Eternal Emerald Dragon

Chapter 1286 - 1285 - Divine Fang and a simple Woman

Cyntilla had fought many beings in her life. She felt like she had known battle more than anything else in her life, but her family and her beloved were more to her than any war. She never lost herself to the bloodlust as many demons did.

Still, she was a fearsome warrior that carved her place into the hearts of survivors and allies alike.

Her 2 short swords shimmered as the powerfully Forged items they were. Few would know the core of the 2 swords were her original blades from her time at the Lotus Empire. It had been important to her and her husband accommodated her selfish request.

She doubted anyone else could have integrated them without compromising the integrity of the swords or their power.

Still, they were important to her because they were the only thing from her mother she never lost.

Getting her mother back had only been possible with her family's support and those keepsakes. Her mother called her too sentimental but a warrior's honor often invoked strange bouts of stubbornness.

Still, no one could deny her results. Her figure vanished and a massive black wolf head appeared in her stead. Compared to before where it was more of a mental trick, the current state of her battle Art actually conjured a ghostly wolf head!

The lightning dancing around her only made it more terrifying but her current foes did not seem to care. Also, they annoyingly could dodge anything she threw at them.

There were the cracks of thunder but she smiled as 6 distinct cracks were not thunder at all.

Shoti danced in the fearsome sky as 6 elemental whips lashed out at her command. The physical whip could never reach but it acted as an anchor for the insanely long versions she conjured.

Despite living so long, Shoti barely had any Arts or techniques. She was a simple woman with simple desires.

She wanted to tease Lind and spoil her grandchildren. Anything that got in the way of that would be removed. Easy as that.

Unlike Cyntilla, her attacks seemed harder for them to respond. It was like whatever guided their strange movements did not interpret the whips as real attacks.

She could not capture them but she could hurt them!

"You are too fancy, Sister. I told you, stop thinking so much!" Cyntilla rolled her eyes as Shoti's voice sounded out but only she knew it was a trap. Maybe test would be better, but it worked.

The 3 cloaked men instantly launched various streaks of earth shards at the source of the voice. Shoti was many things, but simple in battle was not one of them. She was supremely unfair.

No trick or tactic was denied to her so long as it brought victory.

As soon as the 3 focused on her voice, Shoti appeared like a ghost in her white battle dress and snapped out whips of fire, darkness, and light. They snaked right at the backs of their foes.

The phantasmal wolf head did not miss the chance either but the bastards seemed to have eyes in the back of their heads! They moved like they perfectly knew an attack was coming from behind!

Further, while the whips nearly snagged their cloaks, Cyntilla narrowed her virulent green eyes as she saw them repaired instantly. They were armor refined by experts!

They looked like cloth but it would be better to assume they were peak grade 7 armor. Self-repair was a basic function, but the problem was what else they could do.

If, on death, they self-destruct for instance, it could be very bad.

The peak was not a bad place for it to happen but the size of the explosion could be anywhere from just enough to take an enemy with them to the entirety of the range they were in.

It all depended on how much of the cloth's inscriptions were used on what function. Forged items were even harder to grasp in that instance.

Cyntilla cleared her mind as she spun in midair and now 2 wolf heads appeared to fly at the 3 they faced. They had to end this quickly so they could focus on the Trio. They were the true threat!

"Tricks don't work and neither do direct attack–" The world suddenly shifted.

Both women felt a familiar presence but he was not supposed to be there! The most shocking thing was that the enemy seemed to fall a half step out of sync!

Neither missed that chance but it was like Heaven and Earth mocked them. Just as all 6 elemental whips and her swords nearly reached, the 3 moved as one to avoid the attacks.

They did not get out unscathed. One lost his cloak entirely to Shoti's water and fire whips. Her fang finally reached another but she only took half his cloak.

The actual bodies were totally unharmed.

The distraction was ignored by both groups yet the shift in the skies was felt by all.

[Kneel.] A very familiar voice thundered. Cyntilla and Shoti tumbled but their enemy seemed to respond to an attack not happening at the moment. What was going on?

The command seemed to lift as suddenly as it arrived. Both women prepared to try again only to see an odd thing. Their enemies acted like they were already in combat.

They knew Fey had been fighting the other side but they had not acted like the other fight affected theirs. Why had it changed now?

[Kneel.] The command came again but there was a difference. It did not affect either woman at all!

"How is he here and not here at the same time?" Shoti voiced Cyntilla's own question. The feeling was like a very faint connection to their husband but those commands were like when he used his Authority.

It was contradictory to what it should be but they did not have time to ask for more as the 3 in front of them seemed to break free from whatever was distracting them.

Cyntilla assumed her stance before her swords lit up with demonic Qi. Laws flowed as she launched herself at them. A massive wolf head appeared as powerfully as any she had ever felt before!

Why were her Arts suddenly working better? She noticed Shoti's whips were also moving far more quickly and in complex paths than ever she could recall seeing. Her Qi and Laws were hardly being taxed after nearly half of it was used before to achieve so little.

The women did not question it as they shocking change finally gave them what they wanted.

The wolf's fangs sunk into one of the 3 like they could no longer see it. The other 2 were sent flying by the force of the whips striking them.

It was only at that moment that the demoness saw their synchronicity was gone. It was like whatever gave them their predictive evasion and attacks was broken somehow. What had changed?

The 2 did not hold back as they finally saw hope to end the fight but then the storm above changed.

[You have stolen what is given by Heaven and Earth. The power is yours once more.] Lind's voice flowed once more but it was like something else was going on. He was not giving an order.

The feeling of his presence flickered away but the effect on their wounded enemies was like a curse being purged. The one Cyntilla struck died instantly but a smile was on his face.

The other 2 slowly stood up but then blood flowed from their faces as they collapsed.

The pair looked on as they saw Qi and Laws forcibly extracted from their bodies as they died. They looked at each other but felt the recent surge leave their bodies too. They felt exhausted and had to land on the peak as the storm continued to rage around them.

The lightning stopped attacking as it shifted upward. Both quickly downed elixirs but the exhaustion did not leave so easily. Fighting seemed to happen quickly but it could take days before anyone noticed as any distraction could lead to death, including noticing the passage of time.

"What was that?" Shoti was looking up at the boiling clouds but Cyntilla could only shake her head.

"We will find out later. It seems only our battle has ended. We need to head up." The woman nodded but then looked out as a white speck flew over to them quickly. Fey, looking more pale than either could recall seeing recently, arrived.

She hugged them both and they returned the same to her.

"You won! I barely scraped by!" Both doubted that. There was a very good reason they trusted her to face the other side alone.

"We need to head up. Kora should be getting antsy just watching from the castle." The majority of their power was in the fortress but they were the primary attack force.

They had no time to catch up as they were about to head up when the clouds shattered.

Ethry's massive form came slamming down onto the barriers of the castle. The 3 women did not even have a chance to fly over as a heavily bleeding Serat came down on top of them! Amares was missing several of his limbs but he was still flying.

He was carrying a heavily injured Chu. She was missing her left arm and most of her right leg.

Just what had happened up there?! They quickly gathered their friends and Sisters to fall back. They had to regroup!