911 The Innate Whetstone (1/2)
The sole surviving Emerald Cloud School disciple let out another inhuman cry as Shi Wuchen stabbed right into his forehead, Lang Ruojun's sword pierced his heart, and Ren Qingkuang cut open his stomach unflinchingly. Behind him, Yun Yang dealt three strikes consecutively, each one diving towards the fatal points on his neck.
'Clang! Clang! Clang!'
Each strike landed on the target's neck, but it felt like hacking into a piece of steel; it was only the third blow that finally severed the head!
Before the man died, he howled hysterically and stabbed wildly in the air, yet he managed to penetrate Shi Wuchen's right shoulder by chance, the saber's tip peeking out from his back.
The headless corpse swayed before it collapsed forwards onto the ground.
All four men heaved a sigh of relief simultaneously. Lan Ruojun and Ren Qingkuang fell to the ground and shook with laughter.
”Gratifying! Thank you!”
Nothing more was done as their eyes rolled back. marking their loss of consciousness, their movements surprisingly coordinated.
”Let's go! Quickly! We can't stay here for long!”
Yun Yang carried the two men without further words while Shi Wuchen pulled the saber out of his shoulder with a low grunt and kept the weapon in his spatial ring.
Moving amongst the dead bodies, Yun Yang retrieved the spatial rings of all three Emerald Cloud School disciples before leaving promptly into the thick forest. Almost simultaneously, the sound of wind breaking and clothes flapping could be heard from afar.
”Who's there?”
However, there was not a single shadow to be seen.
…
”Why are you here?”
”Why did you fellows come here?”
Lan Ruojun and Ren Qingkuang woke up swiftly, but just as they regained consciousness and exchanged stares with Shi Wuchen, the first words that left their mouths were coincidentally similar.
”You answer first!”
”You answer first!”
Yet another identical reply.
Yun Yang looked at the three of them curiously, like he was relishing a memory in the long past.
He could feel, at this moment, that the sentiment among the three, although not as close as he and his Nine Supremes brothers, or connected like the brotherhood of the ten Court of Yama Kings, there was a sense of kinship that tied them together.