Chapter 10: Kill
Editor: Hitesh_
Inside the hot spring pool, the blood-red water suddenly turned viscous. A dozen of twisted spell symbols emerged from the water.
The strong efficacy of Jiang Yao's magic spell and drugs caused great pain to Ji Wu. Ji Wu felt as if countless sharp knives had been stabbed into his body. He couldn't stop trembling and crying in pain. He had almost jumped out many times but he had always been pushed back by Jiang Yao.
Jiang Yao's hands were slim and slender, yet strangely powerful. She pressed her hand against Ji Wu's shoulder making Ji Wu unable to move even an inch no matter how hard he struggled.
"Amma! Amma! It hurts! It really hurts! Burning! It's Burning! Amma!" Ji Wu let out a sharp cry followed by waves of wailing. His nose was running, his upper lip hot with a rivulet of mucus, tears around his ears and neck.
"Hang on! Wu! Hang on!" Jiang Yao said with an ice-cold expression on her beautiful face. She gnashed her teeth and continued, "You must let everyone know that my boy is better than Qing Fu's son! You must beat him at the ceremony!"
"I'm helping you channel your internal power and advance to Level 11 Novice Magus. This is the only way to make sure you will win!" Jiang Yao growled, "That little bastard, Ji Hao. I heard that he has been learning Novice Maguspriest witchcraft, he can't be that easy to beat. You have to advance!"
The sound of flames came from inside Ji Wu's body. Soon, a small flame spurted out from between his eyebrows. Fiery light beams appeared from within it and slowly spread to the rest of his body, eventually wrapping Ji Wu's whole body.
Jiang Yao proudly raised her eyebrows, laughing in great delight. Those muscular women that were standing from the side also laughed out loud and started to talk about how talented Ji Wu was. They said that Ji Wu was a genius, who could advance to level 11 at such a young age. This was truly rare even in the Bi Fang Clan.
Jiang Yao held her head high when she heard their words.
Ji Wu was still trembling. His muscles began to swell and his bones started to creak. His body was slowly growing bigger. After a few seconds, Ji Wu lost his consciousness under great pain.
Forcibly breaking through a level by using drugs and magic spells instead of persistent training can be extremely painful because the body would not be strong enough yet to handle such tremendous power.
"Wu! You're my son, you have to win!" Jiang Yao showed a brutal expression. "This is not only about your Abba but also about my reputation!"
While she was speaking, the sound of heavy footsteps came from the jungle. The seven strong women picked up swords and axes, lining up in front of Jiang Yao to protect her.
Near Jiang Yao and her people, a towering tree swayed and creaked as Treeman walked out from behind that tree.
Treeman opened its mouth, sprayed a cold mist in the direction of Jiang Yao and her people, then started to roar. Treeman's roar created a great gust of wind, which caused the fallen leaves to blown to the sky. A dozen of green spell symbols appeared on his trunk. Once those symbols appeared, the gale started to blow even harder.
Jiang Yao looked at Treeman and made an odd gesture to him. It seemed as if she had used a certain magic spell against Treeman.
"Treeman, guardian of the jungle, I am Jiang Yao, daughter of the Master Maguspriest of the Bi Fang Clan. Let us obey the agreement between my ancestor and the god of nature. You should just leave. Do not enrage me!" Jiang Yao said. Her spell seemed not to have worked at all.
Treeman took a big step forward and spoke in a shrill voice, "The Bi Fang...Clan? This jungle belongs to...The Fire...Crow! This is my...jungle!"
"My jungle!" It pointed at the hotspring pool with its long branch to emphasize.
Jiang Yao glanced at the bubbling red water in the pool while frowning. Ji Wu was lying unconsciously in the water and his body was wrapped around by a faint fiery light. In maybe a few hours, Ji Wu's body would have absorbed enough power from the water and make a breakthrough to the next level, at which point his internal power could be channeled. At that time he would definitely win against Ji Hao.
But if Ji Wu got out of the pool now, he might not be able to advance by himself. Additionally, the magic spell and the drugs she had used were strongly effective which meant that they could not be used to strengthen Ji Wu again, not until a year later.
Furthermore, Ji Wu was injured by Ji Hao yesterday which could make Ji Wu lose again. If so, all her efforts would be in vain.
"Is this your jungle? I am Jiang Yao. Now I need this place." She pointed to the pool and said coldly, "Name your price."
Treeman stayed silent for a while, then slowly walked to the seven women in front of Jiang Yao. More green spell symbols emerged from his tree trunk, two green flames blazed up above his mouth-like tree hole. It had opened its 'eyes'.
