Bab 114: Chapter 113: Great Dragon Ghoul Sage
Xiu Ye stared at the door, the forty-fifth floor sigh lighting up with neon lights on top of it, and opened it.
He expected a long hallway, dozens of hotel door rooms in opposite sides, and a trail of bodies and blood spluttered all around while a grotesque looking, seven feet tall, ghoul was gorging on human flesh while some epic boss fight soundtrack is playing.
He played a lot of Resident Evil and other similar games back on earth, and being in a zombie apocalyptic-like situation was just bringing back some nostalgia for him.
Honestly speaking, he was really expecting a ten some feet tall, raven haired, vampiress with sharp long nails that can easily slice through metal.
Anyone who objects to seeing one is an uncultured swine!
Though as he thought of that, as he entered the forty-fifth floor, he didn't expect a wide room, as big as an olympic swimming pool, with the floor and walls mostly white, and a large golden throne with red velvet leather cushions and a red cross attached on top of it at the furthest front with large see through windows behind it.
And seating casually, with his right elbow on the throne's handle and chin rested on his fist, was a man with long black hair that reached his back, with similar colored eyes that blend well with his emotionless, yet arrogant, looking face that looked a bit feminine. He wore what seems to be a black and white militaristic uniform, like one from the navy but without a hat.
'Dafauq? How the hell is a ghoul, an undead, looks so goddamn handsome?!' Xiu Ye stared at the emotionless looking ghoul with a incredulous look on his face. 'No, more importantly, why do the fuck does he look like Kanda from D. Gray Man?!'
It was true, the person sitting on the throne in front of him looked almost like Kanda Yu from D.Gray Man! But with a buffer body!
Seriously, how is a guy, who's supposed to dead and eating human flesh, be so good looking? And why does he share the same features of an anime character?!
'Wuxia-cultivation world logic, I guess?' Tianguo nonchalantly responded through their spiritual communication transmission.
'Is it? It might explain how Wulin sometimes look a trap, and how most of the people here have different hair colors, just how you typically see in anime, compared to having completely black hair most people have.' Xiu Ye shook his head of the disturbing thought, lest he dives into the dark path and start questioning his reality, his expression turned serious once more.
Because the soul power fluctuation the man in front of him was releasing, is much stronger than Wu Zhangkong! Also, the faint rotten smell of rot and decay that Xiu Ye could smell with his reinforced senses coming from the man was undeniable.
All doubts about this man not being a ghoul was thrown out. With a cultivation with at least Soul Sage and the faint rotten smell meant that this man, was the Great Dragon Ghoul Sage.
'From his name or title, presumptuous by the way, I'm guessing that he has a dragon type martial soul. Looks the Yamato isn't going to be useful for me here.' Xiu Ye thought as he sheathed the Yamato. Although the demonic sword is more than capable of clapping the guy's cheeks easily, it would take too long and give Na Nali more time to do whatever the hell she's intending to do.
He wasn't going to let that happen.
As Xiu Ye prepared to project a dragon slaying weapon, the Kanda look-alike finally said something,
"How pitiful."
Xiu Ye narrowed his eyes as the man pulled his head back and straighten his body, his eyes staring directly at him with a look of disdain and contempt.
'...Kill.' Xiu Ye's brow twitched, he didn't really like the look the anime character was giving him. Just as he was about to use Flash Step and cut his neck to end it all, something happened.
The pressure around the entire room gotten even heavier!
The room rumbled intensely, like a an earthquake, the floor showed cracks and rubble of concrete from the floor started to rise before it was all blown away from a big purple electric shockwave that erupted from the Great Dragon Ghoul Sage's body, shattering the glass windows behind him and hit Xiu Ye's body.
When the pressure coming from the undead suddenly gotten heavier, Xiu Ye's body had momentarily stilled from the uncomfortable feeling bearing down on him, as he wasn't used to having to deal with a invisible pressure bearing down on his body. Thankfully, he has a sturdy body so he had adapted to it quickly in a couple of seconds and was able to move his body.
