Chapter 227: Umbrella! It’s Been A Long Time (1/2)
Chapter 227: Umbrella! It’s Been A Long Time
“Bai… Bai Qi?”
Seeing Bai Qi’s appearance, Chen Xiaolian’s heart sank.
Bai Qi should have been wearing pure white clothes. But presently, black, ink-like stripes had appeared across his white clothes.
Killing intent and the aura of death spilled out from his body. It was so thick it almost felt tangible. At that moment, that aura was firmly locked onto Chen Xiaolian.
Back!
Without showing the slightest hesitation, Chen Xiaolian reacted at a faster speed compared to Culkin’s from just now.
What strength he managed to gather up earlier was now unleashed to the maximum. With one hand holding onto Xian Yin’s waist, Chen Xiaolian jumped hastily toward the rear.
Even so – he was not fast enough!
Bai Qi made his move the same instant that Chen Xiaolian pounced backward.
A chilling light exploded and Bai Qi who had been standing still shot out toward Chen Xiaolian.
Although the blade of the sword had yet to make contact with his body, Chen Xiaolian’s entire body had already been engulfed by the sword qi. It was as though innumerable needles were being stabbed into all the pores of his body.
The wounds inflicted by Culkin earlier reopened and blood spurt out once more.
As the sword blade was about to reach Chen Xiaolian, he gritted his teeth and promptly twisted his body to draw an arc while in mid-air.
The sword missed him by a hair’s breadth and grazed Chen Xiaolian’s cheek.
After having barely dodged this sword attack, he heard a series of booms. A shockwave spread out from the sword and both Chen Xiaolian and Xian Yin were blown far away.
Chen Xiaolian made two somersaults in the air and fell heavily to the ground. Then, he sprayed out another mouthful of blood.
Even until now, his hands remained holding onto Xian Yin tightly and he had been using his back to block off the impact for her.
This attack was more powerful compared to when Culkin caused his spear to explode. Chen Xiaolian felt as though all the bones throughout his body had been broken from the attack. Pain coursed toward him from all four limbs, akin to a poisonous snake slithering within his body. The pain made it so Chen Xiaolian was unable to move even a finger.
On the ground, a deep bottomless gully that spread out through the yard could be seen. Under Bai Qi’s attack, the stone tiles that were laid upon the ground had been bombarded and scattered as a result.
This was the result of the power unleashed by just one sword strike!
“Bei Tai! Do not come out!” Chen Xiaolian had been seriously injured by that one sword strike. However, he did not forget to shout out through the guild channel. This War Pet standing before him had originally been stronger than himself. Now that Bai Qi had gone berserk, his strength appeared to be significantly more powerful than before. Even if Bei Tai were to come out, he would simply be marching to his death.
Chen Xiaolian quickly considered his alternatives.
Spear? His spear had been destroyed by Culkin. Besides… even if it was not destroyed, he no longer had the strength to engage in a melee.
Four-Eyed War Cat? Garfield had already taken heavy damage earlier. Chen Xiaolian attempted to summon Garfield but the system indicated that his pet had taken too much damage and cannot be summoned.
As he was thinking about that, Bai Qi slowly stepped toward the now immobilized Chen Xiaolian.
“Blood… lifeblood…”
Bai Qi stood before Chen Xiaolian and slowly raised his left hand.
The ground was stained with Chen Xiaolian’s blood. After Bai Qi lifted his left hand, the blood appeared to be evaporating. They rose up, transforming into a fog of blood, which then flowed into Bai Qi’s palm.
It was not limited to that. Under Bai Qi’s power, blood rose up from the wounds that were inflicted by Culkin and Bai Qi earlier, transforming into that same fog of blood.
Chen Xiaolian had just retrieved a Healing Beast Blood from his Storage Watch. Before he could swallow it, the loss of blood through his wounds due to Bai Qi’s action caused him to rapidly lose his strength.
His hand became limp and the Healing Beast Blood fell to the ground.
As the fog of blood was sucked into his palm, Bai Qi’s face that had been stiff appeared to regain a trace of life. However, the pair of black eyes remained.
Chen Xiaolian was able to roughly deduce that Bai Qi’s current state was due to him devouring Jack the Ripper’s undead spirit. The life qi and death qi within his body had lost its state of balance, leading to a desire for life qi that caused him to lose control. As a result, he only cared about desperately getting lifeblood.
This was a War Soul’s instinct.
But… how is this possible?
In the system, Bai Qi is shown to be my pet!
According to the laws of the system, a pet absolutely cannot attack their owner!
Why can Bai Qi harm me?
Why can his actions defy the laws of the system?
…
Chen Xiaolian could feel that his life was being sucked out by Bai Qi, bit by bit and was being merged together with Jack the Ripper’s undead spirit. Once he regained a state of balance, Bai Qi’s strength would leap up to a much higher stage.
Unfortunately – Chen Xiaolian was uncertain if he would live to see it!
Considering the speed at which Bai Qi was absorbing his life qi, Chen Xiaolian would be turned into a withered corpse long before Bai Qi could regain his state of balance.
Bai Qi’s extended hand suddenly trembled. Following that, the fog of blood that was flowing into his palm also became sluggish.
A figure flew out from the door of the museum.
Bei Tai!
“Guild Leader, let’s go!”
Bei Tai used his remaining right hand to throw a fist at Bai Qi. At the same time, he shouted out toward Chen Xiaolian who was on the ground.
