Chapter 53: Mavis (1/2)

Bai Xue was enraged by Lu Yin’s actions. She believed that the scoundrel had been looking for revenge ever since she’d stopped him from seeing what Qingyu had left behind, and had decided to enact his vengeance in this disgraceful manner. She wanted to go look for him and discuss things, but knew that the rumors would only burn brighter if she met him. In the end, she could only tolerate it for now.

Another newcomer descended upon Beijing the next afternoon, the air distorting around him as his powerful star energy swept over the capital’s skies. Zhang Dingtian and the rest rushed out to look up; this was Yan Gang.

“Give me what Qingyu left behind in the capital,” he ordered, gazing down coldly.

Zhang Dingtian gripped his blade and rose to the sky, “Who are you?”

“Yan Gang, from the Fireforge Planet.” The words Fireforge Planet were uttered with an indifferent pride, looking upon Zhang Dingtian with disdain.

It was Gerlaine that cried out from below, “The Fireforge Planet?!”

“What about it?” Bai Xue was puzzled.

“That’s one of the biggest powers in the Frostwave Weave, just as famous as the Great Yu Empire. The entire planet is covered in raging flames, and every being there is very powerful. Their fire-related battle techniques are unmatched.”

Jeraldine added on, “Normal fire battle techniques are useless against them, they’ve evolved to be near-immune.”

“Anyone from the Fireforge Planet who can arrive at the Great Yu Empire is a Melder at the least; this guy should be stronger than Munoor,” Gerlaine remarked.

Bai Xue looked up at Zhang Dingtian with a worried expression; each enemy that came was stronger than the last.

“Let Qingyu come and collect it himself if he wants it,” Zhang Dingtian replied, gripping his new warblade tightly. As his own had been destroyed by Munoor, he had taken to using Qingyu’s.

“A maggot thinks it deserves to talk to me,” Yan Gang sneered, sending a wave of scorching heat down with a flourish. Zhang Dingtian’s eyes went wide as he dodged with Roving Step, charging over and slashing out with his blade. The sword’s body buzzed as it melded with the Shockwave Palm; this was the same attack that had allowed him to wound Munoor.

With a realmbreaker’s might added onto the powerful battle technique, even Yan Gang was astonished. He clapped both hands together and formed a spear of flames, shooting it towards Zhang Dingtian. A rain of fire fell upon the capital as blade and spear collided, igniting panic as it burnt the ground.

Zhang Dingtian was swept away by the spear, crashing down heavily after a single exchange. He simply was no match, but the youth still stared in amazement from up above, “Few Sentinels can survive that spear of mine. You’re pretty good, you can follow me.”

“Is that an innate gift of Fire?” Jeraldine was shocked.

Gerlaine replied, “No, everyone from the Fireforge Planet has a mutated body that can produce flames of high temperatures. I guess you can consider it a sort of innate gift, but not in the same way. This person is really powerful.”

With Lu Yin still fainted, those that opposed Yan Gang were simply powerless. The youth remained arrogant and pointed down with his spear of flames, “Give me what I want, or I’ll burn you all to a crisp.”

“Give him the stone,” Zhang Dingtian spat out blood, leaving everyone aggrieved. Only Gerlaine’s eyebrows lifted up. What stone?

It was at that point that a green figure flashed in the distance, vanishing and reappearing behind Yan Gang, “You’re not bad, help me test the White Flash.”

“What?” Yan Gang’s gaze shrank, a loud explosion ringing out before he could even react. Everyone present stared in shock as a giant pit appeared outside the capital, the conceited man thrown to the ground like a dead dog. Up in the sky, the girl in green clenched her fist and muttered something to herself with an excited look on her face.

“You slut! I’ll tear you apart!” Yan Gang suddenly raged, charging out as flames started spewing from his body like protective armor. His spear of flames pierced through the air towards her.

“Perfect!” the girl squealed with excitement, her body disappearing without warning before Yan Gang spat out a mouthful of blood. His body snapped into an angle at the waist from an invisible blow, sending him crashing into the ground once more. The girl reappeared and stared down, obviously pleased with herself.