Both Fang and Lin looked at the creature. Albeit with a different expression. Lin was focused and serious while Fang was feeling embarrassed.
The creature stopped laughing and spun while using its leg to swipe at Fang. Fang didn't have any weapon. He wanted to dodge but his feet were stuck on the ground. Large talons went across his stomach as systems voice rang out.
[One Emergency Save Consumed]
[Emergency Protocol Activated All damage negated. 1000 CB consumed]
[Current CB: 0/10000
Realm: 7th Level Qi Condensation]
[Warning Further Uses Will Lower Hosts Realm]
Lin pulled Fang as the creature attacked once again but missed Fang by a hair.
Fang's back was drenched with sweat. A single strike from the creature cost him two emergency life saves. And his cultivation base.
"It's affecting the environment."
Lin said grimly as he looked at the place Fang stood before.
Few roots of grass slowly untangled themselves and withered. Lin could feel something wiggling under his feet but he used his Qi to either burn them or press them down.
"Any ideas on how to deal with that? Cause I'm pretty certain next time I take a hit it's goodnight for me."
Fang said with his eyes focused on the creature. It still danced in classical Ballet as Fang once saw in his previous world.
It was spinning and weaving its legs and hand. But looking closely Fang could make out how its talons whiz through the air. It was sharp.
Lin stepped before Fang and said,
"Stay in front of Snow. Do not let it attack the egg."
"What about you?"
Fang asked,
Lin held the Abyssal Edge tightly as a dark aura continuously cover him. His eyes burn with a flame. A feeling he had suppressed threatened to burst forth.
Fang could feel Lin's fighting spirit. Fang quietly stood before the big blue egg as he took a fighting stance.
The Creature seemingly understanding everything made its way dancing toward Lin.
Lin didn't wait for it to come to him. He used his footwork to jump high in the air and used his falling momentum to strike from above.
The Creature dodged it by rotating its body slightly. As Lin's strike missed The Creature it used its rotation to kick him in the stomach.
The kick went through Lin as he disappeared and appeared above The Creature. His left eye glowing dimly. He slashed horizontally to cut The Creature's head off.
Seemingly out of nowhere something hit Lin in the stomach and he lost his balance as the sword hit The Creature's horns. Lin landed and retreated a few steps back quickly. He looked at what hit him.
It was a bird. A skeleton one to be exact. Another resident of the Nightmares Realm. They normally hunt in packs. But Lin frowned as he saw the bird twisting its boney neck and breaking it off.
The Creatures however was not fazed. It kept moving. It kept dancing. Out of Lin and Fangs expectations, the entire surrounding was becoming weirder and weirder. And it kept spreading quickly.
Lin rushed it again. But it dodged again and again.
Fang looked at his screen.
[Time remaining: 00:21:34]
[Time remaining: 00:21:33]
And then he looked at Lin. He was holding himself up quite well. Lin was attacking and the Creature was dodging. Fang could see a small trace of a smile on Lin's face.
Lin was getting closer and closer to hitting the Creature when it suddenly stopped dancing and held Lin's sword as he was about to pierce it.
*boom*
A shockwave spread from where Lin was standing as all of his black aurae was forcefully disappeared and like weighing thousands of pounds the sword dropped to the floor.
[Kekekekeke]
The Creature laughed as it punched Lin in the chest. Lin was thrown off but The Creature caught him by the hair.
Fang tried to move towards Lin only to feel his entire body numbing and falling over.
'System'
[Unknown poison was Detected in the system.
Effects: Temporary paralysis, Nausea and Pain]
Fang weakly raised his head to look at Lin while complementing something. Lin felt his heart was squeezed inside of his body and then pierced by something extremely sharp. But no wounds were visible on his skin.
The talons on the creature's hand retracted into his fingers like a more human-like hand formed. And then it let out a shriek.
[KKKKKEEEEEEEEEE]
Fang felt someone was scratching his brain sharply. As his body was stiffing.
[Unknown effect detected. Unable to negate the effect]
His system was unable to alleviate the effect of the shriek. Compared to him Lin was seemingly unscathed.
