Chapter 62: Fighting Their Way Out.
Walking through the strangely quiet ruins, Jun Wu and Jiang Yawen headed toward the so-called exit.
As for why Jun Wu decided to go with her, he needed to confirm if it was true or not.
He had been trying to find the exit without luck and now, he was not ready to throw the chance away due to his lack of trust or wariness.
Nevertheless, he did not trust her. His hand rested on his Runic Revolver, ready to release a barrage of shots and decimate her if she tried anything funny.
"We’re here." Jiang Yawen announced.
Swiftly, she climbed over a crumbling building with ease and pointed at the distance.
Jun Wu followed, climbing the crumbling building without exacting his weight.
Looking at the distance, he saw the shimmering exit and a hidden sigh of relief escaped from his lips.
Finding the exit was more difficult than expected but now...
He only needed to survive the dark skeletons and he would escape.
"What do you think?" Jiang Yawen turned to look at him. "Do you think both of us stand a chance?"
Jun Wu did not respond immediately, his eyes lingered on the tens of dark skeletons scattered before the exit and responded.
"Yes." He nodded and jumped down from the crumbling building.
"Where are you going?" She asked, her eyes widening.
"What do you think?"
Jun Wu increased his pace, walking toward the exit. Although the exit was crawling with dark skeletons.
He was not too bothered.
With the exit in sight, nothing could stop him any longer. Besides, his gut was telling him something worse was going to happen if he stayed longer in the ruin.
Behind him, Jiang Yawen quickly followed him. Her face marred with fear and uneasiness.
She expected they would sit and plan their strategy of how to escape but she was wrong.
’This is insane... reckless...’ She screamed in her heart.
’Should I turn back?’ She bit the corner of her lips, conflicted about what choice to make.
She had tried escaping alone and the result was she barely escaped with her life.
As for waiting for others, she did not think that was a good idea.
The ruin was a lot bigger than anything she ever knew and dangerous.
Who could say she could survive until the next group came.
Looking at Jun Wu’s confident back, Jiang Yawen sucked in a cold breath and a flash of determination appeared on her face.
She had witnessed Jun Wu’s unconventional fighting style and she knew he was strong.
Perhaps...
Bang! Bang!
The sound of battle jolted her back to reality. She looked at Jun Wu and saw him confronting the dark skeletons.
Jun Wu’s Wind Blades were as deadly as ever. Like a grim reaper, they cleaved through the heads of the dark skeletons.
With every head flying in the sky, he pushed forward.
From the corner of his eyes, he saw her fighting the dark skeletons.
Jun Wu nodded and increased his attacking power. Six blades appeared in the thin air, cutting everything in their path.
Watching the horrifying Wind Blades, Jiang Yawen was stunned and shivered.
She knew if she faced such deadly Wind Blades, she did not stand a chance.
Although Jun Wu’s strikes were overwhelming, the dark skeletons outnumbered them by a large margin.
Additionally, they were undying. Each strike did not truly kill them but only stopped and delayed them for a minute or two.
Surrounded from all sides, Jun Wu and Jiang Yawen battled with all their might.
Jiang Yawen began to lose hope. They were still a considerable distance from the exit and if this continued.
It was only a matter of time before they were defeated. They would be exhausted to death if not killed by the dark skeletons.
Jun Wu knew all this but he had a plan. While he was pushing he was setting up two array formations at the same time.
It was quite tasking. He would have been exhausted to death without any Blood Qi if not for his primordial meridian.
His primordial meridian was merely a fraction of his Blood Qi during the array formation.
With each step, he set up an array pattern using his Blood Qi.
Sweat dripped from his forehead, his clothes drenched. Still, he pushed forward.
From the side, Jiang Yawen watched Jun Wu’s strange movements and was confused.
"What’s wrong with him?" She wondered out loud as she parried a dark skeleton’s saber attack.
She staggered backward, her hand trembled. She was exhausted and could barely hang on.
Merely raising her weapon was becoming increasingly difficult.
"I can’t hold on any more." She shouted, her face filled with fear and panic.
Jun Wu did not respond as he focused on the array formation.
"Just a little more." He whispered.
Bang! Bang!
A series of attacks landed on his defensive shield but did not break it.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
He cleaved through the dark skeletons around him and pushed forward.
He looked at Jiang Yawen and saw she was on the brink. A few more attacks and she would be done for.
However, he did not have any intention of helping her. If she could hold on a little longer, that would be her luck and if not, so be it.
Unknown to Jun Wu’s plan, Jiang Yawen’s face was etched with unwillingness and regret. She was not willing to die, not now.
She had a lot of plans for her future, dying in a damn forsaken ruin was not part of it.
Bang!
She managed to roll to the side, avoiding a deadly saber slash. Her breath was labored, she could barely rise to her feet.
From the corner of her eyes, she saw Jun Wu faring a lot better than her. Still, she did not see any way where both of them were going to survive this.
Sigh!
A deep sigh escaped from her lips when she saw the relentless dark skeletons come for her again like vengeful spirits.
"Move back!"
She heard Jun Wu’s voice, staring at her with seriousness.
Hmm?!
She was confused but chose to believe him. Summoning her strength, she rose to her feet, deflecting the dark skeletons’ attack as she retreated.
Suddenly, she saw the ground lit up in a blue light. In a blink, the light had covered the center, trapping most of the dark skeletons inside.
Seeing this, Jiang Yawen widened her eyes in disbelief. But that was not all.
From the ground, a deadly scorching heat erupted, burning the dark skeletons.
Under the horrifying heat, the dark skeletons made eerie wails that made both Jun Wu and Jiang Yawen shiver.
Jun Wu only looked at his Trapping Array Formation and Burning Furnace Array Formation for a second and said.
"Let’s leave."
Without waiting for her, Jun Wu walked toward the exit.
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At the center of the ruin, a group covered in black robes made an altar etched with strange runes.
On the altar were hundreds of bodies piled up, their blood dripping forming a small stream.
"Let’s begin." A voice commanded.
Immediately, the group began to chant in a strange language and with each chant their voices rose an octave. Slowly, the strange runes on the altar began to pulsate as if coming alive.
Dark clouds began to gather in the sky and slowly they spread.
As for the fresh dead bodies on the altar, they began to disintegrate, rising toward the cloud.