Chapter 62 - Flames That Consume All
The men exchanged quick glances, each giving a subtle nod before charging at the girl with swords raised. One blade slipped silently past Noah’s back and aimed straight for her. But catching it out of the corner of her eye, the woman sprang up and turned to intercept.
Her weight worked against her, though, and she crumpled to her knees as a sword pierced her heart from behind.
"AUNT!!" Ting screamed, jolting to her feet.
At her cry, Fusu struck in a heartbeat. With an open palm he spun a devastating blow that whipped the air into a vortex. Anticipating the strike, the attacker dropped his sword and raised both arms to block—only for Fusu’s strike to wrench his arms, shatter his ribs, and obliterate his internal organs. The force hurled him spinning through the wall, where he slammed into a nearby tree.
’What the hell...?!’ Noah thought. Ting’s scream drew his eyes to the fallen woman—her body pierced by the blade.
Noah leapt up, shoving his chair back. Unwittingly he cut the attacker’s legs with the chair’s backrest, throwing him off balance—what could have been a fatal blow to Ting instead nicked her arm.
Seeing the wound, Ting stumbled back in terror into Noah’s arms. The attacker, furious at the disruption, raised his sword and growled,
— Damn it...
But then his partner shouted, "Focus!" as he wrestled with Ting’s uncle—disarmed, yet gripping the man’s sword barehanded. The attacker thought: