TWG Chapter 7 :

Ru Wuxi silently observed the leader behind the tree.

While she did managed to cut off the leader’s arm earlier on, it was only because in her first attack, she who was thought to have escaped far away had actually came back and unleashed her most powerful attack from the shadows, completely without warning.

While the attack she did killed 2 experts instantly, her true aim was actually the leader !

The attack came too fast, too sudden. Ru Wuxi had aimed for the leader's dead angle that was protected by one of his subordinates. But her attack was too fierce, it managed to cut through the unprepared subordinate’s body and slash down towards the leader's throat.

But even in the midst of that sudden attack, he had actually managed to escape with his life intact !

But in exchange for his life, he lost an arm instead. To mortal cultivators, losing an arm is a big, big horror.

There are lots of reasons why, but when losing an arm, a cultivator’s strength would immediately suffer a drop in power. It would be hard for them to be in an equal footing with an enemy of the same rank and their future cultivations would be limited.

In that kind of situation, there would definitely be a lower value placed on the expert compared to his peers.

However, Ru Wuxi did not escape unscathed either. The Qi consumption of the attack she used was price of that technique was quite severe. Currently, Ru Wuxi only had 30% left of her remaining Qi. To kill the leader with her remaining Qi ? It was truly wishful thinking.

Therefore, she continued to observe on the leader. If he somehow exposed himself to a huge opening or a strong beast like the Wyrr Drake earlier on appeared, then she would make her move.

Time passed..5 minutes..10 minutes..

The leader continued to grow crazier, he flung his rage towards the trees surrounding him as he continued to run madly around the forest, trying to find Ru Wuxi wherever she is.

Although Ru Wuxi had a grudge against the people who chased her, it wasn't that deep to the point where she wouldn't allow them to exist under the same sky. She only decided to get revenge and kill the other experts because she had full confidence in being able to kill them and escape from the place.

As for the leader ? She didn't have confidence in being able to escape unscathed, but she still wished to take him out if possible because even back when she was one of the 40 royal experts, the leader didn't spare her any face as he continued to pick on her everyday because of her half-burnt face.

But as she continued to observe, she saw no opening being made by him. Nor where there any other strong creatures attracted here. This place was after all, the outermost area of the forest, usually only 2-3rd Grade Magic Beasts would exist here.

Hence, she made the decision..to escape !

Running straight towards the outskirts of the forest, Ru Wuxi did not even hesitate in the slightest.

She did not even look back, her life was more precious than killing some 5th ranker that she only bore shallow grudges.

But suddenly..she stopped on her tracks, her eyes wide with shock. Because someone she never expected to appear before her again had actually appeared.

Standing in the branches of a tree, looking very fierce and demonic. It was none other than…the Leader !!

The leader's face was blood red. His body was dyed with the colour of blood, looking very bizarre in appearance. Right now, he looked no different from a devil.

Ru Wuxi could instantly guess what had happened to the leader.

“ Y-you madman !! You actually used blood escaping technique to chase me down ?! “ Ru Wuxi could not believe what he had actually done. Blood escaping technique is a widely known escaping technique that were used by legendary experts of the 3rd realm when they encounter dangers.

It was not that experts below the 3rd realm couldn't use it, but the price they must pay in exchange for it is just too severe. Their bodies would not be able to handle the backlash caused by the blood escaping technique.

The leader laughed coldly at her astonishment. He spared no words of wisdom as he blasted off towards Ru Wuxi, tearing down the tree he stood on.

Seeing the leader so fierce, Ru Wuxi had no choice but to grit her teeth and fight back.

BANG !!

The first exchange of blows between the two 5th rankers caused the surrounding trees to break apart like paper. Following that, they kept on interchanging at high speed in close combat.

In a matter of minutes, they had already exchanged hundreds of blows, causing the winds to tremble and trees to fall.

Even with only a single arm, the leader was actually not in a disadvantageous position at all. In fact, he was actually pressuring Ru Wuxi !

After exchanging countless of blows, Ru Wuxi began to suspect that something is not right, but currently, she did not have the luxury to think about it as losing the slightest bit of focus in this battle would meant her death.

Soon, the battle would reach it's climax.

With her remaining Qi left, Ru Wuxi knew that she couldn't drag the battle out.

She wanted to gain some distance away and use her speed against the leader, but alas with the leader’s blood escaping technique, he did not allow her to do so.

It was at this moment that she realized that….what the leader is currently using wasn't the blood escaping technique !

Why ? There is a clear reason why, in the momentum of the fight, she had actually forgotten that when using blood escaping technique, the user would concentrate all of their strength to escaping, causing the user’s physical strength to weaken by a lot.

But the leader could clearly use his usual strength while his speed got boosted by a lot. Ru Wuxi quickly scanned her memories and one technique quickly came to her mind, but even the thought of that technique caused her heart to palpitate in fear.

“ Demonic Transformation technique.. “ She muttered, unbelieving.

The crazed Leader suddenly stopped his attacks when he hear Ru Wuxi mentioning the demonic transformation technique.

