Chapter 221 - Formless Beast

The black ball rolled fast in the air. It was as big as a basketball and ink-jet black. Staring at it made Shijian dizzy and thought it was sucking her into an abyss. Her mind went blank for a second there and suddenly she realized it was already in front of her. By chance, she saw a long stretched out tongue thrust out and about to wrap her head with it. Shijian instantly lifted her hand in defense and released her electrical powers, electrifying the black thing. 

The thing rolled back away from her and floated in mid-air. The tongue stuck out again, slurping as a liquid yellow thing dripped from where the tongue came out, as if it had a mouth but invincible. 

Watching the dripping thing, Shijian gasped when the grasses and ground where it landed bubbled, emitting turbid smokes and as the smokes dispersed, there was nothing left on it but a miserable hole of blackness a foot deep.Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%!d(string=14314881306034205)/formless-beast_%!d(string=51627179334761436) for visiting.

Ming saw it too, and felt disgusted and alarmed for it to reach Shijian. He thought his intestines would turn upside down. Damn, this thing is some sort of beast and will eat us alive, he thought. Without an ounce of hesitation, he barraged it with his wind blades. Such a vile thing must not reach them. 

Then in his mind, a voice spoke. "We can stop it. We have the power to make it obey our command. If you let me…"

"Who are you?" Ming asked, cutting the voice.

"You know me. We've been together from the time the Qilin chose you to become its master."

"Are you the evil poison from the greed of the dead miners?"

"You're so heartless." It sounded whining. "I was the one responsible for strengthening you. I transformed your Qilin's Ruler's power into Ruler's Influence. Now… you make me look like a villain." It continued to cry, but Ming knew it was only acting and secretly mocking him for being weak. That he could not recognize the black being which almost ravaged Shijian.

"No, you're not the one who gave me that power. It was the Qilin. You only mingled with it so you would survive in my body." Ming hated to lose against a war of words with something like a parasite living in his body. For him, he was the ruler of his body and anything in him had to be under his dominion. Also, he hated the warnings he heard about the power he had that might rule over him. Thus, he had to prove to these people that he was a true ruler and this power was under his control.

"Whatever you are, you are in no position to tell me what to do. From now on, there is no we but I am your master and you will obey everything I say."

"No!?! I am not under you." The voice said, in higher pitch this time. 

But Ming spoke right away to cut it off. "Quiet! You are to remain silent while I will control this black ball." Ming tried to pull out the Ruler's Influence on him, but it held tight in him. Hence, Ming used his whirlwind power to force the thing to go out. He breathed deep and coughed hard as if he was extracting phlegm stuck in his lungs. After coughing the third time, the essence cried out as Ming's wind wrenched it and sent it to the black ball. A gray light directly engulfed the ball. 

As it did, the beast which was the black ball, fought against the control of the Ruler's Influence power. It flew frenziedly around. Like a pinball, it bounced against the black-clad men's shield, against Shijian's electric shield, to the surrounding trees and the ground. 

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While Ming was in this situation, the black-clad commander was also in dire straits. He tried to control his pet, but it would not obey him. He purchased this formless beast from a witch in the winding abyss of Platanna and almost lost his life to tame it. Yet, he felt someone was trying to control it, believing it was Ming, making it crazy in this critical time. This was insane. Thus, he brought out all of his will-power to take his pet in control.

At his back, his troops were also almost at their breaking point. "Commander, the dragons' fires are thinning shield. We need to escape now while we can still hold the shield up." A man behind the commander said. He was drenched in sweat, faces whitening, and on the verge of collapsing.

"No, not now. I can't afford to lose my beast. Just hold on longer and I'll bring it back in and then we'll escape," the commander yelled, in their own language. He was also draining much of his power to use this formless beast here in Chiji of which was an arduous task to make because of the different constitutions of the power distribution in this world. In his world, it was easy to summon this deadly beast, but here, it was a different topic. He did not plan on using it, but it turned out that they encountered a powerful Sorcerer, he thought of Ming as such, and had to use this tough animal, thinking he could turn the tide in their favor. But he was wrong. He was afraid he would lose his pet to save their lives.

Ming heard them hollering at each other, but they couldn't understand what they were speaking. But without a doubt, he saw they were desperate. Taking his chances, while the beast fought against the Ruler's Influence clutches, Ming told Shijian to help him bombard the enemy's shield, and they did. Ming sent fierce wind blades to slash against the clear shield while Shijian's electric currents strike it. Sizzling sound and loud banging sound entered their ears as their attacks went on.

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