Chapter 94: The Shadows (1/2)

Qin Yu walked on the dark streets. He didn’t go on the crowded and busy streets, instead sticking to the remote roads.

There naturally weren’t many people out on the remote roads. Occasionally there hanged a lantern on the houses, illuminating his dusky figure.

“Come, come catch me~, hehehe…”

Not too far ahead rung a young child’s playful voice.

Qin Yu’s footsteps paused, a smile on his face as he watched the children play noisily up ahead.

Each of the three children held a small lantern, the flame inside flickering as they chased each other.

“Don’t run, we’ll catch you! Haha!”

“In your dreams! You guys can’t catch me.”

A 4-5 year old young girl with flowery embroidered clothing ran forward with a green lantern in her hands, a young boy and girl chasing after her. They ran together in Qin Yu’s direction.

A soft, pure smile formed on Qin Yu’s face as he watched the group of innocent little children play carefreely and without worries.

“Ahh——!”

A cry suddenly rang out as the little girl ahead suddenly slipped. Her lantern fell from her hands and rolled away, the light in it extinguishing.

Qin Yu dashed forward almost instinctively to hold the girl up. He chuckled gently, “Little friend, are you alright?”

The little girl was very strong and stood up after wiping off her tears before shaking her head forcefully, “Big brother, thank you. I’m ok.”

“That’s good.” Qin Yu patted her head, smiling as he picked up the fallen lantern and returned it to her: “Hold it carefully.”

“En, thank you big brother. Big brother is a good person.” The little child’s soft voice rang out.

“Sigh, big brother was never a good person.” Qin Yu laughed.

“Big brother’s says he’s not a good person, but big brother doesn’t look like a villain.” The little girl looked at Qin Yu naively, not understanding why he said he wasn’t a good person.

Qin Yu smiled and didn’t know how to explain, “You should hurry and go home, alright? It’s so late and you guys are still running about. Your parents will be worried.”

“Okay, see you later!” The children waved their hands at Qin Yu before taking their lanterns and chasing each other all the way back home.

Qin Yu just stood there, watching the children chase each other. The soft smile on his face slowly faded away, turning cold.

“You’ve already been following me for such a long time, you should come out.”

After he spoke, a black robed figure slid out from the darkness behind him.

“I hadn’t thought you’d still be such a good person, hehe…..” Behind him, the black cloaked figure released an eerie laugh.

“I already said that I’ve never been a good person.” Qin Yu replied coldly.

“Is that so? I really want to test that.” The shadowy figure laughed evilly before suddenly releasing a sound alike to a howl in a horror movie.

“Aowooo!”

The sudden wolf-like howl in the cold night was very frightening, scaring the children who were chasing each other into stillness. The terrified children began to weep.

“Die!” A shadowy figure flew towards the children in the night sky. The blade’s sharp edge glinted coldly in the night as a deathly aura engulfed the three children.

“Be careful!” Qin Yu shouted, his figure turning into a beam as it streaked across the sky.

The black figure behind him attacked immediately after Qin Yu rushed out. The wound up sword qi was like a meteor, striking at his back. The strike didn’t have a berserk, imposing manner or a frightening hiss as it streaked across the horizon, but rather a frighteningly fast speed and a silent, intense, deathly qi.

His aim had always been after Qin Yu. Attacking those children was just to distract him.

Qin Yu released a beastly snarl as the blood saber in his hands released blinding trails of crimson light, streaking across the night sky and tearing apart the shadowy figure about to attack the children. The figure split into two parts as streams of red light filled the sky.

At the same time, a dazzling ray of sword qi rushed at Qin Yu’s back like a viper. There was no sound, but the sharpness of it was even enough to pierce through the golden silkworm armour.

Qin Yu suddenly noticed a bright light behind him and his body tensed in alarm.

“Qin Yu!” In the darkness, a woman cried out in worry. A cyan blade swept through the sky, fiercely chopping at the shadow behind Qin Yu.

“Argh!” Qin Yu shouted in rage, his image alike to a god’s, causing the earth to tremble with his roar. His aura exploded from his body berserkly as waves of qi blew around him, forming a small hurricane around his body. The qi surged, booming as it attacked the black figure behind him. The attacker’s surroundings seemed to have suddenly become a furious storm, causing him to falter a little, loosening the grip on his sword. In that instant, Qin Yu attacked.

“Blood Shadow Definite Kill!”