Volume 5 Chapter 32 (1/2)

Book 5 Chapter 32 – Ma.s.sacre

”Yiming…” Liu Meng said worriedly. She knew that something was terribly wrong with Li Yiming.

The guardians surrounding Li Yiming and his friends paused their offensive and grouped up. The abilities of this man with long, white hair was completely unknown them, and from the looks of the attack that was just unleashed upon them, they deemed him to be someone not to be trifled with.

”What incredible speed… I almost thought he split himself in seven too… This isn't the power of Li Yiming. Who is he?” Stargaze mumbled with a frown.

”Hehe… Hehehe…” Li Yiming continued his maniacal laughter. He raised his right hand slowly and a ball of black thunder formed on top of his palm.

The guardians heightened their senses and prepared for Li Yiming's oncoming attack. Suddenly, right as he raised his hand before lowering it again, he completely vanished before his hand made contact with the ground. The next second, he appeared in the middle of a group of six guardians and commenced his attack.

”s.h.i.+t!” The group of guardians Li Yiming chose as his target were all too slow to deploy their defenses, and the ball of thunder hit the ground before they could react.

A sizzling noise was heard, and the six guardians which stood around Li Yiming were enveloped by black sparks. Only one of them was quick enough to attempt to leap out of Li Yiming's area of attack, but he realized to his horror that a hand was clamped firmly around his ankle as he made his jump.

”No!” The guardian screamed in horror. The next moment, the world around him spun as he was thrown into the air.

As he reoriented himself with difficulty in the air, he could see his five comrades, standing still, their bodies scorched beyond recognition. The next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his lower back and a hand holding an orb of purple light grazed past him. His lower body was instantly blown into the distance.

”Hehe… Hehehe…” Li Yiming fell down slowly, his impa.s.sive smile conferring to him a demonic air.

The deadly blows Li Yiming had delivered in the couple of seconds after his awakening were enough to intimidate the group of guardians surrounding him, causing them to take a few steps back.

Even Eyegla.s.ses and Qing Linglong were shocked at Li Yiming's display of strength and brutality. 'How strong… is he? What level is he?'

Eyegla.s.ses, Liu Meng and Qing Linglong had only achieved over a dozen kills on the weaker of the bunch with their combined efforts, owing most of them to Liu Meng's phoenix fire, but Li Yiming had surpa.s.sed that number is just a few seconds.

As Li Yiming descended toward the ground, two more b.a.l.l.s of thunder formed in his hands. The sparks which recoiled in his palms grew longer and longer until they took the appearance of dagger blades which Li Yiming held as weapons.

”A weapon made of thunder? He's a sage…” An old man said with a trembling voice. He had clearly not expected to encounter a third sage, especially one who was going to be their enemy.

Those around the old man heeded his words, and it became clear to all of the guardians that it was a fight that they could not win. While they did have their own sage on their side, the person in question was currently engaged in a battle against Li Huaibei. Even though Li Huaibei was expected to lose, it would take more time than Li Yiming needed to kill all of them.

”Run!” The guardians only had one thought in mind: a strategic retreat in the face of overwhelming odds.

The guardians each blasted away from the scene like a rocket. Li Yiming dove into the crowd, toward one particular young girl who seemed to have forgotten to flee.

“Qiaoqiao!” Qing Linglong gasped. Her sister, unlike the other guardians, did not run away, but Qing Linglong knew that Li Yiming did not have her younger sister's safety in mind when he leaped at her.

Qing Qiaoqiao had wisely remained hidden in the crowd until then, and although her abilities were limited, she played an important role in protecting her sister and her friends.

She was still immersed in the immense joy of seeing Li Yiming's waking up. It had nothing to do with her affection for Li Yiming, as she was simply happy at the sight of his well-being again, and she believed that the danger had pa.s.sed. As she stared into Li Yiming's tenebrous eyes, she smiled, deaf to her sister's cry of horror. She knew that Li Yiming could protect her and she trusted him entirely.

As the blades of thunder traced a long arc in the air, leaving behind a trail of dazzling light, Qing Linglong closed her eyes in desperation. Liu Meng covered her mouth, and Eyegla.s.ses raised his hand in Qiaoqiao's direction as they watched Li Yiming bring his weapon down unto Qing Qiaoqiao's neck.

Li Yiming's lightning dagger paused right as it grazed Qing Qiaoqiao's neck. The discharges of electricity burned Qing Qiaoqiao's hair, and even made some of the skin on Qing Qiaoqiao's neck turn black.