119 Paragons. (1/2)

Fang Ying looked at the unconscious Li Yang, a sweet smile hanging on her lips. She planted a quick kiss on his lips and then moved him onto her back, carrying him in a piggyback. She cast her eyes onto the weakened people around her, speaking up in a clear voice while pointing at the bridge.

”You should all take one or two Qi restoring pills to quickly restore some of your energy, we'll be able to escape much faster like that.”

She gave a light wave of her hand while talking, a purple powder appearing in the air around the weak people, descending onto their skin and seeping into their bodies. They could feel their sore bodies quieting down after the powder seeped into them, it seemed to be a numbing poison that would deal with the pain they were feeling after having all their energy forcibly drained.

Seeing the carnage that was the city around them, none of the people here were dumb enough to waste a single second, immediately swallowing any pills they had on hand to restore their energy. They all then rushed out onto the bridge of ice that Li Yang had created, quickly fleeing towards the island it connected to. While they were quickly making their way across the island, one of the people jogging in front of Fang Ying couldn't help but turn around, gulping as she looked at the ruined island and then at Li Yang, asking the question that was on everyone's mind.

”Senior Ying, could you tell me, just wha... just who is he?”

She quickly swallowed her words before she was able to ask 'what' Li Yang was, changing the question. Yes, Li Yang had relied on an array that focused all their power on him to unleash such horrid destruction, but the girl was certain that if anyone else had tried to do what he did, the rampant energy would tear them apart.

But he had controlled that energy nearly perfectly, it was as if he was already accustomed to controlling such vast amounts of violent energy. Fang Ying's gaze swept over the others, who were now all either looking at her or listening with perked ears, a light giggle escaping her lips.

”Didn't I already tell you? He's my husband, and he's the most terrifying and terrific man to ever exist.”

It was an answer that couldn't even be called that, it sounded more like the braggings of a girl trying to show off her dearest treasure. The eyes of the surrounding people continued to look at Fang Ying in an attempt to press her for a proper answer, but all that met them was Fang Ying's bright smile.

The others were just about to turn their gazes away in rejection and focus on the path ahead of them, but Fang Ying and Langshen's eyes suddenly shot open, cold sweat pouring down Fang Ying's face as she quickly lowered her head, gazing through the icy bridge. The others quickly followed her lead, lowering their eyes, their gazes freezing in shock and fear.

A massive eye was visible beneath the bridge, glancing at them with an indifferent light floating around in the eye. A massive black shadow was visible beneath the eye, spreading out further than the eye could see, larger than even the island they had just left. The cultivators couldn't help but feel cold shivers run down their backs. Such a large thing had...snuck up on them without anyone noticing?

Fang Ying's fingers were fidgeting on Li Yang's thighs while everyone was gazing nervously at the eye, her mind racing to come up with as many plans as possible that might be able to save them. After gazing at them for a short few moments, the eye swept over Fang Ying, a somewhat surprised voice rumbling out in her mind.

”Ohh, the paragons... of creation and destruction... have come here together...? What a rare occurrence... rare indeed... Very well, be... on your way... and give those... old fellows my, Xing Yuyen's, greetings... when you see them again...”

The voice, Xing Yuyen, spoke very slowly, but at the same time, it sounded as if all the words came out at the same time, it was an exceedingly strange thing to experience. The voice of Xing Yuyen felt like thunder going off in Fang Ying's head, rocking her mind and nearly causing it to go completely blank from the reverberations. Luckily, Xing Yuyen didn't say anything else, the massive eye vanishing into the depths and leaving Fang Ying's mind filled with questions.

She could somewhat guess at what Xing Yuyen meant by Paragons of creation and destruction. Back when she and Li Yang died and were reincarnated, they each spoke to a strange being of their own that sent them to reincarnate. These beings called them their successor due to the fact that they had comprehended either creation or destruction, so she guessed that being a paragon meant being the successor of such a being.

But this knowledge raised several questions in her mind. Who were those 'old fellows' that Xing Yuyen spoke about, were there other paragons, and what exactly was the identity of the beings that had helped her and Li Yang reincarnate? Being filled with questions but having no way to answer them was a rather annoying feeling so Fang Ying couldn't help but give a light click of her tongue, glancing at the peaceful face of Li Yang.

She quickly calmed down upon seeing his face, shaking her head lightly and throwing away the thoughts for the moment. Oh well, it didn't really matter as long as she got to be with Li Yang. She swiftly picked up her pace again, the still terrified cultivators quickly following after her, all of them crossing the bridge and arriving at the new island.

This island was smaller than the previous one, only around 200-300 kilometers in width, a dense tropical jungle covering the entire island. The trees in the jungle resembled umbrellas, the leaves weaving around each other at the very top of the tree. Standing at the center of the island was an exceedingly strange mountain, the base of the mountain was very narrow, growing thicker and wider the closer to the top of the mountain one got, it was like an upside down cone. After they all reached the island, Fang Ying stomped on the ice bridge and shattered the part that connected to the island, turning to the others when she was done.