CH 39

Chapter 39 – The Ghost Cave Demonic Beast [1]

“Stab-“

The slight sound of the blade penetrating her body rang out, Xia You gripped the hilt tightly, her gaze shifted down to see her own blade being blocked and her right shoulder being pierced through by a long knife, blood flowing down the blade and staining the fingers on the hilt of the knife.

Shen Qingjia, who had been blinded before, now had a clear gaze as she gripped the hilt of the blade and spun it violently, causing a searing sound of flesh and bone being torn apart.

“Crack…”

Xia You’s hands were unable to exert any force, and the large knife in her hand, dyed dark red with blood, fell to the ground.

Shen Qingjia pulled out the long knife and placed it on Xia You’s neck, a faint smile finally appeared on her lips, “It seems you have lost.”

Xia You had no fear of the sharp blade on her neck and pursed her lips for a moment, “You faked all those painful confusion and blindness just now, why are you unaffected by the curse?”

Shen Qingjia smiled, “First, the properties of flame can be attributed to light, you are using a dark curse art to deal with fire ability users. It is not a joke. But after all, I am not a pure light ability user, so I will never be unharmed by such a powerful curse. Of course I don’t need to be unscathed, just hurt less than you and endure longer than you.”

“Alright, now that the fighting and venting is over, we’re back to friendly teammate mode once again.”

Shen Qingjia moved a little closer to Xia You, and when she saw that she didn’t make any extra movements, she took her long knife back into her spatial ring and went forward to rip open the tightly worn clothes at Xia You’s arms. Although she looked like she was putting down her weapon as a sign of goodwill, as long as Xia You made even the slightest movement, Shen Qingjia could take out her weapon from her spatial ring in an instant and complete a blocking counter-kill.

“What are you going to do?” Xia You did not resist, but only asked with her head lowered.

Without answering, Shen Qingjia tore open Xia You’s clothes that were clinging to her skin, and then ‘tsked’, only to see that her originally white and delicate hands’ skin was covered with a tiny fresh wound, and blood was continuously seeping out from the wound.

“Secondly, if I can’t even win against a wounded patient and a half-blind one, then I don’t need to hang around in this End Times.”

Xia You raised her head to look at Shen Qingjia, her dark and beautiful glazed pearl-like eyes unfocused and dull. When she had struck the last blow, her eyes had actually gone blind, and she had attacked based on her painstaking practice of listening to the wind and defining her position.

Pride makes one blind, punishable by blindness! [2]

“The Dark Corruption Curse Art was originally about hurting yourself in exchange for killing others, after all, everyone has sin within them, and the user deliberately hurts people with deeper sin, and the backlash they suffer is deeper as well.” Xia You’s tone was calm, as if she was already accustomed to such injuries.

Shen Qingjia applied a strong hemostatic medicine to her arm bit by bit, “Xia You, you are a battle genius, but you need to control your twisted and chaotic mind.”

“I don’t really want to be a battle genius.”

“But to find your sister, not only do you need to be a genius, but you need to be unmatched in the world.”

Xia You watched as Shen Qingjia’s eyes gradually regained a bit of sparkle, it seemed that the blindness had slowly faded, “Now it’s time to tell me where my sister is.”

“I didn’t want to tell you before because your enemy was very powerful, according to your state at that time even if you found your sister you would only be sent to your death.” Shen Qingjia had a serious face as she wrapped Xia You’s dressing around in a circle, “But now that I have seen the outstanding qualities in you as a genius, telling you this is no longer a problem.”

Xia You’s eyes slanted, half-blind eyes filled with contempt, “Are you doing this to get a glimpse of my value”

“…… don’t worry about details.”

Shen Qingjia smiled dryly, “Your sister is now approximately in Yi’an City in the north, being used as a human healer by the city lord because of her light-based ability. Overuse of the light ability power will drain her life force, and your sister now, is probably on the edge of life and death every day.”

Xia You bit her lips tightly and did not say a word.

Shen Qingjia looked at the half-grown loli with a pale face and sighed, “I will tell you about your sister whether I win or lose, but do you know why I still have to fight with you?”

“Why?”

“Because I want you to know that as long as I don’t want to talk, there’s nothing you can do to force me to say one more word if I lose, even if you use the Dark Corruption Curse Art. And after you use your strongest killing move, the Dark Corruption Curse Art, if I still win against you, it means that no matter what you do there is nothing you can do to me.”

“So what are you trying to say?”

“So I’m trying to say you can put the knife down now ……”

Xia You grunted coldly and put down the big knife, suppressing the idea of making a few incisions in Shen Qingjia’s body. If it weren’t for this profit-oriented soul, she could have gone to save Xia Han long ago.

Shen Qingjia laughed in a low tone, “Although I had selfish thoughts earlier, it is true that your enemy is powerful. With your sister’s role, Yi’an City has developed very quickly, with countless strong people, and is now a provincial base.”

Xia You’s pretty little face scrunched up into a frown, but Shen Qingjia rubbed her head, “You’re still far from being able to save people, brat.”

Xia You dodged her palm, “That’s why I hate you the most, Shen Qingjia!”

