Flashes of lightning shot intermittently across the horizon all through the night, illuminating the blackened night sky, and right after each flash, the guttural and harrowing cries mimicking that of a monster in excruciating pain could be heard from afar.
The incessant lightning blasts went on for an entire night, and each smiting of the lightning hammered fear into the sentries manning the borders of Country Y, that their hair stood on ends all night, dreading if it was the dead – warriors of the West who had perished during the border skirmish – coming back to demand repayment.
When morning finally came, the sentries crept over the border to reconnoiter what was happening over the horizon.
It was still quite a way from the Huaxia side of the border, but they did not dare move any further, for just at the rock cliffs ahead was the engravings that Chu Xun had left. The very ones which had killed one of the Pope's godchildren.
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Angus's confirmation took away what warmth left in Chu Xun's eyes."You dare lie to me?"Without the Sacred Dew, no one could wield the True Flames of the Sun. For all that he preached, Angus had been only trying to stall for time."N-n-no... Please... No..." stammered Angus, panicking that he would be returned back to his imprisonment to endure more lashing of lightning bolts. "Y-y-you can just demand for the Sacred Dew in the ransom!"Louis could not believe he was hearing this. Fuming, he began bellowing what a traitor Angus was.Quietly, he sent word to the men rushing to the borders. They were to assassinate Angus too if possible, for he was now deemed as a traitor to the Holy Temple.Immediately, Chu Xun instructed Yan Wushuang to reestablish contact with Louis, telling the High Prelate that he would also want huge quantities of Sacred Dew if they wanted Angus back."But the Sacred Dew a
Chu Xun's brows angled slightly with suspicion. Something was wrong with Orlov."Give it here," Chu Xun demanded bluntly, his aggression visibly palpable."Most revered Devil," said Orlov, still wearing his phony grin, "I'm afraid you have to first release Angus."Chu Xun's eyes squinted a little warily. "Something is really wrong," he thought."Very well!" he said and he leaped off his perch and began walking towards Angus.Suddenly, he swerved sharply and shot at Orlov like a flash of light, raising his fists on the ready to strike.It came unexpected and sudden, that Orlov quickly channeled his powers and the shroud of the True Flames formed a protective shield around him.Crack!But the shield barely took form and Chu Xun's fist came pounding through it, shattering it and pummeling him with such force that launched him hundreds of meters away, and when he finally landed, the g
The Beacon burst with flecks of golden sparkles as scarlet torrents of flames escaped its sprout to melting and blowing up rocks and even mountains to kingdom come.Whatever provenance or abilities Orlov's Beacon held, it must be a Sacred Relic of the highest order.Audiences from all around Earth watching the live broadcast dropped their jaws with amazement.Chu Xun, the Devil who had wreaked havoc with impunity across the West, was now fleeing for his life. Never did anyone expect to see the hunter now turned into the hunted.For reasons unknown, a strange sense of schadenfreude loomed in their minds."To where will you flee, Devil!" bellowed Orlov triumphantly, clutching the Beacon while staying in pursuit of Chu Xun.Chu Xun smirked derisively, "You look like you could use some rest. Look at yourself; you're getting slow. You use that trump card of yours all you want, but it's useless if you can't hit
Proud and yet calm was Emperor Ao, that his mere appearance looked indomitable and intimidating enough.Boom!Tidal waves of flames drove forward like a stampede, causing the earth to quake and shake.Then, as easily as swatting a fly, Emperor Ao swung a hand to slap away everything, casually nullifying Louis's incredible attack."ARGHHH!" Louis howled.What looked like a simple slap by Emperor Ao with his hand caused the magma below Louis's feet to bubble and boil as more ground under his feet cracked and split open.Bang!Geysers of magma shot out of the crevices and a gigantic hand slammed down on Louis.Everyone watching the live broadcast gasped with shock and awe."Vermin," Emperor Ao hissed coldly, "You dare insult Huaxia?"He lifted his hand and there was Louis, now sank into the ground.As a warrior who boasts strength and power on p
Chu Xun left nothing – absolutely nothing in the vault remained when he finished.If only Louis knew. If only he would know that after everything he'd done, such wealth amassed through ages and millennia across various generations of the Holy Temple would only end up as bounty for Chu Xun. Somehow Chu Xun wondered morbidly if he would spring out of his grave with rage.But while Chu Xun's plunder went on smoothly in peace, outside, the citadel was in a state of chaos.Under cover of the night, the Dark Guild, allied with several other forces, had begun an assault upon the citadel of the Holy Temple.They could hardly hold back their greed at the prospects of getting their hands on the treasure and riches the Holy Temple had amassed for thousands of years.When the clamor of battle above finally alerted Chu Xun that something was wrong, he quietly slipped back up to find that the assault was already underway.
Cries of pain and wails of agony filled the air overhead the main square of the Fire Dragon Palace.Scores of students and acolytes of the Palace huddled around to look at the commotion.Bang!Chu Xun's fist barreled straight into Yan Wushuang's face, sending him crashing away with howling screams.Bang! Bang! Bang!Lei Bao, Yan Chong, and the others were all having a terrible time viciously punished by Chu Xun."Gods, I feel sorry for the chiefs.""I can feel the pain just by watching them. What did they do to anger the Master so much?""The Master's not called the Devil for no reason. Do you think he'd need any reason to give anyone a walloping?"That seemed to make sense and everyone bobbed their heads in agreement.After almost a half-hour, Chu Xun emerged feeling refreshed and reinvigorated.In stark contrast, Yan Wushuang and the others
A deluge of bright golden shimmers dazzled the sky.Jing Hong's face sank with dismay; not even a hundred Chu Xun could ever hope to withstand one single stroke from Emperor Ao.Hardly furious in the least, Chu Xun instead broke into a gleeful smile resembling that of a little sly fox, hardly moving a single inch.Woosh!The golden bolt of light shot down but it did not hit him nor did it plunge into the ground; it stopped and hovered in mid-air right before his eyes.The blinding radiance of the golden flash forced Chu Xun to squint his eyes.It was a three-foot-long saber with a golden blade as wide as a man's hand. Its hilt was carved into the visage of a dragon and the saber pulsed with a bright glimmering sheen that never stopped flickering with the gossamer silhouettes of a raging beast as if it was trapped inside.Chu Xun guffawed proudly and reached out to grip the weapon by its hilt,
With pretentious concern, Yan Wushuang laid out a chair and forced Chu Xun into it.Chu Xun gritted his teeth as he wrestled in return. Pain stung at him even at the slightest movement or he would have long given Yan Wushuang a slap into his face to send him flying.Yan Wushuang must have realized Chu Xun's inability; he pressed on Chu Xun's shoulders, keeping him pinned to the chair."ARGGGHHH!" Chu Xun howled with so much pain that tears came pouring out."What in the world are you doing! Can't you see that he's in such pain that he cannot sit?" Tang Rou shoved Yan Wushuang aside, no longer being able to stomach what he was doing.Yan Wushuang was quick to put up an apologetic look. "Sorry! I've forgotten all about that."Chu Xun ground his teeth and almost spat at that. "That's some remarkable playacting, Yan Wushuang!""It's fine." Chu Xun looked up, staring at Yan Wushuang with dead calmn