Chapter 116
I knew from the moment I had seen the extra ring on Wenwu's arm that something was wrong.
But I had not thought that it would be capable of giving Wenwu this much power and even transform his body. In that regard, this mysterious ring could be said to be similar to my Noble Phantasm, [Blessing of Albion].
"How can this be possible? This is clearly energy from Hell dimension." Master Wong said as he saw Wenwu's body transforming because of the flames emerging from that mysterious eleventh ring.
"Hell dimension!" I said, surprised by Master Wong's words. It honestly felt like this world was getting weirder day by day. The more I looked deep inside, the more complex this world felt.
First, gods actually existed even though they were more like powerful aliens. Now, even Hell was actually a real dimension. What more things which were mere myths could be true?
"But this should not be possible. The Sorcerers of Kamar Taj did their very best to clean the Earth of any creature of Hell since the devils from Hell could easily manipulate human emotions to make humans their slaves." Master Wong explained why Hell's energy should not be on Earth.
"Ying Nan!" Master Wong called out to Master Ying Nan since the situation had changed.
"Don't worry. I can still defeat Wenwu no matter what kind of trick he uses. You don't need to interfere." Master Ying Nan said, clearly not wanting us to interfere with the duel.
"You still think that you can defeat me, Ying Nan. That is just useful thinking on your part." Xu Wenwu said as his transformation completed, causing the temperature in the surroundings to rise tremendously.
Master Ying Nan didn't reply back but instead covered her body with a thin layer of chi so as to protect herself from the Ten Rings now burning with hellish flames.
Fighting Xu Wenwu would now be much harder for her since she would be against not only the force energy in the Ten Rings but also the burning energy of Hell dwelling in them. As such, it was necessary for her to constantly use chi to protect her body from the hellish flames.
Yet, despite the unfavorable conditions she was ready to see that the duel to its end. Perhaps it was just her warrior's honour or maybe a grudge against Xu Wenwu.
Xu Wenwu once again created the whips using the Ten Rings, this time however, burning with the flames of hell.
Then, he immediately rushed towards Master, confident that he could defeat her easily. Master blocked his attacks with her chi but it was clear that she was now having difficulty due to the hellish flames.
"Admit defeat, Ying Nan. It is impossible for you to defeat me." As Wenwu said these words, the flames on the rings suddenly started fluctuating and then— Boom!
Wenwu exploded the flames on the whips, throwing Master Ying Nan backwards from the impact. Fortunately, I could see that she was unharmed.
However, several parts of her robes had been burnt by the flames. It was clear that her chi had been broken by the explosion. If it was not for her chi, she would have suffered intense burns.
The situation was clearly disadvantages for Master Ying Nan. That explosion must have consumed a lot of her chi. As such, there should not be much chi left in Master's body.
"Surrender, Ying Nan. I don't want to hurt Ying Li's dear sister." Xu Wenwu said to Master Ying Nan, his eyes burning with flames, staring down at her.
"I am not done yet." Master Ying Nan said as she pushed herself up. A massive amount of chi once again started concentrating in her hand as she probably the dragon head attack once more.
"The same attack will not work again, Ying Nan." Xu Wenwu said as hellish flames concentrated in his hands.
Master Ying Nan released the dragon head attack which Wenwu countered with his whips of hellish flames. Unlike before, where the dragon head has easily overwhelmed Wenwu, he was now matching it equally.
In the end, the dragon head's chi burnt out and it disappeared.
It was now clear that Master Ying Nan was going to lose this duel. This was unacceptable to me. If she had lost in an ordinary duel, I would have respected the result. But I could not accept that she was going to lose just because Wenwu contracted with some devil and gained hell's power.
As Xu Wenwu approached Master once again, I rushed forward and stood between both of them.
"So, you have finally decided to interfere, Albion. Come at me then! After all, I have a score to settle with you." Xu Wenwu said, his flaming eyes staring at me, completely ignoring Master Ying Nan.
Xu Wenwu clearly had a grudge against me since I had stolen one of his Ten Rings and quite easily at that. However, I had not thought that this grudge would be so strong.
"A-Albion! I can still fight. You don't need to interfere." Master Ying Nan said, likely out of pride since she could see that she was going to lose.
"I am not here to interfere." I said, clarifying the situation.
"But since you have cheated, Wenwu. I believe Master deserves a boost as well." Saying these words, I put my hand on Master's shoulder and chanted my Noble Phantasm.
"Thought art garnered a Dragon's attention, [Blessing of Albion]."
As the power of my Noble Phantasm settled into Master's body, the golden chi covering her body turned red, sparkling with my red lightning.
Black scales grew on several parts of her body. However, only the ones on her hands and neck were visible. Moreover, two small horns also grew on her head.
In just a moment, Master's fairy like appearance had turned into one which rather suited a demon because of my Noble Phantasm. But that was a rather small price for such power.
"The stage is yours now, Master." I said as I stepped back.
"Thank you, Albion!" Master Ying Nan said gratefully with moistened eyes before she focused back on the battle.
"This small trick will not change anything, Albion! It is I who will be victorious today." Xu Wenwu said as he combined both of the whips to create a single flaming whip, brimming with both crushing force and hellish flames.
He waved the flaming whip towards Master, ready to crush her in a single attack. However she easily evaded the whip with her newly enhanced speed. Being a martial artist, she had a great control of her body allowing her to adjust to the enhancement [Blessing of Albion] had given her quite fast.
Master entered Wenwu's personal space with the help of her enhanced speed and attack with a palm strike shrouded in red lightning at his abdomen and then sent him flying away with a kick.
"Now, do you think that it is just mere trick, Wenwu?" Master Ying Nan asked Wenwu as he slowly stood up.
"I-I will…. not lose today!" Suddenly, the hellish flames erupted around Wenwu's body as two curved horns grew on his head, signifying that his transformation had increased once again.
Seeing the sudden phenomenon, Master Ying Nan readied herself, this time confident that she could match Wenwu.
"Albion! It is all your fault!" Xu Wenwu suddenly said in a furious tone as he rushed towards me with the intention of attacking me. Just what kind of thought had appeared in his head?
I shot a rather powerful lightning bolt at Wenwu who crossed his hands to block the lightning bolt but it was still enough to stun him.
Taking advantage of the fact that he was stunned, I closed in and attacked at his neck with a chop even though it was likely that he would not fall unconscious from the attack.
But to my surprise, Wenwu crumbled down like a sack of potatoes as soon as my hand struck his neck.
His transformation also started reverting as Wenwu's body slowly returned to its original form. The flames on the Ten Rings also disappeared, leaving only a single ring which was still burning red.
Now, let's see what kind of artefact this mysterious eleventh ring was since it had enough of Hell's energy to transform Xu Wenwu.
However, the ring crumbled into dust as soon as I touched it.
Damn it! I furiously punched the ground as I realised that the single lead we had on the devil who had given Wenwu this ring had disappeared.
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So, did you like the Hell mode Xu Wenwu? Any ideas on who this mysterious blue figure was who gave Xu Wenwu the eleventh ring containing the power of hell.
Anyways, Ying Nan has defeated Xu Wenwu albeit with a boost from Peter. We will see the aftermath the next chapter. The Multiverse Arc is not too far now.
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