Treeman let a roar out. Cold mist sprayed out from its mouth towards a wide area. The seven women had suddenly been frozen by the mist. After that, the Treeman waved its arm-like branches and struck those frozen women away.
Treeman was at least one thousand years old. Its body was as solid as steel and extremely powerful. Those strong women had been struck and smashed onto the ground. Their bones had even gotten exposed and blood had been sprayed everywhere.
"You bastard! I will chop you and burn you as firewood!" Jiang Yao shouted and stepped back as she quivered.
Jiang Yao was a powerful Senior Maguspriest. However, although she was proficient at all kinds of witchcraft, as far as close combat was concerned, she was no better than even her son, Ji Wu.
Treeman roared and walked towards Jiang Yao with big steps.
Jiang Yao staggered backwards. Her lips turned white in fear. She even forgot to use her Maguspriest witchcraft, only crazily waving her arms. A large multicoloured smoke was released from her sleeves and quickly wrapped around Treeman's trunk.
The multicoloured smoke was made of a variety of highly poisonous herbs; a single breath of it could poison a hundred people to death. However, all the different types of poison from the jungle were ineffective against Treeman.
Treeman quickly walked through the poison mist up to Jiang Yao, jerked out a branch and pierced her chest.
Jiang Yao screamed and twisted her body oddly. Her body suddenly changed into a doll hanging on the branch which was carved out of wood and looked exactly like Jiang Yao.
Treeman stared at the doll; the doll suddenly started to burn. Within the flame, a slender bird eye quickly appeared and disappeared.
Along with a loud noise, the doll exploded. The explosion stirred the atmosphere tempestuously and blew Treeman a mile away. It let out a roar, its bark was shattered and the green wood inside was exposed to the air. A large amount of sap poured out as if it was bleeding.
Treeman howled in pain, raising an 'arm' in rage as it growled. "Ouch! It Hurts!...Ten...!Booze...!Ten!"
Jiang Yao stood up from behind a plant near the hot spring pool. She constantly coughed up blood. She grabbed Ji Wu and intended to flee.
From within the jungle, Ji Hao blinked his eyes and silently rushed out as swiftly as a leopard while leaving a series of afterimages behind him, approaching Jiang Yao.
Chapter 11: Frame
Editor: Hitesh_
Ji Hao was wearing a leather armour with his face painted black. The leather armour was made of serpent skin which was used only by the Black Water Serpent Clan warriors.
Ji Hao silently and windingly rushed through the jungle, which was also the special method used by the Black Water Serpent Clan warriors in attacking.
While leaving a series of afterimages behind him, Ji Hao quietly appeared behind Jiang Yao who was still coughing up blood. He waved his arms forward, while he channeled the force of the [Nine Secret Words]. The steam of the red spring water suddenly froze, it turned into dozens of black ice-knives and stabbed towards Jiang Yao's back.
"Fire Crow woman...Die!" Ji Hao's voice was hoarse and old, sounding like a ninety-year-old man.
The [Nine Secret Words] allowed Ji Hao to precisely control every part of his body. He had just slightly twisted his vocal cords using his internal power and changed his voice.
Ji Wu had just been dragged out of the pool by Jiang Yao. He hadn't completely awakened until he saw Ji Hao murderously rushing towards him like a black serpent.
Ji Wu was deeply shocked by Ji Hao. He had difficulty opening his mouth yet couldn't make any sound. Only the moment when those black ice-knives were about to pierce Jiang Yao's body, Ji Wu screamed frighteningly out loud.
"Amma!"
Jiang Yao's body trembled as she turned around subconsciously. A dozen of black, sharp ice-knives were shining with a cold light. The nearest knife-tip had nearly touched her skin.
Jiang Yao's pupils shrank till they were pinhead-size. She subconsciously pulled Ji Wu up and shielded herself from the attack. Ji Wu began to scream and tremble with fear immediately. All of the ice-knives accurately plunged into his body.
Those ice-knives melted quickly in his body, causing a large amount of blood to spurt out from his chest and belly. He even forgot to take a look at the face of his attacker. Instead, he painfully turned his head around, showing a puzzled expression, and screamed "Amma!" again.
Even Ji Hao was astonished because of Jiang Yao. He glanced at her face.
This woman had shielded herself with her own son!
This reminded Ji Hao of the battle from ten years ago at the Gold Black Mountain when assassins from the Black Water Serpent Clan had attempted to kill Ji Hao. Qing Fu and Ji Xia had blocked all the attacks with their own bodies and saved his young life.
In comparison, Jiang Yao was unbelievably selfish.
"Woman...You have surprised me..." Ji Hao laughed oddly. A black snake ejected from around Ji Hao's waist and flew towards Ji Wu's throat with its big mouth opened.
