Chapter 62 Dead End
The flying speed of the two lumps of flame was far greater than a person’s running speed. It was basically comparable to the speed of a normal horse. Especially the flying sparks within the two lumps of raging flames, their high temperature prevented the thugs hired by the Black Tiger Family around them from drawing near. The thugs could only pathetically evade to the sides.
Baltic, who had successfully landed a blow, started to sneer, “Two little spirit practitioners dare to run amok here!”
After effortlessly breaking Ya and Ling’s spirit protection magic, Baltic accurately determined their cultivation. Corresponding with a knight’s Nine Layers of Heaven, the Church’s spirit practitioners were also divided into nine ranks. The first to third ranks were called ‘Mundane Rank’ by the Church, the fourth to sixth ranks were called ‘Spirit Rank’, and the highest three ranks were called ‘Senior Rank’.
During the long war with the Five Dalian Islands, in order to unify the perception of the people of the continent towards the different occupations, spirit practitioners, even those of magician rank, were the same as a knight’s nine major ranks: they used nine different colors to clearly symbolize each rank. Furthermore, like knights, when spirit practitioners and magicians took action, a distinctive color corresponding to their ranks would always appear, regardless of what type of magic they used.
When Baltic’s sickle shattered the two girls’ spirit protection magic, within the collapsing flames, there was a hint of dark-green halo flickering. This proved that the two girls only had strengths equivalent to that of middle-stage Earth Knights. They simply couldn’t withstand a single blow from Baltic, who already stepped into Heaven-rank.
Seeing the two girls fleeing and the hired thugs incapable of approaching them, Baltic showed a cruel smile. He treaded in strange steps as light as a ghost and rapidly approached the two girls. The long sickle was brandished once again. This time, Baltic aimed to chop the two girls’ waists.
“Young Master said you have to die, so you must die!” Baltic was so excited his eyes reddened. A pair of beautiful twins, furthermore, they were the Church’s spirit practitioners, to be able to kill this kind of enemy with his own hands was such a wonderful pleasure. Countless vengeful spirits had died under his blade, even including terrifying creatures like Frost Titans, yet it was still a first for him to encounter such lovely and beautiful prey.
The long sickle brought with it a soul-stealing sharp whistling sound. A layer of dark-blue halo was revolving around the blade. Early stage Heaven Knight, this was Baltic’s genuine strength. Without such strength, how could he control the tens of thousands of food-begging sailors, rogues, bullies, scoundrels, and those extremely poor and vicious criminals at Dunerk Harbor?
Ya and Ling felt the cold wind of the attack behind them. The black-robed Baltic whose complexion was as pale as the devil already arrived behind them. They could even feel his breath. Like his figure, his breath was piercingly cold; it was even colder than the cold wind coming from Odin Ice Origin.
With a sneer, the spirit protection magic the two girls just barely reinforced was shattered again. However, this time, without waiting for Baltic’s sickle to chop at their bodies, the two girls already simultaneously crushed small red scrolls inside their sleeves. They shouted in unison, “With the assistance of the Fire God, those who disregard God’s glory, suffer His punishment!”
A lump of reddish-gold flames like colored glass shot out from the two girls’ sleeves. It revolved rapidly around their bodies, forming a firm protective shield. Baltic’s sickle heavily struck the protective shield, yet only a loud sound could be heard. His sickle jolted violently, and the glittering protective shield was split into countless cracks. Then a lump of dazzling flame that brought with it a long dragon cry transformed into a wyvern around 34-centimeter-long. It violently launched itself at Baltic’s stomach.
Baltic’s expression changed. He cast his sickle aside as a layer of black mist began to cover his hands. A faint red color was flickering at the edge of the mist while countless dark-blue rays of light were mixed within it. Baltic’s hands grasped forward like iron hooks, firmly grabbing the entirely pure wyvern-shaped flames made of spiritual force.
“Vicious girls! With this magic power, you think you can injure me?” Baltic’s hands were burned by the wyvern-formed flames with ‘chi-chi’ sounds. He resisted the pain on his hands with great difficulty. His body abruptly spun at high speed, sparing no effort to throw the wyvern into seawater.
As the wyvern entered the water, a loud sound could be heard. A part of the sea with a radius of around one hundred meters exploded with a thunder-like bang. The wyvern created a ten-meter-tall water stream. The rising wave made the boats in the vicinity shake violently.
Following the loud sound, not only the residences at the Coastal Avenue, all of Dunerk was roused.
Urgent sounds of gongs could be heard from all directions, and sharp siren sounds could be heard from within sentry posts all around Dunerk. The century Land Island War had already ended thirty years ago, yet Dunerk had been maintaining wartime standards, only the level was lowered slightly. Now, such a huge explosion roused the whole city’s residents, the defensive army in the barracks, as well as the copper hats of Dunerk Guardian Office and the People’s Alliance of Defenders established by Dunerk itself. They all dispatched troops one after another, resulting in countless torches rushing towards the dock.