“ Oh ? You are actually quite knowledgeable ! “ The leader was surprised that Ru Wuxi knew of the Demonic Transformation.

“ Then..you should know why I am willing to pay this price to chase after you right ? “ He smiled maniacally.

Ru Wuxi kept her silence, but inwardly she had already guessed why the leader had been willing to pay the price to chase after her.

“ Tch ! silent as always eh ? Let's see if you can keep that silence when I torture you later on !! “ The leader howled loudly and lunged towards Ru Wuxi. Eyes beaming, his look turned even more demonic.

Ru Wuxi looked back with a determined look, her eyes flickered as she raised her hand towards the sky, raising 2 fingers towards the moon.

Light from the moon seemed to seep into her fingers as it coalesced into an enchanting blue light that danced in her fingers.

All of this took some time to describe, but in actuality, it happened very quickly.

She waved her fingers down, pointing towards the incoming leader. The gentle, dancing lights that were playing around in her fingers suddenly shot out towards the leader in response, turning into a blinding light that pierced directly into the leader's throat, crushing his wind pipe along the way.

The leader had no time to response as his eyes bulged with shock, his advancement fell through in the middle of the air as he fell down towards the ground.

Although he did not know what was that blue light, he knew of one thing.

That he had lost, and was now lying in death doors.

In contrast to him, Ru Wuxi did not look the least better at all as she looked like she was drained of all energy, her face turned pale white and she too, fell powerlessly.

When she had used that blue light earlier on, she knew of the consequence that would happened.

But she had no other choice.

The leader with the Demonic Transformation technique was too much for her too handle. Even if she had her full strength with her, she did not know if she could be able to kill him with just her usual skills.

Therefore, she had to use it. Although that means exposing her powerless self into the magic beasts of the forest, she thought that it would be better than to die eaten by the beasts than be tortured and defiled by the leader.

The two of them plopped into the ground, head on. Neither could even move their heads to look at each other.

But even when the blue light had seeped off all of her energy, Ru Wuxi somehow found strength to look up towards the leader. She looked like she could pass out at any second, but her eyes shined with determination.

She did not seem like she would be able to rest peacefully without confirming that the leader would be dead

She mustered up all the remaining strength she had to get up off the ground.

Slowly, she walked towards the paralyzed leader. At times, toppling along the way.

The leader's face was even paler than her's, his face was completely devoid of blood. But his eyes grew more and more bloodshot at every step Ru Wuxi made.

He seemed to be wanting to say a thousand words to Ru Wuxi, but sadly no voice came out of his throat.

Ru Wuxi stayed silent the whole time. She stood there, looking down on him. She took out her flying dagger with great difficulty and held it up right above his throat.

But before she could swing it down, the hairs on her body stood on end. She instinctively turned her head. There, a boar like creature stood behind her.

Although the creature looked like a boar, with it's huge body, it was hard to discern whether it could still be classified as one. It's tusk are huge and sharp, pointing upwards into the sky, cursed Qi emanating out of it. There was a small bone underneath it's tusks, small because when compared to the tusks, it was nothing significant.

Ru Wuxi instantly recognized the creature. " T-thousand Bones Boar“ She thought inwardly, unbelieving at the creature standing before her.

Thousand Bones Boar are recognized to be a special existence amongst boar creatures as It has a natural affinity to cursed Qi.

Any experts that was afflicted by their curse won't have an easy time dealing with it. Especially when they are of a lower grade than that of the Thousand Bones Boar. Just a single touch with their curse could cause immediate death ! That is why not even experts who have stronger cultivation than the boar would dare to casually approach it.

But what made Ru Wuxi dazed with fright is not the boar itself. But the energy the boar currently gave off, because the Thousand Bones Boar before her…is emanating a crushing 7th rank energy !

7th grade creatures are a completely different existence compared to a 5th ranker or even a 6th ranker. Why ? Because they are already in a completely different realm, the 3rd and final realm of cultivation, also known as the “ Thrones Realm “.

Even Ru Wuxi who had a disposition like cold snow in the middle of winter could not help but shiver in fright.

She thought that, as long as she could drag her body out of the forest somehow, she could have a glimmer of hope in living.

But in front of the creature before her, all sorts of hopes diminished into air.

A look of unwillingness appeared on her face.

She thought that she had steeled her heart for death, because the path she took could kill her at any time.

But at her end, it seems that her resolve..simply wasn't strong enough.

As she sensed the boar nearing her, her legs gradually grew weak, unable to support her body anymore, it dropped down to the ground.

A look of hopelessness and desperation could be seen on her face as she softly muttered.. “ I'm sorry. “

It was only two words, but that 2 words contained a hidden, profound meaning to it. It contained all her past grievence and sadness, unable to accomplish her life goal.

She closed her eyes as tears dripped down. She stood there silently, as she waited for her fate to come..

Note : Yup, it's a cliff..but the next chapter will be tomorrow if I have no problems with the ‘ inspiration ‘ part . I always suck on battle scenes and this one is no exception, I sigh every time I think about it..