350 Escape! (1/2)
Although Lei Dongtian had been severely wounded by the eldest, the extent of his injury was unknown. If he was left with some combat ability – even a little - there was a possibility of escape. If he had managed to flee, a formidable foe like him would mean endless trouble in the future…
Venerable Lord Snow was unprecedentedly vexed. He was about to maneuver his mystical Qi and risk expending his basic energy to unleash Snow Fief in order to annihilate these two wicked Eclipse Panthers. However, Venerable Lord Frost’s cry broke his concentration. ”Big brother… eldest… this… it’s poisoned!”
The voice was filled with utter panic.
Venerable Lord Snow's focus faltered, but suddenly, there were sounds of wind coming from both sides. The volume of the wind’s speed was thunderous.
”What is it?”
With a start, Venerable Lord Snow gathered his mystical Qi to protect himself; at the same time, he made a quick spin as Snowflake Edge twirled in the air, surrounding him. He cried aloud, ”Ta!”
Both his palms were stretched to the sides in a fierce attack. Two black holes emerged, a striking contrast in the world of snow. Almost at the same time as the black holes appeared, two golden beams flew in from the left and right, coruscating straight into the black holes.
There was a moment of silence before the very air exploded with an ear-shattering boom.
The golden beams collided forcefully with the palm strikes of Venerable Lord Snow. For a moment, the earth quaked and the mountains shook; the massive collision caused the shattered Residence of Yun to bounce up from the ground again, dust and rubble filling the air. It was smoky as far as the eye could see; even the heavily falling snow was concealed by the dust.
Two weak mewls could be heard in the bedlam. Two tiny, white silhouettes that had been attacking from the left and right flew up like broken kites, while in front, another two tiny creatures that were initially stuck used the window to escape and fled without hesitation. It could be clearly seen that the two tiny things that escaped Venerable Lord Snow’s mystical Qi seal caught up with the two tiny ones that had been flung away and grabbed them by their napes before disappearing in a swoosh.
”Four of them?”
”There were four Eclipse Panthers?”
Venerable Lord Snow felt chills running down his spine.
Where did so many Eclipse Panthers come from? Why were there four Eclipse Panthers? According to his knowledge, could there even be four Eclipse Panthers in this world? Was this the Residence of Yun… or a panther’s nest?
He had no time to ponder upon these mysteries as he rushed over to where Venerable Lord Sword lay, dying to know what had happened there.
Venerable Lord Sword’s pained cry and Venerable Lord Frost’s wail of despair had long distracted Venerable Lord Snow. After all, there had been too many accidents tonight. Everything that could have gone wrong had gone wrong.
When Venerable Lord Snow rushed over to have a look, his scalp felt numb as he stood dumbfounded; at a loss as to what to do next. Venerable Lord Sword’s lower half was stained with blood; the exposed lower half was absolutely bloody, and there was no way of saying what had gotten injured. Disturbingly, the blood that oozed out was green in color, and it was slowly coagulating into a thick glue.
The coagulation was not a normal phenomenon. It was a condensation that was akin to the freezing process. Venerable Lord Snow, Frost, and Ice were adept in the ways of ice, and they immediately knew what was happening when they saw it.
”What has happened?” Venerable Lord Snow’s heart lurched in his throat as he asked, anticipating the worst, ”How is the eldest? Is it bad?”
”The eldest... he…” Venerable Lord Frost felt helpless. ”His lower half has been severely injured… the testicles… one of it got clawed off by the Eclipse Panther and what’s worse is that the claw of the Eclipse Panther was coated with blood coagulation poison…”
Blood coagulation poison!
Venerable Lord Snow felt his mind buzz as a wave of vertigo washed over him. It was such a severe injury! What a vicious tactic!
”The eldest is unconscious now, and his mystical Qi is too scattered to be refocused. Obviously, his physical and mental states are both damaged and it’s difficult for him to recover by himself.” Venerable Lord Frost was dismayed. ”What should we do?”
For Venerable Lord Snow, there was nothing to consider. The crotch was a man’s bloodline – there was a reason they called it their lifeline. Anything minor involved a man’s pride, while anything major included the completion of the future.
Venerable Lord Sword had always been the more peculiar one, emphasizing this aspect more than ordinary people. To make matters worse, he had maintained his virginity in order to cultivate his swordsmanship.
”Once my swordsmanship is complete and I have soared to the status of divinity, I shall seek a confidant and leave behind my bloodline. There are plenty of ways to be unfilial but to leave no descendants behind is the most severe. Not even a cultivator should forget this!”
Therefore, Venerable Lord Sword was actually a very traditional man to the core. He had also always taken this as his goal to resiliently and arduously work towards. He was only a step away from his breakthrough to the realm of Dao; as long as he entered the realm of Dao, he could obtain the Saber God’s recognition and receive it's complete legacy, before becoming the next generation of the Saber God.
Yet, when he was only a step away from such a crucial moment, he had met such an earth-shattering accident!