Chapter 332: Cannibalism amongst the Soul Fragments (1/2)
”What is happening?” Hei Gou could not help but ask, but Xue Wei did not answer. Instead, he placed his finger on his lips and indicated that they had to be silent.
Sensing the seriousness of the situation, no one questioned his actions but picked up their pace and began rushing through the now more sparse vegetation of the forest.
Just as they had almost left the forest behind a large boom resounded throughout the forest. The forest which had previously been completely silent was giving off a boom that was even more resounding than the outstanding thunder that could be heard outside.
”Crap,” Xue Wei was not one to swear, but right at that moment all hairs stood on end, and he was feeling very uncomfortable. Every cell in his body was screaming for him to get out of there right away.
Even the remnant soul fragments which had followed them like a dog following a bone before were now fleeing without a second thought. Their primal instincts were also telling them to escape.
”What's that?” Lin Xiao asked, his eyes widening in fear, and his body starting to tremble from the pressure whatever had caused the boom was pressing down upon them.
”I think it is a fused remnant soul fragment,” Bai Tianyi said slowly, and when he spoke, Luoluo's face turned dark. Even the ones who did not know what it was were feeling uncomfortable. They could guess that if the typical remnant soul fragments were dangerous, then this fused one had to be horrible.
”We can't outrun it.” Xue Wei said. He had seen the movements in the shadows, and he felt a headache coming his way.
”How do we defeat it?” Hei Gou asked as he looked at Bai Tianyi. The latter's face was pale. Sweat was beading on his forehead.
”I am not sure,” Bai Tianyi answered honestly. ”I only knew about the remnant soul fragments and that they can fuse because I read of them in a book. I never encountered them before, so I don't know how to defeat them.”
Xue Wei was silent for some time as he looked at the creature wiggling in the darkness. Right now it seemed slow, but he knew that if they moved, then it would become much more difficult to escape.
”It is an evil spirit,” Xue Wei concluded after thinking for some time. ”It can be defeated with light, fire, or thunder and lightning. Thunder and lightning is the nemesis of evil spirits, so I am quite surprised that so many exist within the Thunder Twilight Zone.”
”This is why they are here,” Luoluo said silently. ”They are forced to stay on this island because they cannot escape. The island is not being struck by lightning. The thunder cannot enter either.
”So the spirits can flourish on this island, but as soon as it gets to the outside, they can do nothing. They will die the moment they step away from the island itself.”
Xue Wei nodded his head as he considered what to do. He was a dragon, but he had no thunder and lightning abilities, and the only flame he had was his alchemist flame.
”You forget something,” Bai Tianyi said after thinking for a bit. ”I am a sword spirit. I am also a natural enemy of evil, but this might be a bit too much for me to handle on my own.”
”I have a beast flame,” Lin Xiao suddenly said, his words surprising the others.
Beast flames were exceedingly rare. They were something that you had to take from a beast, and no beast would willingly give up their flames.
When a beast flame was taken away, it would never regrow, and the few beasts that had a beast flame would guard it with their lives.
But Lin Xiao was a diviner. It was not unnatural for him to command a beast flame.
”Why did you not use it before?” Hei Gou asked curiously. There was no blaming just confusion in his voice.
”I have nothing to use it for,” Lin Xiao said as he shrugged his shoulders.
”My current attacks are much more connected to pure strength, and I have no techniques that rely on flames.”
Xue Wei nodded his head as he started to take numerous inscriptions out of his storage treasure. Most of them were explosives; some were flames others were bombs. Some were for the sake of lighting up surroundings; another was for burning your enemy to ashes.
Bai Tianyi with his dao of the sword, Lin Xiao with his beast flame and Xue Wei with his many inscriptions and formations, all of them stood ready for the battle that would begin.
Even Luoluo and Hei Gou had accepted inscriptions from Xue Wei.
After the two booms, silence once more descended into the forest, only a few rustling sounds interrupted the silence here and there.
”Okay, I doubt we can defeat it,” Xue Wei said with a low voice, ”but what we will do is we will attack and escape. This entity is far too powerful for us to deal with.”
Bai Tianyi heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. He was afraid that Xue Wei wanted them to fight till the end, but he was just aiming for making distractions.
The others quickly accepted their orders and soon after the area was exploding with light, fires and random attacks.
These attacks went out in every direction, and soon, a screech could be heard. ”Run!” Xue Wei yelled out as he began running. The others were also running for their lives; all of them were rushing out of the forest.