Chapter 52: Forging Iron with Blood
l's pupils contracted to the size of a needlepoint.
Spinal cord-like tentacles extended from the neck of each translucent figure, these grayish-white ropes wrapped around the obsidian altar, fixing the figures in an eternal kneeling posture.
The mont her eyes t with one of the shadows, a flood of unfamiliar mories suddenly rushed into her mind—Scholars in long robes drove chisels into their own occipital bones, filling the sulci of their brains with slips of paper covered in forbidden knowledge; Priests sealed the seven orifices of the subjects with molten wax, letting the scalding wax tears cast molds of words inside their cranial cavities; On a stormy midnight, fanatical-looking scholars suddenly began to pray in twelve languages simultaneously.
Their skulls blossod like flower buds amidst the chanting…
Just as l's body froze from the sudden influx of mory images, neither she nor Vilnia noticed that soone was rapidly approaching them from behind.
Heavy footsteps echoed from far to near in the narrow and cramped corridor, beating against l and Vilnia's hearts like a drum.
The crushed bone fragnts made a teeth-grinding "crunch" under the soles of the shoes, as if Death itself was approaching with slow and steady steps.
That sound brought a brief mont of clarity to Vilnia's and l's minds—although this was not the newcor's intention.
Under the external stimulation, the mory images in l's mind instantly dissipated.
The young woman abruptly turned her head towards the direction of the footsteps, only to see a man with an ashen face looking over, his hands clenched into fists.
It was Jason.
“Vilnia, run!”
l shouted at Vilnia, and at the sa ti, Jason had already launched a fierce attack towards their position.
He stomped on the ground, and his whole body shot out like a cannonball, lunging to kill Vilnia.
Seeing this, l bit her tongue sharply, and the sweet, tallic taste of blood spread in her mouth, dispelling the noisy gibberish in her ears.
She grabbed Vilnia's wrist and initiated Void Walk to the side.
Their figures suddenly distorted, blurring like an ink wash painting, and disappeared from the spot.
Jason's attack missed, his fist smashing into the wall with a dull thud.
His face was grim as he turned to look several ters away—where l and Vilnia's figures had reappeared.
Vilnia staggered and almost fell, l quickly supported her and asked with concern about her condition.
“Are you alright, Vilnia?”
“I'm fine...”
Vilnia shook her head, her face pale and her breathing rapid, clearly not yet recovered from the shock of what had just happened at the altar.
Just as she was about to speak, Jason on the altar had already moved again, charging towards the two to kill them.
Seeing this, Vilnia also bit her tongue hard and then activated her Quintessence.
The surrounding darkness imdiately began to boil, converging towards the center under the young woman's control, and then rose up from the ground.
“Voom—！”
Jason's fist slamd heavily onto the shadow barrier that had suddenly appeared before him, the barrier absorbed all the impact, emitting a dull buzzing sound.
Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, the barrier suddenly extended nurous tentacles that wrapped tightly around his arm, not allowing him to pull back in the slightest.
“Tsk.”
Jason clicked his tongue, and just as he was about to exert force, a figure suddenly shot out from behind the barrier.
The dark red blade of The New Moon appeared exceptionally dazzling in the dim basent.
In the young woman's gem-like amber eyes, a touch of scarlet quietly spread with the rising of the new moon.
“Shnk!”
The blade cut through Jason's arm as easily as cutting tofu, but at the sa mont, Jason had already broken free from the shadow's restraints.
Therefore, this cut did not cause him much damage.
Jason glanced down at the wound on his arm, then looked at (The New Moon) in l's hand, which was sipping his blood, and killing intent erged in his dark gray pupils.
“A debauchee driven by desire, how dare you harm with that weapon tainted with an impure aura....”
His voice was deep and cold, as if it ca from the depths of a demon's hell.
As his voice fell, a terrifying sense of pressure instantly filled the entire space.
Vilnia felt her legs go weak and her pupils trembled.
“l.... he's of the Silver stage”
“Bang—！”
Jason suddenly attacked, his entire body rushing towards the two like a cannonball.
His speed was astonishingly fast, Vilnia didn't even have ti to react before she saw a gust of wind roaring towards her.
At the critical mont, it was l who once again grabbed her arm and initiated Void Walk to dodge.
