THE CROSSED WORLDS - PART II

The forest was colder than the city itself. Yan Feng saw this when he felt the strong currents of air that circulated strongly around the place. Zhao was crouched by a heap of herbs and smiled like a fool. He always heard about the herb of love, the one that made any man or woman fall in love, he had seen some paintings of the herb in his master's book, but he never actually witnessed the real herb itself. The viscous texture with the sweet aroma and the shape of a three-pointed star already said that he was facing the herbs of love.

- Majesty ... Majesty ... - Zhao called his master taking some herbs and putting them in his pocket. Yan Feng did not reply, it had been a long time since Xiao Niao had gone to do his physiological needs and that worried Yan Feng. When he was about to head in the same direction as her, the sound of horse hooves rumbling on the wet earth caught his attention. The noise was a little distant, but it was clear that there were many men together. Yan Feng got on his horse and shouted at Zhao to hurry up. When the servant awoke from his delirium with the herb of love, he could hear the sound that had startled his king. More than quickly the two mounted the horse and went ahead in search of Xiao Niao who had disappeared completely. Right behind them came a large entourage of men at the behest of the minister; they were riding furiously towards them. Yan Feng ran as fast as he could while hunting Xiao Niao. Until he finally realized that, she had run away. The young woman who had stolen her heart these past few days was completely gone.

- Zhao, go to the other side of the forest I will go through here, meet me at the entrance to the city in an hour, if you find Xiao Niao take her with you regardless of what happens or what she says. This is not a request ... - Yan Feng spoke firmly - It is an order from your king! - Zhao nodded and followed the horse to the other side.

Not far from there, a young god with his sword in his hand hunted for prey. Chi Yu, who saw Yan Feng born and grow up, heard his first words and gestures from an early age, soon recognized his friend's voice and only had time to catch a glimpse of his platinum hair flying in the winds as he cut the forest like a lightning bolt on a horse. Apparently his cousin had not changed at all!

Soon, the evil presence of the criminal who had broken the chasm appeared again. Chi Yu moved on and Ch'eng Huang was tired behind. The race had been too intense and too long for Ch'eng's limited breath. Chi Yu, who was in a hurry, left everyone behind and went ahead, cutting everything that got in his way. Baoqiao seemed to feed more and more on the magic that exuded from his owner's body, Chi Yu was accumulating intense levels of spells for the battle to come. The formation of the ten celestials had been left behind and he knew that the fight would be only between him and whoever opened the abyss. He was trying to understand why the fugitive ran into the mortal world. Chaos in that sphere was a complete danger. He had always heard stories that Chaos was suppressed by a concentrated magic of balance formed by the spirits of the ten elders born from Pangu's own body. Never that the mortal realm could withstand a being as powerful as that. The plan formed in his mind was to kill the unfortunate man who destroyed the abyss, to take the spirit of Chaos and take him to the skies to try to suppress him again forever. However, it seemed like an impossible mission, considering that the criminal's presence came and went at all times. Chi Yu concluded that he was trying to hide his presence from the pursuers, but the criminal's magic was too weak for that, so this oscillation of power that he exuded.

- BaoQiao, go ahead - Chi Yu was tired and slowed down the race, but his sword moved on faster following the powerful presence. The forest was clear; it was late afternoon, which made it easier for him to track what was ahead. Soon an explosion flew into the forest making Chi Yu stop for a few seconds. An intense sword fight filled the place; were many men who faced each other. Until the glimpse of white hair shone again, Yan Feng was at war in his ordeal in the mortal world. He looked irritated and his warrior like air had not changed at all even though he was a mortal now. Chi Yu saw that his cousin's battle was not his, what awaited him was much greater and he could not stop to see the war god of the celestial kingdom waging a small war in the mortal world.

As soon as his feet moved, he felt the call of his sword, BaoQiao seemed to summon him this time and he quickly hurried on. The dense and furious magic seemed to contaminate the air; the clear day was dissipating like smoke making it a little darker. Chi Yu felt Chaos on his skin; it was so powerful that he did not dare fight it. The young god's eyes were so focused on the front that he did not notice that on the side a small dagger flew towards him, it was by a small thread that the blade did not reach his head. He stopped when he saw that his back was full of pitfalls.

