Chapter 54 - 54 : Be Gone (1/2)
The woman who just appeared from the crack approached Arthur and assessed him while smiling.
”Boy....To think I finally found you, this will surely bring me a lot of benefits, It won't be long before I arrive here, wherever here is..”
Then she looked around but she couldn't find out where exactly she is, in what planet.. She just found Arthur by using a forbidden spell which cost her a lot, she bet on it and fortunately, it worked.
Just as she said that, Arthur storage ring vibrated then a skeleton came out of it, surprisingly it was Zodiak's corpse which was only a skeleton now, it appeared more alive than ever and its eyes were jet black.
Even the woman seemed surprised by this, the other witnesses couldn't normally see her except for Arthur and the appearance of this skeleton startled her a little.
The skeleton didn't speak, it only raised it's hand and immediately, a huge black vortex appeared next to the woman, it was like a vacuum attracting everything, even the woman's face whitened as she saw this vortex.
She began to write some strange white lines on the air however it didn't seem to work as she was being pulled by the vortex at a rapid pace.
After several seconds, she was almost sucked in and at that time, the silent skeleton finally broke the silence and coldly said
”It's too early for you to come here, be gone treacherous woman from Heavenly Snake Clan”
Then, the vortex began to shrink followed by the woman's yells and in no time everything returned to normal, the skeleton turned to look at Arthur for a second before returning to his storage as if nothing happened.
All of this was only visible to Arthur, the others only saw the black chains holding Arthur, even Lucy didn't see the skeleton nor the woman.
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Arthur's body began to regenerate at rapid speed, his high vitality was really useful, however, his body was bloodied and his limbs twisted in a weird manner which made it look even more disturbing.
Such pain was nothing compared to what he was feeling a couple of seconds ago, he sighed and his mind calmed down a bit, but he was feeling a bit fearful, he couldn't resist for even a split second if that woman wanted to kill him then he would have been killed.
Lucy, who has been standing not too far away from him, rushed next to him and began observing his injuries, her face was full of worry as she looked at Arthur's state.
She retrieved the Minor Healing Elixir and the Miraculous Healing Potion and fed them to him with extreme gentleness however they did nothing, it was as if he only drank some water.
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Saly also came running toward Arthur, her face full of tears as she was very anxious, she didn't want anything to happen to him and when she saw him screaming like that she obviously thought he was going to die.
She hugged Arthur's bloodied body forgetting that he was injured and began sobbing and calling out to him.
Arthur let her do as she pleases and tried using some minor Healing on himself which surprisingly worked, it didn't do anything big but it helped ease the pain by a little.
Mary and Wuji were still dumbfounded by what happened, the old man gazed and seemed lost in thought, he didn't know what exactly happened, but for those chains to be able to let him scream like that, a person with his strength, they must not be ordinary or the least bit weak.
Soon, his surprised gaze turned to a serious one as he seemed to have come up with a dangerous idea.
Wuji charged at Arthur and Lucy, wanting to finish them off, from the very beginning he didn't want to invite them into the clan but as he couldn't win against Arthur he had to stop but now since the man is heavily injured, he wanted to kill them and end it.
His speed was very fast, however, Lucy who was almost as strong as Arthur, sensed him and lifted her head only to see the old man coming her way with his palm prepared to strike, she was already worried about Arthur and seeing someone use this opportunity to finish him angered her.
In a split second she rushed at an old man who was equally surprised by her speed as he never expected her to be this strong, unfortunately for him, Lucy was in no mood to spare him, whether he is important or not, she launched a punch with all her strength intending to instantly kill him.
If he is struck by this he would obviously die or would be heavily injured if he's lucky, previously Arthur only used half his strength and sent him flying so if Lucy used all her strength then he'll be dead for sure, of course, Wuji didn't know this so even though he saw her coming at him with a speed faster than his, he was abruptly startled, nonetheless he didn't back off and already readied his strongest attack.
An almost invisible golden dragon was formed around his hand, it roared and made his palm more brilliant, the palm itself emanated a strong pressure with a dense green fog enveloping it.
The two strikes were going to touch each other when all of a sudden, something or rather someone came between them.
Lucy's punch was stopped as a cold palm completely stopped it as for Wuji's palm, it was also stopped in a similar way.
If one would look closely, they would see a black-haired woman between them, she wore black clothes from head to toe and had what seemed like daggers in her waist, she literally looked like an assassin.
