81 Odd. (2/2)
*SHIIINGG*
'Uh?'
Su Min soon forgot about that scuffle as he got a strange urge to close his eyes. But, this wasn't anything to him, so he continued to watch on.
His body seemed to be floating in a strange abyss, falling and falling.
”Gold, white and black?”
Su Min rubbed his chin as he gazed at an exceptional view. It was one where three interlocking colours twined together and formed a cocoon around him. An odd force shrouded him, but he didn't find anything hostile so he let it be.
*SHIIIIINGGGGG*
An even stronger feeling overtook Su Min's mind as that urge to close his eyes tightened. Su Min pondered as he found that the cocoon had paused as if it was waiting for him to do so.
”No.”
He wasn't in a good mood so yielding to some goddamn portal wasn't in his best interests. In response, a faint growl seemed to resound in this abyss as a terrifying force ruptured the cocoon and threw itself onto Su Min.
”Agh...”
He felt his soul quake and his chest burn as that force brewed around him, one of a strange nature. No matter what he did it didn't go away, it just grew stronger and more annoying.
”Hahaha, is this all you got?!”
A hint of madness flashed as Su Min chuckled with a sneer. Although his soul felt painful and his chest hot, this was nowhere near his limit. He has always had this strange personality after rebirthing, and it seemed to be blazing in response to this force.
He also found that it seemed to temper his soul, so he found no issue with resisting it.
*MMMMmmmm...*
Yet, to his surprise, that irritating force threw itself off Su Min and silence overtook.
”Uh...”
Then, in a woosh of sacred aura, a sacred draconic voice swept past Su Min's eardrums and made them burst.
”Stop... Resisting... It... Is... Pointless... Futile. Ant...”
A splutter of blood spewed onto the cocoon, where a great listlessness fogged Su Min's pupils. His body went a little limp, and a sliver of blood leaked out of his mouth.
”Ah... Alright. Bastard.”
Su Min choked as he found that his damaged cultivation was about to flare up. He closed his eyes, and soon after, a desolate thud quaked.
*THUDD*
”Was that a dragon..?”
Su Min lifted himself off of the dirt floor with a grumble, feeling rather played. He didn't expect it to just do that, because how was that fair?
*SHIIINGGG*
”Oh, never mind that, this seems to be more important.”
His eyes narrowed as he rubbed them and cast that listlessness out. A strange sight struck him soon after, one of a bleak dirt plain. A couple burnt and near collapsed trees were around him, and in this area that exuded an ancient vibe similar to his, a single golden dog stood not too far away from him.
The dog was similar to a pit bull, but it didn't seem to have fur or even skin. No, strangely, it was just a glowing figure of gold. Its eyes had no emotion, only a thick desolate aura that surpassed the world.
If any cultivator, even Wen Mian, were to gaze upon such eyes, they would find them beyond horrifying. It was something about them, a sort of all-seeing touch that surpassed any sort of common sense.
It was an undeniable feeling one would get when gazing upon a God, or something they can't even fathom. An unfathomable feeling, as such.
”Is that...?”
Su Min paused as he felt his bloodline rumble a little, but it wasn't that noticeable. Those eyes didn't do much for him, in fact, it made him feel like he was gazing at something tiny.
The dog seemed to notice Su Min's presence as it shifted its bleak obtuse gaze onto him, and like a rule, a flat bloodlust accompanied it.
Su Min coughed as he mumbled to himself.
”Great, I have to fight a dog. Reminds me a little of the tournament, if only it was a little bigger and more... Uh, mean?”
*SHIING*
As he spoke a strange force permeated the realm and shrouded the dog. A small area around the dog trembled, and in blazing speed, several sharp golden blade-like silhouettes pierced right for Su Min's heart and eyes.
It only took an instant for the dog to attack, but to Su Min, this instant was nothing. He didn't even look as he swished his hands and clenched at the air.
*GRASP*
”It seems that you are part of my race, considering that you, a mere dog, can control the ancient energy...”
His hands crackled as a strange scene played. One where three piercing blades of gold appeared in his grasp without warning. It was like they didn't even need to get caught by him, as if they were instead getting controlled by him.
*SHIINGG*
He clenched even further as he threw his arm back and formed a swinging motion. The dog remained unchanged to it all as it attempted to form another set of blades in the air, but Su Min couldn't let that happen, could he...
*BANGGGG*
His body erupted with a striking power that, with a fierce swing, pummelled three blades right at the dog. They emitted keen cries of sharpness as they teleported and, in a shocking fashion, blazed right past the dog and onto the ground.
The ground trembled slightly, but not even a crack formed. The air also didn't rupture nor did any craters form beneath Su Min.
*Woosh...*
The dog's eyes didn't even quiver as its body split into three equal pieces, dissipating soon after in the wind. Su Min stood there a little dumbfounded at the world and at the unresponsive dog, but much like Wen Mian, the world dissipated and formed a white world.
It was a world encompassed in fog and frothed clouds, like heaven itself.
His jade appeared, and in the same bolt of lightning, an inscription of a glowing man appeared on it as it thrashed the ground with a thud. Su Min couldn't even see the lightning bolt move, so he felt his mind tingle a bit.
Su Min grasped the jade as he took the sudden changes quite well. His eyes shined a strange light as he gazed at the inscription, where a murmur escaped from his lips.
”A golden figure..?”
*BANG*
Yet, as his thoughts slurred a little, a sign thrashed the ground in front of him with a single word engraved on it.
'Shop'