novelraw Chapter 180: Railway Assassin (Part 2)
Chapter 180: Railway Assassin (Part 2)
Tangible Nature–Millinger!
He didn’t feel the need to have anything more at the moment, since his goal was to create the Tangible Nature of his choice, and only then start his growth. Until then, it was futile having multiple Tangible Natures whose influence he had to keep enduring.
The sounds of a round of applause rang in his ears as Torq noticed the theatre seats superimpose upon some of the railway compartment’s seats. The moment he became serious, he started to hallucinate.
The moment the Free Human man stopped next to his cabin, Torq took action, firing off a series of Mud Balls to serve as a cushion right as the other party fired off an Empyrean Boar transformation.
The compartment walls exploded as a result of the space expansion from the twenty metre long Empyrean Boar’s appearance. Torq was sent flying outward, when he rolled through the layer of mud covering his body and barely slipped to the side, landing on the floor of the compartment closer to the edge.
Then, he raced towards the compartment with Torq, only to collapse upon the floor as four Free Humans sneak attacked him, "What the...?"
Even though the Wean Clansmen were stronger individuals, possessing Gold Grade strengths and a Life Stage cultivation, the Free Humans from the Varahan Empire, despite a majority of them only having Silver Grade strength and a Body Stage cultivation, were winning due to sheer numbers.
’Just how many of us have been replaced?’ One of the two guards frowned, ’No, that’s not it. They probably forged identities only to infiltrate now.’
Their only goal was to enter the railway, so that they could complete their mission, ’Dammit!’
Without the defences of his Empyrean Boar form, the Wean Clansman would have already lost his three lives.
Suddenly, a painful squeal thundered through the railway, as the Free Human who had transformed into an Empyrean Boar got his head ripped up in two. Standing in the centre, with blood and brain matter dripping upon him was Torq.
A Free Human used Shredded Lunge to jump Torq, aiming the wind blades from the end of his jump straight at Torq’s neck. Prana surged out of his left hand, generating an Eddy Blade.
"Die!" As his attacks approached Torq’s neck, the Free Human roared with determination, intending to kill the other party no matter what. But then, whether it be the wind blade or the Eddy Blade, both dissipated, stunning him, "What?"
"Tch!" Torq flicked his hand once to throw away the blood and brain matter that had splattered upon him. He chucked the headless Free Human and eyed the other enemies nearby. The moment the attacks appeared, he used his Millinger Tangible Nature’s Inhibition Dome, rendering all externally actuated Prana effects useless.
"Ah...ahh...AHHH!" The Free Human wanted to escape as the spike began to melt his body. But right as he freed himself from the first spike, a second pierced him, then a third, and by the fourth, he had melted into a puddle.
Currently, he had an option to either unleash one spike at a time or carpet bomb the place. With more training, he could control the number of spikes he could unleash at a time. At the moment, he intended to make do with what he could.
A Free Human rushed at him, focusing only on activating Nature whose effects were internally actuated, such as Empyrean Boar Transformation and Shredded Lunge.
"GaraBuntara!" One of Torq’s uncles shouted in alarm and activated a series of Shredded Lunges in quick succession, hurriedly rushing to the rescue of Torq who was ganged upon by a group of Free Humans.
Due to the effects of Inhibition Dome, most of their prepared Natures were useless. Hence, the Free Humans focused on punches and kicks.
His arm got crushed from the impact, but as the Free human landed twenty metres away, he ran behind the crowd of his comrades, waiting for his arm to regenerate. In the meantime, the other Free Humans used the same tactics, jumping towards Torq while using the momentum to crash their limbs into him.
Torq slapped forth two Mud Balls, hindering the lunge of a couple Free Humans. He then launched a spike to a farther Free Human and impaled the target. Raising his hands up in guard, Torq tanked the punch to his face, feeling tense.
The moment Torq gets trapped in the tunnel, the Free Humans would be able to calmly kill him. ’No matter what, I should stay within the railway!’
Right as he rolled to safety, a Free Human lunged towards him, ignoring the spike that punctured through his head as he transformed into an Empyrean Boar at the last moment, ’Shit!’
A mere second later, right as Torq gathered his bearings and intended to rush back into the railway, before its last compartment moved past him, Torq observed dozens of Free Humans recklessly lunge upon him.