Skyfire Avenue - Chapter 739

Chapter 739

Chapter 739: Bladestorm

The East had arranged for direct communication between Lan Jue and his brother .

“Alright!” Lan Qing’s answer was short and to the point .

Zeus-1’s warship entourage began to pull back . They continued to give Lan Jue cover fire but no longer pressed into the planet’s atmosphere . That blast of white light continued its headlong charge .

The light was, of course, the Pharmacist . She was dressed in white, in the style of ancient china . Her long hair was done up braids that made her seem all the more pixiesque . However, her tender beauty was paired with eyes that burned with murderous intent . Not wild bloodlust, but righteous determination to eradicate evil . She tore through the air on her seven-star sword, Occisus clutched in hand . She looked for all the world like the immortal faeries of old .

Streaks of violet-purple light shot at her, but never came close . She juked and dodged, and before long she was approaching the planet’s surface

As she swept her eyes to the horizon she was met with an unending sea of creatures . All kinds of monstrous faces sneered and howled at her . Some were as large as mountains . They focused attacks in her direction .

The situation was worse than they’d anticipated . The aliens had guessed recapturing the planets would be a main objective and had set a trap . But what did this mean to the Harbinger Fairy?

There was a flash of purple, and a shuttle-shaped alien launched itself toward the Pharmacist . She regarded it with as much concern as she would an insect .

A streak of white, the shuttle alien raced passed her and away . It erupted in a fountain of purple blood and savaged flesh as though it had suffered a thousand cuts . Chunks of it tumbled to the ground below .

A shimmering purple crystal was captured in the Pharmacist’s light . Their first vital crystal!

The shuttle alien’s demise brought more attention on the Pharmacist . She stopped in midair and glared down at them . Her eyes were cast far toward the horizon, then back to the milling beasts below her feet . Her pretty lips moved, though her words were lost to the host of angry growls .

Aaaaoouuu–! One of the beast, standing three hundred meters tall, threw its head back and roared . Dozens more aliens threw themselves at the Pharmacist .

She faced them calmly, the hard light of murder glinting in her eyes . She lifted Occisus high, and pointed toward her enemies with her other hand . Her legendary sword reacted by dissolving into a column of white light that shot into the sky . All of a sudden, whether Zeus-1 overhead or the aliens below, everything was lost in a blinding white light .

It was like the whole universe was lost in Occisus’ glow .

Even the keen and powerful Paragons shuddered as the power washed over them . They could feel the lethal energy it contained . Even Luo Xianni stared with wide eyes . “This girl’s aura… packs quite the punch!” She muttered .

“Blaaadestooorm!” The clear and emotionless call rang from the Pharmacist .

The first blast of light emerged . It shot forth, obliterating anything in its path . It struck the closest alien and tore right through it, heading for the beast coming up from behind .

A second blast followed . Then a third, a fourth, a fifth…

The sword-shaped white lights were mirror images of Occisus, as though the sword had fractured into countless copies of itself and tumbled from heaven . They descended wildly to the unfortunate creatures below, brutally ending their lives . Even shelled beasts couldn’t protect themselves from the Pharmacist’s fury .

As far as the eye could see Occisus’ power descended in a deadly rain of white . Those aliens that weren’t immediately killed clambered over one another to try and flee .

Bladestorm was a technique of ages past, imparted to her through Occisus . Upon breaking through to Paragon the Pharmacist was infused with this secret knowledge . The murderous intent she bore galvanized her weapon’s power, and the result was widespread death .

Purple bodies continued to fall beneath flashes of white . The air was thick with screams of rage and pain, but they did nothing to curb the slaughter . The Bladestorm of the Harbinger Fairy was sure to be spoken of in the annals of humanity for all time .

This patch of Monteux was painted dark purple, but now it was from the blood of their fallen enemies .

No less than five hundred aliens had fallen to the Pharmacist’s attack, including the massive one that had challenged her . Parts of it were strewn across a large swath of ground . Scores more approached from the distance but didn’t dare get too close . They, too, feared death . They may just have been cells shed from their home worlds, but they had intelligence and knew the pain this lone human promised .

Zeus-1 also kept its distance behind her . They didn’t want to be caught in the hail of death!

The Pharmacist vanished, appearing a moment later standing atop the sapphire ship . The manifestation of Occisus power shifted and raced for the distant alien observers . They fled for their lives as Zeus-1 searched for a clear patch to land on .

The Wine Master reminded everyone of the plan . “Everyone pick a direction . First order of business is securing the landing zone . ”

Several figured separated from the ship as it continued its descent .

The smell of rot and decay filled the air, belched from the poisoned purple ground . If one looked closely they could spy what looked like veins snaking across the surface . The corpses of the monsters were quickly being eaten away and absorbed by the earth . Even vital crystal were being sucked up to feed whatever those veins were connected to .

Lan Jue knew that so long as the aliens could retain those crystals, they weren’t really losing anything . The Wine Master knew this as well, thus his first action was to brandish his scepter . The scores of mangled bodies beneath him shook and flashed silver . In the next moment their vital crystals were floating beside the Wine Master . Then they vanished into a vortex of glimmering light .

Every crystal they pilfered from the enemy made them weaker . Gathering them was a priority . Each alliance had agreed to allow all crystals to remain with the ones who’d taken them . The North had two planets to farm for crystals, while the East and West had one each . Of course, Monteux was the largest, and part of the East’s promise to help with other operations was the potential to acquire more vital crystals .

The Paragons raced off, each in separate directions .

The Pharmacist remained kneeling atop Zeus-1 . Her face was sallow and her appearance frail . Being only a part of the Realm of Protogenia, she had only just managed to summon Bladestorm . Occisus’ demands were high . She needed time to recover .

Lan Jue did not follow the Paragons but remained behind to survey the area . Jue Di and Luo Xianni were with him . Because they were susceptible to the ire of protogenic energy, they did not hurry to use their powers .

The Wine Master, Driver, Gourmet, Keeper, Bookworm, Pauper, Clockmaker, and Bize spread out in eight different directions .

The Wine Master arrived at his prescribed location in the blink of an eye . He held his astrum aloft, and the area before him shuddered in protest . As aliens flew toward him and encountered the flux they were instantly ripped apart . Only a few particularly strong beasts survived passage .

A dragon-like colossus slithered through the air surrounded by a violet aura . It opened it’s maw, and spat from it a dazzling orb of purple toward the Wine Master . The fractured reality around it seemed unable to stop its advance . Clearly, this was one of the beasts that could survive in space .

The Wine Master grunted and waved his scepter . A piercing beam of silver issues forth, splitting reality in its passage and leaving a black void in its wake . First it consumed the orb of energy the beast had belched . Then, having not slowed at all, it crashed into the monster itself . The screech it released was loud enough to deafen, but lasted only a moment . The Wine Master callously looked on as the dragon separated into two equal halves . Its large vital crystal vanished in a flash of silver .

Like the Wine Master, the Driver rose sharply into the air when he reached his target area . Overhead a dark cloud of purple had gathered of similar hue to the planet’s plagued surface . But the bolts of purple lightning that issued from it were not of alien making . Where they landed, nothing survived . Without exception, any alien caught in the scope of the lightning storm was incinerated .