CH 365

365: Two Roads

Baby Rui was quite satisfied with the nest he’d made out of Feng Wu’s hair. Her hair was very soft and comfortable. He wouldn’t rule out the possibility of living there in the future.

How would Feng Wu react if she knew his thoughts?

Rui Baby stayed on Feng Wu’s head and expressed interest in the brightly lit cave up ahead. He kept staring cutely at the entrance.

Feng Wu pulled Zo behind the large group and entered the cave cautiously after everyone else.

Those tense and on alert thought a big boss would ambush them right away. They didn’t expect to only find a large luminous, white crystal. It was beautiful and had been what was giving off all the light.

They were relived to not find any dangerous creatures hidden anywhere after inspecting the cave. Two walls made of crystals created divergent pathways inside the cave. It wasn’t clear what was inside.

They looked at each other, not sure which one to take. It could be a life or death decision. It was possible the paths simply held different dangers. If so, then the wrong choice meant remaining in the tomb for life.

The others weren’t sure which path to take, but for Feng Wu, both paths were filled with evil spirits and red haze. The evil spirits in the tomb were several levels higher than those found outside. It wasn’t that she had become more versed in the undead. Most of what she knew came from Lydia.[notes] Lydia would be perfect in a place like the tomb. But Feng Wu wasn’t able to summon Lydia no matter how hard she tried.

Though both tunnel paths were full of blood, one was also filled with death. It was clearly a dead end and anyone who entered wasn’t going to survive.

“This one.” Feng Wu pointed to the tunnel path that had no death aura with a serious expression.

“Little girl, why that one? You have to give a reason first.” A male sword user touched his nose and asked. Choosing would be difficult.

“Yes! Why should we listen to you?” asked a female magician with a sneer. She, another female magician, and Feng Wu were the only females to survive. Both female magicians had chosen to fly over.

Among the three, Feng Wu was the only sword user. There were few female sword users to begin with and the others had died earlier on. This left Feng Wu as the only sword user left in their group.

Though there were only three of women in the group, they were not close. It was the first time the other magicians had even spoken.

“You will die if you walk the other way.” Feng Wu saw strong malice emanating from the woman who had spoken up. It made Feng Wu tilt her head and wonder why the other woman was so strange. Why did she look like that?

The magician couldn’t answer the questions in Feng Wu’s mind; she just kept on sneering. The other female magician watched the interaction between them, but she didn’t interfere.

“There are so many of us, and no one knows which way to take, but you, a little girl can tell?” The first woman’s voice was full of sarcasm and disdain.

“Whether you believe it or not is your business. Feng Wu only shared for everyone’s benefit. If you think she’s wrong, you can take the other path. No one’s going to stop you.” Zo’s eyes turned cold at the woman and he spoke fearlessly to her.

“You. . . ” the woman was extremely angry. “Even a waste dare speak nonsense in front me! You must be looking for death!”

She chanted a spell and quickly formed two white balls that flashed lightning in her hands. Mercilessly, she threw them at Zo.

The crowd didn’t expect her to try to really do that. Ice magic, a mutation of water magic, was stronger than water magic. There were few ice magicians on the mainland. Compared to the other five elements, gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, the number of ice magicians barely registered. Though they were few and far in between, they were, without exception, always geniuses from powerful families. Naturally they were highly valued.

Zo didn’t expect the woman to be so unreasonable as to kill directly. He was just an ordinary person so it was impossible for him to dodge. Luckily though, since his family was forever worried about his safety, they loaded him with defensive items. Even his clothes had layers of protective arrays. So as long as he didn’t encounter a master who was too powerful, odds were high he would be fine.

Just as Zo was about to withstand the blow, Feng Wu’s sword flashed out, and in the blink of an eye, sliced the powerful balls straight in half. Bits of icicles and crushed ice fell to the ground.

A hint of resentment flashed in the woman’s eyes when she saw how quickly and easily Feng Wu dealt with her attack. She raised her staff and chanted another spell, each word coming faster than the one before it. A line of icicles successfully formed in the air and cut a path toward Feng Wu and Zo with murderous intent.

Feng Wu pulled Zo to the side and avoided the first wave of attack. The small sword in her hand moved gracefully, sounding like water flowing through the air. Green energy condensed at the tip of her sword. The Spring Wind sword technique wasn’t just graceful and elegant, it was also astonishingly powerful.

The light continued to flicker on the tip of her sword. Using Spring Wind, Feng Wu easily kept the icicles from getting close. Feng Wu brought her internal qi out and shattered all the ice.

Upon seeing this, the woman wanted to launch another even more powerful attack, but Feng Wu did not give her the chance. . .