Chapter 88 88 Battles XI

Chapter 88 Chapter 88 Battles XI

Half a second later, as Nexus' chest deflated as he expelled a lungful of air, and shot into another spiral. Holding the water gourd in both hands, angling it slightly downwards, he began to spin and spin and spin.

Whoop! Whoop!! Whoop!!!

Gusts of commanding air spiraled from his feet up to his waist, creating a whirling blur. Monica was once again forced to cover her nose and eyes from the bits of debris that sparked up from the twirling vortex he had formed.

The water began to spurt out freely.

All around Nexus, they spurted out in a wide arc, pouring out in generous splashes. The liquid shot out of the water gourd's mouth at a high velocity. The centrifugal force, along with his rotational motions caused the gallons of water to spurt out in wide arcs.

The faster he spun, and the more revolutions he completed, the farther the gushing waters traveled, increasing their range, and expanding their reach. Gallons of water poured out in slightly heavy showers, rippling through the air, wetting the grasses, and soaking the ground.

Overhead in the night sky, a thick mass of drifting cloud found its way below the moon, and positioned itself there- temporarily eclipsing its crescent brilliance, and robbing everything below of the pale moonlight.

A few feet away, to the northern part of the plain, the tall grasses began to shift disturbingly in the darkness. In repeated patterns, humongous black wolves continued to slither through majestically- slowly, carefully, noiselessly making their way towards the humans.

Barely ten feet away, just as Nexus' water came in contact with the beast's furry backs, his hairs suddenly stood on end.

What in the hell is tha–

Monica must have sensed it to. Her arms dropped to her sides, her eyes widened, and the veins on her forehead popped. With the whole of her being, she threw back her red head, and howled into his still whirling form;

"Ni Yang do it now!"

She had no clue what she was asking him to do.

But one thing was clear enough; a new kind of threat had suddenly appeared. It was different- bigger, badder, and screamed of nothing else but darkness and death.

Heart pounding away in her chest like an African war drum, her whole being surrendered to the rising surge of primal fear thrashing inside her.

Nexus responded with an equal degree of immediacy.

Still in spinning position, whirling away wildly like a loose tornado, his hands let go of the the water gourd. Gravity pulled the artifact down to the ground. And as it came crashing down, the soft grass broke its fall.

Monica reached down and snatched it up- preventing it from rolling away.

EIGHT FEET AWAY, and closing in quietly, the formation of jiggly black wolves crept in through the grass- hiding under the blanket of darkness, and breathing out cold mists that curled into the air.

Nexus wheeled the second part of his plan into motion.

His teeth gritted- clenching his jaws, and tightening his entire face into a grimace.

Once again, the entirety of his arms cackled, and burst into flames. The live flame swept up the span of his sleeves, rushing savagely up his elbows towards his shoulders.

Still spinning, Nexus shot out both his arms sideways, making him look like a swirling 'T,' Once again, the entire landscape was bathed in the bloody color of red. The bright flames shot out, all around him in spinning circles- licking up the water instantly.

Just as Nexus had expected, the Heavenly flames kindled the water.

Like fuel, to a fire, the raging flames licked up the water hungrily- tripling the size and magnitude of the blazing inferno! Shooting it up high in the atmosphere with a loud thundering swoosh!

The snappy flames continued to lick up everything the water had touched; debris, grass, shrubs- and the hide of six of the massive B-rank wolves.

Roaarrrrr!

The terrifying roar echoed violently out of the six creatures like it a dreadful cacophony of agony. The towering red flames violently ate into the fur of the bear-sized wolves, burning away into their black hide, breaking down their molecular structures, and slowly turning them into ash.

The others who had barely escaped the water, backed away nervously as their colleagues burned with harrowing howls. From beyond the wall of smokeless fire Nexus had encased himself and the girl in, the stubborn wolves stubbornly turned their hateful gaze towards them, lingering at the edge, peering into the sea of flames.

The whole arena had been bathed in the harrowing color of red.

The intense flames snacked on the water than had soaked the earth, and scorched the terrain in loud roaring swooshes. A pungent burning smell saturated the air. The sound of the rolling waves of fire echoed right into the bone marrows of every single creature within.

Monica watched in awe.

The sea of flames spoke to her in a divine voice- powerful, vengeful, and yet, sublime. She had seen alchemists before- but nothing of this level. The water from the gourd amplified the towering red flames. The cleansing fire blazed in circles round about them, devouring just about everything- fur, flesh, bones, and grass.

There was no smoke.

But the heat was scorching. Each hot breath of air she inhaled, made her lungs burn. And it only continued to get hotter and hotter- and HOTTER.

With the power of a mini sun, with the majesty of a god, and his arms cloaked red flames- Nexus turned the meadow into hellfire.

The night time slowly dragged on- as did the moon above. Thick black clouds encircled the silvery crescent moon in the sky, stifling its light- keeping the earth bound in a blanket of blackness.

On the ground, death and destruction reigned on the wings of the rolling waves fire. The wind wolves learned just how easily their black fur could burn. Scampering on their feet, and forced to watch as Nexus remained untouchable behind the sea of towering red flames, the wind wolves howled shamelessly into the fire.

In circles, surrounding the wall of fire, their black bodies jerked farther and farther away. Their black eyes glowed in the light of the Heavenly Flames. Their big fluffy tails curled upwards behind them- wagging anxiously, as their hind legs slowly inched backwards in a quiet advance.

Their triangular-snout wolves began to retreat from before the wild fire.

As the circle of invading black wolves began to recede, one single form stubbornly remained.

Up front, directly north of Nexus, and barely fifteen yards out, the ten foot tall demon wolf stood daringly before the raging flames. Nexus, who had stopped spinning, steadied himself, and locked eyes with the demon wolf.

Its message was clear; It wasn't over yet!

Balancing its massive weight on its spread out fatty frame, head lowered evenly with its shoulders, eyes burning with an intense focus that matched the flames' intensity, the creature remained as unmovable as a mountain- glaring fearlessly with the audacity of a Tiger.

Standing dangerously close to the raging flames, its long shadow stretched out across its the long meadow.

Looking at it, Nexus felt suddenly annoyed.