Chapter 71 – Impasse (1/2)

Chapter 71 – Impasse

Ye Wei stood on the edge of the field close to the now sealed exit, and the two effigies next to him raised their arms simultaneously throwing their fists towards him.

Luckily he wasn’t unprepared. He was already in the air before the fists came close to him. He was able to dodge one of them but the second one connected in a flash despite his efforts.

“Ah!” Ye Wei’s left hand was holding the scroll but he didn’t feel the need to tear it. He clenched his right fist and hardened his muscles. His skin glowed with a green tint as he channeled his Qi.

Although Ye Wei was still a four-star Student, his strength and the amount of will-force and Qi he had was what you would find in a six-star Student. The cosmic energy, Myst-level Falling Star cultivation method, and all the pills were the reason he was becoming so exceptional.

‘Let’s try this!’ He thought as he threw his fist towards the brown stone fist coming his way. His strength was no match to the effigy’s which caused his whole arm to become numb from the impact, but he was able to use the recoil to push himself away and dodge the rest of the non-stop assault.

Ye Wei was drenched in sweat just from this brief physical exchange.

‘It’s too dangerous; if I was any slower I would be meat paste by now… I didn’t even have time to tear the scroll!’ He felt lucky that he got away, now that he was a safe distance from these two effigies. He knew how fast they were, and now that he had an idea of what to expect, he started to plan how to deal with them.

‘They are not that strong. Their strength is comparable to a seven-star Student at most. Furthermore, their attacks are unbelievably fast but their movement in general is slow. It must be due to their weight.’ Ye Wei analyzed the effigies’ every move as he danced around dodging them.

Many others started fighting the effigies close to them once they realized they looked scarier than they fought. Bolts of fire, ice and Qi weapons flew all over the field. Seeing how weak the effigies actually were, some of the Warriors who ran in fear started to become themselves again; they stopped fleeing and fought instead.

The effigies were easily stopped and knocked back by the Warriors’ stances.

“They are not that powerful!”

“God, I was so scared!”

The crowd started to calm down as they gain control of the situation.

They were weak in general and the strength of the brown effigies varied from that of a three-star Student to a ten-star Student. What made their attacks lethal was the weight behind them.

As the crowd got used to the effigies’ attack patterns, they became more relaxed, and saw the situation as an opportunity to train themselves. Everyone started attacking the brown stone beings instead of solely defending themselves a minute ago.

Not only did they started attacking the effigies, some of the Warriors actually succeeded in smashing them into pieces. Song Gui, driven by rage was one of the first Warriors to shatter an effigy with his bare hands.

“That is for my friend you killed!” Filled with adrenaline and satisfaction of avenging his fallen comrade, he spat on the pile of rubble and shouted angrily. But he wasn’t done, he wanted to break as many of these damned effigies as possible to ease his pain.

Song Gui turned around to fight another effigy that was armed with a stone sword in each of its hands. As he set his eyes on the next target, a scarlet crystal broke out of the rubble pile and flew towards him like a speeding arrow.

Song Gui could hear a screeching sound and felt an approaching force from behind. The crystal flew too fast for him to react. “Ouch! What was that?!” Shocked by the pain in his spine, he screamed.

Just as the scarlet crystal landed on his spine, it shattered and released a thick cloud of bloodmist.