Chapter 272: As Long As Possible
Xenia stood at the entrance of the cliffside cave with a smirk on her face and sea breeze rustling through her beautiful black hair as she continued to scan the cave with her ki.
“Only 10 men await me inside? What a shame. But it will have to do.” Xenia began a leisurely walk inside the dimly lit cave descending down a sloped ramp made of rock. She knew if only 10 men stood guard over something so important, they weren’t the ones guarding it at all as she continued to muse to herself, “A team stationed for communication no doubt. A team to alert a greater force when needed. Or maybe a team to ensure other defensives and safeguards remain in proper working order.”
She smiled to herself with amusement and excitement as she reached a fork in the cave with many different openings, “A very nice passive defensive tactic to thin out intruders. Though I think the occupiers of this cave will find I am a very hard girl to fend off.”
Having already scanned the cave with bloodbending ki, she continued down the path towards the men after grabbing a torch to light her way.
As she leisurely strolled deeper into the stronghold cave, a sharp hiss sounded. Xenia held out the torch to see the pathway filling with a dark green gas. She took a deep breath in, inhaling with her entire lung capacity before then slowly breathing it back out.
“Poison gas. Sharply poison at that.” Xenia felt a twinge of pain and a hint of paralysis before the passive healing of her body cleared the toxins almost as fast as they entered her body.
Meanwhile, deep within the cave, a red flashing light began to blink on a control panel monitored by a soldier, “Hey! The poison gas has been activated!”
A table of soldiers turned around laughing, “Those damn sea rats have been setting it off all week.”
Another soldier quipped, “I like the tingling of their meat on my tongue after they’ve been saturated with poison. Tonight, we eat good, and tomorrow we will reset the gas.”