"Why are the cloud moving faster than they should?" he said reflexively after a second or two[2] of opening his eyes.
"That's because you're moving," Shung Yun said as he continued dragging Wu Guo.
"Ca..captain, what are you doing to me? Wu Guo asked as he bent his head forward after hearing Shung Yun's voice.
"I'm going to throw you into the flame burning your fellow bandits," Shung Yun said as he got closer to the burning fire.
"No! Y..you promised! You said you won't burn me because I won't scream. You said so yourself. You can't go back on your word. You can't!" Wu Guo shouted as he struggled to escape from Shung Yun's grip.
"I said that because you've given up your will to live. But that's not the same anymore. You're brimming with so much life that you're struggling to escape from my grasp," Shung Yun said as he looked at Wu Guo, "You'll scream quite loud when your skin begin to burn."
"You can't do this, Shung Yun! Aren't I among your unit? Are you really going to set your subordinate ablaze!? Are you!!?" Wu Guo screamed as tears flood out of his eyes, "please, Shung Yun. I don't, I don't want to die. I want to live, Shung Yun. I want to live."
"I'm really sorry, Wu Guo," Shung Yun said as he smiled at Wu Guo, "but you have to scream for me. With flames burning your skin, you will release a scream that will be so precious to my ears, invoking a godly song that will stream into my ears instead of your screams."
"I will be more useful to you alive than dead, Shung Yun. I promise you won't regret my service. Just don't kill me," Wu Guo as he began feeling the heat of the burning flames as they got closer to the burning bandits.
"I won't Wu Guo. I won't regret your burning screams," Shung Yun said as he stopped five[5]ft from the burning flames.
Seeing his last chance of survival as Shung Yun came to a stop, Wu Guo said quickly, "just give me a chance, Shung Yun. I will cultivate so hard and help you acquire as much treasures as possible."
Cracck!!
"Aaaaaahhhh!!" he screamed as his eyes popped wide open with the bones of his right leg crushed by Shung Yun's fist.
With his eyes flickering at the sudden outburst of Wu Guo's scream, Shung Yun slightly loosened his grip on Wu Guo's right leg before flinging him towards the burning flames.
Despite the high intensity of the flames, it took two[2] seconds before the wine on Wu Guo's body reacted with the flames.
Puff!!
"Aaaaahhhhhh!!" screaming at the top of his voice as his skin began burning by the merciless flames, Wu Guo rolled and thrashed around as the pain severely assaulting his body got interpreted by his brain.
Getting a new wave of the godly song slamming heavily into his ears, Shung Yun laughed loudly as he staggered on his feet.
"I want it to go on forever! I don't ever want it to come to an end. Even if I have to burn down the entire world with me in it, I won't mind as long as I get to hear you playing continuously in my ears," saying that out loud, he walked unsteadily towards the burning flame until he stopped a foot in front of it.
Thud!!
Freely landing on the ground, he sat cross-legged with his eyes looking straight at the flames and his ears totally focused on the godly song pouring into his ears.
"He really burnt Wu Guo,"
"Gaining pleasure from the screams of those burning, what the hell happened to the captain?"
"I think this is more than just his suicide attempt. This is something way worst than just a suicide his attempt,"
"He's broken," Shung Xu mouthed softly.
"Did you say something, squad leader Xu?"
"The captain is broken. And that has caused his personality to become twisted," Shung Xu said in a trance like manner as she kept her eyes locked on Shung Yun's back, "in order to feel whole again, he derives joy from the painful screams of those he burnt in flames."
"How..., how did you know that?"
"It is open for all to see. In front of the burning flame, his emotion has no veil obstructing it," Shung Xu said as she took a step towards Shung Yun.
"Shung Xu," Shung Bulin said as he held Shung Xu's left shoulder.
"Wh.. what's going on?" Shung Xu asked as she looked around.
Seeing the confused look on Shung Xu's face, Shung Bulin said, "you were acting strange for a while."
"It happened again," Shung Xu mumbled as she turned her attention to Shung Yun.
"We should go see the clan doctor after we return," Shung Bulin said to Shung Xu.
"That won't be necessary," Shung Xu said without looking away from Shung Yun.
With the screams of three[3] bandits, Wu Guo included, still going on, the flames in front of Shung Yun began twisting in his sight before transforming into a wide barren land with no hint of vegetation in sight.
Having two[2] cultivators brimming with so much strength that bent the fabrics of space in the barren land, he felt the aggressive aura exuding out of their bodies.
"Who are they?" having no clue on whom the two[2] cultivators in front of him could be, he continued watching as the strength radiating out them began increasing.
With the upper-stage middle aged man among the two[2] cultivators having a stone staff in his hand, while the other cultivator, a middle-stage elderly man, had a bead necklace on his neck, they both glared murderously as each other before the attacks began.
[Info: upper-stage middle aged human -> 51 - 55 | middle-stage elderly human -> 61 - 65]
Spinning his staff around him, the upper-stage middle aged man smashed it towards the direction of the middle-stage elderly man.
Influencing the space around it as a force as heavy as a star descended on the middle-stage elderly man, the stone staff moved in coordinate with the star force.
Feeling the colossal force pressing down on him despite still miles away, the middle-stage elderly man raised his right hand towards the direction of the incoming attack, sending a force of equal amount crashing into it.
Boom!!
Thum! Thum! Thum! Thum! Thum! Thum!
Hearing his heartbeat thumping in his chest, Shung Yun experienced the silent he first did in the realm between life and death for an instant before the squabbling of the siblings boomed back in his head.
"They're all dead," he said as he heard no sound from the bone skeletons in front of him, "how long was I watching that scene?"
Asking himself that, he began thinking of the scene he saw when he looked intently at the flame.
"Attacks that could influence the Qi in the environment to such high extent with just their wills, who the hell are they?" with that question unanswered, he stood up from his cross-legged position.
Seeing Shung Yun in a meditative position after sitting close to the burning flames, the soldiers all went back to eating and drinking, as well as feeding the female captives previously held hostage by the Black Owl bandit group.
"You should all pack up, we are going back to the camp," Shung Yun said as he stood in front of his soldiers.
"Yes, captain," the soldiers acknowledged as they immediately went into action.
With nothing much worth taking back to the camp, the soldiers carried the filled-up treasure box, as well as the meat of some fierce beasts caught by the Black Owl bandit group to feast on when hunger steps in.
New Chapter....
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Already bringing Eve to the edge of a slide and dabbing her lightly, just like how a slide takes one down, the nature of man took over, and she ate of the fruit which God forbad her and her husband, Adam, to eat.....
Thanks for your time and patience...," Author_X