Chapter 30Chapter 30 – Oh heavens, why do you weep alone
(TL By: PiggyBottle and 生豆)
The scene suddenly occurring in front of his eyes startled him, but his movements did not slow down the slightest, rather they got even faster. Given Su Ming’s character, if he decided not to do something he wouldn’t do it and if he decided to do something, it was also just as hard to change his mind.
In the instant he arrived, Bai Ling’s empty expression suddenly perked up as she stared at Su Ming, tears uncontrollably falling out her eyes.
Immediately after he arrived, he unhesitatingly stabbed the axes in his hands straight into the trunk of this red tree. Stabbing halfway through the trunk a strange red fluid flowed out from the hole like blood, at the same time a m.u.f.fled frenzied roach came from within the tree trunk.
That roar was so angry that it seemed to even startle the whole basin.
Su Ming’s face paled, but his eyes determinedly flashed, after stabbing the axes into the tree, he fiercely used it to cut downwards. With a crack, a large tear appeared in the tree trunk from which cold air burst forth!
That tear was cut along the side of Bai Ling such that Su Ming was able to see Bai Ling’s body through it. Without waiting, he reached in and fiercely pulled Bai Ling’s arm.
From this one pull, Bai Ling’s whole body fell out of the tree trunk.
Bai Ling was completely stunned as she stared at Su Ming, shedding more tears as Su Ming grabbed her, his appearance deeply engraved into her mind.
Pulling Bai Ling, Su Ming quickly jumped backwards, his heart beating furiously as he wanted to head back out. Only, at this instant the roaring voice became much more intense, reverberating throughout the whole basin. From the crack in the tree trunk, NightWings once more emerged, their sorrowful expression once more replaced with their crazed blood l.u.s.t.
Su Ming’s scalp tingled as he retreated, the number of NightWings were just too many, too densely packed. There was easily over thousands of them, whats more, within the tree there were many more of them.
However, as these NightWings rushed out Su Ming could clearly see them affected by the hot air and their expressions turned slightly fearful, there were even quite a few which just stiffly fell onto the roof cracking apart like a rock.
“The legends say that the undying Fire-Mán were transformed into the NightWings is actually true, they were originally unafraid of flames, but after becoming these strange creature they suddenly feared the fire……
The way they look when they die, and their bodies are cold as ice… …” Su Ming eyes focused as he ran towards the tunnel with his left hand holding onto Bai Ling.
“What are you dazing about!! Hurry up and run!!” Su Ming growled, seemingly jolting Bai Ling awake from her dream. She looked at Su Ming, just as she was about to speak.
“Run!!” Su Ming dashed ahead, straight towards the tunnel. By now the basin was almost completely filled with lava, there were barely any stone roofs left visible.
The pale-faced Bai Ling no longer hesitated as she ran forward, ignoring the pain in her feet focusing only on escaping from that place.
Su Ming leapt from roof to roof as he headed towards the tunnel, behind him were large numbers of snarling NightWings who did not seem to dare to pursue him, only after the voice in the tree trunk roared did a dozen of NightWings race towards him.
The blood qi in his body surged with the power of eleven blood veins, when the Nightwings reached him, he brandished the antlers in his hand as he raced towards the exit. All these happening in an instant, when they reached the tunnel many of the NightWings already fell to the lava.
Su Ming’s heart raced but his mind was calm, everything was going according to plan, if he had not waited awhile before acting, then things probably would not have progressed as smoothly and many more NightWings would have probably appeared.
While dashing through the pa.s.sage, he could smell the scent of charred flesh coming from his feet, not letting that stop him, he continued rushing forward.
Behind him from the basin echoed the roars of the NightWings who did not dare to pursue him, even among those who did, only several of them made it to the tunnel, hissing and rushing at Su Ming.
“The NightWings’ weakness is actually fire… … That is why they hid in the tree trunk, the further i go in this tunnel the lower the temperature would become……” The hissing and snarling behind Su Ming becoming clearer as he ran.
“We need to kill those NightWings, we cannot delay further!” seeing a rock that the had previously cut out Su Ming’s eyes flashed, immediately running a few steps towards the rock while wielding the axe in his hands, staring at the 4 snarling NightWings rushing towards him.
Su Ming’s face was pale, but his eyes were clear, just as the four NightWings were about to reach him, Su Ming kicked the large rock beside him.
This large rock he previously cut out was estimated to be about the size of the tunnel, accompanied by the power of his blood qi, he managed to send to rock flying and block off the tunnel behind him.
Su Ming intended to take this opportunity to trap three NightWings behind the boulder temporarily as he tries to kill the last NightWing with the axe in his hands.
