87 Brother! (2/2)
They stared when they saw how the fingers turned to claws, how the nails became razor sharp and frightfully long.
The entirety of his lower and upper arms shimmered with an azure gleam, the scales similar to the clear blue sky.
These beautiful scales made everyone hold their breath. They all knew what it meant to be able to transform into a beast; only Wayfarers and Primordial Beasts had this ability, but now Xue Wei was capable of doing it too.
He was no Wayfarer, that much was certain, but he was not a Primordial Beast either. So what could he be?
Xue Wei completely ignored the many strange gazes that he was being given, and he snorted in contempt when he saw a few people's eyes light up with malicious thoughts. It was clear that they were ready to make him out to be a Primordial Beast, ready to do all in their power to get rid of him.
Xue Wei knew that the ability he controlled came from his Azure Dragon Scripture, but he was not willing to tell anyone about this. Instead he lifted his head and looked at the many beasts that were coming towards them.
Seeing how Xue Wei's face changed from having just released a snort to reverting into that manic smile of his, and how the disdain in his eyes turned into excitement, the rest of them followed suit and looked at the sky, taking a deep breath. The next wave was upon them!
The flying beasts were all equivalent to Ordinary and Earth Warriors. There were no Sky Warriors amongst the flying beasts, something that puzzled Xue Wei, but he did not bother too much with it right now. All he wanted was to kill, kill as many as he possibly could.
Xue Wei's arms were eye-catching and domineering. They ripped even the Earth Warrior beasts to shreds. Some of them were clawed to death, others were ripped apart. Some were crushed under the weight of his fist, and yet others were struck down.
Xue Wei was using the Forbidden Rush movement technique to the fullest, and he was displaying his ability to kill one beast after another, easing the pressure on many of the other experts. Although many had seeds of doubt growing in their minds after seeing the scaled arms, none of them said anything as they felt grateful for the breathing room.
Xue Wei glanced into the air and noticed that the Ice Harpy was hovering in the air, not participating in the battle, which was something that relieved him.
If she decided to take part in the battle, the tables would be turned on the humans, and their main Heavenly Warrior experts would be slain in a heartbeat.
The Sky Warriors and the Heavenly Warriors were all engaged in a deadly battle against various beasts of similar strength.
Xue Wei was puzzled as to what the Ice Harpy's plan was. She could not possibly be leading a beast horde to its death for nothing, could she? There had to be some sort of ulterior motive behind it, right?
A part of Xue Wei was worried for the human side of the war, but he was not capable of much else than pushing this worry to the back of his head and instead focusing on killing the beasts that came at him.
”We are almost there, hang on a little longer!” the commander's voice boomed on the battlefield, and Xue Wei finally looked around to see that it was not only beast corpses that littered the ground – human remains were also aplenty.
There were also many wounded beasts and humans on the grounds, who had slim chances to survive whenever the shockwaves from some of the battles reached them, with the occasional human or beast smashing into them after an exchange with someone from the other side, and so on.
Xue Wei was wondering what had happened. The beasts that had landed on the wall were at most of the fourth layer of the Earth Warrior rank, all of them the same strength as him.
The battles slowly died out on the wall, but Xue Wei continued to flutter like a leaf in the wind, ripping more beasts apart. He was relieved to find that the transformation of his arms required little to no Qi for some reason, even less than he used to sustain his Forbidden Rush movement technique, which also used barely any energy.
Xue Wei then noticed that many were looking at him with doubt. Not only the ones on the wall, but also the ones on the ground. The higher ranked experts looked at him with worry and uncertainty.
Suddenly, just as everyone looked at Xue Wei, the Ice Harpy gave a snicker, descending from the heavens at a rapid speed.
She was so fast that no one was capable of reacting in time. When she was right in front of Xue Wei, her talons locked around his shoulders, and she flew into the air with him before he had the time to answer.
Intense pain shot through his body as the talons dug into his flesh. Blood started seeping out through where the claws were embedded on his shoulders.
”We have to flee, brother! It is no longer safe here!” The Ice Harpy yelled out just as she flew away, ensuring that her voice was by no means suppressed and that everyone present would hear her words.