Chapter 147 - The Valley Of A Thousand Death [Part - 2] (1/2)

”Ah, the valley of a thousand death.”

Chang Chang exclaimed in apprehension. The dreaded valley of the summoning. It resembled the Valley of The Flowing Blood where she summoned her companion beast, a blood phoenix. But this valley was very different. The level of danger it contained and its importance, were greater than the The Flowing Blood valley. Weapon is regarded highly than a beast companion. A blood was measured by the soul weapon. A weapon could easily place a powerful blood at the top of the ladder in this world.

Chang Chang sighed and followed her parent. She had been preparing for this day her whole life. Her existence as a blood would be based on the outcome of today. As long as she could summon a soul weapon, her blood life was assured. Looking at the place, she nodded her head. The valley of A-Thousand-Death was a place with an appearance that proved true to its frightening name. The three enormous  mountains that surrounded the place formed a great dome over the valley.

The enormous gateway to the summoning valley was made into five. Each of these entrances lead to a separated section of the valley which allowed five bloods to summon at the same time without much interference.

From the moment the bloods entered through these passages, they would be met by exploding death shards. They were rotaing over the craters of poisonous bubbling ash-coloured liquid. However, the most dangerous were the phantoms lining the sides of the valley. These dangerous entities were placed there in the event of any young blood who failed to come for summoning within three days after the awakening. The entities would face the bloods in gruelling battles.

”Once inside, there was no other way of escaping the valley apart from the entrance, since there was only one way in and out of the death valley.”

Chang Chang remembered the words of her parents. Looking around, she saw many bloods who were waiting for their turns to summon. Despite her coming very early with her parents, she still met quite a number of bloods at the valley. She waited in total anxiety as she continued to watch them. They were going in and coming out of the valley, one by one.

Since she had arrived, all the bloods had been completing their trials with no greater difficulties. Their summoning had been going on smoothly too. And when she saw some of the weapons they were bringing out, she couldn't help but sighed inwardly. Weapons meant everything to the clans. They showed the power of a clan. It was true that there were seven different types of weapons in all of the universe. Ranging from the generic, the to the cosmic weapons.

But the true prizes lay with the astral and cosmic weapons. Although it had been ages when a cosmic weapon had been summoned. Maybe the cosmic weapon was beyond her, but what about the astral weapon, could she summon one?

Chang Chang continued to watch the summoning as she waited for her own time. Different ightning bolts escorted the summoned weapons from the heavens. Lightning was the universal way for the on-lookers to know the nature of the weapon coming to the summoner. She knew all the colours by heart.

White lightning signified the generic weapons[basic weapons], blue lightning for imperial weapons, yellow lightning represented legendary weapons, red lightning for epic weapons, mythical weapons by green lightning, astral weapons was heralded by orange lightning, and the cosmic weapons through the violet lightning.

Chang Chang saw the blue lightning summons six times, which meant an imperial weapon. Four times she witnessed the yellow lightning struck which showed legendary weapons. The epic weapons were summoned three times through the red lightning. And once, she saw the green lightning which greatly increased her anxiety. Although she had been preparing for today for a long time, being here now, was totally unnerving.

When her turn finally came, she looked at her parents who gave her a confirmatory nod, before she slowly but steadily made her way to the entrance and entered the valley. As she walked on, she noticed that with each foot she placed on the ground, there was a loud thudding inside her soul that made her head banged achingly. The power of the valley over any blood.