Lin Qi already ordered several bodyguards to rush to the dock. He shouted in a stern voice, “Quickly, power crossbows, shoot and kill them!”
Tooth-aching sounds of steel upon steel rose, and the ‘ka-ka’ sound of engines running could be heard from the darkness. Baltic snorted coldly. He endured the burning pain on his hands as he grabbed his own sickle back from the air. He brought with him a gale as he once again rushed behind the two girls’ body and once again chopped at the two girls’ backs.
The spirit protection magic shield that was just chopped into countless cracks exploded with a bang. The two girls cried out in alarm. Their fingers moved slightly, going to break another powerful spirit protective talisman stored inside their sleeves.
But the hired thugs that had always been trained by the Black Tiger Family didn’t give them the chance. Thirty hired thugs carrying power crossbows appeared from the darkness. They aimed at the two girls whose figures shone brightly in the darkness, and simultaneously loaded their crossbows.
Strange whistling ‘ga-ga’ sounds could be heard as thirty 67-centimeter-long and thumb-thick ‘killer crossbows’ were shot with a speed invisible to the naked eye and ruthlessly penetrated the flames protecting the two girls. These crossbows were made of a mix of black steel and volcanic red silver and were specifically used to kill Rhinoceros Knights who had the thickest skin and the most coarse flesh among the different tribes of the Five Dalian Islands.
Killer crossbows could penetrate even the thick body of Rhinoceros Knights. Their power was terrifyingly high, simply not what an ax thrown by a man could compare with. The two girls’ flames could resist the attack of those axes, yet were unable to resist the might of these crossbows’ arrows.
Under the illumination of the flames, the thirty arrows rapidly approached. The two girls were so frightened their minds blanked. They only instinctively made all the spiritual force within their bodies burst forth. Raging flames formed a hurricane that engulfed everything around them. Their bodies also moved along with the hurricane’s high rotational speed.
With miserable shrieks, blood sprayed as far as dozens of paces from the two girls’ bodies.
Ya and Ling’s bodies were simultaneously hit by several arrows. The pure steel arrows pierced their bodies, punching fist-sized holes through their shoulders and thighs. What made them more desperate was that Ya’s lower abdomen was also pierced by an arrow and fresh blood was constantly flowing from the wound.
The two girls wailed in despair.
Chapter 62 Dead End
The flying speed of the two lumps of flame was far greater than a person’s running speed. It was basically comparable to the speed of a normal horse. Especially the flying sparks within the two lumps of raging flames, their high temperature prevented the thugs hired by the Black Tiger Family around them from drawing near. The thugs could only pathetically evade to the sides.
Baltic, who had successfully landed a blow, started to sneer, “Two little spirit practitioners dare to run amok here!”
After effortlessly breaking Ya and Ling’s spirit protection magic, Baltic accurately determined their cultivation. Corresponding with a knight’s Nine Layers of Heaven, the Church’s spirit practitioners were also divided into nine ranks. The first to third ranks were called ‘Mundane Rank’ by the Church, the fourth to sixth ranks were called ‘Spirit Rank’, and the highest three ranks were called ‘Senior Rank’.
During the long war with the Five Dalian Islands, in order to unify the perception of the people of the continent towards the different occupations, spirit practitioners, even those of magician rank, were the same as a knight’s nine major ranks: they used nine different colors to clearly symbolize each rank. Furthermore, like knights, when spirit practitioners and magicians took action, a distinctive color corresponding to their ranks would always appear, regardless of what type of magic they used.
When Baltic’s sickle shattered the two girls’ spirit protection magic, within the collapsing flames, there was a hint of dark-green halo flickering. This proved that the two girls only had strengths equivalent to that of middle-stage Earth Knights. They simply couldn’t withstand a single blow from Baltic, who already stepped into Heaven-rank.
Seeing the two girls fleeing and the hired thugs incapable of approaching them, Baltic showed a cruel smile. He treaded in strange steps as light as a ghost and rapidly approached the two girls. The long sickle was brandished once again. This time, Baltic aimed to chop the two girls’ waists.
“Young Master said you have to die, so you must die!” Baltic was so excited his eyes reddened. A pair of beautiful twins, furthermore, they were the Church’s spirit practitioners, to be able to kill this kind of enemy with his own hands was such a wonderful pleasure. Countless vengeful spirits had died under his blade, even including terrifying creatures like Frost Titans, yet it was still a first for him to encounter such lovely and beautiful prey.
The long sickle brought with it a soul-stealing sharp whistling sound. A layer of dark-blue halo was revolving around the blade. Early stage Heaven Knight, this was Baltic’s genuine strength. Without such strength, how could he control the tens of thousands of food-begging sailors, rogues, bullies, scoundrels, and those extremely poor and vicious criminals at Dunerk Harbor?
