Chapter 1949: 1949
Chapter 1949 - A Single Life (6)
…
…
…
Thinking of this, Lin Ming inwardly sneered . His parents were supported with the prestige he left behind in the past; no one dared to move against them .
But, there were people that would make use of his parents’ lack of understanding when it came to martial skill and cultivation methods as well as their lack of understanding regarding the politics of court . These people secretly and slowly manipulated things from behind the scene, influencing the decisions his parents made .
There were even those that wished to use these devious methods to obtain authority from his parents and place themselves above all others .
After all, his parents were only mortals . Even with many spirit medicines helping them, they would have at most 2000 years to live .
Once his parents died, whose hands would this vast Divine Kingdom fall into?
This was an incredibly serious issue that involved a tremendous amount of benefits . It was natural that everyone would want to eat a portion of this thick soup .
As these thoughts flashed through Lin Ming’s mind, he could sense that the high level vicious beast had approached .
Situ Mingyue had originally taken ten steps out, but then her body shook . She turned around and looked deep into the jungle, her complexion instantly changing!
“Fleeting fire centipede! Why would such a high level vicious beast appear in this forest!?”
Situ Mingyue’s expression turned to horror . This fleeting fire centipede could even kill a Life Destruction powerhouse . As for Situ Mingyue, she was only in her teens and her cultivation was at the Xiantian realm . This difference in strength was so great that she wouldn’t even be enough to fill the gaps between the fleeting fire centipede’s teeth .
“You idiot! Stop standing around and waiting for death to come!”
Situ Mingyue saw Lin Ming standing in a silly daze and was left breathless . She drew out a long whip and lashed it at Lin Ming, pulling him towards her . She grabbed his hand and dragged him into the underbrush .
“If you don’t want to die then don’t move!”
Situ Mingyue covered Lin Ming’s mouth, afraid that this blue-brained idiot would shake around and expose their position . Moreover, she guessed that Lin Ming simply wouldn’t know what was happening, or perhaps Lin Ming might not even know what a fleeting fire centipede was . If this sort of catastrophe fell upon someone like this who possessed no skills or knowledge, they would die before they even knew it .
She quickly spoke to Lin Ming with a true essence sound transmission and then flicked her fingers . A signal flare shot into the skies .
This was a special signal flare issued by Lin Academy to their students to call for rescue . Upon use, the teacher responsible for rescuing students would immediately arrive . If a dangerous situation occurred, students were supposed to use this rescue flair .
Situ Mingyue didn’t believe that she would be able to find any path to survive if the fleeting fire centipede found her, nor did she believe that she could outrun it . All she could do was hide as much as she could and hope that this fleeting fire centipede was only passing by and not aiming for them . Or, she could pray that they were rescued before they both died .
However, Situ Mingyue also felt the situation was strange . Why wouldn’t this fellow Lin Ming have a master secretly following him to protect him? And this master actually let a fleeting fire centipede approach them?
But at this time Situ Mingyue’s heart chilled, as if she had fallen into an icy lake . She stared helplessly on as the signal flare she shot into the skies suddenly broke apart . The bright lights of the signal flare seemed to be swallowed up by darkness, turning to ash that scattered away in the wind, not leaving anything else behind .
“This…”
Situ Mingyue was terrified . This sort of change could only be done by someone skilled in the Concept of Darkness . Only the all-swallowing Concept of Darkness could cleanly swallow away the light of a signal flare .
She suddenly realized a horrifying possibility . This possibility left her suffocating in despair!
Someone wanted to kill her or Lin Ming . This person had secretly infiltrated the squad assigned to protect the students and moved against them . They even brought a fleeting fire centipede here to make it seem as if they had died during the survival course .
This individual might even be some master of Lin Academy .
“We have to run!”
Situ Mingyue rapidly said . By this time, her palms were wet with sweat . She had already guessed that no matter who the goal of this other person was, they would kill all possible witnesses . This meant that both of them would die here!
And the moment Situ Mingyue spoke these words, the terrifying flame-colored centipede suddenly rushed out from deep in the woods!
This horrifying centipede was over 100 feet long and had a carapace that was burning with flames . It let out a dreadful roar, and wherever it went trees would be shorn apart like little twigs .
It was far too fast, fast to the point of leaving one in despair . As soon as it appeared it didn’t pause at all and threw itself at Lin Ming and Situ Mingyue . It stretched out claws that were covered in poison and flames, stabbing towards them like two long spears!
In that moment, Situ Mingyue had never felt death so near like today .
In desperate hopelessness, she grit her teeth and used all of her strength to slash out her sword . She didn’t think that this strike would be able to do anything, but only wanted to leave behind a scar on the fleeting fire centipede, even if it was a shallow mark . This was her angry response to the unwillingness she felt in her heart!
Would she die here like this?
To die so quickly and inexplicably, would she not even get to know who killed her, or what their goal was?
Her mother, would she be sad?
All sorts of thoughts flashed through Situ Mingyue’s mind . She stared blankly on as the centipede’s claws thrust towards her chest like the scythes of a death god . She watched as her soft and weak sword strike fell onto the fleeting fire centipede’s forehead like a string of straw .
And, she almost heard the sound of her heart being pierced and her blood spraying out .
No Comments Yet
Post a new comment
Register or Login