27 14 - Finally Made a Move?
"Kugh!"
In a clearing some distance away from Fang Lin and the rest, Ning'er slid to a stop as she stabbed her sword into the ground. (My hand actually stung from that block..?) she thought in shock. Eyes narrowed, Ning'er raised her sword in front of her and looked up just in time to see a figure jump into the same clearing as her.
*BANG!*
"Hehe..." chuckled the masked man, his frame like that of a bear, in his hand, a battle ax glittered as it reflected off the sunlight. "Your little boy friend can't save you now... stop resisting and make this easier for both of us!" shouted the masked man as he charged forward, ax overhead for a downward swing.
(He's not merging with his demon spirit? I see... he's underestimating my strength) thought Ning'er with a glint in her eyes. Just before the ax made contact with her head, she sidestepped a little, and counter slashed... or tried to, when the ax hit the ground...
*BOOM!*
The ground beneath her caved in and caught her off guard. "Ugh!" grunted Ning'er as she was blown away by the shock wave. Cold sweat ran down her cheek as she was looking at the after math of that blow. (So I was also underestimating my opponent! He's not a Black Gold for no reason after all... I hope everyone else is okay as this might take awhile...)
Seeing his preemptive attack failed, the man just clicked his tongue in disappointment. "Oi oi! Can you not dodge?! You're not even our main target! So just obediently die for me!" shouted the man as he readied his Ax and charged in once more, in attempt to finish Ning'er as quickly as possible.
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Back with Fang Lin, the fight was actually pretty even with no one having the advantage over the other. Physical strength and speed wise, Fang Lin was pretty sure he was the superior one of the two. The reason for the stale mate was because Fang Lin can't land any proper hits on the guy!
"Tch... a void type demon spirit? What a troublesome guy you are!" shouted Fang Lin as he did a backhand slash. Just as his sword was about to land however, the lanky man actually turned intangible! As soon as the sword go through his body, the lanky man counter stabbed with dagger, forcing Fang Lin to use his hand to take the blow!
*Sqwelp!*
Not even batting an eyelid from getting stabbed, Fang Lin took this chance to lash out with Black Dao... and missed again! At the last second, his opponent let go of the dagger, turned intangible once more before jumping back a distance away while taking out another dagger from his space ring.
"Tch! troublesome bastard..." spat out Fang Lin as pulled out the dagger while at the same time, suppressing his Phenex body from healing itself. Just as he was about to continue the battle however, Fang Lin paused in his step as his vision went blurry for a split second. (Poison!?) thought Fang Lin as he startled by the sudden turn of the event.
"Hoo... looks like it's already taking effect? How generous of you take that hit on purpose... thank you for making my job easier" said the lanky man in a mocking manner. (Ugh, this is why I hate fighting assassins damn it! they're a bunch of asses alright... now then how should I bait this asshole into a close up battle again? I only have 1 chance!) Fang Lin thought as he tighten the hold on Black Dao with a glint in his eyes.
"Hihihi... what's with that look in your eyes? AAh?" shouted the assassin with a crazed look in his eyes. Before Fang Lin could retort however, the lanky man again merged with his demon spirit and disappeared. "Wha..!?" on reflex, Fang Lin threw a fire ball towards his back while jumping forward.
*BOOM!*
"Ugh! Bastard! Lucky shot... that will not work again!" uttered out the assassin as he walked out of the fire looking a bit singed but not really hurt. He couldn't be... after all that was just a weak spell Fang Lin fired without any preparations after all. "Heh, you also... now that I know you can that" responded Fang Lin in a cocky manner even though his grip on Black Dao was starting to 'shake' a little.
"Hmph, bastard... still acting tough! We'll see how long you can last under my poison while dodging my attacks" spat out the lanky man in contempt before he once again disappeared into the void.
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Back with Ning'er... she was also stuck in a stale mate of her own. While she was more agile and can dodge all attacks, she on the other hand was unable to close in due to the shock waves the bulky man produces with his attacks.
*BANG!*
"Stay still damn it!" shouted the berserk man. A couple meters away, Ning'er glared warily at him. (If only I could somehow block his attack... somehow... oh...) complained Ning'er but halfway through, she finally remembered she had Avalon. Why would she? She's never really been in a fight tough enough that she had to use it after all.
