Legacy World 3.14 A Bully

The sun had begun to set, by the time a huge bunch of animals appeared out of thin air charging in a direction towards FenFang's dwelling. ShiJiao was at the front leading everyone. He looked rested and recharged for the upcoming fight.

BaiXue continued to cultivate without a bother. LongFei slunk away, changed into a dragon, and identified each and every one of the appearing animals.

Just as there was no longer anyone exiting the illusion, Long Fei spotted the animals that BaiXue spoke of. They were positioned close to the back of the group. He instantly shot out his ice cold flames to circle the group that BaiXue wanted. The unfortunate animals who were around that group either got killed or injured.

The entire horde stopped and stared at the silver dragon in the sky. Their faces were filled with shock and fear.

"Go. I only have business with this group here." LongFei commanded.

Everyone regained their senses and ran with greater fervour. LongFei's appearance was a misunderstanding. It fueled their rage and suspicion against FenFang.

The group that was singled out huddled with their backs together.

"What does he want from us?" A cheetah asked.

"When did we upset a dragon?" A jaguar asked next.

"Anyone met him before?" Another jaguar asked.

The underlings continued to lose their cool until a tiger with only one eye shouted, "It doesn't matter! Fight to escape and keep your heads on!"

The fire around them raged tall and high. They could only jump through it if they wanted to escape. The tiger was the first to exit. The rest gathered their courage to follow him out one by one. They did so without knowing that those who had jumped out was immediately met with a kick to their face.

The group, that managed to escape the circle of fire, now laid on the floor in pain and suffering from a concussion. All of them shared the same thought. /Was it fire or a wall that we jumped through?/

BaiXue did not give them a chance to recover. She dashed to the tiger at full speed, appeared in front of his exposed belly within the next instant, and spun around to kick it with a full force. It shocked the tiger back to his senses and made him fly back through the flames and out the other side. Pain shot through his body from his stomach. /Damn that person! Wait till I get my hands on you!/

She did not bother chasing him and did the same to all the other 5 animals. When she kicked everyone across to the other side, she recklessly jumped through the flames herself to get to them. 

When LongFei saw her jump towards the flames, his heart wrenched. His flames were strong enough such that jumping through it would cause burns even if the exposure was only momentary.

He would have stopped her from doing so but he held back himself with much difficulty. BaiXue had ordered for him to not interfere with her fight, no matter what. As if she was not convinced that he would heed her order, she had made him promise her. She only said that there was a personal vengeance that she just had to exact out by herself.

/What have they done to her?/ LongFei wondered as he watched without daring to blink.

When BaiXue jumped through the flames, she ignored the burning yet numbing sensation she felt on her body and began attacking again. 2 of them had their stomachs to her and got it kicked by her again. 2 had shielded their stomachs but exposed their backs to her and got their spines paralysed. 2 managed to recover and were on their feet. 1 got his head walloped again which gave him a second concussion, while the other dodged.

The one who dodged was none other than the tiger.

"I remember who you are. Being beaten by a mere rabbit really triggered some memories." The tiger said with a sneer. "You're that small useless puny rabbit who was protected by that hare from more than a year ago, aren't you?"

BaiXue did not bother to listen and rushed to attack. She dashed from her spot, spun to gain momentum for a powerful kick, but ended up passing by the tiger instead, when he dodged. She immediately rebounded off where she fell, towards the tiger again, then swung another kick at him. This sequence repeated several times at different angles at a high speed. She moved so quickly that she looked like a blur of white to any untrained eyes, which included the tiger's lackeys. However, this speed still could not best the tiger. He consistently dodged her attacks by a hair's breadth each time.

"What a pity, no matter how much you train, you'll never beat a natural born genius like me." The tiger continued to dodge her attacks. 

"I'm the peak form of our kind!" The strong constitution of his body not only helped him keep up with BaiXue's hard-earned speed, it also prevented him from suffering a serious internal injury from BaiXue's kick to his stomach.

"Perhaps like your brother is. He managed to take one of my eyes after all." The tiger smirked as he continued to taunt BaiXue. However, she remained unaffected. She was sure of how much she had grown. For example, being able to dodge all of the tiger's counter attacks were feats she could only dream of in the past. However, it did require all her focus, which she did right now.

/How unfair life is. Some people are just born loved by the gods and given bodies that naturally absorbs the mystical energy of this world. He's at a stage that I achieved after months of hard work./ BaiXue thought to herself while fighting.

They were both in a stalemate. Each of them were simply waiting for the other to slip up.

The tiger was confident in his abilities so was also unfazed by BaiXue's deft and agile movements. 

"Or should I use the past tense? Since you're here, I'm guessing that he died. HA! He's still weaker than me in the end." The tiger scoffed her brother. 

He predicted BaiXue's twist of her body that she does to launch a kick then bit down on her fluffy tail to toss her away from him. Her body landed with a heavy thud onto the floor and skid for a short distance before stopping.

"Or should I say... YOU are the reason he died. You're still as weak as ever."

