Chapter 39 (1/2)
Eternal Life (永生) Ch. 39
The ‘Connected with Spirit’ Level
[TL: So I will still call pract.i.tioners of this level ‘Spiritual Expert’ pract.i.tioners, but the more correct translation of the level is ‘connected with spirit’]
The group of torch bearing ‘Yasha’ had clearly noticed Fang Han and Fang Qing Xue, each of them emitting a sharp scream and throwing away their torches. Wielding their steel forks, they jumped like giant gra.s.shoppers, rapidly closing in on the two, as if they had found a delicious meal.
These ‘Yasha’ had a surprisingly powerful jumping ability, one jump reaching a height of three to four people and traveling a distance of thirty to forty steps. They were able to jump over ordinary houses with ease.
Although they couldn’t glide through the air like ‘Flying Yasha’, they still showed the ferocious power of Devils.
Even ordinary ‘Spiritual Expert’ level pract.i.tioners couldn’t jump that high, or that far.
“Ten, eleven, twelve, there are a total of twelve, twelve ‘Yasha’. Twelve ‘G.o.dly Bravery’ level ‘Yasha’. Fortunately their skills aren’t as refined, and are filled with flaws.”
[TL: Turns out I made a translating mistake. Looking back, the author actually didn’t specify the number in the previous chapter.]
Fang Han’s body became upright as he held his magic sword vertically. His feet surging forward, he surprisingly charged and didn’t flee. He was going to try and kill those ‘Yasha’!
Underground Devils had a unique characteristic, and that was their incomparable strength. However, their skills were too poor, and lacked the refinement of humans. This resulted in pract.i.tioners being able to kill them by taking advantage of these flaws.
“Ha ha ha ha, we actually encountered two humans. There is even a woman! They definitely came to the ‘Underground Abyss’ to kill Demon Beasts and get rich. Let us eat the man and bring the woman back home and dedicate her to the great leader!”
The ‘Yasha’ uttered some vaguely understandable words as they jumped over at high speed.
Underground Devils had rather high intelligence, especially those of the ‘Yasha’ lineage. Ordinary ones were only slightly less intelligent than humans, with ‘Flying Yasha’ being no different from humans.
These ‘Yasha’ were capable of communication, able to create torches, and able to use weapons, distinguis.h.i.+ng themselves from beasts and giving themselves the right to be considered humanoid.
Their language and text were artifacts of the past, things which humans had pa.s.sed down long ago.
The presence of language was what made them so difficult to defeat, for it was not their strength that made them so frightening, but their wisdom.
One ‘Yasha’ leapt ahead of the pack, and reached them first. Like a pouncing tiger, it arrived and swung its fork, fiercely stabbing at Fang Han, coldness flas.h.i.+ng through its eyes. Such power was enough to pierce through a cow and turn it into a kebab for barbecue.
“Dang!”
[TL: Not dang as in dang it, but dang as a kind of ringing sound]
Fang Han firmly kicked out using the ‘Big Dipper Kick’ and hit the fork, immediately kicking it aside. At the same time, he borrowed its power and, sword like the wind, body like autumn rain, turned into a series of flas.h.i.+ng, incomplete shadows, disappearing from within the eyesight of this ‘Yasha’.
Dazzling sword!
The sword pierced through the head.
The ‘Yasha’ let out a deafening roar, one which felt as if it could rip the heart and split the lungs, and, falling backwards, fell down towards the gloomy underground river beneath. “Plop.” Blood leaking from its body, it was swept away by the raging water, disappearing without a trace.
One strike, one kill. Fang Han didn’t dare stop and continued, body flas.h.i.+ng again, dodging outwards a couple steps.
“Sou sou sou!”
Multiple steel forks stabbed towards the area where he had just been. If he had moved half a step slower, then he would have been turned into barbecue s.h.i.+sh-kebab. The enormous power of those forks was more than enough to pierce through his magic clothes.
“Kill him!”
“Yes! Where did that girl go?”
“Just now she was still behind him, but she has disappeared.”