powerful physique closely. His face is like the silhouette of a dim valley, yet when he smiles, the dismissiveness at the corner of his lips is identical to the boy from five years ago.

“Why are you here?” Lu Jue scans the area.

“Oh, me? I’m here to kill two people.” The smile lingering on Nether’s face is still dangerous. He sounds as if he doesn’t realize how uncomfortable his words are, stating them calmly as if discussing the weather.

As if a thought suddenly strikes him, light glares from Lu Jue’s irises. He looks at Nether silently.

“You should know these two. They’re both Qi La’s disciples as well.” Nether continues. After saying that, his gaze towards Lu Jue is challenging, as if admiring a trapped beast with its spikes rising slowly on its back.

“Why is it that I do not know of such an important thing?” Qi La stares at Thalia. He finds it hard to believe that the young girl he had met five years ago and regarded as monstrous is now a n.o.ble lord of the Aslan Empire.

“You know, you’re already so old, why are you so dramatic.” Thalia approaches Qi La slowly, looking like a thundercloud is shrouding her body. “Didn’t I come all the way just to tell you this?”

“I should hear something like this from the mouths of the Silver Priests directly.” Qi La’s glare is firm. In his eyes, the words “you are not worthy” is painted obviously.

“Hehe~ ai yah~ Qi La, why are you still putting up that pretense? You’re no longer the Top Lord, let’s put the laughable pride aside. You have to remember that I am the Forth Lord, just one rank below you. Nether is now the Second Lord, so by right, when you see him, you should be showing him some respect. So, you……” Thalia’s eyes are as clear and beautiful as cherry blossoms beside a spring, “Should find closure.”

“No. I will ask the Silver Priests personally.” Qi La turns to leave, ignoring Thalia completely.

Thalia clenches her teeth before chasing after him.

Along the vast coast of rocks, only Nether’s lean and powerful shadow can be seen perched high on a rock. The wind blows his robes open, revealing most of his bare body in the sea wind. His manly scent and masculine power shrouds his surrounding air.

Qi La scans the area. When he fails to spot Lu Jue, he closes his eyes gently to sense the surroundings, yet he still feels nothing.

“Where is Lu Jue?” Qi La asks Nether coldly.

“Didn’t see him, I’m just here waiting for Thalia. Yo~ she’s here.” Nether glances behind Qi La. Thalia’s light paces make her resemble a black flower being carried over by the wind.

“If you dare touch Lu Jue, you will wish you were dead instead of alive.” Qi La looks at Nether’s perverse expression as he speaks with a voice as cold like he is form the depths of h.e.l.l.

“I won’t dare. He’s your disciple, isn’t he, master Qi La?” Nether lets out a bark of laughter, “Oh no, I shouldn’t call you mater now. You’re the third, no? I completely forgot that I’m already the Second Lord now.”

Anger of being ridiculed is blatantly expressed on Qi La’s face, yet he suppresses his anger and does nothing.

“The only person I touched was Zang He. Then again, he’s much too weak. Didn’t even know I was near. Was still sleeping so I had to wake him before I killed him. I mean, he was the Disciple of Earth, I didn’t think he’d be that weak……”

Nether’s words cut of abruptly. An icicle releasing cold mist is clutched in Qi La’s hand and held against Nether’s throat.

Thalia’s pupils tremble. She hasn’t seen Qi La move. Just what kind of speed was that…..must too fast……

There is not a hint of fear as Nether gazes at Qi La. He even goes as far as to push Qi La’s icicle higher up onto his neck. A drop of blood rolls down along his neck and onto his toned chest. “If you have it in you, then kill me. All I’m doing is carrying out the mission the Silver Preists tasked me. If you kill me, it equates to rebelling against the entire Aslan Empire, so try……being hunted down by that new monster, how it’d feel to be chased by Gilgamesh. I a.s.sure you that it won’t feel good. Hahaha……” Nether’s adam’s apple shakes as he lets out a haunting string of laughter.

Qi La clenches his teeth as his hands shake. Finally, he tosses the icicle into the ocean.

Thalia lets out a silent sigh of relief. She opens her misty eyes and senses the soul powers surrounding her. She gradually senses a secret, and this secret causes he to pale slowly.

Qi La moves before a large rock. As he raises his hand, a thin but sharp wall of ice rises suddenly from the surface of the ocean beneath the rock, cutting the rock into half easily. One half of it splashes loudly into the ocean, leaving the other half perched on the coast like a smooth stretch of wall. He moves over and rests his hand against the wall. After a few strands of his golden soul powers intermingle with the surface of the rock, the smooth surface of the rock wall is now a chess piece.

“This chess piece returns to the imperial capital Gelanerte. I am going back to ask the Silver Priests personally. If any of you happens to chance upon Lu Jue, tell him to go back to the imperial capital to find me.”

“Will you mind if we use your chess piece too? We’re going back as well, and this place is really so far from the imperial capital……” Thalia says delicately as she appears behind Qi La.

Qi La scoffs before disappearing in front of the rock wall.