Unexpected events (1)
I'm sorry this chapter came a few days later than it should, I've been busy with some school related matters and my weekend are always booked, as I'm not living alone there are a lot of things I'd have to do.
Hope you all can understand.
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Xiao Wan wrapped his soul sense around the needle while making it float and he looked in the direction of the blood pool.
He turned around and started walking in that direction until he reached where he had been previously. He spread his soul sense towards the army of corpse slaves. He wrapped his genuine qi imbued soul sense around one of the soul corpse like thick chains and tried to sense where the Scarred man's soul imprint was.
He found the imprint at the nape of that corpse slave, and he continued to search for the location of the soul imprint on the other corpse slaves. He found some at their chests, arms, legs, wrists and various other places.
Xiao Wan wrapped his soul power around the poisonous needle while attaching a strand of his compressed soul power to it. He controlled the needle to dart around, piercing the soul imprints in the corpse slaves one by one, turning them into mindless and weak zombies.
The scarred man's face darkened as he realized that someone was attacking his corpse slaves but it was too late. The thousand plus corpse slaves at the Scarred man's command had already dwindled to a measly three hundred and the number kept on decreasing.
"Curse you, sh*tty mongrel, Don't let me catch you, if not I'll tear you into a thousand pieces- no ten thousand pieces and I'll feed you to the dogs", the Scarred man cursed very loudly in anger as he smashed his fist into the ground but his wrist bent at an odd angle and he screamed in pain,
"Arghhhhhh, scr*w you, come and face me if you are a man"...
(#me: this man is a classic idi*t(*_*))
Xiao Wan giggled softly, then rolled his eyes and said, "You're such a dumbass, why would I come over when I know you're capable of slapping me to death instantly, and besides why would I listen to you when I can feel your killing intent from such a distance"
The scarred man became furious since no one had ever insulted him like that before, at least not a weaker and younger person.
"You're really lucky that I can't move out of this place for now, if not I'd have smashed you into meat paste by now", the scarred man roared in anger.
A cold glint flashed in Xiao Wan's eyes and the teasing and not so serious expression totally vanished .
"shut up you ugly piece of sh*t, you attacked us first but you won't allow us to retaliate huh, you better shut your f*cking mouth or I'll shut it for ya, you old piece of cr*p", said Xiao Wan.
All the while Xiao Wan continued erasing the soul imprint on all the corpse slaves except for the second silver colored corpse slave that was hidden in a remote part and he frowned when he saw that the needle couldn't pierce through its body and most importantly he wasn't able to find the location of the soul imprint almost as if it didn't exist in the first place.
Xiao Wan knew that was practically impossible, so it must be because he wasn't yet proficient at using soul power. There weren't any powerful beings in the area as they've all gone extinct or into hiding since the war one thousand years ago, so there was practically no one to teach him how to use his soul power and of course he'd never tell anyone about his uniqueness until he was strong enough.
"Ka ka ka ka ka ka ka ka ka, subarashi, you will never be able to find the soul imprint 'cause I know you aren't proficient at using your soul power", the Scarred man laughed hysterically and said in a sinister tone.
(p.s. note: subarashi- means wonderful in Japanese. I'm not Japanese but I do watch anime so I decided to just use it)
Xiao Wan face palmed, sighed and shrugged.
"I've never seen anyone with such great stupidity, you should be honored to be the first of such kind, You should actually think of your situation right now, you fool, we're in a stalemate; I can't afford to get close to you so I don't lose my life and you can't move out of the pool because you'll die if you do" said Xiao Wan with a smirk on his face while trying to hold back his laughter.
"You're stupid, your whole family is stupid, Arrrgghhhh, I will kill you!!!!" the scarred man was exasperated and punched the ground with the same fist he used before and this time, his hand became badly mangled. It was almost smashed into meat paste.
Xiao Wan couldn't hold back his laughter anymore and started rolling on the floor laughing with tears at the corner of his eyes.
Xiao stopped laughing after a while as he remembered that his other sect members were in danger. He decided to get serious and started moving towards their location while keeping an eye on the silver colored corpse slave and the Scarred man.
He ran to them as fast as he could but the silver corpse slave moved towards them and arrived before Xiao Wan got there. The silver colored corpse slave raised it's arm up ready to dismember the first person on the stake.
"ka ka ka ka ka ka ka, what can you do now that I've taken your other team members hostage, If you want to save them, you can surrender and let me possess your body and I'll make you a great man one day." said the Scarred man in a joyful tone as he laughed.
