Chapter 151: Crimson Night (3)
“Moreover, I already gave you one chance. Don’t you think it was just your sword that got burned back then? But who would have thought you’d be so stupid to dare attack this young lady…”
The slender, lustrous fingers lightly drew the silver sword in her hand, and the cool sword light seemed to cool down the sweltering air a notch. The young lady’s clear voice, like bells, broke the oppressive atmosphere that had reached its peak in an instant.
Ig looked at the girl’s exquisite and flawless profile, but he didn’t speak.
Whether it was Rols’s renewed offense, or what he had said about holding the other half of the Blood Crystal, the key to Duke Oran’s legacy… Verafia had no reason not to act against him.
As for his identity… to this proud Miss Phoenix, he was merely a lowly human with a poor character. Would she even care?
Ig felt a touch of pity for Rols, who showed surprise but kept switching between greed. Of course, he wouldn’t be so saintly as to plead for this fop to his young lady.
A moment after Verafia’s voice fell, the Platinum Rank swordsman forcefully gripped his sword and leaped forward.
“You guys take Young Master Rols and go first! I’ll hold her off!”
Ignoring his body’s strain, the Platinum Swordsman roared. His entire body’s Dou Qi gathered on his drawn sword, forming a powerful Sword Qi ripple. However, he knew that to this beautiful yet terrifying girl before him, it was completely insignificant!
“You can’t do anything to this young lady with this…”
Verafia’s lustrous, jade-like slender fingers lifted slightly, and the raised silver sword blocked the heavy chop coming at her.
The swordsman’s vigorous Dou Qi, almost substantial and Platinum Rank, was instantly cut and shattered by the sharp sword light, stirring up the wind and slightly lifting her hair, touching the girl’s cool, flawless, and exquisite jade face.
Verafia pressed her sword backhand, and the dazzlingly sharp sword light directly sent him flying several meters away, clutching his chest and coughing up blood.
Verafia’s golden eyes turned to Rols, who was being dragged away by other guards, preparing to flee.
“And I told you, I won’t let you off this time!”
The girl’s beautiful voice, like a meadowlark’s song, fell into the ears of everyone present, striking them with fear. The swordsman in black bit his tongue fiercely, drew his sword, poured all his Dou Qi into it, and slammed it towards the girl, who was not his target.
“Thunder Pierce Sword Blast!”
The purple lightning, under the full force of the Platinum Rank Dou Qi, roared astonishingly as it blasted directly at Verafia!
Verafia shifted her slender feet slightly to the side, raised her sword to block, and the torrent of Dou Qi mixed with lightning roared.
“Hey, I wasn’t looking for you, why are you still bothering this young lady!”
Her supple hair, swayed by the strong wind, revealed her fair, jade-like face. Verafia’s delicate brows furrowed slightly, and her voice, showing no restraint, revealed her impatience.
The swordsman in black wiped away the blood flowing from his mouth and shouted angrily, “Everyone, listen to my command, block her! Let Young Master Rols go first!”
All the guards clustered around Rols in the corridor also shouted defiantly, unleashing their powerful Dou Qi with all their might.
“Honestly… do you have to waste this young lady’s strength here?”
Verafia said, frowning. Her fair, jade-like little hand gripped slightly, then swung. Instantly, condensed, scorching flames ignited among the surging Dou Qi and skills of all of them.
The girl’s delicate little hand suddenly grabbed Ig’s arm.
“Young Lady!” Ig instinctively called out as his body twisted in the air with the girl’s movement.
Ig met the girl’s eyes, which flowed like beautiful gold flames yet were as clear as exquisite crystal. The girl blinked slightly.
“Ig, go and stop Rols for me! Let me deal with these guys first!”
Before the girl’s voice even fell, Ig felt himself being thrown out by her, almost directly into the path of the attacks from over a dozen Gold Rank guards!
But before Ig could make a sound, a radiant sword light suddenly cut past his body, instantly severing all the rampant Dou Qi ripples in mid-air.
Amidst the roaring Dou Qi storm that erupted after the break, Ig, clutching Endgame, crashed to the ground. The panic on Ig’s face was indescribable.
If Ig hadn’t known that his Bronze-level body was no stronger than a piece of paper against the attacks of Gold Rank warriors, Ig would have almost thought that Miss Phoenix had thrown him out as a human shield!
However, it was precisely because of this that he deeply felt how astonishing Verafia’s simultaneous slash was! With just herself, she had instantly shattered the attacks of over a dozen Gold Rank warriors.
“Miss Verafia’s swordsmanship…”
Ig looked up. The other people in the corridor were all suppressed by the sword Qi Verafia had unleashed, and Rols, who they were desperately blocking behind themselves, was right before his eyes.
“You hateful brat!”
The voice, almost gritted with teeth and filled with anger and envy, made Ig feel even more intensely the other’s jealousy. Compared to the noble young master Rols he was at dusk, his current face was contorted, his eyes abnormally scarlet, completely in a state of madness.
Before Ig could respond, the sword Rols held in his embrace directly slashed across.
Ig quickly drew his sword to block.
“Die… No, capture you and make that little slut hand over the Red Crystal to exchange for you! Heh… Duke Oran’s treasure is all mine, and I will trample all of you under my feet!”
Amidst the violent sound of metal swords colliding, Rols’s voice was hysterical.
“This Rols, hasn’t given up even now. Tsk, Duke Oran’s Blood Crystal…”
Ig blocked Rols’s repeated horizontal attack with his sword. His azure eyes noticed the crystal in Rols’s other hand, which he clutched in his embrace, exuding an eerie blood-red light. He seemed unwilling to let it go for even a moment.
Ig could clearly feel the other person’s consciousness struggling in confusion… caught between fear and illegitimate obsession.
Rols wasn’t simply trying to push him back and escape. If that were the case, considering the other party’s Gold Rank Dou Qi intensity, even with Endgame, Ig wouldn’t be confident he could stop him.
“This mental pollution is truly terrifying. Verodia, what is her identity?”
Ig thought in his mind. He swung his sword again to block Rols’s heavy strike.
Although Rols’s attacks were much fiercer than in the evening, his moves were scattered and almost entirely instinctual, which made it not difficult for Ig to block.
Ig even had the leisure to pay attention to Verafia, who was suppressing almost everyone present by herself.
The sounds of fire and crisp sword chirps echoed in the air.
“You guys, this isn’t enough!”
Verafia landed her slender leg on the ground again, and the scattered Dou Qi and sword techniques around her were instantly engulfed in flames. She glanced back with a soft smile, her clean, jade-like wrist suddenly raised the silver sword again, and then slashed down.
A magnificent, blazing sword light instantly filled everyone’s vision!
