บท 8: The Past Illusion
The loophole appeared in front of them like a ray of light. Without wasting any time, they entered the void tunnel. They were suctioned into a whirl of a pool of emptiness and within minutes they landed on solid ground that was warmed by the brightest sunrise in the whole realms.
They rose up from the barren ground with awe and appreciation of the great panorama surrounding them. In front of them as far as they could see was the great rainforest full of the anticipation of life.
"Sunlight..., finally after one year of darkness!!", exclaimed Ting while dusting her master robe from any dirt thoroughly.
"Xiao Fei..., we need to be careful and beware of great danger at any time! The Azure Dragon lair is full of illusion traps and guardian monsters! Don't worry, now that I can use my magical power..., I would protect you with my life!", proclaimed JunShi with a serious face. The bright sunlight was able to bring forth his handsomeness, also, after he unlocked his power, his attractive countenance enunciated with the emancipation of wild exquisite alluring man. Ting was hopelessly falling deeper in lust at the powerful JunShi without mercy.
While walking toward the rain forest entrance Xiao Fei announced, " JunShi Ke..., when we found Huang Ke..., the three of us will become brothers. He would definitely like you! However, I felt a little angry that you never told me about your poison!"
Following alongside 'her', he responded, " We are even! You never told me that your blood could cure any poison! Also your purple blood..., it is unlikely for a merman to inherit this heritage. I also have purple blood because I am the direct line of the Wen clan". Using his magical power he revealed his invisible third eye, which was the symbol of fire at his middle forehead. Xiao Fei scanned the fire mark with scrutiny and also revealed her third eyes were hidden under 'her' scale skin, " I also possessed that!".
A beautiful Phoenix mark brought great astonishment to JunShi gazed. "Phoenix symbol!!! Your identity is not simple, Xiao Fei! The Feng clan lost their direct line because their only son was never remarried after his pregnant wife left him, but to my knowledge, Uncle Feng's wife is not from the mermaid clan!"
Entering the bushy forest, Xiao Fei was wondering if 'she' could be the long lost direct line according to JunShi Ke's narrative.
"If you are a woman..., you could be my betrothed! Our families are really close-knit! I believe that you are the inheritor of Feng clan! After we found your brother..., let's go back with me to the upper heaven!"
Ting was listening with great interest. If her master indeed one of the most powerful clans in the heaven realm, her life would be full of happiness without any more hardship and difficulty. She smiled at the thought of many men would seek favor from her and she would definitely take that opportunity to finally mate...
"Master! Your root is very important to investigate. I believe your father would be happy to know of your existence!!!", eagerly Ting said.
"Ssstt, be quiet Ting!! JunShi Ke..., I felt a maleficent dangerous aura just ahead of us..."
"I felt it too..."
Before they could continue their conversation..., a thunderous sound like an earthquake was sending all the living creatures into chaos. A flock of birds was flying away from the threat, while all the small animals and prey were running toward their direction with great fear.
"Master? Should we run?", asked Ting with great terror. She felt that her aura was being suppressed by a formidable power that was out of the deity world.
"Ting..., transformed yourself into a fox! You can hide until we are safe!!!"
"B-But master?!!"
Before Ting could decide, her master was using magic to transform her into her animal form, while magic protection surrounding her like a bubble and she was thrown out from the vicinity.
"She is a spiritual beast?!!", asked JunShi with a playful smirk without concern about the strong wind enveloped them. A Spiritual beast duty was to protect its master with all dues and consequences, one of them being the glorious death, but Xiao Fei spiritual animal was a coward and a deserter. That's why Wen JunShi never wanted to waste his time to form any contract with any weak spiritual beasts. Only a handful of a legendary beast such as the Azure Dragon was worthwhile, that was why he came to this place.
Before he could finish his thought...
A massive mighty animal was towering over them like a canopy of the tree...
"Minotaur..., the legendary beast!"
The Beast in question stood as tall as the tallest tree with its massive body revealed great formidable power and its horn held massive energy of magic while its tail shaped similar to a whip but thorns were surrounding that particular area.
"Roar!!!"
The Minotaur showed its formidable power by the loud roar that swirled like a small tornado.
"Xiao Fei..., let me handle him..., I would waste its energy and attack it with your mental power when it weak! The Minotaur is tricky..., it could access your past and present dream if it touches you!watch us fight first to find it weakness!"
After finishing his warning words, Wen JunShi wrapped Xiao Fei with his energy bubble shield and flew her on top of them at a safe distance. Then he threw a magical punch on the Minotaur face...
Covered by heavy furs on its private area and a scary-looking bull face, the legendary beast raising its hands to protect its face from Wen JunShi's magical attack. When JunShi's magical attack was repelled with its strong hands.
At the same time, Xiao Fei was watching their long-distance fight of magical powers with great concentration. 'She' tried to find out of the Minotaur weakness by using 'her' third eye...
'Impressive legendary creature without weakness outwardly!!', 'she' was mumbling to herself with awed and great respect. 'She' knew that JunShi Ke would be able to handle the Minotaur by himself. But unable to kill it, he was just wasting his energy. 'She' needed to find its weakness soon.
