Chapter 254 - The Weak Spot (1/2)

With that newfound discovery, I quickly unlocked my phone and looked for Father’s phone number and tapped on it!

Father sounded as if he was sleeping when he answered after the dial tone with unmistakable lethargy in his voice. “What time is it now, Father?” I asked first. A beat of silence ensued as Father checked his watch before he breathed into the mouthpiece. “One in the morning. What is it?”

I quickly gave him a concise version of what was happening. Father remarked in a drowsy voice, “The Stone Sentinel Maze… That’s easy. Just look for the weakness. Find it and destroy it.” “I know! But I can’t find it!” “Huh?! Then what good is your Spirit Sight for?!” Father scoffed impatiently from the other end, although his voice softened just as easily, “Use the Spirit Sight and look east.” “But the directions in this enchanted space are all jumbled up. How am I supposed to know where’s East?” “Up is North, Down is South, Left is West, and Right is East. Just follow your present course. Disregard the enchantment.”

With my Spirit Sight on, I looked to my east just, as per Father’s instructions.

Immediately I saw tendrils of malicious aura swirling to and fro at the direction I was looking at despite the darkness. There he is, I thought quietly, feeling my heart beginning to race. Behind me, Lin Feng adjusted his hold of the still-sleeping Chongxi and squeaked a whisper, “See anything there?” But I made no reply. Instead, I spoke into my cell phone which I was still holding close to my ear, “What now?” Only there was silence. I lowered my cell phone and looked. Father had ended the call! Caught between tears and laughter, I scoffed. What a father I have! Is he not even worried about me?!

With only myself to shrug helplessly to, I scowled quietly while looking at where the malicious aura was concentrating at and I saw a humanoid shape crouching in the midst of the darkness, shrouded by the thick evil aura. I have found him! Cao Xuedong, the weak spot of this enchantment!

I tugged at Lin Feng’s arm and pointed at Cao Xuedong’s direction quietly. “So, we go here this time?” he asked and I merely nodded and we began moving together.

Several minutes passed and we got closer to the mass of malicious aura. Strands of it encircled us like a strong fog that would have also blinded us if not for the dark, spreading far and wide in all directions. In the center, where the aura was coming from like a natural spring, was the origin which could only be Cao Xuedong!

We were very close and there he was, running off in another direction to evade us! By the time we reached the spot where he was first hiding at, the nimbus of malicious aura had moved with Cao Xuedong and was now five to six meters away from us.

Lin Feng stopped when he saw me halted. Before he could ask me the reason for stopping, he saw me weaving hand seals behind my back. Having grown up with me, he immediately knew what I was doing and he could see that I have noticed something. I spun slowly and gave him a knowing look which he confirmed and quietly slipped his hands under his shirt where the pouch for his throwing darts was.

A ball of flame burst into life on my opened palm just as the order of hand seals ended with the Seal of the Sword. The mass of evil aura shuddered as if in fear when he saw the Fire Charm I conjured, although he made no other movement, deciding only to quietly observe me. He must be unaware that we have found him.

In contrast, I was edgy and anxious to put a stop to all this. I threw the ball of flame at the mass of evil aura that was Cao Xuedong like how I would with a baseball and it streaked through the black space like a bullet. With a loud bang, it smacked right on him and engulfed him in flames and the black space was quickly illuminated by the hungry flames roaring to life, licking away the darkness around. Through the flickering luminescence, we could make out a human figure trying desperately to bat away the flames. I’m right, the mass of evil aura really is the weak spot, Cao Xuedong!