- Chi Yu, Ch'eng Huang approached without caution activating all the traps at once, but BaoQiao approached emitting his intense light forming a barrier while daggers flew everywhere. Chi Yu just saw a figure running from side to side in the forest, the criminal was right there, next to them, it was so fast that like thunder he threw BaoQiao that he stuck in the tree on the other side of the forest forming a great barrier preventing of the man to pass.

Bai Wan, who just wanted to get out of that forest and reach a peaceful place, was prevented from proceeding when he felt an invisible force throw him back. The mirror that was in his pocket escaped being thrown away. He did not feel the object escaping his pocket and just turned in time to see Chi Yu in front of him with his monstrous magic and BaoQiao at his side holding the barrier. Bai Wan put his hands in his pockets to get the mirror, but he felt his heart skip a beat when he realized that the mirror was no longer there.

- Oh, it is you ... Bai Wan, minister of the former demon lord. - Chi Yu faced the figure of the demon that had changed drastically over the years. He believed that demons had been extinct for millennia, but now he knew that many of them were hidden in different worlds. How has nobody ever detected them all this time? Chi Yu quickly opened the seal he carried with him and took Bai Wan's body afterwards, capping it with a cork. It had been easier than he thought, and to imagine that that little demon had managed to open the abyss ... Maybe he had an accomplice, or the real criminal was escaped. Anyway, he had a witness sealed in a pot to clean up the facts, the problem was Chaos ... He did not know where that being had gone. For the world not to be taken in darkness, it is because his spirit must have been trapped somewhere, like the seal he had attached to Bai Wan. Again, the sounds of swords filled the air and new mortals appeared surrounding the forest, Chi Yu was in the midst of that turbulence of sharp sounds and screams drowned out by blood and death. Yan Feng looked like the war monster, but he held his sword so as not to hurt anyone, however Minister Li's men were ferocious towards him.

Chi Yu, this forest is in chaos! - Ch'eng Huang approached breathlessly holding his hands on his chest pulling the air hard. - And the criminal?

- I took it, we need to hurry and find the Chaos that is lost and somewhere. - Ch'eng could not believe what his ears heard! More running. He did not have the energy to take it a step further. The sounds of the swords gradually increased and the fight was getting closer, Ch'eng Huang was unable to hold his emotions when he saw Yan Feng with any sword in his hands. - He lives up to the post of god of war! - He said smiling. If he had half the skills of Yan Feng or Chi Yu, he would not have so many problems!

The two moved away from the site in search of Chaos as the intense battle continued. On the other side of the battlefield was Xiao Niao, who could not move forward with so many men in the forest, so the way was to hide among large bushes and wait for the intense fight to end. By the intense beats, there were many men against Yan Feng and Zhao. There was no way out, the siege was closed and only despair took over.

Then, an extremely familiar voice sounded near him. The loud and clumsy voice was unmistakable, as the owner of that voice, stayed by his side for seven years. Meng Hao called for Xiao Niao and he seemed to ignore the swords that ran next to him, only the search for Xiao Niao mattered to him. Xiao Niao who was hiding thought about leaving, but it would be more risky because she would put not only her life at risk, but Meng Hao's. However, he kept calling her and his voice sounded scared. Flags of the State of Honga surrounded the forest, warhorses, Xiao Niao had been missing for days, and he could not get a single clue about it. That frustrated Meng Hao and since he met her friend of hers he realized what to be helpless, he has not been able to protect her either before or now. Perhaps Honga had discovered that young Xiao Niao was Naran's Mei Yang!

Meng Hao felt his forehead sweat when he thought about it.

- Who are you? - A soldier's cry from the minister was intense towards Meng Hao, he tried to justify himself, but there was no time, an arrow flew in his direction, but missed the target by driving the point into the tree. Meng Hao ran in the opposite direction, a little scared by the amount of men who were piling up around him, but there was no chance of him escaping, two arrows that crossed from side to side pierced his heart. His legs faltered and he fell to the floor feeling his body go numb. His eyes managed to focus on a small figure with a very well camouflaged eye band in a bush. He tried to suck in the air and wipe the vision that gradually blurred. That was Xiao Niao ... Mei Yang...