The Creature then punched Lin in the stomach. It slammed Lin to the ground and extended its talons to stab Lin in the chest.
[RRRROOOOAAARRR]
The Creature jerked its head towards Fang. He was bleeding from his nose and ears. The Creatures body moved on its own as it held Fang by his throat. For the first time, it had stopped grinning.
[Unknown Error has occurred. Dragons Roar has been altered. Status effect Fear has been applied on the nearby hostile ceatures]
Fang felt a sense of Déjà Vu. The Creature threw him at the blue egg as it backed away from Fang.
Then it fell on its knee as Lin from behind slashed at black obsidian like a sword pierced at its leg. The sword was emitting a very faint black smoke. Lin's entire face was a bloody mess. While his left eye was swollen shut.
Lin raised his sword quickly and strike down at the creature's head but it moved slightly to avoid it.
The sword struck its shoulder and went in almost two inches. It tried to stab at it but before it could reach Lin it froze as its entire body made a weird cracking noise.
Fang from behind hit him with his Dragons Divergent Fist. Both of Fang's eyes were now bloodshot. A faint line of blood seeps through his mouth. His eyes became unfocused shortly.
Lin without missing a beat freed the sword and cut The Creature's neck off. Its head bounced off while his body fell with a thud. Lin also fell face-first on the floor.
In the broken shack the only thing that remained was the big blue egg, unconscious Fang and Lin. The Creatures body slowly started to morph as it soon changed into something else.
Like ink-black ooze fell off from it revealing a Shadow Stalker with its head off.
*click* *click* *click*
A clicking sound rang out from the ground like a plant poking out a hand with a large talon holding a circular item. It was identical to the ring that the Shadow Stalker had on its wrist. Soon the Moniker of Absurdity rose from the ground.
[Kekekekekekeke]
Its laughter rang out as it stood on one leg spinning the ring which enlarged and turned into a big gold ring with its talon. It was in its large size. It turned its head towards the now dead Shadow Stalker. Countless grass swiftly grow around it and engulfed it. With a blink, it disappeared.
The Moniker of Absurdity took the skull of the Shadow Stalker and touched it on his robe around his waist. It broke down into red liquid as it merged with the cloth.
It turned its head towards Lin and Fang then the blue egg. The Moniker laughed a little before clutching the golden ring. As it was about to throw it in the air it stopped.
A low growl came from the shadow which soon morphed into another Creature of similar height and looks.
It was as tall as the Moniker of Absurdity. Its skin was pale as paper. Like the Moniker, its head was missing eyes. Like The Moniker had two horns but instead of looking like a goat horn it was curved upwards slightly away pointing backwards. It had four hands and two legs. Unlike The Moniker of had human-like feet and hands. Except with six fingers. Two of its arms were so large they almost touch the floors even when they are in a slightly relaxed posture. The fist on the big hands was big while the smaller and more human-size one was crossing its arm. It also had a grin on its face. But making a low growl instead of laughter.
"Brother."
The Moniker of Absurdity said while grinning like always. The other one didn't do anything just stood there before saying,
"Return to my master."
And sank into the shadows before disappearing completely. The Moniker of Absurdity looked at the Blue egg and the two unconscious humans before focusing on the hill nearby. Where another human was sitting.
The Moniker of Absurdity felt the aura of its previous master on him. It laughed once again before dancing its way towards him.
Even though Fang was unconscious System spoke,
[Time Remaining: 00:00:03]
[Time Remaining: 00:00:02]
[Time Remaining: 00:00:01]
[Time Remaining: 00:00:00]
[Mission Complete. Reward A Small Core Advancement Card]
As soon as it finished speaking a small crack formed on the big blue egg.
...
Ssyba watched as the big blue egg burst open and a girl and a small creature fell to the ground.
"Ooh! It changed."
Ssyba looked at it with sparkling eyes. Then he took out a small golden dagger.
"I should send them out. I still have use for them."
With that, he made an arc in the air that split the space and sucked all four of them inside.