However, the NightWings were too fast, Su Ming only managed to stall two of them with the rock as the other two rushed towards him.
Su Ming frowned as he turned around, even knew that although he could kill them, he would be injured, with better options ahead he continued running.
As he ran, the two NightWings behind him flew faster and faster. The distance between them now no more than ten feet, but ahead of Su Ming was another of the big rocks he prepared.
After learning from his previous try, as Su Ming pa.s.sed the rock, he immediately kicked it and sent it flying backwards towards the tunnel blocking the path of the NightWings temporarily, resulting in only one of the NightWings managing to avoid it
While one was blocked, the other practically already reached Su Ming. Su Ming’s eyes flashed coldly as he thrust the axe in his hands straight towards the NightWing.
The man and beast immediately started a fierce battle in this tunnel. If Su Ming were not a Mán-pract.i.tioner he would have had no chance to resist the NightWing, however, since he had eleven blood veins and he had an extremely sharp and st.u.r.dy axe in his hands, he held complete advantage in the exchange with the NightWing.
With a whooshing sound, the axe in Su Ming’s hand pierced straight into the NightWing creating a gaping hole in its body as it fell to the ground. However, the wound was quickly healing, this NightWing temporarily became more sluggish but was nowhere near death.
Su Ming’s eyes flashed as he stabbed several more holes into the NightWing making sure it was temporarily incapacitated before quickly running ahead again. Along the tunnel, each time he ran into one of his large rocks, he would give them a kick and use them to block off the tunnel further.
Although doing so slowed him down, but Su Ming’s strength had always been his speed, very quickly he managed to exit the tunnel back into the cavern filled with many different tunnels.
“I… …I am over here!” Just as he had arrived, Su Ming heard the weak voice of Bai Ling call out.
He saw the pale-faced and extremely frightened Bai Ling trembling as she hid by the entrance of another tunnel. Bai Ling had managed to make it here before him, only she did not know where the exit was so she did not dare proceed further in case she accidentally ran into more NightWings.
The Bai Ling now did not have the arrogant smart look she had back in the bazaar, she currently looked like a frightened small animal, the hesitation in her eyes made Su Ming laugh.
“You……You still laugh at me!” Just as the nervous Bai Ling was going to speak, Su Ming raced over and grabbed her wrist, dragging her towards one of the small tunnels.
“This is the exit?” She softly asked. After she saw Su Ming appear, for some unknown reason the fear she felt had greatly faded.
Su Ming nodded his head without speaking, continuing to drag Bai Ling along this tunnel. By his ears he could hear Bai Ling breathing, which was surprisingly pleasant, making it uncertain as to whether his racing heartbeat was due to his running or due to the soft hands in his.
In deep thought, Bai Ling did not speak and just let Su Ming hold her hand as they navigated through this dangerous tunnel. Running ahead, her heartbeat slowly began to beat faster as she thought the same things as Su Ming, diluting the fear and desperation she previously felt.
Only this did not last, very quickly, Su Ming and Bai Ling reached the cave where he normally refines his pills. Here, Su Ming let go of her hand, seriously looking at the holes he poked in the ground with the axe making some sort of plans.
Below the cauldron not far away, there was some flames appearing, slowly burning.
Bai Ling stared at Su Ming’s movements, her heart in a state of disarray.
Till now she still felt that she was dreaming, after being captured by the NightWings she was in despair, but the things that happened afterwards made it feel like she still had not awaken from her dream.
It was at this time the hissing and snarling sounds once more approached from the tunnel, slowly getting louder and louder approaching at a very fast pace. Bai Ling trembled as she subconsciously pulled towards Su Ming. But, before she even took a few steps she was grabbed by Su Ming and dragged past those small holes on the ground.
Very soon after, the hissing sounds became louder as three NightWings fiercely rushed towards the two of them. Bai Ling’s body trembling as she retreated only to see Su Ming’s eyes flash as he connected the holes in the ground with those from beneath the cauldron.
In an instant, a curtain of fire erupted from the ground practically forming a sea of flames in front of them resulting in the three rushing NightWings become instantly covered in flames. Falling to the ground, they shattered into a puff of cold air. Under the glow of the flames, Su Ming looked gloomy while Bai Ling stood fearfully behind him.
“They……they are weak to fire?” Only after some time did Bai Ling manage to open her mouth and ask.
“Before they were formed they prayed to the flames and embodied the flames, after they became NightWings they not only lost their mind and body, the also lost their glory……
After they lost their glory, the are not weak against flames, rather they are ashamed of fire…… they who are born in flame, will return to flames……” Su Ming muttered, his mind could not help but return to the words he saw by the bones in the Fire-Mán tribe.
“Oh heavens, why do you weep alone… …”