Chapter 355 - Do Not Resist (1/2)

Unlike the boisterous crowd that tagged alongside Nik, Shen Hong walked out in solitary. His appearance reduced much of the chatters in the surroundings, and even though many messengers flushed in excitement, they dared not breathe loudly. Clad in gauntlets that instantly attracted Nik's envy, Shen Hong sauntered and let his gaze fall on Xiu standing within the crowd.

A sneer touched his dry lips as he turned towards Nik—

*Bang*

A punch struck his face squarely, sending him into the gates of his estate, flying and bloodied. The trembles of Xiu stopped as she looked on with an astonished expression while the crowd was shocked skill.

Wordlessly, Nik following Shen Hong's flying figure and manipulated the gravity around the old bitch to pull him closer towards him with a twist of his foot, Nik rotated his body and bent his right hand—

*Crack*

A soul-numbing crunch rang as Nik's elbow shattered two of Shen Hong's ribs sending him into the ground, digging a 'Shen Hong'-shaped crater.

Nik exhaled softly. He was here to kick the man's ass. And while Nik predicted that the old Patriarch will be far more interested in a tasteless monologue, he may very well use that moment to land some sweet hits and heard the melodious chimes of the old bastard's bones crunching under his careful treatment. Accompanied by the sound of dust settling, a dry, wrinkled hand slowly griped on the human-shaped crater. With a maelstrom of violet and lack, the hands morphed into deadly, furry claws as a snarling Shen Hong with the real guard of his Phantom Fox emerged with his lips bloodied and chest sunk.

”That does it,” He whispered in his raspy life with the taste of iron filling his mouth. Yellow, Yellow, Purple, Purple, Purple, and Black!

Six spirit rings shone behind his body, rotating with eldritch forces revolving around his body as two of his Yellow Rings and his Black Ring instantly entered his body as the surroundings turned dark, and all the spectators took a step back. They all knew that it was Shen Hong's Phantom Domain, the only domain class skill within the entire city, while the fox shaped summons emerging from the ground was a mix of Shen Hong's Phantom Construct and Phantom Summon skills.

His greyed out beard flew in its disheveled state as his spatial ring brightened, and a Crimson Whip appeared in his arms.

Wordlessly, Shen Hong swung his whip towards Nik, and strangely, Nik raised his right arm and let the infernal whip coil around his whip. With a smug smirk on his blood-soaked face, Shen Hong flooded the whip with his spiritual energy, making use of the ability of his spiritual weapon and letting its surface extend into spikes. The phantom foxes let out a clear cry and shot towards Nik while the conversion of the whip into a chain of spikes spread quickly from the base to Nik's hand.

Exhaling softly, Nik examined the whip with a calm expression and finally parted his lips to speak for the first time.

”So, this is the whip, huh?”

***

Shen Xiu entered Nik's room with a hesitant expression. As Nik closed the door behind him, Xiu sat on the bed and turned her back towards Nik while lowering her dress, revealing her entire back to Nik and instead of a creamy back that could invoke desires of men, what kissed his sight was a scarred one. Thick and long, reaching till the base of her hips as her ruined flesh mingled together and turned into unsightly and more than ghastly scars.

Nik observed her scars for a moment before inquiring softly, ”Does it still hurt?”

”Every night,” Xiu whispered before turning her head while her hands covered her exposed bosom. A sad smile touching her lips, ”But, that night, in your arms, at least, I could forget these. Even if for a moment.”

Nik breathed deeply. Shen Hong.. ah, Shen Hong, why you gotta die...

Nik scratched his chin and sat behind Xiu before raising her dress and helping her zip up as she sighed, ”As expected, it is unsightly.”

”I'll show you how much it turned me on,” Nik whispered grimly as murder finally reached his thoughts, and he stood up, ”I'll show you how much of a minx you still are, tonight.”

***

”Is this that damnable Whip?”

Nik roared and instantly pulled on its leash, wrestling control out of Shen Hong's hands and using the opposite, heavier side of the whip to strike three of the snarling foxes with translucent bodies and looked at the stunned Shen Hong as his stomach started to cramp once again!

”Let me whip you into a new monster!”

Nik's eyes blazed in violence as his [Battle Arts] kicked in and even when he had never practiced the art of whipping and only studied it from the Tome of Battle, his muscles could easily extrapolate the movements, and his hand moved, and he threw up the whip before pivoting and kicking another phantom construct before extending his arm and catching the handle of the whip. For a moment, not only Shen Hong but everyone spectating Nik's action felt stunned by the beauty of the scene.

”Good whip,” Nik whispered as Lilith, who was watching the battle with excitement, let out an internal snort. She is the only weapon Nik needs to praise. Ever.