Chapter 47 – Failure (1/2)

Chapter 47: Failure

In the other valley, the Three-Legged Fire Crow was soaring in the air, spewing flame, which was as pure as coloured glaze, towards the gigantic horned serpent. The great heat of the flame melted the mountains that laid aside and burned pieces of the jungle into ashes.

The horned serpent was currently coiled on the ground，emitting a blue light from its horn and fending against the Fire Crow’s flame. In the meanwhile, gusts of dark-blue, cold wind blew out from the horned serpent’s mouth, attacking the Fire Crow from every direction.

The Fire Crow quietly floated in the air with a looming red light emerging from its black feathers. On the edges of every single feather, a few spell symbols flashed and splashed fire sparks, then disappeared quickly. Only with the heat emitted from those feathers, was the Fire Crow able to disperse all of those cold winds.

“Haha!”

Ji Zhuo laughed out loud. He was holding an oddly-shaped shield, made of a beast’s skull, in his left hand and a huge bone cane in his right hand. His body was wrapped in blazing flame, which made him look like a fiery god; every single move of his produced a monstrous flame.

“Black Water Gui, haha, you’re one of my old friends. Do you remember your Abba and uncle? It was me who killed them!” Ji Zhuo waved his bone cane and cast streams of flames randomly, while provoking his enemy.

The deathly pale face of Black Water Gui had almost turned blue. In his hands, was a black, short bone cane; and on his skin numerous snake tattoos wriggled as if they were alive. A huge gust of wind blew out from his body, soon after which, a large cloud of dark-blue ice crystals quickly emerged from the air and immediately condensed into several ice walls in front of him.

Usually, Black Water Gui’s ice walls were incomparably firm; even tens of ordinary Senior Magi with their combined power couldn’t harm even a little bit of his ice walls.

However, Ji Zhuo was way too powerful. With only a slight hit, Ji Zhuo shattered several tens-of-feet-thick ice walls. Every moment, Black Water Gui released hundreds of ice walls and shielded himself in every direction, however, Ji Zhuo waved his bone cane for a thousand times within the same moment.

Ice walls were continuously shattering. Ji Zhuo was excited, even starting to roar and curse. Lava-like thick flames started circulating through his body, emitting an eye-piercing light and producing an even greater heat. He was stimulated by the fight and released all of his power, even his sturdy body swelled bigger.

Followed by a muffled bang, the huge bone cane broke through tens of ice walls and directly hit Black Water Gui’s chest.

Instantly, Gui let out a howl. His scrawny body was sent flying and his chest was hollowed. His pale skin quickly turned red, and wisps of lava gushed out from every one of his pores.

“Hah, Black Water, you…” Ji Zhuo raised the bone cane and laughed proudly. But in the next moment, his laughter suddenly stopped and his expression changed; his body intensely shook and he staggered a few steps back.

With a tiny swishing sound, a black, jade knife, which was only as thick as a bean and as long as a finger, rapidly rose high into the air, transforming into a beam of black light, and flew back to Black Water Gui’s hand. Just now, the jade knife had pierced the Ji Zhuo’s left ankle. A black line rose from his left ankle towards his thigh; where it passed, the flame wrapping Ji Zhuo’s body quickly subsided; a thick layer of ice appeared on his left leg, replacing the flame.

“This again!” Ji Zhuo mumbled annoyingly. “You never launched a frontal attack, you bastard! I hate you vile bugs! One day, I’ll destroy you all!”

Black Water Gui grinned wanly, grabbed the jade knife, and let out a sharp roar. Following his voice, the horned serpent, which was fighting against the Fire Crow, turned around and dashed up to Gui, carrying him on its head and fleeing towards the deep jungle at its highest speed.

The Three-Legged Fire Crow cawed sharply, attempting to chase them. Ji Zhuo sat down on the ground, gasping, and said feebly,“Don’t bother… That old bastard was injured quite seriously. He won’t be able to come out and make trouble for quite a while... My old friend, haven’t you realised that I too am badly hurt?”