With that last thought in mind, Ning'er dashed towards the bulky man. Upon seeing her 'foolish' actions, the man just laughed and swung his ax with all his might "DIE!" Just before the attack could hit Ning'er, golden particles shimmered into existence all around Ning'er and an invisible force stopped the ax dead in its track.
"What!?" he shouted in surprise. Before he could react properly to the sudden development however...
*PUCHI!*
"Gurrrg!" gargled out the man as his throat was pierced by a sharp blade before slowly falling to his knees.
*THUD!*
"Finally..." breathed out Ning'er in relief as she started looting the corpse of everything valuable. "Ah... that one year in the other world actually made me have a builtin reflex to loot everything I fight...đ " she chuckled embarrassingly before she remembered the Fang Lin and others.
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Dragged by a rope and totally bound, was one of the Silver Rank masked individual. He was in a very miserable state in fact as all his limbs were shattered beyond repair. Taking the lessons that her 'Boss' taught her to heart, Xiao Bai happily turned both of that bound person's arms and legs into mush. Looking at the the state of their prisoner, Ye Ziyun and Yang Xin were actually starting to feel some pity although they squashed that feeling away immediately as he was an enemy that wanted to harm them.
"Who is that person you're dragging... Yun'er, Little Bai, and big sis?" a voice suddenly sounded out next to them. "Eep!" "Huh!?" shouted in surprise both Ziyun and Yang Xin. Especially more so for Yang Xin as even though she had only recently made a breakthrough, she's still a Black Gold demon spiritualist after all! Quickly turning towards the voice, they let out a sigh as the person turned out to be Ning'er.
"Moou, Ning'er! Don't scare me like that! I thought it was enemy!" cried out Ziyun exasperatedly while Yang Xin just sigh in relief that it wasn't another enemy ambush. Xiao Bai was the only one there that wasn't surprised as she already detected her. "Sorry Yun'er... but that person?" chuckled Ning'er as she once again asked about the broken mess of a person.
"Hmm~ this is a person that Fang Lin wanted us to capture alive. Though looking at his current state, I'm not sure if we could call it being 'alive'...." said Yang Xin with a sigh. "It's no problem! I did it just like Boss taught me! Heheee" replied Xiao Bai in a happy tone. With her still being a cute little kitten though made the image a little odd. Not that her being in her loli form would have made it any better....
Hearing that answer, Ziyun sweat dropped and thought (so it was Fang Lin's fault!? What is he teaching a little girl!?). Seeing as the party was getting a little distracted, Ning'er made a cough to get their attention "Uhum, girls! We should start heading back to Fang Lin now. He should be about finished with his fight as we speak."
Hearing her words, everyone woke up with a start and made a dash towards Fang Lin... all the while dragging their prisoner roughly through the dirt. After awhile, they made it back to the site of where their carriage was blown up. What they happened to witness at that moment however nearly made Ye Ziyun and Yang Xin's hearts stop.
What they saw was the sight of the lanky assassin piercing Fang Lin's heart with a dagger with his eyes wide open in shock! Not letting this chance go, Fang Lin grabbed onto the outstretched arm with the dagger and held on with a vice-grip while Black Dao found its way into his heart! With that, the assassin fell on his back Black Dao slipped out of Fang Lin's hand also falling to his knees. (Ugh! Stupid poison, I should reactivate my Phenex body before this could get worse...)
"LIN!!" "NO!" shouted both Ziyun and Yang Xin with tears in their eyes before making a mad dash towards Fang Lin, completely forgetting about Ning'er, Xiao Bai, and their prisoner.
"Lin! Fang Lin! You can't die okay!?" shouted Ziyun in a panic mess while tightly embracing Fang Lin's 'corpse'. As for yang Xin... she wasn't doing any better as she kept taking pills after pills from her spatial ring while mumbling "No! not this one! Damn it! This isn't strong enough!"
Suddenly being embraced in a death grip like that while listening to the mumbling of Yang Xin made Fang Lin completely dumbfounded making him forget to stop suppressing his Phenex blood. Off to the side, Ning'er and Xiao Bai just looked at the scene in bewilderment before turning to each other.
"Big sis... should we tell them...?" asked Xiao Bai hesitantly. "Huhu... let's... just leave it to Lin. It's his mess to clean up..." said Ning'er with a chuckle. How can a little 'stab' wound even cause these two to worry even a little? They have dealt much more 'grievous' wounds to him when they tested the limits of his regeneration before coming to this world after all.