'She' shielded herself from the debris that was flying in every direction of the great fight that caused their surrounding area barren. Then she remembered an ancient book about how to kill legendary beasts from teacher Wu Ming. 'She' had never opened it due to a lack of interest in the subject. The killing was never to her liking but at this moment, 'she' had no choice.
'She' took out the ancient book from her spatial ring, with her third eye 'she' was able to flip at the right page about how to kill the Minotaur.
With determination on 'her' eyes, 'she' was coming forward to the Minotaur from behind and held its red horn with both of her hands to weakened its strength and entered its soul on her own term.
"Xiao Fei!!"
JunShi's frightening look was the last time 'she' saw before she went to the illusion world of her past within the Minotaur body and soul.
Everything was surrounded by red clouds...
Xiao Fei was floating on the sky with both of her arms spreading like a wing, she felt something thick was coming out from her wrists, a familiar scent hit her...
It was her blood...
She was scanning around at the blood oozing from both of her wrists, it was a purple color...
Drop by drop her blood fallen into the unknown realm she was in...
The red cloud was dissipated into a mist the more blood drop from her wrists...
She could see what's below her...
It was a Great War between the heavenly realm and the demon realm...
On the center stage, the heavenly Emperor and the demon king was fighting in close combat. Both of them of equal magical strength...
While their soldiers were fallen in turn...
No one was winning...
All the hundreds thousand of soldiers died like an insect...
This was a hundred thousand years ago...
'Is this my past life? Who am I in my past life?!!!'
Why did she drain her blood?
For sacrifice?
'I need to escape my past life illusion before it kills me...', she thought strongly while ignoring the illusion that getting stronger by each second she stayed inside the Minotaur spiritual body.
She was using her mental power to create a big white sphere...
Gradually, it was bigger by each second...
She infused all her mental power inside the white lighting sphere...
After 'she' drained all of her mental power and created the majestic size of the explosive sphere, she aimed the gigantic sphere toward the Great War below her...
"Boom!"
Everything was torn like pieces of paper...
It was only a past life illusion after all...
The impact of the explosive of her mental power was sending her out from the illusion, out from the minotaur body and soul ...
At the moment, JunShi had been devastated that Xiao Fei had disappeared without any trace, he was fighting the Minotaur ferociously at short distance combat, however, whenever the Minotaur touched him, nothing was happening. He believed that Xiao Fei had something to do with the loss of its illusion power.
A splash of light suddenly appeared right behind the Minotaur horns...
Xiao Fei was floating and falling to the ground gently like a dry leaf.
"Xiao Fei!!", shouted JunShi with excitement and happiness that 'he' was safe and sound.
While at the same moment...
The Minotaur growled and howled while holding its chest and went down on its knees...
The barren ground surrounded them was shaken like an earthquake...
"Now..., JunShi Ke!!! Slash its horn!!!", shouted Xiao Fei while purple blood spluttering from her mouth for she was screaming out loud using her exhausted inner energy.
Without further ado, Wen JunShi slashed the Minotaur horn with his spiritual weapon that came forth from his wrist like a ray of light. In a blink of an eye, the Minotaur horns were chopped with a clean-cut, nothing left behind on its head.
"Hhhhharghhhh!!!"
The Minotaur screaming agony voice echoing the whole forest like an eerie phantom noise. Its body turned into a red cloud and dissipated like a mist.
"Xiao Fei!"
Wen JunShi flew toward 'her' with a worried look and with gently touch he lifted Xiao Fei scales body with care and tenderness. JunShi Ke was the special person beside Huang Ke that really care about 'her' without any prejudice toward her monster appearance.
"You drained all your mental power!!! Even your inner energy is useless now! It can't replenish your mental power, you are just like a weak mortal right now!!!", he scolded 'her' with brotherly love.
"I'm fine JunShi Ke..., I only needed one month to recover my mental power!"
"Xiao Fei..., the Minotaur was just a minion! The Azure Dragon was more powerful by ten times! How do you suppose we beat him now if you lose all your mental power?"
"It's the fastest way to beat the Minotaur and hastened to the Azure Dragon Lair!"
"Master!!!"
Ting high pitch noise cut their conversation...
No longer in her fox shape, she ran toward them.
Due to her master's zero mental power, the protection shield surrounding Ting was dissolved and Ting was able to return to her master's side.
"Are you okay?!!", Ting's eyes were widened with fear of the sight of 'her' blood in the corner of 'her' mouth, 'her' long hair was frizzled by an inch like it was burned on the edge while Wen JunShi who was holding her master tightly was not hurt at all, in fact, not even one of his hair was out from his bun.
"My master brother, how convenient of you not even to lose one hair while my master looked very wounded?!!", Ting said with a mocking voice and she was staring at JunShi with animosity, gone was her affectionate and lusty feeling toward the good looking deity replaced by annoyance and anger.
Wen JunShi didn't bother to retort to Ting accusation since he - himself- was feeling a deep guilty for not being able to protect Xiao Fei from any harm or injury.
Still carrying Xiao Fei tightly on his broad chest with Ting walking next to him while watching her master weak countenance closely with great sorrow, they advanced to the nearest cave to rest.
After all, the sky was darkening and the forest was not safe to travel during the night.
Tomorrow would be another day...
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