"Oiii, if so much as a strand of hair is missing from their head I'll make sure I cut your old little birdie and feed it to the dogs" said Xiao Wan in a threatening tone.
Even though he didn't like anyone of them, he couldn't just let them die like that since he wouldn't be able to return to the sect anymore and his cultivation would most likely stagnate as there was barely any spiritual qi in this area except he can find a place like that cave he found earlier.
Xiao Wan sighed ruefully as he remembered the collapsed cave. He stepped closer towards the corpse slave but it's hand descended to show Xiao Wan that the Scarred man wasn't joking about killing his other sect members so he took a step back.
Xiao Wan noticed that it was Dong Lin that was the closest person to the silver corpse slave and a sinister smile appeared on his face and he started moving forward and the silver corpse slave swung it's arm down but stopped right before it hit Dong Lin.
The scarred man actually just wanted to scare Xiao Wan and didn't actually think Xiao Wan would continue walking forward so he ordered the silver corpse slave to continue in it's act.
It swung it's arm down with great force and tore Dong Lin's right arm off and blood came pouring out.
The sudden sharp pain woke Dong Lin up from his unconscious state but he only realized he had one arm less a few seconds later as he was still a bit drowsy.
"Arggggghhhhhhhhhh"
When Dong Lin came to, he screamed in pain and his face became paler and his voice weaker, as he continued screaming.
Even Xiao Wan almost felt sad for him but the scene of Dong Lin drawing more corpse slaves towards in during the previous battle flashed in his mind and he took a step forward.
The Scarred man's voice drifted into Dong Lin's ears
"Young one, the brat over there is the cause of your current plight, so blame it all on him, I told him not to move or I'd kill you all but he moved once he saw you were my first target so I had to stick to my words. It's clear that he wants you dead not me"
Being the fool Dong Lin was, all his fear, indignation, anger and sorrow were all converted into hatred after hearing those words, Dong Lin's eyes became bloodshot as he roared, "XIAO WAN, I'M GOING TO F*CKING KILL YOUUU"
In his anger he managed to break free from the tight ropes that bound hid but not without a scratch, the ropes left many bloody marks on his once white skin, he ran to Xiao Wan and began kicking and punching but Xiao Wan avoided all the attacked since he had broken into the mortal realm and was eligible to be an inner disciple of the sect just like Dong Lin was.
Don't Lin was in the late stage of the first tier of the mortal realm but his battle experience was very low as he had been pampered from a very young age. There are times where he'd pay others to go complete missions for him.
As he continued attacking Xiao Wan, the genuine qi in his body became agitated and started surging, reaching the completion stage.
Crackk~
Dong Lin broke through to the second tier of the mortal realm and he became less flustered that his attacks couldn't touch Xiao Wan, He still didn't know that Xiao Wan has reached the mortal realm himself and just thought that Xiao Wan was frantically dodging since he assumed Xiao Wan was weaker than him.
Xiao Wan maintained a calm expression throughout the scuffle but he was a bit surprised when Dong Lin broke through but then it was completely normal, as he came from a rich family so he must have had access to a lot of resources and his body would definitely not be able to digest all that medicinal essence ingested but it would definitely store it for future use and today happened to be that future.
Dong Lin's cultivation continued rising until it stopped at the late stages of mortal realm tier two and he became overconfident. His attacks were even less precise compared to how they were much earlier but it covered a wider area and Xiao Wan had lesser space to evade. There was almost no chance for Xiao Wan to catch his breath since he was fighting someone who was more than a whole tier above him and he still kept his soul sense active since their fight began.
Xiao Wan kept looking for a gap in Dong Lin's defense but the intensity of the battle made it more difficult for him to find Dong Lin's weakness. One thing that was evident was that Dong Lin hadn't become familiar with his new strength and he was basically using Xiao Wan to get better, unknown to him Xiao Wan was using him as a whetstone for him to sharpen his battle acumen and be able to fight across tiers.
When Dong Lin stopped his barrage of attacks, Xiao Wan took hold of that rare opportunity and punched Dong Lin's chest, pushing him back and he lost his balance, almost falling down but Xiao Wan grabbed his foot, hoisted him up in the air and smacked him on the ground many times
*bam *bam * bam *bam
Most of the bones in Dong Lin's body got broken and his body was as soft as foam. He groaned in pain as he laid down on the floor, unable to move.
Xiao Wan fell on the floor with his bum as he panted heavily. This fight was tougher than it ought to be since he couldn't deactivate his soul sense as the threat of the silver corpse was still looming over him
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