19 Only I. (2/2)
He stretched out his arm and presented his hand, but rather than accept his hand, Mei Kongxu steppe forward and placed her hand on his shoulder. He could only shrug his shoulder in response and unleash his law of speed, supporting Mei Kongxu with it so that she could run at his pace as he followed after the horde of cultivators and beasts.
They quickly caught up to the other cultivators, the box having already changed hands in the short time that had passed. The one who previously held the box had a large bruise covering half his face, but he still joined in on the pursuit, determined to once again snatch back the item he had been so close as to holding just recently. The chase and ensuing battles only got fiercer as they got closer to the exit of the forest, the box changing hands time and time again.
And eventually, as the swarm reached the outskirts of the forest, a black-haired and silver-eyed woman who had stayed in the centre of the horde of pursuers burst forward. She unleashed more power than she had been using up until now, revealing that she had already carved her 8th rune and had entered the late stage of the Human Rune realm.
She snatched the box and charged away from the pursuers, taking advantage of this newfound distance to open the box and remove the green jade disk within it. She sank part of her mind into the jade disk to glean whatever she could from it in case someone managed to close the distance and steal it from her, but her steps halted the moment her mind entered the disk.
The screeching halt she suddenly performed caught the cultivators completely unaware, the Demonic beasts not daring to charge forward after they realized what part of the forest they had arrived in. The beasts quietly snuck away before the sect experts became displeased and killed them, but the woman who grasped the jade disk started to tremble while holding it, her fingers twitching incessantly. Shortly after she started to tremble, a deep blush spread across her face, a furious bellow erupting from her.
”Li Yang, you fucking narcissistic pig!”
The woman spun around and searched for Li Yang's figure in the crowd, throwing the jade disk to the ground and shattering it while doing so. And when the jade disk shattered, it released several motes of light that gathered together to showcase the contents of the disk.
There wasn't any cultivation technique within the disk, nor were there images showing off a rare martial art. No, what appeared in front of the gazes of the stunned onlookers was pictures of Li Yang, some where he was barely clad in his underwear and others where he was stark naked and just barely covering up his more private parts, seemingly looking embarrassed.
He had originally taken these pictures to mess with Ting Miu as thanks for the help she gave him while he cultivated the Heavenly Queen's 1st Star, but he changed his plans when he saw the people that were joining him to the World-Rending Behemoth sect. The gazes of all the people present quickly riveted onto Li Yang, who was smirking as he saw all their dumbfounded expressions.
Some were quick to realize that he had been playing with them from the very start, his sole aim being to have as much fun as he could on their expense. And upon realizing this, and realizing that they had played along from the very start and ended up wasting all the time they had in this forest, they couldn't help but tremble with fury. Even those from the Deepsea King sect weren't completely unaffected, some sighing in exasperation when they realized that Li Yang had just taken his pranks to a greater stage.
The woman who had been the first to discover the truth took half a step forward while trembling, her fingers still twitching incessantly due to the rage bubbling around within her. Mei Kongxu's gaze narrowed faintly as she too took a step forward, eliciting a sneer from the silver-eyed woman.
”Already stepping forward to protect your man, Junior Sister Kongxu? Did you not see the truth just now? That boy is just another swine from the Deepsea King sect, a little child who can't take anything seriously and thus just ruins things for others to amuse himself. Just look at the expressions of his fellow sect mates, do they look surprised or shocked? The lice were probably in on it from the start, even his father probably played along just to humiliate us. I guess that's about all you can expect from those underwater wastes of space, degenerates the whole lot.”
The woman spoke without pause in her fiery rage, so furious at having been toyed with and losing such a valuable chance that she even drew the Deepsea King sect into it. Mei Kongxu's expression turned slightly complicated as she listened to the girl, Yue Hongye's, tirade. This had nothing to do with protecting her man and everything with protecting the only clue she had to finding out the truth about the visions she saw.
But she didn't get the chance to voice that, Li Yang's hand landing on her shoulder as he stepped forward, his mouth smiling but his eyes showing a sharp seriousness.
”Now, I really don't mind it if you insult me, that can be considered your right after getting toyed with like a mindless idiot. But let me tell you this, only I get to make fun of the Deepsea King sect and my father, no one else is allowed to humiliate them or tarnish their pride, only I.”