novelraw Chapter 130 - 127: Miss Yan! Your Prey Is Gone
Chapter 130 - 127: Miss Yan! Your Prey Is Gone
Filled with glee, Miss Yan approached the dead Titan Giant’s foot, reaching out to touch the depleted arcane runes on its body.
Suddenly, she heard a sound from dozens of meters away.
’?’
’Could it be this Titan isn’t truly dead?’
She grew more vigilant, and the faint flames in her eyes blazed hotter.
She strode along the edge of the Titan’s corpse. Her movements were like walking on invisible quicksand, with a natural sway from the waist down—nothing forced or artificial.
A string of tiny, silent bells was tied around her ankle. They had been hidden beneath her proper gentleman’s attire, but after her transformation, they were now boldly on display.
’No, it’s definitely dead.’
’Perhaps just a part of its body collapsing.’
’I’m being too cautious.’
Just as this captivating Awakened was extinguishing the blazing flames in her eyes, she heard a violent sound. In utter disbelief, she watched as Shi Ming, half his body covered in arcane runes, crawled out from the Deep Sea Titan’s pulpy, golden flesh.
Arcane runes still flickered across his body, pulsing like a breathing light as they shimmered and faded.
Miss Yan’s eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly.
She didn’t attack immediately.
She was astonished, yet at the same time, a strange and inexplicable emotion stirred within her.
Too little time had passed since the Titan’s fall—barely more than ten minutes. Miss Yan didn’t believe the man before her, Shi Ming, could have already completed an awakening.
Instead, she was more astonished by his ability to survive. Even she would have had to retreat from such a violent explosion. Yet this man not only appeared completely unscathed, but there wasn’t a single wound on his entire body?
’His muscles are still brimming with surging power, like a cheetah from the storybooks?’
"Brother Shi. You’re... not dead?"
Having just pulled himself free, Shi Ming scanned his surroundings.
Iwami’s body lay not far off. Everyone else was gone, leaving only this unfamiliar woman.
’Looks like they’ve already determined the "final victor."’
’I wonder how many casualties there were, and what price each of them paid.’
The woman before him was only in her early twenties, but he could vaguely recognize some of Elder Chuan’s mannerisms in her posture. It seemed the gentlemanly Elder Chuan had been none other than this Miss Yan from Lighthouse in disguise. Poor Wright and his group... even with an S-rank Awakened on their side, they were played like fools by a spy from Lighthouse, allowing her to become the "final victor."
’This woman may look young, but she’s no pushover.’
’How else could she have become the final victor?’
’Too bad for her, though.’
’She’s destined to leave empty-handed.’
The Titan Power inside Shi Ming had just stabilized and he needed a few more minutes to adapt. He wouldn’t have emerged if he hadn’t sensed someone approaching to investigate.
"You’re... Elder Chuan?"
He feigned surprise.
"You’re pretty sharp."
Miss Yan lifted her chin, her swan-like neck forming a perfect curve. A look of admiration for Shi Ming flickered in her eyes.
"Honestly, I took a liking to you the first time we met. You’re exactly my type. If this wasn’t a mission, I’d use every means at my disposal to have a... relationship with you that goes beyond mere friendship."
’???’
Outwardly, Shi Ming appeared to be assessing the situation, but inwardly, he was already beginning to mobilize his Awakening Power.
’Miss Yan from Lighthouse. An assassin.’
’Needless to say, she’s extremely dangerous.’
’Still, this is my first time using Descent of the Titan. I’m a little clumsy with it.’
"A pity this is mission time. We don’t have time to get involved. So, will you leave, or will I have to kill you?"
Her tone was utterly relaxed, but Miss Yan didn’t hesitate to strike.
She blinked, and the fiery flames in her pupils seemed to be veiled by a hazy gauze, causing anyone who met her gaze to become entranced.
S-rank skill activated: Flame Demon’s Kiss!
Under the effects of this skill, those with weaker wills and lower defenses were more easily lost in its thrall. Some Awakened who constantly suppressed their desires would lose control instantly, becoming Miss Yan’s puppets, willingly driven to do her bidding!
Unfortunately for her, she had run into Shi Ming.
The charm that came with Flame Demon’s Kiss couldn’t break his defenses at all!
However, it did give him a strange tactile sensation.
A sweet, sulfuric scent spread through the seawater. Slippery little snakes, invisible to the naked eye, coiled around him like boneless seaweed. They rubbed gently against Shi Ming’s face, his chest, his stomach—his entire body—slithering slowly as if trying to merge completely with him.
HAAAH—
’The more beautiful the woman, the more dangerous she is!’
A wisp of frosty air escaped Shi Ming’s lips!
In an instant, the area dozens of meters around him froze into a gigantic ball of ice! A bitter cold radiated from the ice, violently dispelling the sweet, sulfuric scent in the seawater!
With another BANG, the ball of ice instantly shattered. Countless ice shards shot toward Miss Yan like a volley of arrows!
Miss Yan swiftly dodged the first wave of the attack, only to be forced to face a second explosion of ice shards.
The light in her eyes blazed, and that slithering, formless fire erupted from them once more.
All the hard ice shards warped in mid-air before falling to the ancient seabed and melting completely.
"You want to make an enemy of me?"
"Do you want to fight me for this Titan, too? How about... we do it *together*?"
As she dodged, Miss Yan’s voice rose and fell, laced with an inviting, playful tone.
In a flash, Shi Ming’s King Slayer was already upon her!
In just ten breaths, he had finished calibrating the rampant power within him!
WHOOSH!
Like a fish in water, Miss Yan dodged the strike by a hair’s breadth. A suggestive, honeyed voice echoed from her lips.
"I was planning on taking you back to Lighthouse to deal with you slowly. I didn’t think you’d be so reckless!"
"No one is taking this sea beast from me!"
Miss Yan’s gentle voice now carried a trace of hysteria. She planted her feet firmly in the water as her unbound black hair suddenly fanned out. The strands grew longer and thicker, their ends turning crimson. Vaguely, complete snake heads sprouted from them, flicking fiery red tongues!
The contours of her face grew even more alluring, now with an added touch of wildness.
"Ridiculous!"
Shi Ming simply floated above the seawater, without any visible means of support.
’This is my first time using this, so I’m still a bit clumsy.’
Golden, Titan-like arcane runes appeared in his eyes as he mobilized the Titan Bloodline throughout his body. Behind him, the phantom image of an ancient clock materialized. Twelve divine symbols formed a mercury-colored ring around it, and the hand of fate ticked rapidly across its face.
S-rank skill activated! Descent of the Titan!
"What is this?!!!"
Amidst Miss Yan’s disbelief, the phantom clock hand moved unceasingly—TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK, TICK—following a will of its own.
Three seconds later, it stopped at the six o’clock position.
This time, he had drawn the sixth skill.
Bright Eyes of the Void.