Seeing the tears in Ziyun's eyes and the panic stricken expression on Ziyun's and Yang Xin's faces filled Fang Lin's heart with warmth. (These girls... I'm definitely going to bring them with me out of this world no matter what!) thought Fang Lin with resolution in his eyes. Before that though... he should calm them down a little...
"Yun'er! Xin'er! Calm down, I'm okay! Really!" shouted Fang Lin to catch their attention. "How can you be okay!? You have a knife in your heart! Just wait a bit! I'm sure there's something I can use to help!" shouted Yang Xin almost hysterically before taking out more pill bottles. Ziyun on the other hand just started crying even harder.
"Girls! I'm really fine!" said Fang Lin once again before pulling both girls into his embrace thus calming them both down a little. "Look at Ning'er and Xiao Bai... neither of them are panicking at all right? It's because they knew I would be fine..." pointed out Fang Lin. (Okay... it's getting a bit uncomfortable with this dagger in my heart... I should probably take this thing out soon...)
After hearing what he said, both girls woke with a start and looked towards Ning'er and Xiao Bai's position. What they saw made them dumbfounded as Ning'er and Xiao Bai just smiled and chuckled at their reactions! "But... but... how can you be okay!? With that dagger in your chest!" half shouted Ziyun in confusion.
"It's ---cough--- because of a special constitution... hold on a sec... let me take this thing out. It's starting to get harder to breathe with it still in me..." gasped out Fang Lin as he proceeded to pull said dagger out of his chest. Suddenly, flames flickered into existence over wounds before dissipating, leaving a fully uninjured Fang Lin. Even his clothes are back to normal!
"Huh!?" "But... but.." stuttered out both girls before looking towards Fang Lin for answers. "I will tell you girls later but for now we have a more pressing issue." said Fang Lin as he denied them answers for now as he started walking towards the unconscious prisoner. "Hmph, let's see what's hiding underneath that mask shall we?" said Fang Lin as he bent down and unmasked the person.
"This!" "He is!?" shouted Ziyun and Yang Xin in surprise as they recognized the person while Ning'er just narrowed her eyes in anger. "It's as I thought and if I remember correctly... this person should be of the Sacred Family, Shen Ming!"
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stats update;
***************************Status***************************
Name: Fang Lin
Title: "Pig Slayer"
Lv: 75 (80%)
Tier: "Mortal"
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Physical Level: 8 Stars Mortal
Soul Level: 9 Stars Mortal
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Traits: "Serene Mind", "Pain Tolerance", "Fire Affinity", "Wind Affinity", "Space Affinity", "Time Affinity"
Skills: "D-Sword Mastery", "D-Cooking Mastery", "C-All Fiction (sealed-10months)", "EX-Dragon God Ascension", "D-Perfect Memory"
Bloodlines: "A-Phenex", "None"
Equipments: "Black Dao (Rare)", "S-Divine Dividing"
Items: "Basic Camping Set", "C-Spatial Ring (small)"
Summons: "Xiao Ning'er", "Xiao Bai"
AP: 407,500
EP: 157,420
IP: 511,200
UP: 50,000
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Name: Xiao Ning'er
Title: "Shinigami in Training"
Lv: 76 (0%)
Tier: "Mortal"
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Physical Level: 7 Stars Mortal
Soul Level: 9 Stars Mortal
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Traits: "Loyal", "Pain Tolerance", "Determined"
Skills: "D-Sword Mastery", "Inner World"
Bloodlines: "C-Shinigami", "None"
Equipments: "Zanpakuto-sealed- (Rare)", "Avalon (conceptualized)"
Items: "C-Spatial Ring (small)"
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Name: Xiao Bai
Title: "Sacred Beast Descendant", "Lightning Dragon Slayer"
Lv: 75 (0%)
Tier: "Mortal"
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Physical Level: 9 Stars Mortal
Soul Level: 9 Stars Mortal
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Traits: "Lightning Rod"
Skills: "Bone Hardening", "Lightning Manipulation", "Shape Shifting", "Lightning Dragon Slayer"
Bloodlines: "Thundercloud Warcat", "Celestial White Tiger(Sealed-70%)"
Equipments: "None"
Items: "C-Spatial Ring (small)", "Senzu Bean (2x)"
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