Lucy, who was expecting to kill the old man was startled by what happened and gazed at the pretty woman in front of her.
The black-clothed woman, had a breath-taking face, it was extremely beautiful, however, it contained coldness, her eyes were icy and not a single emotion was showed on her face, it's as if she's a painting.
The woman stared at Lucy but the latter couldn't see what that woman's expression is as she seemed skilled in hiding it.
Lucy backed away a few steps in a flash and continued to stare suspiciously at the woman.
As for Wuji, once he saw that woman, he sighed and became even more relaxed, he was already in despair that's why he used his strongest attack, he was not embarrassed that his attack was easily stopped by this woman as he knew how strong she really is and he simply cannot compare to her even though she is way younger than him.
It was his eldest granddaughter and the master of the clan, albeit being very young, she already took over the position of the clan master and no one could oppose her, at the day of the ceremony, a few elders challenged her for the position but were mercilessly killed by her.
She is Anastassia Ma, her talent in martial art is considered non-rivaled as for magic she is also not bad, from a young age she showed unparalleled talent and she never ceased to train which resulted in her being the strongest in the clan at the time being.
”Clan Master!”
Wuji called happily, in front of the public he had to call her like that but in private he would call her by her name as she is his granddaughter.
Soon, a cold and piercing void resounded as she finally spoke while turning her head to look at Wuji
”What is this?”
She did not know what happened, she heard a loud scream so she came immediately and what she saw was her grandfather almost dying by this woman's hands in front of her.
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Just as Wuji was going to speak, someone came flying from the pagoda, at a closer look, it was a red-haired young woman with a witch hat who obviously was the long-awaited Sonia.
She too heard the scream and was curious about what happened as she saw her sister disappear suddenly.
Once she was close enough, her eyes landed on Mary then Lucy then Arthur who was on the ground, her eyes widened and her mouth was wide open, she was going to call out for her big sister but now she's dumbstruck by what she is seeing.
'That's impossible! How could it be them?' Even though she wanted to deny that, her eyes were clearly not lying to her, those two were certainly Lucy and Arthur, just by their eyes one can be sure of their identity, plus, someone with Lucy's beauty and appearance cannot be found anywhere.
She landed a couple of meters behind Wuji and hesitantly said
”L-Lucy?...”
Lucy was merely staring at Sonia with eyes full of killing intent, although she promised Mary to not kill her that didn't mean she forgave this woman, after all, she was the cause of everything, perhaps she was ordered but she did that willingly, or at least that's what it was said.
Arthur was also conscious and saw the incoming Sonia, he hated her guts, just looking at her made him enraged yet again, if he wasn't injured maybe he would not have been able to control himself and would have already killed her, it's truly a pity those damn black chains injured him, furthermore, he saw how that black clothed woman stopped Lucy's punch which could turn an adult dragon into minced meat.
He honestly felt cautious toward her, just by what happened earlier he already concluded she is very strong, at least she would be equal to Lucy if not stronger, he only saw her stop a punch so he can't judge her strength unless he fought her himself, he tried appraising but the damn system wouldn't respond.
Fortunately, his vitality was no joke and the visible injuries were healing at a speed that the naked eye can see, the only problem is the crushed organs and bones which will take a few hours to heal or regenerate so he can't fight right now.
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For someone like Anastassia who was a clan master for few years and had good guessing, she immediately knew that this silver-haired woman is Lucy, who the clan ordered to kill and that man is certainly her comrade, Arthur.
However, something doesn't add up, those two should be dead by 'judgement' 1 year ago and with their previous strength, they shouldn't be able to survive moreover, she sensed how strong the punch of Lucy is and for someone to improve like this in a year is unbelievable.
She knew Lucy was merely a student in the academy and was considered a genius, but no matter how talented a person is, they can't just power up like this in just a year, that's heaven-defying.
Lucy ignored Sonia who was looking at her with eyes full of disbelief and returned next to Arthur checking his body.
Arthur nodded at her reassuringly and used his right hand which could barely move to stroke Saly's back to comfort her, this little girl soaked his chest with tears, she really seemed afraid to lose him which moved him a lot.
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As silent ruled over and no one talked, a streak of blue lightning struck at Sonia.
Astrith was basically linked with Arthur so he could feel how much his master hates his woman and want to kill her, so even without receiving an order, he launched an attack.