Ya and Ling felt the cold wind of the attack behind them. The black-robed Baltic whose complexion was as pale as the devil already arrived behind them. They could even feel his breath. Like his figure, his breath was piercingly cold; it was even colder than the cold wind coming from Odin Ice Origin.
With a sneer, the spirit protection magic the two girls just barely reinforced was shattered again. However, this time, without waiting for Baltic’s sickle to chop at their bodies, the two girls already simultaneously crushed small red scrolls inside their sleeves. They shouted in unison, “With the assistance of the Fire God, those who disregard God’s glory, suffer His punishment!”
A lump of reddish-gold flames like colored glass shot out from the two girls’ sleeves. It revolved rapidly around their bodies, forming a firm protective shield. Baltic’s sickle heavily struck the protective shield, yet only a loud sound could be heard. His sickle jolted violently, and the glittering protective shield was split into countless cracks. Then a lump of dazzling flame that brought with it a long dragon cry transformed into a wyvern around 34-centimeter-long. It violently launched itself at Baltic’s stomach.
Baltic’s expression changed. He cast his sickle aside as a layer of black mist began to cover his hands. A faint red color was flickering at the edge of the mist while countless dark-blue rays of light were mixed within it. Baltic’s hands grasped forward like iron hooks, firmly grabbing the entirely pure wyvern-shaped flames made of spiritual force.
“Vicious girls! With this magic power, you think you can injure me?” Baltic’s hands were burned by the wyvern-formed flames with ‘chi-chi’ sounds. He resisted the pain on his hands with great difficulty. His body abruptly spun at high speed, sparing no effort to throw the wyvern into seawater.
As the wyvern entered the water, a loud sound could be heard. A part of the sea with a radius of around one hundred meters exploded with a thunder-like bang. The wyvern created a ten-meter-tall water stream. The rising wave made the boats in the vicinity shake violently.
Following the loud sound, not only the residences at the Coastal Avenue, all of Dunerk was roused.
Urgent sounds of gongs could be heard from all directions, and sharp siren sounds could be heard from within sentry posts all around Dunerk. The century Land Island War had already ended thirty years ago, yet Dunerk had been maintaining wartime standards, only the level was lowered slightly. Now, such a huge explosion roused the whole city’s residents, the defensive army in the barracks, as well as the copper hats of Dunerk Guardian Office and the People’s Alliance of Defenders established by Dunerk itself. They all dispatched troops one after another, resulting in countless torches rushing towards the dock.
Lin Qi already ordered several bodyguards to rush to the dock. He shouted in a stern voice, “Quickly, power crossbows, shoot and kill them!”
Tooth-aching sounds of steel upon steel rose, and the ‘ka-ka’ sound of engines running could be heard from the darkness. Baltic snorted coldly. He endured the burning pain on his hands as he grabbed his own sickle back from the air. He brought with him a gale as he once again rushed behind the two girls’ body and once again chopped at the two girls’ backs.
The spirit protection magic shield that was just chopped into countless cracks exploded with a bang. The two girls cried out in alarm. Their fingers moved slightly, going to break another powerful spirit protective talisman stored inside their sleeves.
But the hired thugs that had always been trained by the Black Tiger Family didn’t give them the chance. Thirty hired thugs carrying power crossbows appeared from the darkness. They aimed at the two girls whose figures shone brightly in the darkness, and simultaneously loaded their crossbows.
Strange whistling ‘ga-ga’ sounds could be heard as thirty 67-centimeter-long and thumb-thick ‘killer crossbows’ were shot with a speed invisible to the naked eye and ruthlessly penetrated the flames protecting the two girls. These crossbows were made of a mix of black steel and volcanic red silver and were specifically used to kill Rhinoceros Knights who had the thickest skin and the most coarse flesh among the different tribes of the Five Dalian Islands.
Killer crossbows could penetrate even the thick body of Rhinoceros Knights. Their power was terrifyingly high, simply not what an ax thrown by a man could compare with. The two girls’ flames could resist the attack of those axes, yet were unable to resist the might of these crossbows’ arrows.
Under the illumination of the flames, the thirty arrows rapidly approached. The two girls were so frightened their minds blanked. They only instinctively made all the spiritual force within their bodies burst forth. Raging flames formed a hurricane that engulfed everything around them. Their bodies also moved along with the hurricane’s high rotational speed.
With miserable shrieks, blood sprayed as far as dozens of paces from the two girls’ bodies.
Ya and Ling’s bodies were simultaneously hit by several arrows. The pure steel arrows pierced their bodies, punching fist-sized holes through their shoulders and thighs. What made them more desperate was that Ya’s lower abdomen was also pierced by an arrow and fresh blood was constantly flowing from the wound.
The two girls wailed in despair.
