Chapter 712: Free Hugs

Kana knew she only needed to dodge any attacks that dealt with ranged spiritual techniques. She could use her withering right away if she wanted to, but she did wish to get more practice in fighting other cultivators. If she found herself in a bad situation, he would definitely use her wither without a second thought. 

"Stupid lizard! You dare attack me!" The young woman seemed to have lost her mind after seeing Kana attack. She drew her sword and shot towards Kana like a bolt of lightning. "I will teach you your place, and when I contract you, I will have you licking the ground I walk upon!"

Kana"s mind went from wanting to practice fighting cultivators to exuding a heavily killing intent that spread out over the area. The young woman"s words reminded her of the humans of her homeworld when they enslaved the beastkin. A smile that was not fully a smile appeared on her lips as she looked at the young woman charging at her. "Since you want me so badly,  I will welcome you with open arms."

Kana spread her arms out wide, her killing intent growing by the second, causing the disciples behind the young woman to begin backing up in fear. It was only the young woman who was blind with rage, who did not seem to notice that something was wrong. 

"Senior sister, get away from her!" One of the young woman"s companions yelled out. But it was too late. 

"Ahhh! Let go of me!"  The young woman never expected Kana to ignore her strike and hug her. But more than that, she never expected that she would feel a deep sense of fear when being hugged by Kana.

"Oh? But didn"t you want to make me yours? I am now giving you what you want? Are you not happy? Come let"s hug until every last drop of your life force is completely gone. Don"t worry. I will be sure to do it as slowly as possible." Kana then looked over at the others, the smile on her face sending chills down all their spines. "Shouldn"t you all be congratulating her for getting what she asked for? Now hurry up and tell her how happy you are for her. Otherwise…."

Kana moved one of her fingers, and the young man from the group suddenly yelled out in pain before his whole body turned to dust. All the disciples" faces froze. They looked at the black spot on the ground and then turned to look at Kana, who smiled back at them. Their eyes then fell on the young woman in Kana"s arms, and all of them began congratulating her. "Senior sister is amazing! You got yourself a divine beast!"

"Yeah, senior sister, we really envy you!"

"I wish I could be, senior sister!"

"Not bad, but you should smile more when you say congratulations to someone. Why does it look like you just peed your pants?" Kana asked as she looked at the frightened expressions on the disciples" faces. She then sniffed the air and frowned: "It seems someone did more than pee…."

Kana was taking her time slowly sucking the life force out of the young woman she was hugging. At first, she was just going to end things quickly, but she found she could use this chance to try to slow the output of her death element. If she could grasp even the slightest bit of control of the amount of death element exiting her body, it would make things safer for those around her in case they accidentally touched her. But she found she really needed to concentrate on the flow of death element. It was something she would need to keep practicing as she made her way to the meeting point. She hoped to have some kind of control over it by the time she met back up with the others.

The young woman in her arms no longer looked like the beauty she once was. Her skin was starting to dry out and become wrinkly. "I"m sorry… I should not have tried to make you my spirit beast. Please let me go! I don"t want to die!" 

The young woman"s voice was horse as she spoke. She had tears running down her cheeks as she begged. But Kana ignored her and kept egging her companions on to congratulate her in a cheery voice. "I can"t hear you louder! Say, senior sister is amazing for getting such a beautifully amazing divine beast who is so awesome no one can match her in this entire world." 

"Senior sister, you are so amazing for getting such a beautifully amazing divine beast who is so awesome that no one can match her in this entire world," The disciples said in unison. It sounded more like a bunch of brainwashed people speaking than people who were actually happy for the young woman.

Kana pursed her lips and shook her head. "No feeling whatsoever." Kana released the young woman from her arms and sighed. "Since that is the case, I am sorry, but I will need to cancel the contract now. I wish you a good life in your next reincarnation."

Kana reached up and poked the young woman on the forehead, causing the young woman"s body to suddenly fall to the ground in a pile of dust. She then looked over at the others and asked: "So do any of you want to make me your divine beast and get free hugs too?"

Each one shook their head no, not daring to actually speak. "Oh? So I can go about my business once more?"

This time the group nodded their heads. Seeing this, Kana smiled and cupped her hands and bowed her head: "Since no one wants to hug, I will be off now."

The group stood in place, not daring to even breathe until Kana was long gone. Only when she was out of sight did someone finally speak up. "What the h.e.l.l was that!? What kind of power did she use!?"

"I am not sure. It wasn"t demonic qi. I could not even feel any power coming from her when she turned senior brother into a pile of dust or when senior sister met the same fate…."

"We should quickly return to the sect and report this."

"Yes, maybe the elders can investigate."

Kana had no idea that her kindness and letting the others live would cause waves within the cultivation world due to her display of power and that she would soon be considered a mythical beast called a Dust Beast. A beast that was able to turn anyone into dust with a single thought.

Before the cultivators left one of the younger males of the group suddenly said: "I need to change..."