BaiXue had been getting up from the ground. Her body involuntarily jerked a little upon hearing the tiger's words. She tried to move but found her body frozen in fear and hesitation. It was strange. She was definitely not feeling what her body suggests she might be feeling. She was sure, by then, that she was not in control of her body. All she had thought of, thus dat, was to beat that arrogant bugger and complete her task. However, her movements had slowed to the point where there were costly lags between her plan and execution. Now, she could only watch the tiger approach her, slowly and proudly. Her ferocity and stubborness, however, burned in her eyes. 

"Your brother really put up a good fight. But YOU.. You were simply a burden." 

BaiXue felt her body tense up further in fear. 

/BaoBao, what's going on?/

[The emotions left behind by the original soul is very strong. These emotions are causing the associated physiological reactions in the body even if it does not originate from you.]

/I didn't know this was possible. BaoBao, you were negligent./

[I'm sorry! These are very rare occurrences. Only one or two cases of this happening ever recorded. No system would expect it to happen to mere side characters so I never bothered to bring it up!]

His data was wrong yet again. BaoBao silently cursed the poor account for emotions that systems' deductions had. So, he submitted this data to the administrators for an assessment of the importance of emotions. Everything that deviated from their calculations were valuable information to improve their predictions in the future.

By the time BaiXue was done communicating with BaoBao in her mind, the tiger was breathing down in her face.

"Why do you seek to kill me? Why do you blame me for his death? Wasn't it because of YOU that he died? I could identify a fellow talent and he was one. If not for YOU, he would have survived. He should have a bright future ahead of himself. YOU should have been the one who died."

The tiger successfully jabbed at every insecurity that the original soul had. BaiXue could not help but lie there unmoving and shivering in her spot. Her eyes became glossy with tears that were not her own. the emotions came on so strongly that even BaiXue could feel second-hand shame and remorse.

The tiger's eyes shone with evilness and glee.

"Since YOU are responsible for his death, you should just kill yourself!" He swiped at her and threw her into the circle of flames that was still raging. His claws drew blood. Deep gashes were left on the side of her body. 

Her body thumped onto the ground heavily. The tiger leapt in, thinking to toy with his weak prey. He had completely forgotten about LongFei who was watching with gritted teeth and reddening eyes.

When LongFei saw BaiXue frozen in her spot, he knew something was wrong with her. So, he had moved and was about to interfere, when he saw her shoot a warning gaze at him. /Why?!/

He held defiance in his eyes and continued to fly towards her. This was when her eyes lost all emotions as she held his gaze. It was as if she gave up on him. The sudden change in her gaze shocked him to the core. He was afraid. He did not want to get abandoned by her. He did not want to disappoint her.

He gritted his teeth and held back his desire to fly to her side.

/If he survives this, I'll make sure he lives a life worse than death!/ LongFei swore to himself.

The tiger slowly approached BaiXue in arrogance. "What were you thinking of, when you left your village in pursuit of me? What did you think you could do to me?" 

The tiger swiped at BaiXue again and caused more deep gashes. She landed near the ice flames that were still raging.

"What did you think you could achieve? Huh?" He used his paw to press down on BaiXue. It made her go close enough to the flames such that she could feel the burn. Her fur was already being singed. 

"I wonder how your brother must be turning in his grave out of frustration. Losing his life for someone so full of herself and so eager to give her life away!" The tiger began laughing maniacally then continued on. "Someone like you doesn't deserve to live... Any last words?"

"... He's right." BaiXue said in a hoarse whisper as if she was talking to herself.

"I'll help you fulfil your death wish then." The tiger smirked, then he proceeded to bite down on her head.

"BUT WE CAN'T DIE!" BaiXue broke free from the depressive hold the original soul had on her body and dodged the attack. His teeth that would have bitten her head clean off ended up scrapping against her neck instead. 

Now, BaiXue stood behind the tiger. She thought of her brother from her original life and recalled his face. The expression he had on just before she passed out in school, only to die in the hospital, was filled with agony and guilt. It twisted her heart badly. 

"BaiXue can't die because it's representative of brother's life!" She dodged another attack by the tiger but it still took a lot of effort to do so.

"If things were to repeat itself, there is nothing BaiXue should change!" She dodged yet another attack with great difficulty.

"So you'd drive your brother to his death AGAIN?!" The tiger roared.

"It's better than letting him live filled with guilt and self-blame! I know how brother is like! He would never forgive himself as long as he lives!" A few tears escaped her eyes as if the original soul heard her. However, BaiXue could no longer tell if her own feelings started to get mixed in too.

"He wished for me to live! He never stopped believing in me! So, I'll believe in him and his ideals! I'd rather my brother die proud, happy, and satisfied. He died a death he felt was honourable! I'll not allow anyone to sully his intentions." As she said her last few words, tears flowed freely. She breathed heavily not from physical exhaustion but from how intense and overwhelming her emotions were at this moment. Pride, gratefulness, sorrow, relief, and anger.

"I'LL NOT LET BROTHER DOWN!"