Ji Wu was a Level 10 Novice Magus, far more stronger and difficult to kill than an ordinary person. Though he had been stabbed by a dozen of ice-knives, the knives had all but missed his heart and these weren't enough to kill him.
But this snake was a 'Three-Step Viper' found by Heng Luo, which was extremely poisonous. Any ordinary Novice Magus wouldn't be able to run further than three steps before dying immediately after being bitten by a 'Three-Step Viper'.
"Amma! Amma! Help!" When he saw the snake which was flying towards him, Ji Wu cried hopelessly with blood all over his body.
Jiang Yao was dragging Ji Wu behind her and running like hell. She waved her arm and left a dense black mist behind her. The viper rushed into the mist and was corroded into a pool of blood only within a second.
Ji Hao was frightened when he saw that the viper had died only in a second. He let go with a sudden yell, nearly exposing his real voice. He quickly moved his body and avoided the black mist.
"What a cruel woman. But I like you...O beautiful Maguspriest...You could be worth a fortune!" Ji Hao oddly laughed out loud. Meanwhile, he pulled out a long sword which had a strange shape and stabbed it towards Ji Wu's heart.
This sword had been his loot. Ji Hao had gained it when he hunted the Black Water Serpent Clan warriors in the jungle with Mr Crow. The Fire Crow warriors preferred heavy and gigantic weapons. Light weapons like this could only belong to sneaky fighters of the Black Water Serpent Clan.
Ji Hao flicked his wrist, the withy sword suddenly reached Ji Wu's chest while producing a hissing sound.
"Amma! Help!" Ji Wu screamed again with a terrible smell coming along with it. He looked at the sword which was about to penetrate into his chest, becoming so scared that it caused him to pee on himself.
Jiang Yao shook her body and almost doubled her speed. She waved her arm backwards again, more poisonous power had been thrown towards Ji Hao. In the meantime, a dozen of black-winged scorpions rushed out from Ji Yao's clothing, and flew towards Ji Hao with a loud buzzing sound.
"Black Ghost Scorpions?" Ji Hao said coldly. "Woman, you're quite talented...But it's not gonna work!"
Though Ji Hao had intentionally said that in a relaxing voice, he still drew back subconsciously and tried to avoid these scorpions. Black Ghost Scorpions were also highly poisonous. Different from the Three-Step Viper, this type of scorpion didn't kill enemies immediately. Instead, the venom of the Black Ghost Scorpion will make enemies suffer from extreme pain. People that had been bitten by the Black Ghost Scorpions eventually died in great pain. Even Senior Magi couldn't stand a single bite from the Black Ghost Scorpion.
Ji Hao waved the sword and split these scorpions into pieces.
Jiang Yao didn't stop fleeing. Meanwhile, she turned her head and shouted, "Black Water Serpent Clan? I, Jiang Yao, I will remember you! You old bastard, I have memorized your voice! "
Inside the jungle, Stone was hiding behind a tree. He grabbed a 'Dark Bronze Vine' which had been growing for at least five hundred years and was harder than steel. A dozen of white spell symbols were sparkling on Stone's body.
Jiang Yao ran into the jungle with Ji Wu grasped by her hand.
"Booze!" Stone roared and whipped Jiang Yao with the Dark Bronze Vine.
The vine hit right on her chest. Jiang Yao and Ji Wu were thrown away by the tremendous power and flew towards the spring pool, followed by the sound of bones breaking.
Nearly a mile away, on the top of a tree, Heng Luo kneeled on a branch and pulled her bow. She aimed at Jiang Yao's throat and took a deep breath. Then a 'Human-faced Ghost Spider' was accurately shot towards Jiang Yao's neck.
Jiang Yao quickly noticed the spider. She casted a curse then jerked out a palm-sized red bone from her sleeve and crumbled it. Once she crumbled the bone, a huge flame spurted out along with a thundering noise. Soon, the flame wrapped Jiang Yao and Ji Wu, turning into a fire-red, single-legged Bi Fang bird. The bird rushed into the sky, becoming a beam of fiery light; after which they had disappeared without a trace.
"Damn!" Ji Hao had just split the last scorpion. He furiously looked at where the Bi Fang Bird had disappeared.
"Jiang Yao! This isn't over!"
Ji Hao yelled towards the sky. He threw the few leather armour pieces and the sword on the ground. After that, he sharply whistled and quickly drew back into the dense jungle.
Since Ji Hao and his friends failed to kill Jiang Yao and her son, he had to leave some traces and let them suspect the Black Water Serpent Clan of launching that attack. It should seem as if Ji Hao had nothing to do with this attack.
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