He was originally supposed to play the role of a field controller. However, he finally chose to ignore the warning that Chen Xiaolian gave through the guild channel and make a move against Bai Qi.
Bai Qi was using his left hand to suck up Chen Xiaolian’s life qi. Bei Tai believed that by using his full powered Air Incarceration to lock up Bai Qi’s left hand and then going forward to interrupt Bai Qi, he would be able to give his Guild Leader a chance to escape.
As for what would happen next, what would happen to him, he was simply too reckless of a person to care!
However, Bai Qi did not even bother to give the incoming Bei Tai a glance.
Bai Qi’s extended arm quivered for a moment before regaining its former steadiness. The flow of the fog of blood was only delayed for a negligible instant.
Without putting up any struggling action, Bai Qi had broken the Air Incarceration skill used by Bei Tai on his left hand.
Following the collapse of his Air Incarceration skill, Bei Tai spat out blood into the air and fell face first onto the ground.
He did not even turned his head around!
He did not even raise an eye!
He did not even make an attack!
Yet, Bai Qi had heavily damaged Bei Tai!
After falling to the ground, Bei Tai too spat out a mouthful of blood. Likewise, under the powerful suction force exerted by Bai Qi’s palm, the blood transformed into a fog of blood and were gathered into his palm, used as nutrients by Bai Qi to be integrated with the death qi.
Bai Qi!
God of Slaughter, Bai Qi!
Wounding Culkin in just one move!
Wounding Chen Xiaolian in just one move!
Wounding Bei Tai with just one move!
…
There is no way out…
No, there is one!
Chen Xiaolian gritted his teeth and stared right at Bai Qi who was standing before him.
Goddess of… Dawn!
This final skill was meant to be used against either Culkin or some other BOSS.
Chen Xiaolian could never have imagined that it would end up being used against his own… … pet.
Chen Xiaolian exerted his all to support his own body even as his body was quickly losing blood.
Bai Qi had already turned around. He walked slowly and steadily toward Chen Xiaolian.
Chen Xiaolian faced Bai Qi and slowly opened up his right palm…
Go all out!
At that moment, Chen Xiaolian was quick to notice that something was off!
Bai Qi… he suddenly moved.
Bai Qi’s figure quickly moved past Chen Xiaolian. Surprisingly, his objective was…
Xian Yin?
…
Compared to Chen Xiaolian and the two brothers, Xian Yin who was an ordinary person represented a negligible threat. Yet, Bai Qi’s eyes had turned toward Xian Yin. It was apparent that a surge of change had appeared within his black eyes.
Bai Qi even went so far as to ignore Chen Xiaolian!
He walked until he was beside Xian Yin and looked at the woman who was lying on the ground.
More accurately, there was only one thing that Bai Qi’s black eyes were looking at.
“… … umbrella (簦)! [1]”
…
Xian Yin who was lying on the ground was terrified. She weakly held onto the umbrella and watched the white clothed man standing before her.
“… … UMBRELLA (簦)!”
Bai Qi’s tone suddenly rose slightly. A trace of hostility leaked out from within his eyes while his voice carried with it traces of…
Anger?
…
Umbrella (簦)?
Chen Xiaolian froze for a bit. Then, he quickly realized it.
The word umbrella (簦) that Bai Qi had said meant umbrella (伞)!
Bai Qi was a citizen of the State of Qin.
In those ancient times, the word for umbrella (伞) was…
Umbrella (簦)!
But…
That can’t be right!
That can’t be right!
…
Chen Xiaolian’s face turned highly odd.
He was unable to understand why the man who looked like Qiu Yun, the one whom he had fought against earlier would act so strangely after seeing the umbrella.
And now… … even Bai Qi was showing such a strange expression.
…
In the distance, Culkin had stopped running away after seeing Bai Qi turn around to attack Chen Xiaolian. The moment Bai Qi noticed the umbrella in Xian Yin’s hands, Culkin subconsciously tightened his palms into fists and his fingers punctured his palms.
“Umbrella? It really is that umbrella? I was not mistaken…?”
…
Xian Yin lay on the ground in a dishevelled state. Naturally, the gracefulness of a Countess was no longer present.
The man in white standing before her had brought too much fear upon her! The invisible pressure, the pervasive killing intent and those black eyes…
“I… I… I… …” Xian Yin trembled as she held dearly onto the umbrella. She brandished it subconsciously and said, “Don’t come! Don’t come!”
“Umbrella… … umbrella!” Bai Qi suddenly became enraged.
His face suddenly became twisted and the sword in his hand was pointed toward Xian Yin!
“You are… umbrella! You… go die! DIE!”
In that moment, Bai Qi appeared to be having emotions of his own.
And that emotion was pure anger!
The degree of anger had caused him to forget his instinct, his instinct to absorb lifeblood!
Chen Xiaolian was lying not far away. Seeing Bai Qi raise the sword in his arm, Chen Xiaolian was only able to give rise to a shout. No matter how he struggled, he could not activate the Overwhelming Sunlight Purification in time…
A chilling sword light flashed out!
The sword pierced through the black umbrella in Xian Yin’s hand with ease. It went through the umbrella fabric and stabbed into Xian Yin’s heart! A mass of blood sprayed out from her back!
Xian Yin’s pair of beautiful eyes widened and she looked at Bai Qi in a daze. Then, she subconsciously lowered her gaze to see her own chest…
Blood was spraying out and Xian Yin’s body abruptly fell limp.
She closed her eyes.
Chen Xiaolian was stunned.
Culkin was also stunned!