Chapter 381: Battle in Alchemy III (1/2)

Chapter 381: Battle in Alchemy III

Translator: EndlessFantasy TranslationEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation

In the record of history, there had been different eras where there would always be a particular problem that haunted humanity, such particular problem had received different comments and visionary from the great historical figures while had also puzzled folks of all walks of time - that is, if humans could truly throne themselves as the greatest entity in the law of nature? The problem might not be a problem when asked as a question itself, that it had answered itself, obviously whenever one would look into the speed, the strength, the vitality of human's anatomy which none of those could surpass even the most ordinary beast in the galactic wild, not even those of the Jie experts.

Most lifeforms in the galaxy were never something humanity could fight barehanded. Humans would always be required assistance, assistance like mechs or supreme weaponry in order to even stand a chance to win the beasts.

And those beasts were beasts like the fearsome Whipper Snakes.

Fei Lidu looked all calm when he observed the havoc happening in the accommodation. No one else could have recognized the potency of a Whipper Snake than himself. Countless great ones had been annihilated by those slithering, zigzagging madness. It was only that his nature of staying low kept these avenging murders in dark, unaware by the people. But well, there would be times when he would need to flash his trump card and this was it.

It was a monstrosity that could even conquer the practitioners, let alone a mere folk who only knew how to pour from one flask to another. Alchemist, oh merely an alchemist. He never worried about if his snakes would get the job done, instead, he was worried of Qi Wei's response on this. The frowning, the heavy breaths were not a good sign of approval from a great leader of the mighty Qian system like Qi Wei. Lidu only wanted to expand the influence of Incense branch and so he did something, brutally yet strategically. But the capability of the Qian system was not something he could simply replace. Assuming if this was the lighter to the war between the two branches, these Whipper Snakes would do very little instead. Thus, it would be a no-no to enrage the Qian system.

He knew, it would only be a matter of time till he was caught red-handed on owning two dangerous beasts. So he just demonstrated them, before things went wrong, to tell the world that he was not a pebble to simply fiddle with.

He was right. People had been convinced, frighteningly convinced, as notorious those snakes were, while unheard rumors of them being tamable were. And somehow the Incense branch had made a miracle, of taming the untamable beast. Fei Lidu's move was not meaningless after all.

...

Pant... Pant...

Ha...Hah....

Ye Chong's mind had been wiped, as an exhilarated intensity swarmed upon his body, the muscles of his arms and legs were jiggling, somehow demonstrating an untamed thrash due to the instincts he had formed over the long adventures in the galaxy, which turned out to be his savior.

Every bit of his muscle was wriggling beneath his torn clothing, like countless snakes the tendons intertwined and separated, tightened and loosened repetitively. Strength had been unleashed as Ye Chong's movement grew superbly precise under the lead of these muscles. Ye Chong's movement looked mechanical however, probably due to the over-precision of movements, which gave a rather peculiar sense to his usual dodging techniques. He dodged and flipped, the movements formed seamlessly, as Ye Chong traveled in the briefest straight lines.

The September Lan's technique.

Well, probably even the forebears who created the technique would never expect such use of muscle manipulation.

Generally, Whipper Snake's attacks were all linear attacks, which justified the quickness of the stinging attacks - the universal law of mathematics - it always would form the shortest distance if one travelled from point A to point B in straight.

Ye Chong gradually discarded the fanciness of his movements as he moved crudely, intuitively, back to who he was inside. It was amazing, unfortunately it was done subconsciously or Ye Chong would be overpowered if he had mastered it.

A monstrosity could be potent, but there would always be a limit to its destruction.

Whipper Snakes were fast, while also being violent but they could never maintain their acceleration for all eternity, and that was when they hit their limits, the maximum speed in simpler terms.

Their maximum was a total horror as they had veiled the entire room in dense network of scarlets with their afterimages.

The situation had gotten a strange twist, as Ye Chong had broken his speed cap under intense pressure, which was just enough to hold the Whipper Snake's attack. Unlike the Whipper Snake's bouncing zigzagging, Ye Chong's movement had been intuitive. If Ye Chong depended on his consciousness to make movements, he would have been slow, but now his muscles had taken the lead and dodging had become an effortless act for him, while becoming a consuming fight for the Whipper Snakes. So they had slowed down. The situation had changed. Ye Chong was probably winning.

In reality, it had only been few ten seconds after Fei Lidu unleashed his pets. People were waiting by the window, unaware of the snakes' habit, anticipating the next action taken by this fairly strange leader of Incense branch.

That was when a group of people were hurrying towards the place.

”Report. There are about 54 people surrounding the space before the mysterious alchemist's accommodation,” concisely one person stated.

It was odd, as it was different from what the unknown leader had expected. The leader, as experienced and strategic he was, knew it was a critical point to make decision, that a second of hesitation would possibly disrupt the entire operation. Apparently their main target was the mysterious alchemist so they had studied him carefully, while also being fully informed of his capabilities.

”Finish them.” The eyes of the leader were cold, as briefly the three syllables went.

”Yes sir.” The group then broke into 3 small parties where one of them sneaked towards Ye Chong's accommodation. Their steps were silent yet extremely agile and organized. The street was soundless as they passed by a few dead bodies.

”Siege completed,” said one member.

The head of this small party was a man with red string over his wrist, well, everyone was wearing black and covered in mask, some sort of marking would be needed.