Chapter 795 - The Soul of Eagle Mountain (2/2)

Within the dark illusory space.

After Shao Xuan’s second disappearance, Yi Xiang, who was initially staring at the Yi family, turned to look at where Shoa Xuan used to be. After a moment, he started moving. The hand with the necklace of wooden ornaments started to move, albeit slightly. An unobservant person would have missed it.

Yi Tuan, who was watching Yi Xiang, was quite surprised. The rest did not understand but he did.

Yi Xiang was conducting a reading!

Why now?! If that was the case, then Yi Xiang must be doing a reading about the Flaming Horn tribesman!

It did not matter why Yi Xiang did that, Yi Tuan did not have the time. He must grab this chance. Everything else could wait. They just had to solve this problem at hand.

Yi Tuan roared, “GO!”

Almost in unison, the three Yi elders- including Yi Tuan- all raised their hands at the same time, four bright dots flying out from each. When these spots flew past the fireball in front, they turned into gigantic beasts like before, some slender, some muscular, some shelled as they formed together with fireballs that looked like meteors. Those were the same pieces used for the Yi family’s fortune readings.

They were prepared for this, one could tell from the way they were perfectly coordinated. The combined auras of the three elders felt as magnificent as a river gushing into the great ocean.

Twelve beasts and meteors formed from bones, shells and stones charged in Yi Xiang’s direction. The combined power of the three elders was astonishing, creating a gust of wind even in this illusory space. Anyone who was slightly weaker in the team felt their breathing turn irregular, a weight pressing down on their chests. Reverberations could be felt through their feet, causing their thighs to go numb. It all felt suffocating.

Yi Xiang was not startled by the three elders’ sudden attack. Without moving his feet or turning around, his other hand still holding the necklace of wooden pieces, he lifted his other arm that was now facing the Yi family’s totemic arc. As if shaking off dust from his sleeve, he flicked his arm casually, pointing at his own arc not far away.

The moment he flicked his arm, Yi Xiang’s fire arc roared and grew ten times taller, as if he had poured oil on the wall of fire!

The Bone Reading Beasts had begun charging, slamming themselves into the tall fire wall.

A giant surge of energy was released upon impact. Yi Xiang’s arc of fire exploded like an erupting volcano, flames extending in all directions.

Deafening booms sounded along with the collisions between the beasts and the rocks, hurling themselves against the wall. The arc acted like a city wall blocking out an army, though it no longer ‘whooshed’ like regular flames in the wind, rather rolling and roaring like an animal while heat waves exploded and sparks flew as far as the eye could see.

If one could see their expressions, you would notice that the three elders’ expressions had changed. When they ambushed Yi Xiang, their eyes had been filled with hope, hoping that this attack would work. Even if he would not be severely injured, just a small wound would be worth celebrating.

But their hopes and dreams were crushed. What replaced passion was shock and severe disappointment, as well as sorrow. But no one knew what they felt.

This was the first large-scale collision between both parties. Although there was no billowing sand or flying pebbles, everyone within range felt like they could disintegrate at any moment. The Bone Reading Beasts were manic, slamming into the fire wall as if they would not back down even if it meant cracking their heads. One of the beasts even opened its jaws wide at the peak of its ferocity an arm’s length away from Yi Xiang. You could imagine how fierce they were!

In contrast, the mood on the other side of the arc was calm. No sparks flew this way. Although the beasts were an arm’s length away, Yi Xiang did not pay much attention to it. After flicking his arm, he continued his task from before, ignoring everything else.

That was just a defensive move. He did not even look towards Yi Tuan, maintaining his position as he faced sideways, away from the crowd. As if the crowd’s full-blown attack did not matter.

Contempt!

He does not even acknowledge us!

Yi Tuan and the rest were already furious at his remark on how ‘this generation was useless’. Yet his reaction to their attacks proved his point.

This was Yi Xiang. The Unlucky One. The person that the entire Yi family wronged.

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On the other side, after Yi Cong and Yi Qi’s totemic flames started to change, Shao Xuan focused his full attention on observing them.

Their flames had initially strengthened. Then, there was a strong ripple and their bodies seemed to be withstanding a large force, their bones even crackling while their veins twitched beneath their skin.

‘Looks like the Yi family isn’t doing too well,’ thought Shao Xuan to himself.

This situation carried on for three days when finally, the totemic fire fluctuations gradually weakened.

“Has it ended?” Shao Xuan could not confirm but this was too soon. He had only waited for three days on this side. This meant that not that much time had passed in the dark realm. Perhaps it was a momentary ceasefire between both parties.

Should he go check out the battle? Let’s see who’s winning: the Yi family, or the mysterious, legendary ‘Unlucky One’.

While he waited, Shao Xuan had been maintaining his body in a good physical state in preparation of entering the dark realm once more.