The two appeared at Jason's side, and the mont l's figure appeared, she was already in an attack stance, slashing towards Jason's side waist.
“Clang!”
Sparks flew, Jason reached out and caught l's blade, and in the dim candlelight, l saw that a layer of silver iron had appeared on his arm at so point!
Alchemy—forging iron with blood!
The blade and iron collided, and l imdiately felt a numbing pain in the web of her thumb.
“Far from enough.”
Jason sneered, and before his words had faded, his other hand had already shot out, aiming straight for l's throat.
Seeing this, Vilnia imdiately took action, the surrounding shadows boiled again, and chains as thick as fists shot up from the ground, wrapping around Jason's arm.
In this space, there was no shortage of shadows!
Jason's movent paused for a mont, then a hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.
“Hmph!”
With a cold snort, the Quintessence in the man's body suddenly erupted, and he easily snapped the chains wrapped around his arm.
“Co die!”
Iron condensed into a bayonet on his fist, rushing towards the two with a destructive montum to kill them.
l released her weapon, grabbed Vilnia, and once again escaped into the void.
With a deafening roar, Jason's fist smashed into the stone wall, leaving a huge crater.
Amidst the flying debris, l and Vilnia's figures appeared in the distance.
“This power.... is a bit too exaggerated, isn't it....”
l's expression was grave as she watched Jason walk slowly towards them, muttering sothing.
The next mont, his figure disappeared again, then appeared above the two of them, his fists covered in sharp tal spikes, crashing down with the force of a thunderbolt!
That wasn't Void Walk.
But pure speed!
“Boom!”
The surrounding darkness once again gathered into a shield at their location, having controlled a large amount of shadow multiple tis in succession, Vilnia's Quintessence was already overdrawn at this point.
“Cough—！”
The young woman coughed up a mouthful of blood, seeing this, l hurriedly grabbed her and perford Void Walk again.
Their figures appeared behind the altar, and when they reappeared, l's face was also clearly much paler.
Even for a short-distance move, carrying an extra person for a Void Walk would not result in a low consumption of Quintessence.
“Hold on, Vilnia.”
l said, quickly taking out a bottle of Quintessence supplent from her bosom, the transparent liquid sloshed in the glass bottle, refracting the surrounding candlelight.
She bit open the glass seal at the top, then downed the entire bottle of Quintessence supplent in one go.
In an instant, a warm current swept through her body, and l felt the Quintessence within her begin to surge wildly.
At the sa ti, Jason's attack ca again.
Dozens of tal spikes extended from his arm, winding towards the two hiding behind the altar like steel vines.
Vilnia struggled to her feet and summoned several shadow chains to try and block them.
However, those spikes easily tore apart the shadow restraints and continued to approach her.
Just in the nick of ti, l's figure suddenly appeared in front of her.
The blade of The New Moon drew a graceful arc in the air, precisely striking the base of those tal spikes.
“Clang!”
Sparks flew, and the harsh sound of tal colliding echoed in the stone chamber.
However, Jason didn't move an inch, instead revealing a mocking smile.
“An ant is an ant, after all.”
He abruptly retracted his arm, while his other fist, wrapped in terrifying power, was already hurtling towards l's face.
The young woman had no ti to dodge and could only block with the flat of her blade.
“Bang!”
The imnse impact forced l to retreat repeatedly, the web of her thumb split open, and blood dripped down the hilt.
l gritted her teeth and suddenly turned to give Vilnia a look.
The latter imdiately understood, suppressing the sweet, tallic taste in her throat, and overdrafted her Quintessence once again.
Countless shadows surged from all directions, forming a huge sphere around Jason.
Although it couldn't trap him for long, it was enough.
“Go!”
l grabbed Vilnia's wrist, the Quintessence in her body surging wildly.
The space around the two twisted and deford, collapsing layer by layer like a shattered mirror.
Just as Jason was about to break free from his restraints, the two figures had completely disappeared from the spot.
Leaving only a ripple of the void.
Jason stood on the spot, his gaze dark as he looked at the place where the two had disappeared.
He slowly raised his right hand and wiped away a small wound on the back of it.
The stone chamber returned to silence, only the candlelight on the altar still flickered, marking the end of the fierce battle.
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