Unfortunately however, just as when he gained his mobility the Great Dragon Ghoul Sage released a powerful electrical shockwave that hit directly at his body and exploded.
The ghoul stared at the thick white smoke of where the child was standing at and coldly snorted, "Was that it? How boring. I thought that since the goddess had paid some attention to you and had managed to kill two of ghoul generals, albeit in some unknown means, you'd be someone remarkable."
"Though, I must say, I'm a little impressed that you managed to survived that attack of mine, which is powerful enough to fry even a Soul King to ashes. Still, I'm disappointed."
"I even personally reconstructed this entire floor as a fighting arena for when you, or any of those Soul Sages, come here to fight me. Though I was hoping that it was either you or one of your friends, who'd arrive so I can finally see what's making my goddess take notice of you all. But,"
The smoke cleared, showing a badly hurt Xiu Ye with cuts all over his clothes and body; scarlet red blood spilling down from his wounds. Moreover, some of the cuts looked so deep and wide that it seemed as if it was just an inch away from being completely cut off.
Xiu Ye's breath was ragged and his teeth gritted, his form shivering. He looked as if he was about a foot away from death.
The look in the undead's eyes became even more clear, pure disappointment and disgust, "you're nothing special. Your talent, at best, is at inner student level of Shrek Academy. Which isn't enough for my goddess to pay someone like that any sort of attention."
"You...." Xiu Ye grinded his teeth, only to spat out blood. He glared at the undead with extreme hatred and killing intent, only for the latter to wave dismissively at him.
It seemed as if, this fight was going to be an extremely difficult one for Xiu Ye. One that would may lead to his death.
If he really was as injured as he showed in the first place, however...
'Wow.' Tianguo blinked her eyes and muttered speechless, 'You deserve a freaking Oscar for this acting, partner.'
'Hm. Even I'm amazed at your acting and shrewdness.' Ryūjin Jakka nodded in agreement. This level of cunningness was as equal or beyond a certain student of his former master.
'Hehehe. Oh, you guys are just exaggerating.' Xiu Ye inwardly laughed while maintaining his scowl at the Great Dragon Ghoul Sage.
That's right. Xiu Ye was not really injured when that electric shockwave hit him, even though that electric attack was enough to insta kill a Soul King!
A millisecond before that pulse of purple electric shockwave hit his body, Xiu Ye put up both his Unlimited Sword Body and Battle Armor on; completely negating the attack. The enhancements from them was enough to elevate his overall attributes to the Peak of Soul Emperor level.
Though even if he didn't, his body was resilient enough, and lightning resistant as well, for him to survive the attack and his great healing factor would have healed him in seconds.
Which is why, using the Unlimited Sword Body, he put those cuts all around his body by having sharp blades tear through his muscles and skin, as his healing factor would just heal them, and making it seem like the ghoul's attack had almost killed him.
Xiu Ye had a purpose in doing this. One, obviously, so he could get the drop on the so called Great Dragon Ghoul Sage with a dragon slaying weapon. And two, because he needed information.
Despite only meeting the undead for just in a little of a minute or two, Xiu Ye had a good grasp of his personality.
Arrogant, overconfident, delusional and presumptuous. It was clear that he has the makings of a typical cliché villain. And Xiu Ye liked those sort of enemies. Why? Because they start monologuing their grand plan and other evil schemes to the protagonist.
It would save him a lot from trouble and diving into the whole situation blind.
So, Xiu Ye gritted his teeth hard and bit the tip of his tongue, you gotta fake it to make it!
"Why?" He spat, "Why are you, and the other ghouls who clearly has their intelligence and memories back, doing this? Weren't you all humans before? What's the point of doing this?! What are your goals?!"
'Wow! That was good partner!' Tianguo chuckled and clapped her hands in amusement.
Ryūjin Jakka shook his head, 'Alright, alright. You got the act right but, don't be so subtle about.' The sarcasm there was thick.
Xiu Ye still kept his angered face on but inwardly, he was embarrassed as hell!
"Goal, huh...." The ghoul muttered, a strange gleam flashed through his eyes.
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