Chronicles of Heaven's Chosen - Chapter 91

Phantom Spirit seemed delighted. It quickly transformed back into a longsword and settled securely in Yuan Yao’s palm.

Her expression softened as she looked at it.

She soon composed herself and sped toward the tentacle, gathering all her mental power along the Phantom Spirit Sword.

The black fog seemed to sense her intention. It raced after her and was about to cut her off when a powerful golden light struck it.

Hiss—

As though it had encountered something terrifying, the fog shrank back.

“You two go! Leave this to me!” The golden egg hovered in midair, radiating golden light. Its childish voice carried obvious pride and arrogance.

Yuan Yao glanced back at it.

“I trust you!”

The golden egg did not feel touched. It panicked.

“Don’t actually trust me!”

Yuan Yao fell silent.

“Fine.”

“What do you mean, fine?!” Alarmed by her dismissive attitude, the golden egg hurriedly added, “You absolutely cannot trust me! If I’m in danger, you have to protect me at once! Otherwise, I’ll crack myself open just to show you!”

“I’d quite like to see you crack open.” Yuan Yao raised her sword and stabbed at the gigantic tentacle.

At the moment when a thousand-jun weight seemed to hang by a single hair, the enormous limb split off smaller tentacles that rapidly wrapped around her blade.

Surprise crossed Yuan Yao’s face, but then the corner of her mouth lifted.

She tightened both hands around the hilt and pulled with all her strength.

Rip!

The fragile little tentacles were instantly severed by the sharp sword light.

Yuan Yao flashed upward and drove the longsword straight into the top of the gigantic tentacle.

The grievously injured limb convulsed in agony and curled in on itself.

She gave it no chance to recover. Holding the sword firmly, she slashed downward with all her strength, opening a vast, bottomless wound in its flesh.

Countless smaller tentacles went berserk and surged toward Yuan Yao, covering heaven and blanketing earth.

She did not dare hesitate. Using her movement technique, she twisted and dodged at high speed.

But one tentacle caught her off guard, wrapped tightly around her ankle, and hurled her into the hard stone wall.

Bang!

Agony tore through Yuan Yao as if her entire body had fallen apart, and her vision went black. Gritting her teeth, she swung her sword backward and severed the tentacle around her ankle.

The moment she hit the ground, countless more tentacles attacked.

“Sword Arcs to the Heavens!”

She unleashed the technique and swiftly cut them down.

But the tentacles seemed endless. No matter how many she severed, more kept coming!

Yuan Yao abruptly raised her eyes and released a tremendous burst of mental power.

In an instant, the tentacles that had been baring teeth and brandishing claws froze in place.

She raced between them, tightened her grip on her sword, and stabbed the giant tentacle again and again.

Viscous blood splashed across her face and clothes, filling the air with a foul stench.

Yuan Yao no longer cared. She had only one goal—to save Eldest Senior Brother and the others!

She stabbed more than a dozen times into different parts of the tentacle.

The limb writhed in pain, twisting and struggling like mad.

The people attached to it seemed to lose its hold on them and fell to the ground one after another.

“I’ll stab you to death!” Yuan Yao’s gaze sharpened when she felt it struggle.

She nearly stabbed the enormous tentacle into a sieve.

The black fog broke free of the golden egg’s light and surged toward her.

Yuan Yao seemed to sense it. Without looking back, she sent her mental power to block it.

She pulled out the Phantom Spirit Sword and staggered back several steps as the gigantic tentacle thrashed. Then she unleashed the Taihuang Sword Art!

“Cross Cut!”

In an instant, the enormous tentacle split into four!

Aboveground, the Nightmare Beast—still pinned beneath the ghost-masked youth’s foot—seemed to suffer a devastating blow and let out a piercing scream.

Its color changed from red to white in an instant!

It had lost the soul power and blood supplied by the tentacle!

Sensing something, the ghost-masked youth looked toward the cavern entrance.

“Release me! I will kill her! Kill her!” the Nightmare Beast roared hysterically.

“You should have said so earlier.” The young man looked away, one brow lifting.

He raised his foot.

Consumed by rage, the Nightmare Beast had not heard him clearly. The instant it was free, it raced toward the underground cavern.

The ghost-masked youth sheathed his sword.

He was about to leave when he abruptly paused and cast another glance toward the cavern entrance.

…

Underground—

After killing the tentacle, Yuan Yao started toward Eldest Senior Brother and the others. Suddenly, every hair on her body stood on end. An immense danger was closing in, and her heart pounded wildly.

She spun and raised her sword to defend herself.

But a terrifying mental shock wave blasted her to the ground before she could move. She struck hard, blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

Rage had robbed the skull of all reason. It no longer remembered Yuan Yao’s life-saving talismans.

It wanted only to kill her and vent its fury!

If not for her, how could it have been driven to such a state?!

“Watch out!” the golden egg cried.

Terrifying mental power crushed toward Yuan Yao, intent on making her soul fly and spirit scatter!

Her expression changed. She hurriedly gathered her own mental power to resist.

But she could not withstand the Nightmare Beast’s full-strength strike!

At the moment when a thousand-jun weight seemed to hang by a single hair, Yuan Yao remembered something. She snatched an object from her storage space and hurled it at the Beast.

Boom!

True Solar Fire erupted from the Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Mirror, as though it meant to burn everything in the cavern to ash.

“Aaaah!”

The instant the Nightmare Beast’s mental power touched the flames, it began to burn. Agony forced a piercing scream from the creature.

Fighting through her own pain, Yuan Yao scrambled upright. She raised both hands, formed a seal, and took control of the Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Mirror.

“Burn!”

The Nightmare Beast swiftly withdrew its mental power.

At the same moment, black fog surged and billowed beneath it like a raging tide and condensed into an enormous body. The vast figure radiated a suffocating aura.

The Beast raised a gigantic claw formed of black fog and slammed it down at the Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Mirror.

Strangely, the fog did not fear the roaring flames at all. It passed straight through the True Solar Fire and struck the mirror.

Bang!

The Great Sun Heaven-Scorching Mirror fell like a meteor and crashed heavily into the ground.

The Nightmare Beast lunged at Yuan Yao.

Her gaze shifted. If she fought it here, the calamity might reach the fish in the pond—the unconscious Eldest Senior Brother and the others.

She immediately made her choice and sped toward an open, deserted area.