Chapter 695: Thousands of Souls
Xiao Luo roared. Like a wild, ferocious beast possessed by an evil spirit, he rushed towards Curisa with unmatched power.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The ground rumbled beneath him, and dust blew behind him.
After a four-meter dash, he bounded like a cheetah attacking its prey as he soared fiercely in the air to deliver a knee strike to Curisa’s head.
“Mortal, you think too highly of yourself!”
Curisa roared and crossed his arms above his head in antic.i.p.ation of Xiao Luo’s incoming attack.
POW!
The force of Xiao Luo’s knee smas.h.i.+ng into his arms was like a raging tsunami. The ground beneath Curisa collapsed over a radius of five meters. Looking down from right above him, it resembled a huge wok. The energy unleashed by Xiao Luo stirred up a violent storm of dust and caused the ground to shake.
“Is that all you are capable of?”
Curisa responded as he lifted his head and flashed Xiao Luo a sinister smile. But inwardly, he was rather surprised by the power. In this filthy land of weak spirits, other than the guardians, Curisa did not expect to find someone as powerful as him. Although Xiao Luo was not as strong, it would be unwise to underestimate the man, as he had enough power to cause severe injury.
Xiao Luo’s face now looked ferocious, and with an angry grunt, he increased the strength in his body once again.
KABOOM!
Half of Curisa’s body sunk into the ground and the area around him collapsed further, forming an enormous pit twice as wide. The deepest point in the center of the pit was now about one meter deep.
“Luo? You can…”
Su Li was stunned and could hardly believe what she was seeing. She knew that Xiao Luo was exceptionally strong, but never imagined that he could unleash such terrifying power. The pavement was built on solid ground and constructed of hard concrete, yet Xiao Luo smashed it with just a single strike. Where in the world did he get such power?
She quickly realized that she was standing right on the fringe of the collapsed ground, but yet she did not fall in. She then noticed now that a shroud of silver light enveloped her. She turned her head and looked up at the white-robed man, Ming, and knew immediately that the force field keeping her in place came from this man.
“You’ve angered me!”
The smile on Curisa’s face vanished, and a strange haze formed around him.
Suddenly, there was a deafening roar, like an explosion, and an immense amount of energy erupted from Curisa’s body, sending out powerful waves with the force of a cannonball.
Xiao Luo’s eyes narrowed as the force struck him, and it threw him back quite a distance. He spat out thick fresh blood as he sailed across the ground with no control over his body.
“Puny mortal!”
Curisa roared triumphantly as he burst from the pit and dashed toward Xiao Luo like a charging bull.
“Hmmph… HIYAH!”
Xiao Luo was off-balanced, but with a roar, he swiveled his torso and changed his center of gravity. Simultaneously, he swung a leg at lightning speed and attempted to intercept his approaching foe. But the kick missed, for Curisa’s body vanished in that instant, and Xiao Luo suddenly lost track of his position.
Without warning, Curisa pounced on Xiao Luo from above. He had curled himself up and the moment he was in range; he extended his body like a spring. The technique he used was unique and his execution was brutal. Xiao Luo was in the air when Curisa struck and slammed into the ground.
BAM!
Xiao Luo smashed into the ground like a meteorite and another enormous pit was gouged into the wetland park once again. The diameter of the pit this time was about twenty meters, and everything from trees, the lawn, and street lamps were pulverized. Dust hung in the air, covering the entire area, and no one could see what was going on.
Curisa landed sure-footedly on the fringe of the pit and looked in with his pair of purple eyes.
“Xiao Luo!”
Su Li’s eyes turned red as tears formed. She realized that there was nothing she could do, and a sense of helplessness caused her to lose control of her emotions.
Once the dust settled, she saw Xiao Luo, and the s.h.i.+rt on his back was ripped apart. He kneeled in the center of the pit with blood dripping from his mouth and nose. His body was coated with a thick layer of dirt.
Curisa scratched the back of his head and had a guilty look on his face. “Seems like I might have been a little too harsh,” he said.
Xiao Luo lifted his head and glared at this man with the purple eyes.
Xiao Luo possessed the Yi Jinjing, Nether Claw, Gone with the Snow, and Peerless Body Protection techniques he redeemed from the system. These were the most powerful techniques that the system offered, and the combination of these skills made was potent. Yet, Xiao Luo still did not have what it took to even scratch Curisa. The system was not as invincible when used against these strange beings.
Curisa waved his hands and said, “Alright, there is no point in continuing this any further. I’m afraid that I might accidentally end up killing you. Our highness has already told us what your name is—Xiao Luo, right? Not bad, to think that you could cultivate your powers to such a level in this filthy land. You have done very well!”
After saying that, he turned around and walked toward Su Li.
There was no way Xiao Luo was going to sit there and watch them take his woman away. Taking a deep breath, he dug his feet into the ground, lowered his posture like a hungry wolf, and dashed forward. As he charged toward Curisa in the dim light, his nether claws resembled the fangs of a snarling wolf.
A sneak attack was the only way, for Curisa never expected Xiao Luo to still have the will to fight. Xiao Luo slashed hard and left five deep cuts on Curisa’s back. Instantly, the wound seared with burning pain.
The nether claw could rip ordinary people apart, but it only left a superficial wound on Curisa’s body. It was a tremendous shock to Xiao Luo.
“Are you courting death, mortal?”
Curisa turned around and glared at Xiao Luo and his purple eyes emitted a murderous aura. He didn’t mind when Xiao Luo was disrespectful, but he was attacked from behind when he least expected it. But what he could not accept was that a mere mortal had wounded him, and he felt ashamed, for it was like a slap in the face.
He rotated his right palm, and a strange glow formed in his palm.
Not good!
Xiao Luo broke into a cold sweat as he sensed the impending danger and immediately took steps to avoid being hit.
Xiao Luo knew he could not evade the inevitable blow and braced himself for it. But he was a step too slow, and Curisa’s palm smashed into his chest like a bolt of lightning.
Xiao Luo had tried to raise his hands out to parry, but before he could even move a muscle, Curisa’s palm has already struck his chest.
A blast of energy surged throughout the entire wetland park, like the violent waves of a raging Yangtze River swollen by a heavy torrential downpour.
“Cough, cough…”
Xiao Luo sailed back about seven to eight feet in the air and spat out fresh blood as he landed hard on the ground. He felt like his internal organs had ruptured and he kept coughing out blood.He immediately used up a hundred thousand points from the system to heal up his internal injuries, but it required time.WHOOs.h.!.+Xiao Luo heard something moving rapidly through the air, and as soon as he lifted his head, he realized that Curisa had teleported right in front of him. Curisa glared down at him with those purple eyes.”You are a mere mortal and you can be proud of how you fought. That you injured me today gives you bragging rights for the rest of your life. But try as you might, your powers are nowhere near mine, and compared to me, you’re nothing but an ant. All I have to do is step on you and you will be squashed to death!” Curisa lifted his leg and placed his foot on Xiao Luo’s chest lightly.”Let my woman go, if you’re a man, then take me instead!” Xiao Luo grunted with some effort and gritted his blood-stained teeth.”Your woman?”Curisa began laughing like he had heard a joke, and said, “She’s the holy lady of our Light Clan. She has only been sent temporarily to live in this filthy world. Once this period is over, she will naturally return home to her clan who awaits her. Do you think you deserve to be with our holy lady? Do not overestimate yourself!” Curisa glanced at Su Li, and her eyes were red with tears. He then turned back to Xiao Luo and said, “Once she has regained her memories, she’ll be ruling over a secret realm in a higher dimension inaccessible to mere mortals like you. She will rule over thousands of souls!”