Chapter [B4] 12 — Deathless
Chi flared in my body as I shot forward, heading straight towards the demon. Power swirled within me as I aimed to tackle the demon down into the ground, but the creature was quick, noticing my strike as he spun through the air to dodge.
I turned, following the creature as we clashed once mid air before landing on the ground simultaneously. Yan Yun, Zhang and Liuxiang quickly followed a moment later, all landing behind me.
I had my fists raised, observing the demon. It was humanoid, with dark black skin that had a hint of red in it. Its arms had spectral chains wrapped around him that seemed to fade in and out of reality, and the creature had a sharp face that looked at the rest of us with amusement.
“Quite the gathering you have here,” the demon said, putting the box-like artifact that contained the Azure Dragon in a pouch at its waist. His eyes flickered around before settling onto me. There was a pause, as he recognized me. “You…” the demon whispered, before an unsettling smile took over his face. “I know you. You’re the one we were told to bring back alive, if we could, to meet Yang Shen,” the demon said, looking at me. “Although, alive can mean a lot of different things, and honest mistakes happen, don’t they?” he said, snickering as the chains at its arms began to unwound.
“Sure, I’ll meet him, alive and all. But I’m not sure I can say the same about you though,” I said, as I began to gather my power.
The world swirled around me as I vanished, appearing right in front of the demon with a Step. Harmony hummed in my core, power gathering within me as I struck with a powerful strike of force.
To my surprise, the demon dodged my strike, moving near instantly and reacting with a speed I hadn’t expected to see out of it. Chains swung towards me, like metallic serpents striking at me with potent miasma pouring through them. I side stepped the strikes, dodging the chains. The chains turned almost as if they had a life of their own, swerving as if to encircle me. I got a strange feeling from them, that I shouldn’t let them touch me no matter what.
I jumped back from the chains, landing next to my friends who’d not reacted or stepped into the fight with me just yet, simply observing for now.
“There’s something wrong with those chains,” I said, glancing back towards them.