Nightmare's Call

Chapter 372: Situation: Part 1

*Grrr... Gggrrr... Grrrr*

Amidst the violent quaking, the buildings inside the city shook and shuddered.

The three-headed Thane was sitting by a dining table eating the corpse of one of the monsters he had picked up.

Yes, he was that famished that he did not care what he put into his mouth any longer. While the monster corpse does not taste great, it was a far more appealing option than starving.

Just as he picked up his fork and was about to stab it into the flesh, the sudden quake interrupted his meal.

“What’s going on??” Thane’s cautiousness was extremely high, and if there was a ranking of who could survive the longest in this dangerous, god-forsaken city, it was undoubtedly be Thane reigning as champion.

“Probably someone is fighting. I can sense energy fluctuations!” One of the head growled.

“Could it be the two groups from earlier?” Thane did not ponder much, and even if he did, there was nothing he could do.

He put down his fork, and with surprising agility, he cleaned up the room before slamming the door open and went his way.

But just as he opened the door, he was awestruck.

Two massive titanic illusions stood there like actual monsters. Without proper training or ability, one would not be able to see them. But Thane was naturally one of those who were capable.

He looked up at the two monsters clawing at each other, his heart ran cold while he tried to keep a calm face.

“The thick mist is here... but with that two big shots calling the shots, there shouldn’t be any problem for the time being...”

He then looked towards the deeper part of the city, and silver mist was slowly emanating out of there.

The silver mist very quickly spread out and merged into the white mist, turning it so thick that one could not even see their own hands.

“It’s here!”

“Run!”

The two heads on Thane’s shoulder quickly warned him, their voice fearful.

“This is both danger and opportunity. If we are lucky, we might even be able to follow the two big shots out of this place.”

Thane was determined, this was the first real throw of the dice in a while. Thinking of that, he quickly ran against the thick mist and disappeared into it.

...

The giant glacial blade swung around in a frenzy and brought with it the force of a meteor as it slammed hard against the cyclopean tree and tore deep rents into it.

A chilling aura surrounded the blade, and like a keen edge, it sliced through everything it touched.

Tenko Kasumi floated in midair as her five great swords spun like a wheel as they slashed downwards. The massive blows tore gaping holes on the street’s surface, drawing new lines on this ruined city.

Beneath her, the elder scampered about like a monkey. He did not block every attack Kasumi had sent out at him, only when he felt that he could not withstand the attack did he parry it with his blade.

The thick mist on the ground was blasted away by their power, as countless buildings were chopped down by the giant blades as walls crumbled under the force of the shockwaves.

Wherever Tenko Kasumi looked, her blade soon followed, reducing that place into rubble.

If the city was merely an abandoned ruin earlier, now the city was an outright desolated ruin.

Ruined facades were everywhere as a storm of dust and debris was kicked into the air. There were almost no intact objects left on the ground.

At times, faint traces of monster remains could be seen among the cement. These corpses belonged to the three leaders who had planned to surround and wipe out Lin Sheng’s team.

But all of them were now collateral damage and were simply wiped out.

*Clang!!!*

A golden spark blasted out of the ground as two powerful slashes collided, and exchanged dozens of blows within an instant.

Shockwaves rang out violently between clashes and sent out aftershocks and supersonic waves like an earthquake would.

All around them, countless of rocks and mud simply cracked and were disintegrated by the shapeless shockwave.

“I’m the Soulchain, Jeff Shinings of the Sevenlocks Tower! I admit this is our miscalculation! If you are willing to cease your attacks, we are willing to repay you for any material and mental losses!”

The elder continuously dodged the attacks with agility unbefitting his age. Deep inside, however, he was groaning. At first, he could still fight head-on against that maniac, but the longer he fought, things were going very wrong.

That crazy woman’s attacks struck harder with every blow, and all of her sword attacks covered a wide area and were extremely deadly, not to mention the enchanted chill on the blade.

After warding off the natural Palatinate-level auras, as the two clashed properly head-on, Shinings found his combat ability far behind the latter.

A few hundred of attacks in, he was easily suppressed and could not fight back.

Hundreds of attacks may sound like an awfully long time, a battle of attrition where neither one could decisively end the battle.

But if that timespan is instead built on a basis of fifty to sixty moves per second, then hundreds would still be in the range of bare seconds...

Simply put, the elder felt that he could win, and threw everything at Kasumi, then typing GGWP...

After a hard-fought five seconds later, Shinings felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life. With his life hanging in the battle, he unleashed every last bit of power inside him. Even so, he still had no answers to her attack, and could only run about dodging attacks, to drag the battle out and try to get himself some breathing space.

Azure blades came crashing from above and left deep rents on the ground. As Kasumi laughed manically, the chill around her grew even colder and stronger. The crimson light in her eye was glowing brighter as well, like a rampaging beast.

The strength of the blades once again increased.

If Shinings had dared not make direct contact with the blades earlier, now with the increase in strength, he dare not even get anyway close to it.

At times when he could not dodge the attack, he had not relied on the power from the Eventide to forcibly deflect the attack.

But the power of the Eventide was not a power he could call on at full force based on his whims. Due to its massive power that could increase the lethality of one’s attack to another level, the continuous use of this ability would leave all sorts of inner wounds in the body.

And with time, these injuries will accumulate and finally be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.

Two minutes had passed since the fight started.

Soulchain Jeff Shinings had reached his limits, and after forcing out one last rainbow beam to deflect Kasumi’s final strike; his face was pale as the cyclopean tree above him had shrunk at least two-thirds.

He then looked at Kasumi who was closing again at high speed, as she sought to keep up the attack.

Shinings did not hesitate, preserving his life was much more important than his honor. With surprising agility, he charged towards the exit of the city. While he was not slow, but because the location he was at was close enough to the city’s outskirts, something weird still happened during the escape.

A large patch of cold frost started to claw at his feet, trying to hold him in place.

Just as he was about to leave the city, he shuddered hard, as a loud thud rang out behind him, seemingly blocking some sort of attack.

The cold frost on the ground had transformed into shapeless monsters as they surrounded and attacked him.

But as they pressed the attack, the faster he ran.

And just as he left the city’s perimeters, a blurry silver light appeared beneath Shinings’ leg as he sped up further.