Chronicles of Heaven's Chosen - Chapter 86

—Blow its head off!

—Blow its head off!

—Blow its head off!!

—Blow its head off!!!

Yuan Yao stared fixedly at the Nightmare Beast in the distance, repeating the command inside her mind.

The Beast suddenly felt a powerful, familiar force of mental power surging toward the back of its head.

Startled, it hurriedly mobilized its own mental power to defend itself. But to its horror, the invading force clung to it like a tenacious evil spirit. No matter what it tried, it could not shake it loose.

The Nightmare Beast did not dare lower its guard. It immediately focused and engaged the other side in a battle of mental power.

But—

In the next instant, the human’s mental power wrapped tightly around its own like a possessing ghost. It slowly constricted and squeezed…

Then devoured a portion outright!

Devoured it!

The Nightmare Beast hastily withdrew its mental power, cursing Yuan Yao as a freak who never played her cards according to ordinary rules.

What human in this world could devour another being’s mental power?!

But as soon as the Beast withdrew its power, hers shot toward its skull, attacking while consuming the mental defenses in its path.

The Nightmare Beast bared its immaculate white teeth and ground them together.

It turned around, deciding to face the human freak head-on.

When Yuan Yao saw it stop, she demanded, “Give me back Eldest Senior Brother and the others!”

The Beast sneered. It had no idea whom she meant. Those who should have been eaten had been eaten, and those who should have been kept had been kept.

“I ate them all!”

Yuan Yao’s expression changed abruptly. Her gaze turned cold and sharp.

“I’ll ask you one more time. Where are Eldest Senior Brother and the others?”

The Nightmare Beast felt her mental power churn violently, as if it were about to spin out of control.

It looked down at her from above and gave a contemptuous sneer.

“I. Ate. Them. All.”

Then it pointed at its black-fog body.

“They’re all in here.”

Boom!

An invisible force exploded through the Nightmare Beast’s fog body.

Yuan Yao flashed forward. The multicolored longsword was already in her hand as she slashed at the Beast’s skull.

“Cross Cut!”

Boom!

The Nightmare Beast swiftly blocked her technique, then brought a gigantic claw down at her!

The force knocked Yuan Yao back some distance, leaving a dull ache in her chest.

The Beast had been wary that the mysterious force protecting this little human freak would appear again. When nothing happened, it suddenly understood.

The mysterious power had only appeared on the previous two occasions because it had tried to kill her outright…

Which meant that as long as it did not deal a fatal blow, the power would not activate.

Delight flooded the Nightmare Beast as the realization struck. It even began to laugh.

Then it attacked Yuan Yao.

Boom! Boom! Boom—

Yuan Yao dodged and defended again and again.

The Beast’s harsh voice turned unnaturally gentle, making it all the more sinister. “I will save you for last.”

Once it had swallowed everyone’s soul power, it would leave this place.

As for how to deal with this little human freak…

It knew how to make her die slowly.

“You won’t get the chance!” Yuan Yao replied coldly.

She knew that she had already used two life-saving talismans here.

Only five life-saving talismans remained.

If anyone from the Xiaoyao Sect was endangered, she would kill herself if necessary to trigger the remaining life-saving talismans.

Thinking of Eldest Senior Brother, Senior Sister Zong, Senior Brother Ao, and the others, she clenched the sword hilt. Her eyes reddened.

“System, tell me. Are Eldest Senior Brother and the others still alive?!” she demanded silently.

System 250 did not respond.

“System 250! I’ll ask you again. Are Eldest Senior Brother and the others alive?!” Yuan Yao’s voice was icy, but a faint tremor ran beneath it.

If not for her, Eldest Senior Brother would never have come to Yunming City.

In the book’s original plot, he had not gone there and would not have died this early…

Her presence had changed everything.

It was her.

She had gotten Eldest Senior Brother killed.

System 250’s voice finally sounded inside her sea of consciousness.

【Target Song Yan is alive.】

Relief surged through Yuan Yao, though she could not stop worrying about what danger he and the others might now be facing.

At that moment, the Nightmare Beast attacked.

Yuan Yao raised her sword to block.

Boom!

She could not withstand such a powerful strike. The blow sent her flying.

A large hand caught her by the back.

Blood trickled from the corner of Yuan Yao’s mouth. She turned and saw her Youngest Senior Brother, Ying Wuji.

“Don’t act alone.” Ying Wuji frowned slightly.

Yuan Yao said nothing. Once she had regained her footing, she wiped the blood from her mouth and tightened her grip on the Phantom Spirit Sword.

The Nightmare Beast attacked them both.

Yuan Yao and Ying Wuji met it head-on.

Clang—

Sword light burst in all directions, dazzlingly bright, while an overwhelmingly powerful wave of mental power swept through the surrounding area!

Yuan Yao flicked her wrist, releasing the Phantom Spirit Sword.

Her hands rapidly formed a seal. With her formidable mental power, she seized control of the sword and sent it stabbing toward the Nightmare Beast’s hideous skull!

The multicolored blade moved through the air like a nimble flood dragon, shifting position and angle faster than the eye could follow. One moment it struck directly at a vital point; the next it attacked from the side, keeping the Nightmare Beast too busy to focus on an offensive of its own.

At the same time, Ying Wuji flashed forward and closed in on the Beast.

Sword in hand, he swung upward, releasing a brilliant arc of sword light.

Boom!

The Nightmare Beast shattered his sword qi with a single punch.

It immediately unleashed terrifying mental power. The force surged toward Ying Wuji like a tsunami, intent on crushing and destroying his consciousness!

His expression changed slightly, and he swiftly retreated.

At the same time, he swung his sword in an attempt to split the mental assault, but the Beast’s mental power easily dissolved his technique.

Just as Ying Wuji prepared to unleash his ultimate move—

The girl in white appeared in front of him.

“Yaoyao…”

Ying Wuji’s pupils contracted. He reached to pull her aside, only for shock to fill his face in the next instant.

An extremely powerful pressure of mental power erupted from Yuan Yao.

He could vaguely sense her mental power blocking the Nightmare Beast’s attack for him.

Then the two forces clashed fiercely!

The Nightmare Beast ground its teeth, nearly exploding with rage.

Its grandpa’s—she was trying to “eat” its mental power again!

Would this never end?!