"She learned ..." Meng Hao smirked as blood dripped from his mouth. Xiao Niao had learned his old trick of camouflaging himself in the great forest and it saved her.

-Stay alive ... - Meng Hao spoke weakly before his body dropped to the floor while blood dripped down his body to make the floor red. Xiao Niao who heard Meng Hao's voice very close to her called him softly, but he did not just respond to the sound of laughter next to her made her cringe.

- Such an ugly creature ... it did not even deserve to live! - A soldier spoke making Xiao Niao's blood run cold. The only person who was always told to look grotesque was...

Ugly creature ... Meng Hao!

Xiao Niao pushed away all the branches that covered her body and came out like a lioness after Meng Hao, but her feet tripped over something strange and she fell on something that she was slowly cooling. Her hands touched the blood that accumulated beneath him. Meng Hao who was close to losing consciousness tried to lift a finger to touch the face of the woman who lived in his heart. It was so fragile and fast that he thought he could not fulfill his last wish. Then, his fingertips touched Xiao Niao's cheeks, it was an act full of pain and anguish, she needed to get out of there or she would die too! Even dying, he thought of her.

- Mei Yang ... Run away, your older brother is already dead. - He spoke his last words before the darkness took over his vision.

Xiao Niao who was on top of him did not understand the words, but he called her Mei Yang, his hands held Meng Hao until she touched the arrow that had crossed his body understanding his words, he had been hit by the enemy arrows.

- No no no no! Meng Hao - Xiao Niao did not hold back the tears, her body was burning and trembling as she shook her friend for him to answer her. Meng Hao was dead and she still did not understand why the anguish that hit her chest took away any rationality

- A woman with an eye band ... over there! - A soldier spoke and thus arousing intense pain from her.

- Meng Hao, talk to me! Menha Hao! - Xiao Niao screamed so loudly that his lungs hurt to pull in the air again. Then, an intense black light hovered over an object fallen in a corner next to a tree where Xiao Niao was. The mirror trembled on the floor, forming a thick and evil aura, Chi Yu felt his body tingle with the presence and at the same moment, he knew that Chaos was present, but the evil aura was very far from where he was. His feet receded and he ran towards the other side where black magic came from.

Xiao Niao could not see, but the men who came towards her were hurled very far and before they hit the ground, they turned to dust dissipating in the air. All the vegetation around in a few moments became black until the day that was setting became night. There has never been such a thing since Chaos was sealed. The earth gave off black smoke and all the soldiers who were in battle ran in fright. Yan Feng and Zhao realized that the fight was over when the sun had suddenly sunk into black clouds in the sky. The only one who was oblivious to all that was Xiao Niao, who held Meng Hao's cold body in her arms and cried compulsively. She screamed frantically, swaying her body next to his, staining all of her clothing with blood. She did not feel the strong hurricane-like wind that tore the thickets around her, nor the smoke that threatened to consume her completely that emanated from the ground, only the pain in her chest to lose her most precious friend. Meng Hao was the only person left in that world that mattered to her and he could not leave...

"No, no, no ..." She denied vehemently in her mind

"Revenge ..." A voice rang out in her thoughts. She had heard that voice before, but she did not remember where she had heard it. It seemed to spring from the depths of her soul, consuming her whole body...

"Revenge!"

Then, a dark shapeless spirit broke the mirror and broke free. It seemed to suck all the energy that existed around making everything that breathed at a distance to die suffocated, the soldiers who were unable to escape from the forest felt their bodies being sucked up with an evil aura until that there was nothing left but an empty, lifeless body. All the animals that crawled, flew or swam around that forest were killed quickly with the suction that the spirit made, there was an evil mass formed in the skies sucking all forms of life. Yan Feng on the other side felt his legs wobble for a few seconds, but he held on tight. Everyone started to fall like mummies on the floor, including Zhao who seemed to run from spasms, his servant was shaking like a slaughtered animal, which made Yan Feng stop his hunt for Xiao Niao and help him.

Then, everything stopped! The air that sucked souls was stopped as fast as it arrived when Meng Hao pulled the air hard into his lungs and opened his eyes to face the black sky.

CHAOS WAS FINALLY BACK