Above The Sky
Chapter 248 - 248 236 Whoa Crumbling!

248: Chapter 236 Whoa, Crumbling!

(3/4) 248: Chapter 236 Whoa, Crumbling!

(3/4) “Teacher…”

The blond youth gave a bitter smile and retreated into the slightly drier cave, “It looks like there’s no way to run.”

“One main path, three small forks, all blocked in advance…

We’ve been discovered a long time ago!”

When he said this, his tone actually relaxed a bit—as if the burden of escaping alone was too great for Yisen to bear.

While reason could accept it, emotions simply couldn’t.

“Silly child, just charge through…”

Hearing the same sound, Master Gossay shook his head with a bitter smile, “Alas, they’re so well-trained, I bet you couldn’t break out even if you tried.”

“Is that Yisen Gard of the Ellen Family and Gossay Abid from Setar Alchemy Academy?”

A muffled voice came from the shadows of the corridor, as a burly knight in full armor, holding a shield and a spear, walked slowly forward.

Acting on the information reported by the Spiritual Tool Church, he led his team to block the cave and said in an unrefusable tone, “Lay down all weapons, submit to our custody.

If you cooperate, your lives will not be in danger.”

At that moment, the knight saw the comatose group inside the cave, noticed the traces of parasitic infection on their skin, first turned his head in disgust, and then looked thoughtfully at the master and apprentice.

–They actually helped suppress those parasites for these lowlifes?

Seems like they might be more valuable than I thought, and could be dealt with later.

Thinking this, and recalling how his own brother was cruelly killed and then burnt, while these damned people from Setar managed to cling to life…

the knight couldn’t help but let out a cold snort, clutching his spear tightly.

He raised his spear, pointing at the crowd, and said impatiently, “Burn these parasitic-infected trash.”

At his command, soldiers holding flamethrowers stepped forward, pressing the trigger without a moment’s hesitation.

The blue-white flame roared out, about to sweep over the people lying before it.

The temperatures, accurate to thousands of degrees, aimed precisely at the ground, without a trace of excess spilling over–this specially made flamethrower was their secret weapon, designed to combat the Magical Beasts in jungle areas, lethal to ordinary soldiers, and even capable of melting the armored clothing of average knights.

Even if it couldn’t burn through, the rapidly rising heat could still kill the wearer.

But the silent Yisen Gard suddenly raised his hand as the trigger was pulled, pointing his fingertip at the burst of flame that had just erupted.

A stream of black blood shot from his fingertip, and upon touching the flame, it was not incinerated, but rather absorbed all the fire like a black hole, leaving no trace.

Whoosh.

After absorbing all the flame, the black line of blood started to burn quietly, flickering through the air like lightning, returning back to the flamethrower, and within one breath, it melted the one-and-a-half-meter-long gun, both the barrel and body, into a lump of soft iron.

It was only because the soldier holding the gun was quick to react and had retreated after firing that he wasn’t directly ‘melted’ or set on fire like a torch.

Buzzing…

After destroying the flamethrower, the blood-red flame like a snake returned to the side of the blond youth, silently circling around him as if providing fiery protection.

Yisen Gard took a deep breath and cautiously looked at the knight before him.

The Fire Attribute Origin Quality in the young man’s blood violently catalyzed, turning into a highly erosive and hot ‘Corrosive Flame’.

This was the heritage of the Erosion Dragon Refining Legacy of the Ellen Family, specializing in the power of ‘fire’.

But at the First Energy Level, he could only use his own blood as a medium to execute such techniques, and how much blood does one person have?

Besides not being able to maintain it for long, after using it, it’s too easy to be tracked…

Therefore, indeed, Yisen wasn’t suited for combat.

He didn’t naively ask why the other party wanted to murder those ordinary people infested with parasites.

For safety’s sake, it was only logical to kill them off.

Moreover, Fiery Flame Land was ruled by a ‘bloodline’ system, and to them, commoners without noble blood were mere ‘dirty citizens’ who could be killed at will.

In fact, Yisen Gard was also very clear about the meaning of his teacher’s words.

Letting a group of commoners drag on with disabled, parasite-infested bodies—wasn’t that an even greater torment?

If he were killed here by the people of Fiery Flame Land, and if he still managed to return alive to Harrison Port to tell Uncle Grant about this, perhaps the relatives of these people could even get a condolence payment.

Surviving and going back was torment for everyone.

He wasn’t foolish.

He simply didn’t wish to think that way; he wanted to try to cure everyone.

Because, if one always thought like that and did not consider better possibilities, the world would be too disgusting.

“Do you intend to resist?”

Seeing Yisen Gard’s confrontational actions, the Knight didn’t get angry but instead laughed lowly, his voice coming from beneath the helmet, “That’s good, too.”

He raised the long spear in his hand as a signal, “Attack.”

“Captives can still be useful even with their limbs and spine broken.”

At this moment, both Yisen and Master Gossay, who was silently staring at the Fiery Flame Land soldiers before them, could feel a strong intent to kill.

All the soldiers had already raised their rifles, aiming at the boy.

Boom!

The sound of gunfire in the cave was like thunder reverberating back and forth, continuous and rumbling.

Almost instantly, Yisen Gard reached out to press on the center of his chest where his Spirit Energy Jewelry sparkled—a faint silver octagonal grid shield appeared out of nowhere, shielding everyone in front of him.

This Second Energy Level Spirit Energy Jewelry could even block the bombardment from an Alchemical Cannon, so bullets were even less of a concern…

The only problem was that, in the current situation, mere defense would eventually be broken through.

The golden-haired youth knew this was not the time for hesitation.

He took a small knife from his waist and without a second word, aimed to stab it into his own heart… but just as Yisen Gard prepared to give his all against the enemy, he suddenly paused, “Wait, it seems like only a few bullets hit the shield just now, right?”

The remaining energy of the shield was closely connected to him, enabling it to move as he willed; Yisen Gard was very aware that at most only four bullets had hit the shield, and after a quick count, indeed, only two guns had been fired.

The opposing armed soldiers obviously numbered eight… If so, what exactly was the thunder-like booming sound just now?!

“What’s going on?!”

At the same time, the leading Knight also abruptly turned around, raising his shield as if stricken with great shock.

He looked back at the cave with turbulent air waves and swirling dust in doubt, “Who is it?!

Who collapsed the main tunnel of the cave?!”

It seemed in response to the Knight’s words, steady footsteps came from the shadows.

Immediately after, a stream of water burst out, cutting through the dust and shadows, breaking the air and mist, quickly approaching from afar and shooting towards the gaps in the Knight’s helmet!

Whiz—crash!