“I feel the same!” Shen Qingjia shot back.

Tying the gauze in silence, Shen Qingjia suddenly said, “You’re already considered lucky, at least you already know about your sister, while the person I want to see the most, I can’t even know if she’s still in this world, dead or alive.”

Shen Qingjia looked down and helped her tie the gauze in a beautiful knot, half speechless.

Xia You saw her and was about to say something when she suddenly heard a tyrannical and terrifying roar like that of a beast in the distance.

The sound crushed the area, carrying an aura that far exceeded the level 4 peak, as if a giant dragon had descended into this space.

“This kind of power …… level 5 peak?” Xia You was stunned and uncertain.

“Maybe ……” Shen Qingjia’s face was also full of incredulity, “Maybe it’s level 6 …… “

The cultivation of abilities is very much based on talent. It’s not like in online games where you just keep fighting monsters and gaining experience. Over time, you will reach full level. Every ability user is like a bottle. The size of the bottle determines the amount of energy it can hold.

If there were no special circumstances, most ability users would be stuck at the level 2 peak and level 3 peak for the rest of their lives.

In today’s post-apocalyptic world, the level 4 peak is already considered to be the top battle power, the rare level 5 can already be used as the final battle power of provincial bases, and the level 6, whether it is a beast zombie or ability user, has never been heard of.

Level 6, an existence that could almost be called a nuclear weapon against the city at the moment, Shen Qingjia remembered that it would only appear two years after the end of the world …… Exactly how much of a change her rebirth had triggered!

“If it is level 6, there is no doubt that we might have a strategic retreat.” Xia You’s small face was very serious.

“It’s already too late.” Shen Qingjia looked to the sky and once again bemoaned her bad luck, everywhere she went she could encounter a bunch of nonsense.

A spark of light exploded above the sky, turning into a translucent blood-coloured shield so huge that it was hard to describe, covering the secret realm that occupied a few miles in the middle of the city.

Shen Qingjia took out her bow and arrow and shot an arrow at the protective shield with all her strength, only to find that the flaming arrow blended into it and disappeared into nothingness almost instantly after it touched the shield. Moreover, the shield was still shrinking, obviously trying to drive everyone towards the centre of the secret realm.

“Everyone is being schemed.” Shen Qingjia gritted her teeth, “Even if it’s a dragon’s den there’s no other way but to break through it!”

The only humans left in the Secret Realm began to move towards the centre of the Secret Realm in unison, past the already empty Secret Realm towards the centre, until they reached the real centre of the Secret Realm, and almost everyone was dumbfounded when they saw the enormous monstrous beast on the huge altar! And Shen Qingjia finally discovered the ultimate secret of this so-called “secret realm”.

Xia You’s eyes were wide, and it was only after half a second that she had the strength to spit out, “You’ve gathered all the mobs to summon Ultraman!” [3]

The altar was black in colour, about three or four metres high and dozens of metres long and wide, like a huge platform, about countless mysterious fire-red patterns of light forming something like chains, spreading upwards and tightly binding the giant with a huge body standing on top of the platform.

The giant had blurred features, hands and feet that resembled a human form, nevertheless, it was indeed something that could only be described as a monster.

The giant was about 15 or 16 metres tall, its chest and abdomen covered in solid armour and its limbs covered in sharp barbs. It had huge wings on its back, and the slightest stirring of them made the crowd feel that the wind was blowing violently, like something you would only see in an Ultraman movie!

The giant struggled so hard that the red chains and the huge altar were torn and cracked, as if it would break free and start killing in the next moment.

“Demonic beasts …… such inhumane things!” Shen Qingjia’s face turned pale as she took a step backwards, “So this is not a secret realm, this …… is actually a ghost cave ！！！！”

The author has something to say: “A little theatre of premonition”

Ji Qianhuang ╮(﹀＿﹀)╭: My right eyelid keeps jumping, looks like my high profile image will be blackened into a black hole next ……

Shen Qingjia (⊙﹏⊙): my left eyelid and right eyelid keep jumping, I can’t guess what good and bad things are going to happen next …… this damn broken world!

Xia You (^0^)/: I have a hunch that my sister is waiting for me in bed!  

Zhu Ai： (→＿→): …… Leave me alone, I’m still waiting for Qingjia to find me and then confess to me.

The next chapter is a high energy warning, Shen Qingjia finally got the specific news of Zhu Ai …… and Xiao*, also finally blackened inside out ⊙﹏⊙ [4]

Once again, this story has a lot of psychopaths with unpredictable characters, unpredictable and interesting behaviours, so …… mmmm, Kiss Kiss ……

Translator’s notes :

[1] 鬼窟鬼兽; so the explanation is on next chapter. Yes I know I said I read while translating but I have my suspicion that the next chapter will explain this weird title and I was right.

[2] Alright with this we know that the [*] in the previous chapter is Lust.

[3]  奥特曼; Yes it is Ultraman. For real.

[4] Yep another censor. I only get through 1/5 next chapter to check the title of this chapter so I have no idea who is blackened

Anyway, chapter 4 of 4 for Kofi. Next chapter will be next week since we are now back to a regular schedule! See you!