Chapter 322: 322 Chaotic Overture
Every Breathing Style has its own characteristics.
The Breath of the Sun possesses the greatest power and the highest overall ability.
The Breath of Thunder boasts the fastest speed and the strongest burst potential.
The Breath of Mist is the most unpredictable, with attack trajectories that are erratic and floating.
The Breath of the Moon, however, can release a wide range of Sword Qi, always accompanied by countless moon blades; its attacks generally have both high speed and wide range, making for deadly moves.
This means that the Breath of the Moon is most suited for battles against large groups of enemies. When facing a number much greater than oneself, using this technique can undoubtedly have a miraculous effect. In gaming terms, this Breathing Style contains many AOE skills.
Therefore, under this moonlit night, facing an undead legion consisting of one hundred fifty zombies and two bone dragons, Rui chose to use the Breath of the Moon, a style only previously vaguely remembered from his battle with Kokushibou, to recreate it in this strange world.
The effect was immediate.
Even facing an undead legion numbering over a hundred, Rui needed only one slash to resolve it.
As for the matter of bone dragons having resistance to slashing attacks, it barely counted as an advantage in front of Rui, who possessed the skill "Pioneer of the Solar Wheel."
With an ability to perform exceptionally well against evil-natured entities—this effect ensured that Rui could suppress his opponents, no matter what, if they were of an evil nature.
And the undead, filled with negative energy and life forces, were undoubtedly of evil nature.
Therefore, under Rui’s AOE sword techniques, their only fate was to be obliterated.
"It’s just a pity that it caused a bit of damage to this graveyard,"
Rui muttered, observing the five deep trenches on the ground and the upturned floor in front of the spirit temple.
Then, he turned his head toward Kajit.
"Impossible... impossible..."
Kajit still maintained his posture against the gravestone, muttering those words.
He had planned to attack Yaldabaoth with his undead legion.
He had wanted to transform Yaldabaoth into a city of death to conduct rituals to turn himself into an immortal high-level undead.
Now, that plan was ruined in an instant.
Seeing Kajit in such a dejected state, Rui immediately lost the interest to converse with him.
Of course, Rui had no intention of letting him go either.
If he were to let him be, this man would surely scheme to turn some other city into a city of death.
Leaving such a dangerous person unattended could put millions of innocent civilians at risk someday.
"You might as well take your leave here."
Rui raised his sword.
"Cu-cursed you!"
Kajit finally reacted, hurriedly lifting the Death Treasure Bead in his hand.
Unfortunately, as a pure Magic Singer, his actions could not be faster than Rui.
"Pfft!"
The slash, carrying tiny moon blades, crossed at an alarming speed, decapitating Kajit.
Kajit had not even realized what had happened, only feeling a sudden dizzying spin as his perspective turned upside down, then it seemed like he fell to the ground, and saw his own body, headless, collapsed in front of the gravestone.
"I..."
Kajit opened his mouth, apparently wanting to say something.
But, he could no longer speak.
Before long, the last flicker of life in Kajit extinguished. The severed head, still with eyes open, just died like that.
"Click..."
Reiger had sheathed his sword and noticed something.
"Where did that crazy woman go?"
Right, Clementine had disappeared.
It seemed that the moment Reiger used the Seventh Form of the Moon’s Breath to destroy Kajit’s undead legion, she took the opportunity to slip away.
"Pretty decisive of her."
Reiger’s brow furrowed slightly before relaxing.
"[Life Perception]."
The next moment, Reiger activated a type of intelligence-gathering magic.
This magic could detect the presence of life responses around him.
As long as there was a living being, unless someone had prepared means to avoid magical detection, no matter how high their concealment ability or how strong their ability to eliminate scent and breath, they could not hide from this magic’s detection.
Reiger then radiated Magic Power all around him.
With his accumulated depth of ’Magic Power’ and the enhancement of his ’Magic Conductor’ skills, the range Reiger could detect with his magic was quite extensive, easily measured in kilometers.
Thanks to this, Reiger sensed many life responses.
Most of these life responses came from within the walls of Ye-Lantil, that is, from the direction of the city and residential areas.
However, one life response was moving at high speed out of the city, in the opposite direction of Ye-Lantil’s city and residential areas.
Without a doubt, this was the frantically fleeing Clementine.
"[Flight]."
A faint blue light of Magic Power shimmered around Reiger as he lifted off the ground and flew.
Just as he was about to give chase, he remembered something and turned his gaze towards the Treasure Bead clasped in the hands of the dead Kajit.
"If I remember correctly, that seems to be a self-aware magic item, right?"
The Bead of Death was a wise item not found in ’YGGDRASIL’, possessing self-awareness and the ability to speak, believing itself to have been created to spread death.
If owned by a human, it had the power to dominate and manipulate the owner, turning them into a puppet to spread death, only those able to resist mental manipulation abilities, or non-human races and misshapen kinds, were unaffected by this power.
To some extent, it was possible that Kajit had also been controlled by this item, which might explain his madness.
Such an item held no interest for Reiger.
"[Advanced Item Destruction]."
Immediately, Reiger cast a high-tier magic spell capable of destroying magic items.
"Bang!"
The Bead of Death in the dead Kajit’s hand seemed to sense the threat, flickering momentarily before it was hit by [Advanced Item Destruction], flashing madly a few times and then suddenly shattering like a glass ball.
Having done all this, Reiger then pursued in the direction of Clementine.
The graveyard returned to silence, only to be visited by several lights and figures a while later.
The guards stationed here by Ye-Lantil, responsible for watching over the graveyard, were finally attracted by the noise of the battle and successfully discovered Kajit’s corpse.
The already restless Ye-Lantil became noisy again because of the sudden incident.
...
Meanwhile, a carriage drove out from the center of Ye-Lantil.
It was a large carriage, pulled by four robust horses, spacious enough even for six people.
The night belonged to non-humans, teeming with many animals, demi-humans, and magical creatures, making it foolish for humans without night vision to travel by carriage during such a night.
Yet the carriage still sped out from Ye-Lantil, gradually leaving the noisy city behind and entering the dark night.
Its direction was exactly the same as the one in which Reiger, who was chasing Clementine, was heading.