67 Chaos in the astral roots (1/2)

Ku Nam led his team through dark wet corridors hurriedly. Strings of man eating vines whipped at them hungrily. He held a formidable sword in hand as he slashed at any vine that crawled near.

”Brother Nam, looking at how restless they are; we should be really near.” Autumn bloom said

”Let's move faster.” Ku Nam said, rushing forward.

They reached the doorway soon enough, panting and slightly wounded. Except Ku Nam, who looked completely clean in his white robes. When they stepped through the doorway into a long stone hall, the man eating vines retreated. As fast as they had moved, they were not the only ones to have entered the stone hall. Opposite the long walkway at the middle of the hall, a team of four stepped in almost the same time as they did.

Tension could be felt through the dusty air as the two teams locked gazes. As though a whistle had been blown, the two teams immediately started racing through the walkway towards the platform at the end of the hall.

Ku Nam slowed down, letting his team rush past him. He pulled a lot of his physical strength to his palms and slapped two of them on the back, shooting them passed everyone, towards platform. He spun around so fast, the other team could not tell how he had moved. He faced them with his fingers already making the last of complicated hand seals.

Crackle!

Lightening crashed from the ceilings into the hall, striking everything within a twenty foot radius around him. Everyone, including his remaining team mates were struck stiff. They felt a slicing pain through their bodies. Their muscles to their cells hurt so bad, they screamed in pain. This was definitely grade five lightening.

Regardless, Ku Nam did not stop moving. He manoeuvred through the streaks of lightening and grabbed his remaining two team mates and threw them out of the walkway and thereby, out of the lightening radius. They landed on dirt with aching bones, allowing Ku Nam to turn to the other team. The other team's leader bit his lips as Ku Nam was throwing away his companions, allowing a drop blood to slide down his neck. As the blood touched his skin, Ku Nam turned to his form, shrouded in blood red light.

”A blood shield? Not good enough!” he snorted and made more hand seals. It only took a second for him to speed through all the seals, and another bolt of lightening descended. It struck the other leader, but the blood shield held.

”Hmph! You over estimate yourself.” the leader said and disappeared. He was half way to the platform the next second.

”I see.” Ku Nam appeared before him the next second and kicked him twenty metres back. The leader's body slid back past Ku Nam's companions running towards the platform at full speed.

”A technique that imitates the blink skill, an authentic blood shield; you are from the Heaven Alliance.” Ku Nam said, ”It would be a waste for me to let you live.”

”The Ku Clan. No wonder you could use lightening even with the energy restriction in the astral roots. The Ku Clan's lightening is still one of a kind. Thank you for letting me experience it. You can go to hell now!” the other leader said and charged for Ku Nam.

Ku Nam knew he was right. His lightening was not enough to break the blood shield.

”So, a physical fight it is.” he said and appeared before the other leader instantly. As his form broke out into the leader's vision, Ku Nam's fist was descending.